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{ GAME OPENING LOG }



✵ GAME OPENING LOG ✵
Normally our TDMs serve as intro logs, but we have prepared a special character intro log for game opening! It is a massive, chaotic feast that can only be found in a dreamworld like Songerein. You can also use this to continue ongoing TDM threads, especially as it nears captcha. Reminder that any thread from the TDM can be carried over. Players are also welcome to make their own logs for things if they would rather skip this part. Be sure to read the Mod Announcement for other information and you can ask any questions regarding the log here.


I. THE FEAST

As the sleepy looking sun begins to set, the small little tapir fairies will buzz around to find all the new inhabitants and usher them to the plaza. There everyone will find several tables of various lengths, sizes, and shapes. Yes, that is a star shaped table along with a moon one. A special feast has been made just for them to welcome and celebrate their arrival. Some may even recognize decorations: leaves mottled and changing to an assortment of colors, festive streamers, popcorn strings, glittering garlands and bows, string lanterns, and maybe a few small gravestones here and there. Some areas might look a bit brown and withered while some of the trees take on a more cherry blossom look. It's a bit of a strange mashup, and yet the chaos seems to have a sense of harmony as well—especially when considering everything else that the feast has to offer. This is one divine feast that is going to be completely topsy turvy.

A. What's Your Sign? Everyone will find themselves mysteriously "tagged" with a special sticker and will suddenly gain special characteristics based off the animal: ears, tails, behavioral traits. They're mostly mild and to add flavor, but they may also feel different compatibility towards another, such as more attracted or opposed. The sticker will be hard to remove, but it is possible to swap with someone if they want to try a different experience.

B. Special Bowls. There are many tables and anyone can sit wherever they want. Just don't forget to pick up the special dinner bowl already personalized with their name on it. Of course there are some extra paints and decorations that can be added to it if one desires.

C. Wild Food. Every table has the same kind of food, and there is plenty to go around. Of course, that's only if the food can be caught and if one can keep an appetite for some of them. The boar's head is a bit talkative and might settle down if someone stuffs an apple in its mouth or tells it a joke. However, it might just get several laughs by the barrel of monkeys funnel cake nearby, monkey shaped pastries hiding within it to chuck out various candies and fruits. Not even the candy is safe, at least not the stringed ones. Licorice, chocolate coated taffy, and others will start slithering around and even hiss, sometimes wrapping around the arm of those who try to eat them. Playing some music might calm these sweet serpents so they can be eaten properly. How about that special carousel cake stand with the horse cookies prancing about?

D. Spice Up Your Li—Meal. However fear not. There is normal food around so it is possible to have a proper meal. However, some helpful little dragons may fly by to add a few herbs and spices to the dishes. They are quite friendly and will listen to requests, however if one is rude or too demanding, they may just dump a bunch of a hot pepper and other unsavory seasoning instead. Make a good enough impression and they might make house calls, even follow someone home. They live to spice up food, after all.

E. Drink Tea. Although there is an assortment of beverages, the prevalent one will be tea. They are similar to the ones found in the cafe and all will help bring out festive dreams and restful sleep later for everyone. However, someone is clearly making mischief as they have slipped in some rodentia tea. Drinking it will cause the drinker to shrink to the size of a rat. The only way to return to normal is to find the elusive cat cookies, which can be strangely hard to find; they seem to vanish and reappear at random, but only the ones with wide grins and “Eat Me” written on them can be eaten.



II. FUN & GAMES

Perhaps the food isn't up to one's tastes, or they just would rather have some fun. There are a few games around the plaza that everyone is welcome to participate in and they are encouraged to play to their heart's content. Just beware of the geese as they are being a menace not only at the tables but disrupting games as well.

A. Playing Chicken. A simple game, really, one that will test one's creativity and taste buds. There is a goat cheese fondue fountain surrounded with various platters of cooked chicken: grilled, steamed, boiled, baked, fried. This fondue fountain, however, is special. The flavor of the fondue can be altered depending on the kinds of emotions near it. Joy and love make it sugary sweet, anger and jealousy spicy hot, despair and distrust salty sour. And of course everything in-between including a chaotic mix. The challenge is one person will try and alter the flavor of the fondue, lather it on a piece of chicken, and then hand it to their opponent. The chicken must then be consumed. If not, the one who "cooked" it wins. If it is consumed, then the second person can now do the same to the other. This continues until one forfeits. It should be noted that the emotions of the one eating can also affect the fondue. (It is of course possible to take either the fondue or chicken without playing this stomach churning game.)

B. Gravity of Luck. There is a special wheel lottery set on a table decorated with rabbits. In fact there are a lot of rabbits congregating here and would love a few carrots. Anyone is free to spin the wheel one time per round to determine what kind of special "gravity" effect they receive. Each time the wheel is spun, a ball will drop and the color will indicate the type. A gold ball will cause them to lose all sense of gravity, their bodies starting to float away and although they can fly and float around, they'll need help being tethered down. White balls allow them to jump higher, small mushrooms appearing at their feet so others can follow. A black ball will cause them to be stuck in place, even fall flat all the way to the ground and need help standing up. Those imbued with the power of the different balls can help balance each other out until the effect wears off in half an hour.

C. Ox Go-Kart. For those who really want some speed and action, there are ox driven carts stationed by various streets. Two people can partner up with one driving and the other serving to help try to slow the other cart down. In this race, all non-lethal, non-destructive abilities are allowed to try and disrupt the other racer. Perhaps utilizing dreamotion based abilities may fare better. Just beware of other obstacles, especially any random crying dodos that create giant pools of tears as water hazards.

D. Tiger Fishing. There are special colorful ponds filled with sparkly gummy koi fish. At each one there is a little round tiger(?) with a pair of tiger mittens. In the same vein of fish scooping games, players must wear the tiger mittens and catch the gummy fish with them. It won't be easy as the gummy fish are even more slippery than normal. Perhaps some other skills could be used...but the little tiger will be watching and will latch onto anyone's heads who try to cheat. But if caught, they will make for a delectable treat—or interesting pet.
bravesteps: (047)

[personal profile] bravesteps 2021-09-14 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ ah yes, sumire feels much better once she's placed onto the nice, stable tabletop and is no longer riding the waves of futaba's hand. finding her feet beneath her, she straightens up, craning her neck in an attempt to see the table around her, though it's difficult when everything is so BIG.

anyway, futaba's trying so hard here to get that cookie, and sumire feels so useless - in fact, she's about to open her mouth to apologize for it when futaba speaks her master plan.

oh.

ah. ]


Th-throw me..!?

[ she looks incredulous, her eyes as wide as saucers, but then.. then she steels herself, her tiny hands balling into fists. she's done crazier stuff in the metaverse, hasn't she? grappling around on those lines. she can totally do this!! ]

.. okay! Okay, I can do it!
noblegarnet: (g: pardon?!)

[personal profile] noblegarnet 2021-09-14 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Listen, even that would make sense to him! But no, he keeps getting caught up in magical dream worlds where nothing can be explained by logic...

When he feels the slippery creature starting to flop onto his poorly-fitting shoe, though, all of his thoughts are cut off and replaced with revulsion.]


Gwuh—

[Whatever Tifa might have wanted him to do with the fish is entirely out of his mind as he kicks the thing as far away from him as his instinctive reaction allows... back into the ponds if he's lucky, but he rarely is.]
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[personal profile] yesdoubt 2021-09-14 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Momo might not be a professional-aiming athlete anymore, but he still has the appetite of one. So he takes the stick offered just as readily - it does smell a little bit different, he can tell that already, but it takes until he eats it for him to notice why.]

Oh, it's getting really sweet! [He sounds quite happy with that, though, since he also has a sweet tooth.] It reminds me a little bit of honey cheese stuff...I wonder how far we can push it.

[Because he imagines that if both of them are in good moods, it's just going to keep getting exponentially sweeter for a while. And indeed, when he dips a stick into the fondue again - this time with some baked chicken - and the surface is disturbed, an even more intensely sweet smell starts to rise from it.]
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[personal profile] bravesteps 2021-09-14 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ well, at least her horns are untangled now, so there's that.. but it's hard to be sad herself when tifa looks so forlorn! sumire smiles and shakes her head. ]

I think if you just keep away from the lower garlands, you'll probably be fine! Or just remember to duck..

[ she glances left and right toward the fallen garlands, then picks up a glittery one in her hands. ]

But maybe I should put these back up myself, for now.

[ since it might be disastrous otherwise.. ]

How about you restring the popcorn?
rebirths: (ramu14)

[personal profile] rebirths 2021-09-14 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, he's noticed. And he does not like it, but in typical Ramuda fashion, he just grins and lets out a little laugh. ]

Ahaha! You're trying to play around, aren't you? Well, luckily for you, I like games.

[ He's going to aggressively try to slap that sticker onto his sleeve...and if that doesn't work, then he'll start going for his back?? What a mess. ]
Edited 2021-09-14 06:36 (UTC)
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[personal profile] lethechained 2021-09-14 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Slowing a moment at his first comment, Naminé glances back over her shoulder with a warm, ]

Agreed.

[ She's not hard to keep up with this time as she climbs ahead of him; the distance is companionable, rather than the ghostlike pace she took so long ago when she lead him to the mansion. The irony isn't lost on her, either, and she breathes out the wry shadow of a laugh as the top of the stairs gradually grows closer. ]

I guess it's only fair.

[ Her tone is self-effacing. Truthfully, she's deeply unsettled by being this far out of the loop. Knowledge has always been one of her greatest allies, and to have so little of it these days - it makes her anxious. Now that it's her turn to ask the questions, it feels more like a punishment than anything else, possibly one meted out for having tucked away so much information about others that she oughtn't have been able to gather in the first place. Softly, she admits, ]

I always hoped I'd never have to ask you for anything else. That when we met again, we'd be able to talk about everything without a care. [ Her voice sounds subtly fond, a little wistful, though she doesn't look back. ] But I guess-- maybe I was wishing for too much.

[ It's more observation than anything regretful. She's not bitter about it, especially because-- ]

Still... I'm really grateful to have this chance, too. [ Quieter, ] Just to see you again, Roxas, even if the circumstances aren't what I imagined.
rebirths: (ramu30)

[personal profile] rebirths 2021-09-14 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Dice is...winning them for him? Somehow, this surprises Ramuda. Probably because he's so used to taking care of Dice without even realizing it that having the favor reciprocated feels strange in a way he can't describe. He never wanted to let himself get attached to anyone, but with Dice and Gentaro, and even back then -- Jakurai...

...things are a little different. The smile on his face is a little too fond for his own liking, too transparent. Too much of a giveaway that maybe he's more grateful for this than he'd like to portray, but it really is such a nice gesture that Ramuda wasn't expecting.

He lets out a little laugh.
]

Haha...you're really trying to win some for me?

[ He sounds happy about this. Genuinely happy, for once. ]

Then -- I gotta win some for you, too! Move over, I'm gonna play, too~
rebirths: (ramu22)

[personal profile] rebirths 2021-09-14 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm. I don't know if I'd wanna go full-on bird, but don't you think getting wings would be cool?

[ While he says this, he walks forward and sees a tapir lazing around in the near distance. He grins -- ] Aha! [ -- and runs towards the tapir, waving his arm around.

The arm with Nier on it.

Better hold on tight!
]

Hi, hi! My buddy here needs some help!
akatatai: (pic#10589923)

[personal profile] akatatai 2021-09-14 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Even if you're deciding on taking many slices of cake, it's still a decision! Or that's how Miyamura sees it, anyway... and at Marui's urging, he does ultimately take a slice of a nearby (safe looking!) shortcake and add it to his bowl.]

Yeah, this is good! Are you sure don't mind if I sit with you?

[He's smiling before he even starts speaking. It's hard not to when Marui's grinning like that and looking as happy as can be. He must really love cake to be able to shovel that much away.

Not that Miyamura's about to judge, quickly moving to follow Marui whenever he starts walking.]


You'll have to tell me how all of them taste!
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[personal profile] rebirths 2021-09-14 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
No rules! Every driver for themselves.

[ Simple enough. ... Well, other than the "no lethal weapons and destruction" rule that's in place. That might've made things more fun in his opinion, but this'll have to do.

He's ready annihilate a literal child in a game of Go-Kart. He points to the Go-karts with that same exuberant smile on his face.
]

Let's get to it! I'm ready~
Edited 2021-09-14 06:47 (UTC)
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[personal profile] dadsandals 2021-09-14 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nice, Momo latched on...! Well, nice in that Yamato's no longer uncontrollably floating around aimlessly. He's also pretty impressed by Momo's bunny hops there -- one thing the rabbit sticker's good for, he supposes.

Using Momo as an anchor gets him to start lowering himself so he's no longer upside down, but he's still kinda floating around, hovering above the ground. He's actually just starting to lament over the fact that he'll probably be stuck like this for a while when Momo says something about it.

Yamato gives him a wry smile.
]

Seems like it, Momo-san. I'm grateful.

[ He would be a lot more grateful if this situation weren't as ridiculous as it is, truthfully. ]

Wouldn't recommend trying the lottery, in case you were curious about it. I think that's how I got into this situation in the first place...
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[personal profile] dadsandals 2021-09-14 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ It is..........though he's also guilty of being a gremlin, but now is not one of those times!!

Especially since Noe's considering taking on a new set of animal features.
]

Whoa, you really think that'll be okay? You've already got something; you sure you wanna mess with something like that?

[ Three sets of ears... ]
Edited 2021-09-14 07:10 (UTC)
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[personal profile] fatedmahou 2021-09-14 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Setting her down gently on the table, she got up to gather a few different teas. Finally after a trip or two, she set them down where they were sitting at.]

Okay! I'm not entirely sure which would help [If any. Spoiler: they won't.] but I brought a few just in case!
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[personal profile] dadsandals 2021-09-14 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
Good idea.

[ Who knows what the other colored balls are capable of... Yamato sure floats along like a balloon, though -- a large human-shaped one -- as the rabbits step out of the way but still manage to watch the two of them curiously. Their noses wiggle, and one or two of them hop along behind Charlie, following him.

Yamato notices this and lets out a little chuckle as he's moved off to the side.
]

Moving's fine, but I think you've got some new friends.

[ He gestures to the two rabbits trailing along behind them. Though he realizes something: ]

Ah, it might be because I've got an extra carrot in my pocket. Wanna feed 'em?
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[personal profile] lethechained 2021-09-14 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ Brow pinched, the girl manages to swallow the food, yet is quick to reach for her drink thereafter. Taking a sip from it helps, although it also keeps her from noticing Toge's look at her plate before he glances up from it to her. When she returns his gaze, it's with a questioning expression that becomes realization as he swaps their plates. ]

I can't--...

[ She's not at all reluctant to protest, only she doesn't quite get it out; it's hard not to be moved by his generosity, and might be even harder to argue with it when communication from his side is so limited. Her lips flatten together, hesitant, and then she relents, features relaxing into a rueful sort of gratitude. Almost solemn, she spoons up a smaller portion of the food from his plate than she did from her own, pulling delicately from the very edge; her mouth scrunches a tiny bit this time, but her reaction is less profound than before. ]

It's-- more flavorful than I'm used to. [ she admits, still frowning. Even that's a little hard for her to take, going by her face. ] But it's good.

[ In an objective sort of sense. Maybe she shouldn't have distracted the spice dragons earlier; hindsight's twenty-twenty. Rather than taking a second bite, however, she inquires carefully, ]

Are you... sure you want to trade?
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[personal profile] dadsandals 2021-09-14 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

Alright, then. Shu-inu.

[ Shuzo might actually like that nickname, though... ]
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[personal profile] fatedmahou 2021-09-14 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
[It's okay. She's not deterred. She can look for them. No such luck so far.]

Oh~ Do they teach that stuff in school? [The last time she was in school was before shit hit the fan.] They're a lot of fun. I like to find pretty flowers that look like they might fit the recipient. If you'd like, I could make you one? Do you have are preferences?

[She might end up making him one eventually even if he says no... She means well.]
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No worries!

[personal profile] fatedmahou 2021-09-14 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Thankfully Mirai is paying attention, but was it fast enough?]

Watch out!

[Forgive her, Ramuda. She's going to reach over to swerve the wheel out of instinct. Too bad it was a bit too much and now they're heading straight to one of the walls that have been put up for this. With a loud THUD and an abrupt stop, she's grateful they didn't flip or anything. Too bad people are now passing them, but that's not her concern right now.]

Are you alright?
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[personal profile] fatedmahou 2021-09-14 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
I hope so! I'd love to help if I can.

[It was much better than what she'd grown used to back home.]

It's nice to meet you too, Sora.
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[personal profile] fatedmahou 2021-09-14 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
[And now that she's able to fly around... She might be doing little flips to mess around with her control.]

This isn't so bad when you get used to it.
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[personal profile] fatedmahou 2021-09-14 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, of course. To those we can still help.

[Following her lead, she helped slide it into place.]

It's possible that there haven't been many people around for quite a while. I can see why they'd be on edge. I just hope we can make the most of it and work together with the natives who live here.
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[personal profile] fatedmahou 2021-09-14 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm... I can't say I've grown animal ears yet. [Keyword being yet.]

It's possible. If it happened recently, there had to be some sort of reason why it happened, right? Is there anything else that's new about you? Something that you might be able to rule out?
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[personal profile] vogelfrei 2021-09-14 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the vote of confidence.

[ McGillis gives a wry smile. The amount of anger Gaelio manages to muster up for this unknown culprit is painful. For as much as the Bauduin siblings squabble day by day, McGillis still has no doubt that Gaelio would do anything for his little sister's happiness in the end. It's something the two of them share in common - only that McGillis has recently been very clumsy about it and Almiria had paid the price. He should have taken better precautions, somehow shielded her from the revolution--- but no, it's not the revolution that hurt her. It was Gaelio's reappearance. How could he ever have prepared for that?

He wonders how she's doing now, in his time. Has she heard of his demise? Was it freeing? Is the hardened Gaelio of that era capable of holding her while she cries, like McGillis had done for her after Gaelio's "passing"?

No, he shouldn't lose himself in such thoughts. For the purpose of life in Reverein, that incident on the balcony never happened. He is Specialist Major Fareed, an honorable member of Gjallarhorn and Almiria's fiancé - not her husband. ]


It's because I am a decent fighter that this injury is all that remains of that particular confrontation. Not all people look favorably onto Gjallarhorn's elite - there is a lot of resentment bubbling under the surface once you leave the safety of Vingólf.
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[personal profile] legbreakings 2021-09-14 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, that... Well, that has turned very awkward very fast, hasn't it? It makes Jiang Cheng wish he still had some of that happy floaty feeling tea clouding his mind, too.

Instead, what he gets is the full smack-dab brunt of having to stand there awkwardly while Wei Wuxian is doing... that. That babble where he is trying far too hard to please Jiang Cheng and trying far too hard not to presume or make himself too visible and just... He swallows hard. This is not how it should be between them, not even when he hated Wei Wuxian, but especially not now that he doesn't want to hate him anymore. This reminds him far too much of the tense dinners with his mother, with everyone trying to escape her wrath. ]


Don't be stupid! [ he snaps and shoots him a scowl, since it is not like he can say any of that feelsy nonsense. He stomps closer, intensifying his scowl as he turns it on the bugs, as if the sheer force of his displeasure could send them skittering. It would, if he could get Zidian to work, but right now all his cultivation feels weak, like his supply of spiritual energy is down to a mere trickle. Whatever they did to transfer him between worlds must have drained all his reserves. ] I'm not going to trust you to live by yourself. There is no telling what kind of trouble you will get yourself into, and then Jie will be sad!
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[personal profile] shakra 2021-09-14 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It depends. The crests and valleys of their lives, and everything in between. What they become, the burdens they will shed and bear. Oftentimes it is nothing specific, but there have been exceptions.

[ taishakuten says after a moment, unaware that he had, once, blithely lied to asura about his fortunes in a bid to protect him from the inevitable. he studies him, because asura, to taishakuten, is the most fascinating man in this space. his eyes linger on his fingers, his cup, and he wonders just what the leaves will have in store for him.

will he see what asura hides from him? thoughtfully, he toys with his own cup, the liquid swirling within. ]


Sometimes, secrets are essential.