Thread: Raven Knight's Dream Travels

Originally Posted by Portalboat

Here's something I suggest you guys add:
A broadcast station! Something that would come in to every non-lucid dreamer's head, and it would stop when they became lucid.

Not a bad thought, but there would have to be a way to pick out only those who want to participate... it seems a bit intrusive to send the signal to every dream whether they want it or not.

Note: I had an unbelievably high level of negative energy going on when I went to bed tonight. Negative energy had been building in me all day (I hate you, Valentine's day!) and it all culminated in a time when I couldn't control it. I succeeded in completely alienating one friend (sorry, Loaf) and came too close for comfort on another friend (thanks for sticking by me, MoSh… I'm really trying to fix this issue)… I fell asleep with my light / sound machine on. My main goal was to get rid of the excess negative energy. The solutions I saw were healing and kicking ass. I slipped into a WILD…

I was in the biodome. I looked around to see if there was anyone else there with me. Basara was sitting on the bench near the koi pond strumming on his guitar. The music was soothing. I went over and sat beside Basara. Basara asked how I was feeling. I said I was still feeling pretty crappy. Basara didn't say any more, he just continued playing. I was enjoying the music. I closed my eyes and got lost in the sounds. When I opened my eyes a few minutes later I was surprised to see there were more people there…

There were three additional people there. Nomad, Angel, and MoSh had joined us. I felt embarrassed that this many people already knew what had happened… although it was certain that before long everyone would know. Everyone I know IWL, everyone I communicate with from DV, everyone I share dreams with… and they would all laugh at the crazy fool who can't even control her own negative energy. Then I started feeling angry that they would all make fun of me for something I can't control… and the… no… I had to stop that… it was pretty obvious that the people who were here right now weren't here to mock me or make fun of me.

No… no one was there to mock me… they were there for healing… I needed healing, and they were there. And that's exactly what happened. Everyone was doing their own healing spell, causing the area to fill with a very comforting golden energy. The energy was so comforting I fell asleep right there in the dream. As I fell asleep everything faded to black and I woke.

Thank you to Nomad and MoSh!

Chances are Loaf doesn't even remember the dream

Originally Posted by Portalboat

Chances are Loaf doesn't even remember the dream

Actually, Loaf wasn't in the dream. I was saying sorry for things I said to and about Loaf in an online chat. I was really negative. I was negative to MoSh, too, but he's not mad at me any more. I am making a promise to myself now to get this negative energy shit under control!

I sat up in bed. I had just awakened from a dream where I was being healed. I could tell the difference in the amount of negative energy I had inside, but there was still way too much of it. I was about to lie back down and got to sleep. I was thinking maybe going out to kick some ass would take care of the negative energy. My head had just hit the pillow when someone called my name.

"Raven!" the voice called. I sat up in bed suddenly. There was no one there. I then realized the voice had been entirely in my head. It was a telepathic signal. Someone needed me! I got out of bed and focused on a portal to find that person. A portal opened and I went through it… Somehow doing this only involved me becoming partially lucid…

On the other side of the portal I found myself standing next to Nomad. There was a large battle going on. I saw many warriors and many Templars.

"Not those fucking Templars again!" I said next to Nomad.

Nomad apparently hadn't noticed me yet. He looked over at me in a surprised manner. He said they seemed to be back to their old tricks again. I looked out at the fight. "And they have new allies," Nomad said as he pointed to the side. I looked over there. I saw some people there. One of them I recognized immediately as the Prince of Darkness. There was a woman with him. The woman reminded me a bit too much of Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter… she was a witch and looked to be stark raving mad. My ex fiancé, James, was next to the woman. I whispered to Nomad, asking who the woman was. He said it was his ex, Megan. That didn't seem right… Nomad has never said bad things about Megan… Hadn't we helped her with Templars disguised as Nomad? Why would she be helping the Templars? I asked Nomad that. He said she needed to be healed.

Nomad opened a portal. He said we would have to take care of it in her inner world. I said ok and we went through the portal. On the other side we were in what looked like it could be a beautiful place… but there were also strange things happening there. Some things that just looked somehow wrong… There was a woman there. I figured it was Megan. She was acting really strange. She was talking to someone who wasn't there… telling them to leave her alone. I wondered what she was seeing. She did need healing. She seemed completely oblivious to us. The portal we had entered through was still there. More people joined us. MoSh, Angel, Basara, and a couple of angels came through the portal before it closed. We all formed a circle around the apparently crazy Megan and did healing spells. I did Full Moonlight to purge dark energy. Golden energy filled the entire area and flowed through Megan. After the healing Megan looked much calmer and the things that had seemed wrong with the place now seemed ok. We went through a portal back to the area we had started in…

Outside it seemed not much, if any, time had passed. The Prince of Darkness, Megan, and James were still all there. Megan looked a bit different. She looked like she was trying to clear her mind. The Prince of Darkness and James hadn't noticed the change. The Prince of Darkness put his arm around Megan. He told Nomad that she belonged to him now and forever… and he would have Angel, as well. The both deserved better than Nomad. He then claimed he was twice the man Nomad would ever be and laughed.

"Humph! It looks like you fucked your math up, asshole," I said, "because it actually takes about a hundred of you to equal half of Nomad." I still felt negative and I was definitely in the mood to tell someone off.

Megan seemed to get her head clear. She pushed the Prince of Darkness away from her and had a grossed out look on her face. She disappeared. I wondered if she had awakened.

The Prince of Darkness looked annoyed that Megan was gone and annoyed at my comments. He shot a tendril out to grab Angel. Nomad cut through the tendril with his sword.

"Give it up!" the Prince of Darkness said to Nomad, "You can keep her by you through force, but you cannot take her heart! Her heart belongs to me!"

"Not a chance," Angel said to the Prince of Darkness, "I love Nomad! I am sick and tired of you pushing you way into my dreams! I want you to leave and not come back!"

"You can't defeat me!" the Prince of Darkness said, "I rule this plane!"

"They're all losers if you ask me," said a voice from beside me. I looked and saw James. He was standing right beside me watching the scene between Nomad, Megan, me, and the Prince of Darkness.

"No one asked you," I said to him.

"Look," James said, "I think we got things going badly. I first came to your dream because I want to start sharing dreams with you again. You said you don't want to see me IWL, so I thought…"

"If I don't want to see you IWL," I said to him, "What the fuck makes you think I'd want to see your worthless shit ass in my dreams? Stabbing me in the back IWL isn't good enough for you? Well go ahead! Shoot me again! I ain't dead yet! I already got a fucking bullet in my back from you, one from Tina… add a third! And a fourth! Just keep shooting! I will never die, you fucker! Now get the fuck out of my face before I kick your ass so hard you're shitting through your mouth!"

James seemed a bit stunned by that outburst. But it had felt good. Some more negative energy vented… and this time at someone I don't like! Excellent! Everything around me faded to black as I woke.

Originally Posted by Raven Knight

Actually, Loaf wasn't in the dream. I was saying sorry for things I said to and about Loaf in an online chat. I was really negative. I was negative to MoSh, too, but he's not mad at me any more. I am making a promise to myself now to get this negative energy shit under control!

I know how destructive it can be, but it might be beneficial to learn to control dark/negative energy for your own use. It is an extremely powerful force, full of anger and adrenaline. Yet, you would be a particularly tough opponent in dream battles if you could use it. Your enemies use it; maybe it's time to fight fire with fire.

Note: I remembered having more plans to vent negative energy… perhaps by killing massive numbers of Templars. That was one possibility. I remembered that Allison had wanted to come with me for that. I was thinking about this as I fell back asleep after the last dream…

I was in the biodome. Being in the biodome made me semi-lucid. I recognized the place. (I don't know why that works some times and not others…) I was remembering that I had negative energy to vent. I could still feel it. I was feeling a bit worried as well. I had been through a healing and an encounter with James where I vented some off but I was still feeling quite negative. The Templars were definitely going to get it tonight…

"Hey, Raven!" a voice came from behind me. I looked and saw it was Allison. "Ready to kick the asses of some Templar Bast turds?"

"Hmmm…" I said, "Bast is a cat goddess, the Templars are her turds, so that makes them cat shit."

"Exactly," Allison said, "Let's go!"

I focused on opening a portal to an Assassin's Creed world. A portal opened. Allison and I went through it…

On the other side we were in a city that looked like part of Assassin's Creed I. There were lots of people moving about. There was actually a festive atmosphere. It seemed like a celebration. Everyone seemed happy. The good mood wasn't infective… actually, the opposite was true. The fact everyone else seemed so happy made me feel more negative. I wanted to grab someone and kill them, or at least punch them in the face and tell them that life sucks, stop being so fucking happy. But I didn't. I didn't want to kill civilians… I wanted to kill Templars.

A hooded man came by us rather quickly and slipped something into my hand as he passed. He didn't say a word as he disappeared into the crowd again. I looked at what he had given me. It was a scroll. Allison seemed to immediately know what it was. She said it was out assignment. I opened the scroll. It had a picture of a man on it. It was a drawing, but it was plenty detailed enough to recognize him. There was a slash through the man's picture. Below the picture it gave a name (I don't remember the name) and said he would be giving a speech in the promenade at noon. I looked at the sun and saw it was nearly noon. Allison already had a plan. She said she would turn into a werewolf and distract everyone, then I could take out the target. She said the Templars would surely retaliate, so we would have plenty of fighting to do after that. She seemed pleased at the prospect. I agreed.

I headed towards the promenade as Allison went in a different direction. I got close to a stage. There were guards around the stage. A man I recognized as the target climbed up to stand between the guards. He was well protected. He started giving a speech. I wasn't paying much attention to what he was saying. I looked around for some sign of a distraction. I saw nothing at first… then someone came pushing their way through the crowd to the guards near the stage. He was saying something about a monster. The guards laughed at him. Then the chaos started. People were running and screaming. The guards didn't seem to know what to do. I spotted Allison in her werewolf form chasing people around and biting at them. She wasn't actually harming civilians, though. Some guards attacked her and she tore them apart. All of the guards left the target on the stage and went to stop the monster.

The assassination target was panicking. He noticed I was the only one who wasn't panicking. He came to me and said I had to get him somewhere safe. I made like I was going to do that. I guided him over towards a hidden corner. When we got there, however, I stuck my hidden blade in him… and killed him. I walked away from the body as it fell. Not long after I left I saw a Templar looking at the body. He immediately sounded an alarm. The civilians ran for cover and Templars flooded in from I'm not sure where. We got into a big fight. Allison was cutting Templars down with her claws, still as a werewolf. I formed Witchblade into a sword and sliced through Templar after Templar after Templar… releasing negative energy with each one. A lot of negative energy was released before that battle was done. After the fight everything around me faded to black and I woke.

What, exactly, is this "Witchblade"?

Originally Posted by Royalpeach

I know how destructive it can be, but it might be beneficial to learn to control dark/negative energy for your own use. It is an extremely powerful force, full of anger and adrenaline. Yet, you would be a particularly tough opponent in dream battles if you could use it. Your enemies use it; maybe it's time to fight fire with fire.

That's not really an option for me. In addition to the fact it tends to be corrupting I think it might interfere with my healing abilities and I'm afraid I might lose more friends because of it, just as surely or even more surely than if I keep losing control.

Originally Posted by Portalboat

What, exactly, is this "Witchblade"?

It is a sentient magical armor. If you Google it you will find information from the comic book called Witchblade and a short television series. It can form into armor or weapons, depending on what the wearer needs at the time.

I enjoyed reading that last dream, AC is one of my favourite games.

Originally Posted by Raven Knight

That's not really an option for me. In addition to the fact it tends to be corrupting I think it might interfere with my healing abilities and I'm afraid I might lose more friends because of it, just as surely or even more surely than if I keep losing control.

I'm sure you will be able to repress it enough so that it won't interfere with your relationships, but that's not quite what I'm talking about. I mean that if instead you use that pent-up energy as a weapon against your enemies, they'd be in big trouble. Dark energy can have a lasting effect on the Templars, to the point where just a taste could have them terrified. I know it can be cruel, especially if a lot of energy is put into the attack, but I'm not saying to maim them. Just enough to scare them away would be great.

I woke up in bed after the previous dream. That had been a good release of negative energy. I didn't feel too bad now, just really sleepy. That is normal for after I have just vented off a lot of negative energy. I just needed more sleep. Maybe I would be able to relax now. No more negative energy to vent. I thought I would get up for a drink. I tried to get up. I found I couldn't move. My first thought was sleep paralysis. But I've never had problems with sleep paralysis before… I continued trying to move. Still nothing. I saw some figures standing over me, looking at me. It was dark and I couldn't see their faces. I didn't know who they were. I was trying to ask who they were but I couldn't move. Ok… I would have to focus my energy… I closed my eyes and focused… and then I felt a surge of negative energy that sent bright lights off behind my closed eyelids just as if I had my light / sound machine on. I got a massive headache and then everything faded to black…

It seemed like I was in darkness for a while, my head felt like it was splitting open. I had unexplained images of death and destruction, feelings of anger and hate… I then thought I heard a commotion outside. A lot of people were yelling at each other. It sounded like a fight. I could feel someone lifting me and taking me somewhere… I tried to wake up fully but I couldn't do it. It only made my splitting headache worse so I relaxed. Someone set me gently on something soft. I thought I heard someone crying… was I dead? Had I died and now someone was crying over me? I heard someone ask if I was going to die. Someone else answered no, and said something about a cocoon and a butterfly… Wtf? I was turning into a butterfly? Someone laughed and said something about transformation. I could feel positive energy comforting me… I drifted off to sleep and woke in bed.

I was sitting at a table with some friends. We were at a Starbucks sitting outside. A light breeze was blowing. I was sooooo happy to be in Arizona… the winters are wonderful. I looked at the drink I was drinking. It was a dark hot cocoa. I looked around the table. I recognized the people with me. Nomad was on my left, then Asuka was holding a baby in her lap across from me. To my right was MoSh. Everyone was talking and laughing. It was a nice setting. I tried to remember the last time I was able to get together in a shared dream and just do something fun. I joined in the conversation with MoSh, Asuka, and Nomad, although I don't remember what was said. I just remember I was enjoying myself. I felt negative energy inside me, but it seemed to be pretty stable and it was slowly draining away. There was a lot there, but as long as nothing set it off… Then I saw trouble walk into the patio seating area. I tried to hide my face, but it was too late.

I had spotted James and Tina (his wife) looking at me. James pointed over at me and then the two of them headed in our direction. Shit. I didn't want to deal with them. I turned and focused on Nomad. I could feel negative energy inside me like something boiling just beneath the surface and threatening to explode. I decided it would be a good idea to try to stay calm. When James and Tina got over to us I didn't say anything. James was standing between Nomad and me. He asked how it was coming with my new boyfriend. I calmly told him Nomad is not my boyfriend… he's more like a brother. James said that explained why I hang out with him… I'm obligated to hang out with the loser because he's my brother. I was feeling angry at James for insulting Nomad again. Tina said that MoSh must be my boyfriend. Asuka gave Tina a dirty look. James moved closer to MoSh and said that from the looks of it MoSh would be no better a choice than Nomad. He said both those losers (Nomad and MoSh) make him look good.

"Nomad…" I said to Nomad, "I think I'm about to pound his face into the concrete until it's a bloody pulp…"

"Just hang on…" Nomad said.

"Hey, loser!" James said as he shoved Nomad. His Witchblade armor formed and he pulled out Swordsplitter. I was looking at Tina… something wasn't right about that… I was thinking she shouldn't be there…

"Remember this?" James asked as he used the sword to cut the table in half. Asuke got up quickly and disappeared with the baby. Nomad got up to face James. I didn't want them to fight. James has access to too much power… or did he? His energy signature was off… something wasn't right. James lunged at Nomad… and right through Nomad… and fell over the railing behind Nomad and into the street. A car slammed on its brakes to keep from hitting James. The driver called James a fucking moron. James got up and jumped the fence again. He charged at Nomad. I was thinking he was using all the strategy of a mad bull… that's not his style… A portal opened right in front of Nomad and James disappeared through it. The portal closed behind him. James reappeared almost immediately.

"Hey, asshole!" James said to Nomad, "You're not the only one who can screw with time!"

"Go fuck yourself!" Nomad responded.

I told Nomad not to attack James… it would be too dangerous…

"What's the matter?" James asked as he came over to me, "Are you afraid the loser will get hurt? Why don't you come back with me? We can go fuck somewhere. Come on! Tina won't mind. She might even join in!" He was right in my face yelling these things. On impulse I spit… right in his face. Part of it went in his open yelling mouth. Tina made a move like she was going to hit me. I knew that would set off the explosion. James stopped her. Good. Then James hit me! I was briefly stunned… he had never indicated physical violence while we were together… that was something else out of character for him… But that was it. He was going to regret showing up here… he would regret ever laying eyes on…

CLOBBER! In a streak of motion something clobbered James and knocked him through several tables into the wall of the Starbucks. I did a double take. Something weird had clobbered James… Some kind of a centaur? With six legs? And it looked somehow feline... it was clearly a… um… it was a Nomad. The creature that was Nomad was tearing at James with sharp claws where the front hooves of the centaur should have been. I thought I saw two figures do a fusion with Nomad… I didn't see who. He was tearing right through James' witchblade? How could that be? A witchblade can't be broken like that! James also looked surprised that his armor wasn't holding. James shoved Nomad off of him and jumped to his feet. He changed into one of the Fantastic Four?! That also didn't seem right…

Ok… I didn't want Nomad to have all the fun. I wanted to freak James out… or freak out whatever he was… I wasn't fully convinced it was James. I used Of Wolf and Man to transform into… I considered for a minute… a dragon! I remembered Nomad say I'd turned into a nasty looking black dragon… so I did that. I glared at him, my teeth a mere few inches from his face… my mouth was as tall as his body. People on the street were panicking and running. Apparently MoSh liked the idea of a dragon, as he changed into one as well. Now James had a huge dragon glaring at him from two different directions.

I was wondering if I had the stomach to bit James in half when something fell from the sky. James caught it. It was a grenade… a really big one… um… I backed up, as did MoSh. James was still looking at the grenade in surprise when it exploded. I looked up where it had come from… who had thrown that thing? James was gone… but just briefly. He reformed and looked up where the grenade had come from. He cursed in that direction. I fired a blast of flames surrounded by lightning at James. I noticed there were Templars attacking… where had those come from?! I used Divide and multiplied myself, going around and incinerating and blasting Templars. I noticed MoSh bathing Templars in green flames. We finally dispatched them. Where was James? I returned and turned human. I asked Nomad where James was. He said James was the past and the future, but not the present. Huh?

We went back to the biodome. I felt tired. I didn't think about it when I slipped into the hot springs. I was sitting next to Basara. He was singing softly. I could still feel the negative energy boiling just inside of me… so much of it… I felt like yelling and cursing at someone, but I was too tired right now. I fell asleep in the dream and woke IWL.

Lame that you woke up after getting into the healing springs. Can I kick James' ass? Maybe Tina's? Please?

Originally Posted by WarriorTiger

Lame that you woke up after getting into the healing springs. Can I kick James' ass? Maybe Tina's? Please?

Be my guest... but I don't think that was really them for the following reasons:
1. A Witchblade is neigh impossible to break... let alone shred.
2. James usually uses more strategy than a mad bull.
3. Tina never showed even the slightest interest in lucid dreaming.
4. There was a feeling of 'wrongness' the whole scene.

I know... but he seems to be bothering you... and not just the fake him! I just want to protect you.. after all
1. You're my friend.
2. I'm a protector... it's my job.
3. Do I have to have another reason?
4. I love you man!

Originally Posted by WarriorTiger

I know... but he seems to be bothering you... and not just the fake him! I just want to protect you.. after all
1. You're my friend.
2. I'm a protector... it's my job.
3. Do I have to have another reason?
4. I love you man!

4. I love you man!

girl!
Anyway, whats with James showing that much lately? Its like, somehow you are attracting him?

I know girl... It's a joke between me and Raven..

hehe sorry, being sleep deprived isn't good for posting apparently.

Originally Posted by Walms

girl!
Anyway, whats with James showing that much lately? Its like, somehow you are attracting him?

Not sure... I don't know if any of them are really him... or if it's a Templar trick... or if he might be working for the Templars now, either willingly or because he's being forced somehow or he's been tricked. I wish he'd go away.

It's a trick.

Note: I feel pretty good tonight… I have very little negative energy in spite of still feeling bad about the previous night's incident… I regret it, but it isn't taking the form of negative energy! For me, that is AWESOME! In this unusual state of mind (regretful but not negative) I fell asleep with my light / sound machine and slipped into a WILD…

I was in the biodome. I looked around to see if there was anyone there with me. I spotted Basara, Nomad, Angel, and MoSh. It looked like they had been waiting for me… I didn't think I was late for anything… I said hello to everyone, wondering if someone would tell me why they were staring. I finally felt around my head to see if my form had changed or something. Had I grown a third eye? I finally asked what everyone was staring at. Basara said I seemed to have quite a bit of positive energy. I said I know. Isn't it awesome?

We all took some time to use healing spells right there. Golden energy filled the area and flowed through everyone. I wondered if it was really needed. I already felt good… oh, well. It seemed a good precaution… and healing energy never hurts.

After that was done Nomad opened a portal and we went through it. On the other side we were in a strange temple. The temple was a beautiful place with lots of pillars and it looked like something out of a fantasy.

There were people all around that were dressed in white and had an aura of white and blue around them. Angels? Good spirits? I looked around and followed everyone else into a large room.

While we were in the large room one of the people there got my attention. It was a woman. She reminded me of Galadriel from Lord of the Rings. She smiled at me. She said she knew why we were here.

"The woman you seek to help," Galadriel said, "She is very sick. Her mind has become fragmented, separated from itself. For her to be well again her mind must be made whole. Her outer mind is lost and confused without the inner mind to ground her, to keep her stable."

"Will we be able to help her?" MoSh asked.

"I cannot say for sure," Galadriel said, "It depends greatly on her willingness to be healed… to receive healing."

"Great," MoSh said with evident disappointment, "She'll never admit she needs help."

"Her outer mind will not admit she needs help," Galadriel said, "But her inner mind may very well accept the healing. You should not give up before you have even tried."

MoSh agreed he shouldn't give up before trying and went off to talk to Nomad who was talking to a man. Galadriel continued talking to me.

"You are a powerful healer," she said, "But not all of your power as a healer has been released. Allow me to merge with you while you do this healing and perhaps more of your power will be released into the healing."

"Uh…" I was surprised at her for saying that, "Ok."

Galadriel transformed from a woman to a being of pure light. The light flowed into my body. I felt an extra energy flowing through me. Wow... now that was a lot of positive energy…

Nomad and the others came over to me. Nomad said he knew what we had to do. I said we had to merge her inner mind and her outer mind? He said yeah, her conscious mind and her subconscious mind. That was what I'd figured. I told him I was ready… but I guess I wasn't… because everything around me faded to black as I woke.