Inside the Sitri Institute, the illusion of control collapses. “Descendent” follows Meg and Tessa as they uncover the Institute’s buried architecture: corridors mapped to ancient cities, rituals replaying through dream loops, and coded panels that speak in tongues older than science.

The deeper they trace Lyra’s recordings, the more those echoes leak into waking life. Confessions, tapes, and memories blur; experiments become possessions. The mythic stations (Sippar, Kutha, Eanna, Ereshkigal, and Ur) resurface not as metaphors but coordinates, gateways leading downward into something that remembers them.

While Meg clings to procedure, Tessa begins to believe. Each revelation feels lived before, each door more familiar. Beneath the clinical language, their descent becomes personal, erotic, and inevitable.

“Descendent” marks the moment the researchers stop observing the dream and start serving it. The Sitri Center itself begins to awaken.

Written & Produced by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns
Directed by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns
Story by: Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns

Staff

Dr. June Lowell – Bliss Blank
Dr. Tessa Finn – Ring Of Keys
Dr. Meg Aerin – Bun Li
Elle Lawson – Echo
Iris Vale – Swirls and Twirls
Zev Talcott (Z) – Neural Nets

Dream Team

Cael – Jericho Caine
Nyra – Dizzy Dollie
Hespa – Syndirella
Reverie – Britt Reprogrammed

Subjects

Lyra Crosswell – Flux
Oona Reyes – Jade
Phoebe Bosworth – Sofi Starship

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Series artwork for this arc is from Vika Glitter, under the Pixabay license.

The Deep Dream State aims to use human art at every stage of the creative supply chain.

Deep Dream State is a surreal audio drama written and produced by Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns. The series merges lucid dreaming, hypnosis, and transformation into psychological fiction exploring the boundaries of control, identity, and desire.

All performances are works of fiction and take place within a consensual creative context.

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