Sure, I'd think that items could be transferred over. It'd suck for a character's work to go to waste. :C Restrictions on the lance would still apply (like only a normal person can handle it without it melting).
And yes, the Animuscapes are optional! They're sort of like a background/plotty reason for the event to exist, but it's not necessary for them to be played out. :3 For the nightmares- it's also possible for a character to fall to any individual level, so they could beat the last bit without ever touching the first one. While another character could have remembered seeing them in a different level and dying, etc. And technically they should go through all of them, yes, but it can always be handwaved that it happened. <3
Aaand also yes- dying in any of the 'scapes, normal or Animus, kicks a person back to wakehood. Same with dying in the nightmares. And once awake, they can't go back. :CC
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And yes, the Animuscapes are optional! They're sort of like a background/plotty reason for the event to exist, but it's not necessary for them to be played out. :3 For the nightmares- it's also possible for a character to fall to any individual level, so they could beat the last bit without ever touching the first one. While another character could have remembered seeing them in a different level and dying, etc. And technically they should go through all of them, yes, but it can always be handwaved that it happened. <3
Aaand also yes- dying in any of the 'scapes, normal or Animus, kicks a person back to wakehood. Same with dying in the nightmares. And once awake, they can't go back. :CC
ASK ALL OF THE THINGS I hope my explanations made sense I just woke up ;;