voidtreckernet | Morning of Grasshopper Day 4 [video]

[ 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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[Katsuya thinks over what Curufin is saying, quietly mulling it over. It makes sense- in theory. It'd make sense, and it should make sense, especially after the rush through KaibaCorp's tower under Tenma's control.

The problem is when he thinks about the likely reason he can see things, the idea of there being anyone else at all seems too unlikely.

The blond raises a brow, and then shrugs.] Eh, I dunno. 'F yer gettin' visions of some action goin' on, you'll know t' bring shit for it righ'?

[In his case, he's pretty sure all being tackled is going to do is make him paranoid. He's Correct.] 'S not abou' gettin' th' full picture on a serious vision righ'? Jus' whether you can change it 'r work around it.

Least I'd figure that's it. Someone's gotta be able t' change what they see righ'?

If we had weapons on board the train, we'd have some options as to what we brought. But we only have the weapons we've managed to scavenge from the mission worlds, and a few that we've constructed from materials we've collected. That's not much. So, having visions of the action that's going to happen may be useful in terms of anticipating a problem, but it's not very useful in terms of deciding what to bring.

It does matter to me to have an inkling of what's going to happen, just because my mind gears up for a certain kind of adventure. You're right, it's not about a full picture, just whether we can change the situation or work around it. We do have the ability to change some things, since we have tech skills and fighting skills and logistics skills. We try our best to change the situation. That's why we go to those worlds.

Huh. Yeah tha's a bit 'f a stickin' issue. They don' even arm y' on th' way out? Tha's weird... [It seems like something the train would be able to do...

...Well. Anyway. He frowns.] Hah. Yeah, ain' how my visions work, so guess I'm gettin' tackled 'n a day 'r so, [he grumbles with a frown.]

They don't arm us on the way out. They give us other kinds of supplies and equipment, but not weapons. I agree, it is weird. We don't even have the option of going to the train's store and paying to get our weapons back from our own worlds, though we can get other items.

I wish you well on this next mission. [ And he hopes you're not getting tackled! ] How do your visions work, Katsuya? Did you see something more specific than I did?

Th' hell... [This just gets more and more baffling! And-] Nyh...

[Well he's gone this far.] Sometimes 's jus' hearin' somethin', but tha's normally a matter 'f bein' awake. Kinda hard t' go around if yer seein' another version of th' world while you're wanderin' around another, I figure. Not tha' it doesn' happen... [He grumbles, moving on.]

...Anyway...if it ain' symbolic, it'll be literal. Somethin' happens, an' it will happen'.

An' in this case tha' means I'm gonna go down a tunnel, an' get tackled by somethin'.

[He immediately hates it.] ...Gonna be real, I'm hopin' 's some kinda alien dog but w' my luck I ain't holdin' my breath...

[ Baffling is the nature of the train! ]

Oh, I see. And I understand. If you're wide awake when you have a vision, you're seeing two worlds at the same time. I've had that experience, so I know how disconcerting it can be.

[ He nods. ] The symbolic visions can be hard to interpret. But the literal ones are not!

Listen, you be careful when you enter those tunnels, and make sure you always have backup. If you get tackled by something, it might not be an alien dog. We do tend to get stuck with monsters on these missions.

Hahaaa...Tha's f'r sure...

[He can't tell if it's better or worse that he tends to just freeze in place for those ones these days.

But, for now, he simply settles for grimacing.] Yeah, trus' me I know tha' much. I jus' know it's gonna suck either way. [Great, they would have to deal with monsters constantly, wouldn't they.] Guess I'll have t' hope I'm armed by then 'r somethin'...

[He Isn't.] ...Uhh. ...Thanks f'r th' advice though, I guess?

[The lack of experience in talking to anyone familiar with this sort of thing is...rather clear.]

Morning of Grasshopper Day 4 [video]

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