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Kala gave him some good advice. He hadn’t realize how tired he was, so he
followed her directions to a suite they had set up for him. It was super
nice and luxurious, reminding him of the hotel where he stayed on Anchor
Island. He took a quick shower, and then crawled into bed.
He dreams of being on a boat, but it’s unlike anything he’s ever seen
before. It’s wooden, like the canoes and fishing boats that the Tamborans
would use, but it’s big, more like the kind the Bungulans had. He’s dressed
in alien layered clothing on the deck, looking out over the ocean. He can’t
see a single hint of land anywhere. Nothing really happens, but he’s not
alone. He’s experiencing the voyage with others, most of whom he does not
recognize. Caprice is there, though he is much younger than she was before.
Either this is a memory of her past, or a vision of the future, and she has
chosen to inhabit a younger version of herself. The second one actually
makes the most sense.
He wakes up feeling refreshed, but confused, and trying to make sense of
what he saw. Being on the sea obviously wasn’t too weird, but the clothes
they were wearing, and the tone of the scene—people’s facial
expressions—even the color of the sky...none of it looked right to him. He
couldn’t even tell if they were happy to be there.
He finds Caprice eating dinner alone in the common area when he exits his
room. They’re evidently sharing the space. She tried to be here for him in
time for the eruption, but got caught up with something on the other side of
the island. She appears as young as she did in the dream, and he’s never
seen her this way before, which strongly suggests that it really is
something from his future. The mountain is no longer a problem, so his mind
has jumped to the next one. “What do you think?” he asks her. “Does that
sound like something you would do, or even have done?”
“I think, since I’ve known you, I’ve learned to trust what you see, and what
you say. If you think we’ll be on a big boat together, sailing on rough
waters, I believe you. I have never been on a boat like that before, but I
have heard of it. I have to say, I hope it doesn’t mean that we’ll be
traveling through time.”
“Why would that even be a possibility?” Resi asks, puzzled.
“What you’re describing is a viking boat, and viking clothing. And the sky
you saw? It sounds more like the one on Earth. The sky there isn’t quite as
icy blue as it is on Bungula? I’ve seen pictures. Here, I can pull it up for
you.” She reaches for her device.
“I believe you. I can’t imagine we would ever go to Earth, let alone the
past.”
Caprice tilts her head in thought. “There’s another option.”
“What would that be?”
“Well, have you heard of Castlebourne? It’s tens of light years away.”
“Yeah, that’s the one where it’s just a bunch of amusement parks, right?”
“It’s a lot more than that. I think I might be able to pull up the
prospectus from this. They give out all that information because they want
visitors.” She taps on her device a little. “Yeah, I searched for vikings,
and here it is; the Nordome Network.
Live like a Northman in the first millennium. Sail the seas, take the
lands, and try to keep them! In this highly immersive simulation, no
electricity is allowed. It is not something you visit, but something you
live. Are you ready to go a-viking? Tap here to begin your journey, and
see what you’re made of. Hmm. It actually sounds like fun.”
It sounds like a nightmare.
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