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dreamposts ([personal profile] dreamposts) wrote in [community profile] songerein2021-09-04 02:28 pm

{ 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.
lethechained: (b-blush)

[personal profile] lethechained 2021-10-23 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Right!

[ After taking a second to consider how best to handle this, Naminé elects to just sort of... fling one end of the popcorn string into the midst of the monkeys, not unlike a fisherman casting a line.

Well, if it keeps them busy, does it really have to be elegant? All she can do now is hope they'll take the bait. ]
Edited 2021-10-23 06:53 (UTC)
darkcharge: (201)

[personal profile] darkcharge 2021-10-23 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Come on then. Vanitas doesn't seem to mind nor is he deterred. Rather his face takes on an expression of feral enjoyment.

Since, depending on Eizen's approach? He'' do a flip out of the way to lunge at a different side. Van isn't just powerful.

He's fast. ]
darkcharge: (121)

[personal profile] darkcharge 2021-10-23 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The unfortunate ( or fortunate ) thing here is that, yes. Yes, Vanitas does know that there is a difference in knowing him and in meeting him. Vanitas suspects that, perhaps, if he had been introduced to the brat under different circumstances that he might have learned to deal with his situation. He's known what kind of person Sora was, but to actually experience it...

He scoffs. Yes, Vanitas is aware and he's getting the sense that this girl is one of those cryptic sorts. ]


Asking a question to answer a question is used as a means to make the other person come to an answer instead of just supplying one when it is demanded. I'm not so much of a child that I need coddled or that I can't handle hard truths.

[ Because it's obvious. ]

I don't want my interpretation of my question. What I'm asking for is yours.
darkcharge: (98)

[personal profile] darkcharge 2021-10-23 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
That's where you and I might have a different approach.

[ Vanitas taps his fingers against the table. ]

I like to keep my friend to myself.

[ He's a little possessive okay and sees nothing wrong with that. ]
darkcharge: (2)

[personal profile] darkcharge 2021-10-23 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
This is the amount of control that is permitted. They also simply are what they are. You can't tell an emotion like anger or rage to just exist to be anything less...
darkcharge: (10)

[personal profile] darkcharge 2021-10-23 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Never heard of unions. Doesn't discount the fact that it happened all the same.

[ Just saying! ]
bulletic: (mofu mofu mofu ♥)

[personal profile] bulletic 2021-10-23 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Noel responds with a nod of her own, and lets out a small giggle at the "challenge". ]

In that case, we should prepare our own dishes next time! Ah, i-if you're interested in that, I mean!

[ Given her cooking skills, it's essentially a death threat, but Noel remains oblivious to that. She certainly doesn't want to put pressure on him in case that isn't his thing, though. ]
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[personal profile] iracorn 2021-10-24 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Ira is not surprised by that reaction and that only causes his smile to grow. It seems that some things have not changed.]

I admit that I don't really have a formal one right now, but I would like to see your skills and we can evaluate from there.
lethechained: (calm)

[personal profile] lethechained 2021-10-24 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her faintly troubled expression grows more sympathetic as the movement of his ears draws her attention back up to them. As adorable as the gesture might be, Naminé still feels a pang of regret for having potentially darkened the otherwise pleasant mood.

At his question, her lips flatten together into a tighter line, visibly hesitant. She doesn't have it in her to lie to Sora - to anyone else, either - but the girl does briefly think back to the time when he asked her to smile for his sake. As much as she wants to keep doing that, she finds she wants, too, for him to know a little more about her.

That feels like a selfish wish. But he's the one asking, so presently she responds with a soft, ]


Mmhm.

[ and a nod that turns her face away from him. Busying her fingers with unwrapping another candy, she can't help the way her eyes flick up at him again following his description of what sounds like his own experience. Again she's caught in an internal moment of indecision, and again she chooses, somewhat against her better judgement, to trust him with a portion of the truth. ]

In the place where I was before this... nothing was ever harmless.

[ It's not an exaggeration by much, if it is at all. ]

So I hope you're right. [ Chancing a glance at him, she urges the corners of her mouth up slightly, an echo of that old arrangement that he shouldn't remember. ] I have to admit, this world does seem-- very different from that one.
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[personal profile] iracorn 2021-10-24 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Cake sounds like a good place to start. I don't think I've had one in a very long time.
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[personal profile] iracorn 2021-10-24 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
[It starts with one monkey's eyes following the popcorn and it is soon joined by the other. There's a moment of pause as the popcorn string lands in the center of them before the monkeys let out an excited shriek and move towards the treat, chattering excitedly.]
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[personal profile] iracorn 2021-10-24 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
If you're not part of a Union, then how were you part of the war?

[He supposes there could have been independent parties but that also doesn't make sense.]
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[personal profile] grappleking 2021-10-24 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[If you put that expectation on him, he just might. For now, however, his shoulders just sag— he still hasn't really gotten a chance to eat any of his dinner, even, and this whole boar head incident has kind of put a damper on things.]

Yeah, yeah. I'll— figure something out. After I eat.

[Maybe at another table. This one is kind of uncomfortable now.]

See you around, Akechi.
grappleking: (040)

wrapping it up!

[personal profile] grappleking 2021-10-24 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! I'm a man of my word.

[Sometimes. Mostly? Unless he forgets.

He gets to his own feet without assistance, holding a hand out to Akechi to shake.]


We made a deal— I'm not sayin' anything.

[For now.]

Let's see what else needs doing around here for now, yeah?
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[personal profile] ragingscoopaholic 2021-10-24 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Lame, that's what. Mine was the Princess- the one from the Frog Prince. She was spoiled, and rude. Completely unlikable. I swear, that idiot dragged me into his curse.

[So, no, it wasn't entertaining in the least. At least not for her, anyway.]
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[personal profile] masqueraid 2021-10-24 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh— ( ren seemed a little surprised at first, but it quickly melts away into a pleasant smile. ) Yeah, that would be great.

( someone else interested in cooking? awesome! maybe she could help him prefect a few dishes while they experiment! at least thanks to this game he knew she had the potential stomach for it.

it didn't even cross his mind that he might be walking straight into a minefield........ )
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[personal profile] lethechained 2021-10-25 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ A cryptic sort she very much is, if only for fear of what too much information at once can do. Naminé is so accustomed to meting out the truth in careful portions that to be called out for it has her openly taken aback, eyes blinking a little wider. ]

Coddling you? Is that what you think I'm doing?

[ Curling a hand against her mouth in thought, Naminé... can't actually deny the accusation. Not completely, anyway. Yes, she's been treating him delicately - albeit for her own safety as well as his. It's never really crossed her mind to think of it as babying someone, but she's definitely considering it now as she regards him contemplatively, mouth pressed into a funny little shape.

Sobering slightly at his last comment, she lets her hand fall again. More candidly, ]


Even if that is what you want, what you think is still the most important thing. No matter what I tell you, we might not both see it the same way.

[ Hence her question; it was an attempt to help him understand things as she does. But-- no, perhaps he's right, and a more straightforward approach would work better. Frowning slightly, the girl draws herself back down toward the ground again; she was starting to drift back up a bit. ]

What I meant was, in places like this, people's memories can go missing. That means even if both you and Sora came here from the same world, the one that wasn't ours, there'd always be a chance that you wouldn't remember being there with him. And if it weren't that, you could have been from another point in time, or even a different universe altogether. So-- any number of things about you could have been changed from what I was expecting.

[ Which... would imply she was expecting him at all, and that's a whole other matter. ]
Edited 2021-10-25 00:16 (UTC)
shithogs: [ commission, please dnt ] (57)

[personal profile] shithogs 2021-10-25 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe I'll just turn mine loose in the woods, then.

[Don't worry, she's definitely not looking to take possession of your friend. He's aaaall yours— she already has more people invested in her activities and well-being than she'd like.

Different approach is right.]


Seems like it's worked out alright for you.
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[personal profile] grappleking 2021-10-25 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. Doesn't seem like you.

[He may have just met her, but he likes to think he's a pretty good judge of character. Usually, he's not far off the mark.]

I mean, we just met, but I'm a stranger and you were happy to help me. Nothin' rude about that.
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[personal profile] lethechained 2021-10-25 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Teeth pressed into her lip, Naminé waits through the pause with bated breath. Small though the monkeys might be, part of her is a touch nervous about their reaction - but it becomes mercifully clear quite quickly that there won't be any angry repercussions when the creatures descend upon the popcorn string with glee.

Brightening, Naminé waits a moment or two to be sure they've taken to the distraction before nodding at Ira. Looks like the monkeys are as occupied as they're going to get; Naminé will even feed them a little more of the string, just to be sure they stay busy. ]
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[personal profile] iracorn 2021-10-25 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Monkeys successfully distracted, Ira moves in to gather some fruit. Tentative at first, but soon a bit bolder as the monkeys seem quite content with the popcorn.

Eventually, he gives Namine a wave to indicate that he has enough, and moves away from the table.]
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[personal profile] rokubro 2021-10-25 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[They're getting closer.....AND CLOSER.....



And then the road suddenly cracks wide open in front of them!?]


What the—!?

[He has no other choice but to suddenly swerve off to the side.]
twilightskey: (Got it memorized?)

[personal profile] twilightskey 2021-10-25 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Well... I wouldn't say that. More, I probably gave you a lot to process.

[And there's still more to tell her. At least six games worth. But he figures it's best to let her digest it all in bits, rather than dump it all on her at once.]

Hmm, yeah, that's right. We should get back to work if we want to sleep comfortably. And we don't want those bugs coming back, do we?
twilightskey: (Oh?)

[personal profile] twilightskey 2021-10-25 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Well, true... I was just wondering...

[He's not an expert on emotions even at the best of times. But who knows what sort of things they could do in an emotion-powered dreamworld?]

[In any case, Roxas turns back to the woods, letting out a little breath.]


We should probably get back to work, huh?
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[personal profile] galacticstar 2021-10-25 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Just Sora then ☀(▀U ▀-͠)

It means everywhere you go, there's music! (*^ ‿ <*)♡

If you don't make music, then you listen to it!