[Video 002]
[As generally happens with video posts, the screen of the Forge flickers on -- and for the briefest of moments, the interior of the Doctor's TARDIS is visible, the time rotor emitting a dull, pulsing glow. After a quiet "Oh, it's on," the Forge is quickly shifted around to focus on the Doctor's face, with only the roundels on the TARDIS' walls
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[The man sounds exhausted. He barely got an hour or two before the dream began, and his mind hasn't been able to idle enough to return to sleep, instincts far too wary to let himself rest.]
It must be the damn mist acting up again...
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Still, I'm not sure if I can chalk it up to the mist. Did you see those messages on the wall?
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Mm. Wouldn't be all too surprised if the mist made us hallucinate those messages in the first place.
[a sigh] At least we can wake up from them. Better than the waking hallucinations last time. Gave us all our own personalized little piece of hell.
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[a beat, then sounding interested,] Hallucinations? 'Fraid I wasn't around for that bit. Mind telling me what happened?
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...Your equipment? Are you a scientist or something?
Lucky you. [Lengthy pause, as he really, really does not want to talk about what he saw, not now particularly]
...Last time the mist came into the city, we were forced to live out our worst fears. For an entire night.
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[the Doctor thinks this over for a bit, then,] If the mist could do that, why be so selective about it this time around? I just spoke to someone who hasn't had these dreams -- I find it difficult to believe that the mist would be choosy.
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...is a computer? [he sounds distinctly awkard]
[he's quiet for a long moment, then]
I don't know. But then again, it's hard to put a 'why' to the mist anymore. The first time I went to the ruins, it created a physical version of someone I knew was dead.
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. . . Ah, right, the ruins. I keep meaning to take a look. I've been too distracted by getting my equipment fully back online. I reckon it's safe to say that the mist has some sort of hallucinogenic agent in it, though.
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[pauuuse] Er...I think it was 1915 as far as I'm aware.
When you do, it'd probably be best to have a weapon of some sort. Or fighting skills in general. Monsters live in it too.
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Oh, yes, the beasties I've heard so much about. Don't suppose you'd have any specifics on what's out there, having been there yourself, would you?
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[His tone sounds completely indifferent, though if one listens carefully enough, there is a faint undertone of bitterness there.]
There's quite the assortment out there. There are a few walking skeletons, and some of them are like normal animals but...bigger and more intimidating-looking. Others are...well, I'm not entirely sure how to describe them. Don't really have any standard of comparison for them.
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[he takes this in for a moment] Right! So animated skeletons, overgrown and very intimidating animals, and unknown creatures. This sounds like it's going to be quite an adventure, once I get myself into gear and take a look around.
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I guess that's one way to look at it.
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I wonder, though, if it's possible that the source of these dreams comes from something far beyond the city's limits?
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[he pauses to think about that for a moment] I suppose it's possible, but if that's the case...we can't get to it.
I turned back when the mist showed me something I wasn't ready to handle. But someone else I know here went further. Apparently, if you go far enough, you start bleeding.
As far as I understand it, Anatole is the only place in this world with people still alive in it.
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There's got to be something hidden out there. Maybe other cities have are out there like this one, or at least small clusters of survivors. And if not people, then at least something.
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