Chapter 17

James has an ominous dream starting in an endless void. After running for what seems like eons, he arrives in an office space with "hollow" people. After a bit he begins to see various people he knows- including his mother, younger sister and Anesh -being murdered or dead. He approaches a ringing phone, which, when picked up tells him: "Hello. This is a courtsey reminder that you need to come back." followed by whispers telling him: "you need to come back james there are people waiting for you james". Then he wakes up.
Anesh wakes up at one p.m. apparently from a nightmare as well (implied to be similar to James'). Anesh has been working to figure out if any of the objects he looted from the office (numerous pens and pencils, folders and envelops and five wallets), though so far he has had no success in finding any new special objects.
Anesh heads to the kitchen for a drink to find James inside making pancakes, quite messily. James has an Illipede with him, which he has named Lily. The two discuss informing another friend of them, Neil, about Ganesh. They both feel unnatural emotions in response to this. 
It is revealed the two did have a similar dream. James reacts spitefully in response to the reveal the dungeon can influence their emotions.
James offers Anesh coffee from the machine they took from the dungeon, and a skill orb which had been identified by Lily. After Anesh takes the orb out of James' hand it is revealed the coffee enhances dexterity and/or speed.
==Major events==
none
==Characters in chapter==
===New Characters===
* James younger sister (in a dream)
===Established Characters===
* James
* Anesh
* Lily, an Illipede
* James mother (in a dream)
==New Concepts==
The orbs, when scanned by an Illipede, are revealed to be "Power units" in this instance, a yellow skill orb being:
Power unit type: Memory. Operational time: 622 hrs/1k. Contains traces of: Dramatic, Violent.
==Skills==
Anesh: