incoming video - unknown user

[somghostnpc]

[ As three in the afternoon rolled around, dreamberries suddenly crackled to life, greeting their owner with static. Those in use had calls dropped in favour of this new contact. There was no name attached or an image of who it could be from. Everything came up blocked and even the most tech-savvy wouldn't be able to trace the call back to any

Comments

[soulsymmetrical]

[not sure what to make of this really.]

You make it sound as if catching a cold here would be different than usual.

[somghostnpc]

I'm hardly in a position that would warrant contact again. It would be like calling the milkman just to chat.

[soulsymmetrical]

However the milkman does not go around saying cryptic warnings.

[somghostnpc]

The milkman can be far worse. Just imagine if his truck wasn't properly cooled.

[soulsymmetrical]

[just going to shake his head. this was getting nowhere.]

A few final questions. Can you tell me anything about the nightmare aspect of this world? Such as the noctaere or the woman called Nitiri?

[somghostnpc]

One's nightmare is another's wonderful dream. Only knowing one side can cloud one's judgment and obscure the real truths.

[soulsymmetrical]

But there is something called nightmare energy-something that is different from the others. If there is any sense of balance in this world, it would be between that of nightmares and regular dreams. It is not impossible to imagine someone trying to take advantage of one or the other, or even both.

So if you are trying to imply that Sylvani may also be of a concern, then I would like to hear it.

[somghostnpc]

Sylvani is so intent upon driving away half of the balance, isn't she? Just think about what you said - if by succeeding, she would ultimtely control both regular and nightmare, wouldn't she? Where's the balance, then? She's been doing a very good job of keeping away any further information about the possibilities of so-called nightmare energy as well. Why? Shouldn't you be told both sides?

Seems kind of shady to me.

[soulsymmetrical]

Without knowing much about the world, I cannot say which is trying to affect that balance. There will always be good and evil, and there will always be that tension. But from my experience, it is usually the antagonistic side that seeks to overthrow that balance and is the one that needs to be stopped or at least regulated. Nightmare energy could still exist, but it need not be abused, which is what I feel is happening here

[somghostnpc]

History is written by the victors. Who is good and who is bad largely depends upon the outcome as nobody who wins would ever consider themselves 'the bad guys'. Words inherently have connotations attached to them and simply by saying 'nightmare,' one will almost always think of bad things and distress. But who is to say that this isn't what is needed? That it's automatically the bad. What if things had turned out differently? Then wouldn't the 'nightmares' as they are now be considered the 'good' and the opposite what is terrifying?

Nitiri simply wishes to have her audience as well, to show her side as opposed to that which has been fed to you. The only way to do so, though, is to confront Sylvani directly. It was the only way at the time and Sylvani had to be shown that her monopoly would not be allowed to go unchecked. Dream energy has a much further-reaching effect than just localisations. They did tell you about the dream gates, correct? Perhaps a further inquiry as to what different dream effects have upon them is in

[soulsymmetrical]

It is true that one side will always have its own reasons that may seem justifiable and "right." But if that force is destructive and not progressive, then I do not see how it is any better. By "good" I do not mean the subjective, but what is beneficial to all the order around it.

[but the voice is right. he needed to speak to Sylvani directly. but that last part troubles him.]

We have been told about the dream gates, but only that they served as gateways between the worlds through the energy made from dreams. I was not aware that the energy could also affect them in some way.

[somghostnpc]

A world of dreams cannot truly exist on happiness and fluff. It would be like having light without dark. An opposite is always needed in order to provide the richest experience and most stable of existences. What happens to the laws when one is taken away and not allowed to exist any more

[soulsymmetrical]

No one said anything about happiness and fluff, only that it should not be one of destruction. For the only thing at the end is oblivion and nothingness. [why is he having a philosophical debate with a mysterious static man, who knows, but it is happening.]

If we're not told to stop doing something, then that would mean that we are currently running along the status quo. If there is no need for change, then there is no need for change. I do not know how the dream gates work nor will they tell us if we need to do anything in particular to help. [except to dream.] Thus I assume that if we are providing whatever fuel necessary, it's what they need.

[somghostnpc]

It's a liberal use of ideas and words to get an idea of contrast in play. Destruction is, in itself, the end of the old and the catalyst for a new beginning. One must first have an end before they can have a new beginning, after all. The present must fade into the future and the past must cease to exist in favour of the old present taking it's place.

But you only have one person telling you what to do without offering any real reason why. They say jump, you jump. They say go here, it's done. But why? You're but a puppet on a string and don't seem to care enough to braek free of the bonds that contain you. You're conditioned to distrust anyone who offers anything outside of what she would consider 'safe' for you to know or believe.

Isn't it odd they just tell you to stay where you are instead of allowing you to help in a better capacity? It's like cattle in a pen, just waiting for the end.

[soulsymmetrical]

That is different. Change is a natural progression. Destruction for one's own selfish needs at the expensive of others is not

[somghostnpc]

But what if the one causing the destruction is only doing their job? Is it so strange to think that, perhaps, someone needs to be the cause of the destruction in order for something new to begin? Science, alone, is not the end-all, be-all, after all. Some worlds, as I'm sure you've come to learn, are quite different where sometimes, beings are the cause of events whether it be a simple as thunder or as complex as creating life