Lin Lang always wore black-rimmed glasses and kept her thick bangs combed down to cover her eyes.
Her grades were average, but she was well-behaved and quiet, the most forgettable person in her class.
No one knew when she showed up, and no one ever went out of their way to care about her.
So on this night, an utterly ordinary night, nobody noticed her brief lapse in normalcy.
A mechanical female voice suddenly appeared in her mind, startling her so badly she nearly called the police.
"Congratulations, you've awakened the talent [Dreamweaver]."
"Talent ability: Create an immersive dream."
"The following dream stories are available:"
A. The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin: The Tentacle Bride Who Ran Away Pregnant
B. Passionate Nights: The Sweet, Spicy Duck-Boy
C. Bloody Mary Sue: My Ghost Bride
"Please continue the story and choose which character you'd like to experience it as."
Lin Lang froze, dumbfounded, her face turning redder and redder.
She had always been a good girl. She'd never done anything out of line.
Perhaps she'd been repressing herself for too long. Despite her fear, she found herself wavering.
After much inner turmoil, she murmured, "Well, if it's only a dream..."
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad?
*
After the strange phenomena began, man-eating monsters of unknown origin appeared every night around midnight. The authorities classified them as "Fallen Ones."
They were elusive and skilled at hiding. They often lurked in the dark, springing out to attack when people least expected it.
The capture teams suffered devastating casualties, leaving the authorities at their wits' end.
Then, one day, the monsters that had always kept themselves hidden suddenly began acting out of character.
They stopped killing people at night and started gathering in groups, sometimes making strange, hoarse noises, sometimes waving their hands and gesturing wildly.
The authorities quickly realized there was a hierarchy among the monsters, and the ones they feared most were several seemingly unremarkable newcomers whose danger levels were, in fact, off the charts.
They were...
The Tentacle Bride, with her flawless human face!
The adorable, fluffy little yellow duck, whose mouth was full of sharp, saw-like teeth!
And the headless female ghost with a full 100% charm rating!
The authorities despaired: They're S-rank! S-rank Fallen Ones! Humanity is doomed!
*
To save humanity, the authorities sent their most elite squad to infiltrate a gathering of the Fallen Ones.
But when the time came to act, the elite squad hesitated.
"It seems these monsters are all being controlled by someone."
The authorities: "What?"
"The one controlling them is probably a human who's awakened a talent, but she doesn't seem to know what she's actually done."
The captain said awkwardly, "She seems to think... she's only dreaming."
The authorities: "What?!"
Theme: Explore the impossible
