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In Dreamssssssssssssss
Date of Scene:	27 June 2020
Location:	In Dreams
Synopsis:	Phantasm comes across the dream of Snake Eyes. They rewrite the ending.
Cast of Characters:	Snake Eyes, Phantasm (Drago)

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Snake Eyes has posed:
High over the desert a pair of Blackhawk helicopters fly speedily towards their destination, their rotors creating quite a bit of noise that makes it difficult for their passengers to hear anything else. Inside of the vehicles are seated soldiers, clad in their camouflage uniforms and carrying numerous weapons. Most have their faces showing, except for one who wears a neck gaiter and dark glasses, his identity almost accidentally covered by his attire. It's the man known as Snake, Army Ranger Infantryman. And he's armed to the teeth. Some of the other soldiers are chattering, but it's hard to understand them as much more than mumbles. Snake seems to know what they mean, however, and nods his head. His voice is loud and clear to be audible over the sounds of the helicopter's propellers, "When we land we need to secure the site fast! Secure the village, capture our HVT and get back to where 10th Mountain's convoy is going to meet us. Heads on a swivel, we've gotta be fast or the guys in the next village over will move on us!"

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
After the eventful morning with the vampire subway attack, Nick has opted to to make today one of his many practice days. However this practice is neither the Escrima, the training with Buffy or Duncan, nor is it music related. (Gee, with all that on top of his actual jobS. When does this guy sleep for himself?) Instead, he has opted to practice his dream traveling. Why? Well, the accumlated knowledge does take up a sizable chunk of what is necessary when fighting.

And so, the raven glides hitting the boundary of a peaceful forestry related dream and then pops into a desert scene which does cause for the bird to give pause momentarily in air. The purplish black plumage will not be very good camoflauge here, that's for sure.

The head shakes as he draws a blank on what would be more appropriate and just shakes it off, flying down to a nearby village. Oh well. Might as well have a look. If there's anything he's learned, Desert dreams that start off like this are usually tied to certain types of dreamers... And sometimes they're the ones who most need someone to stop.

Snake Eyes has posed:
The helicopters descend towards the village, their loud 'whumping' noise disturbing the villagers. People come out of the earthen dwellings, many of the men carrying rifles. When they see the helicopters there's shouting and pointing, but it's unclear what they're saying.

When the birds touch the ground the Rangers hop out, immediately beginning to fan out and get their distance, taking up positions to cover all angles of approach. Snake is among them, close on the village side. His rifle's stock is against his shoulder, the firearm at the ready. As the birds lift off Snake starts yelling commands, "Move it, men!" His left hand leaves the foregrip of his rifle and he holds it up, thumb and pinky finger extended as far out as they'll go before he waggles the hand from side to side. It could be 'hang loose', but based on the way the other soldier's respond, by moving into a formation that's shaped like a 'V' or a wedge it's probably a military hand signal.

As the soldiers begin moving towards the village the armed men in there continue their shouting, looking like they might start a fight at any moment.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
The darkly colored avian stands out amongst the desert sky from its perch on the building. His attention turns over to the helicopters and the men quickly hopping out. Ah. One of THOSE types of dreams. Here now would be the hard part, determining which of the figures is the actual dreamer but being he can only discern the voice of one of them, his money is on the one whose face is hidden a bit more.

The bird glances to the armed persons in the village NOT dressed like team helicopter. Okay. Basic format in these dreams. Something something mission. Something Something things go horribly wrong. Something Something screaming guilt for the dreamer. Common nightmare format for someone.

The bird spreads his wings, hopping off the roof to glide down to the armed persons not wearing the dreamer's team shirt. As he comes down, the raven shifts becoming a wolf instead. Giving a loud snarl, the claws slash into the back of one of the armed men.

Time to change the script.

Snake Eyes has posed:
As the soldiers proceed towards the village the one doing the talking yells, "Don't shoot unless they open up! If they do, drop 'em." He further comands, "We're here for the HVT. Nobody needs to get hurt."

Weapons end up getting pointed from group to group. There's yelling on both sides, but it's difficult to make out. Eventually the villagers start to back off. From inside the village the engine on a truck revs and the vehicle starts heading towards the group of soldiers. Snake yells to his teammates, "Incoming!" One of them fires a warning shot, hoping to dissuade the vehicle's driver from doing anything rash.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
As the armed man he slashes into doesn't react, the wolf hops away. Seems the dreamer didn't notice the attempt and the dream continues on the rails it was set upon. The wolf shakes its head, noticing the group readying for trouble with a vehicle. Ok. Maybe?

The wolf starts running after the truck full tilt, hopefully getting to it before it reaches full speed.

Snake Eyes has posed:
This time Snake sees the wolf. He knows wolves. They're his friends. This one is quite fast as it moves towards the truck. The masked soldier sights down his weapon at the vehicle, which has not yet stopped, and fires a pair of rounds into its grill.

Steam begins to rise from the vehicle, but it's not stopping. Snake yells at his men, "Spread out! Don't cluster up!"

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Managing to make it to the truck, the wolf leaps up towards the vehicle, in an odd turn, the wolf's posture is not very wolf like as his upper paws act like hands and his lower paws act like feet. One paw latches upon the frame while the lower ones set on the running board while the other, is actually pulling the driver's side door handle.

...

Yeah, it's a weird sight.

Snake Eyes has posed:
The wolf is quite helpful, Snake notes as it pops open the door to the truck. The guy inside of it doesn't have a gun, but the vehicle's interior is packed with explosives. It's easy to tell they're explosives because that's one of the things it says on the sides of the numerous boxes. There are many wires leading to a cell phone. There's another cell phone in the driver's hand.

"Look out!" Snake yells as he motions for his men to continue getting distance from one another. He knows what's about to happen, looking at one of the soldiers the truck has seemingly zeroed in on. His heart rate accelerates, he's not having a good time.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Door open, the wolf blinks at the visual inside. "Shit."

He grabs a hold of the driver's head slamming it down on the steering wheel before tossing the man out of the cab. Climbing in, he starts turning the wheel sharply.

Snake Eyes has posed:
The truck's driver lands in the dirt outside of the vehicle, rolling over and over before coming to a stop.

As the vehicle's wheel is turned abruptly to the side it begins to turn, striking a rock before it begins to roll over! The soldiers outside of it have taken cover amongst the desert rocks as well as possible, getting low.

Snake has found a good spot behind some small boulders. As the truck starts to flip he becomes concerned for the animal inside of it, loudly calling out, "Wolf! It's a bomb!"

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Thunka thunka! With the driver's side door open but with the vehicle now on its side, the wolf jumps up, shifting as quickly as he can back to his raven form. Flying as quickly as the corvid's wings can take him. The athletic bird zooms towards where the one who shouted out to the one judged to be the dreamer earlier.

Snake Eyes has posed:
The truck explodes just after the animal makes its escape, flames and smoke reaching up towards the heavens. Debris and stone falls like rain from the sky for a moment, pelting down on everyone around the explosion. Snake looks at the raven and lifts his left hand away from his weapon to wave at it, "I'm glad that you're okay, even if you're not a wolf any more." Then he goes back into soldier mode, pointing at the truck driver, "Grab that guy! That's the HVT!" One fireteam runs towards the man while the other prepares to provide covering fire. "Thank you for your help, bird."

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
There are times when Nick is glad that of all the possible birds he could have had as a go to form, it was of one of the ones prone for fast aerial acrobatics, this was it. Not only is it fun, it can be very useful at times. Like, oh, say dodging the debris kicked up from an exploding truck you were just in. You know, simple things like that. The final approach to Snakeyes was reminiscent of a Top Gun scene enacted by a bird. Barrel Rolls and Inversions included.

The bird gives a nod, glancing back towards the scene. "Hope that helped whatever it is you're doing." The bird simply states. Well, being he seems to understand the wolf can turn into a bird and can accept it, might as well go full out, right?

Snake Eyes has posed:
Dream rules are funny. Wolves turn into birds and birds talk. Snake seems unphased.

"We'll be able to accomplish the mission without any casualties," the ninja tells the corvid, looking away momentarily to scan the horizon and the village. "We'll proceed on foot from here to our RV with a convoy from 10th Mountain."

The other Rangers have caught their man and zip tied him, forcing him to his feet so that he they can have him walk.

Snake glances at the goings on with the prisoner and tells the bird, "No one got hurt. That's good. We didn't need helicopter evac. Helicopters get shot down."

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
The bird listens in curiously, giving a bob of the head as he gets things explained to him, head tilting at the mention of RVs. Likely thinking of a different type.

The mention of helicopters getting shot down gives him a bit of a clue. So that's the source.

"Well good." The raven comments, "Glad it worked out this time then."

He glances to the other members of the crew, "Well. Chalk it up as a win. Celebrate with your friends." He pauses, looking to the outfit, "And...thank you for your service."

Snake Eyes has posed:
"Yes," Snake says when the bird says that it's glad things worked out.

The masked soldier nods to the raven, "Thanks again. To serve is an honor."

"Let's go, fellas! We got a walk ahead of us if we're going to meet our ride outta here!" His command voice is loud and clear, carrying easily. Soon Snake starts his guys moving off into the desert, avoiding the roads and the traps that may lie beneath them.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
The bird gives a winged wave as the group heads off to finish off this dream, hopefully on a better note than it initially was. Will it resolve matters for future times this dream comes back? Well. Probably not.

He springs up into flight, flying alongside the group for a little bit before arcing up into the sky, performing a few gleeful feats of aerial acrobatics before vanishing off to another dream realm

But at least tonight will be a good night for whoever this guy is.