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Journal Entry
Sender: 76
To: Everyone
Subject: Information
[This finds its way across the journals a few days after the dreamshift ends-]
Going to attempt to keep this short.
If you remember the journal wide post warning about the Story Eater? Here's more of that.
Most of what was fought in that dreamshift, if we're going to keep calling it that, were created or caused by the Story Eater tampering in it much like it would in stories. More than enough proof points to that, including stuff found at Baba Yaga's hut, and it was a small taste of what it's capable of for those among us that didn't take a detour to the Realm of Stories before ending up here. Those red-eyed things were Eraser influence, and it looks like Story Eater may have it's own new tricks as well.
Thing is? There are Erasers here as well, not just in dreamshifts. They're not the Noctaere and it's safer not to mistake one for the other; they're entirely different beasts from each other and pose their own dangers.
Noctaere are best not come into physical contact with, as from experience that can hurt you as much as any of their attacks; seems like only this dreamotion stuff is the best way to deal with them. Erasers you can physically wail on to an extent and get somewhere, but using other means can keep them down longer or put them down faster. Some are a lot stronger than others, depends on how much the Story Eater put in to them.
If you recall the quest on the board about the witches that were dumping paint on people before we suddenly found ourselves neck-deep in that Halloween dreamshift? Those were Erasers, likely based off The Wicked Witch from Wizard of OZ; one reason throwing water on them seemed to destroy them with what info that notice provided for anyone who went after them. From what I can guess, they were a test of some sort and your guess as to why is as good as mine.
Look for red eyes, and ink coming out of it. Likely based off of something in a story, possibly twisted in some way. Easiest way to identify an Eraser.
I'm not going to respond to any private messages about this. You want to talk privately? Come find me. Otherwise? Anything you've got to ask or say here is better off public access for others' sake.
[Might not answer everything either, but there it was. Written out as much as he was willing, strange as most words felt to write.
Was as much information as 76 had to share with what knowledge and details he had.]
To: Everyone
Subject: Information
[This finds its way across the journals a few days after the dreamshift ends-]
Going to attempt to keep this short.
If you remember the journal wide post warning about the Story Eater? Here's more of that.
Most of what was fought in that dreamshift, if we're going to keep calling it that, were created or caused by the Story Eater tampering in it much like it would in stories. More than enough proof points to that, including stuff found at Baba Yaga's hut, and it was a small taste of what it's capable of for those among us that didn't take a detour to the Realm of Stories before ending up here. Those red-eyed things were Eraser influence, and it looks like Story Eater may have it's own new tricks as well.
Thing is? There are Erasers here as well, not just in dreamshifts. They're not the Noctaere and it's safer not to mistake one for the other; they're entirely different beasts from each other and pose their own dangers.
Noctaere are best not come into physical contact with, as from experience that can hurt you as much as any of their attacks; seems like only this dreamotion stuff is the best way to deal with them. Erasers you can physically wail on to an extent and get somewhere, but using other means can keep them down longer or put them down faster. Some are a lot stronger than others, depends on how much the Story Eater put in to them.
If you recall the quest on the board about the witches that were dumping paint on people before we suddenly found ourselves neck-deep in that Halloween dreamshift? Those were Erasers, likely based off The Wicked Witch from Wizard of OZ; one reason throwing water on them seemed to destroy them with what info that notice provided for anyone who went after them. From what I can guess, they were a test of some sort and your guess as to why is as good as mine.
Look for red eyes, and ink coming out of it. Likely based off of something in a story, possibly twisted in some way. Easiest way to identify an Eraser.
I'm not going to respond to any private messages about this. You want to talk privately? Come find me. Otherwise? Anything you've got to ask or say here is better off public access for others' sake.
[Might not answer everything either, but there it was. Written out as much as he was willing, strange as most words felt to write.
Was as much information as 76 had to share with what knowledge and details he had.]
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Straight forward weakening of the host works best otherwise, even if it comes down to physically fighting them.
I'm still learning about Noctaere myself since I haven't encountered them until coming to this world. They hit you more in your head; your fear empowers them, they feed off it and it might not hurt to say anything negative and could be a nightmare for someone feeds them, too. I can say that when I went to physically hit one, it burned even though it didn't come in to contact with skin. Like how a bite that's injected something in to you might. [Venomous? He didn't know if that word would work since he didn't get bitten.] Can weaken you, slow you down.
They can also physically attack, depending on the shape taken. It's best to keep them as far away as possible. Dreamotion works better for them than physical attacks, like I said.
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Is Dreamotion more effective against the Erasers, too?
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[He definitely means the Tapirs, and whatever other beings were here outside of them in the same capacity. Even if there was some prior knowledge to help along.]
I don't know if I'd call it more effective, because you can physically beat down an Eraser just as easily as throwing some magic at it. Could hurry things along, since where the Erasers were originally encountered gave those of us who were there abilities tied to characters of stories and folklore.
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Would you happen to know where and/or how I can learn more about all this? Collecting more testimonies from people who have personally encountered Noctaere and Erasers would make for helpful research reference, too.
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I don't know exactly how many people from the place arrived here, but asking for anyone who knows about the Realm of Stories will get you enough stories about Erasers. They were a common issue whenever we had to go fix something. The Tapir seem to know more about Noctaere, however, since they explained it to some of us best they could at the time. What I know is from my own encounter with one in a dreamscape.
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When you defeat or repel them, do they drop or leave anything behind? It would be helpful to have samples for studying and testing, if possible.
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Erasers dissolve in to ink and tatters of paper, basically. Sometimes that ink dries up in to an ash-like substance. Sometimes you might be able to read words on those paper tatters, other times it might just be a jumble of letters.
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Part of my worry, honestly. All the more reason I wanted to get what information I do have out here for others to take an build upon.
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Come to think of it, it would also be handy if we can compile what everyone knows of Erasers and Noctaeres into something publicly accessible that can be referenced at will. Newer entries will bury older ones in the journal, and I don't believe there's a bookmark function?
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I don't think there is. At most you can just find the names of everyone here and use that to reach out to them. Wouldn't hurt to compile it all in something all it's own we can access easier, even if the Tapir do their best when they welcome people here.
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[Learning the hard way once here? Yes.]
Yeah, sure. Might not be able to answer some questions, but I will if I can when you come with them.
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[Not his first foray into the new and unknown, suppose the experience will come in handy now more than ever before.]
That's all I can think of for now. Thank you for your time, M. 76. Please take care and have a nice day.
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[Dream were nuts.]