A world in the form of a cube (1)_Dreamworld

Lucid dreams, or in simple terms, having control over your dreams. As soon as Tyler had read about it 2 years ago he began practicing on how to achieve them in earnest, testing every method he read about on the internet ranging from going without sleep for 40 hours straight for one method to meditating, even trying one method which involved drinking half a bottle of cough syrup along with some other strange mix of Chinese medicine. Sadly, none of it seemed to work, yet Tyler did not give up.

'This looks like a miss, too' Said Tyler in his mind once he finally woke up after having slept for what felt like 20 hours. the day before he had spent 5 hours doing exercise to tire his body and mind in an attempt to sleep like a log. After taking a shower and before he fell asleep he had to stare at his hands for 10 or so minutes while repeating like a Buddhist monk 'this is a dream, but I'm in control'.

with a disappointed look, Tyler sat upright in his bed, at which moment the voice of a teenage girl could be heard on the other side of the door to his room.

''Wake up brother, you will be late for college today as well!''

Standing as quick as a bullet, Tyler jumped from his bed to his closet drawer to grab some clean underwear, along with whatever pair of jeans he could find first. Lastly, he opened another drawer to grab a shirt without minding too much which one to choose while at the same time calling out to his little sister, the owner of the voice which had reminded him it was Monday.

''Go on without me Selena, you shouldn't be late to your first class because of your useless brother!''

''Alright, I'll see you for lunch then!''

Said Tyler's little sister Selena, soon after which a door opening and closing could be heard. New students began college a week later than the rest of the students, so today was Selena's first day of college.

'Alright, I'll go wash my face and brush my teeth before moving out. I hope Mr. Barkley won't glare at me too much today, Lucio and Amanda laughed at me the whole day last time that happened'.

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With a red face because of having missed the bus he had to take to college, which resulted in him having to run 5km to get to his classes, Tyler stared at the door in front of him.

'I wonder if he'll even let me in' said Tyler in his mind while wondering whether he should skip the class or test Mr. Barkley's patience.

'Last time he didn't even let me have a seat, he had me stand there while taking notes' he said to try and convince himself of just skipping the class and ask for one of his best friend's notes.

'Ah, whatever. college is not cheap enough for me to just do whatever I feel like, I'll just test my luck and if he kicks me out of the room that's that' thought Tyler before turning the door knob and opening the door.

On the other side, a plump old man with gray hair and wearing thick glasses was speaking to a group of students about multivariable calculus and how to solve triple integrals. As soon as Tyler was visible for the teacher, Mr. Barkley stopped speaking, before looking at Tyler up and down with a furrowed brow. After looking at Tyler for what he felt an eternity, the Professor looked at his wristwatch before opening his mouth

''thirty minutes, I can't believe you've got such a thick face to show yourself thirty minutes late to my class, just how easy do you take my class to be?''

''I'm sorry mister, I missed the bus and had to run all the way here'' replied Tyler while looking at the teacher with puppy eyes trying to excuse himself.

Mr. Barkley sneered before speaking once more ''I don't believe our system of public transportation is so weak they will go off-schedule that easily, so you're still to blame for being late to my class. Fine, go and sit down but if you see you'll be late on some other day, don't even bother to open the door at that time''

''Yes, thank you, Professor, Sorry again Professor!'' said Tyler in earnest before rushing to an open spot near the back of the classroom.

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Once the class finished, two people approached Tyler while he was gathering his material into his backpack. A pair of a girl and a guy, to be more precise. about the same height as Tyler, both being blonde while having a fairly fit body. the girl gave Tyler a small thud on the top of his head before speaking.

''You really pissed him off, didn't you Ty?''

''Ouch, what did you hit me for, Carla''

''I hit you because you're an idiot, I know we laughed at you last time but at this rate, the teacher will fail you this class and you'll be stuck here an extra year!'' Said Carla, while hitting Tyler on the back of his head with her palm, this time with a little more force.

''I got it, I got it! now stop hitting me will you!?'' Said Tyler while standing up to face the two people.

''Hmph, idiot Ty'' said Carla before hitting him on the side of his stomach weakly before turning around to ignore him.

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''Forgive my sister Ty, she's just worried about you being left behind and on your own'' Said the male who up until now was just watching Tyler and Carla interact with each other.

''I know Roddy, don't worry'' Said Tyler before moving out of the room, the two people in tow.

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''Brother!'' called a voice behind the group of three people moving along the campus, to which Tyler, Carla and Roderick (Roddy) Turned around to face. Running towards them they could see a girl of about 1,70m tall with black hair and a ponytail jumping up and down from the movement.

''Selena!'' Parroted Tyler in response while grinning from ear to ear at the look of his little sister. Once she closed the distance to be in front of the group she jumped towards Tyler to give him a hearty hug before releasing him, on the side the two friends were smiling weakly before uttering in a voice unhearable to the rest of the group at the same time and in the same intonation

''As close as always, I see''.

The first person to speak was Tyler, who after looking at Selena's side to see if she had brought any other person along and failing to spot anyone said

''I thought I would see you for lunch, what are you doing here?''

''I met some new friends and we will have lunch together at that time, so I came to find you to tell you so. They're waiting for me at the library for us to be there for a bit before we head to our next class''

''That's good, then. I thought for a second you couldn't meet anyone to talk with, so I was a bit worried about you being alone in this place''

''Hehe, there's no way your little sister would fail to make a friend or two, right?'' Said Selena with a big grin on her face.

''Of course, there's no way you wouldn't have a couple people flocking to try and be near the angel I call little sister, right?''

''Hehehe'' laughed Selena, before looking at her Big brother and saying her farewells ''Alright, I'll go so they don't keep waiting''

''Yeah, I'll see you back in the house, then''

''Yap, See you later Brother!'' Said Selena before storming away while waving her hand towards Tyler.

Once Selena could no longer be seen, Tyler turned around to face his two friends who had been silent for the time being. The first person to speak was Carla, who said with an awkward face

''If anyone who didn't know you two for long saw that, they would surely believe you two are either dating or something the like''

''What are you talking about?'' Said Tyler, while moving his head to the side with a questioning look.

With a sigh, Roddy was next in line to speak

''Forget it, forget it. It's not so abnormal for Tyler to be close to Selena, after all, their father is overseas working most of the time so they have to look after each other''

Tyler looked at his wristwatch before facing both of his friends and saying ''Anyways, let's go, we only have a few minutes left before our next class begins, I'd rather not have any more troubles for today''

Carla and Roddy said in response

''Agreed''

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When the day was mostly over and Tyler was back at home, he spent some time looking at the TV with his sister, after which they cooked dinner together and had a hearty meal. After cleaning the dishes and playing dominoes for an hour with Selena Tyler went back to his room and turned on his personal computer.

'Let's see, what method will I try tonight'

with a few clicks Tyler opened a forum for lucid dreamers to speak with each other, he opened the section which detailed some methods people tried to try and achieve control over their dreams.

'Hmm?'

Clicking the link that caught his interest, Tyler began to read.

'This one looks simple, I probably shouldn't try a method that's too over the top, lest I get to college late again because of over exerting myself'

'control my breath while trying to achieve sleep, paying close attention to the sound of my heart beating, while dismissing any stray thoughts that could pop up in my mind? up to there it's pretty much the same as any other method would tell you'

Scrolling the wheel to move the page, Tyler continued reading

'when you feel like you'll fall asleep, imagine you're standing on a cube, a massive one which spans for kilometers on each end. even if you can't see where the cube finishes and the void begin you must not forget that it is a cube nonetheless. black in color, surrounded by an abyss that is strangely deep red in color'.

When Tyler blinked, his eyes opened wide, for he no longer was in his room. instead, he was surrounded by a deep shade of red. When he looked down, the ground was black and yet it reflected a bit of the red color surrounding the ground.

'This... wasn't I in my room?'

He turned 360° to examine his surrounding, but no matter how hard he focused his eyes, he could not see the end of this world.

'This is a cube, right?'

Before being afraid of his circumstances, Tyler grinned from ear to ear.

'I did it, finally!'

He had finally achieved his wish, he had achieved lucidness while dreaming.

'So... what now? For some reason, I can't remember how I even got to my bed, and I couldn't finish reading the instructions, does that mean I will be stuck here until I wake up?'

Rumble, as if sensing his turmoil, the world began to shake weakly

'is this place responding to my dispiritedness?' Once Tyler understood this point, he did his best to calm down his heart, after which the cube on which he stood stopped and stood still.

'It seems like I have some form of control over this world, let's give it a shot'

''Ey!'' Tyler put both his palms at chest level and imagined holding a basketball in his hands.

When he blinked, as if it had always been there, a basketball found itself being held by his hands.

''Yes!'' cried Tyler after his small success. He had at least that much control over his dream where he could make an object appear out of thin air.

After calming down once more he tried bouncing the ball down, but once the ball hit the floor, instead of bouncing up as Tyler had expected, it just began rolling, as if the ground had absorbed every bit of force, or as if the basketball wasn't able to bounce in the first place.

'What's going on?' Tyler asked in his mind while trying to understand what had gone wrong. He tried stomping his feet on the floor to see if it felt like a normal material, a basketball wouldn't bounce the same way if it wood than if it hit cement or some other material. Instead, the ground on the cube felt hard, so the knock back hurt Tyler's feet a little bit.

'It didn't absorb everything, then is it a problem with the ball itself?'

Tyler moved to where the ball was, and grabbed it with his hands, trying to examine it better.

'Now that I look at it better it feels like a normal ball, but when I apply force to it, it doesn't feel like a normal ball would feel, it's as if it's solid inside?

''Brother, wake up!''

Along with Selena's voice, Tyler opened his eyes, it seemed that as soon as his consciousness was disturbed the dream would be over and he would wake up normally. Tyler sat upright while at the same time the biggest smile he could muster escaped from him, before his little sister's voice could be heard again, It seemed like she was really worried about his brother.

'I feel extremely refreshed, though. Great, I'll continue experimenting once I'm back home'.

A world in the form of a cube (1)

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