[IC] Lost in Dreams (Chandra)

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Chandra Morgan dreamed of cold and wind blowing though a campus of sorts in a forlorn prairie. men and women walked around in crisp blue uniforms, complete with coats, boots and caps, somewhere between police and military in nature. It was quite a cosmopolitan group: people of all races and genders walk the grounds.

In its halls, lectures are given on many languages and skills, on history, but also on historical skills. How to build a fire from scratch. How to shoot a bow, and how to make it from scratch. How to impersonate nobles (this seems to have multiple cultures it applies to). How to navigate by the stars.

Chandra dreamed of ... herself, but not herself. A young woman who rather than studying medicine had some fascination with history. A young woman with the same face and a different name: Chandra Gopal. Not her original name, but not an english name either.

Chandra Morgan woke up naked in some else's bed. opening her eyes, she saw that it was a crowded dormitory, with two beds, two desks, and several uniforms in the closet. The room was quite clean, and the clock read almost noon. Several pictures were up, including... a picture of her village and the burned house.

The door opened, and a woman came in. Or rather, Chandra's other self, the one from the dream, dressed and with her hair done as she had dreamed it, stepped into the room.