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March 12, 2011

Last night's LD was a visit to the dreamscape of Tech. I felt like spending some time at several of the clubs, listening to their unique themes and styles.
It was during my visit to the third club of the night that I ran into Amanda. It was completely by accident that I even spotted her amongst the crowded booths. She was sitting by herself, looking as if she was waiting for someone. I figured to stop by just to say hi before I would soon move to the next club. But she caught sight of me and beat me to the punch.
"Geoff!" Amanda greeted me over the loud music. "What're you doing here?"
"Aside from that I made this place?" I shrugged, "music, really."
Amanda grinned. "There's plenty of space here, wanna sit?"
"I'm all right, I'm just passing through. Were you waiting for someone?"
"No," Amanda shook her head. "Just felt like sitting around here, listening to music. I didn't have much to do today, but I also didn't want to stay home."
I nodded, "sounds fun."
"Where were you going after this?"
"I"m just hopping from club to club, checking out the music. Wasn't really going to sit down or anything."
"Well if you get tired of walking around, drop by again and join me."
I nodded. "I'll keep that in mind. I'll see you around."
I continued on my way through the club while listening to the music until I walked out.
Two clubs later, I woke myself up.


March 13, 2011

Last night's LD was a random one that left me standing in the middle of some rainy street in what looked like a 1500's version of London. Lamps were dimly lit in the murky dark of the heavy rain. Distant flashes of light marked the passing of lightning. Laying on the cobblestones of the street, a boy was shaking the fallen form of a man.
I started walking towards them, rain loudly pattering against my Battle Armor and e-visor helmet, with a thought command, my e-visor slid open and folded into my collar-guard.
"What's the matter, lad?" I asked, "what happened here?"
The kid looked up at me, his face was red from crying. "Pa won't wake up."
"Well what's wrong? What happened to him?" I knelt next to the fallen man, across from the child.
"He stopped moving. We were going home."
How old was the kid? He looked no older than maybe... six, seven maybe?
"Stopped moving?" I asked. With a thought command, I changed my vision to thermal and it became clear, the man was dead, very dead, his body's heat almost completely gone as the rain continued to fall. "I see..."
The kid looked down at his father and started trying to shake him.
"Hey, hold on a second," I reached out and placed a hand on the kid's shoulder. "Why don't you take a few steps back and let me see if I can help your Pa wake up, all right? It seems like he was very tired before he stopped moving."
The kid seemed reluctant, so I nodded in encouragement and he finally stood up and backed away a little.
I leaned over the dead man, placing a hand on his head. I then whispered into the man's ear.

"Get up."

Suddenly the man's eyes shot open, his mouth gaping as his lungs were no doubt trying to get what air it could in as quick as possible. Through my vision, I could see his brain firing up, his heart beating once more, his body heating back up.
With a thought command, I quickly entered the Grey and zipped over to an alley I spotted just several buildings away. Changing my vision back to normal, I observed the father and son as they were reunited.
After a few moments, the two finally went on their way, wherever their home was.
Satisfied, I decided to leave them be and make my way through the city. If I was here, I might as well explore!
With a thought command, my Battle Armor phased out and was replaced by a set of winter-suitable clothes, topped with a slightly-weather proof shale-coloured trench coat.
Sure, my clothes were a few centuries ahead, but it looked a lot less conspicuous than a suit of near-indestructible powered armor.
Unfortunately, it seemed like every place I looked was closed for the rest of the day. So I simply took in what sights I could.
After a while, the rain finally stopped, and people started coming out.
Unfortunately, by the time the city was bustling with activity, I had to wake myself up.