Merriment 3, early [video]

[motherofresistance]

[It's early morning when Leia appears on the network, just shortly after the morning announcement. It's obvious she's just woken up by the fact that her hair hasn't been put up and she's still wearing her nightgown.]

Did anyone else have a... very disturbing vision last night? More intense than a normal dream? If so, I'd like to compare notes.

[This vision was as vague as the other one had been, but from what she could infer from it, it meant nothing good.]

(OOC: Leia's roommates are welcome to have seen her wake up with a start, looking frightened for a moment, which is fairly unusual for her.)

Comments

[helborn]

[Oh good, someone else asked so he didn't have to.]

Y... ep. And it gave me a feeling like the place where I got this 'ability' in the first place. Which was one of our... rougher missions. At least in terms of metaphorical and possibly literal mental scarring.

[motherofresistance]

[Leia nods, expression grim. It fit with her impression, which... wasn't good.]

Were the details of the vision the same for you? A crack in reality, flashes of color and the sound of screaming, then the sense of standing on the edge of chaos and madness, followed by being overwhelmed by the colors?

[helborn]

I...

[He looks surprised. Usually they're different. What could it mean?]

... Yeah. Pretty much exactly.

[motherofresistance]

[She notes the look of surprise.]

I take it you were expecting it to be different? This is only the second vision I've experienced here, so I don't know what's considered a usual pattern and what isn't.

[helborn]

I'm used to them being different aspects of the same situation, yeah. To have them all the same... I don't know what that means.

[motherofresistance]

I think we can at least infer two things. One: it has something to do with the illusion-creating entity we encountered last time. And two: it's nothing good.

...I have a bad feeling about this upcoming mission.

[helborn]

... Yeah, I got a bad feeling about this, too.

I... think we should stay on our toes. And I'm suddenly realizing I probably shouldn't have just been dicking around last stop.

[motherofresistance]

Agreed. Whatever world we step out onto this time, we'll have to be ready for anything.

And no, you probably shouldn't have been. Fortunately for you, we have a few spare pendants. Only a few though, so if you think you'll need one, it might be wise to get it sooner rather than later.

[helborn]

I'm usually okay on illusions? My - my runes let me get through them easily.

[motherofresistance]

Alright. But be careful. Remember, even if we could see through the illusions the entity generated, they still had the power to hurt us.

[helborn]

... I can take plenty of hits. And that's not just me being a 'tough guy' - I regenerate from injury pretty quickly. I'm more worried about everyone else.

[motherofresistance]

That may well be the case, but I don't think we can take anything for granted here. After all, we don't know if what we saw before was the full extent of what the entity could do or not.