October Event Information

[tabularasa_mods]

October Event Information We will be holding another event this month for the upcoming mingle log, this time focusing on the long awaited introduction of sleep into the setting. This event will begin on October 15th and will last until the end of the month.

Because characters will be unconscious during the October event, we will also not be processing any applications from October 15th until November 1st. Apps for both new and current players will remain open, but new characters will not be accepted into the game until after the event's conclusion. Please keep this in mind if there's a character you'd like to bring into the game before the event!

Sleep, Dreams... and Nightmares
The world has finally decided that people need to sleep, and everyone has a lot of catching up to do. All characters in the game will suddenly and simultaneously drop in exhaustion, whether they normally require sleep or not. Resisting this is impossible, and characters will not awaken until the event has concluded. Pets and summons may also be included in this if you would like your character to bring them along. While unconscious, the minds of the sleeping characters will begin to mix into a shared dream, where they will be able to interact with one another as they would in the waking world.

The fact that this is a dream won't be immediately obvious to characters, though some may catch on quicker than others, particularly characters with ties to dreams and nightmares. The level of awareness that characters have throughout the event is at the discretion of the players.

However, this will not be a simple or peaceful dream - the influence of a new location will seep into this shared dream, and everyone will instead be pulled into a nightmarish dreamworld. Dreaming characters will be unable to leave this location, and they will be antagonized by nightmares drawn from their collective fears and memories for as long as they remain trapped. We will be giving everyone free reign on how you want to interpret these nightmares. They can be as concrete as a terrifying monster to as vague as a fear of heights, and can manifest as they are or as an imprint-like combination of two or more different ideas. We encourage you to workshop with other players to create interesting scenarios for all parties involved! We will also provide a number of nightmares based on the world's understanding of fear, courtesy of everyone who participated in False History part of September's event.

No matter what anyone tries to do, they will find themselves unable to escape their nightmares for the entire month. This doesn't mean they'll be completely helpless, however...

Lucid Dreaming
Because this event takes place in the collective subconscious of the player characters, individual influence is much stronger than usual. The world’s understood mechanics (or lack thereof) need not apply here. All character abilities (including technological devices) may be used to their full extent within the dreamscape, short of escaping from the dream itself. You may also choose to have your character's abilities remain nerfed for the event, or gradually come back as they become more lucid.

This logic doesn't just apply to character abilities, however. Just as they will be able to function, so too will previously unestablished concepts such as injury and death. If your character dies in the dream, something interesting might happen - if it does, you must contact us and we will advise you on how to proceed.

Participation in this event is not mandatory. However, if you choose to opt-out your character will still be unconscious for the duration of the event. They will awaken at the same time as the other characters, but will not remember what they dreamt about.

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Questions?
If you have any questions about the upcoming event, you may leave us a comment in the questions thread below and we'll get back to you as soon as we can!

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QUESTIONS

[tabularasa_mods]

If you have any questions about the event, please leave a comment here and we will get back to you as soon as possible!

[gardenerofavalon]

So if characters' full abilities are available, and those happen to include influence/control over dreams/nightmares, to what extent can those be utilized? I mean, besides not being able to wake up, obviously.

EDIT: also, I should note, that Merlin's immortality itself seems connected with his power over dreams. Specifically, that his 'true' body is more incorporeal than physical, and even if an instance of himself in a dream is destroyed, he simply can reform and recover rather than it being a true death. Would this have any impact on how things work?

[tabularasa_mods]

He won't be able to leave the location of the dream, wake himself or anyone else up, or permanently stop the nightmares from appearing. Basically, he can't end the effects of the event early for anyone, but aside from that you're welcome to give him free reign over the dreamscape since it's one of his natural abilities.

Death still functions based on characters' influence, so that applies to immortality as well! If Merlin is normally able to reform himself then he can keep that ability during the dream if you'd like him to.

Re: QUESTIONS

[halloflamer]

Because injury is real in this landscape but characters have more reign over influence, can characters (or say... their Pokémon...) heal from damage with the strong enough idea that they should be able to? Or say, the idea that items should be able to insta-heal them?

Re: QUESTIONS

[tabularasa_mods]

That's correct! If they happen to bring items with them that would have healing properties, those will work as well.

Re: QUESTIONS

[indigloaming]

If technological devices work within the dream... does that include Pokeballs? And if so, would the Pokemon that have been previously trapped within their Pokeballs (like Professor Oak's Dragonite, for example) be the "real" versions, or just dream constructs/NPC's that are there because their trainer expects them to be there?

Also! The "something interesting" if a character dies in the dream, will it be seriously traumatizing/have permanent seriously negative effects/otherwise heavily impact our ability to play the character in the future? I understand if you don't want to give out details, but it's one of those things where you might want to have some idea of what you're getting into before you commit to it.

Re: QUESTIONS

[tabularasa_mods]

Pokeballs will work in the dream, and the Pokemon will be the real versions! For this reason only Pokemon that characters actually have with them, balled or not, will be able to appear in the dreamscape.

We can't really elaborate on the specifics of this, unfortunately, but it will involve that character dying in some form. If the trauma of dying would be too heavy for your character right now, we wouldn't recommend going for that option.

Re: QUESTIONS

[forethinking]

Hi mods! Will we have access to the Velvet Room?

Re: QUESTIONS

[tabularasa_mods]

The door to the Velvet Room will still be visible wherever Ren might expect it to be. However, entering the Velvet Room would be considered "leaving" the dream; should Ren try to open the door, it will be locked shut.

[simulatio]

If characters have cell phones, are we free to assume they have cell/internet service? While I assume they can't actually contact anyone outside of the game, are they able to like... access wikipedia or google or anything like that lol

Also with Akechi's arc and canon point, I'd love for him to Die. Should I contact the mod team via the contact post or PM, or wait until the event goes live to ask for his Consequences?

Thank you!

[tabularasa_mods]

In short, yes! In the dreamscape, reality is dependent on the perspective of the individual. If a character were to believe that the Internet was accessible, it would be possible to load a webpage if they were familiar with it. However, things like search engines are dependent on the individual's memories; you can't Google what you don't know, so any attempt to search for unknown information would result in an infinite browser load. The same logic applies for phone service, and characters will be able to call/text each other if they have exchanged numbers and believe that it will function as normal.

We kindly ask for you to contact us after the event has gone live, so that all players have an understanding of the setting before we reveal anything.

[bachagain]

I SHOULD ASK IF THIS IS FEASIBLE JUST TO MAKE SURE

so i understand that characters have influence over the fears that get shown, but if a fear is, let's say, repeating an action they've done in the past... could the dream influence them in turn to make that happen?

[tabularasa_mods]

Sure, why not!

[forceofnature]

Hello mods,
This looks great, thank you! I have a few questions based off the clarifications you've made to other questions!

1. If Viridi creates her 'pocket dimension' here, would the door not open? Would it open if it just led to another part of the dream-world that she's isolated for her specific use as a sanctuary?

2. Although Viridi didn't bring any pets/summons/companions with her, she can create her minions from plants. Would this be possible in the dream-world?

Re: QUESTIONS

[forethinking]

Hi mods, me again...

Question! The P5 cast all got model guns, which work as the real thing for them in the Metaverse, etc, etc. Would they work in the dream as well?

Parsee Plotting Discussion

[bridge_princess]

Hoo boy, well well. This one will be interesting won't it?

So, one of Parsee's worst nightmares at present is actually that her powers come back online, so ... yeah she's not going to like this one bit.

Death:
Nope! I've kind of 'glutted' myself on death plotting for the moment, and I would prefer that there be no death (Of Parsee or others) or permanent injuries in these threads. I'll let someone else try out the interesting death mechanics this time. ^_^

Powers:
Parsee can sense the envy of others, can manipulate her envy and the envy of other people to potentially dangerous and foolish levels. This is, in fact, one of her nightmare scenarios. But it isn't required. It's very easy to have her interact with shared dreams without this.

So what I'd like to do is a "Fresh" Opt-In or Opt-Out.
--If you're interested in her Sensing, and manipulating your characters' feelings of jealousy? Let me know.
--If you just want Sensing and not manipulating? Lemme know!
--None of that? Lemme know.

I'm going to default that those who don't respond aren't interested, but if you definitely don't want mention of it, an Opt-In helps make sure I know the fresh request not to be involved in anything like that. replying just helps me have clear in my head for October what you're wanting for this, and don't worry. I definitely know other routes to take her nightmares that aren't envy related. (Hint: Loneliness is big factor for her)

[obscurus_phantasma]

If I can find a way to make it work, I'm fine with Parsee Sensing her jealousy that Damien has so many friends here, even though she's not a jealous deity. But this is Kerby's Dreamland, so I may just say 'fuck it' and have that emotion happen. And if I do, then I'm curious about manipulation too.

ON THAT NOTE - Our two still need to meet, most especially because Melinoë hangs out at the shrine and has been leaving offerings.

[forceofnature]

Viridi is filled with jealousy at all times deep deep deep deep deep deep down that humans can't be bothered to revere and worship her by holding her creations sacred! They love Palutena because she keeps saving their sorry butts, but they can't be bothered with the Goddess of Nature who actually made the world they live on.

It's complicated.

She's also super jealous at all times of a specific angel's relationship with Palutena, but that seems less relevant.

Anyway please manipulate her envy as much as you wish although the main target of her envy isn't actually here (Palutena).

[gardenerofavalon]

If we're being perfectly honest Merlin probably has some envy in him, but what's probably more interesting is the fact that, like any other genuine feeling he has, it probably tends to be somewhat... faint or muted, compared to a normal human. So if you want something to really reinforce the fact that he isn't quite human (if Parsee hasn't already figured that out, that is) that's certainly an option!

Alternatively, there's always the fun of just getting caught up in the middle of Merlin taking advantage of the fact that he can actually use his powers again.

[pinwheels]

Honestly, once Rinoa realizes what's going on, she might ask Parsee to show her how her powers work... At the very least, she would be able to sense the jealousy Rinoa has towards those who have loved ones here!

[forwearemany]

You know, I'm absolutely cool with Parsee sensing and manipulating envy from Legion ... except they're really not feeling much jealousy right now. They're too exhausted: their main response to seeing other synths having better lives, for instance, is just to be thankful that there are places in the multiverse where not everything is terrible.

Like, the potential is there? But it hasn't been realized.

Do with that what you will.

Melinoë 👻 Greek Mythology 👻

[obscurus_phantasma]

OHAITHAR, did someone say nightmares? And death? Because Melinoë is the Goddess of both (okay, so she's the Goddess of ghosts, not death, but they kind of go hand-in-hand?).

Do you want her to influence your character in any way? Please do comment here, PM me, or poke me on Discord @ A Broken Zebra#0054. I have explained her abilities in detail via her application: they consist of necromancy, empathetic link, emotional shape-shifting, and madness manipulation.

Cole permissions for the event

[theforgottenboy]

I've put together an event-specific permissions post for the event! If you want to opt in to Cole's mind reading and empathy (and/or details on playing with his invisibility & forgetfulness effect), let me know over there.

Merlin event discussion!

[gardenerofavalon]

SO who wants to play with the (half) incubus in his home turf? :D He promises he'll take it easy on you~

More seriously though, a summary of Merlin's abilities can be found in his app, but the short version is that he's a powerful mage with particular affinity for both illusions and plants, and his incubus heritage grants him the ability to feed on emotions and influence/control dreams. He WILL be taking full advantage of these abilities upon finding himself able to... but because it's Merlin, this is just as likely to mean creating elaborate arcadian dreamscapes as it is to mean causing trouble. Similarly, he'll absolutely be feeding on what emotions they can... but not necessarily targeting/drawing from any one person in particular, if at all.

All of which means a few things:

1. If you do want to do something specific taking advantage of Merlin's powers, let me know!
2. If you want/need a character to tell your character that this IS a dream, that can be either arranged or handwaved, just let me know.
3. If you want to assume Merlin's influence is present in a thread (temporary changes to the dreamscape, feeling strangely drained from having emotions fed on, etc) you can feel free to handwave/include it in your own threads if you want. I'd appreciate a heads up/link, but generally speaking you don't need to ask first.

[pinwheels]

We never got around to the memory thing, but perhaps this is even better?! It might be fun for them to show off their powers to each other.