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[Jaunt] Further Warnings [August 28]

Had a dream. A tiger with a mask, in a zoo. There's a mirror under the mask.

The tiger is hungry, but on our side.

There's another tiger in a cage, sleeping. It has the same mirror-mask.

We need to find that cage, or someone's going to get eaten. And we need to find it soon.

We don't have time, we're going to get eaten if we don't act.

[There's nothing for a few long moments before more 'text' appears.]

I have a bad feeling I'm picking up prophetic stuff somehow. This is not what I wanted. I would like to return this ability for a different one, please.

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A mask... that used to be something I'd know about.

If anyone who was in Questing Country has a dreamcatcher, I think I know how to find out what that dream means.

A dreamcatcher? ... Does it literally catch dreams?

That's right. Oracles in Questing Country could use them to find information hidden in dreams. Even without an Oracle, if we use a dreamcatcher and find someone who has a skill like Sift...

I wouldn't know who to ask. Or what 'Sift' is.

Forgive me for intruding, however I have both a dreamcatcher and the ability to use Sift. If someone is willing to teach me how to regain them, I once held Oracle powers in Questing Country. Perhaps I might yet again.

... So how do we use the dreamcatcher?

It... We may need to go to liminal space. But it ought to be able to capture the dream and I can sift it or draw it forth and examine it, depending on which method is best. But it may require you to sleep again.

... That's okay. I don't have portals, but I know a lot of people do.

No. It's not okay. You should not have to go through this either. But it may be possible to use it to our benefit. I am sorry, Casper.

It's not like it's your fault. And honestly? That dream... wasn't so bad. I could go without the feeling of panic, but otherwise it wasn't as bad as it could be.

Although now I probably just jinxed it, but whatever.

Nightmares were common the last time as well. Now that they have begun, I doubt they will end until this is dealt with. Where are you staying at present?

I'm at the inn. It seemed like a good place to stay.

I shall be there as soon as I have mastered the additional technique.

All right. Just let me know when you're ready. I'm... trying to make sure that these ghosts don't get out of hand.

Watch out for Zed, by the way. He's been trying to kill me repeatedly, and I assume he's tried it with other people. I think he's annoyed that I won't die on him.

Zed? .........oh for the love of all things bright and beautiful. Really?! How did you draw his ire, have you any idea? Honestly, I am surprised that he has managed to kill anyone at all with his usual level of competence.

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I could teach you, probably? I mean, I wasn't an Oracle in Questing Country and I don't think I can go into Liminal Space but. I took a nap without your dreamcatcher--yes, I know--and I can verify that we've definitely hooked up to a Dreamland and can take our Questing Country forms there.

[He is not thinking all the words he could be thinking at you right now, Thorne Durante no Delaunay, but he is not best pleased with you.]

.....That might be best. I only hope that my powers remain the same as they were.

There's definitely no better time than now to check.

[... but she should probably go find him now to finish this conversation. So have a girlfriend tracking you down, Alcuin.]

Look, I know what you're probably thinking, but it's the only way I can talk to Raidou right now given that he's stuck in ghost town and if I hadn't I wouldn't have figured out that the dreams around here are playing by pseudo-Questing Country rules now. Also, I think I've become an actual lucid dreamer.

He's in her bit of garden, viciously planting poppy seeds along the edge of the garden path, but he dusts off his hands and stands, brushing soil from his leggings. Well. Her leggings, since his clothing vanished when liminal space did. His hair is braided back and there is a fiery determination in his face.

"What's done is done. I am glad that you have become lucid, however. Hopefully that will allow you to wake yourself when the eyes appear. So. You may bacome a Champion in your dreams, hm?"

He moves past her to go wash his hands.

Luckily, it had disappeared while they were together, although since she was still fucked up about Raidou's murder at the time, she hadn't really been in the mood to take advantage of the sudden nakedness.

"Yeah," she says. "Actually, uh, I was hoping to surprise you that I'd gone back to being a Champion again, instead of an Adversary."

She gives him a quick peck on his cheek as he passes. With the expression on his face and his Braid of Serious Business, she kind of wants to give him a more substantial kiss, but he ought get his hands clean first.

"Thanks for the poppies," she adds. "We used to have them at my parents' house. I've missed them, but I'm not much of a gardener myself. I'll try to keep up with these, though."

When his hands are clean, he turns back to give her a brief, if proper, kiss. He's not as upset as he might be, if only because there are so many other and greater things to consider at present. But he does smile and take her hands. "I thought they might be pretty and perhaps remind the good doctor to sleep once in a while. But I am truly glad for you, beloved. To have such a strong sense of hope and rightness in the world is a beautiful thing."

"Especially considering where I come from," she says. "But, like, I fought like hell to get it back, so I'm not letting go of it until I have to." She leans her brow against his. "You helped, you know. And I want to help you get back what you had in Questing Country too. It can be done in other dreamworld-type places, you know. Kanji helped Naoki become an Oracle in Liminal Space. Naoki told me how he did it."

"I have never really felt the loss, precisely, but I can hardly say that it would not be of use. I only hope that it will not have shifted in tone. But regardless, if it will allow me to walk dreams without being entirely governed by them, I will take all the assistance I can gain."

He sighs slightly and squeezes her hands. "I am sorry if I am sharp-tongued and overly focused, Thorne. I truly am grateful for all your support and love."

"I know," she says, squeezing his hand back. "I really do. But it's okay, Alcuin. This place is stressful. And... I dunno. You're kind of cute when you're all serious business like this. I mean, really cute. Drag you into a closet cute. Which I won't, because this really is serious business right now, but I'll be thinking about it a little."