"Tell the kid today's treat is going to be grape-flavored candy. It's his favorite."
- The Dreaming Current's Entry
The Dreaming Current (T-02-71) is an animal Abnormality with the form of a cobalt blue shark with legs. The shark possesses two wide mouths with many rows of teeth and rainbow colored tongues sticking out of them, and a single black eye with a black liquid dripping from it can be seen. There's a syringe embedded in a side of its body surrounded by a bloody mark or wound, and there are multiple injection holes on its lower body. In containment, it constantly makes gurgling sounds, similar to water flowing.
Ability[]
Dreaming Current's ability triggers when its 
Qliphoth Counter reaches 0. Its Qliphoth Counter can fluctuate in the following ways:
- Decrease by 1 when an Agent panics while working with it.
- Decrease by 1 when an Agent completes the work with
Temperance Level 1.
After the counter reaches 0, The Dreaming Current will breach. It possesses 200 
HP. It will start by selecting random hallways in the facility, usually 1 per department/team, to be covered by a rainbow liquid. The liquid is supposed to damage 
HP and heal 
SP of employees that are passing through them, but it just makes the employees passing through them (50%) 
slower.
At the start, The Dreaming Current will stand at the end of one of the hallways, preparing itself and making splashing sounds, before charging at a drastic speed to the opposite side with its jaw open, leaving a trail of rainbow bubbles and dealing massive (150) 
Red Damage to anything in its path. After reaching the other side of the hallway, the Abnormality will teleport to another affected hallway and continue the charge, repeating until it has passed through all of them. At the end of the last hallway, it will stand idle for a while before preparing itself to charge again in the opposite direction back through the same hallways. The Dreaming Current goes through an order of hallways and it will stop charging just in 2 locations which are 2 selected hallways.
The only chances to suppress the Abnormality are when it's idle or preparing to charge.
Origin[]
There was once a child who had a severe infection, and it was estimated that he wouldn't live past two years of age. The parents of the child abandoned him, and the child fell into the hands of a group of researchers, adopting him for an 'experiment' and bringing him to a laboratory.
The researchers had managed to prolong the child's lifespan. He learned to coo and walk in the laboratory, though he was never able to properly speak or read. The kid liked the ocean, but instead of taking him to see it, the researchers gave him grape flavored candies which would allow him to "see a colorful ocean."
The child spent his life within that laboratory, listening to and obeying the researchers, enjoying the candies they'd give him. He would never get to run around in an open grass field under the warm sun, but his shaky steps continued to be filled with enthusiasm as he'd wonder what kind of candy he'd eat tomorrow.
At some point during the experimentation he was subjected to, the child was turned into the form he now appears as by the researchers, now able to live for a very long time.
Details[]
The Dreaming Current responds to the four works in order of best to worst: 
Instinct, 
Attachment, 
Repression; and 
Insight.
Like all Abnormalities, its energy output is determined by the number of PE Boxes (Positive Enkephalin boxes) at the end of the interaction.
The Dreaming Current's emotional state is divided into 3 sections: 
Bad, 
Normal, and 
Good. Completing 0-5 E Boxes will cause it to feel Distressed, completing 6-10 will cause it to feel Normal, and 11-20 will make it Happy. Its usual cooldown timer after a task is around 15 seconds. Its Qliphoth Counter is 2.
Unlockable Information/Upgrades Edit[]
Basic Information (Cost: 
20 PE Boxes)
Unlocks and shows the name of the Abnormality, subject classification, Risk Level (
WAW), portrait, Damage Type (
White 3 - 6), the amount of E-Boxes (20), emotional states, and its Qliphoth Counter (2).
Instinct/Insight/Attachment/Repression Work Favor (Cost: 7 PE Boxes)
Unlocks the percentage level list to the respective work.
Managerial Works 1/2/3 (Cost: 10 PE Boxes)
- "Managerial Tips 1"
- "When employee <name> panicked during work, the Qliphoth Counter lowered."
- "Managerial Tips 2"
- "When an employee with Temperance Level 1 finished their work, the Qliphoth Counter lowered."
- "Managerial Tips 3"
- "The pools of liquid that profused certain sections of the facility while The Dreaming Current escaped drastically inhibited the movement of employees and dealt RED damage over time. However, the employees’ SP healed over time."
Escape Information (Cost: 20 PE Boxes)
Information if the Abnormality can escape or not, plus its Qliphoth Counter (2). This includes its defenses when breaching:
Red: Weak (1.5) - White: Endured (0.5) - 
Black: Normal (1.0) - 
Pale: Vulnerable (2.0)
| Work | Level 1 Chance | Level 2 Chance | Level 3 Chance | Level 4 Chance | Level 5 Chance |
   |
"Common"
(50%) |
"Common"
(50%) |
"High"
(60%) |
"Common"
(55%) |
"Common"
(55%) |
   |
"Very Low"
(0%) |
"Very Low"
(0%) |
"Very Low"
(0%) |
"Very Low"
(0%) |
"Very Low"
(0%) |
   |
"Common"
(45%) |
"Common"
(45%) |
"Common"
(45%) |
"Common"
(50%) |
"Common"
(55%) |
   |
"Common"
(45%) |
"Common"
(45%) |
"Common"
(45%) |
"Common"
(45%) |
"Common"
(45%) |
Observation Level []
Level 1 (1 Section unlocked): 
Success Rate +3%
Level 2 (2 Sections unlocked): 
Speed Rate+5
Level 3 (3 Sections unlocked): Speed Rate +5
Unlocks the E.G.O. Suit and Gift 'Ecstasy'.
Level 4 (All details unlocked): Success Rate +3%
Unlocks the E.G.O. Weapon 'Ecstasy'.
E.G.O. Equipment[]
|
| Ecstasy | ||||||
| Grade: | Cost: | Max Amount: | Damage: | Attack Speed: | Range: | Observation Level: |
| WAW
|
60
|
2 | White 2-4 |
Fast | Long | 4 |
Requirements: Agent Level 3 Fortitude Level 2
| ||||||
| Special Information | |
|---|---|
| Details | Special Ability |
| "The colorful pattern is vivid, similar to a child's plaything." | None |
| Notes | |
|
| Ecstasy | ||||||
| Grade: | Cost: | Max Amount: | RED Defense:
|
WHITE Defense:
|
BLACK Defense:
|
PALE Defense:
|
| WAW
|
40
|
3 | 0.8 Endured |
0.8 Endured |
0.8 Endured |
1.5 Weak |
| Observation Level: 3 | Requirements: Agent Level 2 Temperance Level 2
| |||||
| Special Information | |
|---|---|
| Details | Special Ability |
| "The armor's sleeve has sparse needle marks on it.
The colorful pattern is fancy, quite akin to a child's costume." |
None |
| Notes | |
|
Ecstasy (Mouth 2) |
|
Effects: |
| Drop Chance: 3%
Observation Level: 3 |
Story[]
The Dreaming Current's encyclopedia portrait
" “Just... Just keep showing him the book. Oh, and it has to be a page with pictures, since he probably can't read. When the experiment seems to drag on, try to draw his attention, like mimicking sounds. I don't need to explain every detail, right?
Yes, I know. It's unfortunate. Pitiful and sad. I do feel human emotions, thank you very much. However, he ultimately survived thanks to this place. I hope he continues to live, in any shape or form. If you're thinking the same thing, it'd be better off if you dropped that guilt right now.
....
Tell the kid today's treat is going to be grape-flavored candy. It's his favorite.” "
<Excerpt from an Encyclopedia>
"Contrary to popular belief, most sharks are small in size. There are only a handful of species that cause harm to humans... After all is said and done, the biggest appeal of sharks is their strong jaws and teeth. A shark's jaw can apply an intense amount of force, around 20 times that of an adult human. Besides, their vision and olfactory sense are extremely well developed, allowing them to locate their targets easily. This is why sharks could reign as the ocean's greatest predator until today."
"The parents had long deserted the child. They said the old infection would kill the child before two years passed. The researchers were the child's new parents. He learned to coo and walk. Although unable to talk properly, the child liked the ocean. Instead of visiting the ocean, the child was given candy which let him see the ocean. Many colorful nights and days passed."
"The child, who was thought to die within 2 years, managed to live for a long time. As always, he liked sweet candy, followed them, and loved the place as his home. Though the only thing the child could do was run around inside a cramped lab instead of a grass field under the sun, his steps were shaky but filled with enthusiasm. Excited about what kind of candy he would eat tomorrow."
Flavour Text[]
- "The Dreaming Current’s dreams are those of running outside of the facility in total freedom."
- "Just as everyone wished for, The Dreaming Current can live here forever."
Trivia[]
- The Dreaming Current was a planned Abnormality for a long time, considering that its art concept was presented before days of Bloodbath's inclusion (Both shared the same picture).
- The Dreaming Current has the highest Movement Speed among breaching Abnormalities and is the 2nd fastest Abnormality in the entire game.
- Due to it being classified under 'Trauma', along with its story entries heavily implying the use of drugs, the story is most likely of a child that was terminally ill and kept on psychoactive drugs as an experimental guinea pig. It is mentioned that the child was estimated to die within 2 years, but through means similar to that of Forsaken Murderer, the child managed to keep living on. The child would then live in the facility as their new home and be given candies that induced hallucinations, letting them see a rainbow ocean. The child would spend many colorful nights and days from then on.
- The Dreaming Current has an Aberration known as Dream-Devouring Siltcurrent appearing in Limbus Company.
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