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.

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[ Smile broadening subtly, Naminé only has to think a moment before it occurs to her to return his bow with a small curtsey. (She's not used to having enough skirt for that, after all.) ]

I think I'm the one who should be grateful...! You've been very kind.

[ At his acknowledgement of her happier face, she needs just a beat and a few notes of the song before his meaning catches up with her and she brightens. Opening her mouth to respond, she pauses when it occurs to her suddenly that there might have been outside observers; glancing up and around she does take note of a few other people still figuring their way through the pumpkin ordeal.

There are a few starers, maybe a vague smattering of applause, and Naminé colors slightly under the attention before turning her eyes back to Alastor. The smile on her face almost drops away, but she catches it just in time to hold onto it as a smaller version thereof, shoulders rising with her shy little, 'um.' ]

It's only thanks to you, you know. [ That she's 'fully dressed', as it were. ] After that, I'm not sure whatever else they have planned will be nearly as much fun.

[Alastor turns his head to acknowledge their audience, giving a bow to accept the smattering of applause as if it were a standing ovation.] Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! Happy to entertain you all!

[He then returns his focus to his dance partner as she speaks. He chuckles and taps beneath her chin with one finger in a prompt to raise her head a bit.]

Then it's up to us to make our own fun, isn't it?! If this dream is supposed to be a party, then we should find what entertainment we can!

[ Naminé, for her part, is far less inclined to encourage the attentions of others. Watching Alastor, though, she seems to feel as though she ought to at least acknowledge it, and offers a few of those same spectators a brief, uncertain widening of her smile.

And her gaze flickers down toward his hand as it reaches toward her, but she lifts her head dutifully at the tap, eyes blinking a little rounder. Part of her can't help but think of another time, a similar gesture; there's a beat of hesitation, and then she decides not to compare the two, her tiny smile strengthening subtly again. If he prefers she wear one, then - it wouldn't be the first time she smiled for someone else, now would it?

She doesn't not mean it, anyway, and her brows lift with genuine curiosity. Alastor's a peculiar fellow, but an entertaining one. ]

I guess that makes sense...! [ With a tilt of her head, ] What do you usually do for fun at parties?

[ Perhaps that ought to be a general 'you'; it did sound earlier like his life was rather lonely before. ]

Me? Well, I enjoy a good performance if the mic is open! There's a certain buzz you can only get when you're putting on a show to an appreciative crowd!

Otherwise dancing and good conversation are my primary means of entertainment!

Oh...! So that was sort of like your idea of fun.

[ Naminé takes far less enjoyment from having the eyes of others on her for a variety of reasons, but there's a little hint of warmth that comes to her expression as she considers the experience. It wasn't the attention she liked; she's just coming to realize that she was really missing out on the music and dancing front in general. They're more enjoyable than she anticipated. Tipping her head curiously, ]

But I'm not sure what a good conversation really is. I don't-- talk to other people very much, so... [ Naturally, her curiosity is piqued. ] What do you think it is?

[ 'Cause at this point, if she's gonna be in such a comparatively crowded place, she's probably better start learning to talk to people more casually. ]

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Of course! How dare everyone have so much fun? >:O

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