Video | Imagination 6, ridiculously early

[wisdominshadows]

How quickly the months fly, do they not? And here we are once again, with another mission and another puzzle.

We're set for a jungle, this time. Something... immediate, I think. A new problem, though no less destructive for it. One that brings a sudden blast of fire and pain to the world.

[Sighing]

If anyone cares to speculate further at this hour, I'll be making myself a cup of tea in the dining carriage. And if that doesn't work... well. We'll see if we reach that point.

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[wisdominshadows]

Not at all. Once before, perhaps?

[To the extent that there's a protocol at all, perhaps it's 'whoever is unlucky enough to have the dream and wake up first makes the announcement.'

Yes, terribly rotten protocol. Perhaps they should change that.]

But these sort of messages are not uncommon at this point in the month. There are a few here who dream of the world we are approaching a day or two before we arrive. How informative it is....

[The slightest shrug.]

Prophecy is never easy to decipher. There is always something there to surprise us.

[purifyings]

Prophecy? You can dream about the future...?

[Nike doesn't know what it is like to dream. The only dreams she has are memories connected to her rain partners. Nothing else.

So to hear someone with such an ability was a little intimidating.]

I'm glad you don't normally have these type of dreams. They don't sound soothing.

[And dreams should be soothing, right?????]

....will you be okay going to the dining cart on your own?

[wisdominshadows]

Yes. And I'm not the only one on the train.

[ No sense in beating around the bush at that point.]

I will be fine, I assure you. All things considered, this isn't so terrible.

[A pause, considering]

But thank you. It's kind of you to offer as much.

[purifyings]

Then you're not alone!

[Which is a good thing, in her eyes, because it means she doesn't have to suffer alone! Nike will smile happily at that until--]

Wait, what does that mean? Have you had worse dreams before!?

[PLEASE TELL HER THIS ISN'T THE CASE!]

Don't worry! It's the least I can do, you know. Considering you just had such a terrible dream and told us about it. For our sake, alone. I can't help want to help you in return. In the only way I could.

[wisdominshadows]

I-

[Zelda hesitates, indulges in a few rapid eye blinks. You certainly are eager to help, Nike.

It's a little disconcerting.]

-these dreams are for the benefit of the train. If I had not shared mine, one of the others who had dreamt similarly would. And...

... yes, some of them are more disturbing than others.