【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

[composalvation]

[Dreams being what they are, some things go over easier there than in real life. Like Kanade not questioning why there's a stranger in her room, cleaning up the mess. She looks confused, yes, and she turns and takes her headphones off, but instead of being startled by Tap's presence, she just looks... a bit embarrassed, actually.]

A-Ah, you really don't have to do that...

[She really doesn't need more people to see her mess...]

[tapformana]

It's all right. I don't mind.

[Tap's smile is... gentle. Comforting.]

You don't feel like doing it yourself, right?

[composalvation]

It's not that I don't want to, but it's really not that bad yet...

[... Well. To be fair, there's... a bit of walking space around. aside from the strewn about papers and the collection of cans (and, thankfully, a reusable water bottle that's not totally empty right now) strewn across and next to her desk, most of the clutter is thrown into or near the boxes that have already been emptied of food. But there's just so much of it...]

[tapformana]

It's okay. I don't mind, really.

[She continues her work, eyeing the wallpaper... that will come later.]

Seems like you've been in here a while.

[composalvation]

[That just gets a nod out of Kanade.]

Mmm. It's easy to get caught up in work... everything kind of falls away when I'm focused.

[And she often doesn't realize when a full day or two passes.]

Sorry, if it's a bit too messy for you... I don't have people over that often.

[Aside from Honami, of course, but most of her cleaning focuses on the rest of the house. Not Kanade's room. Other than that... when was the last time someone was over...?]

[tapformana]

I get it! I totally get it. When something's fun, it's so easy to forget everything else, isn't it? I've had game sessions where I looked up and it had been a full day....

[Not enough trash bags... Time to push things down, try to fit in just a bit more per bag. Some gloves would be nice, but at least this isn't too bad, nothing is going bad in here.]

[composalvation]

I'm not very good at video games, but I can understand that... I've tried to play a few, but I got so lost in the music and sound design that I wind up dying a lot.

[Kanade fidgets as she watches Tap work; she doesn't seem particularly anxious or unsettled about so much trash being thrown away, thankfully, but there's a sort of... apprehension. Like she's worried Tap might touch something she shouldn't.]

[tapformana]

Oh, you should try AO. It's got incredible music! I've definitely died in boss fights before because I was busy listening...

[Maybe she shouldn't admit to that so easily... But it's fine. Probably.]

Hm... I think we're going to need more bags. Do you have any handy?

[composalvation]

There should be more in the kitchen... I'm pretty sure Mochizuki-san refilled some of the supplies when she was last here.

[Luckily, though there's still sheet music plastered over the door, it's stuck over in a way that nothing will rip when the door is opened. But on the downside, when Tap goes to open the door, there's just a long, long corridor. Longer than any normal house hallway should be.]

[tapformana]

[...... Hm.

Hm, okay, that's probably weird. Tap files that away for a moment, but...]

Okay! Be right back, just wait right there!

[Tap hops up into the air, then kicks- and air-dashes down the hallway at breakneck speeds.]

[composalvation]

[Weird? No way, it's totally fine! Tap actually gets a soft, surprised laugh out of Kanade when she literally bounces off, so things are good, right?

Except... the hallway seems much longer than what a normal house hallway should be. Bare wood floors, plain painted white walls and ceiling... in the time it would take to reach the front of a normal house, there's just more hallway, until eventually...]

... Ah, did you find them?

[... Eventually, Tap will find herself right back in the doorway to Kanade's room.]

[tapformana]

[... Tap is starting to realize something's wrong. Okay, 'starting to' is wrong, but she's starting to grasp the shape of what's wrong. It's time to do some testing...]

Sorry, I couldn't... Do you think you could show me them?

[composalvation]

[Kanade nods.]

Mm, sure. [She sets her headphones aside; when she stands, her joints creak and pop like she's been sitting in that same spot for quite a while.] I don't know where exactly in the kitchen they are, but... I can help.

[And then, she sets off down the hall! Do you follow, Tap?]

[tapformana]

That's fine! I couldn't even find the kitchen!

[She follows, sticking close!]

I'm Tap, by the way! What's your name?