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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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[He swallowed hard. Gotta be a man about it, it was just a bite...! But after, he shook his head and looked around for something to drink.]

Holy shit that was a mistake... I get the game now. But anger n' happy was okay. Dunno about you, but I ain't up for playin' around with this emotion stuff if I'm gonna put the result into my damn body.

[Meanwhile, Zidane's gonna put Anger into the cheese again, try burning away the bad taste with spice. It kind of works... but maybe he wasn't mad enough? The circumstance is kind of funny so it tastes sweeter with just some background prickling.]

Yeah, I'm good with that being our last round. I might have nightmares about that chicken.

Pretty sure the dream-pigs'll get mad over that- last thing they want are nightmares. ...Or maybe chicken nightmares'll be easy to scrub out.

[He just pitched the rest of the chicken, and grab a plain one. Screw the warfare on his guts, he'll just take 'em plain jane.]

Right, uh- I'm Kanji.

Dream-pi— oh you mean the tapirs. Maybe they will, or maybe a chicken nightmare will be the most terrifying nightmare ever…

[He said that last part rather ominously… but then laughed.]

I’m Zidane. Nice to meet you, Kanji!

[He tipped his chin. Thanks for not going out of your way to try and poison him, dude.]

I guess we busted the game, anyway. ...Dude, is that a tail?

[PRIORITIES.]

[Poison? That would be the worst!]

Seems like we did. Time to let someone else play. Oh, that?

[He wiggles said appendage.] Yeah it is.

[Shit, it moves! So he's like a monkey dude or something.]

Whoa... it's a real friggin' tail. So you're one'a the dream people, right? From here, or... a dreamin' person like me?

[He makes it move even more... and curl!]

I'm a dreaming person... if that makes the most sense. But yeah, this isn't my world.

I thought so... I mean, people are people or animals whenever I dream; ain't both, anyway.

Like I'm probably why there's little foxes everywhere- there's a mama with a bunch'a babies at the shrine next to my house.

[He paused, looked around, then pointed. A very small red fox was running off with a whole chicken wing prize.]

Huh?

[Looking over, sure enough, there's a fox. Not that anyone's jumping to stop it; there's plenty of food. Looking back, he tilts his head.]

... Why not dream of both?

[He scratched his head with a frown.]

I'unno. I guess it'd be weird to have some of my friends be animals and others are just themselves. Maybe my brain figures they'd bitch at me if they found out I turned 'em into animals.

What about you? I mean, maybe you'd get mad if someone dreamed you up and you didn't have a tail or whatever.

I mean, depends on how they found out. They might be more mad over which animal you make 'em too.

[He doesn't get why it'd be so bad still.]

Hm... not really. I'd be more interested in asking what the dream's about that I didn't have a tail in it.

They're all cute animals! What's not to like?!

[That's enough chicken for him. Really, he was kinda hoping for different food but it seemed the menu was just bird n' cheese... unless he wanted to deal with the little dragons again.]

Who doesn't wanna be a bird or a cat, or a little fox or somethin'?

Everyone's got their favorite animal, I'm sure.

[Though, being part animal himself, he wouldn't really want to change what he is... er, sort of.]

I'd be careful of birds. The can be a little stuck-up... Queen Stella's wasn't so bad to work with I guess.

I got a friend who's kinda got a princess-y vibe... I mean, her shadow was a big-ass bird, so maybe that ain't a good idea. Maybe a damn hyena, what with how much she likes to cackle her ass off.

But it's just my brain, y'know? So she's a bird, my best bud loves cats so he's a cat, Yosuke's a frog, Chie's got this awesome dog she talks about that I ain't ever met so I imagine this husky or somethin'... uhhh...

Rise's a bunny, Teddie's a bear because of course he is, and Naoto's a cute little fox.

See? No bad animals! But if any of 'em wind up here, I'll keep that info to myself.

[No, those don't sound like bad choices at all. However, Zidane's nodding along halts because his attention narrows in on something Kanji said: cute little fox. He'd said awesome dog earlier, but 'cute' huh?]

Hey, don't worry about it. I haven't met them yet so I can't say anything. Also, that's not something for me to talk about anyway.

[He smiled wryly.]

Right, 'cause if they work it out, I'll know who blabbed and you'd be in big trouble.

Haha, saying that like I'm worried. Don't worry, I won't say anything... especially to your cute friend.

[He waggled his eyebrows.]

... My cu-

You put whatever just popped up OUTTA YOUR MIND!

[He chuckles.]

Hey, no harm in having crushes.

N-nobody said 'crush'! That's on you!

I just said cute! I can say cute, can't I? That allowed?

I dunno... Is the fox really the only cute animal in that list? You didn't say the same for, say, the bunny.

[Huh? Huuuh? He leans a little closer to Kanji.]

[He leans away and isn't looking at him.]

That's 'cause bunnies are naturally cute! Everybody knows that.

Hmmm... I guess they are, but bunnies got nothing on someone I find way cuter.

[And leaning away, he's now thinking of someone else.]

Edited 2021-09-22 23:37 (UTC)

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