[text] Regarding the Visions

[rutility]

[The post is timestamped from mid-morning, and because it's a text post, easy to miss.]

We have all had a restless night. It's clear from the conversations I have overheard that these visions are widespread, and further, that they are all about a strange event concerning a ship from several months ago.

I was not in Aifaran at the time of the ship disaster, but even a newcomer such as myself can tell that this is a source of distress for many of us. This distress can easily become chaos and panic, and worse.

What I lack in knowledge I hope to make up for in service: I propose that we collect brief accounts of all the visions and dreams experienced thus far so they can be easily referenced and analyzed by those adequately informed.

If you would all leave me a brief description of your dream, I will put them in some kind of order and make them accessible to the public.



In the interest of fairness, I'll start.

In my vision, I was someone called Al'amar. I served a meal to those around me, but when I sat down to eat, the food quickly turned to ash. This filled me with a sense of foreboding, as no one else had a similar problem. As I was beginning to panic, the vision faded, and I returned to my senses.

Though my intention here is to collect, I would be indebted to anyone who could shed light on what this means. I'm afraid I have too little context to know the significance.

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[spiralpatterns]

Guess you want it written down so it's easier to reference?

Pretty sure my dream was about someone named Eitria. The fog... had tentacles, I think.

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[rutility]

Precisely.

Eitria, fog, and tentacles. Noted. Did you see anything else?

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[spiralpatterns]

...she couldn't see the sky.

I think that really bugged her.

[driverslicense]

Eitria. She could not orient herself.

She did not have contact with someone named Al'amar nor with food.

[rutility]

[Rutile had hardly anticipated all answers would be related.]

Orient herself? To what?

[driverslicense]

She was confused.

[Or so he thinks. But for a brief time, he felt like he was her, so it stands to reason that his impression was accurate.]

Knowing which way is up and which way is down. Is natural, is it not?

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[makebelieveavenger]

I believe I also saw through the eyes of Eitria. She was disoriented and could not get her bearings. She took a moments rest and the fog seized her by her ankles, dragging her a few feet before letting go. I woke shortly after.

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[rutility]

Thank you; this is most helpful.

[powertotearer]

I had the same vision about Al'amar. I don't think anything was different from yours.

[rutility]

[Rutile makes a note of this on their growing list of cross-referenced dreams.]

Thank you, that's helpful.

[powertotearer]

Are other people having the same dreams? Or is everyone else's different?

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[annihilist]

I believe I had the same dream about Al'amar that you did.

While I have not been personally subjected to them, I understand that the Dreaming has produced similar visions before.

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[rutility]

As someone with little experience with food, I was surprised by how troubling it was to see it turn to ash. I don't know of anything that would cause that naturally.

Do you know if something like this happened recently? Within the last several years or so?

[Rutile isn't great at knowing what recent means to people that aren't rocks.]

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[annihilist]

I doubt it was natural. The dread you felt is likely because starvation is an incredibly horrific way to die, and I believe she feared that was her fate.

I've only been in Aifaran for a few months, but back when I was in Keeliai - which was about 560 years ago according to their timeline - I heard of similar visions. Dreamfolk with longer tenure may have better reports of occasions in Aifaran, or there could be records in the library.

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[bestofthevein]

[Kit's response comes days later, and he is no less disturbed by what he's experienced than he was upon waking in a cold sweat. Dwarves aren't supposed to dream, much less have nightmares--

--except it has become clear to him that these are no ordinary nightmares. This is no ordinary dream.

He's sitting on the beach on an overcast day, a cigarette in the corner of his mouth and his usually jovial, smiling face solemn, nearly ashen. He doesn't quite look at the yimo as he sends his message to Rutile.]

...I think I was the ship's captain. Or someone like that. [a pause to take a drag from the cigarette, then breathe out the smoke.] His name was Nerrin.

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[rutility]

[Overcast days mean Rutile is sleepier than usual, and trying to get what little sun they can out in the Dreaming Bridge courtyard. Normally they wouldn't respond to a message interrupting their nap - but Kit's expression is troubled, and Rutile can't conscion that. Still, their demeanor isn't as pleasant as it could be.]

Nerrin, was it? I don't remember taking notes on that.

[They blink, watching the smoke slide from Kit's mouth with bleary fascination. They can't remember any of their notes half asleep, so it hardly matters.]

Did you do anything as the ship's captain?

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[bestofthevein]

[A casual glance at his yimo screen, and Kit feels an instantaneous stab of chagrin--shit, had he woken Rutile up? ...Did rocks sleep?]

Um. A lot of running around, trying to keep the crew organized... [a pause, and then,] I feel like I just woke you up, salroka, I can call you another time. [he sounds sincerely apologetic.]

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[necrocabbage]

[Trahearne's usually measured tone sounds somewhat disturbed.]

I also dreamed of Eitria's encounter with the fog that grabbed her leg.

That so many of us have had the same dreams leads me to think that this isn't a random occurrence. Yet, where are these people now? Have these events already happened, or do they have yet to happen?

[Voice]

[rutility]

[Rutile keeps their concern out of their voice as they reply. Now is the time for accomplishments, not worries, and their responsibility is to see them through.]

I agree that they're not random, but you bring up an interesting point - I hadn't considered that they might be premonitions. That will make trying to connect the events that much harder.

[They hum for a moment before continuing.]

Given the Dreaming, I also wonder if we're even seeing events that take place in Konryu. Is it possible they could be from... well. Somewhere else?

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[afoolsgold]

[The Fool has experienced prophetic dreams of the future before; peculiar, convoluted riddles that communicate fate to him via mystery and metaphor. He is unaccustomed to such straight-forward visions, of seeing the world through someone else's eyes with such vivid clarity. Is this what it means to Skill? He does not know.

He reaches out to Rutile once he notices their message on the network.]

I have dreamt of Eitria twice, [comes his pensive, quiet voice.] The first vision was much as others have already described. The second...

[There he grows quiet. The cold that settles around him would render his voice a touch unsteady, if he did not first work to master it.] I believe she has found a graveyard. For the burial of the dead.

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[rutility]

[Rutile is rather surprised to hear the Fool's voice - they hadn't expected to contact them so soon after the misadventure near the turtle's head - but they welcome the familiarity. The apprehension in his voice puts them on edge. They hate to hear distress lingering in others. Their words are as solemn as the Fool's demeanor requires.]

... I see. Do you believe Eitria will come to harm in this place?

[And then hastily, they add on a hunch,] And did you hear of someone called Al'amar in either of these visions?

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[ilda]

hi
sorry can’t come down right away
just a bit held up here
so um i was faias in the dream
and his friend meoni got eaten
not sure if it was a monster
but it had tentacles

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[rutility]

I think anything with tentacles can be construed as monstrous.
Faias and Meoni aren't names I'm familiar with. The buzz has been about Eitria and Al'amar.
Can you tell me anything else?

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[denyamenti]

I had the same vision as Ilda, about Faias.

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[minorgod]

The woman I saw was named Eitria... other people have described basically what I saw too.