muffled 'sweet dreams' lyrics in the distance

[lovetheme]

Hey guys! Midterms are now behind me (and I may or may not have recently rewatched Inception), so I have a little plot I'd like to propose to you all. A dreamsharing event!

Basically, there would be a stretch of time--probably about a week, and not over that--where every night, sleeping characters find themselves tripping into other characters' dreams instead of their own, by virtue of the castle's whims/That Wacky Castle Magic^TM. Whatever your character tends to dream about is fair game, which means that threads are free to range anywhere from sharing heartbreaking sad memories to skipping through a lollipop field with marshmallow clouds together! Anything's possible in dreamland, after all :V What a grand opportunity to learn more about your fellow castlegoer's headspace--possibly more than you ever asked for! Whether or not your character remembers these dreams upon waking is up to you, and by extension, characters would be free to start figuring out that something weird's going on while they sleep as the days progress. A great conversational topic for the daytime!

I can't really think of any set guidelines apart from that; this would just be a week-long dream free-for-all, essentially. Would anybody be down for something like this? If so, I'll probably put up a catch-all post sometime next week where we can top-level with our characters' dreams and start threading and such. Until then, feel free to plot around in this post if you'd like to participate in this sort of thing!

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[dustless]

OOOH MAN THIS SOUNDS EXCELLENT. I was actually thinking about something like that, except it actually being in the castle itself. This seems a bit less complicated to pull of, though :V

With Frisk, it could range from fun--going through the Underground without killing anyone, especially moments with Undyne or Papyrus--to calm/sad/lonely-feeling times in their home city, to the horrible nightmares that were Photoshop Flowey and the True Lab amalgamates. Or their friends trying to kill them.

[sansational]

Sans could play an unfortunate part in those "one of their friends is trying to kill them" dreams. Especially since, in his dreams, he could still expect "Chara" to look like Frisk. So Frisk could find themselves in the last hallway and things could go horribly wrong from there.

On the other hand, winding up in someone else's memory of Papyrus could do him a lot of good.

And I actually had a dream idea for Sans-Serif that would involve a lot of crowds, so maybe that could take place in their home city?

[dustless]

YAAAY. Sans is in there a lot less, since he never actually tried that, and it'll be extra D: for the kid. Also he might get dropped the really uncomfortable situation of a "fun" dream with Undyne--which includes the times they died to the spears after their reset, since they were excited to see her again even when they had to flee from her.

WITNESS PAPYRUS IN HIS DATING CLOTHES!

that would work o: lots of tall humans that have shadowed faces, probably. ;w;

[lovetheme]

YEAH ngl I've just been really hankering for some kind of memshare thing since there's definitely characters around here that would never reveal certain things about themselves on their own otherwise lmao. And then Inception rewatch happened and I was like wait shit a dreamsharing event would be cool too....LUMPS BOTH TOGETHER......

Lookin forward to seeing Frisk's dreams in action for sure tho, GETTING TO MEET ALL THEIR COOL MONSTER FRIENDS...or learn about their home city life.....or Photoshop Flowey......Frisk your dreams sure escalate quickly :|

[dustless]

HECK YES. I haven't seen Inception, though I have seen Paprika. ALSO GLAD YOU'RE DONE WITH SCHOOL BS.

Frisk's life escalated quickly, lbr. And Lucas might get to meet Lemon Bread, an amalgamate who I think might remind him of Dragos a little. :'> that or just any of the amalgamates might make him remember the Chimeras.

[lovetheme]

And while I've seen Inception, I have not yet seen Paprika actually. Man that reminds me I really ought to fix that, I hear it's a pretty great movie...

I AM ALSO GLAD TO BE DONE WITH THIS PORTION OF SCHOOL BS there's more to come but at least I can take a breather for a couple weeks now whoo

Frisk's life did escalate very quickly this is true...but oh man Lemon Bread, ah yes :'D AMALGAMATES IN GENERAL would definitely have him thinking about chimeras for sure, which would bother him quite a lot!! He'd been hoping...that chimeras were only ever a thing in his own world....why must Porky's hobby spread to other worlds too :(

And now that we're talking about Chimeras all I can think about is Frisk running into the Ultimate Chimera in one of Lucas's dreams too HAHA OOPS....they can have a mutual chimera exchange?! (worst exchange ever lbr)

[dustless]

if you're not busy sometime i could stream it on rabb.it at some point

one lab melts into the other, here come all the terrifying sand unkillable things. SOUNDS LIKE FUN.

[lovetheme]

aah man idk when i'll next have free time for a movie stream BUT I'LL LET U KNOW IF I EVER DO sounds like fun!!

ALWAYS WITH THE SCIENTISTS MAKING BAD LIFE DECISIONS IN CREEPY LABS, unfortunate parallels to bond over clearly....

[dustless]

FEEL FREE TO POKE ME WHENEVER I HAVE NO SCHEDULE CURRENTLY

trauma conga line kids. also he might get to meet frisk's parens, who i headcanon as fairly neglectful but friendly enough to other people, so it might be awkward b/c more parallels coughflintcough

[lovetheme]

WILL DO YES

the trauma conga line never ends...but omg yes parents must also happen tbh, goodness knows these kids have parent woes to share :'| FLINT PARALLELS TOO CLOSE TO HOME AH......

[mediadarling]

Oh god, if there's a way you can mention Lemon Bread to Mettaton, that would be fantastic. I totally stole share Hicku's headcanon that Lemon Bread is also a part of his band (because hey, instant backup chorus!) and is doing very well. So that...might help?

[lovetheme]

Oh man, maybe he will sometime!! If it ever comes up somehow in conversation anyway. Lucas would be glad to hear that at least one of the chimeras amalgamates is living a peaceful and comfortable life in Frisk's world....that's a much nicer fate than he would expect, and might actually give him just a little hope for the chimeras he's encountered back home too :'o

[lightofthestars]

Mettaton will actually be able to tell him how Snowy and Endogeny and Reaper Bird are doing as well, since he's post-pacifist and I headcanon that Alphys eventually came clean with him about that part of her past. Don't lose hope, Lucas!