Burial (Sane) Premonition Raiding a Soul Playground? Or Ashley's Soul Playground?

[Nikibugs]

Initially I didn't consider the Burial (Sane) sub-route as having a formal premonition, since Ashley didn't seem to think it was one, and there wasn't any immediate danger or prominent CGs. But there were demonic eyes bordering the scene which typically denote a formal vision scene.

After seeing how bottling souls was very much a thing you do in Decay Part 1 for the Entity however, and how premonitions have been very literal thus far (including location). Oh fudge, this one's literal too, isn't it? That puzzle room full of souls looks suspiciously like a Soul Playground, doesn't it? It even has a little garden area and red flowers which serve as a sort of food for them; when they're not being used for building bridges. And Ashley seems to already have the knowledge you can collect souls with a container like a bottle too.

The first thought that blasted after that was if it depicted Ashley having her own Soul Playground. She views cannibalism as a way to steal someone's entire life energy up until that point, so progressing to souls would be more direct about it. Which may be a problem, as Andrew's notes speculate it's soul cannibalism that may turn someone into an Entity. But what's troubling is, Andrew's soul appears to already be separated here, implied by the darker soul we now know to be a Grime Soul (a stage he's been in since he was Andy) having green text; along with Ashley's general fondness and interacting playfully with him. As far as we know, an Entity has to intentionally separate a soul or it's lost at death; as Ashley's soul doesn't spawn next to her in Andrew Wins at Tag ending even though she was KO'd in the Realm Between. Souls in this state seem to have reduced faculties, and he wasn't able to speak to her, but panicked when she jested she'd bottle him. Andrew being stuck in such a state would be one means to make sure he couldn't ditch her lol. But last time he was separated like that, she had a meltdown and wanted him returned to his body immediately. Maybe control made her keep her cool.

After that flurry of thoughts though, it's more likely she's raiding someone else's Soul Playground lol. It's different from the one we see in the Entity's Demon Realm in Decay Part 1, but it seems far too small to be Lord Unknown's. The Entity also only wanted one soul at a time, so to grab ALL of them? If she's raiding this Soul Playground of all its souls, she's being pretty nonchalant about it lol. The Entity was going to punish Andrew with death for unwittingly freeing it's soul stash. If she was mainly looking to retrieve Andrew's soul from whoever has him ("There you are. Finally!"), why is she pilfering all the other souls too? It's not optional to grab them, since they block required puzzle elements. Regardless, when she locates him, the scene ends on her saying "Let's just get out of here before it finds us...". Her demeanor doesn't seem too too concerned about what 'it' is that could spot them leaving, or may be pursuing her. Funny enough, she gave the Entity male pronouns in Decay Part 1, so 'it' is probably a different Entity lol. There's also the issue of needing to be summoned into different Realms however.

Main thing I'm unsure of however is how this scene would be considered a 'troubles ahead' to warrant a premonition. Every other vision has had a visceral reaction out of Ashley (or Andrew seeing Ashley’s decapitated body); but she didn’t think much of this one. Maybe Andrew isn’t entirely wrong, that being able to interpret the visions for what they’re showing is an important skill to have lol. The risk of Andrew remaining in that state for too long, even if it means Ashley'd have full control over him, is his soul could eventually fade away if not adequately engaged. Perhaps her final expression betrays how worried she really is for what's on it's way.