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hadriel_ooc2017-10-11 08:49 am
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Event Post: Dreamwalker the Second
THE RUNDOWN
Things have been pretty wild lately, both for the gods and for all you poor residents of Hadriel. So it should be no surprise that the gods have decided to put on an event that gives them all a chance for a little power - and it helps that when they did it before, it worked pretty well. No one was even that mad! Just the usual mad levels. That means it's time for the second Dreamwalker event.
How does this work? Well, a lot like the first one, only split in two so all the gods can get in on it. From October 14th-20th, your dreams will be influenced by Delight, Rage, Sorrow, and Hope. After that, you get a couple days to rest, and then Fear, Love, Confusion, and Tranquility take over and invade your dreams from October 23rd-29th. It doesn't matter if you try to stay up, or even if you normally don't sleep at all - at the same time late each evening, a wave of exhaustion will come over you and you'll fall fast asleep.
Once you've fallen asleep, you will either be a Host or a Visitor. Hosts will be 'touched' by one of the gods and have corresponding dreams. Visitors will enter into the dreams of a Host and the two of them will experience the dream together. Hosts can be influenced by a maximum of one god each night.
THE DETAILS
Each character can be a Host or a Visitor as many times as you like, but they can only be one each night, for a total of seven nights in each week. This means you can be a Visitor for five nights and a Host for two, or a Host for all seven nights, with no visiting. Whichever you like! Visitors may visit multiple dreams per night, while Hosts can have multiple visitors per night. It's up to you guys to decide if you want your characters to be aware of repeating dreams or not.
Likewise, each Host can be touched by a single god as many times as they like, with a rule of one dream per hosting night. Five hosting nights, with five Delight dreams? Go ahead! Seven hosting nights with three Fear dreams and four Rage dreams? Have at it! And during the day, everyone goes about their lives as normal - unless they really need to talk about these dreams with someone.
As far as the dreams themselves are concerned, here are a few ideas of the types of dreams that each god would influence:
Delight: What pleases you? Sunny days, picnics in meadows, your favorite food made exactly how you like it... where will you be happiest? What are your favorite things?
Rage: What makes you angry? It could be a dream about someone winning something you wanted more than anything, something completely unfair, or that person whose lights you want to punch out.
Sorrow: What makes you sad? The death of someone you love, a great regret, a missed opportunity? It could be all the miseries of the world, or just very personal miseries.
Hope: What do you want? Even if it's not possible- a dead friend or family member to return to you, winning endless riches, or succeeding in a long quest.
Fear: What are you afraid of? Typical nightmares of monsters chasing you, falling forever, running from something? Worst fears and most terrifying memories are all applicable as well. Dreams of Fear's previous events are also possibilities!
Love: What, or who, do you love? This doesn't need to be romantic love, but it can be. Your parents, your best friend, your boyfriend - maybe even your ex. Or something more ephemeral: a hobby, a feeling, a time in your life.
Confusion: What you fucks you up? An answer you've never gotten, something that might linger in the back of your mind still. Something that twists your thoughts into tangles. Losing something (maybe yourself), getting tricked, being manipulated.
Tranquility: What calms you down? Your home, the quiet presence of a friend, finally getting to rest. When was the most content you've ever felt, and what caused it? Calmer than happiness, more subtle than love.
These aren't hard guidelines or anything, either- they're just suggestions, if you're having trouble coming up with something!
As a final note, opting out of the dream event is A-ok! Your character does not have to be affected by the exhaustion waves and/or dreamsharing. You also don't need to have threads every night; both handwaving and opting out on certain nights is just fine! The gods are definitely capable of overlooking a few characters.
THE OVERVIEW
► October 14th: The first set of dreams begin: Delight, Rage, Sorrow, and Hope
► October 20th: The first set of dreams end
► October 23rd: The second set of dreams begin: Fear, Love, Confusion, and Tranquility
► October 29th: The second set of dreams end
Hayden
Here are the things I currently have in mind:
Sorrow:
There are letters and papers everywhere, strewn over the desolate earth beneath Hayden’s feet. They’re falling from him as he gets the beating of his life, bigger, stronger demons laughing and kicking him while he’s down, but no matter how hard they hit him he doesn’t try to stop it. He doesn’t even seem to notice them. He tries to pick up the papers again, because it’s all he has is this job. It seems hopeless, he looks defeated. More fall out of his reach whenever he manages to grab a handful. And the more it goes on, the more the papers are rising up like the sea around them all.
Hope:
Hayden stands before a large church. The stained glass windows seem to go up and up for miles. Nervous, he makes his way inside. Everyone in the pews stops and stares at him. They whisper, and Hayden can’t help but shy away, but a bright light at the front of the room beckons him forward. It’s a long walk, and Hayden nearly turns back around many times, but when you finally reach the source, you find that the light has taken the form of a gently smiling angel. “Let’s go home,” it offers.
Fear:
You find yourself with Hayden in a big, dark office. Something you’d find belonging to a big shot CEO. Satan, as it proclaims him by the plaque on his desk, looms behind his desk. Even though he’s sitting, his shadow curls around the atmosphere, making the whole place seem suffocating and punishing. “You’re fired,” he indicates, and the floor breaks away from under you, and Hayden’s falling, screaming, crying, until you finally find yourself in some deep dark reach of Hell, everything hot and full of misery.
At some point, you come across a black-gated Manor, and his sister Helen greets you with a stern expression. “I told you to never come back,” she says. “You know what’ll happen if they find me with someone so weak and pathetic.” And suddenly, in a blink, her body is being ripped apart by unseen forces. No matter what you do or say, Hayden ends up covered in her blood, and he seems inconsolable.
Confusion:
Hayden’s sister Helen stands with her back to Hayden. “I can’t be seen with you anymore,” she says. “Goodbye.” She doesn’t walk away, but a distance stretches farther and farther between them. Hayden tries to follow after her, but no matter how hard he runs, the distance only keeps growing, and she never turns back around. All the time he calls out to her, asking for her to stop and wait, asking why, because he doesn’t understand what he’s done to make her leave.
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