I just had a rough night. I think I may of had one of my dream visions that come every once in a while. In it there was mass terror across the world. I was standing in the middle of a terrified crowd turned mob pushing past me. As I looked up I saw the sky on fire. There was a feeling of complete dread that washed over me when I saw that.

The last thing I remember before waking up was the buildings, they looked oriental in the making. That and the fact that I could smell the ocean.

I hope this was just a bad dream.

(Edited to correct grammar.)

If you have more details, particularly of the architechture, please contact me.

Mr. Li said something about the possibility of ending the world, and it being tied to the Yunagai monuments. He was exagerating wasn't he?

Shang Li never struck me as one to exagerate. But who knows if these things are related?

I do not know if they are related, why do you think I asked the question?

A totally unrelated question, one that one of the philosophy majors may be able to answer. How is it that a person like Mr. Li can be at the same time so unbelievably happy, and so incredibly sad?

That's easier done than said, Kai

Sorry I am no Philosopher, and meant no offense.
I didn't mean to sound dismissive, if I did I aplogize. Things will be being looked into.

None taken, I am just a little short, I do hope I didn't offend - I have a lot at stake in this dig, I think it may be a breakthrough in both the scope of the find and the use of the imaging equipment that picked it up.

I do not know what the dream meant. It could be nothing more than bad dream.

All I do know that the solstice is around the corner and the ancient things tend to stir around then. It could also be a twisted warning about what I am currently dealing with here.

I was just asking about the architechture, with sufficient detail I could probably help place the era and location, I am after all an archeologist from the orient.
That and my studies of mythology, coupled with studies of the "paranormal" gives me a great deal of professional curiosity about such dreams.

If I have gone beyond what you are comfortable with, please, forgive me.

I did not mean to offend either.

I do not know which era or culture the buildings came from. They were the sort that is in any good Hong Kong Martial Arts movie. Past that generalization I would not know the difference between one oriental architecture and another.

Normally I would sketch as much as I could remember, but my sketchpad is still in the car at the shop.

Ah, I understand. And I do apologize for prying so much, it is a habit that I have.

You do not need to apologize, if it really is a warning than all the details you can get are necessary. I have picked up a cheap notebook this afternoon so I can take notes and sketches if it happens again. Perhaps they will help in identifying what I am seeing. I think we can start being worried if more of us with this particular gift start having similar visions.

Honestly, I am not entirely comfortable with this particular gift I have. Most of the time I feel it is much more a curse than a gift. I cannot help but wonder what good is it to see possible futures if you cannot figure them out in time to do anything about them?

Also, I've learned that I cannot entirely trust these 'dream visions' because they have been manipulated by outside forces before.

Let us know if it happens again... Some of us still need to build bomb shelters--or find the nearest Turtle Shelter to us.

Smacks Ghost upside the head. Better?

Yeah right.

Kei Nakamura wrote:I do not know if they are related, why do you think I asked the question?

A totally unrelated question, one that one of the philosophy majors may be able to answer. How is it that a person like Mr. Li can be at the same time so unbelievably happy, and so incredibly sad?

How, not sure, but it's not just Mr. Li who's gone through that.

Kei Nakamura wrote:A totally unrelated question, one that one of the philosophy majors may be able to answer. How is it that a person like Mr. Li can be at the same time so unbelievably happy, and so incredibly sad?

I forgot to answer this one earlier...

It might not be a philosophical problem. I'm beginning to think I'm chronically depressed, 'cuz I have the same problem more and more, lately...

It pry does stem from philosophy, though. The things he'd dealt with, the things he had to do, haunting him constantly... That amount of crap could cause even the most cheerful to bury their heads in their arms and sob for several years straight...

GhostSpider wrote:This has become the apologists thread.

I believe you are just observing one of the nuances of Japanese culture.

Yes you are.

Most of their time apologizing? No, but they will apologize at the merest hint of offense in the person they're speaking with. They also have a hard time saying "no", so they tend to beat about the bush until the person they're talking to gets the hint.

"Does your store carry X?" "Well...uhm...actually... Well, you see, the thing is... We do have X on order, but...well..." "Ah, is that so..." "I'm sorry." "It's alright! Maybe next time."

It's better than the old standby:

"Hey, you got any of this?"
"Hell no."
"WTF?"
"Wanna make somethin' of it, asshole?"

PS, I hope this doesn't reflect on my people skills, KT. I'm much nicer in person.

Yes, but it can be quite frustrating too. I've heard of American executives that have gone to japan to sell something. They have to speak through a translator and will tell a joke to open up the speech. The translator will just say "he told a joke, please laugh" and the room will erupt into laughter.

They don't want to offend the speaker by not laughing, but by laughing they convey the wrong impression to him.