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Entry tags:
- !event,
- aether,
- anastasia romanova,
- angel dust,
- baldr,
- bennett,
- chalcedony akerman,
- childe/tartaglia,
- daisukenojo "beat" bito,
- dante sparda,
- della duck,
- demyx,
- denji,
- eustace,
- flowey,
- general nuadha,
- gina lestrade,
- ira,
- kaeya alberich,
- kainé,
- kazuma asogi,
- ken amada,
- kenny mccormick,
- kiyomitsu kashuu,
- kor meteor,
- leo valdez,
- link (botw),
- lyria,
- magilou mayvin,
- meilin "mei" lee,
- mizuki okiura,
- naminé,
- pauline bonheur,
- penny,
- percy jackson,
- riku,
- rob,
- roxas,
- ryunosuke naruhodo,
- scaramouche/wanderer,
- shirou emiya,
- sora,
- soundwave,
- susato mikotoba,
- tifa lockhart,
- toge inumaki,
- venti,
- xiao,
- yasusada yamatonokami,
- zenkichi hasegawa,
- zhongli
{ bite sized problems}
BITE SIZED PROBLEMS
This log is open to everyone and doubles as a "Character Intro" for new characters who were just accepted this round. As a reminder, new characters are welcome to carry over their TDM threads backdated to Gingerbread event and after (27-31) so that they're not really "new" if players wish to do so! Starting fresh is also acceptable.
I. AROUND TOWN
The curse from the witch may have been dispelled, but the magic was strong and remnants of it still remain. A bit of clean-up is required.
A. Gingerbread Revolt. By now many people are likely tired of gingerbread after having to live as one for a little while. However, the witch's magic still lingers and has brought all baked gingerbread to life. While some live out their running trees, others have armed themselves with forks, knives, toothpicks, and—are some wielding a nail gun?? They've begun to rally around various food eateries. While most of them are bakeries, they're also going up against restaurants and even local houses. One might think it would be easy to deal with them, but here's the catch—not only are they fast and can use magic, if one of them is broken they immediately reform into another cookie. That's right, they're just like hydras, and the only way to destroy them for good is to destroy the red candy ball embedded somewhere in their body. It's different for each cookie, and it will change locations if a part of it is broken. They do taste delicious, though.B. Oven Malfunction. Stoves of all shapes and sizes are also having a rebellious phase, with many malfunctioning in different ways. Some are light and just won't turn on or spit out smoke in people's faces. Others have decided to choose violence and release their fire; throw whatever pots, pans, spatulas, and knives that are nearby; spit out coal, logs, or fire cores; or even explode. Some are even baking out those gingerbread cookies, so stopping the ovens will help fix that problem. While completely destroying them is one way to do it, dreamotion will also go a long way. Using water or ice to douse their flames will help simmer their tempers. Praising the ovens for their hard work and trying to show utmost care will also help. Perhaps some ovens are cranky for being overworked. When was the last time they were cleaned? Just don't sing it Christmas songs—they'll go berserk.
C. Candy Forest. With many requests for fresh new ingredients from the newly formed section of the forest, many will make the short trek over to check out what all is there to find. And yes—everything, everything is made of candy and sweet treats. From taffy grass to peppermint bark lollipop trees to flying marshmallow peeps and snickerdoodle badgers. The problem is, a lot of the "flowers" produce a pollen that permeates through the air and will give anyone who passes through a severe case of sugar rush. Overly excited, faster than usual movements, inability to think straight. The only way to counter this is by eating vegetables of any kind. Eating anything directly in the forest will produce an even greater effect, to the point where someone might start hallucinating and get the giggles. Some folks may need to head in there to help those stuck inside. At least there's nothing dangerous in there…yet.
D. Jumping Snowflakes. Jack Frost briefly stopped by and decided to leave a little gift for everyone to have fun with: giant snowflakes that start at the top of the Tree of Stories and ascend and circle around the town from high up in the sky. Some snowflakes form a stationary pathway for people to walk over. Some will move around and can be controlled by one's will and dreamotion, similar to a magic carpet. Then there's a "challenge" where participants are to jump from one snowflake to the other before it disappears. This trail will lead up to a giant chest that contains a random drop of one of the following:- a special ice crystal that can be used to keep anything cool no matter how hot it is outside and will never melt (perfect for ice boxes)
- magic winter beans that will grow any vegetable of one's choice through any hard, frozen soil (but will not grow in warm weather)
- a mini snowman that will not melt and will bounce around the house to help keep it clean and add a little bit of snow for fun; will be great when it gets hot as it will produce cooling air
The challenge can be run as many times as a person likes, however they will only be able to receive each special prize once. So after receiving all three special items the first time, their only reward is chocolate silver coins.
II. SHORT STORY HELP
As requested by William Shakespeare and Edgar Allen Poe, the libraries in the Tree of Stories have gathered various books that everyone will be able to dreamwalk into. Even the books themselves look a bit tattered and more worn than usual, showing signs of the Story Eater's nightmarish corruption. A set of objectives for each chosen story will be given out so everyone will have some guidance, as well as a special amulet to wear that if snapped will immediately eject the dreamwalker out of the story back to Songerein. The Story Eater's minions are in a few of these, and any injuries sustained will carry over. The problems will arise several times so repeat visits will be necessary. For each objective attempted, a unique energy will be generated and captured by the librarians for the writers to use. Completion of an objective is not necessary, but it will give a bigger boost.
A. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Upon entering the story, everyone will be inside the three bears' house…dressed as Goldilocks, regardless of gender. And the three bears are not happy. The original Goldilocks has already gone mad and tore through their home, scaring the baby bear with nightmares. The objectives for this story are:- Help repair the damage by: 1) fixing the kitchen and preparing new dinner for the family (not porridge); 2) fix all the broken chairs; 3) get new pillows and blankets for their beds.
- Grab a partner and perform a puppet show for baby bear, preferably with a lighthearted, fun story (players can decide if they are successful or fail in their attempt).
- Track down Goldilocks in the woods just outside the house and capture her. Her corruption is mild and casting a sleeping spell or using some kind of sleep aid will help calm her down. Channeling positive dreamotion energy will also help.
This story will increase the Book's proficiency in healing and purifying the Story Eater over time.
B. Three Little Pigs. Upon entering the story, everyone will find themselves in a large brick house and be turned into pigs. Not costumes, not partial, just full blown pigs. Fortunately, they can still "walk" and talk and move around. Clothes are optional (one can either appear completely without, with the clothes they were wearing upon entering, or find some in the closet). The objectives for this story are:- Reinforce the brick house and turn it into a fort. The original pig brothers left behind instructions on how to build cannons, barricades, and traps outside of the house. This can be done magically via dreamotion or through physical labor. Handling a hammer with hooves will be surprisingly easy, as if they all now wield anthropomorphic magic…
- The defense is to keep small black wolves made of ink at bay. They will charge at the house without mercy to try and destroy it. Fortunately, they seem to lack much control and can be easily fended off, especially with the traps and weaponry installed.
- There is only one big bad wolf, and it looks like the Story Eater is trying to corrupt it. It keeps mumbling about being on a diet and tired of blowing buildings down, yet it staggers on and controls the black wolves that try to attack the house. Help purify the wolf by preparing a special porridge for it to eat. It'll take several bowls and some additional positive dreamotion energy channeled into the wolf.
This story will increase the Book's external sturdiness so that it will not break from external forces.
C. Humpty Dumpty. Upon entering the story, everyone will find themselves dressed as a knight of some kind. There is only a giant, crumbling wall and the ground is littered with eggshells, so be careful walking around. Some eggshells are white but many are an inky black that appear to be melting on the ground. There's far too many to have come from the eggman himself, but said eggman is missing from his perch. The objectives for this story are:- Find the large egg pieces that have bits of clothing and face on them and piece Humpty back together. He'll try to help by calling out and he'll promise he's fine—happens all the time. However—
- The Story Eater's minions are around, and they'll form from the black eggshells, create hideous versions of Humpty to try and attack and explode on them like rotten eggs. Handle with care as they are quite dangerous and can inflict severe damage. Better to take them out with ranged attacks.
- The minions are coming through the many gaps and cracks in the wall, and one can even hear them scratching through the other side. If the wall goes, this entire story is finished. There are some native knights and other people trying to repair the wall, but dreamotion will help reinforce it. The broken eggshells can be used as bricks and mortar as they will immediately expand and cover the missing areas.
This story will increase the Book's internal defense so that it will not break from the inside.
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I think I had it. [a beat, a little bit cocky before he gets more diplomatic:] Thanks, though.
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Oh yeah? Looked a little different to me. [Because of course he's gonna poke fun at Riku; he might not feel the same animosity towards the silver-haired teen as he once did, but he's not above needling him once in a while.]
Did you just get here?
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Yeah, yeah...I've been here a week and some change.
[long enough for Sora to scramble his brain. he smirks at Roxas though, trying to cover up the mild case of guilt he feels whenever he looks at the other boy.
days!Riku was a whole different beast.]
So yeah, kind of. How long have you been here?
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[That long? Roxas is surprised he hasn't heard from him sooner. Well, this world still was full of a ton of people, maybe they just missed each other.]
I've been here a while. At least a year or so. So I know a thing or two about how things work here.
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he raises his eyebrows at the next piece of information, though. he knows that time works differently...but it's still so strange to him.]
Seems like everyone beat me here. [he doesn't really know how to feel about that.] Has anyone explained how the time problems work yet? As far as I know at home, you haven't stumbled into this place...
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Well, this world is in a dream, right? So, time works different in a dream. At least, that’s how I understood it. Apparently we could be here for a long time and it won’t affect us in our world, according to those tapirs.
[It was a piece of information that had helped him feel more relaxed about being here, at the very least.]
Sora, Naminé, and Vanitas have been here as long as I have. Oh, and Ira, too.
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[he's suspicious of literally everything that he doesn't know for sure with his own two eyes, so. there's that.]
About Ira. [there's an interested gleam that comes into Riku's expression.] What do you know about that guy?
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[Then again, Roxas has been here a while, so he's not as wary of them anymore. But he could see Riku's point.]
Well... honestly, not much. And what I do know raises a lot more questions. But he's a strong Keyblade Wielder; if he says he's a Master, I believe him.
[He's had the pleasure of sparring with Ira a few times, and fighting alongside him during dreamshifts. He's seen the older man's skill, and it's definitely up there.]
But I don't think he's a bad guy. At least, I don't get a bad feeling from him. He's nice enough, and he's agreed to spar with us. And he seems more confused about us than suspicious.
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a little more grounded in reality than Sora, some would say (Riku would say).]
I don't get that feeling from him, either.
[and he'd know. probably.]
And I'm confused about him, so it makes it all even.
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[What with his talk of Unions and Lux and all.]
But if you wanted to talk to him, I think it would be good. He might like having another Master to talk to.
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[that's so strange. he hadn't even heard of anything like that -- did Mickey know about those kinds of things?
maybe not.
but at the mention of Riku being a master, his eyes flick up to Roxas.]
So you know about that. I'm still trying to figure out who remembers what from back home, since it seems like some of us come from different parts of the timeline.
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[It's been a while since they had to talk about this, so it honestly slipped Roxas's mind. He rubs at the back of his head.]
The last thing I remember before coming here was all of us on the beach, and when Sora...
[He trails, frowning. Does Riku know what happened to Sora..?]
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he knows what Roxas is talking about.]
When he left.
[let's go ahead and put that out there.]
It's been a year since then for me.
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[Roxas frowns, shaking his head.]
I'm not that far yet myself. What happened in that year?
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We searched, mostly. [Riku barely slept.] We didn't get any leads on where he'd gone...everyone was scattered, a little bit of everywhere.
[he pauses.]
I got a lead, finally. I went to follow him, but I ended up here [and he actually gives Roxas a small smile at this part] -- so I finally found him.
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Well, it was only a matter of time before you tracked us down. Though I guess it's better that you were able to find us in this world; Sora, Vanitas and I were in another world before coming here. You could have just missed us.
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Even if I had, I would've just moved on to the next world.
[easy as that.]
Besides, this is where my heart took me.
[god kingdom hearts why are y'all so corny]
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[It's because they're part Disney, of course.]
But you're here now. You managing alright with the dreamotion stuff?
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he smiles a bit, and then nods.]
Yeah. It's a little bit of a learning curve, but it's kind of similar to an ability I've used before...it's just a matter of adapting.
[especially since he hadn't been in the dream worlds for so long, where that ability was so much easier to handle than in the waking worlds.]
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[Roxas wasn’t privy to Sora’s Mark of Mastery exam, but he does remember seeing Sora deep in his dreams. Perhaps that’s what Riku meant?]
Well, if you’re ever needing some help, let me know. I’ve been here for a while, so I got some experience using it.
[If he sounds a little smug about that fact, that’s just Riku being crazy.]
and that's a wrap!
Right. I'll let you know.
[he's smirking, but maybe it's also the competitive streak in him that makes him not want help from Sora or someone who used to be Sora-adjacent.]
I'll see you later, Roxas.