Chapter 38: Waking Up.

  The five (six) felt the world shift, all due to Xena leaving, as the illusion was dispelled. Now, back in the real world, Celia found it to be basically the same.

  After all, Celia was a Goddess, a being which Yin/Yang couldn’t ever hope to control. At most, it was able to drag them into the illusion.

  Celia: “I guess that we caught that monster early, huh?” She said with a giggle as they left the dungeon.

  Ria: “Yes, I think so. Lucky that we went here, rather than let Alisa or Carma deal with it.” She said with a nod.

  There weren’t any guards in the dungeon, nor prisoners. Such places… weren’t ever really used in the Elven lands, you see.

  Later.

  Celia: “Hey?! Wake up, please.” She asked, gently shaking a knight.

  Celia wasn’t sure of how long ago that Yin/Yang had sent every Elf into dreamland, but it didn’t look like to be too long. The layer of dust on this woman’s armor was… minimal, if not nonexistent.

  Either way, this was the first person they came across, yet she couldn’t be woken up at all. This only confused the group, as Xena cut off that being’s connection to this Dimension, and left already.

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  Midas: “Strange…” She said with a thinking pose.

  Celia: “We can’t get the queen to join us… if her, or none of Larn’s people, can wake up!” She exclaimed with some impatience.

  Maralia: “Surely, there is a solution to this. Xena won’t help further, as she only does so for things out of our control.” She added with a groan.

  Lotsa Experiments Later.

  Celia: “No results…” She said with a defeated tone and expression.

  Regardless of the method, this Elf wouldn’t wake up. They tried drenching her in water, various waking powders, etc. Nothing worked. Midas, being an ass, made up that putting a person’s hand in warm water might work. And they really tried this out…

  Guanyu: “Well, we, at the very least, made the woman urinate herself.” She added with a cheeky laugh.

  Celia: “(- _ -)”

  Bored, with no method to carry on, Celia gave up entirely. It had been a while since she’s slept, so Celia and her wives left the hallway, which connects to the dungeon, and went back into the castle’s main area.

  Soon, they came across the Elven Queen and Princess, who were both sleeping, just like the others. Shrugging, Celia merely went to find an unused bedroom.

  Searching Finished, Later!

  Celia: “First thing when we wake up… is to fix the Elves.” She informed with another yawn.

  Ria: “With rested minds, we shall quickly come to a resolution to their sleeping.” She said confidently.

  Maralia: “Luckily, the Queen’s bed is big enough to fit all of us.” She mused, cuddling up with her wife.

  Ria: “…”

  Ria was left out of the pile, with Midas holding on to Celia’s right arm, Maralia on the left, and Guanyu lying directly on top of her. This wasn’t an optimal sleeping set up… but Celia didn’t mind. After all, who could ever dislike sleeping with fragrant women who’re your dearest wives?…