【EVENT】 New Year's Wishful Dreaming

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Wishful Dreaming Event

On the Eve of the New Year, the city of Starsand is surprisingly quiet. For a place so eager to throw parties, you might think that the streets would be full of life. But instead, Starsand’s streets are quiet and it’s citizens shutting down shops early. In this city, the last night of the year is contemplative and quiet. Citizens might make their last shrine visits, but it’s uncommon to see them out past 11.

They say that it’s important to fall asleep before the New Year, because you want to treasure your first dream of the New Year. Supposedly it’s lucky and prophetic. If you write it down and remember it, that dream can even guide you to your greatest desire. And rumors are always good ideas in Starsand.

Sleep comes easy on this night. Characters will find themselves getting drowsy by 4am at the latest. When they do fall asleep, they fall into a deep and elaborate dream.

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OOC NOTES

The first dream of the New Year will show characters their wishes come true. They will get to enjoy the life they long for. But strangely, they may find other Fallen Stars wandering into their dreams. These encounters may shake them out of their dreamlike state and make them aware that the dream is just that: A dream. If the dreamer denies their dream or has doubts, then the dreamscape will fall apart into a nightmare before both dreamer and visitor wake up.

It is possible to have multiple dreams: Characters must wake between dreams, even if just briefly, then fall back asleep in order to change their dream. There can be multiple visitors before the dream ends for good.

On the morning of January 1st, all characters who had a dream will find a prismatic crystal clenched in the palm of their hands. The crystal will reflect the contents of their dream, so long as they hold the same wish. If they change wishes or lose faith, then the crystal will turn black and melt into Rumor goo.

NPC characters may reply to dreams with clues. Please indicate which characters you want to receive clues by putting a “*” in their toplevel title. You may request clues for up to 3 characters. Thank you for your help!

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Comments

[spacialeyes]

[… Okay. In this dream, Yuuto knows right away that something is very wrong. Why is he at school and wearing a school uniform? This isn’t even the uniform from his sisters’ school. Never mind the alien talk: He shouldn’t be allowed in a school at all!

At least the sight of Kokoro is reassuring. Her words might ring some alarm bells, but he’s happy to see her.]

Kokoro-san..? What do you mean? Where are we?

[stavros]

St. Gradius.

[She looks out the window. There's a mundane sprawling city, but there are strange crafts flying by in the sky.]

Named for a planet we've had contact with. It should be 2011, but I've come to see that this is somewhat... different from other realms, thanks to our dealings with alien forces. But even before then, for nearly one thousand years, my family has fought supernatural threats here on Earth, as have a few others like our branches and the Getsu clan. That's why I came here.

...But what of you? I thought Starsand was where you belonged.

[spacialeyes]

… Yes, this is quite strange. I suppose that I only assumed I was from that city due to statistics, but I have a difficult time imagining that this is my home…

[Oh well. He looks out the window to admire the sights, then glanced back at Kokoro.]

You must have been really worried about this city while you were away, huh?

[stavros]

Of course. [She sighs.] This city and this world. While we're at peace for now, one can never truly know if and how long they can rest. That's something I grew up hearing, for so many before me needed to learn. But now I can leave that distraction behind me. Now everyone's where they need to be.

[She hesitates, but shakes her head.]

There are good people here, and all kinds of things to do. Surely adjusting will be easy enough... though I must admit it's a strange place in comparison to others.

[spacialeyes]

[... Everyone but Yuuto, but he doesn't want to chase that train of thought. He'd rather watch the strange city.]

Was it really just a 'distraction' to you?

[stavros]

...That's what it should have been to me.

[There's a crack, even if it doesn't look like anything around them has damaged. She shudders and looks away.]

I wanted to protect that place and its people, and my fellow captives as well. I cared for them. I even found people who made me happy.

[Something catches in her throat.]

But I can't -- I can't! I can't just leave my home alone and get attached to some utopia! Especially since the entire system it runs on makes me uncomfortable at best for reasons that were never fair to any of you. And I need to be here. What if something happens in the next 24 years? Or what if all the differences between this world and the other version are enough that it will be me they need?