sent to: everyone (slightly forward dated early morning, first day of event)

[youmiscalculated]

[ Adora's still shaking a little when she closes her eyes and tries to focus on sending her message. At first the words come across shaky, but they even out. On one side, Catra's holding her hand, and it gets a little easier. ]

ᓮ ᖱᗝﬡ'𝜏 𝜏ᖺ⫯ﬡⲕ ᓰ'𝓿∈ ⲙ∈𝜏 ᨆ∈ᖇႸ ⲙᎯﬡႸ 𝖮⨍ Ⴘ𝖮υ.

[ A deep breath, and it all smooths out. ]

𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞❜𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚. 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈...𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈❜𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞❜𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭: 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧. 𝐈❜𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧❜𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐈❜𝐦 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰.

𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬? 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭—𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭—𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞; 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝❜𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭...𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝.

𝐈❜𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. 𝐈❜𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[ She's genuinely distressed by this, and she swallows hard, looking over at Catra before going on. ]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭; 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭❜𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥. 𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐈❜𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲.

[ It isn't always up to her, she knows that, it's a lesson she had to learn the very, very hard way. But old habits are hard to let go of, and it was her vision. She feels responsible, and she can't even give a better description of who she saw to try and warn them better. Adora isn't sure how to end her thoughts, so it takes a lengthy pause for the last bit to come through. ]

𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭...𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥.

Comments

[princessvegas]

Her name is Ciri.

[ Well, fuck. Ciri is the only woman Julie knows with a notable face scar like that. It is somehow wholly unsurprising that it's her. ]

Can you think of anything else? Did you feel anything in the vision?

[youmiscalculated]

𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝.

[ That's her kneejerk response, but she wets her lips and lets herself sink into how she felt, back into the nightmare-slash-vision. ]

𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲...𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧❜𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭; 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭...𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧❜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

[princessvegas]

[ Ah. There it is.

If not for mention of a runestone, Julie would be stumped. But she already knows some of the Singularity's tricks -- namely, replacing certain spells that link the Summoned to others with a link to itself instead. That's how Rhy's connection works; it makes sense to her that maybe this Adora's connection is the same. ]

Have you been to the Horizon?

[youmiscalculated]

𝐎𝐡, 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞.

[ It's so easy for her, too. She hasn't created a domain, not yet, because so far she's been drawn to— ]

....𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲?

[ Adora's only asking if that's what she felt, she doesn't understand yet connections, and how they can run deeper for some. All that she knows, is that the realization was easy to come to after that comment about the Horizon. ]

[princessvegas]

Yes.

[ No further explanation follows. Julie will not make a target of herself to people she doesn't know -- she has been around too long and seen too much give strangers the leeway. ]

Other things are coming, if they aren't already here. Go talk to Stephen Strange, if you can.

[youmiscalculated]

𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞?

[ Is she going to have more of these?? Because if so, it'd be nice to have a heads up before getting tossed into something terrifying. ]

[princessvegas]

He's a tall man with white streaks in his hair. Might be wearing a cape. He's an expert on magic, and he's been studying the Singularity pretty much since he got here.

[ And, at the least, he's awake and aware that something is happening. Julie made sure of that. ]

Tell him what you told me about the runestone. This is just your new normal now. This connection.

[ She doesn't mean to be so cryptic, but there are risks to sharing certain things in this world. Stephen is one of the people in Thorne that Julie does trust. ]

Be careful. Thorne is always listening.

[youmiscalculated]

[ Tall man, white streak, cape. She's got it, she thinks. Then the rest of what she reads is a little overwhelming. Her new normal? She's been so busy helping to rebuild Etheria, she doesn't even know what her normal life is yet. ]

𝐈❜𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩.

[ She pauses a beat before adding: ]

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[princessvegas]

[ If anyone understands, it's Julie. She's had her "normal life" obliterated multiple times now. ]

You're welcome.

Whenever we get this thing, the rifts, dealt with. You can come see me in the Horizon. Follow the music until you see pink.

Good luck.

[youmiscalculated]

[ Follow the music until you see pink. Adora's intrigued by that, and she wants to ask more, but now isn't the time. Something's happening, and she knows She-Ra's going to have to make her debut a lot sooner than she hoped. A lot sooner. So, her reply is short. ]

𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨.