pharmacy | rubi: dreamwalking opt-in

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:

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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Character: Nikolai Lantsov
Frequency and Timing: Scattershot, not as much as he should. Varies anywhere from six hours a night to five hours a night, sometimes more, sometimes less but generally in that vicinity. Dreams regularly, anytime he's asleep, and likely they'd manifest in the extreme late night.

Common Themes: Wow what a wide range to choose from. Nikolai's dreams swing wildly between actual fantastic, generally enjoyable dreams, and fractured, hair-raising nightmares. CYOA!!!

Behind door number one: WAR MEMORIES. Battlefields, gunfire, ringing ears, blood, shouting, the whole bit. Lots of soldiers who feel familiar but often die or vanish into shadows and smoke. Ravkan uniforms feature in this, Domik always crossing through this memory in some way shape or form. Sometimes Nikolai dies in these dreams and wakes up abruptly.

Behind door number two: BOAT MEMORIES. Deck of a ship, wind in your face, sea-air. Sometimes the boat is on the water, sometimes it is flying above. Tamar and Tolya feature prominently in these dreams, even if the logic of the dream can be jumbled. (Think opening a boat door and being in a building on dry land.) Alina will crop up here. Sporadic Malyen Oretsev sightings. Lots of clear positive feeling here.

Behind door number three: WAR MEMORIES PT 2. The hardest to parse. Always blood, ice shards tearing through him, explosions and fire and screaming. Dominik always dies in these dreams. There are monsters in these dreams, but they are always shifting; the longer Nikolai dreams the more intense and monstrous they become. Sometimes they devour him sometimes they claw him to pieces, most times they rip his chest open.

Overall Vibes: Extremely, extremely vivid. Everything heightened, from emotions to visuals to sensory details. Restlessness, impatience, cravings (more affection, more attention, etc.) Warmth and ease can give way to loneliness and exhaustion. Lots of big feelings, big sensations. Everything dialed up to 11 in his brain at all times.
Has your chara noticed Quentin? Unlikely, unless Quentin actively calls attention to himself in a way that breaks the rules of the dream. Nikolai has zero experience with someone straying into his dreams in this way, and wouldn't necessarily recognize what Quentin was doing, even if he noticed Quentin being present within the dreamspace.

rubi: dreamwalking opt-in

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