Meanwhile, letting the tension surrounding Derek-Yoga-Online 'stretch out' shamelessly for a while longer, even as the intrigue surrounding the story's simmering setups grew stronger…
Bob was - as usual literally - delving and diving deeper into the mysteries surrounding the latest Recurring Lucid Save-State Dream…
RLSSD #3… *Latest attempt*
Bob's [Deep Dive] Ability has now leveled up to 33, allowing him to explore the Subconscious for increasingly longer periods of time.
The ethereal, sea-like landscape, featuring rippling grasses, bodies of water (?), and the occasional waving tree, all enveloped in a kind of twilight golden hour, is still strikingly, stunningly and eerily beautiful, and there is an increasing sense of wonder, as he delights in the exploration…
His Experiences and Perceptions are heightened through "The Shimmer", the glowing iridescent disc of light which seems to allow him to highlight specific parts of the Subconscious World to his Attention - and which is now increasingly under his control, with the position, colour, brightness, hue, luminosity and even the size of the Shimmer, to a certain degree, all factors which he can now manipulate and adjust with increasing ease.
In the process of this [Deep Dive] exploration with "the Shimmer", there are also now increasingly periods, where something *clicks*, and there is a feeling of effortlessness… an absence of resistance, where he is filled with a sense of limitless potential…!!!
Still. Ceaselessly, in the background, despite his [Deep Dive] Ability temporarily cancelling the laminar effect… The Stream… the Current… Flows…
…What lies beyond the Edge, Bob does not yet know.
And yet.
There are glimpses.
Of a certain… *something*, that lies beyond.
Every now and again… as he rushes towards the edge of the 'waterfall'… he senses it.
The first impression, subtle, then shocking, and overwhelming… is a feeling… of something… *unknown*, *ancient*, and seemingly, beyond logical or rational comprehension.
And then. Time and Time again. The Scene flashes white, and he is brought back out of the RLSSD and to the "Scene Select" area, where, if he is not already awake in real life and back to the 'real world', he can choose to try again - or not ✨…!!!
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Hm. Bob knew that he was close to making a breakthrough.
He went back over the clue that Gigachad had given him.
"Life is better connected - with everything…✨" ?
Bob knew that this advice was specific to this RLSSD #3 for some reason in particular… and clearly, "the Shimmer" had a big part to play in solving the puzzle.
The [Deep Dive] Ability was a handy feature that had allowed Bob to effectively consider what to do in a more leisurely and enjoyable manner, but likely "the Shimmer" was still the key… to solving this RLSSD mystery…