✯ Alternate Universe Session 2.0 ✯ [Voice]

[byakkoyagirl]

Dream Log (Recorded Morn. 4/24)
-Vivid colors. A lot of oranges, reds and yellows.
-Mundane creatures doing bizarre things. A lot of chaotic noise.
-A china doll on an emperor's chair.
-Blue butterflies.

Dream Log (Recorded Morn. 4/25)
-The same things repeat from the last night.
-A man (?) with two heads among the butterflies. Facial features unrecognizable.
-My name is being called by an older sounding voice. Very frantic tone.
-A woman in a white lab coat with black hair.
--I don't know her name but she feels familiar.

[Voice (Morning of the 25th)]

Everyone, first of all please remain calm over the dreams you've been having. The frequent rate of bizarre nightmares means they are very likely planted shifts put into the mainstream subconscious. There is no need to be alarmed. Dreams are just dreams and can't hurt you.

Second of all, I guess I should stop being a lazy bum. I run a small clinic around these parts. Most people would refer to me as a shrink, but I prefer the term 'psychologist'. Sleep and dream therapy are two of my specialties I like to say!

My business is a bit more obscure these days, but if anyone wants to talk about the strange things they've been seeing, I'll gladly be an ear for you to vent and get some professional advice. Free of charge. And if you don't want to talk with me, just go talk with someone. Or write what you have been dreaming of. It could help. I'll be open all day long for those that want to schedule short sessions with me.

Also don't avoid sleep over this. I mean it, that does nothing good to your body.

[ooc: tags may be a bit slow. also, if you want to action it up, here's a different post in the log thread forwarded to the 26th]

Comments

[Private//Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Actually... Aunt Paprika, I wouldn't mind talking with you about my dreams.

[Private//Voice]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

I'll be glad to. Do you want to talk in person or is over the journals alright?

[Private//Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Well you know I always love an excuse to visit, but the journals would be alright if you're busy.

voice

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

Sensible advice. [he doesn't know the woman-- maybe just her name and occupation, overheard a few times. But this is a good place for questions.]

"Planting shifts in the mainstream subconscious" -- that's an interesting way to put it. What do you mean?

voice

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

If these dreams are truly inorganic then that means they are being directly put into our subconscious and activate when we sleep. From what I'm understanding however, these dreams are not just regular but memories. False ones.

There are some parts of a person's memory that cannot be accessed by the waking mind, but in sleep they can be. So, these shifts have been planted into our memory, but only the subconscious one.

...It's just a theory though.

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[interstellars.livejournal.com]

So that was...just a shift?

voice;

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

Unless you had dreams that didn't feel like implants, then likely. It's too much of a coincidence for everyone to be waking up in a cold sweat from their nightmares.

voice

[stilldontgotit.livejournal.com]

A Shift inside our heads... Sounds pretty weird, but I guess it's possible. Stranger things have happened here.

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[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

It's just a theory really. I can't say for sure, but it's just what I think is probably happening. The dreams are too unnatural and jolting to a point where they shouldn't be normally.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[she wasn't as close Paprika as she was to Giles. Working with him at the school meant that she'd always had an easier time talking with him and his kids. But they were still cousins and, right now, family was welcome.]

I don't think I want a permanent record of these. Of any kind.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

It's not easy, but recording them might help you find some common patterns. Of course, it's just my advice. I can understand if some people don't want to write them.

[thestormishere]

They can't hurt us now, but this is a shift we're talking about. Who knows what might happen.

[ Lightning sounds... tense. And tired. Imagine that. ]

... Plus, if none of us can sleep because of it? That puts us all at a disadvantage.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

That is true. We have no real clue what's in store, but we can get through it like we always do.

[She's not too surprised at that really. The lack of sleep can easily affect someone's mood that way.]

You have to try and get some sleep. It's hard, but you can't let the nightmares stop you. Dreams are dreams and nothing more.

[private | voice]

[endthem.livejournal.com]

I assume, by your advice and choice of words, that your 'dreams' are little more than simply that?

[might sound a little bitter about that]

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[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

My dreams are just jumbled messes of colors and images. I can't really make heads or tails of it yet, but it's only been two nights since I started having them.

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[semper_cogitans]

Ah, Paprika... [Robert has seen and spoken to her before, of course. She's the sister of one of his closest friends, and he's probably been over more than once.

He might trust Giles more, but he figures he'll need Paprika's assistance for this.]

... My dreams have been... extremely unsettling. I'm not sure if Rupert has mentioned them to you, but if not... well, I would explain, if you wouldn't mind hearing...

I-I've been recording them as well... as much as I can remember of them, anyway. [Normally he remembers things with crystal clarity, but this time it's a struggle to remember... He almost wonders if that's due to the Shift-like nature.]

If you think they are planted Shifts, then why do you suppose they're all so different...? Reinterpreted through individual peoples' memories, perhaps?

And yet some people are remembering things very different from anything that happens here...

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[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

I don't mind.

Not all shifts are the same for everyone. They could be personalized for each person. They may be even jumbling around your memories and mutating them. Like I said, there are a number of possibilities. Ignoring them isn't the right way to go in my opinion.

[Written]

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

Are you sure they can't be real?

[Written]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

How real do they feel to you?

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[blessedbyfarore]

[Link, this morning, sounds tired and a bit strained.] ...Can I talk to you, Paprika?


((OOC: Definitely going to be slow, but it'd be IC for Link to reply, so... *runs around*))

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[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[She takes a few minutes to bump up his filter and nods.]

Go ahead. Do you want to talk in person or just like this?

[Private]

[gardenerofgaia.livejournal.com]

Shouldn't you charge at least a little? This might end up taking a lot of your time.

[Private]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

It doesn't feel right charging people for something that isn't their fault, you know?

[Voice]

[oda-hates-me.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling you'll be busy, Paprika-chan.

[Voice]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

That suits me fine. I've been too lazy lately for my own good. If I can help people out that's all I need.