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{ dream notes #02.5 - october event details }
DREAM NOTES #02.5: OCTOBER EVENT DETAILS
All right, here are the event details! There's quite a bit, so take your time reading through. This doubles as a plotting post and you can include general plans as well as Dream Board things along with event plans.
✵ EVENT TIMELINE ✵
Just a brief recap of what was listed in the Calendar. The first part of the event will go up October 8th and the second part will go up a week later, October 15th. These are OOC dates. The log will be forward dated so that ICly the event will occur during the last week of the month.
The event cannot be opted out—all characters will be pulled into it. However if players are not interested they can just handwave whatever their character is doing to do their own things. Everyone will be out of the dreamscape at the end of October 31st, and newcomers will start popping in during that first week of November. Any consequences from the event will be made official later in November.
✵ DREAMSHIFTS & DREAMSCAPES: HOW DO THEY WORK RECAP ✵
Because this is the first time anyone will have experienced a dreamshift, no one will know how they all got pulled into the massive dreamscape that just appears. Fortunately, although the tapirs are also clueless, they will give the characters some advice on how to traverse through it. They must either fulfill some kind of condition or just see the dreamscape to its timed ending, meaning the dreamscape will eventually close on its own and spit everyone out.
However, the tapirs will warn, the nature of the dreamscape is unusual as the "natives" inside it will notice if something feels "off" or "strange" happening in their little world. It will be in their best interest to pretend and blend in while there. At least they have all their dreamwalking abilities—whatever those may be. Just try not to turn the dreamscape into a nightmare or who knows what could happen!
After that, the tapirs will disappear because they can't really do much else and the characters will be left to their own devices. The journals won't be available but the crystals will be and is their primary means of "network" communication should it be needed.
✵ DREAMSCAPE SETTING ✵
It's a mashup of Halloween Town from Nightmare Before Christmas and the Underworld from Corpse Bride. So, yes, a very Tim Burton-y vibe. While the dreamscape is technically vast, there are three specific locations that everyone will be able to go to:
- Town Square. The main town that is bustling and looking quite alive despite its rather monstrous and undead citizens. The architecture style if a mix of ye olde Victorian England and steampunk—with bones and spiders and a lot of sharp things, of course. There is a giant cauldron in the center that acts as a fountain, and while touching it won't harm anyone, drinking it might cause a few green, gassy, flammable hiccups and fire breath. Goes away after half an hour.
- Graveyard. A large graveyard that serves less as a burial for the final resting place and more for an undead neighborhood. While some are silent due to their residents out partying elsewhere, some are throwing their own shindig in celebration of the wedding going on at the nearby chapel.
- Haunted Forests. A forest made of dead, rotted trees surround the town. The immediate perimeter is decorated with lanterns and streamers, but there are plenty of warning signs and even barbed fencing to prevent anyone from exploring further...and to prevent the forest inhabitants from coming out. For the first half of the event this area will be sealed off by strong magic, but it will be open during the second half where we'll have more complete details as to what can be found...
The people are an assortment of ghastly ghouls, ghosts, skeletons, and pretty much any creepy "horror" type person imaginable. However, while some are truly gruesome in appearance, most have a sort of "comical" or "cartoonish" look to them. Again, more of a Tim Burton kind of style. A sense of "it's so over the top it looks more silly than realistic." And while they will certainly try to spook each other and vie to be the "scariest," most of the denizens are quite friendly, especially as Halloween season is underway. While their definition of "fun" might be different than the usual norms, they are a simpleminded group and most will be enjoying their undead life.
Of course, not everyone is so "happy" or "goodnatured." There are plenty who are downright malicious, especially when the title of the scariest monster is on the line. Even if most are undead and can't really "die," taking out the competition can still be done in other ways. While the locals won't be unharmed, the dreamwalkers CAN be injured by the more dangerous traps and "pranks," so be wary.
✵ HALLOWEEN COSTUMES ✵
Immediately upon entering the dreamscape, everyone will find themselves in some sort of Halloween themed costume. The only restriction is that it must be some kind of monster or undead theme to fit in with the setting. Ghosts, vampires, demons, zombies, werewolves, Lovecraftian Eldritch horror, etc. Everyone must be able to blend in with the local populace somehow. However, some might find themselves not in just plain costumes, but actually transformed into their disguise. Instead of fake horns and teeth, they are very much real.
Good news, the disguise is only that—a disguise. No one will have sudden personality or any kind of behavioral changes regardless of what they wear or turn into. Suddenly a vampire? No worries, there won't be any desire to suddenly suck the blood out of your friend. Similar to the undead, no craving for brains or other organs. However, it is possible for someone to feel very light urges or have thoughts about these kinds of behavioral traits, but they would be mild at best. This only happens if they eat cursed candy which are easily mixed into the other candy being handed out. So it's quite easy for someone to eat the candy and get a little taste of what they're pretending to be.
One final bonus of the costume is gaining costume themed abilities. Players can have fun with this, but for the most part the abilities are on the sillier side instead of destructive. Some obvious examples are vampires capable of turning into bats or suddenly losing their reflection, weakness to sunlight and so on. Zombies and other undead types capable of losing a limb and reattach it with ease, burrow underground. Weremonsters have the ability to transform into a bipedal form or full animal. Witches and warlocks have additional hexes and curses at their disposal. While some of these can be cool, they can also have some...odd side effects. That bat or werewolf form? Awww look at the adorable little baby bat or puppy. Those curses? Maybe turn their target into a rainbow frog with bubbles bursting from the wand. The skies are the limit and this part is supposed to be more for fun, so have fun with it!
✵ PART I: HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL ✵
The first part of the event will be light, fun Halloween stuff. But there are some suspicious things happening, and we have bonus prompts that are relevant to how the dreamscape will shape things after things end. Those who take on the bonus prompts will be encouraged to submit their threads to a designated form by the end of the event so that we can see how things go. They do not need to be completed but some progress would be good.
Now, onto the prompts! This is just a brief summary and the log will have more fleshed out write-ups, but should be enough to start plotting things. The Halloween Festival portion is set in the town while the Grave Wedding is at the graveyard.
HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL:
- Costume Party. What festival is without a costume party? Mostly for characters to have costume shenanigans and perfect opportunity for those cursed candies to take effect. There is a bonus prompt to gather some special threads which can be carried over and count for the Madame Blackbird quest.
- Beware the Food. The food is cursed. That is all. Okay, more specifically there are four different effects that will occur once eaten: 1) suffer severe food poisoning; 2) become an undead zombie; 3) turn into a ghastly toad; 4) have a Wicked Witch experience and turn into a puddle of goop to then become a slime monster. Except for the first one, no real harm or pain is experienced during transformations. There is also a bonus prompt to create a remedy for the various effects, but getting the ingredients may be hindered by some kids.
- Jack-o-Lanterns. A must have for any Halloween event, and there are a few activities related to them: pumpkin carving, pumpkin chunkin, and cursed flaming pumpkins. One special activity is decorating pumpkins for newly arrived skeletons to wear.
- Trick-or-Treat. Pranks are encouraged and the bigger the better. The children will also be wanting their candy, but if someone doesn't give it to them, they will unleash terrible curses that only a child would think of.
- Candy Corn Golems. Interesting creatures that range from knee high to ten feet tall. The small ones are more of a nuisance, but the giant ones are capable of imprisoning people in sticky goop. Funny thing about these things is only the characters will be able to fight against them, which will cause suspicion from the locals. So bonus prompt will involve finding the source of these creatures to cast off suspicion.
GRAVE WEDDING:
- Haunted Wedding. At the old church, a wedding is being held! What a wonderful occasion—except for strange red-eyed goblins that keep trying to wreck it. Help stop the party crashes and bonus, find where they're coming from to try and seal it off.
- Grave Situation. The graves are essentially the undead's homes, but someone has gone around and pulled a massive prank by moving the tombstones and coffins around, so some help in fixing them will be needed. Just beware, some are boobytrapped. Bonus prompt features some of the resident undead behaving more hostile and aggressive, outright attacking with (un)deadly force. They need to be restrained and it would be bad news if anyone is severely harmed or worse—destroyed. Careful examination will reveal a strange slip of paper with what looks like a hex symbol on their heads, and if removed they will pass out but return to normal.
- Nightmare Graves. When traversing through the graveyard, beware of what's on the tombstones. The writing will mysteriously change to words that will provoke those who read it and send them immediately to a nightmare. It could be something completely random or it could be personal, the severity depending on the player. These nightmares could be passive, in which the dream will be reflected on the tombstone, or they could be interactive and others could dreamwalk into them. In either case, the dreamer's body will be lying in repose in front of the tombstone, which will say something along the lines of "Do not disturb" and have the cryptic words related to the nightmare. As a reminder, when someone dreamwalks into another dream, their entire body converts into dream energy and disappears. Bonus it is possible for someone to start turning into a noctaere the longer they are in the nightmare.
✵ PART II: NIGHT FRIGHT ✵
For the second portion of the event, things are going to take a dramatic turn and what happens here will really determine how things will fare after the dreamscape ends. Will everything come out unscathed? Or will the dreamscape collapse into a nightmare? Thread submissions will be vital!
We can't give away the full details of what happens, but here is a basic outline of what to expect:
- Rescue Residents. There will be residents in trouble so they will need help.
- Nightmare Manifestations. For those who had nightmares in Part I or have yet to experience their nightmares, these can become tangible and cause chaos. They will need to be contained and destroyed or they will morph into noctaere and cause extreme damage to the dreamscape.
- Suspicious Wraiths. There are wraiths and they are very suspicious. A bonus prompt will hint more at their suspiciousness.
- Mystery Location. A certain location can be explored and may hold hints as to what the hell is going on. For this prompt, we ask players to sign-up to receive particular hints and clues that they will find. If possible, pair up with one another!
If it's not obvious, something very weird is happening in Part II and while Part I has some clues, these won't become obvious until Part II hits. For those who sign up for the "Mystery Location," we will deliver them when the log goes up.
✵ PLOTTING ✵
You are free to use this post for event and general plotting for the month! Just use the form and comment directly to the entry:
✵ END NOTES ✵
IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR CONGRATULATIONS I'll be on the floor. If you have any questions regarding anything to this post, comment to the Questions subthread.
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So in general, I'm going to focus on the event and won't have any open logs, but I'm happy to plot with anyone outside of the event and tag other posts! I'll also toplevel with all three of my boys. I am contemplating the nightmare portion because oh boy. If I do I'd only do it during part I and skip part II. Of course that's just for my toplevels—I'll be game to tag in for pretty much everything.
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Character: Eustace
Costume: I gotta have it, gotta have Eustace's Halloween Vampire outfit :3 He'll just be like "...Yeah okay" LMAO since he's had to wear it a few times for Halloween missions before.
Plotting: It'll be a mixed bag of combat and digging into the more interesting side of the prompts:
Eustace is one I'm heavily considering for nightmares, but if I do it might beon the lighthearted/whimsical/sillier side (A WORLD WITHOUT DOGS) or something. Though temptation to do something really tragic is strong hm hm I will ponder. In terms of costume effects, probably just basic standard though I have considered that he would actually be "attracted" towards werewolves LMFAO which is funny considering the two are usually pit against each others. And by "attracted" more impulsive behavior to pet lol. Can't stop his love for doggos. I have also made plans for him to help on a Mystery Location hint! I don't want to take another slot, but if anyone is interested in helping even just partially I'll be game since he'll really be interested in looking into what the hell happened.
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Character: Rokurou
Costume: Thinking going full oni samurai, and his, uh, daemon self is going to look a little crazy with the horns. He'll have more traditional ancient samurai armor instead of his usual outfit!
Plotting: Anything combat.
I wasn't lying on the anything combat—though the food one would be amusing lmao. Like the others I'll be happy to tag out for others!
Extra: As fun as it would be to have some malevolence energy fun, Rokurou will have that clamped down. Buuuut if someone would like to experience a dose of it, having him in someone's nightmare might be the best bet. It wouldn't be a strong amount, but it could influence things a little. Just let me know so we can work something out.
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Character: Alvin
Costume: So in FT he was the Frog Prince and I feel like I should continue the tradition and just have him in some kind of frog based costume, lmfao. He'll hate it, so much. Maybe an undead prince thing to make him think "all right I'm normal!" AND THEN HE TURNS INTO A FROG and starts cursing people. ...I started jokingly but the more I write, the more I actually like this idea.
Plotting: While my other two are getting into more combat situations, Alvin will be
sufferinghaving more of the fun stuff!Debating on the Graveyard prompts as well as wraiths and Mystery Location, but I'd rather tag along with someone for the hints! And like the others, I'll happily tag into other settings~ Also Alvin would definitely be keen on that clothing quest in general lol.
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Also I feel like Alastor and Rokurou might have some fun dealing with nightmares.
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But yessss nightmare fun. ...Like literally it would be fun for them LMFAO. They enter some horror thing and it's like "cool" LOL.
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