The group of Idia, Ortho, Jamil, the prefect, Grim, Silver and Sebek arrive in Floyd’s dream, where he has become bored of succeeding at everything he attempts.
He has traveled to the Shaftlands, Sunshine Lans, Scalding Sands, Sunset Savana, Queendom of Roses and Briar Valley, becoming a successful model, a chef, and finding a genie in a lamp, but is now bored with the world.
The group reminds Floyd of his failures and he starts to think that reality seems more interesting than his dream when dream-Jade and dream-Azul appear, saying that they will be together forever, which awakens Floyd.
They move to Jade’s dream where Jade is visiting an underwater volcano with Azul and Floyd. Floyd says that he doesn’t eat live shrimp, nearing awakening Jade, but dream-Floyd and dream-Azul say convince him to stay asleep and Jade agrees, saying they would be helpless without him.
Floyd attacks Jade and Sebek interrupts with his unique magic. Combined with dream-Azul calling him his precious subordinate and dream-Floyd asking him to never go anywhere again, this awakens Jade.
They move to Azul’s dream where Azul is a successful athlete, as he does not have a past that he wishes to erase.
Azul invites the group to a party and humiliates them by having them wear anemones on their heads and laughing when they fall over one another while dancing.
The twins begin tearing apart the venue, calling Azul pathetic and dull, which nearly awakens him.
Mermaids of darkness assure him that they will be friends forever and that life is better under the sea. Azul agrees to never go on land and is dragged into a deeper dream, which is a timeline where Leona never destroyed Azul’s contracts and he successfully acquired and burned the photo from the Atlantica Memorial Museum in Book 3.
Jade and Floyd get rid of the dream versions of themselves and confront Azul with his contracts, reminding him of reality. They fight and Floyd deflects one of Azul’s attacks onto his own contracts, destroying them.
The dream breaks down as Azul’s happy ending is compromised and Azul is met with the overblotted version of himself, vowing to take everything away from everyone who bullied him. Azul observes that the darkness-Azul has become immobilized by the weight of the things he has stolen out of desperation to not return to how weak he used to be, but admits that they are the same and he, too, is vain and in denial of who he really is.
Azul says that, unlike the abyss version of himself, he has learned that one-sided exploitation ultimately leads to massive liabilities, and proper compensation and fair terms are where the real profits are, tranforming into his overblot form.
Azul returns to the dream where he is an accomplished athlete and distributes Golden Contracts for the mermaids of darkness to sign, with the fine print of, “I unconditionally surrender all my power to Azul and become his personal valet.”
Azul says, “All of you can be flowers decorating my garden” and comments on how pathetic they look clinging to coral, declaring that he will be laying claim to far more valuable things, and he will be the one to set their price.
Jamil, Floyd and Jade return to their own dreams as the most injured members of the party. Azul joins Silver and the others as they move on to the next.
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