004 - Lucid Dreaming

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Lucid Dreaming Event Info Pt.1 ▲ Event Info Pt.2 ▼ Comments Please see the two info posts linked above for details on the nature of the event, the nightmares within, and the setting it takes place in. You may ask any unanswered questions in either post. If your character dies at any point during the dream event, please leave a comment in the death report thread to notify the mods.

As a final reminder, all characters will fall asleep for the full duration of this event whether you decide to take part or not. You may continue tagging threads that take place before the event, but everyone will fall asleep simultaneously.

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Falling Asleep, Waking Up
The shift happens without warning, much like the first time people appeared in the world. Perhaps you remember what you were doing in the last moments before a strange feeling of exhaustion overwhelmed you - or perhaps you remember nothing at all. Whatever it may be, you've appeared somewhere new. A seemingly ordinary train station, if not for the bizarre walls of flesh blocking the only exits. The only path forward is down into the pulsating depths, a humid breeze pushing at your back.

There may be others here with you, or you may be alone. Could there be more people trapped in this strange place? You won't find them just by standing around.

Nightmares
The screeching of a distant train will echo through the tunnels on occasion, shadows flicking through the translucent flesh of the walls. Sometimes, however, instead of fading away the noise will only grow louder, closer, until it sounds like the train should be upon you. It never appears, but something else always will.

The train is a siren call for nightmares, and you're unfortunate enough to be their victim. The shadows turn alive, twisting and growing as they rise up from the ground and begin to transform. What form they take varies, but the shadows of the mind know the true fears of those who walk among them. Are you prepared to face the darkness?

Volcanic Panic

The shadows congeal at the edges of the floor, and soon after a hot orange glow begins to fill the room - molten lava is pooling in from the other end of the tunnel. It rolls slowly forward, devouring everything it touches with an unquenchable searing hunger, leaving behind only the charred bones of its victims... although, strangely, the tunnels themselves appear to be completely unharmed.

Outrunning the flow of lava shouldn't be a problem, but there seems to be no end to it. How long can you run from something that never stops? Or worse, what happens if you find yourself surrounded? You'll need to find a way to higher ground before that happens.

A Radiant Plague

The shadows rise up into familiar shapes, and at first glance it'd be easy to mistake them for people. They may even share the faces and voices of people you know, stumbling towards you with wide, open arms... and empty, glowing eyes filled with an orange light. Something smells sickly sweet, and it's only once they're close enough to grab you that they begin to attack.

These are not your friends, and they'll do whatever it takes to make you one of them instead. Unfortunately, it's not an experience you'll be able to survive. Your only hope is to fight back before the plague can take hold, lest you become another mindless husk that knows only to further spread the infection.

Trust No One, Not Even Yourself

The shadows stretch and fill the air, choking everything in a thick blanket of darkness... before dispersing just as quickly as they'd appeared. A few moments pass and nothing else seems to be happening. You must've gotten lucky this time!

... Or did you?

Surely it can't be that simple. Nothing else here has been, so something must have happened just now. It's only you and the person you're currently traveling with... but are you sure that's really them right now? How do you know they haven't been possessed by another nightmare, waiting until you let your guard down to stab you in the back? Should you interrogate them to be sure, or start with restraining them and ask questions later? Wouldn't it be better to just kill them before things get out of hand? The sooner you strike, the safer you'll be when their true form emerges.

Yes, that must be the real explanation. It has to be them that's been possessed by a nightmare. What else could it be?

Joker’s Wild

There’s no limit to what form the shadows can take. The world may have its own perception of fear, but your nightmares are something only you could understand. What darkness lurks in the depths of your heart?

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Comments

the personal one~

[pinwheels]

[ Rinoa has had her own horrifying experience with the strange, yellow-eyed creatures already. She's not even entirely sure how she made it out alive, and she has the powers of a Sorceress. And so when she sees the familiar shock of Ren's black hair against the gloom of the tunnels, a jolt of panic pulses through her. From where she is, she can't see his mask - only that he seems to be wearing an entirely new outfit - and with no knowledge of the powers he possesses, she's afraid for him. ]

Ren! Look out!

[ Her voice is sharp above him, but drowned out by the rushing sound of flames as a creature emerges from nothing, and Rinoa flutters in the air for a moment, uncertain.

A Guardian Force?

When the shadow creature disappears, destroyed so easily under the power of Ren's firearm, she shoots down to the ground, Angelo and Felix in quick pursuit, a flurry of feathers around all three as she lands. Only then does she see the white mask over his eyes, and she shakes her head with a small laugh as she strides up to meet him. ]

I guess there are things we didn't tell each other, huh?

[ The strange creature emerges from the shadows once more, and Rinoa's eyes narrow, her right hand promptly filling with fire as she glances across at Ren. ]

If we're together, we can win this.

[forethinking]

(It used to be a rare occurrence, to hear his own name whilst being in attire. Used to be, because now that he is not only in the company of his codenamed team, of course Joker would not be the first name to spill from other's lips.

He barely hears her, a surprised jerk and grip on the handle of his gun until he realized it's a friendly face accompanied by familiar companions. Surely they've missed out the Memo on each other, because she never told him she could freaking fly... Or summon fire...

But that's a conversation for later. Joker nods, eyes fixated on the figure as it once more takes the shape and form of Masayoshi Shido. This time, he's got no intentions of letting it talk.)

[pinwheels]

[ Rinoa nods back at him, a small smile on her lips. There was a part of her that wondered if she'd be alone in the fight against the creatures in this place, but there's something of relief in the way that so many of her new friends seem to have their own powers too. She fights better when she's working with other people.

The blast of fire is immediately leveled at the creature, followed by the weaving of magic around Ren as she takes back to the air (she doesn't like the way it looks at him): a swirling energetic shield appears before him briefly, followed by the pink petals of a lotus that close into a bubble that encloses him before disappearing. She hovers close to him, a few feet off the ground. ]

You defeated it by yourself before. Did you discover any weaknesses?