songerein | { 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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[They are going so far out of what the tapirs had asked them to do, but Tifa doesn't even care anymore. Whatever gets these things out of their way is good enough for her, whether they pass or fail this supposed test, if that's even what this is.

A plan is certainly one way to put it. An unexpected one at that. So much happens so quickly that she barely has time to process it all before he's pinning that ghost to the ground and under all that pressure, it starts to deflate like a balloon, wailing and screaming like it's now in a cartoon rather than a nightmare.]

Nice...!

[But she doesn't have a lot of time to process it because she still has a Roomba to take care of. It's the least that she can do for him. Well, it's time to limit break.]

No more games!

[And here it comes.]

[Zhao uses his entire body to jump the ladder and slam it back down, punching it with blue flame every time he lands until the ghostly image fades to nothing.

And then he witnesses Tifa beat the every living shit out of a that evil giant Roomba. Today is an excellent day.]

Fuck yeah! That's amazing!

[He jumps off the ladder, letting it fall while he catches his breath. He's pretty sure she's got it handled but if by the time he stops being winded it's still there, he's helping to kick the shit out of it.]

[It probably helps that the two of them are captivated by the others skill, which in turn will make it easier for them to take their worst fears down. In those few seconds, both of them were too busy watching the other to be afraid. A good strategy at the end of the day, even though it was completely unplanned!

She appreciates the extra help in beating up the mech until it's completely destroyed, but at some point, its insides start to spark and sizzle, and Tifa doesn't like where this is going.]

Get down!

[She dives for Zhao, pushing him aside along with her as it starts to jitter. This thing's about to explode!]

Woah!

[He wasn't expecting to get bodily cross checked and he makes sure to throw his saber on the ground so Tifa isn't accidentally stabbed while trying to be helpful.

He shuts his eyes as the demon Roomba explodes under Tifa's attacks. Too bad he didn't have time to cover his ears because they're ringing in the aftermath. So he might be speaking a little strangely as he can't quite hear his own voice just yet.]

Did we get it?

[With the explosion being so close, it's a miracle at all that neither of them was hurt, but this is a dreamscape... Maybe it was designed so that they weren't physically injured in the process of learning? Once the dust starts to settle and all that's left are small fires and embers among its remains, Tifa lifts her head next to Zhao to look over her shoulder.]

I think so.

[Her voice is a little loud from the ringing in her hears, too. Sorry for practically shouting.

Tifa's eyes widen when she sees that it's completely destroyed—hardly anything left of it, and she laughs, relieved.]

Yeah, we definitely got it. Nice moves back there.

You were definitely kicking a lot of ass too.

[He blinks a few times and taps at his ears as the annoying ringing starts to wear off.]

Speaking of kicking ass, in the middle of all that, don't think I ever got your name. Mine's Zhao.

[She brings a hand to her chest, leaning forward with a grin.]

Tifa Lockhart. It's been a pleasure fighting with you Zhao.

[Now with the introductions out of the way, her grin fades only slightly when she straightens herself again, shoulders squaring.]

Now the real question is... you think we passed the test?

Well. We're still alive, yeah? I feel like that's a win.

[Maybe they'll get to leave this place soon but before that...]

Feel like I might owe you a story about what you fought. Once I figure out how to conjure alcohol, I'll tell it to ya. Sound good?

That sounds great. You can tell me all about it over those magic drinks.

[She feels a lot better now that they've gotten through the worst of it, and she will definitely count them being alive as a win. So time to get out of this god-awful place they call a forest!]

{ GAME OPENING LOG }

holy shit LMAO

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wrapping!! 🎀