Screaming like a stuck mynock.

"I hope he didn't get stuck somewhere else."

Kate added, "He's right, you lead, Guppy."

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"We weren't in this area." Guppy says. "But we should look for the nearest settlement. Can anyone see a river, or smoke from a fire, or any tracks?"

He never imagined he'd be leading this sort of thing, but he steps into the role, trying to swallow his worry about Atton. The teleporting thing went wrong before after all.

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Teja looks around.

"The sky looks different over there," he then says. "Perhaps the air is warmer there, over a city."

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"Then let's go there."

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"Okay." Guppy heads in that direction, vaguely downhill.

"Keep alert. I think this is the land we had weird forcey hallucinations in."

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"Is that Force able to touch you?" Teja asks, astonished.

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Kate came to stop for a moment, staring at Guppy.

"....Weird Forcey hallucinations? Ok, spill."

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"Keep moving, unless you want to get hypothermia." Guppy says.

"Last time we came here, I think it was here anyway, all three of us saw glimpses of other points in our timelines. But that was probably restricted to the caves we were in."

Looking over at Teja. "Neither Will or I are Force-sensitive as far as I know, I think it was just a... Thing."

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"A thing, indeed," Teja says, starting to walk, and trusting the others to follow him. "I need no visions of my past. Most of it is unpleasant."

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"Gee, thanks for *that* timely heads-up," Kate sourly snarked at that statement. She did trudge along again then.

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Off in the distance, there's a light, soft sound, not unlike a wordless song. Ahead of them, a swarm of tiny, blueish-silver motes of light rushes past them, winding its way deeper into the forest, where it whips up snow and leaves to form the glimmering shape of a human woman.

She's long-haired and gentle-featured, with what may be robes or may simply be formlessness, and possessed of a gentle, pleasant smile. In many ways, she looks more like something out of a fairytale than anything else.

She raises one hand towards them, an indication that they should come closer.

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"Do you think she is real?" Teja asks, distrustfully. "You were here before, Guppy: - would a Force spirit seem like that?"

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"We were gone for long enough for me to grow a ponytail Kate. How could any of us possibly relay every detail to you?"

Guppy turns back to look at the being.

"I don't know Teja. We just saw clips of our lives. But I can see her too, and before most of the images were just for one person to see. I say we follow, but watch out for any traps she might be distracting us from. Keep your eyes and ears open for dangers that might be being disguised by illusions, and make sure to stay close."

He draws his stun gun, to be on the safe side; this thing is probably intangible to regular weapons.

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Kate pointed out, "Not every detail, but none of you said much of anything except it being some kind of treasure hunt. This why you were all being so secretive?"

She was still annoyed about not getting a lot of information, but right now, they had to focus on whatever this was. She tensed up, with a wary expression. She was lightly armed just in case, including a vibroblade.

"I'm not going off anywhere else by myself. Not around here."

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"We should go and speak to her, together," Teja says. "We are all armed."

Teja draws his sahs, but keeps it close to his body.

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They don't get much of a chance. From a group of trees nearby, a small child comes running through, heading for the glowing woman. She turns towards him slightly, the lights that make up her face shifting slightly to appear sharper and more aquiline.

He's about a metre from her when another voice rings out: "Lyman!" He stops abruptly, as an older boy, in his early teens, runs up to him and lightly nudges him back.

The older boy pads past him, wrapping his rather oversized coat around himself tightly, and extends a hand out towards the woman. She pauses, before reaching down to take it. The boy goes pale for a moment, and looks rather like he might collapse, and then the blue lights that make up a woman flare suddenly amber, as the song stops and the woman loses her form, spiralling out into individual lights. A moment later, they go dark.

Lyman, having apparently noticed something new that's interesting, goes running towards Guppy, Teja and Kate.

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Guppy doesn't get the chance to explain to Kate that... hell, that trip was hard at times. He's glad he was able to be there for the others, but the first time he killed someone not just a zombie is not exactly a moment he's proud of.

"Ask me later, I'll tell you anything you want to know." he says, then stops, watching the scene.

"That's Atton." he says quietly, recognising the older boy immediately from his time in the bar. "He's called Jaq at this age."

As Lyman approaches, he crouches down slightly to be on his level.

"Hey there, I'm a doctor, my name is Guppy. Is your brother okay?"

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"So we are too early," Teja says, "or is this a vision again?"

But the boy seems able to see them.

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Kate nodded at the sight of the boy. She definitely was going to grill Guppy and Will later. It hurt a little that he didn't tell, but it hurt more than even Will was quiet about it.

"I met him too. Got him some food. Weird, looks like this is the past."

Time travel was such a headache.

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Nearby, Jaq turns to look at them, eyes momentarily bright and amber, before he starts rubbing at them.
"Ow, ow, ow." When he's done rubbing them, they're grey again, if a little bloodshot.

Lyman peers at Guppy with a mildly bemused expression. Then at Teja. Then at Kate. It's possible he has no idea what they're talking about.

"Lyman, gytej," Jaq calls, wandering over. Lyman hurries back over to his side as Jaq sizes up the three. "You're offworlders." It's a little awkward, as if he's not quite accustomed to speaking Basic.

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Hm, Guppy's going to enjoy that conversation... well, he won't run away from it, but she's definitely going to have to find him to initiate that.

He puts the stun gun away; this could still be a vision, but if not, he needs the boys to trust him for a moment. He hopes the others stay armed.

"Yes, we mean no harm." he says. "Can you tell us the way to the nearest town or village please?"

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Teja re-sheathes his sahs. He will not threaten a child.

"We are too early," he says.

Many years to early.

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"Why we gotta be careful. No butterfly stepping," Kate remarked in an aside, trying not to let the boys overhear that part.

She then stepped forward with a warm smile, "We're a little lost, and could use the help."

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"There's a settlement down the hill," Jaq says, reaching over to hold Lyman in place as he tries to wander off. "But the nearest city with a spaceport is ages away. How long have you been travelling?"

Teja's sahs do get an interested look from Jaq. He is fond of shiny things.

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