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{ when it snows }

WHEN IT SNOWS

All items on this post will last/be available for the entire month! So timey wimey shenanigans are allowed.

More details on everything can be found here. We will request any thread submissions for certain prompts during A.

I. REVEREIN

II. DREAMS

COMMENTS

I. REVEREIN THAWED

After freeing the Ice Queen from the glass shard from her chest and clearing the dreamscape, the blizzard that affected not only Reverein but the Wildlands and beyond finally dissipates and soon everything returns to…mostly normal.

A. Glitter Snow. While the freezing sleet and ice of the blizzard is no more and a more gentle winter has entered Reverein, the fresh new snow that falls is not one one might want to stick their tongue out to try and catch a snowflake. Unless one likes the taste of glitter.

🎉 Good luck getting it out. Perhaps this wouldn't be so bad if the glitter melted like snow, but it does not. It sticks to everything everywhere and while some might like a splash of colors, others may not.
🔮 Dreamglobes. Some fae are passing out empty spherical glasses, suggesting those who are interested to collect some of the glitter snow into them and then set the snowglobe next to their bed before sleeping. Whatever dream they have will be captured into the glass and upon waking will create a physical representation of the dream to create a little special "dreamglobe." Hope it's a good one!
✨ Glitter Collector. There are a number of people and shops that actually want the free glitter and ask for anyone to collect as much as possible. Works well for those trying to clean up and not sure what to do with it. What kind of products will end up coming from them well.

B. Mari Lwyd and Family. Mari Lwyd has finally returned to Reverein, and she's bringing along some family she's found. However, they can be a bit of a handful. Some are friendlier than others while others are going to make full use of this glitter snow with pranks and mischief. But they all just intend to have a good time, something that everyone may be in need of after that blizzard.

💃 Little Pranksters. The young Lwydlings cannot sing or speak, but they love to dance around and make all manner of noise—they also bite if you're being a big fat party pooper in their presence, and are a lot more likely to pull a few harmless pranks than their dear older cousin Mari Lwyd is. Very quick, they have the same vanish-and-leave-you-with-bad-luck if harm is attempted on them. Have a dance off with them, or aid them in pranking those who are being big fat grumps/meanie-butts.
🔥 Bonfire. One of the merry friends looks like a very tall pile of long hair and arms, but with them they seem to be carrying a basket and filling it with sticks and other kindling. This is for giant bonfires! Help gather wood and kindling to make a great bonfire to welcome some warmth in this winter, and aid any lost to not wander in this cold.
🥜 Nurturing Gifts. There appears to be another skull-faced being wandering around with their own 'little one' in tow—and despite the horned and frightening appearance of the larger fur and hyde clad figure there are small gifts to be shared. An act of kindness rewards one with a bundle of magic beans that if nurtured and cared for will bear a great gift come spring. Great.

C. Hot Springs. The dragons are holding an open invitation to anyone who wishes to use their hot springs to warm up after that frigid blizzard. The dragons in particular will be practically living there, so hopefully others can squeeze in a spot. Rooms will be available for anyone who wishes to stay the night, and all amenities will be available: food, recreational games, etc. Just beware of the monkeys that have descended down from the mountain seeking warmth as well. They are prone to stealing things, particularly clothing—and wearing them.

D. Dream Board. This is the perfect time to do many of the Dream Board prompts, and while the full details are on the notes, here is the quick list of what they are:

Dream Board List:

⛄ Snowball Tonics: Transform into massive, different colored snowballs.
🔔 Bell Choir: Grab a bell and play for a concert!
🧣 Never-Ending Scarf: Help untangle the beautifully, extremely long crocheted scarf, dodge cats, and get the whole thing together in one place.
🍻 Keg Brawl: A game where one must carrying a keg of ale from one end of a field of ice to the other while avoiding the other team trying to stop you.
🐶 The Inugami. Help a pair of spirit dogs find each other.
🌠 Falling Stars. Make wishes upon the falling stars before they cause too much damage!

II. SHATTERED DREAMS

Although the Dreamwalkers were successful in removing the strange glass shard in the Ice Queen's chest and ended the nightmare dreamscape that caused the blizzard, the Ice Queen still has yet to awaken. Jack Frost has taken her to Orkili to try and purify her with the pods, yet it only caused an adverse reaction, prompting the Orkilins and Jack Frost to ask for help from the Dreamwalkers once more. Isolated in a separate room where neither dreamotion nor nightmare energy can enter, those who are willing to investigate the Ice Queen's dream will be able to freely dreamwalk, with the warning that she seems sensitive to positive dreamotion so everyone should take caution when using it.

In the meantime, there are some other happenings going around in Orkili, including investigation into some nightmare crystals.

A. Piecing it Together. Those who enter the Ice Queen's dream will find themselves free floating in a dark void with large reflective glass-like shards with blurred, fogged scenes reflecting on their surface. They float aimlessly through the space, and a closer inspection will reveal that these shards can fit together and likely form a larger image. The goal is to now try and put the pieces together, though it's not as easy as it might seem.

🪞 Nightmare manipulation. For whatever reason, those who either have high nightmare resistance or can control nightmare energy will be able to move and be around the shards with very little effect to them.

💥 Too much of a good thing. Because the shards are dark and clearly exude nightmare energy, there will be those who will try to use positive types of dreamotion to purify the shards. Some dreamotion will be safe to use and will help clear up the image on the surface. However, too much focus will have a negative feedback where the dreamers are pushed back with a freezing gale and the shard they are focusing on will crack and break into smaller pieces. Nightmare energy can help mend the cracks, so it's better to try and use both at the same time.

💔 Blurred visions. As the surface of the shards clear up, various scenes of different themes can be seen, both good and bad. Love, heartbreak, hatred, anger, joy, jealousy, loneliness, fulfillment, family, abandonment. Those who experienced the ice mirrors in the previous dreamscape will feel a strong familiarity with these larger shards, except these are clearly towards the Ice Queen herself.

This is where we want players to come up with any scene that the Ice Queen may have experienced that could be reflected on the shard! We'll request submissions and piece together a story based on player input. Don't worry about any contradictions, we'll work it all in one way or another. The only constant is that Jack Frost and the Ice Queen do have a close, romantic relationship, which is why Jack is very worried about her.

B. Unwanted Intruder. While in the dream, a grotesque looking noctaere will appear and try to attack and consume the shards. Should it succeed, the Ice Queen will receive physical damage that everyone will be able to hear and feel inside the dream. The void will contort and turn more like sludge. Attempts to use dreamotion will only worsen it, but those who can control or absorb nightmare energy will take it away from the Ice Queen. How it affects them however, will vary between dizziness to momentary lapse in judgment and may need to leave the dreamscape.

Those monitoring outside the dream will witness the Ice Queen scream and her skin blackening as if charred by fire. Same thing applies here: those who try to use dreamotion to heal her will only worsen it, but those who use nightmare energy to either draw it out into some other container or absorb it themselves will be able to pull it out of the Ice Queen. Those who absorb the nightmare energy will have similar varying effects, from just light dizziness to becoming more irritable and hostile. Attempts to try and directly pull out the nightmare energy otherwise will be unsuccessful—it will only work when the noctaere has consumed a shard and caused the physical side effects.

No one will turn noctaere through this method because not enough nightmare energy will have accumulated.

As for the noctaere, it will sometimes appear outside the dream, and those who encounter it or deliberately try to hunt it down either within or outside the dream will find both dreamotion and nightmare based attacks effective against it. However, it's a very tough and difficult foe, so while it can be damaged, it cannot be defeated at this time. Those who investigated the claw marks from a few months ago will notice it leaves behind the same claw marks. Those who witnessed it will also find it familiar and can safely say it's the same.

I. REVEREIN

II. DREAMS

COMMENTS

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[GOOD THING HE ASKED so he just thinks for a moment before looking at her.]

And that case stick with me... And focus your dreamotion on me instead. I'll be using a lot of nightmare energy, and I could use someone to help ensure I don't overdo it by keeping me in check.

(That sounds like a great plan. At least she can be very useful when one blast of dreamotion energy on the shards can lead to some unfortunate effects if she is not careful not.)

Oh sure thing. I can do that. Alright, here goes nothing.

(So she immediately channels her dreamotion energy onto Eustace as instructed. Isabela never tried channeling it onto a person before but, since she hasn’t known how to utilize nightmare energy just yet, she sees as a great way to fix the shards in no time.)

[Fortunately it isn't too complicated of a matter, and Eustace will definitely appreciate the help as he feels Isabela's dreamotion pushing in. With that, he focuses on his own nightmare energy, something like dark blue ice forming around the edges as he pushes the piece he has closer. Slowly he works through it and bit by bit the two pieces look as if they are being glued together.]

(Isabela is handling the dreamotion portion of the teamwork efforts (sending them to Eustace) while trying to make sure that she wouldn’t overdo to the point that the shard fixing will result in chaos and they have to restart from scratch. She also watches in sheer amazement as Eustace uses nightmare energy to get the two pieces to stick together.

If ever there is another thing she can do at this time, she will absolutely do it in a heartbeat.)

[For now, Eustace will keep it to this since this is the first time they've worked together like this—feeling out compatibility and all that. But so far so good, and after one last push, the two pieces are now "glued" back.

But as he releases the connection he had through the nightmare energy, he winces and staggers a step back, hand going to his head as he feels that now familiar throb that occurs when he does this.]

(Isabela may not seem to notice the head throb sensation Eustace is feeling at the moment as she is still paying attention to the shards though she might have thought that it might be a mild headache. Then again, she didn’t ran into any those terrifying mirrors in the last dreamshift so she couldn’t tell if she was also affected by it too. She soon begins to wonder if there are more shard pieces they have to put back together again.)

Okay then. That’s two pieces down, now let’s see if we can find more shard pieces to stitch back into.

[After a moment he shakes it off and glances at her.]

How are you feeling first?

Well, I don’t seem to feel anything weird with my head so far. Maybe it’s either I must have strayed away from the cursed mirrors in the Queen’s cave last month or I was just too focused on the quest that I almost forgot that they exist.

So long as you're still feeling fine, that's all that matters.

[More importantly, she's not affected by any of his own use of nightmare energy, so that's good. He's been doing his best to make sure it all goes in one direction and not back at her.]

Let's continue the next... I think this piece will complete this set and we may be able to get some kind of image reflected on it.

Good idea. I think that I must have seen a shard hidden somewhere in here, I’ll try to retrieve it quickly before the noctaere shows up to snatch it. That way we can see what was in the mind of the Snow Queen before she got cursed.

(Isabela goes off to look for the next shard piece, having to keep an eye out for any noctaere that could pop up and attempt to eat it before she can get. She has heard of some heads up on the creature from the locals who have witnessed so she has to be very vigilant on her search. Thankfully she is able to locate its location among shiny ice rocks and promptly uses wind magic to dislodge them to get it.

Terrific, now they’ll try to get this shard set fixed in no time. She takes another look to find the elusive noctaere out of precaution before returning back to Eustace so the two of them can fix it. So far, it hasn’t made its presence known just yet which Isabela can run back and put the shard piece back with the others.)

Okay! I found the last piece of the set, now let’s get this fixed up.

[At the mention of the noctaere, Eustace's expression hardens, but he just nods and waits, keeping guard as he does. Having encountered it earlier, he's well aware of the threat it poses... And he would definitely not want it to appear.

So he's a bit relieved when Isabela manages to find the shard without the noctaere around, but he'll still be quick in trying to get it together.]

Since this is smaller I should be able to do it quickly without any assistance. But I'll let you know, so just standby.

That is great to hear. Thankfully the size shouldn’t be a problem for all of us to solve this well. At least we should be able to see it fixed up in no time; I will be ready for whatever task we need to take on next.

You've helped a lot, Isabela.

[A rare but genuine smile during this more serious time before he's focusing back on "stitching" the pieces together.]

But make sure to take a break soon.

(Taking breaks is very important when handling tough situations that could take a toll on one’s stamina. So Isabela will take Eustace’s word to heart as she takes the time to have a breather of a break until they need to do some more tasks involving these shards.)

Sure, rest is indeed much needed and I’ll try not to push myself too much and too far. A break is practically in order right now so I’m just going to sit down for the moment.

Go ahead, I can handle this.

[And he'll just be over here, piecing together those shards together. It won't take too long, but once he's done...

.....Hm.

Just like the others he's worked with, the reflection will briefly flash before an image will start to appear...

~~your choice on what it could be!!~~]

(The reflection on the shards soon catches Isabela’s eyes as she sits down and finds it forming to full form in the glass. While she may not recognize the setting of which this scene is in (a icy balcony set at a star lit night with sheer like curtains that shimmer brightly against the night backdrop), she does notice the Snow Queen and Jack Frost interacting with each other. And it appears that they’re in love with each other?

She couldn’t hide her shock as the scene finally becomes more clear for her and Eusatce to witness. Isabela doesn’t remember Jack saying anything about his and the Snow Queen’s relationship when he first approached the dreamwalkers for help.

She gasps in surprise as she watches them chatting at night. What is they are talking about, she isn’t quite certain of what to make of it just yet. But it is becoming very clear to her that they do seem to like each other as more than just good friends.)

Edited 2024-01-22 07:18 (UTC)

[Eustace had seen similar hints of Jack's relationship with the Ice Queen, but nothing so explicit like this.]

...Interesting. Either they are in an explicit relationship, or this is something she wishes.

[Although these seem to be memory shards, they could also be distorted or wishful.]

I’m also thinking the same thing as well. Maybe they might be interested in each other at some point before the shard hit her hard so that is why we’re seeing this memory or scene of them chatting at night right now.

(She continues to watch the scene vigilantly, hoping that the black shard didn’t affect the scene they are seeing to some degree. The Snow Queen seems to be very happy in this one compared to the horrified expression she has in her face during the Candyland dreamshift or in her current comatose state.

For now though Isabela could only make guesses as to what she and Jack saw in each other that might have caused them to fall for each other.)

[And perhaps this is a clue! Or at least a clue to their romantic story. Jack holds out a shimmering white rose, which the Queen takes with a happy smile. They truly look as if love is blossoming between them, if it hadn't already.

But unfortunately, Isabela's wish won't come true as the white rose starts to blacken, and while Jack's face remains smiling, the Ice Queen's looks more pensive, afraid. Seeing it, Eustace frowns.]

The rose...

Whoa! Hey you’re right. I saw that as well. The rose: It, it, it got dark pretty quickly. And I think that the Queen’s face just got a little more somber too.

Edited 2024-01-29 15:46 (UTC)

[He nods, the earlier cheerfulness now gone.]

The question is did something actually happen... Or is this the nightmare's doing. Something we should ask Jack later.

Yeah. That is a good point. I can’t even tell if this is the nightmare energy twisting the memory in some fashion or if this memory actually happened as it is in real life. He could explain to us a little bit more so we can understand this even better. Hopefully Jack has some answers about the shard and how did it affected her greatly.

I think so as well. Only Jack will know for sure about what transpired on that night and might have some insight in what she could be thinking.

[And then a grimace as he rubs the back of his neck.]

Suppose it's good timing... I should head out after this. How are you feeling?

Well I’m feeling a bit shaken by what we just saw with the rose getting dark. I was not expecting to witness something like that until now. Other than that I don’t seem to be this heavily affected by the vision at the moment.

[Hmm...]

Even so, don't push yourself. If you need some time, leave for now and clear your head, and then you can come back.

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