Lucidstuck:swap!AU fanadventure (1)

> Can Razzie just like, bust a hole in the door with his claws so you can reach through and open it from the other side?

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Show ChatlogAlice: Raziel, can you like, shred the door or something, please?

> Have DT get help by creating a clone on the other side of the door.



Raziel slashes wildly at the door. Despite it not seeming particularly durable, not much more than some scratches show on the surface.

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Show ChatlogAlice: Guess not.
Alice: DT, I don't suppose you could just make a copy outside so it can open the door for us?
DT: Sorry, my copies can only appear immediately next to me...
DT: And not through solid barriers...
Alice: *sigh*

> Ask DT if the door would be open for you if you had one of those dreams where you didn't realize it's a dream.

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Show ChatlogAlice: Oh, that's right, brother told me to ask you about that.
DT: About what?
Alice: Dreams that feel like you're awake, or something.
DT: But I already explained Blackout dreams to you...?
Alice: You did? When?
DT: While you were dressing up your, erm-
DT: Doll? >w> ;;;
Alice: You know how I get when I'm working on a project.
Alice: Explain again, please.
DT: Sure, Master!
DT: You remember what layers of darkness are, right?
Alice: It's like going into a copy of the same world, but it gets darker, time goes slower, and objects are affected by what's happening in higher levels.
Alice: There's more monsters and they are stronger and the only way to get there is to walk there by chance, wake up there or get smacked into another level.
DT: That's.... a very abridged but fairly accurate explanation.
Alice: Okay, and how does this relate to ...blackout dreams?
DT: Well! Normally, you go to bed and wake up here, with us.
DT: You see this world as it is because you are lucid dreaming.
Alice: Ok...
DT: A blackout dream is like going back to sleep when you're already inside a dream.
DT: Your brain's working on automatic, providing you with things it registers as 'normal' but they're more like the dreams you had before you started lucid dreaming.
DT: They seem normal to you and it's unlikely you'll ask yourself how you got there or why things are the way they are.
Alice: Wow that sounds...like a huge waste of time.
Alice: Brother made it seem like such a big deal, but hardly something to die over-

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Show ChatlogDT: HAHAHA!!
DT: NOT TO DIE OVER? DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING I JUST SAID??? >W>;;;
Alice: Wh- I mean, If I'm in another dream-
DT: Ohhh, no, Master.
DT: You are still riiight here.
DT: You just don't *notice*.
Alice: You mean...
DT: I mean: you may think the person ringing the door is the mailman with a very important letter for you...
DT: But what really happened is you just opened the door for our big friend outside.
DT: (...Unless you tripped on Stinky on the way there first) >w>
Alice: ...This is the worst thing ever.
DT: Not quite...
Alice: There can't be more.
DT: Hehehe, well-
Alice: There *is* more.
DT: You can black out inside a blackout dream.
Alice: That sounds.... confusing.
DT: It is!
DT: Imagine you realize the dream is fake, only to 'wake up' in what seems like real life, make your way to school-
DT: But you just walked out into LoMaM's nightlife. And you have no idea.
Alice: Shit....
DT: Not to mention, you can get seriously lost if you stay too long or play around too much on them. And not just you!
DT: In this world, I will always know where we are.
DT: But if I follow you there , even I may get confused.
DT: Given your skills...I’m actually a bit leery of what your blackout dreams may be like. >w>
DT: For all our sakes, I'd avoid them for as long as I could...
DT: Especially because if I die I get stuck there.
Alice: What if I die??
DT: You just go deeper in LoMaM while your brain is in the blackout dream.
DT: And then you have to realize you are sleeping, wake up to LoMaM and run for wherever you stashed your body before someone else kicks you out of it.
Alice: ...Does this happen to normal dreamers too?
DT: I...have no idea. owo
Alice: How can you not know?
DT: They're just trespassing in my Land. I don't know shit about them.
DT: They don't affect me in any way.
DT: But as I’ve told you, normal dreamers are a rare occurrence. I don't think I’ve ever seen more than maybe ten in- well, a long while.

>Alice: this key you just made appear out of thin air is an illusion, just like you made it appear out of thin air you should be able to make it move, perhaps you could "pick it up" by making the key move as if you were picking it up while you act like you're picking it up, it's all about making it look like you are holding the key, much like an actor using a prop at a play.



You don't want to think about the ramifications of the where an ill timed nap may land you, or how you'd get out if that happenned. Better to use your time for something more productive.

You stare at the key. It mocks you with its unavailability.

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You wonder if you can just...

Just sort of reach over...

And...

Success!!

You have picked the key! It's kind of hard to keep a firm grasp on it and it feels a little wobbly and not-quite tangible, but you rush to the door to open it-

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Show ChatlogDT: ...Whaaaaat was thaaaat???
Alice: I...I almost had it...!
DT: Oh, Master...this again?
DT: When will you understand your illusions only work for you? You can't use them to interact with real objects!
Alice: ...e_e
DT: Very impressive you managed to pick it up, though! ^w^;;

>Don't most bathrooms just have a little thing you can unlock them with on the inside?



Maybe some *other* bathroom in a house that's not yours...? Besides you already know this bathroom needs a key. You got locked in, you know what the key looks like... If you could just unlock it from the inside you would have walked out by now!

It's almost as stupid as thinking you can fit the entire door in your inventory. Just imagining something so ridiculous and unhelpful makes you feel irritated.

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A threshold for Alice's patience has been reached. If better care with the commands made is not taken, Alice may become unmanageable.

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>See if there is anything below the sink.



You check for the cabinets for anything that may help you out of your current situation, but nothing really jumps out as immediately useful. All you find is the plunger, gramps electric razor, his shaving foam, a half empty bag of cotton balls, soap, rubbing alcohol, cold medicine, band aids, your pads, some painkillers and the laundry hamper.

You leave everything right where it is, no sense on carrying things you don't need.

> Look for something you could try to pick the lock with.



Well, you do have your hairpin...! But it's not like you'd know how to use it for that.

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Show ChatlogAlice: ...I don't suppose either of you know how to pick a lock?
DT: I don't, but I’ve seen someone else do it enough times.
DT: I'm pretty confident I can try now that I have thumbs. ^w^
Alice: Some monster taught you to pick locks?
DT: A past Guardian.
Alice: Oh.
Alice: What was he like?
DT: She was a Locksmith of Woe.
Alice: ...And that made her good at lock picking?
DT: Oh, no.
DT: She just incidentally happened to be a pretty decent burglar. > w >
DT: And this is a fairly shitty lock.
Alice: Neat.
DT: Do you want me to give it a try?
DT: Keep in mind your hairpin will be destroyed, even if I manage.

1) Yes (give DT your hairpin to try to open the door)
2) No (Think of something else)