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✵ 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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With that dream thinking stuff? Sure, I've got it, I'll watch the candy.

[Sora nods and then goes right up to the jawbreaker to make sure it doesn't decide to up and jump off on its own again. He's watching it!]

Who knew candy could cause so much trouble.

[Well, candy can cause all sorts of trouble! Cavities are the worst!]

Too much of it can make your teeth rot. [Something is forming above the jawbreaker now. Not quite solid enough to use just yet though. So while that's going on...]

For a moment, I thought you were someone I knew, but you're clearly not them. What's your name?

Yeah, I guess you got a point there.

[Ew, cavities really are the worst. And Sora actually doesn't look that surprised that he looks similar to someone else... Same faces are sort of a thing in his circle.]

And I'm Sora! I'm guessing you saw someone that might look a little like me?

[Like... twins???]

[Sora...] I thought you were someone name Roxas.

[The metal stake has properly taken shape, ready to be struck.] Kazuma Asogi. Ready when you are.

Aha! Yeah, I know Roxas! We're from the same place.

[And are a lot more connected than just twins. It's complicated.]

Alright, Kazuma! I'm ready too! Let's do this.

[With that, Sora takes his keyblade in hand like it's a giant hammer and aims it at the wooden stake that had been put in place. He winds up and with a boyish shout hits it as hard as he can! Smash!]

Hm. [Roxas never mentioned having siblings, so...

He takes a few steps back as Sora heads up to slam the stake into the jawbreaker. It actually cause the jawbreaker to bounce. It starts to roll slightly, Kazuma coming forward to stop it from gaining any further momentum. At least several cracks have appeared where the stake had struck the jawbreaker.]

Ouch.

[Sora's arms seem to vibrate a little with the collision. He grips his keyblade carefully.]

This thing really would break some jaws. Lemme try again.

[But he's going to try it again with another swing to hammer the stake into the hard candy.]

[BAM! Another larger crack spreads across the jawbreaker. All of the sudden, the jawbreaker splits and explodes into smaller jawbreakers.] Careful!

[It's now raining regular size jawbreakers, and they kind of hurt. He's locates higher ground not to be swept away by the stream of jawbreakers.]

Whoa!! Geeze!

[Sora has to bring up his arms to block some of them from hitting him! He quickly follows after Asogi and jumps out of the way of one more!]

That was close...!! But I think we did a good enough job? At least it won't be running into any of the buildings anymore!

[He grips Sora's shoulder, to keep balance and to ensure he doesn't fall back in too.]

I believe so. We just have an awful lot of regular jawbreakers now. [Do they need to clean that up too?] We...probably shouldn't leave them like this.

[Steady now! Sora is glad neither of them got clonked on the head.

He picks up one of the jawbreakers and holds it like a baseball.]

I wonder what we should do with them? Maybe give them to people? Uh... Does anyone ever really eat jawbreakers, though?

[Even Sora thinks they're kinda...too much.]

Well, we could just gather them, put them aside and let the tapirs deal with them. [They probably need a giant rake to gather all these, and a bag or a large hole to dump all these in.]

...So, I take it you and Roxas are friends then?

Haha, okay.

[Sora nods.]

And yeah! We're friends! We come from the same world. He used to be a part of my heart but now he's his own person. That part is kind of a long story but short story is, yeah we're friends.

[Like that's the most casual thing to say about a relationship??]

You met him here?

[He's taking it pretty well, in fact he's comes to a realization as Sora explains.] Ah...so you're the one that he came from. [Makes sense, considering his initial confusion.]

I met him in another world before this one, but he doesn't remember our time there.

[Oh, so it seems that Kazuma gets most of it! Well, that will save Sora a ton of time explaining it badly!]

Oh... Yeah, sometimes that happens. I'm really sorry...

Sometimes? [...So that could mean anything.] Is losing memories normal where you're both from?

Erm. Sort of.

[Sora tilts his head.]

In our last world sometimes people would leave and come back with different memories. Or people would forget us altogether. Or we'd even forget people when we moved to a new world. I don't really know why it happens.

[But he smiles a bit!]

It doesn't mean we don't want to remember. If Roxas was your friend once before I bet he'll want to be your friend again.

...I see. So that is a common occurrence when traversing worlds [Who would have thought, a Meiji student of law would learn about the intricacies of world traveling?]

He's certainly trying, although I wouldn't say we were close. [Even then, Roxas got really upset when he learned they knew each other at one point.]

Yeah, that's my best guess too.

[Sora shrugs. There's nothing they can really do about it!]

Either way, I bet it was nice to see a familiar face.

...In a way, yes. [It's complicated.]

We should get back to gathering all these jawbreakers.

Yeah! Let's get to it!

[And from here they'll start collecting the jawbreakers for safekeeping! What a strange first day in a new world.]

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