Dream. is the first flash of Act 3 and the longest flash in Nightfall so far. In it, Vriska has a disturbing dream.
Summary[]
Vriska has a dream she is in her old hive. She attempts to rescue Tavros from falling off a cliff by jumping after him, but she falls into a Sburb gate and lands on LOWAS, where she sees John dead on his quest bed. Sylja then arrives and teleports Vriska away to an amalgamation of various trolls' lands. Sylja then points to a temple with Yaldobaoth and Nero exiting it, dropping an eight ball to Vriska containing the two tadpole genesis frogs of the Shinobi Universe. The eight ball explodes, creating a force that pulls her in before she wakes up with a start in her room to see meteors raining down. She sees Dave, Liz, and Karkat dead on the street, with Gamzee, Jiggy, Grimbark Jade, Cristyle and other Shinobi covered in blood. She sees Cristyle murder John in front of her eyes, with Cristyle's face being Vriska's. Vriska wakes up for real and leaves the house, leaving Liz to wonder where she went. Vriska looks up at a blue comet hurtling towards Earth and snuggles with John in bed.
Trivia[]
- A few scenes in the flash are visual callbacks to Nightfall or Homestuck:
- Vriska walking down the stairs is a redraw of these panels in Homestuck.
- John's death scene is a redraw of this panel in Homestuck.
- Vriska's "waking up" is similar to her awakening earlier
. - The red-hot sun is the same as the sun in Homestuck here, with the falling meteor scenario very similar to the events in that scene.
- John's stabbing by Cristyle is similar to his death earlier in this flash.
- The various troll lands merged together is similar to the Dream Bubbles.
- Various Shinobi symbols can be seen in structures in each land:
- Shawnti's is on the Land of Sand and Zephyr.
- Terlock's symbol is on the Land of Maps and Treasure upside-down.
- A symbol similar to Cristyle's is on the Land of Little Cubes and Tea.
- Sylja's symbol is on the Land of Thought and Flow upside-down.
- Hades' symbol is on the Land of Caves and Silence.
- Raven's symbol is on the Land of Quartz and Melody.
- Unidentified symbols are on the Land of Brains and Fire and the Land of Rays and Frogs.
- Considering Shawnti's symbol is on Tavros' land and they have the same Aspect, the other characters may also correlate in the same matter.