SITE OWNER NOTE: This tale takes place in the Archon Zone. In this zone people can manipulate the Dream like a normal lucid dream. Do NOT assume this for the entirety dreamworld, the zone it takes place in happens to have a feature where people within can use this power, this is not true for the entirety of the Dream World, only some Zones. There is a page detailing Zones for more context on each one. This ability is also exclusive to it's current owner, Archon, who can give it to other people within the Zone temporarily.
"Okay, now what about this one? I call it, "Chicken Crocks," eh?" Archon was showing off his Dream Creations to his fellow dreamer. He didn't know the dreamer, and they weren't here willingly, but bygones be bygones. "It's… a good pun? I don't… I get the pun is Chicken Pox, but what do they have to do with Chicken Pox?" Archon turned back to look at the Chicken shaped Crocodile, a bill so long it should have made it fall on it's own head. "I don't know, just seemed like a funny name."
Archon looked over at Daniel, his real name, because the dreamer didn't have the lucid logic to make a new one. "I'm sorry, how are you doing this again? And how come I can't get out of this FUCKING ROPE!" Archon rolled his eyes and lazily floated over to the young man. "I told you. You were dreaming, got into the dreaming world, then I brought you to the Archon Zone, my zone. What doesn't make sense?" Archon was ragebaiting, he knew he didn't make sense, but he liked hazing the new lucid dreamers.
"Okay, if we are both dreaming, why can't I wake up or escape these ropes? Lucid dreaming means I am in control, right?" Archon broke out laughing. Typical waking world nonsense.
"No, you idiot. That's like saying you can't feel PAIN in a dream. Okay, let me explain. Yes, you can control CERTAIN THINGS in this world, but when you believe something to be true, it stays true. For example, when I captured you I said 'You are tied up in rope, and won't wake up until I release you.' You, you inexperienced moron, believed me. Your brain is unable to make the difference now between waking and asleep. You may know your dreaming, and you now know you're not actually restrained, but your subconscious doesn't understand that yet. Go ahead, try to escape." Daniel tried to get out of the rope again, and failed.
"How am I supposed to get out? Are you gonna kill me?"
"It is VERY hard to die in here. Believe me. I've seen an 80 year old dreamer jump off a cliff and come back the next night. HE HAD A HEART ATTACK! No, I couldn't kill you if I tried. As for getting out, that is my intention. I train every new dreamer I meet here. Listen closely, you need to work around the problem."
"What?"
"Think of some absurd scenarion where you get out of the ropes, then will it to happen. Try." There was an intense silence, then-
A portal opened 20 feet above Daniel, and a laser beam struck down, perfectly cutting the ropes around him without hitting him. "Huh," Archon started. "I would've gone for the Chicken Crock, but okay… Do you have a good imagination?"
"YOU SAID AN ABSURD IDEA, IT WORKED!" Daniel immediately replied. He wondered for a moment why he was suddenly defensive. "Well, Daniel, if you would like to learn more without running the risk of going insane, I will help. If you would like me to teleport you to the Tartarus zone, fire and nightmares and such, then say the word. Those are your only two options by the way." Archon floated above the young man, watching him think. Then, Daniel floated up to Archon on his own. "Teach me."
This was the day Archon, the God Of The Archon Zone by night, High School student by day, gained his apprentice.