Oh god experimentation!

[pidonus]

[Private]

Well, better test this idea out, really. If this whole line of research is a failure, it's not what I want to present to DATS...

[An ad posted on a few bulletin boards in Neon City, and over D-Comm classified boards]

Psychology student seeking volunteers for trial of a new form of dream analysis/therapy.

Techniques involve the use of

Comments

[from Rise Bracer, and oh so locked to Pidonus]

[punkass_drgnrdr]

[The audio is quiet and a little uncertain.]

U- uhm. Will this help them sleep better?

Re: [from Rise Bracer, and oh so locked to Pidonus]

[pidonus]

... I can't guarantee it - at least, not ethically guarantee it...

But if they're having major emotional traumas that are influencing their sleep, it seems entirely reasonable that analyzing them from this sort of angle could help them face the issue - and thus get past it, allowing for better sleep.

[from Rise Bracer, and oh so locked to Pidonus]

[punkass_drgnrdr]

[Silence for a few moments.]

... Then--we want to sign up Master.

Re: [from Rise Bracer, and oh so locked to Pidonus]

[pidonus]

I'm sorry to say... I can only accept if he signs up of his own will.

Especially for a test of a new method - even if one I'm certain is safe - the person needs to come to me of their own volition. To do otherwise... Would not be treatment at all.

[whoshotsherlock]

Uhm... is there anything you can do for people who aren't... conscious?

[pidonus]

... That depends.

If they are truly unconscious - say, from drunkenness, getting beat up, or the like - they don't really dream. Can't invade what isn't there.

Someone locked in a long slumber by most causes would likely dream in something resembling a typical cycle - I could enter their dreams at the natural times of the cycle.

Someone in a medical coma - awake but unable to respond - would have a normal brain activity cycle; as long as their senses remained working, I could run the proceeding largely as normal.

In short, it depends on the details of their brain activity.

However, there's a problem. All of these situations would mandate I be acting without permission - I would be unable to ask them if I could enter their dreams until after I had already done so. That would be an extreme invasion of privacy, and breach of other medical and psychological standards that I believe are very important.

[whoshotsherlock]

Well... it's Sara. She's still unconscious from what Finitevus did to her...

[pidonus]

... She's...

... That would be something different. While I shouldn't be going into minds without permission... That's excepted if lives are at risk.