EVENT: Dreams and Portals and 4th Walls, Oh My!

[fatedhearts]

Well, lookie here! We have a new event! And it's a collab with another game, Missrecalled! How will that work, you ask? Here is the event info on their side:

https://the-spaces-between.dreamwidth.org/436.html

And on this side:

Jordan was not the only person desperately trying to fix things that had gone wrong. On Gaia, the Sephiroth native to that world had been running himself ragged for the last several weeks, frantic to find a solution to what he had caused by bringing so many there through portals. It had been an accident, and his intentions when inadvertently activating the portals had been innocent, but that hardly mattered to him. He saw only that he had tried to do something for himself—using the Ancients’ magic to be sane again—and everything had turned on its head.

The Heartless attack had been the last straw. That was dangerous, that was deadly, and something had to be done. He had to send all of these poor people home.

And so he was struggling to open the portals. His will should be able to override whatever was keeping them closed, shouldn’t it? He certainly thought so.

In hindsight, perhaps he should have asked the other Sephiroth for help, given that that Sephiroth had the power of portal-making. But he hadn’t wanted to bother or burden anyone more than he already had. He had caused this on his own. He had to fix it on his own.

So while Jordan dreamed, Sephiroth fought with the portals.

What could possibly go wrong?

As it turned out, a lot. Both magic users, desperate to correct the problems in their worlds, reached out through the cosmos ... and the cosmos answered. A piercing portal developed from Auradon, through the Isle, all the way to Gaia, with the two blue-winged Sephiroths the unfortunate conduits. The dreamscape mixed with the waking world and portals began opening in both.

When this latest disaster exploded across Gaia, Sephiroth stared out the window in shock. Portals were everywhere, but people weren’t going through them back to their worlds. The energy he could feel from them didn’t even feel like the portals that had opened to start this whole mess. He went outside, looking into the nearest portal. The bizarre world on the other side, of flowers growing in the sky and clouds on the ground, looked like someone’s fever dream. Several more inane sights led him to conclude that the portals were indeed all going to people’s dreams. And upon talking with the recipient of one such dream, he made another alarming discovery: the portals were going to the dreams in other worlds.

He groaned and slumped back, running a hand down his face. “What have I done now?” he cried in dismay. Would he never be able to fix anything, only cause more destruction?


OOC Info: This is a collaborative event with the RP Missrecalled (info below). Characters from different worlds can either meet on the dreamscape while sleeping or pass through to Gaia while awake via the portals. But even in the waking world, the dreamworld is insisting on encroaching. The longer the madness goes on, the more the strange sights from people’s dreams are creeping into Gaia.

While there isn’t as much awake time on the Missrecalled side of things (and less and less of it as the event progresses), the Gaia side allows for people to be awake and not asleep if preferred. (Or they can dream on the Gaia side as well, if preferred.) The Sephiroths are dream-walkers and can pass through the dreamscape both asleep and awake. They can also take others with them. Everyone else can also use the portals to wander amid other’s dreams or pass through to Gaia if they were someplace else. The portals popping up in the waking world must be closed from inside the dreamscape, which the Sephiroths will be trying to take care of along with those who volunteer to help them. But there’s so many, it could take some time. And while any are open, things from people’s dreams are getting loose everywhere. Monsters, weird disasters, any distressing scenario dreaming people can come up with. Go wild! Make top-levels and reply to others' top-levels from this post, or from Missrecalleds' 4th Wall at: https://the-spaces-between.dreamwidth.org/436.html
Just mark your threads accordingly if they have any content others may wish to avoid. Also keep in mind that as wild and weird as your dreams can be, you don't have the right to force that weirdness on others' characters unless they're okay with that. I.E., does your dream involve forced transformation into dogs or cats? Great! That's fine for you, but no one else should have to be changed if they don't want that. So either mark your thread that it's for those who want that weirdness, or have it open to all and expect to see some humans talking to your dogs and cats. :)

Given the nature of the event and the need to close so many dream portals, dream-walkers and characters with other dream-related powers will be especially useful. The Sephiroths could use all the help they can get! But everyone is welcome and all characters can help! Just know that if you’re going to try closing dream portals and you don’t have inherent dream powers, you’ll need to go with one of the Sephiroths. This is a combination collab event in which characters from both games can mingle, as well as a 4th Wall in which characters from anywhere and anything can appear, whether they’re in either game or not! Bring everyone! It’s like a test drive, only wilder. If you especially enjoy your time in the 4th Wall, apps are always open at Fated Hearts and open until October 30th at Missrecalled and we would love for you to join us permanently!

And the info on our collab partner: Missrecalled is a game based on an AU of Disney's Descendants/the Isle Of The Lost novels, taking place if the third movie ended slightly differently. The game is split in two parts; Characters who start in Auradon are welcomed to a seemingly-idyllic setting with only minimal power nerf that is exploration, slice of life, and working together plot lines. Characters who start on The Isle are in for a powernerf experience with survival and school themes. There are ways in game to change from one to the other, but they are not frequent and the pace is often player driven. The Missrecalled Mod Squad hopes to see you on the 4th wall... once upon a dream.

Things to note: Missrecalled has a magical no-swear filter, and requires FTB for physical intimacy scenes.

Comments

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

“Nevertheless, the fact remains that this is not acceptable behavior during dreamwalking. Things may not always turn out as well as they did here in Zack’s dream and I cannot risk disrupting someone’s dream.” He started to open a portal.

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

"If things don't work out, you just keep fixing things until they do," she said, crossing her arms.

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

"In the case of tinkering with someone's dream, failing once could be disastrous," he said. "Upsetting the dreamer can turn the dream into a very deadly nightmare. I must insist that both of you return to your world."

The portal was open now.

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

"If a dream could be that easily made dangerous I'd have died long ago," she said, flatly. "Besides, a nightmare comes down to how you see things. Between the three of us, we can solve anything that comes to terrify, and turn the dream inspiring instead."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

"As I recall, you didn't even think you were in a dream at first. And you are correct that a nightmare is in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps something that wouldn't be one to you would be one to the dreamer."

Zack looks back and forth between them. He's not sure what he thinks. It was kinda ... nervy of somebody to suddenly pop up in his dream and decide to change it because they felt like it. But the flying thing's cool, at least....

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

"And if it is, we're here to help. You two to fight things, me to fix things and worst case happens.. that's what the death ray is for."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

"You brought that with you?" Now he was even more concerned.

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

"Um... yes. You brought your sword. And Maxim is... well... Maxim. Did you think I was just going to be a damsel in distress or that I was here to sight see while you two did all the hard work?" she snapped.

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

“I do not trust leaving my fate or the dreamers’ fates in your hands for you to decide if the death ray should be used,” he said. He had been wary from the beginning and this was the last straw. “If you will not peacefully return to your world, I will personally escort you through the portal.”

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

"So you get to decide what to fight, but how dare I have the option to make a choice myself?"

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

"Considering that we are not in your world and I am trying to close the portals to other dreams, yes," he said flatly. "You can't simply decide to frivolously change someone's dream because you feel like it or because you think you can make their dream better. I am trying to cause as little disruption to the dreams as possible as long as nothing escapes from them."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

."So you don't think we should ever try to make things better for others?" she asked, irritated.

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

"I do, of course," Sephiroth retorted. "That is what I'm trying to accomplish by sealing the portals before people are hurt. But our worlds clearly operate on different rules of what is and is not acceptable. If I were in your world, I would try to learn those things instead of just doing whatever I pleased."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

She doubted that at this point. "These are dreams, they aren't my world, but not yours either."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

"That is all the more reason to tread cautiously instead of doing whatever you feel like," Sephiroth retorted. "It is a dream world controlled by the dreamer, not by you. Or me."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

"I haven't shot anything yet, I am being the perfect model of caution and restraint, thank you very much."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

"A perfect example of the fact that we have different ideas of what caution and restraint mean," Sephiroth said flatly. "There was no need to change Zack's monorail."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

"I made it more efficient!"

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

“It was unnecessary and could have caused more harm than good.”

Zack looked back and forth between them. Clearly neither of them were going to bend.

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

"But it didn't! I'm a strong Spark! I know what I'm doing! Mostly."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

“It’s that ‘mostly’ that concerns me,” Sephiroth grunted. “Among other things. The train was starting to spark. I don’t want to know what else might happen from your meddling.”

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

"If something breaks I can fix it. And again... it is a dream. At some point he'll wake up and just have some weird new inspiration."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

“And if we were unable to leave the dream first, we might never leave,” Sephiroth retorted.

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[agathaheterodyne]

"then we'll just build something to get us out. Not everything is a crisis."

Re: Zack Fair, Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[3wingedangel]

"Not everything can be solved by building things," Sephiroth retorted. "It's foolish to tamper with matters you know little to nothing of. And we are wasting time. I do not want you to continue journeying with me. I didn't like what I was hearing from the start and I let you come along against my better judgment."