Morning of Grasshopper Day 4 [video]

[so_dark_a_road]

[ In Cabin 2:A, Curufin flails and falls out of his bunk with a crash, as usual when having a prophetic dream. Sorry, roommates! He disentangles his legs from the blankets, gathers himself up from the floor, grins with embarrassment at his long-suffering roomies, and then he scrambles over to the ICP on the little table. ]

Ah. . . good morning, Void Warriors. It seems I've had another premonitory dream, and like the others, it must be about the next mission. There wasn't anywhere near as much detail in this dream as in the others, though, and I don't know what to make of it.

There was just a clamor as of a battle taking place, but the sounds receded. [ Wry laugh. ] I must not have been in that fight, or I'd have known it!

Then suddenly there was a blaring alarm, maybe one of those modern sorts that they put on emergency vehicles or on buildings to warn of tornado weather? I had the feeling that some danger was approaching, even aside from the fact of the alarm. And then it screamed out again.

That's all. [ He scratches his head in puzzlement. ]

Jeez, I need some coffee.

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[Nita nods, since Curufin is getting what she means.

And then she's just genuinely baffled.]

'Orangies?'

[She knows it's off-topic.]

But - okay, so can we assume anything else?

[Can is better than should, in this instance.]

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He smiles. ] Orangies. Train slang.

I don't know what else we can assume, based on so little data. Can you think of anything, Nita?

[unfavorableinstigation]

[Nita rolls her eyes, bemused once he explains.]

I think most train slang is news to me, then.

[Then she sighs.]

Part of our mission will take place underground? There wasn't a visible sky in my dream.

[But who knows what that will mean, in the end? Is it just one team's work, is it symbolic, etc.]

Though, wait, go back a little in your dream - screamed?

[Hopefully he just means an alarm blare, there...]

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He grins. If he can make Nita roll her eyes, he's doing well. ]

I guess it could get worse. We could start hearing about "Reddies," "Purplies," and "Bluies."

[ He tilts his head quizzically. ] Just underground, with sleeping bags? Not even a glimpse of what was above? Sounds as though your dream was no more detailed than mine or Mother's. Mine could have been aboveground and out-of-doors, but I didn't see a sky either, so I don't know. No buildings or trees or grass or anything else that would tell me where I was.

[ Yeah, who knows? ]

I meant the alarm blared out shrilly, again. I don't think it was any louder than it was before. It just seemed more urgent, somehow. Or maybe that was just me, reacting to hearing it a second time.

[unfavorableinstigation]

[Nita mutters something about Teletubbies, before returning her focus to the more serious part of this conversation.]

Not an easy metaphor, there. A lab in one place, a cavern in another...

We'll find out as much as we can come tomorrow, I guess.

[Though the way she says it, it sounds more like a promise.]

Good place to wrap?

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin has no idea what Teletubbies are, so he just smiles and responds to the part that he did understand. ]

Dreams, prophetic or otherwise, can speak in metaphors or in literal description. In the past, these dreams have tended to be literal.

But yes, cavern, lab. . . . whatever. We'll find out soon, as you say.

Yes!

[unfavorableinstigation]

[It's just that, more often than not for her, there's two layers to her dreams.]

And we'd better be able to call on each other if we need backup.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Layered dreams, yes! Curufin always admires complexity. ]

We will do that.