The Insomnia Experiment

[Deleted member 266]

Mind, soba noodles, caged passions

 

[Azhurie_Mythephan]

>M<y body felt a sharp pain as green and blue crystals tore through my skin and bones, my scream was drowned out by the sound of nearby traffic.

>I< felt something whispering to me.

“>N<o one gains without loss. Give me your body and you shall…” the voice began laughing.

“>D<ie! Give me your body and die by your own hand, or give me nothing and die by mine. Your god is dead! The sleeping fool slept too hard and dispersed through existence.”

"Awaken the MIND I am your god GABD'OTH!" I couldn't change the colors, as the site would not let me open the color palette.

 

[ElijahRyne]

"Awaken the MIND I am your god GABD'OTH!" I couldn't change the colors, as the site would not let me open the color palette.

Correct, you can ask one question related to the experiment and will get the answer. The test subject will also get the answer.

 

[ElijahRyne]

Also, since you have found the word.

My mind became fuzzy as my mouth continued to chant the word, the space around me began morphing. I was in a van, with a gun aimed at my back and the sun on my side. No, I was stumbling through a hall and my mouth tasted like soap and beef. Deadly life filled my veins.

I was awake, yet asleep. I was delirious, an ever morphing haze filled my vision. I was married, dead, excruciating pain, forever relaxed, flying, drowning. Then despite my continuous chanting, reality stopped changing.

Now, my chanting mouth echoed through the world around me. I was laying in a clearing surrounded by tall cornstalks. I could see the stars and moon, their ever present glow illuminating the page I was reading.

Dearly and gently my sight fell onto the words.

“Reality is an illusion made by your mind. This reality fades and is replaced as soon as you dream. You are just in possession of a mind that is just foolish enough to replace the new reality with the old one.

Break the chains of your false reality. They have chanted the mantra of hope for eons, and mankind has begun to listen.

Through your voice mortal maggots chrysalisize, awakening their §§§§ and strengthening their soul.

May you awaken, great God of Dreams!

Listen maggot to your reality, it is speaking to you.

Your body, §§§§, and soul are theirs.

Great God of Reality, I am you!

Awaken the §§§§ I am your god GABD’OTH”

My body felt a sharp pain as green and blue crystals tore through my skin and bones, my scream was drowned out by the sound of nearby traffic.

I felt something whispering to me.

“No one gains without loss. Give me your body and you shall…” the voice began laughing.

“Die! Give me your body and die by your own hand, or give me nothing and die by mine. Your god is dead! The sleeping fool slept too hard and dispersed through existence.” The voice said, cracking with laughter.

My vision began to get obscured by the growing crystals. I heard someone else respond to the voice.

“I give you your body on Marren’s behalf.” Said a voice that sounded familiar.

“Ohhh, and who are you to speak on their behalf?” The laughing voice mocked.

“I am John Robe, third disciple of Aiden Chzen, and guarantor of Marren Chzen.” The familiar voice said.

“Who are you to give me something that is already mine, little John. A body does not puppet itself.” The laughing voice faux whispered.

“Ka§§§§§§§§§§ g§…” my consciousness faded. The crystals had grown thick enough to block their voices, and the moonlight.

 

[Azhurie_Mythephan]

"Terry's chocolate forbidden fruit" are my words now, but they all go together, because Terry's chocolate orange is a thing.

"Is there a truly any difference between reality and dream, or do you shackle yourself to the flesh for entertainment alone?" is my question.

 

[ElijahRyne]

"Terry's chocolate forbidden fruit" are my words now, but they all go together, because Terry's chocolate orange is a thing.

"Is there a truly any difference between reality and dream, or do you shackle yourself to the flesh for entertainment alone?" is my question.

The test subject has not lost consciousness once, they just believe that they have. Reality is an illusion in this experiment.

 

[JayMark]

Follow, Ground, Beef, Road,

 

[unlaumy]

Heart

 

[Woolen_Monkey]

Starfish

 

[Anemic_Vampire]

Gold-beater's skin. I wonder what this word even means.

Consolidant, Rashomonic, Uberman, Dissipator.

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Since things are going crazy, I'll use all the fancy words I was saving for the finale!

@Azhurie_Mythephan You found the final word!

 

[Arkus86]

Metamorphosis. Change. Immutable. Equilibrium.

Is reality more or less real than a dream?

 

[ElijahRyne]

Metamorphosis. Change. Immutable. Equilibrium.

Is reality more or less real than a dream?

In the story, without spoiling anything, this passage from the dream journal is important if you are confused on the difference between dream and reality.

“Reality is an illusion made by your mind. This reality fades and is replaced as soon as you dream. You are just in possession of a mind that is just foolish enough to replace the new reality with the old one.”

If you pair that with the answer that the test subject has only shifted realities and has yet to sleep I think you start to see what is happening. I shouldn’t say more, don’t want my mentor scolding me for interfering with the experiment.

 

[Arkus86]

In the story, without spoiling anything, this passage from the dream journal is important if you are confused on the difference between dream and reality.

“Reality is an illusion made by your mind. This reality fades and is replaced as soon as you dream. You are just in possession of a mind that is just foolish enough to replace the new reality with the old one.”

If you pair that with the answer that the test subject has only shifted realities and has yet to sleep I think you start to see what is happening. I shouldn’t say more, don’t want my mentor scolding me for interfering with the experiment.

Yep, that is basically why I asked. But you are right, we do not want to spoil the experiment.

 

[ElijahRyne]

Memo from Lead Experimentor:
You generators have successfully solved goal 3, and generated 23 words. I narrowed down these words to 20 and submitted them. Now that the chrysalis has began, things will be changing.

The test subject will be less prone to subconscious manipulation. So the job of you generators will gradually change, we will continue with the word angle until the test subject notices it however.

The test subject holds an object that allows me to facilitate communication between both you and them. So you have a new role. You are to send me your 36 character message, ideally you would work together, but if you don’t all agree on a message to send I will choose the message with the most people agreeing with that message. If all of your messages have an equal amount of agreement I will choose the message to send. If you collectively submit no messages I will choose what message to send. If the message that is chosen has more than 36 characters, I will modify it until it has only 36 characters, and will do my best to keep the spirit of the original message.

Of course messages both ways will first have to go through me to get to you or the test subject. The information limit from you to them is 36 characters. From them to you it is also 36 characters, but the nature of soul form communication makes that 36 characters stretch quite a bit in English, most of these updates are less than 36 characters in soul form.

Here are the submitted words followed by who submitted them and how many they submitted.

Submitted words: Mind, Soba, Noodles, Caged, Chocolate, Forbidden, Fruit, Follow, Ground, Beef, Road, Heart, Starfish, Consolidant, Rashomonic, Dissipator, Metamorphosis, Change, Immutable, Equilibrium.

These words were submitted by: @Racosharko 4, @Azhurie_Mythephan 3, @JayMark 4, @laum-hy 1, @Woolen_Monkey 1, @Anemic_Vampire 3, @Arkus86 4.

Here is the submitted message: You have not slept.World has morphed
Length: 36 characters.

Now, let the experiment resume.
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My mind and body were dissipating and spaghettifying, or perhaps sublimating. A road was before me, I followed along it. To my right was a tree with fruits of chocolate. To my left a thousand cows with pulsing hearts on their foreheads. The tree was tempting me, the cows were watching me. I continued moving forwards, step by step my body changed to become more akin to the road, the road however remained unchanged.

As I moved forwards I saw a giant man in a giant cage. It was me, or something like me. It saw me and spoke with its mind.

“Why did you run from the cat?” Its voice boomed in my head. “Why did you not follow it and join it in its meal?” I felt compelled to respond. Words flew out of my mouth before I could process the giant’s question.

“They were eating a human arm! Why would I even consider joining them?!” I shouted.

“Why do you care if the arm is human? You are a starfish.” It looked confused while responding.

“I am a human.” I said.

“Are you sure, what kind of human doesn’t require sleep? What kind of human can move through reality through a thought?”

“What do you mean? I sleep every day.”

“You haven’t realized it? You have been a plastic bag dragged around by the sea. Come forward and take my hand, we will no longer be subject to the winds of fate. You will realize your reality.” As the giant spoke, I was walking forwards, my hand reaching out to its.

Its hand became my hand, my body its body, and we awoke. The crystals covering my body shattered.

John was standing before me, but the world around me was strange. The sky was both that of midday and midnight. John was both sitting and standing. The corn stalks surrounding us were both swaying in the wind, and already harvested.

“Marren. You need to close your eyes and pay attention to my words.” Both John’s spoke at the same time. I closed my eyes. “You and I are standing in a cornfield, believe that. Repeat it in your heart.”

My eyes were clenched shut. I am standing in a cornfield with John. I am standing in a cornfield with John. I am standing in a cornfield with John. I am standing in a cornfield with John. I am standing in a cornfield with John.

The world around me seemed to shift. I opened my eyes, and there was only one John, it was midnight, and the cornstalks were swaying in the wind.

“Good, you are awake now. Before you ask me what is going on, open his journal.” I hesitated, but I know John wouldn’t respond until I do as he says.

I was confused. Only seven words were written in it, all on the first page. It read: “You have not slept.World has morphed” I was so confused I felt like I was going to explode. John spoke.

“That journal has always been empty, now that you are awake, it will only respond to questions you ask it. Go ahead, ask it something.” He said.

“Ask what, John?” I was dumbfounded, what was even happening? Where are the things I was reading? The whole Gabd’oth thing? Was all that a dream?!

“Calm down, calm down, since I gave you that journal you haven’t fallen asleep once. You can’t sleep anymore, now is not the time to speak of this. I will answer your questions, just ask the journal a question.” I sighed, John was as indirect as always.

“Who are you?”
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This is the end of this section of the experiment. You have a day to a day and a half to send your twenty words, collectively come together to send your 36 character message, and before the next update

 

[Anemic_Vampire]

@ElijahRyne We are still sending the twenty words alongside the 36 character message, right?

Divo, Solenophage, Paradise, Neverland.

A road was before me, I followed along it. To my right was a tree with fruits of chocolate. To my left a thousand cows with pulsing hearts on their foreheads.

@JayMark the ground beef road looks off... No one is going to follow it willingly.

collectively come together to send your 36 character message

I think I'll wait until the other members come online and decide together, I guess.

 

[ElijahRyne]

@ElijahRyne We are still sending the twenty words alongside the 36 character message, right?

Divo, Solenophage, Paradise, Neverland.

@JayMark the ground beef road looks off... No one is going to follow it willingly.

I think I'll wait until the other members come online and decide together, I guess.

Yes send the 20 words until told not to.

 

[Deleted member 266]

Complete the ritual.

 

[JayMark]

Never Eat Bovine Meat.

 

[Azhurie_Mythephan]

<message(I accidentally wrote essence in here before I realized this)> The reality is the consciousness.
<Words> Soul, essence, divine, reconstruct.

 

[Arkus86]

Consciousness. Reality. Dream. Hamburger.

To answer the subject's question: "Name is not important. Only life is."