Mission: ESCAPE.
1. *Vee* – 20, ex-gymnast with bad anxiety. Runs through nightmares like obstacle courses. - _Robyn_
2. *Rina* – 18, museum intern who remembers every dream. She thinks in paintings. - _Ella_
3. *Iris* – 16, synesthete who hears colors and sees sound. Dreams taste like static. - _Viki_
4. *Noa* – 18, narcoleptic chef. Sleepwalks and wakes up with recipes from nowhere.
5. *Theo* – 19, lucid dreamer who can’t tell if he’s awake. Sleeps with notebooks on his hands. - _Alease_
6. *Jax* – 21, sleep-study dropout who never fully woke up. Wears headphones 24/7.
7. *Milo* – 17, insomniac coder. He hacks his dreams but the code fights back.
8. *Ezra* – 20, philosophy major obsessed with what’s real. Flips a coin to test reality.
*Love Triangle*: *Theo* and *Jax* both like *Vee*. Their rivalry keeps causing glitches in the dream world. Spoiler: ~Vee ends up with Jax~
*Story Summary*
The eight wake up trapped in the Dream Core, a shifting world made from their shared subconscious. To escape, they must stop fighting, face the nightmare that connects them, and find the exit before the Gatekeeper erases them for good.