【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

[tapformana]

... I have no idea! I don't get it!

[fallmushrooms]

You... do know Starsand, right?

[tapformana]

Sure don't! Not at all!

[Yet, it does sound familiar somehow...]

[fallmushrooms]

Huh... I guess this must really be a whole 'nother world, then. I mean, I would've preferred just going back to my old one, but this one looks fun. What do you do here?

[tapformana]

Whatever you want!

[She spreads her arms wide.]

Gaia is a world of freedom! You can do whatever you want. There's no wrong way to live here!

[fallmushrooms]

It does seem kinda fun... I guess playing around here for a while would be good. Though I miss my friends. ...Are you from here?

[tapformana]

That's right! My name's Tap. Nice to meet you!

[fallmushrooms]

Uh, hi! I'm Velda. [She looks down at her RPG-world outfit, a much cuter and less cheap-and-thrown-together pink witch dress.] No wonder everyone seems so happy. I kinda wish my friends were here too.

[tapformana]

Did you get separated from them? I can help you look!

[fallmushrooms]

Yeah, but it was a while ago... I mean, a while, a while ago. Not that my Starsand friends aren't also my friends, there's nice people there, but I'm not there either, apparently, but you know what I mean...

[tapformana]

I don't, but that's okay! You can make more friends here, too!

[fallmushrooms]

Yeah... I guess so. It happened before, after all. But is everything really okay? Like, did a bunch of people just show up here?

[tapformana]

... I mean... Yes? A bunch of people show up here every day. Argo is like, the hub for all adventurers, you know?

[fallmushrooms]

Do they usually get what was that thing Candle said that one time visa guyed?

[tapformana]

Um... I don't think you need a visa to come here?

[fallmushrooms]

I don't know why being sent to another world is called that either.

[tapformana]

Is that what it's called?

[fallmushrooms]

Unless I got it wrong. That could happen...

[tapformana]

I don't get it at all.

[fallmushrooms]

I don't get a lot of things. Sorry. I guess it's confusing.

[tapformana]

It is! But that's fine. I don't get a lot of things either!

[fallmushrooms]

[She looks a little relieved at that and hovers over the edge of the land.]

So what kinds of places do people gather here? I assume places for... adventuring.

[tapformana]

Hm... Well, there's the plaza and the markets, obviously. The guilds and the restaurants, too!

[fallmushrooms]

Guilds? At least you guys have organized labour. That's cool. Can you show me them? It sounds fun while I'm here!

[tapformana]

Sure! Where do you want to go? We have carpenters, metalworkers, chefs, tailors...