Dream Catching

[crouching_sin]

Sender: Naoya
To: Everyone
Subject: Nightmare Remedies

All right, I'm curious. How do people with tendencies towards them prevent nightmares here? I've only had some minor success with harnessing this 'dreamotion' energy, and I don't have access to the methods I tend to use at home.

(Those being various herbal remedies as well as simply loading up with caffeine.)

I suppose I could continue waking up before I can drop into the stage of sleep where one dreams most of the time, but it's stretching even my own considerable limits.

Comments

Sender: Futaba Sakura

[mwehehe]

There should be some flowers around for that... if you've seen the power conductors, there should be some flowers around some in the shade. You can probably grab one or two, they tend to ward off nightmares. Dunno how well it'd work for you, but it's better than nothing, right?

[crouching_sin]

... I haven't seen the power conductors yet, no. Which area are they in?

That's true. At this point I'll try new things.

[mwehehe]

There should be some in the square, but— oh, right, Susato might have some in the greenhouse! They're uhhh... the dawn flowers! You need them in some dark conditions, which if you see some glowing flowers under some shaded areas, those are the dawn flowers. I dunno if I have any seeds left, but the greenhouse would likely have 'em. You might need... a lot, though if your nightmares get especially bad.

[crouching_sin]

Ah, I'm no good at growing plants. Call it a curse - they all wither under my care.

[Unfortunately, that's not a joke. Thanks, God.]

But I'll have to keep an eye out for those. I wouldn't want to take so much that others can't have them, but they do tend to be particularly bad.

[mwehehe]

Think you'd do okay if they were already blooming? Just a little water and keep 'em out of sunlight, I think.

[They were somewhere else, weren't they...? She doesn't recall them being in the crystal caves, but...]

You can probably find some in a cave, but I don't know where. You probably don't wanna be out in the wastelands or whatever by yourself, but I know they were a found thing.

[crouching_sin]

Maybe. No chance that plastic ones would work the same, huh?

I do have backup I can call upon, but even with them... I don't know much about these noctaere.

[mwehehe]

Ah... they can be mean, but if you know how to fight it might not be too bad. There's some little ones, then real big ones— those are the ones you want to avoid.

[Hmm... well, she's already done some stuff around here, so maybe the next project can be...]

I wonder if there's a way to harness the same energy from the flowers in something else so you don't have to try to take care of flowers? I can't promise it'd be quick, but I can try and figure something out... like an anti-nightmare nightlight. It wouldn't be the coolest thing to have in your house, but it'd help.

[crouching_sin]

I can imagine. If those things are made out of nightmares... but I suppose I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Right now I'm more concerned about making sure the layout of the city and the surrounding area are solidly in my memory. Which shouldn't take long, given my tendency to memorize things quickly.

I've moved past the need to impress other people with 'cool' things in my home. And we all live in treehouses, which are either cool or not on their own depending on how you look at it. But if there's something I can assist with I wouldn't mind helping. I need a project to work on around here with the tech level here being so low.

[mwehehe]

It's not... too big, not like Shibuya or something. More like an old-timey village on the outskirts of a shrine or something.

Heh, I just wanna make sure, you know? Sometimes the need to be SUPER COOL wins out.

[Ah... a kindred spirit... she appreciates it.]

If you know some ways to build tech, we could probably collab, yeah. I'm uh, not great with people on a first meeting, but I got some ideas on how to improve things. Having electricity helps sooooo much though. Don't have to do anything by candlelight anymore.

Sender: Vanitas

[darkcharge]

By sharing a space with someone who is stupidly good at the Dreamotion thing.

[crouching_sin]

Ah, roommates. I haven't had one for a number of years, but I suppose that's an option.

As I'm new and don't know the vast majority of people here I suppose I'll have to look around.

[darkcharge]

It won't be hard.

I wish I was joking but throw a rock at someone and there's more than a 50% chance that they'll ask you if the rock belongs to you instead of getting mad.

A lot of "helpful" sorts around here.

[crouching_sin]

Oh, great. So a lot of 'hero' types?

That's... great. Surely the personality clash won't go badly.

[darkcharge]

Who better to harness Dreamotion, which relies on more positive emotions?

[crouching_sin]

I have to wonder why me, then. As someone who isn't a font of positive feelings, I can't imagine what value that whoever's in charge of this place thought I would bring.

[darkcharge]

Who can say? There really doesn't seem to be any logical sort of reasoning behind that.

[crouching_sin]

I assumed not.

I don't suppose you know of any good candidates for roommates?

Sender: Alisaie

[leveillpier]

What I mentioned about balancing those nightmares with positive dreamotion energy. Thinking of thoughts that are considered 'good' or 'positive.'

Having companions there to help isn't a bad idea either. I've learned that it's better to conquer such dreams with numbers. I could probably ask-- G'raha and Madhuri for additional advice since they have been here quite longer than I have.

[crouching_sin]

I'm not quite sure how having people around will help. It's a bit of a chronic problem. Not to get into details, but I've had a rough go of things.

And 'good' is not what I'm generally associated with. But I suppose I can try.

[leveillpier]

The people who are here also know how to use dreamotion, and consolidated use of dreamotion can assist with mitigating dire situations. It may not make sense, but I can assure you it's quite effective.

If you want ideas, I can suggest a few.

[crouching_sin]

I understand the concept, I think - at least from what I've gleaned in talking to people. But what do you mean by 'mitigating dire situations' in this sense?

... I have literally nothing to lose but sleep at this point, so go ahead.

otl i had to make sure i reread the info for this haa

[leveillpier]

Those affected by strong emotions can induce nightmare energy, and nightmare energy in large concentrations can turn someone into a noctaere. Noctaere can also form due to concentrated nightmare energy as well.

*patpat* 'sokay :3

[crouching_sin]

Oh, great. My inner demons could become literal demons.

What sort of ideas do you have for combating this issue? If it's going to become such a problem...

lolol thanks. lmk if there's any confusion!

[leveillpier]

Aye. You best be cautious when treading when dreaming or dreamwalking. This dream world isn't too dangerous but it is not safe as well.

The usage of dreamotion and collaborative work with other people here seem to work just fine. We gather our efforts, I assume. I have yet to encounter Noctaere and combat them. I'm afraid I won't be much help from that perspective.

[crouching_sin]

Right... my dreams can affect things like that. I almost feel sorry for anyone who ends up in one of my dreams.

[Almost.]

I ran into a few, though I had some assistance dispatching them. But as for preventing the bad dreams in the first place I've got very few options it seems. I suppose I'll have to keep my skills sharp for getting rid of what they cause.

At least I have my demons here with me. Literal demons, not metaphorical. We have a contract.