tabularasa_rp | 004 - Lucid Dreaming

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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Or not yet. (Maybe he just needs the good ol' rebellion to kick. Who even knows what is possible here or what isn't? They can't exactly test it when they've already awakened the powers themselves.

For the record, Ren would try to help Damien even if he hadn't had issues with his leg or even if he came bearing a machine gun. Doesn't matter. At the warning, Ren doesn't need to be maskless to show his confusion, head tilting and eyes narrowing. Either way, he complies.)

True. If your life hasn't yet been threatened directly...

[He brings a thoughtful hand to his lips, undeterred by the clawed gauntlets or the cool metal. His eyes flick to Damien's phone, and oh, now that is interesting.

He steps back as requested, eyes sharpening behind the red-tinted visor. The parallel between Damien and their own hacker, Futaba, isn't something he's about to underestimate.]

Go ahead. [As if Damien needs his permission.]

I'm sure we'll find out, one way or another, before this is all over.

[he's absolutely going to secretly hold out hope for having some kind of power, though]

[he's going to use what power he does have now, now that everyone's clear of the walls, thumbing at his phone just once, pointedly, like the man hitting the button on a detonator. the end result is the same, too, a swollen part of the wall, full of blood, not unlike a blood blister, explodes in a rain of blood and force. it doesn't do any damage to the wall, fortunately or unfortunately, but it's still impressive, like blowing a junction box, and he smiles, expression matching that darkness behind his eyes almost in spite of himself]

I'm back.

[and god, that's good]

(For a second, Joker wants to tell him about how part of the process is actually having a mask melded to your very skin, that in instinct and overwhelming despair, you rip off. That it's agonizing pain before it heals, as one would expect of having their skin violently peeled all at once.

Eh. If Damien's meant for it, he'll be ready for it. Until then, Joker's attentive eyes rest upon the spot Damien is staring at... And suddenly, blood rains and he can only protect his eyes from the blast.

There are little specks of blood here and there on his outfit and face, but alas. It's not like his Phantom Thief outfit ever needs to be washed.)

Impressive, (He compliments, even if he's wiping some of the blood on his cheek.)

004 - Lucid Dreaming

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i got a lil graphic, so... i guess cw gore???