Oracular
Have you ever been so immersed in a conversation or activity that you kind of phase everything else out, and then something jars you back into reality real fast? I bet you have. No doubt about it. In fact I KNOW you have. It's how it works. Man, it even happens in dreams....
So yes, I was dreaming, I was with a group of my peers, a random selection of people I've known, doing some sort of activity. Something grabbed my attention and I became engrossed with it, around me things continued to happen in a muted way (This was a dream, so nothing was exactly cleanly cut like this, but I digress), and so I kind of parallel dreamed this event along with the background hum, where the even was as sharp as a dream can be, and the background seemed to slow down, fade away, like I'd been detached from reality, but at the same time still in it. I think I may not have been jarred from it, more a fading of the perception of the event, until I was 'back in reality', as they say.
After a short amount of time dreaming, (peh I think, thats kinda what I remmeber) it happened again, this time in a restaurant, engaging with someone, when I felt the presence of someone else; seemingly older or more wise than I, she communicated of things strangely, mystically (I cant remember her speaking things aloud, or hearing her directly at least). Yet again the scene was distinct from my comprehension, we seemed trapped in a bubble. And then it faded or popped, and I remember nothing but awaking (to real life this time...at least I think it is ¬.¬) from a dream....
Right, this is rather imperfect, even more so than I wished since I waited a day and a bit to regurgitate it, after mulling over the following idea for a while. The idea itself I realised straight away, or at least I cannot remember any differences between its current form and the state I first remember it being.
Once again it comes in the form of a game, a strongly story based game this time. Either a thriller or an adventure I don't know, possibly both, and no doubt something similar has been done before, that maybe I'm just partially remembering and applying to this 'experience' I had. The major points of the story start similar to the dream above, Normality followed by a random series of these things. Some just on your own, maybe wondering why you're experiencing like this, without knowing you're the cause or how to stop it consciously; others wherein you have companions, whether they be just your colleagues or some random person who helps/confuses/etc. you. Some of the experiences are jarred, others fade, maybe some of them are so subtle that you dont realise they happened until you jar yourself out of them, or dont realise at all if you fade from them.
The game progresses, and you come to find/discover your 'powers' as that you can pull yourself out of reality, and sometimes others (or be pulled yourself). Others exist that have the powers, some appear to be oracles/prophets (Hence the name Oracular), teachers and things.
I don't propose the story, merely the setting. I thought it might be awesome. :)
