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: 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?

[darkcharge]

My "friends" circle is a relatively small one. I think they all have roommates.

You might just have to do that dreaded thing called "socializing."

[crouching_sin]

Wonderful.

At least there's bars here. You can find useful information in them, if you're of age. ... Or if you manage to get in if you're not.

[darkcharge]

I wouldn't know since I've never bothered.

It makes me wonder if you'd even be kicked out, given what this place is like.

[crouching_sin]

Honestly I have no idea.

Maybe you should try.

[darkcharge]

Why would I want to do something like that? I don't even have any desire to try something like that.

[crouching_sin]

That's fair enough. It's probably a bad habit to do anyway.

Have you been here a long time?

[darkcharge]

[ Feels a lot longer than what it has been... ]

I've been here since the first batch of arrivals. So yes. You could say that I have.

[crouching_sin]

I see. You've been witness to this 'Story-Eater' thing, then?

[darkcharge]

There's been a lot of weird things that happen here. A lot of dreams that seem to overtake an area. Affect anyone in them.

[crouching_sin]

Are they dreams from one of us, or just random dreams that float through?

[darkcharge]

Either or. Sometimes both.

You'll see peoples' dreams here regardless of whether you want to or not.

[crouching_sin]

Oh, wonderful. I guess I have that to look out for then, on top of everything else.

[darkcharge]

It's not like you have to acknowledge that you've seen them. Some of that is completely optional.

Unless you're someone who just enjoys letting people know that you've witnessed their dreams.

[crouching_sin]

I don't. Given the things a lot of people dream about I'd rather just... not see them. But if I must, I'm not like to talk about them.

[darkcharge]

Most of the dreams are just about peoples' pasts. Sometimes you get something more ambiguous, but not usually.

[crouching_sin]

Fantastic. Everyone's in for a bad time, then.

[darkcharge]

Have quite a few skeletons in your closet, do you?