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Dream Extraction

Dream Extraction

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Benjamin felt the familiar jolt from unconsciousness as he woke in James's childhood kitchen, the few seconds of blackness between reality and the dreamscape forgotten. His brain felt slightly jumbled as he tried to work together the sequence of events that brought him there. When he realized he couldn't quite make sense of it, he knew he had entered someone else's subconscious. It was a different, strange world, and Ben felt both comforted and uneasy.

He glanced around the small kitchen, which had amenities straight out of the 90s. It was quaint and outdated, but nicely kept. Sun streamed in through the window over the sink. Everything was quiet.

Ben looked at James and couldn't help the dimpled grin that spread across his face. The sight of James in a shirt from his childhood brought some much needed humor to the rather serious mission at hand, and Ben found himself laughing, more than willing to set aside the gravity of the situation, if only for a few seconds.

"Don't worry," Ben said easily, "The more you practice, the easier it will be set aside memories and thoughts from the dreamscape. You'll be able to control that, more or less, in no time."

Ben drew a breath and stepped further into the house, his gaze wandering over the place that James had grown up in. It felt normal; like the trainee had simply invited his new team members over for dinner rather than into his subconscious. Ben knew it was anything but normal. Still, it was a good sign. James had been able to conjure up the place they had discussed with ease, and so far nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary. It seemed, since they had met, that James continued to surprise Benjamin with his capabilities, and Ben had to remind himself to relax.

"It looks good," Ben decided to voice his opinion. He crossed over to a bookshelf, running his fingers along the spines of a few books. They felt real to the touch. Had Ben not known they were dreaming, he would have assumed it was reality. The reassurance continued to uplift Ben's mood, but in the back of his mind, he could feel his own thoughts and memories begin to bleed through, an unfortunate side effect of the dream world. Remembering his training, he managed to get himself under control long enough to look at Rosemary and see how she was doing.

"Why don't we try some experimenting?" Ben suggested, both to distract him from his own thoughts and to get back to the reason why they went under in the first place: the mission. "You've essentially got omnipotent power here, so let's see what you can do."

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Rosemary opened her eyes in the kitchen and immediately knew she was in a dream. Not because she had unexpectedly developed incredible dreamscape skills in her two year absence from them - it was, in fact, very much the opposite - but rather, as she put herself under, her mind was whirling with her worries. Would she be able to do it at all? Would she ruin the whole dream by letting the monsters that lay in her head into it? She couldn't even go home to her bed each night for fear of her nightmares and that deep, dark panic that came every time she slept. So when she opened her eyes in the kitchen, her mind was still full of those questions, enough that it took seconds for her to realise where she was.

She felt an immediate wave of relief to see that James had managed to successfully bring them to his childhood home. Not just because it was a good sign of his capabilities, but because waking up in an amalgamation of someone's intended dreamscape and their latest nightmare is never fun. She returned Ben's look and forced a smile. She was feeling calmer now she was here and there were no monsters hiding under the table.

She had studied people's brain activity while they were under for years and she could feel the heightened activity in her amygdala. Or at least, she could feel it's affects: while the sun poured cheerily through the window, the atmosphere in the dream was buzzing with suppressed emotions. She knew her own anxieties and fears -- about the dreamscape, but the more familiar ones that fuelled her usual dreams -- were only just being held back from permeating the reality of the dream. She watched Ben as he spoke. He looked in control, but she wondered what lay beneath his cool composure. She could feel the buzzing of people's secret thoughts and dreams and tried to focus on what Ben was saying to tune it out. He must have been used to the buzz from his years of experience in dreamscapes, she thought. Even James, from his training in the academy, seemed able to ignore it relatively effectively.

Rosemary watched James grin at receiving free rein. "I almost don't know where to start." But where did one always start when discovering the ability to defy the laws of physics? James closed his eyes for a second to concentrate, but opened them again. He knew that the only way to control a dream was to make it effortless, to not concentrate, but simply know you can do it. He lifted off the ground and levitated above the floor, swimming through the air and ducking under the lampshade. Flying. It was a classic.

"Sorry," he grinned. "But it's got to be done." He lay in the air, wondering where to go next. He spotted a photograph on the wall of the family on the day they moved into this house, when James was just a baby in his mothers arm. They stood smiling with the house sat in the background. James floated over to it. He just had to believe it was already there, and it would be.

He slowly removed the photo from the wall. As he pulled it back, a formation slowly appeared behind it, as if it had been folded into the wall, squashed underneath the photo, and was opening out like a pop-up book. It was a model of his house, made from paper and ink, like the photo. As James kept pulling, paper flowers rose up at its base and tiles appeared on the roof. He could see his mother, a cut-out paper doll, moving inside one of the windows, hoovering the living room. "One of my cousins had a dolls house," James explained. "And when I was little, I was really jealous of it, but Mum refused to buy me one, so I made my own out of paper." Not that his rudimentary dolls house when he was nine had been this intricate, but he was sure that's where the idea had come from.

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Ben watched James lifted up off the ground, suddenly defying the laws of gravity. He grinned, again, his worries melting away. He had just lectured James on trusting him and Rosemary enough so that they could work seamlessly as a team, and yet here he was, being a hypocrite. He needed to stop worrying, and he needed to stop second guessing every move made by the team. They had a job to do, and Ben couldn't preach about trust when he didn't even trust himself. He needed to start trusting James's abilities, he needed to trust that Rosemary could take care of herself, and he needed to start trusting his own decisions.

The team needed work, there was no denying that. They were a bit disjointed and out of practice, but they were skilled. A few practice runs, a lesson or two on quelling dangerous thoughts, a study on subconscious security and they could be ready. They had time, they had the tools they needed for the extraction, so it was time Ben shook the worry as best he could.

He sighed inwardly. He was likely going to suffer from an early, stress inducted, death.

He watched as James pulled the photo off the wall and a paper diagram of the house unfolded from it. As he explained the genesis from where the papier-mâché house came from, Ben nodded his head in understanding

"Sounds to me like you were practically born to be an architect," Ben teased and glanced around the room. His hand twitched by his side. Being back in the dreamscape, watching the young trainee stretch the laws of physics, made Ben want to join in on the fun. It had been years since he had had a chance to morph a limitless dream and he forgot how addictive it was. They were essentially Gods in their own worlds and their own creations. There was nothing quite like it.

Again, he glanced at Rosemary. She seemed to be fairing as well as the rest of them, though perhaps a bit apprehensive. He didn't blame her. James, on the other hand, looked as comfortable and at ease as he had in the real world.

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Rosemary looked in wonder at the paper house that had folded from behind the picture. The buzzing of suppressed emotion and fears seemed to lessen as she focused upon the beauty of James' imagination. She had forgotten what it was like to be inside a dream, to be in control of a dream, because James did seem to be in control, surprisingly so, and she could sense Ben beginning to relax too. It was refreshing to be so relaxed during sleep.

James folded up his paper house and a tiny bird escaped as the photo frame once again met the wall. The little bird was only just larger than one of the buttons on Rosemary's blouse. It fluttered around the room, singing much more loudly than something so tiny -- and made of paper -- should be able to. It flew up towards the ceiling which melted away and turned into sky. Rosemary looked at James, whose eyes were focused on the paper creature, watching it with childlike pleasure. When it had flown too high to be distinguished from the white clouds, the sky metamorphosed back into the off-white, papered ceiling. James blinked, returning to the room.

Rosemary smiled at him, showing she appreciated the beauty of what he had created, before turning to Ben. "You're the one with the most experience," she said. "Perhaps you should show us what you can do?" She gave him a grin, giving him permission to show off, to impress her -- it wouldn't be that hard, she thought.

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I'm back! Sorry about that! I went camping at a big Christian festival called Momentum with a load of friends from uni. In August I'm heading with the family to Croatia -- a bit more glamorous than camping, haha!

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Lol, no! I suppose I can wait. Where are you headed off to?

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Ironically, I'm actually going away tomorrow for a week, so I'm afraid you're going to have to be patient with me! I'm really sorry, I hope it's not a problem!

I'm also going away mid-August too for just under a fortnight, but that's not for a little while yet.

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Back! Finally. Thanks for being patient with me.

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No, it's absolutely fine! Don't worry about it at all :)

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Ugh, I am so sorry! I know I was gone all last week but I need to take another short hiatus this week too. I am up to my eyeballs with school assignments and I just need to take care of them before I get back into role playing. So so so sorry! I'll post as soon as I'm able.

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No, it's no problem!

I've written a bit of an essay for my post, sorry... I think I got a bit carried away. Haha!

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Okay, great, I just don't want to step on any toes since this was your idea in the first place. If we can work the totems into the role play organically, then lets do it.

And I am so sorry for taking so long to reply! Independence Day weekend and all got me distracted, but I'm ready to get back to posting.

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Did you post this before or after my last post? Sorry! Yeah, I'm happy to time skip with the next post or whatever. It'll help the story to keep moving, I think.

I'm not sure really. It's been a while since I've seen Inception so I can't remember what's in the film etc, but the trained subconscious is a great idea. Gives more opportunities for it all to go downhill! We can bring in the totems too if you'd like. I'm happy to go with the flow. I mean, if there's anything else we want to take from the film we can bring it in as needed.

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So I went ahead a did a time skip, hope that's okay. You're welcome to post it or continue this one and I'll start the new part with my post, whichever you prefer.

I wasn't sure how similar to Inception you wanted to make this; I like the idea of the trained subconscious, I think it adds a great element of suspense and action; as soon as the dreamer realizes they are in a dream then our extraction team can get into serious trouble. Let me know what you think, we can always change it. I think that's all I want to borrow from Inception...character totems might be cool. I think we cover most everything else. Thoughts?

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No it's brilliant! I love it. I can't post today, though, but hopefully tomorrow, so sorry!

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No, not at all! I know how you feel though in terms of trying to settle into a character.

I hope the stuff about the missing girl is okay. I thought it might give the story a bit more of a focus.

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I'm just going to apologize here because I always feel like my first few posts are lame, so sorry. It always takes me a bit to get into the flow of the role play and the characters, you know? I promise I'll get better.

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Haha! It's not the juiciest secret in the world or anything, so don't get too excited, but he feels guilty about it, so I guess that makes it important to him! Gemma Arterton is beautiful, yes. And I very much approve of both Michiel Huisman and George Clooney. Haha! ;)

I'm away all day tomorrow, so I won't be able to do anything then, but I've got something posted today. I wasn't really sure where we wanted to start, so I hope it's okay. I can easily change things if you think we should start at a different point.

By reference point (in my post), I was kind of thinking in terms of people going to Rosemary to get information, to hear what was going on etc. I mean, her office/lab could be a base. Let me know if you have any better ideas or think anything should be changed to work better. But I look forward to seeing where this goes!

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Ugh, I desperately want to read James' secret but I think I'll leave it. More exciting that way, yes? Your characters look beautiful, I'm low key jealous that I didn't think of using Gemma Arterton first, ha ha ha. She's such a beauty. The history for James looks good also.

I put up a brief, very generic character for our mark. And like I said, you are welcome to role play him too as you see fit. I tried to just stick to the basics so he can be playable by both of us.

Hope your sister has an enjoyable birthday. Once you've got your characters all ironed out, I'll let you have first post, seeing as this was your brilliant idea. Very excited for this role play!

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I've put up both my characters. I haven't made James look pretty yet, but I'll do it at some point. Also, I've put his secret in a spoiler. I don't mind if you want to read it, but I wasn't sure if you would, or just prefer to leave it to discover during the story. I don't mind.

Also, I wasn't sure where the story was starting in terms of James as a trainee, but I've just put some basics down in his history for now, which can easily change.

I'll take a look at your new character at some point too, but have to go at the moment!

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Great, thank you! And no rush on your characters. As for the point man (or woman I guess, whatever you decide), you know, it's your character so I say go for it! And yes, they're the ones that bring people into the dream and collect information about the mark and stuff like that

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I've had a look at them and they look great! I'll hopefully gets my two up today, although it's my sister's birthday tomorrow and we've got a lot of cake to make!

An architect as the newbie sounds great, yes. Just to check, it's the point man/chemist that brings everyone into the dream, right? I was wondering, to make it slightly more gritty, if we could go for the bug idea rather than computers? As in, there are insects that bite people. One insect bites the same people in the space of a few minutes then it releases a shared chemical into their blood that means they share the same dream. The chemist also then has to put them to sleep, which the bug bite doesn't do.

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Well it only took me 100 years but I got the characters complete. I've decided to take on three characters, since the antagonist and Ginny might be less involved until further into the role play. You're also welcome to creative control of the antagonist when I get him up.

As for the other two, Ben is the retired extractor we talked about and I was thinking that the trainee he takes under his wing will be taking Ginny's job...so a new architect. Is that okay? We can change it if you'd like. That also means that your other character is good to take the place of the point man/chemist. Good? We all on the same page here? Ha ha ha.

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