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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.

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[ SHE IS PERCIEVING!!

.. but she's also blushing too so i mean, they're both in trouble, and she's not about to point it out. holding arms with a gentleman!! even though he's a trash gentleman and definitely not someone anyone's parents would approve of, but anyway, they have no choice unless she wants to float away into the sky and he wants to remain stuck face first to the ground.

she feels a little guilty.. this is kind of all her fault.. ]

Sorry.. next time I'll be more careful..

[ she says, biting her lip, but she tries not to dwell too hard on her fuckup, and instead begins to tug him gently in the direction of the banquet tables. ]

Okay! I'd love to.

I'm right behind you!

[ Nier keeps some thoughts to himself but he definitely feels a little strange. The game just made them feel lighter or heavier. He starts to think something like that could get dangerous so they better get farther away from it!]

I'm hoping they'll have normal food and drinks being served. Am I asking for too much? It seems like everything is just...magical.

Wow, that's impressive.

[ and he does sound genuinely impressed!! catching sharks is impressive, good job nier.

and well, if gino stumped nier with that question about a father figure, nier is stumping him right back with that question about his family. laughs weakly. ]

... Sometimes when he was still alive, yeah. [ :') ] He passed a few years ago.

Your sister didn't make it here with you?

I'm really sorry about your father I shouldn't have asked. I feel kinda bad.

[ He bows down apologetically because Nier feels awful for asking that question! ]

My sister didn't make it here with me and I've been confused about a lot of things. I'll try to be more careful.

Oh wow, thank you! If I eat this one will I become a dragon?

[ Nier's at least read a book or two about dragons but he's never seen a real one before. ]

What do you think of dragons?

Nope, I think the plants here are more than enough of a handful without throwing fish into the mix.

[ he will never forget about the sentient treehouses and the vines............

anyway, gino will probably notice just the lingering frost and also the fact that yuki's skin is kind of cold when their fingers inevitably brush in the name of picking up some carrots from yuki. to gino's credit, all yuki is going to get from him when he draws back is a semi-quizzical look, but nothing more than that to call further attention to the strangeness that is dreamotion energy effects. ]

I'd believe that. [ it's easy enough to fall into step next to yuki, who at the very least seems to know where he's going in terms of finding the rabbits. ] Good enough to go undercover? That would make you even more valuable than a triple threat. [ a pause, and then another grin. ] In my unbiased opinion, at least.

[Steve smiles brightly when Tifa agrees, any sort of tension dissolving almost instantly.]

Sounds like a plan to me. We're gonna be popular with his group.

[He can imagine Bucky frowning deeply at him for giving food to giant beetles, but hey, it's a dream world. He's not too worried about starving or running out of food here and even if supplies were limited, he'd still find something. Abe's a friend, and partly their responsibility!!]

Well, ready to continue? Shouldn't be much longer.

[ Although Naminé only knows so much about Tifa, the blonde's well aware that the situation could prompt guilt in someone kindhearted or heroic. Either seems like it could feasibly apply to the older girl, and with that in mind, Naminé watches her carefully, hoping to thereby imagine some way to comfort her before--

Well, it doesn't take long for that effort to prove as futile as the Nobody was afraid it would be. Her shoulders lift in a half-suppressed startle as she's tugged over to the table in Tifa's haste to help, but Naminé offers no objection. Expression one of concern more than discomfort, she dutifully takes a seat, palms open and upturned for Tifa's ministrations. There's no hint of reluctance in the young lady's actions; despite her cautious nature, she doesn't doubt that Tifa means well.

Patient, the blonde watches as the spell is cast, genuine interest pulling some of her attention away from her regrets about how the other girl might feel. As the light of the materia fades, Naminé agrees almost carefully, ]

That is much better.

[ The injuries were never serious to begin with, so even a simple bit of magic was enough. Breathing out a tiny huff of a sigh, though, Naminé tilts her head slightly before giving a sincere, ]

Thank you for looking after me. But-- I would have been alright, really...!

[ Still hoping to assuage some of Tifa's regret, Naminé offers a small smile of her own, one that has a tone not dissimilar from the other girl's. There's a subtle hint of attempted humor in the tone of her, ]

I've been working on my magic, so I wouldn't have minded the practice.

There are scarier things than plants here, but... they were a handful.

[Yuki's just living up to being an ice queen, don't worry too much Gino. Still, frigid though he may be, he does manage a flash of a smile when their fingers brush, and a fleeting moment of eye contact.]

Undercover... I wonder. [He rather likes this little banter, honestly. A thought occurs to Yuki, and he chuckles softly.] I've played villains, heroes, antiheroes... love interests, though that's not my favorite by any stretch. I'm afraid I have a fatal flaw, though. It might make it difficult.

[He does sound so, so, so disappointed in this fatal flaw. It's clearly just tragic.]

Sure, why not? Food's always better with a buddy.

[Especially if said buddy is paying, but he's pretty sure that doesn't apply here. Everything's free at this shindig, right?]

Hey, gold! That's gotta be a good one— what?!

[It must be his own surge of adrenaline that helps him push himself upwards enough to grab on, but he does manage to scramble enough to grab at the end of her staff— just barely, before it slips out of reach.

His first thought is that it might tether her to the ground, his own weight enough to keep them both firmly rooted there, but instead he finds himself pulled along, lifted from the ground in full for the first time since grabbing hold of that black ball. His next thought is that he's about to be carried away along with her— but the truth seems to be somewhere in-between as they find equilibrium.

... huh.]

Hey, I think— this might be the key?

[She's still floating, but he gives her staff a little tug to try and pull her back groundwards.]

I feel lighter, anyway. You okay up there?

Seems fair enough.

[What, Akechi, are you not having a good time?]

Hmm... let's see, terms...

[He adopts another thoughtful expression, one that really looks too serious for this particular situation.]

If I win, you buy me a drink! Sound good?

[... he's a simple creature.]

Well— how am I supposed to do that?

[By befriending it? Probably not by eating it. That's... that's pretty much out of the question at this point. As much as he likes roast boar, he prefers it when it doesn't talk— or judge his eating habits.]

It's already a severed head. Kinda... no going back from that, is there?

[Like. It's pretty final.]

Probably better than going from dish to dish asking if they're alive.

[More tactful, and that could also... take awhile.]

Huh. Those look pretty safe.

[He points to a big dish of what looks like candied sweet potatoes.]

Whaddya think?

Well, I'll agree you're definitely a looker. And that perfect food is...

[He trails off, frowning a little as he thinks. Probably the one she name-dropped earlier, right?]

Dango, yeah?

[Hm.]

I've only had the spicy fish kind. It's a hit back at the monastery at home.

[Look, she's found the one guy who will accept all of this being said with a straight face without question. Food is serious business.]

Oh, that's what happens if the other balls come out? Maybe I should've realized that.

[She had kind of been... hopping around. She should've realized that the other balls might not have the best affects.]

No, it's okay. [She nods her head.] Just in case, right? Yes, I'll stay.

[As it turns out, the entire process is actually pretty interesting to watch, and Kainé does so without any of her usual commentary— instead, she perches herself on a nearby overturned dresser and leans forward to give herself a better view, raising an eyebrow when the runes begin to glow mid-air.

It's not entirely unlike the magic she's familiar with, visually— her own was a similar color when she opted to use it— but beyond that, it's pretty damn unique. The idea of using magic to modify something so mundane is pretty novel, actually.

Neat.]

That's really gonna be able to carry both of us? Won't just go limp in the air or anything?

[Wow, only kind of? She'll have to try harder.

She continues filling her plate without missing a beat, though she does give a rigid shrug in response to his question, giving him a quick, sidelong glance bordering on a glare before stuffing half of that dinner roll in her mouth and proceeding to answer with her mouth full.]

Little shit was trying to keep me from seeing what's beyond the town borders. Obviously wasn't gonna take "no" for an answer, especially not from a goddamn rat, and it used some kind of magic to throw me and the guy I was with all the way back to the town square.

[She looks annoyed, to say the least, and scowls as she swallows down that first enormous bite of bread after what can't possibly have been enough chewing.]

Had to have been at least half a mile.

[He's considerate enough for the both of them, that has to count for something.

The dragon's face, however, is what finally gets her. She stares at it for a long moment, hard, before sighing heavily and turning her face away.]

... sorry.

[It's so quiet that it's barely audible, a choked-out sound rather than a word.]

[Good a place to rest as any, she guesses.]

Kinda does, doesn't it? Bullshit, if you ask me.

[If they're dream selves, shouldn't they be able to just keep going? She sighs heavily, sitting herself down on the fountain a couple of feet to his left, leaning forward to hang her hands between spread knees.]

This sucks.

[To put it mildly.]

[Really, it's for the best that he doesn't. That would probably lead to some more colorful words between them— possibly a flying fist or two.

Once she's done with the towel, she tosses it back in his direction, letting it land at his feet.]

Guess that's fair. You're the same person no matter where you are.

[Could probably be said for her, too... for better or worse.]

Don't think anyone's gonna be waiting on you here, prince. Think you'll be able to handle that?

[Man, they really do have similar tastes. Kainé is grinning broadly as she brings the end of her sword to rest against the ground, leaning her weight on it so that her torso settles into a comfortable slouch.

He's right. It was a rush— even Tyrann's stupid cackling can't change that.]

Guess so. Every place has carrion.

[Or things just... decay. Gross, but if it just ends up becoming a stinking, rotting mess, someone else will probably be bothered enough to clean it up.]

You know, you don't look like much, but that was pretty cool. That— monster thing you've got.

I can.

[It's true he can do most anything—]

If you never need to then there's no point in learning, however if you're interested you can always try learning here.

[Dream place and whatever. Might as well??]

Shit.

[Succint.]

Must be nice.

[She frowns for a moment, prodding at the contents of her plate with her fork before helping herself to what looks like it's about to be an oversized mouthful.]

Wonder if it was ever like that back home? Would have had to have been a long-ass time ago.

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