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[ilda]

[ Minutes ago, there had been a scream as Ilda jolted awake. And in the dark of the night she'd panicked, the sight of the not-quite-familiar room making her think that she was still in the jungle, with the inky mass of... something trailing menacingly right behind her.

She'd stumbled out of bed and out of the room, her new roommates momentarily forgotten.

When she'd finally sent out a message, she was up on the roof, hugging her knees, tears streaming down her face. ]

H-Help.

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[ilda]

what did you see?
everyone seems to be having them tonight

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[ilda]

it's okay
they're saying it's just a vision
i wonder if those people are alright though

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[ilda]

That's what Pepper said, too. That it's not the first time...

Did you also have a vision?

[corundrum]

I doubt you're alone in that. [Padparadscha has, but quickly set it aside in favour of the easy answer for now. If they see evidence to the contrary, then they'll consider that as it comes.

While gems do tend to do things like bonding exercises, it usually takes them much longer to amount to anything meaningful, so Padparadscha can't help a small, deep laugh at the remark.] It's the way of the world. Unpredictable in good and bad ways.

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[minorgod]

No, the woman I saw couldn't find where she was supposed to be... the sky had disappeared.

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[powertotearer]

I know. Same.

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[spoilsfun]

A group of people in the jungle, and someone being lost to darkness.

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[makebelieveavenger]

First you want help but now you don't want to be a bother - this isn't the sort of thing you can be in two minds about.


And I did. Peculiarly similar in fact - tentacles in the fog. And not the ones I'm familiar with.

It's a rather curious thing, so many nightmares at once.

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[lasergrenades]

I will.

[Pepper ends the call there so she can let Bakura know she's going out and where, and then hops into the armor. There haven't been a lot of reasons to fly since arriving, and with Tony gone she needs to use it more sparingly in case she can't find a way to fix any damage that might happen.

She doesn't need to be careful coming up to the roof, because she goes down to it, landing quite lightly despite being covered head to toe in metal. The faceplate opens as soon as she touches down, revealing a slightly worried smile. The repulsors shut off a moment later.]

Hey. I'm not really dressed for hugs - if you want hugs, obviously - but give me a second to get out of this.

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[spiralpatterns]

Sure, whatever.

[Tea takes time to make anyway. Zephyr waves.]

I'll be waiting.

[And he will be; when Ilda gets downstairs there'll be warm tea and Zephyr sprawled inelegantly in a chair, idly messing with his yimo.]

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[ilda]

[ She smiles sheepishly. ] S-Sorry. I just... I just realized that the others had visions tonight, too, and they might also need help, but I'm sitting here and being a baby about this...

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[ilda]

[ Ilda is at first frightened by the shadow of the armor, thinking about the monster in the vision, and starts to slowly back away... but then she realizes that it looks similar to the armor that Tony once sent her pictures of, gleaming metal and not slimy like the monster tentacles. Tony's gone, though, and there's only one other person she knows that has cool armor like that—

Her jaw drops as soon as the faceplate opens and reveals... ]

Pepper?!

HOLY QUEEN MOTHER OF APODEIA THAT IS SO COOL AND AWESOME

[ As expected, she takes a step forward, but Pepper's anticipation of her wanting hugs makes her stop in her tracks. The terrifying vision is momentarily forgotten, though, as her excitement takes over. She bounces as she waits for her friend to get out of the suit, squealing, although she fortunately remembers to not be so loud and frighten everyone else in the area. ]

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[makebelieveavenger]

No one's stopping them from asking for help as well. You're not being a baby - anyone would have the shock of their life for seeing something like that.

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[denyamenti]

[ shortly: ] It's not.

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I did. It's not the strangest thing I've seen, nor the most alarming.