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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Comments

[krasnaya_smert]

Wrong journal, but yesssss. And then when someone dies be all "See?? Not THIS is dead!!" xD

[gardenerofavalon]

I mean, for as much as it counts as "dead" in a dream, hahaha.

[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?

[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).

[bridge_princess]

I like to think her sensation of Envy isn't quite so 'specific' as to put names and places to it just sensing it. However, the nice thing about dreamland is that we can likely use that to our advantage here.

This is definitely doable, and we absolutely need to have them meet finally.

[bridge_princess]

I'm pretty sure we can give her a target for all that seething jealousy. Poor Viridi.

[obscurus_phantasma]

\o/

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.

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?

Re: QUESTIONS

[tabularasa_mods]

Yep, that's perfectly fine!

[tabularasa_mods]

1. She can create it, but the door won't open. The intent is to prevent characters from simply leaving the nightmare world and holing up in a safe area until the event ends, so any ability that would create a pocket dimension or otherwise remove a character from the setting will fail.

2. Yes, she can create plant minions if she's able to find plants to use for them.

[forceofnature]

Thank you!

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.

[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!

[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.

[gardenerofavalon]

Yeah, that's my bad! Though if you still want to do something backtagged we possibly can, but seeing powers on display is certainly an option, too!

Because Merlin is totally going to fill a dreamscape with flowers. :D

[pinwheels]

All good, it was a hell of a month for me also. ♥ I'd be ok to backtag if you wish, but I'm also good with her discovering a dreamscape of flowers. It would be enough to inspire her to kick into her own magic, because flower fields make her want to look for Squall.

[bridge_princess]

Yeah. With how muted his personality is, she'd likely find him difficult to actually manipulate. I think we'll get some good traction on options in this avenue that are unexpected. I kind of want to see what we have for exploring when the event goes live in a couple days.

[bridge_princess]

Man, Rinoa, you just like sticking your hand into the rattlesnake pit don't you? *laughs* We can definitely do something with this to some extent. Her curiosity would probably floor Parsee a little, mostly beause she'd try to warn her away I think.

[gardenerofavalon]

Flower fields, complete with an obnoxious troublemaking wizard who may or may not mess with her just because he can, what could possibly go wrong? :D

But yes, whichever works best!

[gardenerofavalon]

He does occasionally have genuine emotional outbursts, but those are pretty rare. Aside from that though, there's the whole fact that he can manipulate dreams and such, which you can bet he'll be taking full advantage of. Including just.... messing around with other people more or less at random, whoops?

[pinwheels]

She's a strange one, that's for sure. XD

But yes, I'd love to give something a try. Even if Parsee manages to warn her off, it would be an interesting exchange.

[pinwheels]

omg. Him messing with her might actually be really interesting....... I might poke you about this so we can discuss in more detail!