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We see you scrying.
The Deep Dream State‘s built for some fast lane changes. Whatever it’s got for handling is on display here; each scene’s drastically different.
It’s all unified by the game. An augmented reality game for commercial deployment’s being used to hunt down the game designers. That’s dark. Every scene blends that darkness with high fantasy elements, but the mixes come out much different. That – and some love for live play podcasts – is why there’s a die roll in each scene transition.
It opens comic. The Muppettes, observers who always watch the action, put on their sorceress robes and get to incanting. Even though it’s funny, there are some real secrets uncovered here, including the real origin of the name Meridian A.
It gets dark. When Z sees the Muppettes scrying, he puts his hunting team of wolfgirls through the paces. Prior subjects Gia (played by Valentina Vallay), Celeste, and Clara have found a new place at Vale Four. The writer isn’t barely disguising anything here. The Muppettes are horrified; Z clearly delights in freaking out the audience – listeners included. (The Deep Dream State is NSFW thinkykinky material. This scene should be flagged as high spice level.)
It shifts to unsettling. Team Flowers and Team Alchemy navigate their way through Hespa’s map. They find their way through raging floodwaters, their own unspoken desires, and the medieval origins of the worst sports podcast of any epoch.
They arrive soaked and breathless to a secret they were told didn’t exist.
Cast & Crew
Cast
Leads the Muppettes’ ritual, uncovers the force behind Meridian A, discovers that the thing she is watching can watch back.
The nervous novice whose questions keep the ritual grounded until one word opens Team Leash.
The queen of Team Thorns, discipline dressed in finery.
Returns as part of the hunting party Astoria watches moving through Snarecraft.
Catches the Muppettes scrying, turns the gaze back on them, and trains his wolfgirls to hunt by scent.
Part of the hunt Astoria observes as the teams move through Hespa’s map.
Trusts Elle’s route, accidentally summons Midstream, and reaches the marker for a library that shouldn’t exist.
Follows what she believes is Hespa’s pattern, gets stranded in the river, and accepts a deeply dubious rescue.
Reads traps as systems and Leandra as badly, then confronts a map that refuses to stay legible.
Knows the route behind the waterfall, remembers the Puzzlers, and reveals that the hidden library leads back through Deep Ward.
The newest member of Team Leash. Hides under a blanket, remembers FaceTrace, and learns that pretending not to be seen is not the same as hiding.
Breaks treatstick protocol, accepts correction, and is recruited to hunt by scent.
Performs tricks for Clara without permission, loses Trixie time, and joins Team Leash’s hunt.
Returns as Caellum, a medieval Midstream merchant selling ball lore, guild membership, and suspicious raft transport.
Caellum’s eager shield-mate, fascinated by every kind of ball and fully committed to the worst sports podcast of any epoch.
The absent architect whose recycled maps, hidden routes, and secret library guide every team toward something they were told did not exist.
Part of the wider hunting party Astoria’s ritual observes across Snarecraft.
Quintessence is the twelfth episode of Season 4 of Deep Dream State, a desire horror audio drama by Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns. It is part of Season 4: Vale Four, Snarecraft Cycle.
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Human Made Art
The poster image for this arc is from Sunrise Forever on Pixabay, under the Pixabay license. Layer art overlays are used to vary each iteration of the image. Deep Dream State uses human art at every stage of the creative supply chain.
Consent Declaration
Deep Dream State is a desire horror audio drama written and produced by Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns. It explores psychological fiction at the boundaries of control, identity, and complicity. The elements depicted are fictional and intentional. All performances are works of fiction and take place within a consensual creative context. ISNI 0000 0005 2877 6254
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By Neural Nets And Pretty Patterns
4.5
88 ratings
We see you scrying.
The Deep Dream State‘s built for some fast lane changes. Whatever it’s got for handling is on display here; each scene’s drastically different.
It’s all unified by the game. An augmented reality game for commercial deployment’s being used to hunt down the game designers. That’s dark. Every scene blends that darkness with high fantasy elements, but the mixes come out much different. That – and some love for live play podcasts – is why there’s a die roll in each scene transition.
It opens comic. The Muppettes, observers who always watch the action, put on their sorceress robes and get to incanting. Even though it’s funny, there are some real secrets uncovered here, including the real origin of the name Meridian A.
It gets dark. When Z sees the Muppettes scrying, he puts his hunting team of wolfgirls through the paces. Prior subjects Gia (played by Valentina Vallay), Celeste, and Clara have found a new place at Vale Four. The writer isn’t barely disguising anything here. The Muppettes are horrified; Z clearly delights in freaking out the audience – listeners included. (The Deep Dream State is NSFW thinkykinky material. This scene should be flagged as high spice level.)
It shifts to unsettling. Team Flowers and Team Alchemy navigate their way through Hespa’s map. They find their way through raging floodwaters, their own unspoken desires, and the medieval origins of the worst sports podcast of any epoch.
They arrive soaked and breathless to a secret they were told didn’t exist.
Cast & Crew
Cast
Leads the Muppettes’ ritual, uncovers the force behind Meridian A, discovers that the thing she is watching can watch back.
The nervous novice whose questions keep the ritual grounded until one word opens Team Leash.
The queen of Team Thorns, discipline dressed in finery.
Returns as part of the hunting party Astoria watches moving through Snarecraft.
Catches the Muppettes scrying, turns the gaze back on them, and trains his wolfgirls to hunt by scent.
Part of the hunt Astoria observes as the teams move through Hespa’s map.
Trusts Elle’s route, accidentally summons Midstream, and reaches the marker for a library that shouldn’t exist.
Follows what she believes is Hespa’s pattern, gets stranded in the river, and accepts a deeply dubious rescue.
Reads traps as systems and Leandra as badly, then confronts a map that refuses to stay legible.
Knows the route behind the waterfall, remembers the Puzzlers, and reveals that the hidden library leads back through Deep Ward.
The newest member of Team Leash. Hides under a blanket, remembers FaceTrace, and learns that pretending not to be seen is not the same as hiding.
Breaks treatstick protocol, accepts correction, and is recruited to hunt by scent.
Performs tricks for Clara without permission, loses Trixie time, and joins Team Leash’s hunt.
Returns as Caellum, a medieval Midstream merchant selling ball lore, guild membership, and suspicious raft transport.
Caellum’s eager shield-mate, fascinated by every kind of ball and fully committed to the worst sports podcast of any epoch.
The absent architect whose recycled maps, hidden routes, and secret library guide every team toward something they were told did not exist.
Part of the wider hunting party Astoria’s ritual observes across Snarecraft.
Quintessence is the twelfth episode of Season 4 of Deep Dream State, a desire horror audio drama by Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns. It is part of Season 4: Vale Four, Snarecraft Cycle.
Listen & Explore
Human Made Art
The poster image for this arc is from Sunrise Forever on Pixabay, under the Pixabay license. Layer art overlays are used to vary each iteration of the image. Deep Dream State uses human art at every stage of the creative supply chain.
Consent Declaration
Deep Dream State is a desire horror audio drama written and produced by Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns. It explores psychological fiction at the boundaries of control, identity, and complicity. The elements depicted are fictional and intentional. All performances are works of fiction and take place within a consensual creative context. ISNI 0000 0005 2877 6254
Source