un: alice

[adventageous]

Name: Alice Elliot
Date: 8/5
Format: Video

[Alice looks into the camera, looking underslept. She never did go back to sleep after waking up several hours before sunrise.

More than that, however, she's determined to tug on this thread she's been given.]

I have a question for any of the Mirrorbound who are still left: did any of you have a strange dream last night?

I ask because I did. It felt as vividly real as the other times we've been pulled into dreamscapes, but this time I was alone. I was called to a large and pulsating flower in the forest by my own voice, which promised me whatever I wanted if I just stepped into it.

And then I woke up with this.

[She shows her right hand to the camera. It's marked with a flower (a striking a crimson against her pale skin, but that detail is obfuscated by the watch's sepiatone) that looks somewhat like a pitcher plant.]

I'd like to hear from anyone else this may have happened to, and compare notes.

Comments

[noblegarnet]

[Ferran doesn't return the smile, but he nods in response.]

You too... I hope you've been well since then.

[More than just physically, he means. She seems to be in better spirits than he is, generally, despite her apparent lack of sleep.]

Not at all. [Not that he would say any different if she'd left him waiting for an hour. Regardless, he's interested in getting to their task, if just to stop wondering what they can learn.] Should we head in?

[adventageous]

[Despite everything, Alice has been in better spirits than Ferran for awhile now. She's not at all surprised that her smile isn't returned by this point.]

I have been, generally. Until last night.

[For obvious reasons, she thinks.]

Yes, let's see what we can find out.