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Old 09-20-2016, 10:07 PM   #36
RageWalrus
 
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Default Re: Catalog of the Weird Parallels

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Originally Posted by Jasonft View Post
This could be very interesting for a talented writer to work with. Can dreamers learn any useful skills if, for example, their dream target is a medical student? Are there any temperate zones near the Equator on the Ice Age world where cities could be rebuilt?

Normally dreams don't let you read things, even notes to your dream buddy written on the wall. Are these dreams different?
Dreaming is more lucid on both parallels. People have clearer memories of their dreams, and while dreaming they can read, do arithmetic, etc. This does allow the learning of primarily mental skills, and in fact most people on both lines speak at least two languages: their native tongue, and the language of their regular dream target. The different TLs and cultural situations of the two worlds do to some extent hinder further skill acquisition.

Strieber-5 still has major cities as far north as the Mediterranean. These are all depopulated due to decreased crop yields, and have suffered through hundreds of years of incursions by migrating northerners. As a result, all have slid from the world's cultural and technological high.

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran View Post
That's a very weird myth I've heard too. I have no clue where it comes from. I think it's also cliche to not be able to perform simple arithmetic.
Why would this reality automatically follow our dream myths?
Going with that though, one must wonder about the dying in dream meaning dying in reality myth.
"In today's news, everyone dreaming of Californian John B. Smith died last night as Smith wasn't paying attention to traffic."
If your dream target dies while you are actively dreaming them, you usually die. About 25% survive this, but virtually all of these go mad as a result. If your dream target dies while you are awake, you start dreaming of someone new.

This, coupled with the above mentioned language and skill acquisition means that some scholars on Hardrade-6 have begun to seriously study the nature of dreams and the dream world. Historically on Hardrade-6 (and currently on Strieber-5) dreaming phenomena were ascribed to magical or divine agents. Though not yet advanced enough to crack the enigma, the people of Hardrade-6 are under careful watch by Infinity in case they ever approach discovery of The Secret.
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