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

[forceofnature]

Ughhhhh. Not that I would give you the benefit of the doubt, but if I did, I retract it. Money, money, money. It's not even real! It's just a fake concept you all invented and worship.

[Once Kaiba's thoroughly inspected the compartment, the roots blossom into thick vines that snake their way up and all around the Ferris wheel, binding any loose-swinging capsules back into place.]

I'm guessing that is a duel monster?

[The dragon gets a vague wave. Viridi senses no life force from this thing - 0r any of the human manifestations in this dream. She'd be a lot more interested otherwise.]

Also who names an amusement park after themselves, yeesh.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[To that assessment he shrugged, not really arguing with it. Essentially money was only worth as much as people ascribed to it, however that game was one of his fortes. It had been a manipulation of buying up stocks that got him in the position he held today, so sure.. currency was another game, but one he was winning]

Worship is a strong word- but it does make the world go round.

[After assessing the damage to this one section, the concern does drift to the others.. which he begrudgingly has to accept that she's taken care of]

Yes- it is. That the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon the most powerful creature in all of duel monsters.

[Somehow managing to boast while making his way over to the base of the ride. There could still be people trapped on there requiring evacuation- where the hell was the rest of his staff? Although he knows something is wrong here, terribly wrong, can he really risk not sitting idly by?]

It's named after the company... [Which is named after his surname... therefore.. it's all named after him now. Splitting hairs here] Look... [Hating to ask this] There are at least 3 other rides in this sector, would you be able to secure them? [This really couldn't be happening, not with all the vines and foliage moving rapidly at someone's command, but he'd sort that out later. Spotting some motion in one of the capsules he didn't wait for a response. He started scaling the ferris wheel, using the vines as additional handholds, as he pulled himself up.]

[forceofnature]

What, don't tell me to do something I was already doing! That's so annoying! What am I, your personal gardener?

[Kaiba has wisely already started to climb up the Ferris wheel, leaving Viridi shouting impotently.]

My vast control over all nature does not exist to suit the needs of a mortal!

If I secure the rides, it's only because I was already doing so out of the goodness of my heart and not because you told me to!

Are you listening?!

I want this sector renamed Viridi Zone!

[She doesn't move from her spot, but there are some perks to being a goddess. The out-of-control spinning teacups grind to a halt as thick tendrils ensnare their machinery, the death drop that is about to actually become a death drop lands lightly on a giant mushroom cap, and the rusting roller coaster tracks are propped up by a copse of quaking aspens.]