【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

[fallenwishingstar]

It would be beneficial, yes. If for no other reason than… caring. I guess.

It gets lonely… only being used, but never wanted.

[popsometags]

...I understand.

I recall hearing from some that there's not enough faith to go around. If one looks at the spirits as tools or means to request what they want, then naturally, that would generate less faith than one you're tied to.

The hope that one day, potentially getting enough faith to be the same as a kami, leading to despair. Something like that?

[fallenwishingstar]

… Yes. Exactly that.

We can’t live lives like you humans do. We cannot experience taste, touch, or be seen or felt… Even in this dream world, I’ve no idea how to begin imagining those things for myself. Our lives are empty, reliant on humans to give us purpose. To become a kami and have a piece of an existence and identity is the dream for many of us.

But kami rely on faith and mystery.

Two things that humans control. Many of us will wander in disappointment and despair for our entire existences.

[popsometags]

[ What a rotten existence... it was easier to deal with spirits who simply wanted some way to pass on.

How is a shinigami, a god of death, meant to help a spirit live? ]

...which is what this Wish Maker preys on. I imagine.

[fallenwishingstar]

Yes.

The entire Facility is built upon this concept. They were once the only ones in the world who would reach out to us. Back then, we existed only in the realm of spirits and were not able to exist in your world… We could only watch and wander. The Facility- They offered us hope… They told us that they would create a world where we could have Existence.

But that was a lie. A trap.

They never intended to help us.

[popsometags]

...just like Damashigami. Liars and crooks.

[ Don't get him started. ]

How many more of you do they have? Is there a way we can free them?

[fallenwishingstar]

… I don’t know. I’m not very good at counting, honestly.

But even if we are destroyed, we can be replaced. There are so many of us. We cannot be told apart. We never receive names or identities. We are Survivors or Failures in the eyes of that place and their experiments.

The Kami of Love tried to offer an alternative… but one person cannot love us all. Some spirits will inevitably slip between the cracks and trust the Facility. They will always have a stock of gullible fools, that no one will know went missing.

Like me.

[popsometags]

[ ...he mulls on something for a little bit. Finally nodding. ]

Were there any names you were fond of? That you may have heard before?

[fallenwishingstar]

... I wanted to be 'Ariel.'

[popsometags]

[ ...huh. ]

I see.

I wish I could have given you a name, or met you earlier to provide you with a contract.

But I presume, even if you aren't here to be reincarnated... we won't meet after this, will we?

[fallenwishingstar]

You are correct. I used up all of my power in order to see the dreams of others. Some of them, I have regretted... But others were nice.

[And as if on cue, her body begins to fade like a shadow upon which a light as been cast. She sighs softly in defeat.]

They haven't been able to say it themselves... but thank you for visiting us, Rinne.

I will probably miss your company, even if you never knew I was there.

[popsometags]

[ --He wishes he could have done more. But... he doesn't need to think that right now. No, he can still do more. He's not leaving the world he was dragged to yet.

There's still something Rokudo Rinne can accomplish. ]

Yeah. I'll still visit, and try to stay longer next time. I'll show my appreciation back.

[ And, he gives her a mostly warm smile. ]

Even so, it was still a pleasure to meet and speak with you.

[fallenwishingstar]

... Yes. I only regret-

[And with that, she's gone.]