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» Jäsz

HKK—

PTHHHH——-

AUGH.

AUUUGH!

¿? Maté

Wha— oh, no no no! you’re doing it wrong! Use the bombilla!

» Jäsz

What? The thing? No! It’s been in your mouth! Gross.

¿? Maté

Wow, really? That’s so fucking rude.

» Jäsz

Seriously? You’re kidding.

¿? Maté

No, really.

Don’t you have this where you come from?

» Jäsz

No, but my family has Irish Breakfast. Did your tea bag break or something? All the grainy bits are everywhere. ….Or is this a dream thing? Do you people not strain tea because of your backward logic?

¿? Maté

What? No. Geez, nevermind, then.

I was just trying to be friendly, but forget it.

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» Jäsz

Live here? Ha. Thanks, but I don’t live here.

¿? Maté

Uh…

» Jäsz

In fact, I need to figure out how I even got here. Wait, if it’s all just a dream, couldn’t I just wake up? OH.

Oh man, I just realized this isn’t permanent. Oh thank god, I thought I’d be stuck looking like this forever.

¿? Maté

…

» Jäsz

How do I wake up?

¿? Maté

Uhm, well, it kinda depends. We could ask Mrs Serol. She stays at Muse Manor.

» Jäsz

Muse Manor? Wait, the bird guy was going there, wasn’t he? Perfect. I need to give him a shiner of his own.

¿? Maté

Ok, fine. I don’t suppose you know how to use keys yet, do you?

» Jäsz

What idiot doesn’t know how to use a freaking key?

¿? Maté

We should be able to get out of here if—

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» Jäsz

……

¿? Maté

You ok?

» Jäsz

Yeah, it’s just a lot to process.

Sorry, there’s just so much, and it’s hard to believe it’s all real.

It’s like a dream.

¿? Maté

Ah-hahahaha.

» Jäsz

What?

¿? Maté

Hahah, nevermind, nevermind.

You did have a point, though. Most people aren’t even aware of all this. We really take it for granted, and usually wish there was more time in each day. Honestly, it would be amazing to live here forever. I really envy you.

Well, just take it one step at a time and you’ll be fine.

Here.

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¿? Maté

Let me start with this place. Like I said earlier, this is a dream.

My dream, actually.

You’re in my dream.

» Jäsz

Right, ok, I get it. You guys told me a dozen times, ok?

Wait.

So I’m in your head?

¿? Maté

No, no. Dreams aren’t in your head. You go somewhere else.

» Jäsz

But dreams are thoughts, aren’t they?

¿? Maté

Well, the thing is, dreams are made of thoughts, but they aren’t just thoughts. There’s something else holding it all together. That’s why you can manipulate things by thinking logically about it. Dream Logic.

» Jäsz

Ok……?

¿? Maté

Ok.

So, that door up there that you came in from, that’s how you get from Phantasmagoria into my dream instance. There’s—

» Jäsz

PHANTASMAGORIA!! That! The guy— that Silver guy with the bird junk, he said something about that. Wha— Ha— W—

¿? Maté

Slow down! Don’t get excited! 

That’s another thing. And actually, now that I think about it, probably why he lobbed those keys at you—

» Jäsz

^{It’s because he’s a freakin’ jerk, that’s why.}

¿? Maté

—like I was saying….

You can’t really be yourself here where you can control everything. Don’t let your emotions and thoughts get out of hand, or you’ll ruin the dream. Everyone calls it Bedlamization.

Anyway, as soon as we can get out of here, we can go back to being ourselves. Dreams are very unstable because they’re impacted by thoughts pretty easily. Phantasmagoria is waaaaaay more stable because Mr. Muse oversees everything.

Just, whatever you do, please please pleeeease don’t Bedlamize the dream while I’m still in it.

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¿? Maté

First off we should do something about that.

» Jäsz

About… woah. WOAH.

Oh man. Bet it’s gonna be like that for at least a week.

¿? Maté

Yeaaaaa.

» Jäsz

That’s seriously not ok.

Wait, where did you get this?

Wait, where did you get that??

¿? Maté

Oh, you haven’t manipulated dream logic before?

» Jäsz

Dream logic? Nnnn…o?

¿? Maté

Ok, for starters—

Hm. How to explain…