[Jaunt, Breathside] More dream questions

[capital_asset]

Since talk of dreams keeps coming up, has anyone else noticed any... guests in theirs? I'm thinking specifically of Bastet, or someone who looks very much like her, but have there been others?

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[fridgeninja]

I dreamed about a magic talking cat...

[capital_asset]

[He is not surprised in the least. And not just because those are perfectly normal in his world.]

I see.

What did it say?

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[thornsofmalkav]

You are like the second person I know who's been having Bastet dreams.

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[capital_asset]

Really?

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[thornsofmalkav]

Really. Though I dunno if I should use the other guy's name.

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[capital_asset]

Did he say what happened?

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[thornsofmalkav]

She said she was a goddess and called herself some stuff: The Fiery One. Devouring Lady. She With Great Terror In Dendera. And others he didn't say. And that she pulled him out of his dream and into hers. And that the dead want to devour the living.

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[capital_asset]

That sounds similar to what she told me, minus the titles. That and that the answers lie "beneath."

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[thornsofmalkav]

Beneath what?

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[capital_asset]

I think she meant it more as a destination or state in its own right.

[fridgeninja]

She took me to a city called Purr-Bast.

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[thornsofmalkav]

Jesus. Whatever it is, I don't like the sound of it.

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[capital_asset]

It doesn't sound promising, no.

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[thornsofmalkav]

I'm on my way to the university in York. I'll see what I can find about Bastet in the library while I'm here this morning. We're still on for lunch today, right?

[capital_asset]

What did it look like?

...For that matter, did she stay as a cat?

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[capital_asset]

Of course.

[thornsofmalkav]

... oh Jesus that's a terrible pun.

[fridgeninja]

Pun?

[fridgeninja]

I was on a hilltop, over a desert city by a river. There was a cave behind me. It was raining?

She was a very unusual cat.

[capital_asset]

Unusual in what way?

I was in a boat on a canal in the city. It wasn't raining, but it was night. And she didn't take the same form she did with you - she was a cat-headed woman who looked to be made of stone.

[thornsofmalkav]

Purr-Bast. You know, like the sound a cat makes.

[fridgeninja]

That was really what it was called.

[fridgeninja]

And the moon was up?

I think I saw canals in the city.

She definitely didn't look like a stone woman when I saw her.

[capital_asset]

Yes.

It sounds as if she might be tailoring the dreams to the dreamer.

[thornsofmalkav]

So Bastet made the pun instead of you, I guess.

[fridgeninja]

Is it really Bast-sama?

[fridgeninja]

That's right.

... Are there Arcana that do that kind of thing?

[thornsofmalkav]

... um. Hm. Puns are a kind of dad joke and Emperor is the ultradad. But he's also hella masculine by nature, so it's a bit iffy that he'd be a lady cat. I think I heard somewhere--maybe from Claudia?--that Empress is also fond of shitty puns?

[fridgeninja]

They are married.

I'm still not sure what she'd hope to gain by bringing us here.

[fridgeninja]

That seems likely. The question is what we're supposed to see... or not see.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. She must like them if she stays married to him.

And yeah, this place isn't really Empress' M.O. Maybe she's running the walkabout?

[fridgeninja]

That could be...

We don't know if Bast-sama is an Arcana or not, but if she isn't... how much can we trust her?

[thornsofmalkav]

... about as much as we can any cat.

[fridgeninja]

That much?!

[thornsofmalkav]

....

Uh, dude, cats are not generally held up to be super trustworthy?

[fridgeninja]

Oh.

[thornsofmalkav]

You... really love cats, don't you?

[Don't ask him if he's a cat furry, Thorne. Just don't.]

... enough to marry one?

[YOU HAD ONE JOB, THORNE. ONE JOB.]

[fridgeninja]

I'm already spoken for.

[thornsofmalkav]

... but if you weren't.

[fridgeninja]

Then Psyche-chan would probably have staked a claim by now.

[not here]

[capital_asset]

[Not that Raidou can throw stones, because family lore includes a human-kitsune marriage, but... why this.]

[thornsofmalkav]

... you'd marry Psyche.

[fridgeninja]

She doesn't seem like the type who would leave me much choice.

On the other hand, she's in a committed relationship and she'd probably want to see me succeed at her games... so it wouldn't be a traditional marriage.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah, that's legit.

I don't think I was here when she was around before.

[Is she hot?]

[fridgeninja]

The high school in Chikyuumaru, between the first Harrogate visit and the Grid?

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah, no, I never got to go to Anime High School. I didn't show up until Questing Country.

[fridgeninja]

That was a good one.

[thornsofmalkav]

Yeah. I really liked it.