My name is Ever, and I was part of a little experiment called Project: Dream, also known as Project: D. What I'm recording currently is my experience with the project.
I found myself in a strange building located on the Chinese continent of Veridian. It wasn't too big, but it wasn't small either.
"Okay, Ever. We will be activating the machine to start testing DreamState." They said as they put on a helmet-type piece of machinery on my head. Then, as they closed the door, my vision went black.
I awoke in a strange place, with no idea of where to go or what to do. So I just wandered. This place was just an expansive field of grass going off as far as the eye could see.
As I was walking, I stumbled upon multiple pieces of carved stone and small puddles about a foot deep before I saw a huge gaping hole. From what I estimated, it was around 5000 meters in diameter.
I wanted to avoid it, but as I was going off to the side, another appeared in my vision right next to it. It was clear that there were definitely infinitely more in all directions, so it was clear.
I either turned back and attempted to avoid the holes or jump in. I turned back; I was walking for another 5 days before I encountered more of the same holes. It was clear that these holes were fully enclosing the place I had arrived in, so I took a leap of faith into the nearest hole.
I awoke in another strange place, this time a place of nostalgia; it was a neighborhood. I felt as though I could live here, but something felt off.
It felt cold, really cold. I decided to check out one of the houses nearby and was surprised when the door was unlocked; there was a meal for one on the table, and it felt warm. There wasn't anyone home, and I had started to get hungry, so I decided to eat.
After finishing, I cleaned the plate and left the house. I saw a group of teenage kids down the road, and I just watched, not knowing if it was my imagination.
Then I blinked, and they were gone. I walked down the road and saw a light on, went over, and turned it off, as it had been really bright, to the point it was blinding.
As I continued further, I came to a door. Curious, I opened it and stepped inside. Entering, there was a beautiful collection of skyscrapers and moving walkways leading towards them.
I stepped on the walkways and started heading towards the buildings. Once I arrived, I stepped into one of said buildings, and as I was climbing the stairs, in the corner of my eye I saw a figure, which disappeared almost immediately.
I got a plane ticket from one of the beings, the first I've seen while dreaming, of this place; they were just little geometric shapes of different kinds and sizes, which I didn't know what to use for until I looked around and saw an airport I didn't notice before. I boarded the plane after getting the ticket checked.
I woke in this strange room with a knife next to me. I picked the knife up to look at it, but as soon as I did, words lined the wall saying, "Kill your fear."
Something appeared in the middle of the room: a figure with white, rough flesh and a perfect white circle covering its face. It lunged at me, grabbing me in a chokehold, slowly killing me.
I gripped the knife and cut its hand off. I ran to the other side of the room, and it looked back at me, then lunged again. I went off to the side and stabbed it. It lunged again, and I dodged, then stabbed.
It kept going like this for about an hour, until it pounced on me, crushing me under its weight. I stabbed it in the chest, and it finally fell limp. I had punctured where its heart would be, and I pushed it off of me.
A door opened, and when I stepped in, I woke up in the same bed I was lying in when they turned the machine on. They had told me afterwards that I was out for 5 days total, even though it felt like 50 for me. I had returned home. The project never went public.
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