Journal Text: comfort is a mystery

[mortal_son]

Sender: Shinjiro Aragaki
To: All
Subject: Dream rules?

hey so I got the typical(??) talk from the dream guys here now but

when they say we're dreaming -

do standard "dream rules" apply?? I don't see people flying all over the place, that's a dream thing for most people, right? idek I don't dream much

and what about that thing when people die in dreams? does that mean they wake up and go on with their normal lives?

k thanks for your time

Comments

[bakudan_bambino]

I feel like if you ‘wake up’ you would just forget the dream, cause you’d be dead. So… if you ‘fall back asleep’

You’d restart the dream?

That’s a tough question. What do you know about sleeping in this dream? Like a dream within a dream…

Do you think there are many dead people here?

[mortal_son]

...

I have no idea about any of that. I didn't exactly start a poll? but uh

yeah I don't know how anything works here. feels not like a dream most of the time anyway - I feel hungry and tired and that kind of shit

[bakudan_bambino]

No shit. This is a discussion.

Glad to see ya made it through that party, by the way.

I feel pretty normal, too. Someone asked me if I had died, so I assume there may be some people around that are dead back home, or that it’s not so surprising.

[adorabrawler]

Are you worried enough about dying to ask?

[mortal_son]

… I think most people are

seems kind of important to know how real this all is

[ He appreciated this person giving him an easy cover for why he’s asking. ]

[adorabrawler]

Speak for yourself. This place is like some weird paradise, the thought of getting killed by anything here never even crossed my mind.

Sender: Zelda

[multidisciplinary]

You could probably fly with the use of dreamotion. I couldn't begin to guess how difficult it would be, but it's perfectly feasible.

[mortal_son]

huh.

what is this dreamotion stuff? they didn’t really explain too well.

[multidisciplinary]

Of course they didn't. A year and a half and they're no better than they were at the start.

Dreamotion is a force of magic in this world. It is generated using a combination of "dream energy" and "emotion energy." If that sounds like nonsense, it's because it is. However, it is also very real. Even if you have never used magic before, you will likely be able to learn to use dreamotion. But it's a fickle business and I couldn't begin to suggest how to go about learning it.

[ She just dislikes dreamotion so much. ]

Sender: Anya

[grandduchess_anya]

Well you might try to learn to fly with dreamotion energy since most abilities we have developed in this world are fueled by it. Even the ones we have at home cane be amplified by it too in most cases. I don’t have magic back in my world but in here I can use them to perform magic.

Not sure about if the whole dying part though.

[mortal_son]

weird. I guess that's kinda dream logic? people being able to do stuff that they can't usually in real life and all.

... well, that's probably good. that means it's not a thing that happens a lot.

[grandduchess_anya]

Yep, dream logic is literally what this place is run on. If one doesn’t normally fly without the help of wings or have the ability to do so at home, they can now.

Sender: Jason Grace

[oursavinggrace]

For what it's worth, I saw plenty of people floating over the dance floor at that party. I mean I get what you're saying, I haven't really seen anyone else flying around outside, but it's definitely a thing.

[Also he's literally been flying around all day but that's different.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuau3Fysa2Q

[mortal_son]

yeah I bailed before the party got to the dancing part, so that's on me.

not that I really like dancing. not my thing.

[oursavinggrace]

I guess it's debatable whether it counts anyway. Do you consider floating the same as flying?

Sender: Yamatonokami Yasusada

[hairpinings]

I don't really understand it all myself and I've been here for a while. The most I can really explain is that this place has its own sort of magic that other places might not have and it's tied to your emotions I think?

[mortal_son]

that's pretty weird. but makes sense in a dream-logic way, I guess.

having superpowers tied to your emotions sounds pretty dangerous, though.

[hairpinings]

It does... but I guess it's not all that bad? From what I've seen, you have to have a good concentration on it for it to actually do anything.

sender: beat

[stillarhino]

sometimes you end up flying without meaning to yo
aint something i see a lot of tho

[mortal_son]

how do you accidentally fly?

[stillarhino]

was helping a friend try to fly when she was a bat
got my foot caught in a bungee and took one helluva ride upside down with her
wouldnt recommend it yo

Sender: Nico

[refantasma]

Youll see Jason flying but he could fly in real life.

I know a bit about death though. death and sleep are twins so theres often overlap. usually no big deal

[mortal_son]

course he didn’t mention that

… no big deal, huh.

[ That’s an attitude he’s familiar with, but usually they’re the ones pointing guns at him. Which he doesn’t object to per se, except they had a nasty habit of turning that onto other people next. ]

[ But, hey, maybe he was just emo. ]

Sender: Wendy Carter

[ectoherbology]

I think that we are alive in a world of dreams. If dreams are a realm that the sleeping visit, we may be physically stuck in that world?

Death is possible, but I have been told that those who die here will typically reappear.

[mortal_son]

… huh. that’s actually really helpful. thanks.

and that’s probably a relief to most people.