Saving Grace- And the Pedagogy of Survival

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Roxanne was just a mere high school student that was an outcast in her class. One night, she noticed herself trapped inside a nightmare which signified the start of her terrifying adventures. Unable to escape, she goes with the flow and sees where her dreams would bring her along. Alas, her luck had eventually run out, and her reveries became nightmares and reeled into her reality. Every pain she would feel will be carried once she was awake and aroused in her sleep. Every object she possessed before and after the scavenger hunt will return to her possession if she was still alive and escaped the phantasm that her mind had created.However, through time, she meets a peculiar man named Nicholas. He was a young professor, at the same age as her, that teaches the concept of dreams and their meanings. He stumbles upon the same town as her while providing free sessions about the conductivity of the brains of a human in the hope to find individuals that share the exact characteristics of having these nightmares and dreams. Unfortunately, things had gotten worse the moment she met this person but paired up and learn about the mysteries of their prowess together.Eventually, they would seek hidden entries and unlock puzzles that may or may not answer their queries as they proceed further to the dangers of their world. And most prominently survive until the end of the trial of the darkness enveloping in their minds.Frustrated, Roxanne could not save Nicholas from the terrors of the mighty beast that cornered them inside an unfamiliar labyrinth. It was Nicholas' most illustrious fear. Thankfully, Roxanne barely escapes alone from the den and seeks revenge for the fallen partner she had.The battle between the nightmares and dreams she has did not lessen and continued to haunt her every day without fail.