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beeapocalypse · 8 months ago

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rough idea. the beholder deliberately dreamed up a detached little slice of existence bc it never put much stock into the typical code of eldritch beasties (dreamed realities heretical bc they are viewed as attempting to escape the reality of the existence dragons rot even as it slowly kills them all) and it slowly fade out over a couple of centuries after its death. jane sometimes manages to wander into it while staying over at the falwell family home later on in his life and gets to hang out with the weird imprint of barenville falwell resulting from the beholders constant wistful reminiscing over his company

#she asks cassius about barenville one day and is forced to explain the sudden interest in the family history. freaks him out when he makes--#--the dreams+eldritch beasty connection bc he CANNOT stomach the idea of any more of those things aorund his home (mistaking it as one just #--kind of leeching off of the general metaphysical sphere rather than it being the sole remains of the beholder)#drahomírs also got an imprint there. much less fleshed out+true to life than barenville bc the beholders always thought of him--#--as 'spoiling the fun' so to speak. its the biggest aspect of the fading dream that frightens jane bc he KNOWS drahomír. hes an incredibly #--important person in her life and seeing cassius dismiss all depth of his character when extremely stressed out in the past--#-- makes anything of that sort a bit of a hair trigger for her #dreamed barenville is generally real focused on hunting+research (stalking thru the forest and questioning silhouette witnesses) and--#--food (eating not cooking) bc that is what was most central to him in the beholders eye. sometimes he will share little anecdotes and--#--such out of nowhere as he was wont to do as a living man

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