【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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[spacialeyes]

Nagato-san is coming?

[Isn't she not in Starsand..?

Well, this is a different world. He follows along.]

Who else is coming..?

[loveedition]

[ Ryoko folds her arms and tilts her head, thinking on it. ]

Mmm... Kakyoin-kun said he'd try to make it, but I know he wanted to spend time with his boyfriend. If Nagato-san's coming, she'll bring Kyon-kun with. Suzumiya-san said that she's already here, which is surprising since she's graduating at her school today... oh, and Taiga, of course.

We still haven't decided where we're going to meet up afterwards, though. We can't use the club room, since Nagato-san has to return the keys.

[spacialeyes]

[That’s so many people… Yuuto isn’t sure if the reminder that this is a ‘different’ Ryoko (as far as he theorized right now,) brings him comfort or not. Did his friend Ryoko have so many people that she was missing too..?

It makes him feel guilty for wanting to keep her. Maybe if his Ryoko had all of these people in her life, she would call him “Yumeno” instead of “Yuuto” too. Would she not want him around as much?

He doesn’t like how that makes him feel.]

Sometimes I forget that our club is so big! It’ll be weird not to be meeting anymore. Are you planning to keep hanging out, even now that you’ve graduated?

[loveedition]

It's not really that big. I mean, Suzumiya-san tries to claim that they're all a part of the club, but we really only have five members.

[ And then, she stops for a second. ]

Mm. I guess I forgot to tell you, didn't I?

In a couple months, I'm... kinda moving away for a while.

[spacialeyes]

[Yuuto stops dead in his tracks.]

... What?

Wh-Why? Aren't you happy here?

[loveedition]

Huh? No, of course I'm happy here! Everyone I know and love's here--

But, I'm going to study abroad... I'm... going to Canada?

[ Why did that sound so... unsure? She'd spoken to her mother, she had to go, didn't she? ]

I-I'm leaving... I'm leaving the ones I care about in capable hands... I think.

[spacialeyes]

You’re not my babysitter, you’re my friend! How are we going to get hot cocoa and bake and go on adventures if you’re in Canada??

[loveedition]

You said you were going to visit--

...wait. No, I think Suzumiya-san said that. Or that might've been...

[ Her head hurts a little, she shakes it off, and then... something starts to poke at the back of her head. ]

...oh.

[ This again... ]

[spacialeyes]

Oh… Did he- I?

[The other Yuuto was okay with this??? This Yuuto has some cross words for that Yuuto!

He pouts, but tries to get back into character.]

… I don’t want for you to go. Visiting won’t be the same.

[loveedition]

[ ...He must be so worried. She doesn't know what's going through his head right now, although his expression is kind of giving it away. ]

Hey. Should we... go see everyone first? We do have to get ready for later.

[ This was something he mentioned wanting to know more about... this was the least she could do for him, after scaring him like this. ]

[spacialeyes]

[No matter how sad he is about Ryoko leaving, Yuuto can’t help but perk up when he thinks about meeting Ryoko’s friends.

He’s trying not to let it show that he’s never met them before.]

Um, yea! Who all is there? [So he can greet them and pretend he knows them.]

[loveedition]

Well...

[ As she thinks of her friends, something strange happens. As they walk up the stairs to her typical club room, after the first flight, two girls pass by them. Both wearing casual clothing, one has long flowing green hair and an excitable expression capped off with a toothy grin, the other being dragged along with light brown hair that goes to her back, a slightly nervous expression on her cute, youthful face.

As they pass, they wave to the two without the green-haired girl dropping conversation, and soon they're out of sight.

Ryoko pauses to smile. ]

Tsuruya-san and Asahina-san. Our senpai. Tsuruya-san and I became friends through competing, trying to figure out who the cutest friend is. I don't think we ever resolved it, but I still think Nagato-san is the cutest, any day of the week. Still, Asahina-san was still precious. She really helped her where I couldn't, and always seemed soft and gentle with her.

--Mm. The last memory I had of them was attending their graduation. I wound up crying like a baby on both of them. I guess that would've been last year.

[spacialeyes]

[Yuuto slows down to watch as the girls pass by. Something about that feels off, but he can’t place it yet. Especially not when he’s distracted by Ryoko.]

Is it normal not to see people again after they graduate?

[loveedition]

It kinda depends. After they graduate, they go onto attending university, and they get super busy. I wouldn't want to interrupt their studies.

[spacialeyes]

Wouldn't they want for you to interrupt? You're their friend.

[loveedition]

I'm sure they would. Tsuruya-san would even probably insist that it's okay. But, I still wouldn't be sure about it. It'd have been fine, though. I'm... sure I would've seen them again. I'm positive.

[spacialeyes]

Maybe it's because I'm an idiot, but um... Asakura-san, you talk a lot like you being around gets in the way of peoples' lives. Isn't that kind of backwards? There are a bunch of Yuuto, who can perform the same skills and jobs as I do, but I'm the only one who gets to be friends with you.

[well. sorta.]

I think that meeting people and having friends makes life more worthwhile than university. You should visit!

[loveedition]

--It's not that simple. The thing is, we all have our own lives. I still have to focus on my own school work, and my own graduation. After that, would be moving...

[ She's cut off by the sight of another pair coming down the stairs. A striking image as the person in front, a girl with long brown hair, calls back up the stairs for someone to follow her. She's got yellow ribbons and determination.

The other is a somewhat handsome looking young man, standing out of the way as the girl shouts something past him. He's got a smile on his face, one that seems completely plastered on as he allows the girl to have this conversation-- before she immediately starts to make her way back down the stairs. Again, passing Ryoko with a wave. The girl waves for Ryoko to hurry as well before disappearing. ]

...Suzumiya-san. And Koizumi-kun. They actually go to a different school nearby. Suzumiya-san made it a point to come here after her classes were over, and even decided to apply to the same university as our senpai so she could hang out with them. She still gave me grief for thinking of moving to Canada as a means to find myself instead of going there to study abroad.

Hahah... honestly, I think you two think alike. After all, she planned to come and visit me herself after I moved. I can leave for a while, but when I come back, everything'll be the same. In the meantime, still wanting to hang out and see what's out there.

[spacialeyes]

[Yuuto watches as these two walk on by too. Ryoko had so many friends, he's realizing. There were so many people that she could have returned home to, but instead she decided to stay.

He reaches for her hand, tugging her to a gentle stop.]

... What about Aisaka-san?

[loveedition]

[ She's quiet, at the question.

And has to think. ]

...With all of the talk about "worlds" and "universes" and "timelines"... I wouldn't know if Taiga Aisaka was in Japan when I was.

If I hadn't gotten so lucky... I would have never seen her again.

[ She sighs, voice shaking slightly. ]

I think... if I had the chance, she would be near the top of my list to visit, as long as she was okay with it. I would have really loved to meet her friends too.

[spacialeyes]

Ryoko...

[She knows about the other worlds, so he wonders if she knows that he isn't 'her' Yuuto either. He averts his gaze, withholding a sigh. Because she isn't wrong. If it was that easy to find each other again, then he wouldn't be so lonely himself.]

I'm sure she would be. She would be waiting for you too, you know. Or at least, wanting to reach you too.

[loveedition]

I'd have to meet her first. Plus... she wasn't exactly friendly to me the first time we met. Even so, it's hard to not get along with her, isn't it?

[ She chuckles, glancing back up the stairs. ]

Maybe I just have a thing for strong personalities like that.

[spacialeyes]

... What exactly is this world, Ryoko? Something's not right?

[He's starting to get confused. How can she know Taiga but not be known back??]

[loveedition]

...it's not real, is it, Yuuto?

I'm dreaming all of this. I don't know what my actual graduation was like for sure, because I'm not sure if I was there for it or not.

Taiga, my senpai, my other friends... we didn't all go to the same school. This is just the last thing I wanted to do before I left them all for good.

[spacialeyes]

A dream? Ah…

[He takes a sweeping look around the school again. Part of him is relieved that he didn’t replace ‘her’ Yuuto, but at the same time…]

That’s right… You are going to Canada. You won’t get to come back here.