[netbook 01] before roseroot

[astralprojection]

[in the middle of the night, hastily scribbled words come across the netbook with the urgency of someone who really doesn't want to forget something.]

blizzard — cave in the mountains — nearing the peak? campfire dying, supply wagon visible but no one here

important:

sword, snapped, broken glaive stuck in ground

flowers blooming in the snow

glass ball, broken — crystal ball??

tree with unshed leaves

scarf, shimmering thread — looking at this prompted inhuman shrieks in the distance

skull, bestial, tentacles stuck into the eye sockets

orb of light — one of the few sources of warmth in the cold

golden scale, shielding the area from the storm

objects depicting a sun, moon, and half black sun — floating in the blue glow of a staff ending in a dreamcatcher — growing dim — trying to stay lit

[there's a period of time before an addition is added]

Hello— for those who have met me, this is Astrid. I have been known to have prophetic dreams; some straight forward, some less so. This was one of the latter, and I didn't want to forget the details upon waking up.

Unfortunately, I haven't been here long enough to accurately interpret what I've seen. Maybe we can all come together and figure this out? I'm worried it could spell ill fortune.


((ooc: absolutely feel free to threadjack around and discuss among yourselves as necessary!))

Comments

[love_swan]

Er... do your dreams usually follow dream symbolism or is it... more literal? Sorry I'm just not sure where to start.

[astralprojection]

The symbolism would be more relevant to our circumstances, most likely, and not to dream logic as a whole. Does that help?

[love_swan]

Well. Wagon in the blizzard, maybe indicating travel to somewhere? The er. Skull and the shrieks make me assume there are monsters that maybe attacked who were there?

The sun, moon, and half sun are symbols of Beiwe-sama, Ourania-sama and the one who's been tormenting us... um

Flowers blooming in the snow are a common symbol of hope?

Sorry I'm kind of grasping at straws

[astralprojection]

Any contribution is better than no contribution. You're doing perfectly fine.

Let's grasp onto the symbols again for a second. They're being lit by this dreamcatcher staff, which is trying very hard not to extinguish its light. Is there any deity associated with dreams involved here?

[love_swan]

I've visited Ourania-sama in my dreams before, but I'm not sure if it's her domain or not... of note is that Ourania-sama likes hiking. If its in the mountains that could be something... what kind of flowers were they, by the way? The goddesses have certain flower associations...

[astralprojection]

I would need assistance identifying them, if anyone is familiar with flowers. Hopefully this can suffice for someone.

[astrid's gonna do his best to draw what he saw of the flowers in the snow]

[love_swan]

Oh- those are snowdrops. They're known for being the first flowers to bloom when spring comes, and because of that they symbolize hope, new beginnings and triumph over challenges-- at least in my world they were.

They aren't associated with either goddess though.

[astralprojection]

Hmm. That lends to your theory earlier, that they were meant to symbolize hope by blooming out of the snow.

[love_swan]

Wait, i feel stupid. Snowdrops are a very early SPRING flower. If that is a thing that actually happened it happened back in spring. Look at the tree.

[astralprojection]

For what it's worth, it felt like the tree was stubbornly trying not to shed its leaves, moreso than it simply hadn't yet. But spring might be important? Did anything happen here in spring?

[love_swan]

I arrived right at the end of May, so I'm not the best to ask about that... I could ask my friend maybe, he's been here for a long while. That is weird though that we'd have snowdrops and a tree trying not to shed its leaves...

I would say "Maybe they're just early because of the setting but that feels like a weird way to use a largely spring and late winter flower

[astralprojection]

That's a good idea, most likely. Anyone and everyone who could get eyes on this would be appreciated, it might be hard to figure out otherwise.