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20-10-2026, 07:13 PM
[The following entries are typed on a datapad with a standard encryption lock. Far more accessible if someone were to steal or look through, though the entries themselves are passcode-protected]
I've started seeing Ri Satwas' mask in my dreams. It's not part of the dream. More...from the outside in. Lurking just inside peripheral vision, half in shadow. Not every night, not even every couple of nights. But knowing that they -could- be there...watching and lurking...concerns me. Why would they even bother? An acolyte can't be so interesting, surely. Maybe it's just practice of some new terrifying technique?
...oh no. Oh no. I can't control my dreams! What if they see something risqué or worse!? Oh kriffing, karking $%^%^*&..
...
I had an idea. I ended up telling Ri Tzihra Kota about it. They did not dismiss it out of hand, though were understandably suspicious.
I thought that Ri Satwas might be able to use their illusions to effect. That we could map a false-safe trail through the tunnels or caves that the aliens frequent and use fear against them. The fear of flooding in the tunnels to force them to flee and be herded to a point of our choosing - for capture or killing as we deem fit. Blasters are useless against surging water; we even have the waterfall nearby which adds credence to the fear of being washed away.
Occasional buckets of water sloshed at key junctions to encourage panic away from potential evacuation points. Our men stationed to silence any that try to evade through known locations.
The main unknown for me is the potency and reach of what Ri Satwas can achieve. Plus what Ri Tzihra Kota mentioned about the idea being both too broad and too shallow.
Needs must. I must ask Ri Satwas myself.
... They said they would investigate.
I was not smacked out of line. It must be a somewhat interesting or feasible plan.
...They were quick to reply. It is not possible.
[several words are written then blanked out; WingDings follows for a few sentences...]
...stupid karking datapad! I miss my book.
Seems to have fixed itself now..
...
Ri Tzihra Kota suggested something I thought almost blasphemous. They suggested an "ancient Jedi technique" to help counter sorcerous interference with sleep...which turned out to be simply "be faster and cut their head off before they're done with the spell."
I swear they're steadily sending their braincells to the same place Stokodi's naturally reside.
They confirmed that there's no defence available to me at my level. So I must simply endure and learn from it. Then they told me my best bet would be to confront Ri Satwas before the dream world begins to affect the waking one, because then it will be too late.
Confront Ri Satwas!? It's certainly one way to end my life quickly and excruciatingly painfully.
The mask only appears very occasionally. I can endure it at this frequency. If it becomes -every- dream, that's when I'll confront them.
Probably.
...maybe.
...oh no. Oh no. I can't control my dreams! What if they see something risqué or worse!? Oh kriffing, karking $%^%^*&..
...
I had an idea. I ended up telling Ri Tzihra Kota about it. They did not dismiss it out of hand, though were understandably suspicious.
I thought that Ri Satwas might be able to use their illusions to effect. That we could map a false-safe trail through the tunnels or caves that the aliens frequent and use fear against them. The fear of flooding in the tunnels to force them to flee and be herded to a point of our choosing - for capture or killing as we deem fit. Blasters are useless against surging water; we even have the waterfall nearby which adds credence to the fear of being washed away.
Occasional buckets of water sloshed at key junctions to encourage panic away from potential evacuation points. Our men stationed to silence any that try to evade through known locations.
The main unknown for me is the potency and reach of what Ri Satwas can achieve. Plus what Ri Tzihra Kota mentioned about the idea being both too broad and too shallow.
Needs must. I must ask Ri Satwas myself.
... They said they would investigate.
I was not smacked out of line. It must be a somewhat interesting or feasible plan.
...They were quick to reply. It is not possible.
[several words are written then blanked out; WingDings follows for a few sentences...]
...stupid karking datapad! I miss my book.
Seems to have fixed itself now..
...
Ri Tzihra Kota suggested something I thought almost blasphemous. They suggested an "ancient Jedi technique" to help counter sorcerous interference with sleep...which turned out to be simply "be faster and cut their head off before they're done with the spell."
I swear they're steadily sending their braincells to the same place Stokodi's naturally reside.
They confirmed that there's no defence available to me at my level. So I must simply endure and learn from it. Then they told me my best bet would be to confront Ri Satwas before the dream world begins to affect the waking one, because then it will be too late.
Confront Ri Satwas!? It's certainly one way to end my life quickly and excruciatingly painfully.
The mask only appears very occasionally. I can endure it at this frequency. If it becomes -every- dream, that's when I'll confront them.
Probably.
...maybe.
