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[cutejustice]

[Maya was fidgeting a little as she got her commlink to activate. She had been mulling over the dream she'd had the other night for a bit. It wasn't a lot to go on. But she couldn't shake it. And people might think she was crazy, but it didn't hurt to ask... right?]

Um. So. Hi. I was wondering. One of the first nights or so we were all here I had a really strange dream. There was a woman in a library in it. Well, maybe not a library, as it was blue and glowing, but still. It wasn't a memory or anything. She wasn't anyone I knew.

It stood out. It was... kind of like a vision? I have some experiences with those.

[She smiles nervously.]

I guess I was just wondering if anyone else had similar dreams. Maybe we could compare notes... you know?

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[protectorrobot]

Yeah, had a similar dream when recharging. Must be a psychic trying to reach out to us, I imagine.

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[cutejustice]

What did you dream about? The woman in my dream had grey eyes and looked like she was wearing a tan bathrobe. She said that her name was Lorana. She didn't give me much to work with, unfortunately.

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[protectorrobot]

A databank. Then a woman in tan night clothes who spoke to me. She seemed... surprised she made contact. Also that She couldn't tell me much.

Just not to be angry with him.

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[cutejustice]

She said that to me as well. Don't be angry with him. She said she didn't have much time, and not to be angry with him, and that he was a good guy.

... she didn't tell me who "he" was though, or anything. Didn't answer any of my questions aside from what her name was. It sounds like we dreamed of the same lady.

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[protectorrobot]

She never said he was good. Or what her name is. She seemed far more worried about her lack of time. Even though by saying that, she wastes time.

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[cutejustice]

She told me that he, whoever the heck he is, is a good person, and that he will probably be a massive grouch. She asked me not to be angry with him.

[Maya frowned, trying to recall if there was anything else, but then she sighed. The dream was short, and the woman in it had been maddeningly vague.]

I don't know, did she tell you anything else? Anything different than she told me?

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[protectorrobot]

No. I think I may have scared her because I reached out to her.

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[thrawn]

Do you experience visions often?

[Expereince with visions could mean one of several things. Best to find out which.]

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[cutejustice]

Not often, but enough. I'm a spirit medium. Visions sort of come with the territory.

[Because you got glimpses of the ghosts, their deaths, etc. Visions, memories. This dream had the quality of being both.]

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[thrawn]

I'm afraid we do not have such people among my kind. Could you elaborate?

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[cutejustice]

Um... I can try? I'm currently the Master of the Kurain School of Channeling Technique. Basically, Spirit Channelers can use a ritual to summon the spirit of a dead person into them, enabling the living to talk to the dead. When a spirit medium channels a spirit, her entire appearance changes. So, that's why I can see ghosts and such.

[She'd never really been the best at channeling, but she wasn't about to tell Thrawn that!]

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[thrawn]

[If that's the Force at work, it is an application not know to the Force Sensitive in Galactic Republic territory, and there was a surprising shortage of Force technique disciplines in other regions of space.]

I see. I have heard stories of mystical abilities, but have not often been in a position to check their veracity.

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[cutejustice]

Well... my official title is "Mystic" Maya.

[Her tone was teasing, even if it was true.]

What about you, Thrawn? Did you have any strange dreams?

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[gunholic]

[Axl had propped his phone up on a speeder that he was investigating. What, walking sucked. There was a smear of something black across his nose, but he looked attentive enough when he answered.]

Pajamas-lady got you too?

Huh. I wonder if she's around anywhere? Maybe if we can find her, we'd know more.

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[cutejustice]

Got me too? I wonder if we all dreamed of her. Did you get any different information out of her?

[At Axl's question, Maya blinks, before considering it.]

It's... possible. She might be around here and the dreams we had might have been her way of reaching out to us.

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[gunholic]

Nah, same stuff as you. She seemed kind of surprised that she was in my dream, though.

[He shrugged, reaching off-screen to fiddle with part of the speeder.]

I'm not really an expert in psychic friends or anything, but I'd imagine a transmission like that would have to originate somewhere nearby.. especially since we're moving around. She might be somewhere on board.

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[cutejustice]

Well... it either originated from somewhere nearby, or... hrm. It's possible she died on the ship and we're seeing her ghost, or like an echo of her or something.

[Maya frowned slightly as she thought about it.]

But echoes are more like one-reel movies or something. So if it was something like that, we'd all be seeing the same thing. Like exactly the same thing.

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[gunholic]

Ew. That would be wild. Ghooooooost shiiiiiiip.

[And yes, yes he did wiggle his fingers.]

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[cutejustice]

So Axl, if the call is coming from inside the ship, then where is the lady in the weird pajamas? I mean, maybe we should go find her.

[She was ignoring the bit about the ghost ship, Axl. And you could keep your finger wiggles.]

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[tanks4thememory]

[Clu looks both surprised and Curious when he replies.]

So I wasn't the only one who dreamed that? That's a relief. I thought I'd suffered some kind of glitch; that's not at all how programs usually dream.

[slight pause]

Do you think that woman is somewhere on the ship?

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[cutejustice]

[Maya considered that first statement for a few moments. Maya had kind of thought Clu was some sort of robot. Or whatever. Like she knew how fancy technology works.]

What usually happens when programs dream then?

[As to Clu's second question, Maya considered it. Axl had asked something similar.]

It's possible. I don't know where she'd be though. I don't know much about her aside from her name. If she's on the ship, we'd have to go looking for her.

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[tanks4thememory]

Fragments of memory files are played back at random while we're in downtime as short term memory files are sorted and compiled for long term storage and routine defrag happens. Sometimes they're jumbled together in bizarre ways, but we can't dream of anything we haven't seen or experienced. Any data that's not part of a memory file is generally considered a processing error, and it would take a pretty big error to spark something as complex as what I saw.

[Well, you asked, Maya.]

Yeah, me neither. I've been doing some exploring myself, but I haven't found her. What is her name, by the way, since I didn't get it before she faded away?

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[cutejustice]

[Maya is just blinking a little at Clu's response. Wow. That's a pretty detailed information.

So... you usually only dream your memories?

[This was a careful question, but she wanted to make sure. Complicated computer stuff was hard.]

Her name is Lorana. That was the most specific piece of information I got. Aside from that it was apologies, and asking me not to be angry at the mysterious "him." Whoever that is.

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[tanks4thememory]

[Hey, you want to know 'what happens' the program tells you what happens.

He nods a bit though.]

Yes, though it's rare we'll get any one coherent memory file. Usually it's just fragments shuffled together in a random order, though particularly intense ones- pleasant or unpleasant- tend to stand out and get shuffled in more often.

[Clu nods again, making a thoughtful noise.]

Yes. I tried to ask who 'he' was, but she just said that she had no time before the dream faded. I wonder if she'll try to contact us again?

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[cutejustice]

[Technology was hard. Especially complicated computer-person stuff. Though that part at least made a certain amount of sense.]

That... doesn't sound that different than the way most people dream, sometimes. I mean, I know a guy who had the same nightmare every night for 15 years and it was a memory. Spirit mediums don't dream when we're channeling, but we dream other times.

[And hadn't that been fun to learn?]

She might contact us again. It seems like she gave everyone similar, if slightly different information. It's a possibility she's projecting these dreams to us. Because if they were... like an echo or a memory of her which can happen sometimes if a place is haunted by a memory of a person, we'd all be having the exact same dream.