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Oneiroi - Rust and Shadows

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He couldn't save his world. But perhaps he can save theirs.

Kind of tried to summarize the dream to some extent, showcasing the main character I played and some of the creatures and items that were present. The dream itself was fairly detailed and complicated - two whole worlds, in fact, or three, if you count the strange 'limbo' state the character goes through.

In a nutshell:
The first world is the one he came from, where society is shattered and humanity scrapes by in the shadow of various monstrosities in a more industrial post-apocalyptic environment. He had two companions, one male and one female, and their base of operation was a modified news van. Things went terribly wrong at an old school, however, with a sudden encounter with the 'rats', oversized and hairless, and of course, ravenous.
The 'limbo' stage is what happened next. Whether the character blacked out or died or was simply pulled into this place, I honestly don't know. After a brief lapse in perception, he found himself on the floor of this odd space. It was a dimly lit space with the colors of sunset, felt like an interior space and yet there were no perceptible doors, walls, or ceiling. The only other thing visible in this space was a kind of altar, black in color and with various small objects, mainly just trinkets, in different bowls. A voice told him that there was a choice to make, regarding the 'path' he would choose for himself, whatever that meant, whether it was about his life path or his skill set or focus or what. The object that became his was the blood-red pendant on a gold chain, something which would come to have a lot of value for him, somehow.
The second world was a very dark, fantasy world. In his own world he used pistols, but here, pistols were a bit of a foreign thing, and instead he got some interesting fantasy-world versions, as best they could be constructed/replicated, though they did work a little differently. Might've received some training with more traditional fantasy weapons or gained additional skills, later on, but I don't know - I woke up before it was anywhere near finished. But whatever the weapon, the creatures faced in this world were of a very different sort than he was used to, very shadowy and eerie, ranging from small to very large and everything in between. There was the sense of a world crisis related to these dark creatures, something he was brought in as an outsider to help fight against.

As for the character...Even though I was the character, I really don't know that much about him. It's not something people really think about on an everyday basis, going about their lives, so it wasn't something that crossed his mind. I just know he had dark hair, a dark coat, a white shirt, the red pendant, and the pistols. I guessed on the eye color because it was all first-person. Feel free to suggest names for him, because I don't remember what it was.
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Eeren's avatar
WOW! Great work! I love the colors, the monsters are awesome and the face of this cool character is great as well! :D