Event Post: Dreamwalker the Second

[hadrielmods]

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

Comments

Trafalgar Law

[hot_mes]

Given that I've always figured him to be the type to have nightmares, especially coming so soon on the heels of everything Dressrosa, Fear is gonna have a field day with Law.

He'll be visiting all y'all mostly, I'll peruse the offerings after I get back to the computer but as far as his hosting, he'll do one night of Hope during round one and one night of Fear during round two.

Hope is going to be a wacky mishmash of things he'd never own up to feeling in real time - Corazon being alive again and able to see how he's grown, giant snuggly bear hugs from Bepo, and a whole hell of a lot of cameo appearances by Luffy whether he wants it or not. His dream is going to be a bit on the weird side, as things careen wildly from one to the next, so anyone who stops in can feel free to include surreal bits like idk wielding bananas as pistols and flying and stuffed animals talking to you.

Fear is the real doozy, and lolspoilers for One Piece. It's all Doflamingo. Doflamingo in the murdercave stalking people, Doflamingo on his ship, Doflamingo in Dressrosa like a memory, etc. Also a good deal about the Birdcage, trapping people in whatever place they're in. Probably a few cameos by Kaidou as a callback to the Bad End vision since he did frequently tell people he actually thinks about this bad end being a real possibility. It's a good time to learn why Law is so closed-off and grouchy and poke at the secrets he's never telling anyone.

So y'know just as a heads up if anyone's looking for opportunities to poke at his fresh wounds.

[puzzlingly]

gee that Doflamingo sounds like a pain, my dude

[hot_mes]

Don't let me start spewing canon at you, it'll never end.

[puzzlingly]

naw no need, maybe Atem can see that for himself??

[hot_mes]

Bring it, Atem.

[puzzlingly]

yeeeeeeey
gonna poke you about it when the time comes i got an idea for it :>

[hot_mes]

oooo goodie yes do

Ah right that's the second round. I'd better plan up my background descriptions n stuff.

Re: Trafalgar Law

[roseofthetyrells]

Putting Marg in Fear!

[hot_mes]

It's gonna be ugly, Marg. You up for it? :D

[roseofthetyrells]

She's tougher than she looks. ;)

[hot_mes]

I'm pleased that everyone wants a part of his fear. XD

[aroundthecoroner]

shall we exchange troubling backstories??? I am super canon blind to One Piece so this will be a learning experience for me as well, but let michael see ur fears law

[hot_mes]

we totally should. I'm going to smear my canon all over that dream so even the canonblind will understand. Everyone in OP has tragic sad backstories but Law's is kind of the worst.

[aroundthecoroner]

g o o d

I mean poor Law

[hot_mes]

Good indeed.

It's a plan, then! I was scoping out Michael's tranquility because lbr Law would totally rubberneck and brush up on his anatomy but...fear is more fun.