Well, he had to find out he kept prophetic nightmares *sometime*...

[capital_asset]

I'm a bit concerned about the timing of this given that we haven't been back in Liminal Space for very long, but apparently I also came away from Harrogate with prophetic dreams, and this one seems... oddly Liminal-focused.

It featured an overly gaudy gilt-and-velvet theatre, mostly decorated in red and black. Travelers who sat in the general seating area were immediately handcuffed in place, although they could be freed with assistance from another Traveler. The box seats contained spinning beds like the one in Lovers' area during the extended Liminal stay prior to the start of phase three, and the onstage "entertainment" consisted of reenactments of Jaunt events using Traveler-shaped puppets on golden chains. There was also music, but I can't identify it - I think it might be some kind of Western classical music.

I can share the memory if anyone wants to see or hear it for themselves; I just didn't want to get the melody stuck in anyone's heads without warning.

[For those who take him up on this offer, this is the musical accompaniment.]

Comments

[capital_asset]

I'm assuming that's something other than sumo.

[breakaleginhalf]

Sumo but the guys are super fucking ripped and have actor personas. And ninety percent of everything is showboating.

[capital_asset]

...Actor personas?

[breakaleginhalf]

They pretend to be big scary assholes while they're on camera and wrestling and make up these huge complicated rivalries and shit. But they're just really genuine chill guys in person.

[capital_asset]

...So they make it look more vicious than it actually is?

[breakaleginhalf]

More vicious and overdramatic, yeah. A lot of people still think it's all real, though.

[capital_asset]

...But they'd have to understand enough about wrestling to properly fake it, wouldn't they?

[breakaleginhalf]

Yeah, like- there is legitimate skill involved, because if you fuck it up you're gonna snap someone's spine in half. They have to know how to not do that.

[capital_asset]

Right.

[How did they get on this topic again?]