dreamcrystals | timeline breaking is his love language

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timeline breaking is his love language

Sender: Sheik
To: Everyone
Subject: Retaining memories

i understand there have been some efforts to manipulate or control how long one remains in this realm, with a focus on anchoring oneself here permanently.

i had wondered if anyone had looked into a method by which one might retain their memories of this place even upon their waking? if not, i'd like to ask for suggestions on where one might start investigating this matter.

any insight would be greatly appreciated.

- sheik

[boomer ninja still doesn't quite understand how social media works]

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My, what a dreamy thing to be worried about.

Unfortunately, I haven't heard many things about being able to return with our memories of this place. Mostly because once people have left how are we, the ones who remain, to know? Yet...! I went home for a time and while I was there I remembered nothing of this world! But the difference in that was I did come back.

It's quite the mystery...

i've had some acquaintances recently go through a similar experience as that, hence my curiosity. i could not help but think that it seems like such a waste to allow all that these portions of our selves have been through to simply fade with the dawn upon our awakening.

[And he may want to "fix" some things given his place in the timeline but shhh--]

you do bring up a good point in that it will be difficult to confirm if any of the efforts made towards this endeavor are working. still, i have to believe it is possible in some fashion. it is possible to train oneself to dream lucidly, is it not?

It might be one of the reasons why there is a group of people here who are trying to stay here permanently rather than wake up.

Oh, and I'm very sure there are many ways to learn how to lucidly dream. Some are more than likely healthier than others!

i imagine so, though that is unfortunately something i cannot allow for myself. i must awaken at some point, though i would not object to being able to control when i do.

then would you happen to know of any of these "healthier" methods? i am willing to cast as wide a net as i am able for this, though i suspect there would be a preference that i avoid the unhealthier techniques.

[To avoid culpability, if nothing else.]

Oh? Is that so? A daring story you have to complete, if I might guess?

[From what Venti's come to hint about the other.]

As for healthier methods... Ehe. So long as you consider mushrooms organic and healthy? You could always try those.

[... Magic mushrooms are a thing, okay?]

something to that effect.

[Somehow the cagey bastard manages to be even more cagey over text. He doesn't know who's reading this!! ... And yet--]

i do consider mushrooms to be both of those things, but i am not certain i follow as to how they are meant to help in this regard?

[... he's spent the last seven years largely in the company of one (1) somewhat strict guardian figure. what is a weed-]

Ehe.

[BOY OH BOY HOW DOES HE EXPLAIN]

I'm not experienced with it myself but I hear that certain types of mushrooms can cause rather vivid dreams or even help with relaxation! And some can even cause hallucinations? On purpose, if purposefully eaten.

[Bullshit, Venti has toally tried mushroms, he loves Sumeru.]

oh.

[Somewhere in the Sacred Realm, Impa feels a vague irritation in the back of her mind.]

that seems... somewhat unwise on the surface. what if one hallucinates something violent or frightful? [he doesn't have control issues, you have control issues--]

Precisely why they might be powerful when it comes to... dreaming!

Ehe, I'm only joking. Nevermind the mushrooms!

i apologize for my ignorance, but i appreciate the suggestion. while it's not my first choice, i'll keep it in mind should all other avenues fail.

[local ninja might go on a mushroom trip yet]

[Good luck, local ninja!!]

Hm! If you have any stories from your trials, please do share! Take care!

[does he have any actual input on this? nope. will that stop him from being nosy? not a chance.]

What is it you're looking to remember when you leave here? I'm going to guess it's not simply memories of a relaxing time in Reverein.

[ah, nosy types are the worst...]

i should think you already know the answer to that question, given our previous discussion.

The events of an unknown thousands of years past your time? Seems like only the smallest piece of a larger mystery if you ask me.

[no one was asking, Revali...]

What good will information that far in the future do without any knowledge of the lead up to those events?

perhaps no good at all. i am not foolish enough to believe i can avert disaster entirely on my own.

but would you not feel obligated to try, in my position?

We knew only enough about the previous Calamity to prepare a counteroffensive, and your own time is presumably before that. Suppose we can recall information from here if we return. What's your plan after that?

the beasts are sheikah in origin, are they not? perhaps you speak with the "source" of their concept.

[This is most certainly not the case for a variety of reasons, but Revali doesn't know that.]

i hardly have a full report planned for you when the idea is still in its infancy. would you object to a series of warnings at minimum? notices to prepare, to archive the struggles of the present to better inform the future?

It's less about the notices and more about preservation. Tapestries and long-buried technology from ages past can only convey so much. An archive is a start.

in that case, redundancy may be a virtue. a series of smaller archives collectively maintained so that if one were to fall, not all the information held within would be lost. perhaps the temples of my era could be repurposed...

[sheik are you allowed to make that kind of decision--]

Repurposing a temple into a library?

[If it were possible to sound deadpan through text, this would 100% sound deadpan. He doesn't know what sort of temples even existed in Sheik's time, but it seems like an idea worth calling out.]

they are relatively isolated structures already proven to stand the test of time, and they will lie empty now that they have been cleansed of evil influence.

using what is already there will lessen the burden upon the people as they rebuild, even if it's just for a generation or two.

[It's creative problem solving, Revali!!]

[put all the books in the water temple, they'll be totally safe and not at all waterlogged in there]

You'll understand if I'm skeptical that something free of evil influence can remain that way for so long, surely.

[Sure was super fun hanging out with a blight ganon and all its ooze for a century.]

enduring several thousands of years relatively untouched is not that bad of a track record, i would say.

[would you have preferred not having a giant laser beam shooting bird mecha???]

regardless, all these arguments are moot if they are to be forgotten upon returning to hyrule. do you have any thoughts in that regard, or are you merely interested in being contrary?

[arguing over dumb things is one of his favorite ways to spend time, next to showing off and flying.]

Is it possible? Who knows. The way this place works, I doubt any of us do really. But how different can recalling a dream be from waiting around as a spirit for a century?

I have some thoughts, but they might be kind of out of order.

[He's certainly interested in the idea, that's for sure...]

I'd think it involves strengthening our connection to our selves back home. It seems like the people trying to stay here are doing the same basic thing, but in a different direction? Anchoring themselves here instead of home, but still securing the link somehow. They may have some useful information.

I've heard that some people don't remember things when they go home at all, but some people get a sense that they had a long dream and were missing something, so the possibility is there. Maybe focusing on dreamwalking could help? Like it could get your spirit or soul or something used to remembering everything inside a dream, and maybe that could carry over.

the connection aspect is definitely one i have considered. hopefully those involved in the efforts to remain here permanently will be willing to share the results of their investigations. at the very least, it would be a foundation to start from-- that has been my difficulty in deciding how to progress on this.

it feels as though there are a myriad of avenues to choose from, with none more obvious than any other. for instance, i hadn't thought of dreamwalking myself, but when put that way, it does sound viable. are you very experienced in the practice?

[Sheik's more the type that would rather forgo sleep entirely than risk opening his dreams to meddling, but if it could help, then maybe...]

I know one of them. He likes to share what he gets, so if there's any major progress on that front I'm sure we'll hear about it.

[Eustace has some interesting quirks, but Ferran will never fault him for being stingy with information. On the subject of dreamwalking... well, Ferran's closer to Shiek's end of the spectrum when it comes to wanting people in these things.]

I try not to be, honestly, but I've walked into more than a few just by accident. I like to think I'm decent at controlling my dreamotion once I'm in one, though.

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