Looma Red Wind (Four-Armed Force of Nature) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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driftfleet2017-09-01 06:17 pm
tough_love) wrote in driftfleet2017-09-01 06:17 pm
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[video] Someone's on edge
Who: Looma Red Wind and anyone who can still put up with her
Broadcast: Network
Action: Anyone actually awake on the Bishop
When: Early, early in the space-morningwhenever that is
[While most people would be content to, you know, sleep once in a while, it seems like Looma's spending this Drift dealing with a remarkable lack of it. She looks the part too- one does not switch over to getting by on nothing but micro naps over the course of several days without exhausting themselves. Tetramands are apparently no different.
She's sitting in her chair aboard the Bishop, fighting back sleep as best she can while poring over any readout of the ship she can get her hands on. Less than half of it makes any sense to her, but it doesn't have to- she knows what everything should look like, she's just on alert for any suspicious changes.]
I have only been a part of this wretched show for less than one human year, so there is much about our shared enemy that I do not understand. I know that this last occasion was not the first time they have thrown us into one another's memories, but what has been happening recently feels... different.
[Yep, she's another one who wound up getting a strange dream. She's not a fan of it. For one thing, they're not supposed to happen while you're awake. To say it's put her on high alert would be an understatement- her only response was to assume an impending move by the Atroma or, even worse, a complete unknown.]
I have noticed several others have been having strange dreams. I was not asleep for mine.
I must know if the Atroma are responsible, or if there is some new presence toying with us. Have they been behind anything like this in the past? If they have not, I have two concerns.
One: They are plotting something, and changing how they plan to toy with us.
Two: We will soon be dealing with some new threat.
[She's...kind of forgotten where she was going with this, by this point. And for a moment it looks like she's going to nod off in the chair again, before her eyes snap wide again and she regains some measure of focus.]
...any insight would be appreciated. Especially from those of us who have been here long enough to know what to expect. I have been unable to find any satisfactory explanation on my own.
Broadcast: Network
Action: Anyone actually awake on the Bishop
When: Early, early in the space-morning
[While most people would be content to, you know, sleep once in a while, it seems like Looma's spending this Drift dealing with a remarkable lack of it. She looks the part too- one does not switch over to getting by on nothing but micro naps over the course of several days without exhausting themselves. Tetramands are apparently no different.
She's sitting in her chair aboard the Bishop, fighting back sleep as best she can while poring over any readout of the ship she can get her hands on. Less than half of it makes any sense to her, but it doesn't have to- she knows what everything should look like, she's just on alert for any suspicious changes.]
I have only been a part of this wretched show for less than one human year, so there is much about our shared enemy that I do not understand. I know that this last occasion was not the first time they have thrown us into one another's memories, but what has been happening recently feels... different.
[Yep, she's another one who wound up getting a strange dream. She's not a fan of it. For one thing, they're not supposed to happen while you're awake. To say it's put her on high alert would be an understatement- her only response was to assume an impending move by the Atroma or, even worse, a complete unknown.]
I have noticed several others have been having strange dreams. I was not asleep for mine.
I must know if the Atroma are responsible, or if there is some new presence toying with us. Have they been behind anything like this in the past? If they have not, I have two concerns.
One: They are plotting something, and changing how they plan to toy with us.
Two: We will soon be dealing with some new threat.
[She's...kind of forgotten where she was going with this, by this point. And for a moment it looks like she's going to nod off in the chair again, before her eyes snap wide again and she regains some measure of focus.]
...any insight would be appreciated. Especially from those of us who have been here long enough to know what to expect. I have been unable to find any satisfactory explanation on my own.
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Maybe they're like a cult. [ it is clearly the only solution. she's less troubled by their choice of term than she is by looma's description. what does someone she deems strange look like? ] What'd they look like?
[ she snorts at that response. what, other people's misery is funny! ]
Cuz it wakes you up, keeps you energized, alert, sharp! [ guess who drinks absurd amounts of the stuff. ]
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[...she's keeping the cup though. Since, while awful, it does seem to be working.]
It was difficult to tell what they looked like. Or perhaps that is what they look like. Beings of shadow, with no features to speak of. They appeared as everything else withered or fell into ruin, and seemed to grow stronger for it.
[Her universe was overflowing with alien life, the fact that this was unusual was a bit of an achievement in its own right. Even the occupants of Anur Transyl could be readily identified, and every last one of them fit firmly in the Universal Monster category. Strange shadowy figures were an unknown to say the least, especially ones that appear as a planet dies.]
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[ she nods her agreement. that's totally what looma is saying here, right? she wants to stay awake, coffee's awesome flavor does that for her! and the shitload of sugar parker threw in. the downside is if she stops drinking it, the crash would be bad. but that's easily fixable! you just keep drinking it! ]
Like they're sucking the life off the planet?
[ that's not creepy at all! except it's the opposite. it's super creepy. she glances around her at the shadows. it can't be real, right? it's just a dream. she has weird dreams, they don't mean anything. but a waking dream, shared dreaming, everything about this place gives her the massive creeps. ]
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It is possible. It is far beyond anything I have any experience with, so I cannot say for certain.
We will need to learn more. I do not believe in coincidence, nor do I trust our gracious hosts. There is something at work here, and it is worth investigating further.