Because clearly we haven't had enough future visions yet

[capital_asset]

[Raidou's mental 'voice' has the careful lack of inflection of someone who would really rather not be doing this right now.]

I hate to throw yet another vision on the pile, but... I have to add another to the pile. Another nightmare this time, more direct than the last: Empress and Judgement walking across a field of pearls under a sky made of... parachute silk, I think. The field was located on an island floating in the sky, and it was one of many - several of which were on fire. Fires aside, the location as a whole bore a strong resemblance to Questing Country.

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[morethanashadow]

...That's why the ocean sky seemed familiar.

[capital_asset]

Yes.

[Raidou had recognized it more or less immediately, but he'd really wanted to be wrong.]

[morethanashadow]

Well we've already been back there, or... sort of there once. I'm kind of surprised. I wonder if there's another Valence or something.

[capital_asset]

We've been to the Bando-Crownbreaker Isle world three times now that I know of, so there is at least one precedent.

And I don't know. But I didn't like the look of those fires.

[morethanashadow]

Maybe not a Valence... something just wrong with Questing Country in general?

[capital_asset]

That's the impression I got, although I could be misinterpreting.

[But it had been a very straightforward dream, for once.]

[morethanashadow]

I guess. [honestly the fact that it seems like it was so straightforward makes Phillip wonder if they really should be reading deeper into it.]

[capital_asset]

[Raidou has been asking himself the same thing.]

Either way, it seems like we're going back.

[He wonders if they'll split the group again. The first Questing Country Jaunt had been the first incidence of that, as far as Raidou remembers.]

[morethanashadow]

Apparently. I guess we can kind of be prepared?

[capital_asset]

There is that, at least.

[He is not going to make any comparisons to the recent pre-Harrogate Liminal, and not just because he's talking to Phillip.]

[haveabiscuit]

It's been a while since we've had a clear hint up front who we might be dealing with.

[Since... Achaia and that was certainly a Thing]

[capital_asset]

Yes, it was unusually straightforward this time.

[Achaia had definitely been a Thing.]

[haveabiscuit]

If Empress is involved we can expect her to be fairly present.

[That just seems to be her approach]

[capital_asset]

That would certainly befit her archetype.

[haveabiscuit]

She seems to like to show up herself on her Jaunts.

And other Arcana's Jaunts.

[capital_asset]

And she has so far shown few if any qualms about circumventing the rules when it suits her.

[Granted, she may be more inclined to stick to them here, when it's her own Jaunt and the stakes are higher.]

[haveabiscuit]

She may see rules she set differently.

Or change them at will.

[capital_asset]

Based on what's been said about Judgement elsewhere, I'm not sure how well that would go over.

[haveabiscuit]

Poorly, I expect. But that's never stopped anyone from breaking rules.

[She's a teacher. She knows.]

[capital_asset]

No, it hasn't.

[Raidou's own knowledge of this comes from being in charge of twenty demon familiars, whose ranks include Jack Frost, Moh Shuvuu, and Alice.

Although granted, part of Moh Shuvuu's problem is that she's a scout with a somewhat variable sense of direction and a terrible temper.]

[haveabiscuit]

Perhaps the real question is how much we'll be drawn into it if she raises Judgement's ire.

[rustyhonesty]

... guess I should prepare myself for another Jaunt in girl form.

[Twice in a row, really? Well, he could get a different role in Questing Country this time, so who knew.]

I do wonder how long it has been for them since the last Jaunt.

[capital_asset]

So it would seem.

I'm curious about that as well.

[rustyhonesty]

Considering dreams are involved, the answer could be complicated. Like everything else.

[capital_asset]

That's almost a given, I think.