The name of this mushi translates to mean 'within the field of dreams'--a very apt name, because what they do is bring the dreams of their host out into the waking world. If a person dreams about finding a large cache of gold, they'll make it happen... but if the person dreams about all of their family, friends, and neighbors being killed off by an odd disease, these mushi will make that happen, too.
A flock of Imenonoawai.
It doesn't happen with every dream. When they first infest a person, they bring maybe one or two dreams in ten to life. As the person continues to live with them, allowing their numbers to grow within him unchecked, more and more dreams will be brought to life, often with devastating consequences.
This mushi is one that's very difficult to rid oneself of. Once you have it, it's generally thought that the only way to live with it is to regulate the mushi's effects--in all likelihood, given the medicine is toxic before a certain point in the infestation, it's literally killing off the mushi as they grow too numerous.
However, if you choose to go the drastic route and cut your pillow, the pathway by which the mushi enter into the waking world, you will manage to sever their hold on you. But you also do irreparable damage to yourself--whatever you did to the pillow, that is reflected back on your own body. So for example, if you cut the pillow in half, you would receive a life-threatening gash across your own body.
There is one other problem with going this route. Once you cut the pillow, you not only sever your connection to the mushi, but also your connection to the dream world. Sleep would become horrific, and you would not be able to rest easily.
Imenonoawai
The name of this mushi translates to mean 'within the field of dreams'--a very apt name, because what they do is bring the dreams of their host out into the waking world. If a person dreams about finding a large cache of gold, they'll make it happen... but if the person dreams about all of their family, friends, and neighbors being killed off by an odd disease, these mushi will make that happen, too.
A flock of Imenonoawai.
It doesn't happen with every dream. When they first infest a person, they bring maybe one or two dreams in ten to life. As the person continues to live with them, allowing their numbers to grow within him unchecked, more and more dreams will be brought to life, often with devastating consequences.
This mushi is one that's very difficult to rid oneself of. Once you have it, it's generally thought that the only way to live with it is to regulate the mushi's effects--in all likelihood, given the medicine is toxic before a certain point in the infestation, it's literally killing off the mushi as they grow too numerous.
However, if you choose to go the drastic route and cut your pillow, the pathway by which the mushi enter into the waking world, you will manage to sever their hold on you. But you also do irreparable damage to yourself--whatever you did to the pillow, that is reflected back on your own body. So for example, if you cut the pillow in half, you would receive a life-threatening gash across your own body.
There is one other problem with going this route. Once you cut the pillow, you not only sever your connection to the mushi, but also your connection to the dream world. Sleep would become horrific, and you would not be able to rest easily.