songerein | { 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 point: Coffee is always great to have even in a rough day. Phew. Thank goodness for the brief respite from the glitter snow, I really need one very much right about now.

Why don't you grab a seat and tell me what you want? I'll get it.

[ That's downright polite of him. What's happening to him?! ]

Sure. I will take a seat and try not to stress out over the ongoing glitter snow crisis too much. Oh that’s pretty simple, I would like to go for a coffee latte today.

Got it. [ Demyx flashes her a grin and goes up to order. He comes back with his own blended drink that looked like a unicorn had a hand in blending it, but he puts her latte in front of her, before slurping up a bit of the sweet concoction and sitting across from her. ]

I was gonna get something warm, but this looked better. It's the sparkly sugar on top.

[ It's a recipe for a sugar high. ]

Oh gee thank you. Wow. That drink of yours looks pretty colorful and delicious. Maybe a little sugar wouldn’t hurt a bit. I might want to try ordering it next time.

(She gladly accepts the latte before she proceeds to drink it in slow sips, not wanting to chug it down too soon. The capybara gets settled down on the floor, just simply minding his own business and not being too bothered by the glitter.)

That's what I was thinking, a lot of sugar seemed good right about now. It's called Rainbow Twist.

[ He slurps a little bit. ]

It's pretty good, but it just tastes like sugar.

Rainbow Twist? That name alone sure sounds like something I might be very keen to check out.

(Given that she is always changing her hair dyes in a bunch of colors, most of her wardrobe is drenched in all the colors of the rainbow and not just the pastely mauves, lilacs and pinks she was used to in her old days, and the plants in Madrigal Blooms are always sold in a variety of colors, the Rainbow Twist might be added into her Dreambucks must try list.

Yes it is very much on the sugary side, but most folks love something sweet whenever they have the chance, don’t they?)

Oh, it does taste a lot like sugar. That does remind me of the spun sugar sweets that were sold in a major talent show that I made the floral arrangements for. The sugar artists there used to make these sweet treats in the form of animals to make them more visually appealing. I may have eaten some in there as well.

Really? Oh that kind of sounds amazing. I never thought you could just turn sugar into animals. Do you think it's hard to do?

[ He doesn't really know how to make things like that. It would probably be very hard for him to do actually. ]

I wish that I could have asked the sugar artists on how they are able to make them during the talent show’s break time. But I think that with enough skill, practice and creativity, like any other art form, anyone can try to make sugar animals with very little problems.

That must be true. [ He chuckles. ] I mean it's like music, you have to practice a lot to be any good at it.

Yes that’s also what I’m thinking on as well. Every art form does require one to work hard to perfect one’s proficiency on it and improve on their skill as much as one can handle it. I certainly had to do with making any kind of floral arrangements and even topiaries.

You're really good at those. [ He's easy with the compliment because he means it. Isabela should be proud of her accomplishments, he thinks. ]

Oh why thank you. It is always nice to make sure that my skills don’t go very rusty and learn more to widen my knowledge.

(To say that Isabela is quite flattered by Demyx’s words would be an understatement. She is really that good in using her Gift to the best of her ability and she never fails to deliver if she has to deal with tough situations most people would not want to get involved in.)

Sure. I know what you mean. I feel that way about my sitar, I'd hate to lose my skills by not practicing.

[ He spends a lot of time playing, which he feels is only to his benefit, everything else aside. ]

Yes exactly. Nobody wants to get their skills and talents to waste away while doing absolutely nothing. Plus it would make life very boring and very much uneventful to begin with.

(She takes a few more sips of her latte while the capybara mumbles in agreement.)

Right? I knew a lot of people who didn't really like music. Can you believe that?

[ Demyx chuckles. ] Man they're crazy.

Whoa really? There are that many people who can’t love music to begin with? Well that must be their big mistake not enjoying it at all. I don’t see anything wrong with liking music: it does make anyone’s day a little better even when things don’t come out as one would have liked.

One of my sisters does very well in playing the accordion herself and she could have danced while still playing it if she could.

They were really boring people. I didn't like most of them. [ Most, but not all. He's somewhat fond of some of them. ]

That is very much a fair assessment. I do hope that the snow situation will change for the better soon, maybe we will get real snow eventually instead of this current glitter storm. It has been snowing glitter for days now and it is quite a hassle to clean up.

I had to spend some hours trying to keep the garden portion of my flower shop glitter free. I might have to trade in some of the snow glitter I got from the clean up real soon.

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