[Jaunt Week 1] [End of Week]

[helborn]

I... I had one of those dreams again. The warning dreams... focus on something else if you can't deal with stuff right now. It's... it's bad.


It was morning... I could smell food, but it was quiet. Someone was slumped over a mortar as I walked down the street. I touched them and they fell over - warm, but dead. Another body in the street, and another. They all had small wounds in the back of their necks, like... a needle, maybe.

A whole bunch of people were near the bay - they looked like they were running from something. Someone was defending some kids. Someone looked like they were fighting whatever it was off. Two people were huddled together as they died. And two people were being dragged across the sand towards a big square machine that looked like a trash compactor.


I... I don't know what to do...

[Individual Private messages to Thorn, Pinya, and Q'uila]

Please tell me you're okay... and tell me if you've seen Acantha, Sara, or Sprout recently. I... I need to make sure they're okay, too.

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[thornsofmalkav]

Jesus fuck.

[helborn]

Thorne... I don't want this to be true. This can't -

I won't let you die again. You deserve better.

[thornsofmalkav]

... breathe, Casper. None of these worst case scenarios have come through yet, right? We'll keep this one from happening too.

[helborn]

I'm trying, but it hurts.

[His mental voice is 'audibly' strained, and he goes silent for a few long moments.]

I don't... I can't let you all get hurt because of me. I won't...

[thornsofmalkav]

I know. I know. But I'm okay now and we're going to find a way for everyone not to die, okay?

[helborn]

[He kind of sounds like he's been crying.]

O... okay. Okay. We'll figure this out.

[thornsofmalkav]

We will. We've figured out harder shit before, I bet.