dreamcrystals | sixth entry ⊗ permanent residency

Sender: Eustace
To: Everyone
Subject: A Method to Stay in This World

As everyone should know, the version of ourselves in this world is wholly separate from our originals that remain awake in our home worlds. What we do here has no effect there, and vice versa. Most won't care whether they are here for a temporary stay, however there are those like me and Tifa who have formed relationships that would be impossible if not for this world.

And I am determined to make it last.

When the Halloween Carnival arrived last October, we had the opportunity to speak to the tapirs and inquire about the nature of our existence here. In short, we are tethered to our home world which allows us to return, currently at random. However, the fae, creatures, and every other being that is not a dreamer like ourselves do not have such tethers. They either traversed into this world or were directly taken through other means.

This leads to the conclusion that if we want to stay in this world, we need to somehow break the connection, either by completely severing it or changing the tether to connect to this world instead. Perhaps we need to completely change the nature of our current "dream self." As the risk of being sent back is high if the tether is cut, I aim to focus on other means.

However, there is of course no known knowledge or means to do this, and the tapirs do not know, either. Thus I am sending this inquiry to:

1) ask if there are any others who would be interested either to help or in the results;

2) if there is anyone who is familiar with dimensional travel or strong magic that could give some clue as to what to look for.

Currently I am looking through the Tree of Stories to find any text or story that could be of use. My current suspicion is dreamotion will be the main component, however manipulating it for such a use will be difficult.

If you are interested, you can respond here or contact me privately.

— Eustace

[ooc: AND THUS MARKS THE BEGINNINGS OF A VERY LONG QUEST but yeah Eustace is trying to find a way to stay permanently in this world and is looking for anyone who wants to help, wants to benefit, or has ideas that they can look into and be possibly incorporated in the actual method. An additional sign-up post has gone up for an official head count. Those who sign-up will be able to play a significant role in finding a clue and/or piece that will lead to the final result. More details there!]

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An exoflection would likely not be tethered. However, it would also not be the same you as the you I'm speaking to right now.

But if it is possible to use dreamotion to alter the nature of exoflection itself, then that may be a start.

Exoflection. I recall you talking about this before.

How would using dreamotion change it?

Exoflection produces a physical copy of the item or person being exoflected. It's possible for aspects of the person being exoflected to be altered - the changing the nature of the "dream self" that you mentioned - but it would be the exoflected copy with the changed nature, not the current you. The laws of exoflection itself cannot be changed... in my world.

However, here it might be possible either to use dreamotion to alter the way exoflection works, or simply to use it alone in a similar process that would allow that "overwriting" without creating the copy. In theory.

The theory sounds plausible if it can change the nature of the item instead of creating a copy. However, I imagine doing this to a person would necessitate a large amount of dreamotion.

There's also the issue of whether it would rely on you to make it work.

Yes. Which is why pure dreamotion would be a better option, using exoflection as a starting point for the process itself. That way anyone capable of wielding suitable control over dreamotion would be able to utilize it, though it may require practice in order to do so.

Given the fact that exoflection and dreamotion already have similarities, it seems like a logical place to start.

So let me see if I understand you correctly. The purpose of this would be to change the properties of our current forms so that they conform to fit in this world? Basically becoming more "real" as opposed to being made of dream energy as we are now.

To make us residents of this world instead of outsiders, in other words. If we're able to do that, it's possible that that alone may be enough to change where the tether connects.

It's not unlike the process when parts of other worlds are brought into my own.

[The joys of having a world basically held together with scotch tape and bits and pieces of other worlds...]

It's worth looking into and trying at least. But what would be the best way to test this? Inanimate objects?

To test whether or not it's possible to change the nature of objects, yes. But they may not have a tether the way a living being would. That part at least may require experimentation on living subjects.

[.......Hm.]

What if it's a different kind of tether or connection?

[... hm indeed.]

It's possible-- I admit I hadn't considered that prospect. My own knowledge on this front lies primarily with living beings that have been brought to a different world. But if inanimate objects also have a connection, that would make the process of testing far simpler.

Then it's the question of the type of connection. I was speaking with Sorey who mentioned tethering with other spirits and souls, but I wonder if a similar concept could be used on objects, like a golemancer who uses inanimate objects as puppets.

[Ah. Dist had mentioned something like that at one point...]

A colleague of mine said he'd done something similar to that once. I don't know the precise details, but from what I gather he was able to create a connection between an inanimate object and a person. If what he said was true, then there's no reason to believe we couldn't duplicate that same effect here.

Even if it's temporary, being able to study the connection would also be beneficial. It's something worth looking at least.

And it would be far less risky to test attempting to change the connection or alter the object's nature than it would be with a living subject.

I can try to see if I can establish such a connection with an object here-- preferably something created or grown in this world that would already be connected to this place. Assuming it works, we could then see if changing that link would be possible, and if doing so changes the nature of its connection to this world as well.

I think that's about the best start we have for this particular avenue. Let me know of the results.

And don't push yourself too hard.

["Pushing himself too hard" is Nuadha's middle name, alas. It's fine, he's already dead in his world--]

It will be to all of our benefit if this turns out to be a success, whether we want to stay in this world or not. I'll contact you once I test this idea-- even a failure could lead to a way forward. If nothing else, we'll be learning more about the nature of this world in the process.

Agreed, thank you for you consideration and I look forward to the results.

sixth entry ⊗ permanent residency

Sender: General Nuadha

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