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Two weeks after the events in Los Paraisos the Pride made their way to a small port town named Abatheo. There, they learned their next stop in search of Rize and Kara would be the walled up city of Traum, but that wasn't the only thing the Pride learned during their stay. In Abatheo they began hearing rumors about a demon called the dream eater, an ancient creature that fed on emotions, specifically, fear. The demon was freed from its ancient dwelling place a few months ago by a power-hungry madman and after that people slowly began to go missing.

Since the Pride's next destination was Traum, the secretary of Abatheo's guild asked if they could take a man called Dr. Dream with them.

Jacob, or Dr. Dream was a scientist who studied mythology, magic and ruins. Aside from that, he was also the man who knew most about the dream eater. He had studied the ruins where the demon had been sealed away after all. Dr. Dream was their best bet at learning all they could about the dream eater. However, several people were after his documents and he couldn't travel anywhere without escorts. The scientist's next destination was the special dream lab in Traum, but no one could take him there so the task was given to the Pride. They were to escort him and keep him safe until he had the information he needed, then after that they would bring him back to Abatheo and be on their merry way. This was the reason why the Pride was now inside a fancy five star restaurant.

"Whew, that was some trip. Thank you very much!" The lanky doctor held the door open for everyone and beamed. "To reward you all for such a fun trip I decided to book the best restaurant in Traum. I mean, you guys must be famished." He clapped his hands together as the little hedgehog on his head leaped into his arms. "Whoa, whoa, we don't want you falling, Isaac." He cradled the little animal in his arms then pointed his foot in the table's direction. He was in pointy dress shoes and was dressed rather formally.

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"Good morning," Slumped in one of the chairs was a tall man in a dark trench coat, he looked bored but nodded his head at the others in greeting. "Thanks for bringing the doctor here in one piece." The man got to his feet and gave them a deep bow. "Atlas Keyes at your service, you must be the Pride? My friend and I will be assisting you with the Doctor, we heard about the dream eater and the missing people." He tapped the floor with his feet and gave them all a dashing smile. "Welcome to Traum."

"Atlas, it's been a while." The doctor extended his arm and Atlas gave it a firm shake. "Where is Lute? I heard we'd be meeting the both of you here. Golly, it's been ages since I've seen you boys. Being back in Traum, it's all so nostalgic." The doctor was the epitome of excited.

The magician rolled his eyes before a playful grin lit up his face. "Probably charming the pants off of people or winning the affection of the masses." He shrugged, "beats me, but wherever he is, he's pretty damned late." The man eyed the Pride one by one before sending a playful wink both Amy's and Selan's way. "Don't worry about it though, he'll be here sooner or later." He motioned for the Pride to take their seats.

Aparently, Dr. Dream had booked the entire restaurant so they had it all to themselves.

It was an impressive place with sleek tables, fancy chandeliers and aquariums as far as the eye could see, and all were filled with the most exotic of sea animals. One aquarium even had the most [url=http://www.aquaportail.com/pictures1307/blobfish-psychrolutes-marcidus.jpg]miserable looking pink blob[/url] in it. The creature remained at the bottom and looked as if it had a perpetual frown.

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"Ey, ey, guys! Trixie, Dylan, take a look at that." A cheerful voice echoed. On the far end of the room Lucien had his face smooshed against one of the giant aquariums. He grinned stupidly as his eyes followed after a swordfish and a puffer fish, but what amused him the most was the sad looking pink blob. "Syed, do you think it's...edible?" He turned to look at his friends and beamed. This place, it was amazing!

Xan winced as another excited whoop echoed across the room. She ignored the summoner and focused on both Dr. Dream and Atlas. "This dream eater, will you be telling us more about it Dr. Dream?" This mission, with people going missing it was like Los Paraisos all over again.

"Of course, of course, I was just about to tell you all about it, but before that," he raised a hand and gave one of the waiters a wave. Dr. Dream whispered in his ear and soon the waiter scrambled out of the room looking rather excited. Xan arched an eyebrow at the little exchange then watched as buffet carts were suddenly pushed into the room. Waiters and waitresses in crisp uniforms greeted the Pride with winning smiles, gave the doctor a bow then exited the room.

"As I was saying," he smiled kindly at the Pride then at the sleeping hedgehog in his arms. "Eat as much as you like and relax, it's all on me."

Atlas didn't waste any time at all and was off with a hearty laugh. Dr. Dream waited for everyone to fill their plates then waited for them to get seated. "So the secretary back at Abatheo told you all about the dream eater, didn't she?" He made a sour face as Isaac the hedgehog snuck a piece of lettuce off his plate.

"Mhm, some creep woke up a demon." Lucien stated cheerfully. The Pride, demon hunters, wow that was cool.

Xan nodded. "If I remember right people have been going missing, but they'd always be found weeks later. However, upon retrieval they'd be different. They wouldn't talk or eat or sleep. The victims would simply stare ahead and groan. Their eyes would always be vacant."

Dr. Dream snapped his fingers. "Someone's being paying attention in class. That's right, and that's why I need your help. You see, I know a lot about ruins and dreams, it's why they call me Dr. Dream in the first place. I used to do research in Traum but moved to Abatheo so I could experiment on some fossils there. I left all my dream documents in my lab here and the problem is a bunch of crooks are after my precious information. That's where you guys come in, you'll keep an eye out for me and my work. You see, I can't just grab the documents and leave." The scientist looked defeated and rested his head on the table while Isaac devoured the rest of his salad. The little guy had a big appetite.

"I've got an appointment with a victim and his family and I still need to recheck my data and do a bit of research. It should take two days tops, so I'll need protection till it's over. When that's done you'll help get me back to Abatheo and I'll give you all a hefty sum of gald." Dr. Dream smiled brightly, if he could afford booking the entire restaurant then there was no doubt he'd be able to pay them. "We'll be helping a lot of the victims too, so what do you guys say? Are you in or are you in?" The scientist chuckled and hoped for the best.