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The Big Applesauce Moderators ([personal profile] applesaucemod) wrote in [community profile] applesaucedream2016-03-25 10:38 pm

From the Left, Calpurnia, One Serves from the Left! [Open]

Tonight, the dreamers will find themselves at a dinner party. It is an elegant dinner party, for the most elegant people in all of New York. That seems to be the general idea, at least, going by the upscale interior, immaculate table settings, mood lighting, and the small fact that the dreamers are all dressed to the nines. There's even an open bar! Look, they've had worse dreams. It's hard to complain. If anything, they ought to be thankful. That's the reason for the season, after all.

Which isn't to say they'll have nothing to complain about. It won't take the dreamers very long to realize that their thoughts and actions are accompanied by a steady stream of mild, audible narration. It politely cuts out whenever they speak, but if they fall silent, it picks up again. The mystery speakers' voices vary from dreamer to dreamer, but all of them are generally pleasant and inoffensive to the ear. They don't seem inclined towards arguing with their assignees - in fact, they don't even seem to notice when they're being addressed. Are they even conscious? It's not clear. What is clear is that they just. won't. stop.

The good news is that the dreamers won't be subjected to everyone's personal narration at once. The only disembodied voice they'll be able to hear with complete consistency is their own. However, they will find that if they engage in conversation with someone else, they'll start to pick up on their partner's narration, as well.

It probably won't be awkward at all.

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[OOC: the usual dream party rules apply. Characters do not have to be apped to the game to play, and dreamers can remember or forget the events of the dream at the player's discretion. For the sake of clarity, audible narration will be enclosed in colons as opposed to quotation marks :a-like so: - this will keep it from getting muddled with the dialogue or confused with the non-audible narrative phrases you'd typically use in a tag.]
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[personal profile] cheeseburger_backpack 2016-03-26 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
:Steven has seen many strange and wonderful things, but this is a first.:

"It really is!" Steven agrees, running an appreciative hand over his sleeve. He didn't know fancy dinner jackets came in pink. Or fuzzy. He watches the color shift as he pushes some of the velvet against the grain, and his eyes widen. "Look, I could write in this! Or draw a little smiley face!"

:As he prepares to cover his jacket in tiny drawings, it occurs to him that he'll need help if he wants his back covered.: Steven pauses, considering. :He could just take the jacket off,: the mystery person continues, :but what would be the fun in that?:

"Do... you want to help?" Steven asks. He'd been largely focused on his awesome fuzzy jacket, but now he has a good look around, trying to figure out who's been talking to him. "Hello?"

No response. Weird. Maybe they left.

:With a mental shrug, Steven-:

"You're back!" Steven spins around, even checking the ceiling, but he doesn't spot anyone. "Hey, where are you? Do you have a name?" Nothing. "Are you shy?" he hazards. "It's okay if you are. But it's safe to come out, if you want to. I'm not gonna hurt you."

Still nothing. Maybe they're hiding. Steven looks around the room, eyes narrowed thoughtfully.

:For an accomplished player of hide-and-seek,: the voice pipes back up, :the room offers many options. The long, central table is the most obvious.:

Steven grins. "I might just have to check out this table," he says slyly. No one's sitting down, yet, so he won't be bothering anyone if he pokes around. He braces a hand on one of the chairs and bends over to peer through the forest of wooden furniture legs. "Helloooo?"