Video: Saturday, Week 54

[infourbooks]

[Neville looks really tired. He's not sure about asking this, but the problem isn't getting any better on its own. So he needs to ask. Even if it's a pretty uncomfortable question.]

Does anyone know a good way to... get rid of bad dreams? Or just not dream?

[He hesitates a bit before adding the next part]

Or how to tell if a dream means something? Divination has never really been my strong suit...

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[fromthevalley]

[ It is a pity that flobberworms are not present in Verdana. ]

May I ask what you dream of?

[thulium]

Unless this is the only colony in existence to outlaw pharmaceuticals, you can probably find a sedative that'll keep you from dreaming.

[infourbooks]

[Neville grimaces. But he'd asked for a reason.]

Blood. Bodies. Dead treees.

[infourbooks]

Like... a potion?

[Video]

[anuglyman]

I imagine I could whip something up, if no one else has anything useful for you.

[He looks curious, though.]

Repeatedly having the same dream? About--

[He pauses, scrolling back through other replies, to replay Neville's own one to Helga:]

"Blood. Bodies. Dead trees."

[fromthevalley]

Is the gore reminiscent of when the bone creatures attacked?

[infourbooks]

Nothing was changing like that. There was just so much blood.

[Video]

[infourbooks]

For a few weeks now. They changed a bit, earlier. A knife.

[thulium]

Possibly. I'm not familiar with that manufacturer.

[infourbooks]

Muggles might say something different. Something you mix together.

[Video]

[anuglyman]

A knife. Hmm.

[He looks thoughtful.]

Every night? If it's really every night, I don't believe it could be from natural causes. Even the worst repeat nightmares change a little, or don't come all the time.

May I come by your shop and have a look? I can bring a potion for dreamless sleep, if you like.

[And if you trust him.]

[fromthevalley]

[ Oh, Neville. ]

How long have you been having them?

[infourbooks]

Off and on, for a few weeks.

[unofficial_ambassador]

[Inara looks grim enough that he should be very concerned]

Were some of the dreams about things that you later discovered had happened?

[infourbooks]

[Neville grimaces]

Yeah. I was never any good at Divination.

[unofficial_ambassador]

When you have a moment, can you come and see me in the office? I don't trust the encryption on these things.

[fromthevalley]

Have you ever experienced dreams like these before?

[ Oh, Neville. Helga has been unable to find so many of the potion ingredients she is familiar with. ]

[infourbooks]

No. Nothing like this. Just regular nightmares.

[Video]

[infourbooks]

I think it probably means something. I was pretty bad at Divination though.

[And up until now was kinda okay with that.

He has no reason to distrust Gold. Oddly enough.]

I'd appreciate it.

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[infourbooks]

Of course.

[And he'll show up a few minutes later]

Inara?

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[unofficial_ambassador]

[Inara stands as he walks in. As she told Haruka, the fact that everything terrible ever is happening at this very second is no reason to be a poor host.]

Neville. Take a seat, I don't think any of this is going to be something that you want to hear.

[thulium]

...I think my translator glitched.

[What even is a muggle.]

If you're asking if it's a kind of medicine, then yeah. It is. Some of the stronger ones disrupt dream states.

[fromthevalley]

Do you have any Seers in your family?

[infourbooks]

No, the only one I've ever even met is the Divination professor.

[And that he'd only learned rather recently, with a lot of baggage.]

[infourbooks]

People without magic. No one else uses the word. But... medicine, yes, that was the word...