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

[the_keeper]

Yes.



But it was the first to come unbidden.



[ She'd told it endless times it was welcome to communicate with her however best it could,
with and in whatever means it could. Dreams were one of her many realms. So were memories.
It made that first word complicated in a translation she couldn't give. ]

[youmiscalculated]

[ In some ways, that makes Adora feel better: this shouldn't happen, it isn't normal. It makes her feel less like she's been singled out and used, like on Etheria. ]

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞, 𝐨𝐫...𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐨𝐨? 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

[the_keeper]

I think this is only the very beginning of what it might be capable of.

[youmiscalculated]

[ Well, that sounds ominous, and yet: ]

𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮❜𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.