Hollow Eve Festival 439/Visions

Over the course of Hollow Eve 439, a series of visions were displayed globally, and appeared to progressively get darker in nature. As different people would see different visions at any one time, the visions below are only outlined in a rough order.

Visions

Date and Time: 11/09/2021
Your mouth fills with brine, and your vision ripples like water. You watch a team of Merelew gently guide a whale along a bay, navigating some shallow outcroppings. The whale is bound in a comfortable harness of sharkskin leather padded with seasilk, and a long trailing wraps around a massive container studded with tightly wrapped balloons to maintain neutral buoyancy. As they reach a comfortable position, the Merelew teamsters stop the whale and detach its load. They begin inflating additional balloons on the container to float it to the surface, where a large oared tug awaits. Chatting with the Elven crew, the Merelew return to the depths with oilskin wrapped packages of lumber, foodstuffs, and metals. Securing the load to the whale, the team passes back out into the ocean depths, and the vision fades.
Possible Subjects: Unknown	Repeat: ?

Date and Time: 11/09/2021
Your mouth fills with brine, and your vision ripples like water. Drifting gently within a floor of a kelp forest, you seek out pristine fronds and sturdy stalks, harvesting sparingly. Coiling the long stipe around your chest, you pare the blades from its bladder, separating the oily leaves into a loose weave satchel. After a short period of time, you have an impressive haul, and swim for the edge of the forest. A pair of dolphins play in a small clearing, chasing one another and occasionally tossing a starfish back and forth. They approach you, gently batting and softly nibbling on your arms, and together, you swim for deeper waters. The vision fades.
Possible Subjects: Unknown	Repeat: ?

Date and Time: 11/09/2021
Your mouth fills with brine, and you find yourself floating in pelagic darkness, crushed by the oppressive weight of water. You have only the slightly sense of up and down, and the water is completely still. Slowly a pressure builds below, and two boney spears rise from the depths. Branching with sharp bends, the spears bifurcate and grow, becoming five, seven, thirteen, twenty two. A forest of jagged horns passes before you, and a row of double-slit eyes open, gleaming as they scrutinize you. You are surrounded by a series of hoots and clicks, an amused howl, and the vision fades.
Possible Subjects: Unknown	Repeat: ?

Date and Time: 11/09/2021
Your mouth fills with brine, and your vision goes completely dark. Gradually, shadows and flickers of light dance before you, the faint shimmer of the branching nervous system of a kneeling Merelew man. A dull glow backlights the figure, casting bizarre reflections and distortions off the partial form before you. Looking around, you see the nerve bundles of your arm spreading into your webbed hand, holding a billowing black knife. The man begs mercy, but you step forward and slice open his throat, watching as the nerves around the wound flare, then slowly dim. Suddenly, the man's brain and heart erupt with brilliance, and you find yourself rapturously drinking in the light. The experience fades.
Possible Subjects: Unknown	Repeat: ?

Date and Time: 11/09/2021
Your mouth fills with brine, and your vision goes completely dark. You see the nerve bundles of your arms spreading into your webbed hands and find yourself making a series of gestures. A point of colorless light flares before you and begins to spin, spreading into a flat disc. The nerves visible in your hands pulse with luminescence, trailing as you continue to coax the pattern, and suddenly, a long spindly arm, flashing with razor-edged radiance, reaches out of the disc and begins to clamor for purchase against the empty waters. As your perspective adjusts to the brightness of the creature, you make out swirling patterns -- flowing geometries and shifting and reforming constellations. The creature twitches oddly and impales you on long arms, pulling you into its form, and you feel yourself falling, falling, as the vision fades.
Possible Subjects: Unknown	Repeat: yes

Date and Time: 11/09/2021
Your mouth fills with brine, and you find yourself standing beside a tall Merelew man dressed in a fine kelp linen robe woven with strips of shark leather. Holding a basalt goblet, the man begins to chant in Asaran and tips the goblet slightly, pouring out a thin stream of inky black liquid onto the ground before you both. The fluid gathers into a wide puddle, and the man turns to you, revealing a smooth eyeless face. "Seek eternity, and know peace," the man says, and the vision fades.
Possible Subjects: Unknown	Repeat: ?