The Nomad Chronicles

I am on the Moon, in a martial arts practice area, practicing dual sword fighting in my demon form, Deathgawn.

Nomad! Nomad? Time for class.

Raven? I teleport to Raven.

She is walking toward the Dream School to ring the bell. Raven turns to me. "Oh, you're here."

I thought you called me.

"No, I did," Red grins. I said it telepathically. She is a little red vampire. She dances around... Dream School! Dream School!

Raven rings the bell, and we go into the little ornately carved wooden building.

"Now for class today..." says Raven. "I only have two students?" Red and I are grinning at her sitting at our desks. I create a few portals, shoot astral tentacles out of my head, and pull some students into the school.

Hey! What?
Oh shit. I hated that dream.
Where am I?
I've been here before! says Majinaki. He looks like a Pikachu. He gives me a hug. It feels like hugging a giant stuffed animal, and getting a static electricity shock. "I hate my life. I hate my school. I hate everything."
"Well, why don't you come back to dreamviews?"
"I can't remember my dreams anymore. My life sucks."
"We're in a dream right now."
"Really. Oh yeah. I knew that!"
He takes off flying, and vanishes, waking up. He reappears a few seconds later in midair, and falls on the floor. He stands up, dusting himself off, and plucking two green rubber bats off his body. "Well, that was weird. So, this is a dream, huh?" He looks at his hands. They look kind of human-ish, with long nails and fur.

Robo appears. He dances around, and sings I made it, I made it to the Moon, oh yeah. I'm not going to remember this dream, oh yeah. Lol

Uh, Robo? I look at him closely. He appears to be a cyborg, but I see a more human form beneath. I look around the room, and everyone appears this way. Interesting.

Hi! Oh. Huh? Nomad? Is this a shared dream?

Yes.

Are you real?

Yes.

No, you're a DC.

I grab him by the throat and turn into a dragon with extremely detailed red scales and golden eyes. NO, I AM REAL, MAN. I drop him, and go back to my Nomad form. What? I thought I was a demon. I guess I morphed without realizing.

So, is this a dream?

Yes.

No, it's not. I'm just asleep.

Right! You dream when you're asleep.

I knew that. What the fuck? I knew I was asleep, but I didn't know I was dreaming? What do you even call that.

I don't know man. Sleep yoga?

Huh?

Nevermind. Time for dream school!

A huge red demon falls out of a portal. He also tosses some rubber light green bats into a portal. He then morphs into a red vampire boy. Loaf?

Yes?

I didn't know you had a Demon Self.

We all do.

Really?

And a shadow self?

Yes.

What's the difference?

The Shadow Self is dark energy based. The Demon Self is red energy based. Your Deathgawn form is actually your Shadow-Demon form. When you add the cyber-armor, it's actually from a prototype of a cyborg version of Timelyst Knight, your Future Self.

Kickass. And how do you know all this?

My Dream Guide told me.

Who's that?

Za-'anthaphor.

Um... Okay.

He's a Reptile-based form. Not really a dragon though.

So, why have you never talked like this before.

Well, I am in the Deep Dream State. I am not going to remember this, see, because my dream recall is not there. I can't channel my dream guide, since my waking self refuses to listen to him. Plus every time my lucid self sees my dream guide, he either runs away, attacks him, or ignores him. What a silly fellow.

So, I am not the only one?

No, you are just the one to give it a name. People like Mzzck, King Yoshi, and I are skilled at this Regular Lucid State. People like you and MoSh are skilled at The Deep Dream State. People like Raven and Tigress are skilled at both. Maybe one day, you can be like them, and draw power from this state into the next. My goal right now is basically get my lucid self to remember my Dream Guide. It's quite a task. When he's lucid, he doesn't think.

Maybe the first step is to get him to think in dreams.

Aha! Please remind him for me. Ah... How?

Through e-mail, of course!

Right!

I realized I had somehow froze time while Loaf and I were talking. Raven walks over to us. Done playing with time, Nomad?

Oh, shit? Actually, no!

I tick time forward and back. Then, I try to make it go up and down, and everything bends. Hey, STOP IT NOMAD! Raven seems resistant to my manipulations, but is greatly annoyed.

Sorry.

Everyone sits.

Now, for Dream School! says Raven.