SESSION 01 · INTAKE
The subject checks in
Sam Mercer comes to the Darling Sleep Institute for help with his nightmares. He says they feel too real. Dr. Darling says that is exactly why Sam was chosen.
Case file 26 · R.E.M. · Restricted
The Story
What if your nightmares weren’t dreams… but memories?
Session log
SESSION 07 · DEEP SLEEP
The readings spike
Sam talks in his sleep about places he has never been. The monitors say he is not dreaming. He is remembering.
SESSION 13 · REM
Something comes back with him
Things from Sam’s nightmares start turning up in the lab. Night staff stop coming in.
SESSION 14 · THE DOOR
Darling makes a choice
He could end the study. Instead, Dr. Darling opens the door between sleeping and waking, and decides to bring them out.
TONIGHT · SUBJECT: YOU
The study is open
The lab needs new subjects. Walk through Sam’s memories. Try to wake up before they follow you out.
Recovered memory · Tape 13
Hold to remember
The people in the file
DIRECTORDr. Frederick DarlingRuns the sleep study. Ran Xperiment 13 before it. Does not stop.
SUBJECT 26Sam MercerCame in for help with nightmares. They were never dreams.
Memory fragments
Tap a tile. Some memories shouldn’t come back.
Recovered files
Dr. Darling’s intake notice. Sam’s sleep journal. A letter from Mortimer Hawthorne. Read what they left behind.
Open the Lab Notes