This is a 'condition' I came up with a while ago. Basically, when a person sleeps, he/she could fall into a Dreamstate. The Dreamstate is a dream that can't be interrupted like any normal dream can. The dream involves a quest, of sorts, the dreamer tries to complete. This could take just a few hours to days, if not stopped.
Here's what I have so far, taken from the story I started involving the Dreamstate:
'Steps' into another's dreams. Cannot manipulate/influence the sleeper's dreams. The dreamer is only able to do that. The wakener rouses the sleeper from the Dreamstate.
Can be dangerous, because the dreamer can't be woken by outside sources. It can only be removed by the completion of a 'quest', or goal in the dream. The quest doesn't harm the dreamer, it's just a type of game the mind plays, perhaps after a particularly worrying/stressful day.
The danger lies in the length of the Dreamstate. The quest can take a long time, and could produce nightmares. Dreamer reacts internally and externally (screaming, thrashed, etc.).
If the quest takes too long, the dreamer could starve/dehydrate. The body rejects nourishment. The dreams supplies that, but it doesn't affect the physical health of the dreamer.
The Dreamstate could last anywhere from a few minutes or months (if dreamer hasn't yet died)..
Young children are easy to waken. Their minds accept the push more readily than older minds (older minds are more stubborn and refuse to give up).
Dreamstates may happen all the time, but end before it becomes noticeable. People who wake later than they wished/normally wake may have been in a Dreamstate. People who are drawn from the Dreamstate may be moody for a day or two, because the quest went unfinished.
The wakener needs complete and total silence and left alone with the dreamer. Wakeners slip into the dreams and nudge the dreamers out.
Wakeners do not sleep or rest when removing the Dreamstate. It uses their energy and weakens them a little. They will not be affected by the Dreamstate while removing it from someone else.
The time it takes to remove the Dreamstate varies.
Is there anything that could be improved upon?
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