Mission Vision -- very early in the morning of Imagination Day 6 [Video]

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin falls out of his bunk, as usual when waking from a mission vision. CRASH! He hits the floor, his blankets entangled with his legs, his right shoulder striking the floor with a thud. Luckily Elves don't break bones easily, but his shoulder is going to hurt. He scrambles to the ICP. ]

Wouldn't you know it, I've just had another prophetic dream. [ He shakes his head and drags his hand through his disordered black hair. ]

Didn't like the looks of this one, either.

I was in a jungle, and it was pleasant enough. Sun shining down through the branches, forest sounds, nice. But suddenly the light intensified, and something seemed wrong with it. I ran to the next clearing and gazed up at the sky, and what I saw was ominous. The sky had turned a glaring dark red and was getting darker by the moment. And then everything grew still, as though the world had stopped. I did not have time to react to that, or wonder what it meant. Abruptly the ground shook under my feet, and the dust rose, and there was fire everywhere, and I heard screams, screams, and more screams. And then I woke up.

Damn if this doesn't seem to me like another candidate for an aborted mission! What the hell happens to the mission world? Is it self-destructing, or is it attacked by unknown forces? Or is this some simple natural disaster?

[ Still shaking his head. He grabs for his jacket and pulls it on. ]

Did anybody else have this dream? Or any variation of this dream?

Comments

[herarrows]

You too? [She seems more... resigned than anything. This is just what ForeSight is, though she's never quite experienced it that way.]

I've never had a ForeSight dream like this. I can't say as I truly mind all that much of that's what it is.

[so_dark_a_road]

Did you have a dream like that, Selenay? Last night, I mean. [ Foresight! Generator of dreams that will throw you out of your bunk before you're even awake. ]

But you've had other prophetic dreams, in your own world?

If this one turns out to be true, and I expect it will, we may be in trouble.

[herarrows]

Something like. Mine was fire. [Not that much more pleasant]

No. Mine was always more a feeling than a vision, but the other ForeSeers have described the dreams to me.

In my experience, that's exactly when ForeSight intrudes itself.

[so_dark_a_road]

Our dreams were both about fire, then.

Feeling, vision, whatever. Foresight comes in many forms.

[ Heh, this is exactly what Curufin is worried about. ] Most of my flashes of foresight have been about trouble, in my own world, the other worlds I've lived in, and here. [ Sigh. ] We don't have firefighting equipment, and anyway, we don't know if the fire will have a natural or a supernatural source.

[herarrows]

A fair point, though this is an opportunity to effect a change and prevent it altogether, if we can.

[so_dark_a_road]

I hope so, though on the train so far, the pre-mission visions have never changed the events. Unless you consider that they're at least valuable as forewarnings. Maybe we were a little quicker to respond when things went bad.

[herarrows]

[Well. That doesn't sit at all well with her. Never mind that it's completely counter to what she knows, it's just bad news all around.]

Fire and dust...I do not relish the thought of finding what causes that.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Bad new visions seem to be a staple of Curufin's life! ]

Neither do I relish the idea of finding out what disaster that red sky and the dust and fire presages.

We're going to have to hustle as soon as we get there. Are you coming along with Team Orange? [ He doesn't doubt her skills, he merely asks because sometimes people choose to stay on the train. ]

[herarrows]

[Ill omens... She's had enough of those in her life to last for the rest of it. And yet it seems there always is one. Lurking on the other side of the horizon.]

I plan to, yes, though I'm not sure how much help I'll be. Although I suppose if it's anything like those floating islands, then at least the answer will be "more than nothing."

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Yeah, damn those ill omens! They always come back. ]

I'm glad, then. Don't worry about how much help you'll be, there'll be plenty to do. Hey, I hope we won't be working on floating islands. Those were fun to explore but a pain in the ass to traverse.

[herarrows]

[That actually pulls a short surprised laugh out of her.]

Not to put too fine a point on it, yes. It was. Let's at least hope that this time no land is anchored to the sky.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He laughs along with her. ]

I sure hope not. If any of the land we're expected to trek across is anchored to the sky, and that fiery event happens, our asses will be blasted to kingdom come!

[herarrows]

Lady Bright, don't speak that out loud, or it's bound to happen!

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He has to chuckle. ] I take it back! Fates, forget I said it! [ He smack a hand over his mouth as though to erase his own words. But his shoulders are shaking with laughter. ]

[herarrows]

Let us hope that will be enough! Fate's memory tends to run long.

[so_dark_a_road]

I've noticed that in my own universe. Say, who is Fate in your world? A goddess, a god? Is that your Lady Bright?

[herarrows]

No, Lord and Lady are the creators. The... rulers, if you will. Fate, I suppose, is what you make of it.

Want to wrap this thread, and catch up later?

[so_dark_a_road]

Oh, I see. Then Lord and Lady made your universe, and Fate is a separate concept. Well, let's hope the gods of the world of this upcoming mission have shorter memories than your Lord and Lady. [ Grin. ]