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The Big Applesauce Moderators ([personal profile] applesaucemod) wrote in [community profile] applesaucedream2014-12-27 01:21 am

Better to Receive than to Give [open to all]

Somewhere in the cosmos, there is something bright, and young, and playful. Somewhere, this being watches over their little flock and does their best to make those people safe and happy. Somewhere, that godling and their flock celebrate the winter holidays in the happiest of dreams.

And somewhere closer at hand, a sleeping giant stirs.

The bright tapestry of dream threads gathered by Zephyr is suddenly yanked hard enough to pull it from its temporary mooring. Something entirely unlike the little godling reels in the dreamers so neatly gathered and packaged up for it, bringing its own toys back to their proper place and taking all the others it can with them. Unsatisfied, it reaches out again and again, dragging in dreamers from all across the multiverse. It will snare them, all of them, and then it will possess them completely.

Perhaps it's fitting that when the stolen dreamers arrive in this new shared mindscape, they'll find they've been designated the Rift's Christmas gifts to itself. Each might awaken inside a dark box, or cocooned in…is that tissue paper? When they claw their way out they'll be greeted by the sight of an enormous evergreen tree laden with twinkling lights and kitschy knickknacks looming overhead. Beyond the shadow of the tree the rest of the world -- that is, the living room -- is just as large. Or is it that the dreamers have just become very small? Giant packages wrapped in bright paper form an obstacle course, but the wooden floor of the room is wide open between the tree and the hearth where an enormous plate of cookies and glass of milk await a cataclysmic Santa Claus.

All in all, things are fairly normal as far as the rift's dream gatherings go…at least on the surface. The more telepathically sensitive among the dreamers may notice an undercurrent of something darker, more urgent, and more possessive than normal. The rift isn't just sampling the wares of other worlds tonight; this time it means to play for keeps.


[OOC: This is the second part of our crossover with [community profile] wethelost! Part one can be found here. Usual dream party rules apply: all players and characters are welcome regardless of whether they are currently in the game, and characters may remember or forget the events of the dream party at the discretion of their players.

For reference, characters of average human height are roughly four inches tall according to the scale of their current surroundings. There is an entire giant house beyond the living room; characters will find a kitchen and dining room on the same floor, a staircase outside the door of the living room that leads up to a second floor with two bedrooms and a bathroom, and another staircase off the kitchen that goes to an unfinished basement. Feel free to add details as needed!

This event takes place on evening of August 8th/morning of August 9th in Applesauce time, and December 31 in WtL time.]
peacefulexplorer: (and I am just a soul)

[personal profile] peacefulexplorer 2015-02-25 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Awareness is a good word for it, though Daniel has no real idea of how he would define it otherwise. Or at all, really. He can only assume it's some byproduct of the Rift, possibly infusing its dreamers with some heightened sense of understanding about how its metaphysical labyrinths of dreams work. He finds it easier to blame most things on the Rift, in any case.

"I can try," Daniel offers with a cautious shrug. "Mostly I've just been trying to get everyone out. Maybe if enough of us pitch in we can get a door or a window open or something."

It's a bit of a long shot, especially if the house is firmly entrenched in the dream's parameters. But while breaking those parameters might be unthinkable, stretching them might not be. It's worth a shot.
scruffy_mcjackass: (let me speak at you)

[personal profile] scruffy_mcjackass 2015-03-08 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a chance Dustin is willing to take, because he sure as hell doesn't plan on staying here. He's invested too much in the Meadous to even consider leaving it now. The Rift isn't going to get in the way of that.

"That's the idea," Dustin says with a curt nod. His eyes drift to the open hall leading to what appears to be a kitchen. Most useful tools will be in there, he figures. "Inform them of the situation, ask them where they came from and what they're capable of, gather more information and we'll regroup. Simple."

He doesn't wait for confirmation or argument--Dustin has decided, at this point, that wasting more time when Zephyr could be in immediate danger is not a good idea. Abruptly he turns and starts stiffly limping away.
peacefulexplorer: (Thoughtful | Bite Lip | Hmm | Interest)

[personal profile] peacefulexplorer 2015-03-08 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Daniel mirrors the nod cautiously, eyebrows lifting in faint bemusement as the other man raps out a firm set of orders before abruptly turning and cutting a clear path away. He considers what he's going to carefully categorize as a 'forceful suggestion', decides it's as good a plan as any, and resumes his former task of liberating anyone he can find from their packages.