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[News, Plot end: Dreams]
[Wednesday night, into the early Thursday hours, many of the afflicted dreamers suddenly jolt awake. Though very few speak of it, a number of them remember a strange anomaly in their dreams, a dark-haired man that came in toward the end and, through a series of bizarre events, usually ended up calmly killing himself in strange ways–stepping in front of a train, off a high roof, or into blurring traffic, that sort of thing. He tended to blend in to whatever environment he was in, but that was the constant. That, and sometimes he participated in some casual B&E before the inevitable bizarre end that left most dreamers more confused than anything.
In the waking world, scientists from the facility worked tirelessly in an attempt to rouse the sleeping, their efforts temporarily arrested by some strange activity in the Rec Center during the blackout. There is no video footage, and no one saw whoever was so casual about their B&E, distracting as the darkness was. The alarming possibility of someone tampering with the saline solution provided to some dehydrated sleepers was bypassed when all the sleepers began to wake, completely baffling on-site medical staff. Perceived injuries while dreaming seem to have no lasting physical effects on the sleepers, and the incident luckily did not persist for long enough to result in any sickness or deaths from exposure or malnourishment, even in those that did not receive medical attention while they slept.
Those awake, in some cases, were not as lucky. There were numerous altercations reported at the recreation center in those moments before the lights returned. Some residents were placed in lockdown for the duration of the incident, some received emergency medical attention, and all were cautioned against further disruptive incidents.
Early reports suggest some inadvertent toxicity in town's water supply, brought about by spring thaws after all the animal deaths near the lake in the winter. Of course, whispers and rumors abound, and there is talk of a circle in the woods and ritual markers found there. By the time anyone goes to look, those markers (if they ever existed) are nowhere to be found.]
In the waking world, scientists from the facility worked tirelessly in an attempt to rouse the sleeping, their efforts temporarily arrested by some strange activity in the Rec Center during the blackout. There is no video footage, and no one saw whoever was so casual about their B&E, distracting as the darkness was. The alarming possibility of someone tampering with the saline solution provided to some dehydrated sleepers was bypassed when all the sleepers began to wake, completely baffling on-site medical staff. Perceived injuries while dreaming seem to have no lasting physical effects on the sleepers, and the incident luckily did not persist for long enough to result in any sickness or deaths from exposure or malnourishment, even in those that did not receive medical attention while they slept.
Those awake, in some cases, were not as lucky. There were numerous altercations reported at the recreation center in those moments before the lights returned. Some residents were placed in lockdown for the duration of the incident, some received emergency medical attention, and all were cautioned against further disruptive incidents.
Early reports suggest some inadvertent toxicity in town's water supply, brought about by spring thaws after all the animal deaths near the lake in the winter. Of course, whispers and rumors abound, and there is talk of a circle in the woods and ritual markers found there. By the time anyone goes to look, those markers (if they ever existed) are nowhere to be found.]