Yeah, I belatedly remembered that putting important game information in the mouth of an NPC that most of the party dislikes and who I've established is comically unreliable is probably not the best idea!(Xenocrates(who I mention by name because a lot of my NPCs are comically unreliable))

The old woman lead is totally real, the party is definitely not stuck in a dream either, but I have some good leads to follow up on and I kinda want to sometime soon. The golden ticket is definitely one, as is Kristofer's Spellbook. Pester me sometime this afternoon to write the "quest log" in case I forget, because I really want that done before tomorrow! Dustin's suggestion is a good one, and I actually already mentioned that I planned on doing it, but I'm pretty skilled at talking myself out of things I want to do!