CRYSTAL, POST-DREAM

[heirring]

FORM: Crystal + Anonymous Dropbox
SENDER: Erik Stevens & Wysteria Poppell
RECIPIENT: Everyone
NOTES: A scientific survey

[A (unfortunately?) familiar voice pipes up over the crystals; it has that brisk, hurried patter of someone intending to say quite a lot as quickly as possible to avoid interruption.]

Good afternoon to all agents of Riftwatch. This is Wysteria Poppell of the Research Division, Project Felandaris and Assistant to the Office of the Seneschal speaking alongside Mister Stevens of Diplomacy.

Yo.

In light of the recent shared dreamings experienced by those in the Gallows residence and the attempted communications by an alleged spirit of note, we have elected to co-sponsor a survey in an effort to sort, as it were, the proverbial wheat from the chaff.

So, like. Obviously people ain’t gonna want to get too personal on record about their dreams, especially ones like this, but we need to figure out. The things that everyone took from it. The repeating themes, the places, the details that we might lose over time. You ain't even gotta answer here; there's gonna be a drop box in the dining hall where you can submit answers anonymously.

Be aware however, [Wysteria pipes up again.] That the notes you submit will be compiled and available for reference by Riftwatch at large. We strongly encourage generalizing the specific details of the dream if that is what allows you to respond to the survey. It is vital, is it not Mister Stevens, that we receive as broad a sampling as possible for study.

The more folks who answer, the better an idea we've got of what needs our attention first and foremost. I know it's a lot to be asked to do this right away but it's real important. So yeah. Thanks.

Should you have any questions or require assistance reading the survey or penning your response, you are most welcome to reach out to one of us for assistance on the matter.

Comments

[clawings]

1. Please list any significant locations which you recall from your dream, and list in what way you believe them to be significant. Of particular importance: locations shared between individuals, particularly if you have never been there previously. Rivain? Kokari Wilds. The path up a mountain, Haven, Skyhold.

2. Please list any notable individuals who are not current members of Riftwatch who appeared in your dream. Appeared? None. Mentioned? Actually wait. A Qunari warrior and a small, bald elf who looked like he just smelled something bad I guess.

3. Please describe the themes you believe to be most relevant to your dreams, if any seem particularly dominant. None.

4. Please submit an account of your dreamings. This may be as detailed or as abbreviated as you wish. In one dream no one knew me or other Rifters I met. Corypheus had lost. Qunari attacking the far north? Second dream: some members of Riftwatch in the Kokari Wilds, swamp area. Corypheus won. Something about gates? Travel up the mountain, running into people that are also in Riftwatch but weren't in the swamp. Herald's spirit in Skyhold.

5. If you are either a mage or late of the Templar Order, please briefly assess the nature of this dream in comparison to previous encounters with the Fade and/or demons and their passage or attempted passage from it which you may have previously experienced.

6. If you are a Rifter, please relay any similarities between the dreaming world(s) and the one which you believe to be your own, if any exist. None. Everything was here, nothing was like home.

7. If you have anything additional of note which you believe may be relevant to the record which is not assessed by the above, please record it in this space: There was a temple with a corrupted looking Fade Rift during the time we talked to the spirit of the Herald.