It's a dream about a video game I've played before, a game called 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors (999).
Not trying to be a hipster and all, but I'm pretty sure not many heard of this game before. It's one of the very few games for the Nintendo DS that is M-Rated, and it's sequel, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward for the 3DS and PS Vita is no different.
The game is divided into a visual novel section and a puzzle solving section. Also, the games have multiple endings in it, so for people who wanna get the whole story on everything would have to complete the game a few times.
999 is about you and eight other people getting stuck in what seems to be a really huge ship, and being forced to take part in the Nonary games. You'll have to team up with the others to entered a numbered door. Each person has a bracelet with a number attached to them (numbers ranging from 1-9), and to enter a numbered door, 3-5 people have to place their hands on the scanner, and the 'digital root' of the 3-5 people must match the numbered door.
What is a digital root? I think giving an example would be appropriate to explain this. So, if a person wants to enter door number 1, the person with bracelets number 1, 4, and 5 can enter together. It's because 1+4+5=10, and 1+0=1. In short, all the numbers are added until a single digit is obtained, and that is the digital root.
The objective of the game is to exit through the door that has the number '9' on it. And over the course of playing the game, you'll find that the other eight people on board are related somehow in some events in the past, and not all is what it seems.
This game is M-rated for some really good reasons. There's a lot of science fiction elements in some of the plot points in the game which will be hard to digest for younger gamers. Also, there's some sort of mind screw to the player when you reach the true ending.
Anyways, back to the dream I had.
So in this dream, I somehow participated, along with some of my friends and some other people, and game that is similar to the Nonary games in 999, but with a few differences. In 999, the characters in the Nonary games were gassed and kidnapped and began their journey stuck in a cabin. In my dream, we were each given a bracelet, and then we entered a door and began our game.
While survival is the key point in 999, my dream was more about fun and games. Also, there were more than nine participants in the dream I had, meaning more than 1 person have the same bracelet number. Another big difference was the numbered doors. In 999, no one can enter the numbered door once it's occupied. In my dream, the doors just served as a minor obstacle where we need to team up just to get the digital root to enter the next area.
In the dream, this game was a three day event. All the participants entered the briefing room, and all of them were around the same age as me. After briefing, we were given a bracelet with a number. The other door in the briefing room opened and we entered the door. Then we were greeted by two numbered doors.
Each of us discuss among ourselves to get the digital root of the door and took turns to enter it to reach the next area. In the next area, there were mini games to play and completing them reveals the exit (yeah, unlike 999, this was supposed to be fun). Then, all participants (from both numbered doors) meet up and we were greeted by two numbered doors again.
Doing the same thing as before, we reached the next area, completed more mini games and then the exit was revealed yet again. Like before, both participants meet up and we encountered the third set of two numbered doors. Repeating the steps earlier, all participants ended up together again, facing the final numbered door.
Then we take turns to get the digital root of the door, and exit the place. And that was the end of Day 1 of this dream version of the Nonary games.
In Day 2, I decided to go through all the doors that I didn't go through the previous day, and then Day 2 ended.
Finally it was Day 3. Before we entered the briefing room, there was an announcement saying that this would be an optional game. Since many did the same thing I did for the first two days (to play all the mini games from all the doors), a lot of people decided not to go for it the third time. I find it suspicious on why would they organize a final day event, so I joined to see what happens.
Before entering the briefing room, I met up with two other friends of mine. Then we entered the briefing room, that had very few people. If I remember my dream correctly, it had nine (yikes!) participants. After briefing, we entered the door, and I woke up, fuck! And now here I am trying to recall all the things that happened in this dream.
Well, I guess that's all I can remember. Other things that I can think of would be theories on what is going on in the final day.
Anyways, this is a rather random post I think. But tomorrow, I'll be posting something rather special.
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