rubi: dreamwalking opt-in

[pharmacy]

In high school, Quentin’s mind was invaded by “dream demon” Freddy Kreuger. Over the course of years of fighting to get Kreuger out and survive to wake again, Quentin developed an ability common to Freddy’s victims: dreamwalking.



Dreamwalking starts with total agency in his dreams and expands with practice into total agency in other people’s dreams. Eventually, again with practice and familiarity with a given person’s dreamscape, this ability can grow into being able to act on another person in their sleep and having it affect their body in the real world.

Especially when he’s in proximity to people, there’s a chance that Quentin has wandered into the dreams of people around him. I default to assuming he has NOT been in any given person’s dreams, but I’d also love to open up the opportunity if folks want some psychic mess out there. If Quentin has been able to see your chara’s dreams, please fill out this form:

<b>Character:</b> <b>Frequency and Timing:</b> How often and when during the day do they dream? <b>Common Themes:</b> Recurring colors, images, events, and other observable trends in their dreams (IE: lots of red, always dreaming of cats, recurring fire dreams, regular people, etc) <b>Overall Vibes:</b> The overall feeling of their dreams, regardless of imagery (IE: calm, wonder, stress, being watched, etc) <b>Has your chara noticed Quentin?</b> Dream-savvy characters or folks with psychic prowess/sensitivity will ping that something is off about him. Has your characters noticed this?

If you want to turn this ability or any encounters they have in the dreamscape into a thread, feel free to PM here or on Plurk tenny_boo to plot a little bit.

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[noonlight]

Character: Illumination.
Frequency and Timing: Regularly, at night, occasionally mid-afternoon.
Common Themes: Hooboy, Lu is very much Not Human, so get used to some deeply weird synesthesia - while they don't see in the full range of shrimp colours, their vision is comparable to a bird with an expanded look into the UV spectrum. Their people also communicate in part through visual displace and scent cues, so get ready to have smells play a role?

Lots of images and experiences of her home city, a giant canyon with the rich up high and everyone else getting by - Lu is from a magical diesel punk world. Think 1930s tech. Given the nature of their work, occasional bouts of the ol' street violence with a magical flair. I am always happy to tl;dr and give visual refs, so just lemme know.

Overall Vibes: Surreal. Often with a (sort of) chorus of half remembered commentary from others in their species - may Q can understand it? Maybe not.

Has your chara noticed Quentin? Sure! Why not.