【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

[stavros]

Wait, what? You just cease to exist. That's certain?

[dereban]

When you aren't real... that's all you have left. The journey of what's already written.

[stavros]

...Not real. That's why you've got this setup -- all of this, here in whatever dream or Rumour this is. And you fear you'll face oblivion -- or you've been told it's a fact.

[dereban]

I know that I'm just fiction. I've seen it all for myself completely.

[stavros]

[It sounds like the weird stuff Tita says out of nowhere, except with actual explanations. Explanations that make her wish she hadn't seen them.]

So, if that's true... then you know where you came from. But even then, this isn't part of your prescribed story, either, is it? You claimed it to be its own story. And thus, who is to say you will cease to exist?

[dereban]

Because... going back home will release these.

[ As she says those words, she raises her hands to reveal strings. Ones that are bind her wrists and ankles. ]

[stavros]

...What are those? Some representation of fate?

[dereban]

My ties to the Narrator. They're my life support.

[stavros]

[Kokoro frowns.] So your fate is to simply... stop, in the end. I know not how to prevent such a thing. But if you wish... you need not face that alone. I cannot say "surely things will continue past there easily" if I know not. But nor can I not try, right?