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Shounen Bat (Lil' Slugger) ([personal profile] strike_you_out) wrote2011-03-05 04:46 pm
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thirteen | dreamscape escape

 [ Phone |  Incoming transmission. Caller has but one question for the residents of Mayfield and is awaiting answers with paper and pencil at the ready. ...Caller may also be doodling pictures of Lex Luthor in various unflattering toupees as he waits.]


Are there ways to stop dreaming?

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[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-03-06 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
What does he do when someone tries to stop?
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[personal profile] bread_goes_bip 2011-03-06 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, first he usually gets really grumpy. But then he tries to find out how they cut off the link.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-03-06 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
The link? [Ready with pencil.] ...How do they cut it?
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[personal profile] bread_goes_bip 2011-03-06 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
The connection between a human mind at the Dreaming. Usually they turn out to have made some sort of deal with a powerful force.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-03-06 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Only a powerful force can cut the link?
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[personal profile] bread_goes_bip 2011-03-06 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right. It's interfering in things beyond mortal control.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-03-07 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[She may here a quiet sigh on the other line. He was hoping dreams would be less difficult to stop.]

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So there's no way to control your dreams.
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[personal profile] bread_goes_bip 2011-03-07 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
You can sometimes guide them to be more pleasant. Have you been having bad ones?
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[personal profile] bread_goes_bip 2011-03-07 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Now that it might be possible to do something about. You have to dream, but they don't have to be nightmares.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-03-07 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Interest captured, he presses his ear even harder against the receiver.]

How do you guide dreams?
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[personal profile] bread_goes_bip 2011-03-08 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well, a lot of the time your dreams are woven out of what was on your mind when you fell asleep.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-03-09 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[He supposes this makes sense.]

...Think calming thoughts, then?
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[personal profile] bread_goes_bip 2011-03-09 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes listening to nice music helps with that.

[identity profile] strike-you-out.livejournal.com 2011-03-09 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[This sounds similar to the advice he'd gotten about using incense and nice smells. He writes it down, still dubious.]

What if the nightmares still come?
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[personal profile] bread_goes_bip 2011-03-09 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Warm milk helps sometimes. Or talking about what the nightmares are about when it's not night time.