Medical authorities have issued an emergency recall of "Somnolence", a new over-the-counter sleep aid. Reports indicate that users are falling into irreversible comas, but EEG scans show intense, synchronized brain activity among patients.
Families report patients murmuring about a "white void" and a "colorful town". Researchers are baffled by claims that patients taking the drug simultaneously are somehow interacting within the same dream space.
"They are locked in," Dr. Aris states. "Once they break the cognitive barrier between their subconscious minds, their reality shatters. We don't know how to wake them."