Necrohowl on 10/8/2021 at 09:18

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3 days ago, I had an amazing dream that was Thief itself.
It felt so great to dream of something I love with a passion, as I have mentioned in other threads, to me Thief is an "exclusive" because I absolutely hate stealth-based games, but Thief just caught me and won't ever let me go, which I humbly accept, for it is such a legendary game.

Now, I remember almost everything about the dream, even today, I have a good dream memory it seems, but not "perfect", it's not uncommon to forget more than 50% of the dream anyway. But, you know, the important details? Oh man, still know them.

So anyway, I'll go ahead and start my dream story, to be warned that it is very long:
I was traveling in the swamps, such murky dark swamps, at the dead of night, yet it wasn't as nightly because it seems some branches covered the sky instead so I couldn't see it, nothing more than pitch-dark blackness. Had a trusty lantern with me though, thankfully. Only danger here would be the spiders, cute little spiders, I love them! But some others won't, oh well.
Going through these nasty swamps, I have noticed that, it does actually have some beauty of its own, like the fact the leaves are actually a lush green and the branches weren't made to unnaturally impede you, they are just like that.

Either way, I have gone out of the swamp, into a "mansion" of sorts. It was beautiful, but not the type of mansion you'd expect, since it was just all made out of wooden materials, specifically a "tan" type (to be honest, birch would be better here).
Compared to the swamp, it's like a gem-in-shit, because it's way too clean, way too "bright". Also, the sky itself was dark, yes, but it was a beautiful blue sky, it's like one of those bright nights where no pollution ever happened, you know?
From here onwards, the entrance is right to my direction, but I have noticed that the wooden wall (with stone at the bottom, I think they call it palisade) that covers the whole mansion was weirdly shaped since it was somewhat offset to the left.
Either way, to the right, there is a hallway that leads to a maintenance room of sorts.
To the left, the "Patio", where I saw lots of Mechanists with their, heh, toys. That is, turrets, perhaps it was just one though, but I've seen 3 I'm sure, and one camera. This patio had an open-window entrance to the front of me. The patio it self was medium-big sized, nothing of much interest, except the fact there was apparently a semi-flat sports type of terrain, apparently? Since it had markings about.
Anyway, the interior of that mansion? I remember getting inside from the main entrance and it was simple; Balcony to the top, with stairs that lead to it to the left, then one door to the left and another to the right, I saw a lady-servant go from left to right too, then one of the older lady-servants do the reverse. I believe I have seen a door below the balcony to the centre-right, as well, perhaps it's one of the basements or storages.
And to the right, where the hallway is at, I remember it looking a bit like a pigs den, maybe it was for the burricks. It had about 4 "stables" to the left, with hay on it, and to the right they are cut corners with horizontal half-walls and some with full walls, they were pretty much a doorless and wall-less, except for the sides, room.

Alright, so, this dream here, I know it may sound boring, but I have to tell you, it wasn't just a dream, it was a nightmare, one I have enjoyed so much and yet it sadly changed me somewhat.
You see, I was somehow back to the swamp, the swamp was the same as before, but this time it was completely linear, I have no idea why, but when I got to the mansion...
It looked the same, but something was off, very off, the mansion didn't even look any old or different except for some very, very subtle signs of wear&tear and abandonment.
And then I heard it, I even noticed it, I FELT it. There was a presence, it was an entity, for this time I did not know which.

I got into the mansion, the front entrance that is, inside, to hide, I have seen the complete destruction inside the mansion itself, and yet...Again, it was so subtle, there was simply nobody but also no sign of any activity, just total abandonment and despite so not in a hurry or...Well, they all disappeared or vanished is the best I can say.

I got out of the mansion, that presence was there again, but this time I SAW IT.
It was a spooky lady-like creature, it had this dress or gown, very dirty, nothing but brown and an incredibly dirty white that just mixed in with the brown colour of the dress.
She was skinny, but somehow in a humanly shape, no "anorexic" type of look. Her arms were long and slender, I could see the skin, it was a purplish-blue paleness, but I could not see the nails or hands, yet I believe they were, for once, unnaturally shaped.
The..."Face" though, I will tell you later.

So, I had though this entity saw me, which is why it ran incredibly fast to the swamp, but then it stopped, and so did I.
I then...I don't remember well, I think I "woke up", but I was right outside the mansion again, this time the presence nowhere to be seen. Everything is the same.

Well, this time, I have realized that, the light, just like before in my "second" visit, was turning on and off, there was no electricity at all, there NEVER was, not even the Mechanists had time to add any and yet the turrets and camera worked, except this time because there are no Mechanists or their toys anywhere whatsoever.
Anyway, the light was made of torches and gas, and the light had this mysterious function of making it so it disappears when that entity approaches, but then the gas one comes back shortly after as blue, stays like that, until it is back to orange, never noticed it go back to orange either, it was somewhat random.
The torches also come back instantly, but not blue, they stay orange.

So, for my final act, I wanted to go to the Maintenance Room to figure something out, as I have mentioned before, we had to go through a hallway that looked like a burrick's den or such.
Well, I was going there, and I saw a...Corpse at the end, I believe it was a woman, for she had a dress, and I approached.
In here, I have realized that I am INDEED playing as I would play; recklessly. You see, I saw this beautiful corpse, and I have such morbid curiosity almost reaching to unhealthy levels (never enough for me to be careful, like using gloves or avoiding bloody contact, or to avoid the nasty things none of you want to hear or know, though, so don't worry about me at all) that I indeed approached this corpse.
Now, this "lady corpse", she had a beautiful lush red dress, I know it because of the skirt she had, but her whole body was so misshapen, it looked like as if a massive anvil fell on her, broke her head, but then the anvil disappeared and another fell down in the middle of her and further broke her so unnatural, it was uncanny.
And to make matters worse; the very corpse itself? She...Had a cubical face, and it was only black&white, the white itself somehow looked like bloodsplatters, the black were burn marks, I didn't understand it.
The top of her body was B&W, her legs, too, and only top of her dress was B&W, the bottom was okay, just a bit of dirt, but the lush beautiful red-white dress she had was a beauty to see by itself, strangely enough.

Now, just to even further make the matters worse...This corpse, it talked to me, I do not remember the exact words, but I somehow remember the voice/accent a bit, it was of a woman's, she was telling me to run away or she will catch you, and the way she said it was as if she said it herself.
I think what she was doing is both THREATENING me and WARNING me, she was helping me in a rude way.
The corpse itself then went down, with some nasty bubbly sound and visible bubbles about. But, actually I think she simply fell down, and that's it, no special effect of any kind. When I think about it, I think it's scarier how it just goes down with no effect whatsoever.

I ignored it, I just went exploring the hallway since it was very dark itself, only the right side had any torches, no other wall had any visible lights.
So, exploring on and on, I have realized that the corpse itself...Well, maybe it got up? But I haven't seen it, I only FELT it, and then I heard it.
I was still ignoring it, thinking it was just, I dunno, some monster going about, and I'm in the darkness, what is he gonna do to me?

But the moment I saw it, it was THAT SPOOKY LADY, but luckily she didn't see me.
...Except she did, and I don't know how, there was no warning at all that she saw me, the way she moved didn't change either way, no audio cue, even her path was "static".
I ran, further into the darkness, I even saw my light gem there, completely dark.

But little did I know, she did see me anyway, and she approaches me.
That there is when I froze, in game, in real life (actually, in my dream), by her...
That face she had, she just had NO FACE, because it was covered with a spiky hair-like looking substance full of spikes that I know they would make me bleed fatally if I even touched one little bit.
Her whole "head" was shaped like a perfect ball, but it had quite the morphing going on. Basically, what I'm saying is that, her head kept morphing from perfect to imperfect non-stop, randomly, it made no sense, it was BIZARRE.

And the noise she made was part of this world, and yet incredibly uncanny. How can something that is natural, sound so unnatural? How?

And then, the worst thing in my life happened; I woke up.
Normally I'd be happy to wake up, because I fucking hate sleeping, but I really enjoy dreaming, especially something as wonderful as this. And yes, it was a nightmare, one I enjoyed so much though that I would stay in there.

But yes, this is it, taffers, this is my "Dream Story".
I say this story, in the absolute hope that, some kind soul or two, or even many, could very please make a Fan Mission that is at the very least 90% accurate to this dream story of mine.
I want to experience it, I really do, I want to know that creature, I want to explore the house, I want to feel and know how mundane this mission will be, only to find out that it is a lot more than I thought.

As I have said before, the dream changed me, in a way I'd argue is "bad" because...My "quality standard" for Thief Fan Missions somehow changed, I simply can't play anything else until I have played this one. I just want one of my dreams turned to reality and I hate myself so much for being such a fool to believe it will ever happen, even if it is simply a "Thief Fan Mission" itself.
But perhaps somebody will dare to try, I really hope you do.

If I have to be brutally honest, I would love it if the legends who made "Into the Odd", Squadafroin & Shlock, were the ones who made this FM, because I think their "Into the Odd" and even "Alcazar" was something out of this world.
I won't complain, though, if good ol' Nick Dablin, another author whose work I enjoy a lot, would like to try so too. Heh, hey maybe even "Hipbreaker" comes back and makes it, eh?
But, really, I will go ahead and say, "Beggars can't be choosers". If ANY of you want to do it, you are most welcome, please do, this is nothing more than just my story, do whatever you want with it, change it however you want, make a joke even.
For that is the beauty of Thief Fan Missions; You can make anything with it, however you want.

But I won't lie and tell you that I am desperate to have "perfect" fan mission of this, so if S&S can make it, my life is complete.

Azaran on 10/8/2021 at 16:37

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Fascinating stuff, I definitely see a lot of existing FM elements in there, and it could make for a great new mission idea.
I've had a few Thief dreams, but the ones I remember were nightmares where I'm being chased by haunts, very unnerving

Necrohowl on 14/8/2021 at 10:40

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That sounds like fun, actually, better Haunt nightmares than some boring nightmares that then make you wake up like you lost your spine or something.



I think I can try making a map, I'm not sure, don't count on it. EDIT: Nevermind, I have low motivation like all of you do, sadly.

Also that FM is most surely called "Shadows of Eidolon", I didn't like it much myself.