dormes-vous? dormes-vous?

[crittersheep]

WHO: Everyone
WHERE: Pastureland and the world of dreams alike
WHEN: Night 25

Well, that life sure has been slicing, except where it hasn't. It's been a long day. Why not take a night walk? Or lay down and... oh, oh, the dreams are mixing again.

Comments

Re: [ dream ]

[pictureimperfect]

[FEAR OF GOING IN THE CUBE DOUBLES]

That Phantom of the woman from Briar Valley, she was still talking about the children. Does she think eating people will help?

Re: [ dream ]

[hardpity]

We don't know exactly how many memories a Phantom retains from its creator. Since they're usually made as a result of severe emotional distress while overusing powerful magic, they retain bits of both of those... but the Phantom isn't really the lady who wanted to save her village. It ate her up.

Re: [ dream ]

[pictureimperfect]

Yeah. That woman is gone. I know that.

So what's the endgame here?

Re: [ dream ]

[hardpity]

By studying them and other phenomena related to Blot we hope to someday be able to prevent any more incidents from occurring at all. That means no more overblot, no more Phantoms, no more villages wiped out by rampaging monsters. It's a long way off, but we're doing what we can.

Re: [ dream ]

[pictureimperfect]

[Nods]

That's a good goal. Must be why I signed up to work here before I got this amnesia.

If it's a long way off, have we made any progress?

Re: [ dream ]

[hardpity]

We know how blot incidents occur and steps that individual mages can take to prevent most of them. As an occurrence it's become fairly rare when mages are properly equipped.

Re: [ dream ]

[pictureimperfect]

What about all the poor village mages out on the fringes that can't afford to get properly equipped? You got a plan to help them?

Re: [ dream ]

[hardpity]

If we had a plan to help everybody in the world at the same time we'd already have implemented it. It's not like we just gave up after one thing sort of worked a little.

Re: [ dream ]

[pictureimperfect]

I'm not expecting a whole plan after you said it was far off, but have you got any ideas? Is there a way to keep an eye on stuff like that?

Re: [ dream ]

[hardpity]

We thought about a global constant surveillance system, but it turns out that's unethical and creepy.

Re: [ dream ]

[pictureimperfect]

...Yeah don't do that one.

Re: [ dream ]

[hardpity]

Plus, the upkeep costs would have been enormous.

Re: [ dream ]

[pictureimperfect]

Way less expensive to just give everyone in the world the equipment they need I bet.

Re: [ dream ]

[hardpity]

The problem is, 'the equipment they need' isn't 100% effective, and even if it were, it hinges on a rare type of gemstone. So even if we knew who and where every mage was and could give them the equivalent of a giant magical diamond as soon as they were born, a strong enough mage could still have a blot event.

Re: [ dream ]

[pictureimperfect]

Why's this stupid blotting gotta be so complicated.

Re: [ dream ]

[hardpity]

Right? Trust me, I'd love a cheat code where I could snap my fingers and get rid of it forever.

Re: [ dream ]

[pictureimperfect]

But it can't be that easy, you're stuck with expensive creepy science.

Re: [ dream ]

[hardpity]

Bingo.