The ocean is rocky. There's a storm on the seas, and Stan is holding the line taught while Ford sails.
Despite this, the memory isn't a negative one. Sure, they were in some rough waters, but they got out of it alright, didn't they? The dream keeps threatening otherwise - the boat is rocking a lot more than he remembers.
He's been having this dream a lot lately. From here, a giant squid rises up from the depths and starts to beat up their boat, and the Stan twins retaliate with harpoons and punches. However, instead of retreating like he remembers, the squid manages to grab Ford by the ankle and dangle him in the air. The first time spooked him enough to wake him up, but since then he's just been fighting the dream back, using his ability to lucid dream to try and prevent things from going there, or to retreat into the actual memory the way he remembers.
But something feels kind of different this time, as Ford steers and he holds the line steady. He feels...more awake all of a sudden, maybe? He's never been good at putting his finger on stuff like that. But something's off and he doesn't know what this time. He lets go of the line (which stays taught because he wants it to, as though someone is still holding it) and thinks for a second. Ford keeps doing what he's doing though, steering them through the stormy seas, so Stan decides to lean over and pinch him. Why pinch yourself when you can pinch someone else?
Ford doesn't react though, and Stan sighs.
"Alright, so this is a dream," he says. "But if it's a dream, then what the hell's going on?!"
He can smell the salt. The rain feels wet on his skin. There's too much sensory detail that usually gets skipped in sleeping brains. Something's not right here, and Stan leaves his post next to Ford so he can look out over the side of the boat, as though the answer will be somewhere in the ocean.
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Despite this, the memory isn't a negative one. Sure, they were in some rough waters, but they got out of it alright, didn't they? The dream keeps threatening otherwise - the boat is rocking a lot more than he remembers.
He's been having this dream a lot lately. From here, a giant squid rises up from the depths and starts to beat up their boat, and the Stan twins retaliate with harpoons and punches. However, instead of retreating like he remembers, the squid manages to grab Ford by the ankle and dangle him in the air. The first time spooked him enough to wake him up, but since then he's just been fighting the dream back, using his ability to lucid dream to try and prevent things from going there, or to retreat into the actual memory the way he remembers.
But something feels kind of different this time, as Ford steers and he holds the line steady. He feels...more awake all of a sudden, maybe? He's never been good at putting his finger on stuff like that. But something's off and he doesn't know what this time. He lets go of the line (which stays taught because he wants it to, as though someone is still holding it) and thinks for a second. Ford keeps doing what he's doing though, steering them through the stormy seas, so Stan decides to lean over and pinch him. Why pinch yourself when you can pinch someone else?
Ford doesn't react though, and Stan sighs.
"Alright, so this is a dream," he says. "But if it's a dream, then what the hell's going on?!"
He can smell the salt. The rain feels wet on his skin. There's too much sensory detail that usually gets skipped in sleeping brains. Something's not right here, and Stan leaves his post next to Ford so he can look out over the side of the boat, as though the answer will be somewhere in the ocean.