Mr-Calma
This short story follows a character named Sunny, whose waking life is interwoven with vivid and increasingly elaborate dreams, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Haunted by a past tragedy and isolated from the world, Sunny finds solace and escape in his dreams, particularly in a recurring white space and a dream world where he is known as Omori. His nights are filled with anxiety-ridden visions of his room, the bathroom next to his room, flashbacks of a traumatic event of Mari's fall, and a desperate search for connection. As his waking life becomes more unbearable, Sunny's dreams become richer, leading him to rediscover a childhood haven - the fabulous city of Wearvelas in the Valley of Carlia-Ogg. This dream city, along with its promise of eternal youth and wondrous voyages, represents an ideal escape from his earthly suffering.
However, the story takes a darker turn as Sunny's dreams intensify, and he becomes increasingly reliant on drugs to prolong his sleep and access these fantastical realms. His addiction leads to destitution, but ultimately, it also paves the way for his final transcendence. In a climactic vision, Sunny is visited by a cortege of knights from Wearvelas, who appoint him the chief god of the dreamworlds due to his ability to weave the very fabric of headspace. Released from the weight of his earthly guilt, Sunny ascends to this celestial role, riding through time and space towards a promised eternity of rule. He escapes the dreamworld, only to reaches and blurs reality itself, surpassing the gate and reaching the higher worlds altogether, becoming the new ruler of all dreamworlds and the higher worlds altogether. He had become, from the tragic beginnings of his life, a supreme architect of dreams, forever reigning over universes.
This story is inspired by the original game "Omori". it's my favorite game, so I wrote my own short story, particularly for sunny.
(Part of the Transfinitian Myths Universe/TMU)