| abstract | - A Dreamer Console is the key piece of hardware for Project Alchera. It consists of a small white plastic node that opens and disgorges a piece of organic computer equipment, essentially a miniature Eingana, that fastens to the user's face. When the user takes Morpheus and connects to a Dreamer console, they are linked into DreamNet and are able to have lucid dreams. However, the link created by the Dreamer console goes two ways, and WATI are able to insert thoughts into people's minds. The Dreamer console was tested on several anonymous men and women at the Victory Hotel - one of the men was Ivar, while another subject was an unnamed woman who followed Zoë imploringly. (Their actions and behaviour are actually reminiscent of the so-called "Dream Sickness" mentioned in an un-used FACT article from The Longest Journey.) These Dreamer tests were supervised by Marcus Crozier. Damien Cavanaugh has used one several times, and describes it as an extraordinary experience, although after discovering what the Dreamer console truly did he vowed never to use one again. Rio Kuroki also brought a working model to show Reza Temiz and died with it still attached - her cause of death is unknown, but it is possible she was killed via feedback from the Dreamer console by Alvin Peats, as he is permanently linked to Eingana and he would have known she was working to expose Alchera. It seems strange Rio would use the console given that she knew what it is capable of, and it seems probable that the Twins attached it to her forcibly. When Zoë Castillo is hooked to a Dreamer console, she arrives in the Winter. Twice, she is then sent on to Arcadia by Faith - it is possible that the console heightens Zoë's natural gifts as a Dreamer to the point where she can become a physical presence in Arcadia.
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