the return of the nightmare meme

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the nightmare meme

"So on his Nightmare through the evening fog Flits the squab Fiend o'er fen, and lake, and bog; Seeks some love-wilder'd maid with sleep oppress'd, Alights, and grinning sits upon her breast." - Erasmus Darwin, "Night-Mare" Everyone has nightmares right? The dark thoughts lurking in the depths of our minds. Our fears out of our control. At least they only occur in our sleeping hours... right? This meme is designed to wretch that comfort right out from under you. Your character is stuck in their worst nightmare and worse yet, someone is stuck in there with them. Whether it's a familiar face, a stranger, intentional or accidental, you have to dig your way out. Good luck lost souls. And remember. The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.

Feel free to use the prompts below as a jumping point, or make up whatever you want. As a warning this meme will possibly contain TRIGGERS and MATURE CONTENT. Read ahead with caution.

Prompts: i. the WEAVER (the nightmare) 001 - waking nightmare - wake up. Wake up. Wake. UP. The only sure guarantee out of a dream. And yet when your eyes open, the fear still surrounds you. The nightmare has its hold. You've woken up to your own nightmare. Why hasn't it gone away? 002 - stuck - Slowly, you begin to realize this is all just a dream. But you can't get out. You're stuck to the whims of your subconscious, unable to escape. Completely aware that this is just a nightmare, but unable to escape. 003 - pursuit - You're being chased, endlessly, by something, someone. Maybe it's a boogey monster, maybe it's only a metaphor. But you're out of breath and places to run. 004 - the end of your world - The apocalypse. Brought about around you. Maybe it came slowly, like a slow burning fire-- or perhaps it was a conflagration. Your entire world is falling apart around you and you can do nothing to stop it. Or perhaps even worse, you're the cause. 005 - your greatest fear - Maybe your greatest fear is something common, like spiders, or something which seems completely mundane, such as the color yellow. Whatever it is, it's surrounding you. Keeping you in it's embrace. 006 - ground hog day - It starts out harmless. One day, not unlike any other. Except, it's repeated over. And over. And over. And over. Until slowly your mind just.... slips away. 007 - i have no mouth and I must scream - slowly, against your will, you're transforming. Turning into a creature unlike yourself. Perhaps a monster, maybe a pile of goo. Whatever it is, you're helpless to stop it. 008 - free style - take these prompts and throw em' out the window. Do it however you want. ii. the THREAD (why the other character is there) 001 - the devil on their chest. - Maybe the dreamer was someone in your way, someone who had done harm to you or someone you care about, maybe it’s just for shits and giggles. But you are the one who has stuck them in this nightmare, and you want to watch them fall victim to their own mind. 002 - mind link - for some reason you share a connection with this person. Perhaps it's just the passing of the stars, a jolt of electricity, or their mind reaching for yours. But now you’re stuck here, trying to get them out. 003 - experiment - Just a quick injection, maybe a little sting, it won't hurt. That's what the men in coats said. But look where that got you. 004 - save them - you've been tasked to save this person, no matter the cost. Maybe they're a stranger, maybe they're your closest friend, even your greatest enemy, but you have to save them. 005 - just following orders - It's a job, and you've been tasked to it. They may have some info you need. Or maybe you have to keep them in for the benefit of someone else. It doesn't matter. It's only a job. Right? 006 - we have ways of making you talk - They have something you need. And it's time you squeeze it out of them. 007 - free style - take these prompts and throw em' out the window. Do it however you want.

In order to make this meme a bit easier when it comes to tagging out we have written up a short little form. If you could fill it out and stick it in your characters opening comment, along with the usual character name and series header, it would be helpful to everyone in order to find someone appropriate to tag! Plotting is more than encouraged!

<b>Possible nightmares/preferences:</b> <b>Quick History:</b> <b>Quick Personality:</b> <b>Triggers/things you'd like to avoid:</b>

Comments

[fruity]

[ maybe it's a sign of indigestion. there are so many factors that make up a mindscape it's something of a game trying to decipher what the cause is. now that irie shouichi's revealed himself though, there's no doubt it's simply another byproduct of his daily anxieties and stomach pains.

looking down with a smirk, mukuro laughs. ]

Even your dreams are predictable.

[binaries]

[ groaning, shoulders and forearms locking with tension, shouichi gets to his feet. either his subconscious was effecting his body, or the opposite. then again, it was always one or the other. the only difference now was that he was cognizant of being trapped in between.

another tremor. he stumbles before wiping a hand across his face. ]

Then why bother even showing up? [ a pause. ]
Do you always dream lucid?

[fruity]

[ the tremor passes through him and he doesn't so much as sway. mukuro is examining the surroundings again with a little more interest, as though he could find some sort of secret written within the depths of the fissures.

he sounds almost disinterested when he answers shouichi. ]

But you were the one who let me in. [ turns to him. ] I ought to ask you why you're dreaming of me.

[binaries]

D-didn't you just say they were predictable?
S-so why don't you tell me, then? [ he huffs indignantly, trying to find stable footing among what feels like a constant tectonic plate shift. ]

I certainly don't recall letting anyone in, but if this is a stress dream [ and they all were ] then we both know why you're here.

[fruity]

I wanted to confirm it.

[ ah so he is part of the reason for this. well, it's not like he asked shouichi to stress about him . . . wow this is one turbulent dream. ]

Irie Shouichi, a man well into his twenties and still incapable of controlling anything in his life, including lucid dreams.

[ how pitiful. ]

[binaries]

[ shouichi's mind and body are an ingeniously intertwined game of mouse trap. everything is connected and anything can set off everything. there's really no being "a little" effected by something. he's a true over-achiever. ]

Hmph. I-It's just a dream, I don't see how it equates to not having control over one's life! [ oh my god even in dreams you're a douche, HOW TRUE TO CHARACTER. ]

[fruity]

[ he doesn't want to be stuck here any longer than he has to be, but maybe mukuro can make a lasting impression on shouichi's subconscious (besides the douchebag one you know). ]

It's definitely a subconscious sign if I've ever seen one.

[ shut up shouichi he can kill you in a dream without any repercussions . . . you know, that's something to chew on. ]

Try imagining someplace with less of an earthquake tendency.