I've been waiting to do this one for a long time and I'm so glad it's here. I haven't done a Halloween piece in a while and I know you're probably saying it's only September, but I wanted a jump-start on this. For those returning to the Lucid Dream series, welcome back. If you're new to this series, I have three other entries, but you don't necessarily need to read them to understand what's happening – that's what this prologue chapter is for.
If you have not played The Evil Within, this story is going to have major spoilers for what all happens in the game. So if you want to play the game blind, you may want to turn back. Either that or after each chapter in the game you complete, read a chapter of this story. I'm trying to correspond my chapters with the chapters in the game. You have been informed.
Lucid dream: noun. A dream state in which one is conscious enough to recognize that one is in the dream state and which stays in one's memory.
Lucid dreaming is something I've been able to do for a long time. I can go to sleep and live out my dreams in books, movies, and games. I can become anyone when I dream, do anything, even the impossible. But I can do it too well. If I get hurt, I wake up injured. I think if I died in a lucid dream, I could die for real. I'm not going to test that theory.
Another thing, I'm not always in complete control of everything. Think of it as a butterfly effect. One change could affect the outcome of the story, for good or for bad. And since I'm not in control, I have to be prepared for anything. It's constant research on my part because when I dream, I'm given a goal. I don't always decide the goal, but in order for me to get out of that world I have to complete the goal. If I don't complete the goal by the time I wake up, I come back the next night and the night after until the job is done. I don't know why, but that's how it is. And I kind of like it. It gives me a challenge.
Welcome to my dreaming.
Ready? Let's go.
