The good news is we rescued my friend in my dreams. We even picked up a new friend. This part was pretty familiar from the last time, except the mad scientist was even creepier and the implications of his work a lot more disturbingly clear.
We also discovered a handy holodeck type history of the world program that talked about Aerith's people, the Ancients. She's... the last one.
And our new friend gave us some new info that I don't really know how to process.
I woke up and the program was on my desk. I'm just not sure how to make it actually play.