Audio | Early Egret 24

[wisdominshadows]

If there's anyone else newly awake after an unpleasantly vivid dream, I'd like to speak with you.

[Zelda's voice holds fairly steady over the network, but her voice is slightly horse- as though she'd woken up screaming. Which she probably did, considering.

She lets out one slow breath as she thinks, then continues.]

More specifically... falling. The world dissolving around you. Cries of pain and despair... are any of those familiar? And if not, what else did you See?

[A quiet sigh, and then anyone listening closely can hear a muffled I am sorry about the disturbance, truly- before the connection cuts out.]

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[laurefindil]

[Glorfindel answers almost immediately as Elves don't sleep, exactly. Though they do dream, and his has left him shaking, and his heart pounding at the memory of his first death.]

[He has tied his hair back and gently taps on the door to her cabin, once he locates it.]

[He intends to invite her to the kitchen for a nice cup of tea.]

"Hello?" he says quietly. "It is Glorfindel."

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[mtsilver_conquor]

[Eva was barely awake, but now-

Her eyes are wide. Maybe even a bit scared.]

Dreams? But that- That sounds like a mission dream?

[No. No. It's too soon for another mission, right?]

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[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin falls out of his bunk with a crash, shouting. Probably waking up his roomies. He rolls to his feet and leaps for the ICP, checking the network quickly. Aha. Just as he thought. ]

You too, Zelda? You dreamed of a disaster?

I dreamed I was lying on the forest floor of a place I loved, a long time ago. The branches were rocking in a soft wind, and the stars were glittering down through the leaves. There was a full moon somewhere above, and its light was bright enough to make the woods a tapestry of glowing silver rays and mysterious shadows.

And then, suddenly, there were enormous dark shapes leaning over me from above the trees, threatening, terrible. I had barely time to spring to my feet and grab my weapons, when the ground literally fell out from under me. I was falling, and there was no longer any world to fall through. Furthermore, there was hardly any me to fall; it was as though I had become a ghost again, only far worse. I heard a whole planet full of voices screaming. I cursed and yelled along with them, and then I woke up.

Eva's right. This feels like a mission dream.

[marriedanidiot]

You as well?

[ Nerdanel looks disheveled ]

I am beginning to understand why the Arafinwean side of the family so often looks sleep-deprived!

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[unfavorableinstigation]

[Nita's own voice is tight - she's been gritting her teeth, off and on, since she first woke up.]

I remember that dream. We've had it before, too; after that whole we were asleep, remember? The breach?

... Is it okay if I come by?

[Dairine's no Seer, but she and Zelda are sharing a Cabin, and it'd do the wizard good to see her sister as well.]

[maxwellsdaemon]

... The hell kinda dream is that?

And others having it?

The hell? What the actual hell is going on in this place?

[Duo being new has never heard of this happening, and sound rather pissed off that he was brought here under false pretences, not that he remembers ever being asked if he wanted to join this Merry Band of Misfits... But he definitely never wanted to be dragged into dissolving worlds and screaming!]

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[flatteries]

[ Well, that sounds.. unpleasant. There's also something oddly familiar about it, although he can't immediately place it. Inigo frowns in concern, but by the time he uses one of the ICPs to reply, he makes sure to have a smile on his face. ]

Are you sure you didn't just have a nightmare..? [ At least his tone doesn't sound dismissive as much as it sounds like he's trying to be reassuring, despite his own worries. ]