The Fire Sermon
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Dreams of fire, of other bright things, and of things burning or exploding.


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A dream about something expensive happening

You dream that you brought a candle into a dark room….



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A dream about fireworks

You dream that you're standing, holding a candle…
   [Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 1]



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A dream about fireworks

You dream that you're standing, holding a candle….

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Unlocked with Troubled by Vermin 1


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A dream about a burning river

You dream that you're flinging books happily on to the Stolen River…

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 2


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A dream about a burning river

You dream that you're flinging books happily on to the Stolen River…

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 4, Nightmares 6


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A dream about a peaceful garden



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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 3


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A dream about a lake

You dream of standing on a jetty. A great lake stretches away to the horizon. It is almost dusk. Gradually, you realise the lake is quietly on fire. The flames are green and blue. The flames call to you. It is difficult not to imagine their delicious, tickling touch on your skin.
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 4

Dive in

Your desire is too strong. Take the plunge through the flames.

Stay still

Fight the temptation. It's a lake of fire, for heaven's sake!

Get into a boat

There's one under the jetty. (unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: Death by Water 6; A matter of luck: it could go either way.)

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A dream about a bright fountain

You dream that you are back in the garden, the one that feels like a honey-dream. Suddenly, it is night. You have returned to the fountain, and now it is pouring forth streams of coruscating sparks. They fly into the air and are carried away by the breeze. Flames lap at the fountain's base, like a pool of fire in a stone bowl. The effect is extraordinary. How do you feel?
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 5

This does not feel right

Flames should not behave like that. Turn away.

This is fascinating

Draw closer. Closer. Closer…

Collect a handful of sparks

They move as if they were alive. Perhaps they are.
To unlock, you need having Recurring Dreams: The Burial of the Dead 10

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A dream about a bridge

You dream that you are standing on a bridge at night….

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 6

 
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A dream about a city

You dream that you are standing on a bridge. Your back is to the parapet this time…

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 7


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A dream about a burning city

You dream about a walled city on a hill at night. The city is burning. Timbers crack and sparks fly into the sky, carried along by the breeze.
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 7

Try to help

Rush in, dreaming of rescuing children from smoke-filled rooms.

Just watch

Join a bucket chain? What for? It's not your city.


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A dream about a ship

You dream you are standing on the deck of a ship at night….

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 8


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A dream about a will o'the wisp

You dream that you are wandering in the marshes. It is very dark, now. You have been waiting for the will o'the wisp this time. When it appears, its glow is as comforting as guiding starlight.
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 9

B——r the thing! You're not going to follow it!

Stay where you are. It can find someone else to lure into the mud. Admittedly this is your dream, so its options may be limited.

Faery treasure!

Did you really say 'faery'? Oh dear. But then, this is a dream. Follow the light and see what it marks.
(A matter of luck: it could go either way.)


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A dream about a walk in the marshes

You dream of wandering in a lonely place. It is past dusk and there is a damp chill in the air. You can feel mud squelching underfoot. The ground is tussocky, and it is getting harder to see where you are going without tripping.

Over there. A ball of pale green flame rises up from behind a clump of fungus. It hangs in the air, flickering gently. You approach it, and it begins to float, erratically, away.
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 9

It's a corpse-candle! Leave it alone

You know the old stories. You will not be lured into a trap. Turn away from it. Stay where you are.

It's a natural phenomenon. Ignore it

Ignis fatuus. Foolish fire indeed. Keep walking and pay it no mind.

It's fascinating. Watch it.

It won't hurt to linger just a little longer.


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A dream about a garden

You dream that you are standing at a gate….

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 10


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A dream about stars

You dream that you are standing on a hill. Cold stars are strewn across the sky. This is a dream, so there is no need to wonder why they are there. Some begin to fall from the sky
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 10

Stay where you are

You're quite comfortable on the cold hillside. Comfortable-ish.

Follow the shooting stars

They must be trying to lead you somewhere.
(Watchful challenge; straightforward < 82)


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A dream about lightning

You dream that you are standing on a hillside…

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 10


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A dream about a burning river

You dream that you are standing on a bridge at the centre of the city. Dawn is breaking. A fiery orange sun rises; blinding light bounces from the water. Look down. The river is on fire, flaming palely in the sun. You need to drop something into it. But what?

Drop in a love letter

Just knowing that it exists makes you uncomfortable.
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 11

Cast a handful of pins into the water

They glitter so prettily in the sunlight.
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 11

Throw in a lit candle

It feels like an appropriate thing to do, somehow
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 11, Watchful 25

Drop in a flowering branch

You are holding a black branch, heavy with pink blossoms. Throw it in.
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 11


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A dream about a map

You dream that you are in the castle, planning battle strategies…

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 11


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A dream about a hearth

You dream that you are sitting by the fire….

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 11


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A dream about an earthquake

You dream that you are standing on a beach. You look out across the water. On the horizon stands a mountain, its shoulders sloping, its peak scooped like a giant's bite. The ground begins to shake. The ocean heaves.
Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 12

Warn the city

Somehow, you know you can raise the alarm, if you try hard enough.
(Persuasive challenge; straightforward < 87)

Save yourself

It is too late for everyone else.
(Dangerous challenge; straightforward < 47)


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A dream about ice and fire

You dream that you are watching a volcano erupt into the sea….

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 13


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A dream about an angry mountain

You dream that you are sitting in a boat….

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Unlocked with having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 13



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