#pen wright

[asknightspinner]

"Hmm... well, not exactly. If there's one thing I've learned from this book, dreaming is easier if you're not in control, or at least, not magically in control." "A normal dreamer is protected, their mind creates defenses for them innately and on instinct. This comes at the price of their dreams being fleeting things, anything that might truly harm them is simply forgotten and the worst they get are the occasional nightmare." "But for me, there's clarity, precision... and to get that, I'm exposed and vulnerable to things ordinary dreamers are usually safe from. I suspect that regular dreamers come and go through the Collective Unconscious as they please, but it all blurs together into their dreams."

[asknightspinner]

"Much of what I learned about my dreamscape was trial and error growing up, but this book I got last Hearthwarming has helped immensely... though if anything, it's made me more wary of my own subconscious. That place is where desire exists without reason, drive without limitation and each and every petty little thought I've ever had was spawn. To go there as a lucid dreamer is to expose yourself to your darkest impulses and I'll need to learn some more protective techniques if I'm to risk it."

[asknightspinner]

"Personally, no, but this book on dream magic I've been reading talks about it, calling it the astral sea. Apparently the "door" to that place is buried in the depths of a pony's subconscious and is normally reached by unaware dreamers or focused meditation. Honestly, I haven't searched for it yet, my subconcious is a touch frightening to me."

[asknightspinner]

"Not a single dream, but many. My dreamscape is endless doors, each one of which has a dream, or at least part of a dream I've crafted. Places, events, dreamspun actors and props, they are all waiting there for me to experience again, or at least reuse." "Perhaps the only downside to this kind of control is that it's more like I'm an actor in a play that I've written, rather then thinking it's real... I can't really believe in my actual dreams anymore."

[asknightspinner]

"A character in a story? Heh, that would be something... but I've really only just started studying and pursuing my special talent, so if that is where my abilities will find a use, it's a long way off still."