Monday, October 2, 2023

Colleen - The Cold Court

Soph rewriting since Leen's not here. Double back-to-back nightmares is hitting her hard.

It was Leen's nightmare but of a different flavour. She was a concubine or banished queen of some sort in a Cold Court (the Chinese equivalent of court purgatory where you're no longer in favour with the king).

There was another concubine there and the two of them were like, deep in solidarity with each other, each devising plans to help catch the Emperor's attention... But at some point Colleen's devices worked for the other concubine, and she became with child.

The part I can recall is Colleen seeing the concubine's child, which was the striking copy of the Emperor, and realizing that in doing this, she's now even less likely to ever see him again.

The child was chestnut-haired and brown-eyed and like a little doll of a thing - in hindsight he kind of looked like Weird Al which is the only funny part of the dream.

And when Colleen pleaded with the other concubine for help, because the thought of being literally alone in the cold court (which does not have servants etc... you get ferried food but it's basically a jail of isolation in luxurious surroundings for the rest of your life) terrified her.

The concubine was like "Why would I endanger myself and my child for this?" and left.

Colleen sat in a daze on the porch of one building that overlooked a muddy pond with a bridge, under which grew lotus flowers.

We recall much in a Girly-like fashion watching the sun rise and set over and over from that position, kind of like being locked in.


Cerulean suspects that Colleen's struggling after her fusion.  The dysregulation is because we now have access to two halves of the pain in one person.  He says not to panic.  That we're going through necessary changes.