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Taken to the emergency containment vault, he learns about the Spell, Nightmare Creatures, and the Awakened while officers urge him to survive his trial.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Shadow Slave Chapter 1 follows Sunny, a slum boy who surrenders himself to police as a Nightmare Spell carrier knowing his First Nightmare is near. After spending his last money on bitter real coffee to stay awake, he reaches Precinct 7 and triggers a Code Black. Taken to the emergency containment vault, he learns about the Spell, Nightmare Creatures, and the Awakened while officers urge him to survive his trial.","key_events":["Sunny spends his last money on real coffee and struggles to stay awake on way to police station","Police officer briefs Sunny on First Nightmare survival rules and tells him not to die","Sunny surrenders at 7th Precinct as a Nightmare Spell carrier, triggering a black code alarm","Sunny is placed in emergency containment vault for infected carriers and questioned"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"''DARE TO DREAM''\nTHAT'S WHAT THEY USED TO SAY...\n\nBEFORE OUR NIGHTMARES BECAME REALITY.\nEPISODE 1\n\nREAL COFFEE.\n\nNOT THE CHEAP SYNTHETIC STUFF I'M USED TO GETTING IN THE SLUMS.\nSINCE IT COST ME EVERYTHING I HAD LEFT...\nIT BETTER BE WORTH IT.\n\nAFTER ALL, MY LIFE IS COMING TO AN END.\n\nDAMN! THIS IS WAY TOO BITTER.\nI SHOULD'VE JUST BOUGHT A PIECE OF REAL MEAT INSTEAD.\n\nWELL... IT'S GOING TO KEEP ME AWAKE, AT LEAST.\n\nTSK. WHAT A RIP OFF.\n\nI'M STILL SLEEPY...\nJUST...\n\nMAKE IT TO THE POLICE STATION...\n...I JUST HAVE TO HOLD ON.\n\nNORTHERN QUADRANT SIEGE CAPITAL, PRECINCT 7\n\nARE YOU LOST, BOY?\nAS DEMANDED BY THE THIRD SPECIAL DIRECTIVE...\n\nI AM HERE TO SURRENDER MYSELF AS A CARRIER OF THE NIGHTMARE SPELL.\nWHAT?\nATTENTION! CODE BLACK IN THE LOBBY!\n\nI REPEAT! CODE BLACK!\nI HAVE BEEN MARKED...\nBY THE NIGHTMARE SPELL\n\nIT FIRST APPEARED DECADES AGO.\nBACK THEN, THE PLANET WAS JUST STARTING TO RECOVER FROM A SERIES OF DEVASTATING NATURAL DISASTERS AND SUBSEQUENT RESOURCE WARS.\nIT LOOKED LIKE AN ILLNESS THAT CAUSED CONSTANT FATIGUE AND SLEEPINESS.\n\nBUT WHEN ITS VICTIMS BEGAN FALLING INTO AN ENDLESS SLUMBER, THE WORLD TOOK NOTICE.\nEVENTUALLY, THIS PHENOMENON CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE NIGHTMARE SPELL, AND IT WAS NO MERE DISEASE.\nTHE SPELL WAS A KIND OF MAGIC... OR A CURSE.\nTHOSE WHO DIED IN THEIR SLEEP TRANSFORMED INTO MONSTERS.\n\nNIGHTMARE CREATURES.\nTHESE CREATURES STARTED HUNTING HUMANS INDISCRIMINATELY.\n\nNATIONAL MILITARIES WERE QUICKLY OVERWHELMED.\nBEFORE LONG, THE WORLD WAS SWALLOWED BY DESPAIR AND CHAOS.\n\nAND THEN...\n...PEOPLE WHO HAD FALLEN ASLEEP BEGAN TO WAKE UP.\n\nTHEY HAD SURVIVED THEIR FIRST NIGHTMARE...\n...AND HAD BECOME AWAKENED.\n\nWITH THE MIRACULOUS POWERS THEY EARNED BY OVERCOMING TRIALS INSIDE THE NIGHTMARE...\n\n...THEY PUSHED BACK THE MONSTERS AND RESTORED A SEMBLANCE OF PEACE.\nIN TIME, THE AWAKENED BECAME HUMANITY'S HOPE,\nAND A NEW WORLD ORDER STARTED TO FORM.\n\nTO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT STUDENTS MIGHT BE INFECTED,\nSCHOOLS BEGAN TEACHING SKILLS NEEDED FOR SURVIVAL AND COMBAT.\nTHE WEALTHY EVEN PAID ENORMOUS SUMS OF MONEY...\n\nSO THEIR CHILDREN COULD RECEIVE SPECIAL TRAINING FOR BECOMING AWAKENED.\nFURTHERMORE, CHILDREN BORN INTO POWERFUL AWAKENED FAMILIES...\n\nCOULD WIELD INHERITED MAGICAL MEMORIES OR ECHOES IN THEIR FIRST VISIT TO THE DREAM REALM.\nBUT...\nTHAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A SLUM RAT LIKE ME.\n\nFOR ME, BEING CHOSEN BY THE SPELL IS NOTHING BUT A DEATH SENTENCE.\nNORTHERN QUADRANT SIEGE CAPITAL\n\nPRECINCT 7\nEMERGENCY CONTAINMENT VAULT\nWHAT'S YOUR NAME, KID?\nSUNLESS... BUT PEOPLE CALL ME SUNNY.\n\nSUNLESS? THAT'S A STRANGE NAME.\nI WAS BORN DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE.\nMY MOM HAD A POETIC SOUL, YOU SEE.\nDO YOU WANT US TO CONTACT YOUR FAMILY?\n\nTHERE'S NO ONE TO CONTACT.\nDON'T BOTHER.\nALRIGHT, SUNNY.\nHOW MUCH LONGER CAN YOU STAY AWAKE?\nUM... NOT MUCH LONGER.\nTHEN WE'LL SKIP THE FORMALITIES.\nLISTEN CAREFULLY AND TRY TO HANG ON.\n\nHOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE NIGHTMARE SPELL?\nJUST GO INTO THE DREAM REALM, KILL A FEW MONSTERS...\n\n...COMPLETE THE FIRST NIGHTMARE...\n... THEN GET MAGIC POWERS AND BECOME AN AWAKENED, RIGHT?\nSO YOU KNOW THE BASICS, AT LEAST.\nBUT LISTEN CAREFULLY.\n\nINSIDE YOUR FIRST NIGHTMARE, YOU'LL RUN INTO MONSTERS, SURE, BUT YOU WILL ALSO MEET PEOPLE.\nTHEY'RE NOT REAL.\nREMEMBER: THEY'RE JUST ILLUSIONS MEANT TO TEST YOU.\n\nHOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?\nYOU MIGHT HAVE TO KILL THEM, KID.\nSO DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND JUST THINK ABOUT THEM AS ILLUSIONS.\nTHE MOMENT YOU ENTER THE NIGHTMARE,\n\nCHECK YOUR ATTRIBUTES AND ASPECT.\nIF YOU GET A COMBAT-ORIENTED ASPECT, LIKE A SWORDSMAN OR AN ARCHER,\n\nTHINGS WILL BE A LOT EASIER FOR YOU.\nBUT EVEN IF YOU RECEIVE AN ASPECT UNRELATED TO COMBAT, DON'T DESPAIR.\nUH-HUH.\nTHERE ARE REALLY NO USELESS ASPECTS.\n\nAFTER ALL, THE SPELL SETS UP TRIALS, NOT EXECUTIONS.\nSO JUST DO ANYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO SURVIVE.\nWHAT YOU DO DURING THE TRIAL WILL DETERMINE THE REWARDS AND POWERS THAT WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU, IF YOU SUCCEED.\n\nBUT IF YOU DIE...\n...YOU BECOME A GATE THROUGH WHICH A MONSTER APPEARS IN THE REAL WORLD.\n\nIF THAT HAPPENS, MY COLLEAGUES AND I WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.\nSO...\nPLEASE DON'T DIE, SUNLESS.\n\nOR AT LEAST... DON'T DIE RIGHT AWAY.\nIT'LL TAKE A FEW HOURS FOR THE NEAREST AWAKENED TO GET HERE.\nSO WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE US FIGHT THAT THING OURSELVES...\nW-WHAT?\n\nAspirant! Welcome to the Nightmare Spell.","bubble_count":102,"pages_count":40,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Shadow Slave Chapter 1 follows Sunny, a slum boy who surrenders himself to police as a Nightmare Spell carrier knowing his First Nightmare is near.","spoiler_summary":"Shadow Slave Chapter 1 follows Sunny, a slum boy who surrenders himself to police as a Nightmare Spell carrier knowing his First Nightmare is near. After spending his last money on bitter real coffee to stay awake, he reaches Precinct 7 and triggers a Code Black. 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