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The Big Applesauce Moderators ([personal profile] applesaucemod) wrote in [community profile] applesaucedream2013-06-01 06:24 pm

It's Saturday night and you're hallucinating in your sleep!

It's that time again! The rift has caught the good little dreamers of New York (and beyond) in its currents and washed them ashore on a desert island in a dream wonderland. This time, however, quite a noticeable change has come over each of the attendees of this nocturnal party.

All the people who arrive in this shared mindspace will find that they have been transformed into some sort of animal they find familiar or that resembles them. They will find that they can still communicate with one another and that they still have all their mental faculties, but might be a little…well…influenced by the forms they have taken on.

They will also find that they have been deposited in the middle of the largest, most elaborate playground they have ever seen. Climbing equipment and slides of the sort meant for human children are in evidence, but so are cat trees, meadows, tunnels, pools and ponds, aerial obstacle courses, and anything else the mind can imagine, for as far as the eye can see.



[OOC: The usual dream party rules apply: players apply the party's theme (in this case, transformation) to their characters according to their own discretion, and both members and non-members are more than welcome to use this post to try out characters not yet in the game. Usual dreaming rules also apply, in that players can choose whether or not their characters will remember this in the morning. Have at!]
wildmage_daine: (wtf)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-02 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Well, one dreamer hasn't been changed into an animal. Technically, she's been changed out of one.

Daine had been soaring on hawk wings before being pulled into this new dreamspace, and she lets out a rather undignified shriek as she's unceremoniously jolted back into her human shape. Fortunately for her, it's a short drop onto a patch of pea gravel. She picks herself up with a few muffled curses and brushes dust off her sleeves while she takes in her new surroundings.

It's some sort of giant playground, from the looks of it, though a good deal of the equipment looks like it's designed for animals, not two-leggers. Quite a few of the People are in evidence, as well, though none of them feel right - she can't hear them the way she ought to be able to.

"Well, this is fair strange," she mutters to herself.

[[ooc: animals tend to like Daine instinctively, so depending on how much your character is influenced by their animal side, they may find themselves drawn her way. She's also capable of influencing an animal's emotions to an extent, but again, that depends on just how much they've gone native.]]
Edited 2013-06-02 01:27 (UTC)
raisedbycarnies: (Common Kestrel)

[personal profile] raisedbycarnies 2013-06-02 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
Do falcons get drawn to bright, shining things too? Or is that just magpies and other, less than trustworthy birds

Clint's not entirely sure or trustworthy of the whole situation, but can't help watching the girl. It's hard not to flap his wings and just head on over.
wildmage_daine: (gonna fix it)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-02 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't take Daine long to clock the falcon watching her. She shades her eyes and squints up at the bird, trying to sharpen her vision to get a better look at it. Her eyes remain stubbornly human, though, and for a moment she forgets the falcon in the face of her own misbehaving magic. Why isn't it working?

Frowning, she stares down at her own hands, trying to change them into something else - hooves, or paws, or even the nearly-human hands of a chimpanzee - but it doesn't work. Her skin gives a half-hearted ripple, but that's all.

"Odd's bobs," she mutters under her breath. If the rift hadn't already tampered with her magic, this might send her into a panic; as it is, she's just irritated. With a put-upon sigh, she returns her attention to the falcon. It's been rude of her to ignore it so long.

Hullo, wing-brother! she calls.
raisedbycarnies: (Default)

[personal profile] raisedbycarnies 2013-06-02 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Didn't know I had a sister. Good to know. He stares down at her, head tilted. How come you get to keep your opposable thumbs?
wildmage_daine: (determined)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-02 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, so he's not a normal falcon, and normal greetings don't apply. Daine sighs. The rift is mucking with my magic, so I can't take animal shape like I normally could. She's also annoyed enough by this new turn of events that it doesn't occur to her that she's dumping a lot of strangeness on him all at once.
raisedbycarnies: (Common Kestrel)

[personal profile] raisedbycarnies 2013-06-03 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Not sure what's happening here then because I don't have magic to muck with. He's an ordinary human who's broken a hell of a lot of bones and shoots a lot of pointy sticks.

But uh, hi. I'm Clint. Usually I have arms.
wildmage_daine: (confident)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-03 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, Daine is all about shooting pointy sticks.

"I don't think the rift cares if you have magic or not, so long as it can muck with you somehow," she replies. "I'm Daine."
raisedbycarnies: (Common Kestrel)

[personal profile] raisedbycarnies 2013-06-03 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm plenty mucked with, Clint assures her. He tries to flutter down, but it's rather clumsy.
wildmage_daine: (apprehensive)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-04 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Daine watches his efforts with a sympathetic wince. Flying is a tricky business, and she knows the only reason it came naturally to her was because of the time she spent in the minds of birds before she actually took bird shape. "You get used to it," she says, referring both to the wings and to the rift. "Did the rift bring you to New York, too?"
raisedbycarnies: (Default)

[personal profile] raisedbycarnies 2013-06-04 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
I thought I already was in New York. I was heading home to Bed-Stuy but...this ain't it.
wildmage_daine: (wtf)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-04 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
That doesn't quite answer her question. "So you haven't been pulled into another realm? No aliens and things dropping out of a hole in the sky?"
raisedbycarnies: (Common Kestrel)

[personal profile] raisedbycarnies 2013-06-04 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I mean. With the Avengers that's just kind of every other Tuesday. Clint wonders just when he got so used to that kind of thing. It's probably not something to ponder now.
wildmage_daine: (glad to see you)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-04 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Avengers?" She knows that word, though it takes her a moment to place it. "Oh! Like Bruce Banner? I know him!"

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[personal profile] edgar_sawtelle 2013-06-03 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Strangely, Edgar smells Daine before he sees her. He hadn't even realized he knew her smell, but in his canine form that's what gets his attention. He glances around and spots her not far away. Grinning, he trots over and sits down in front of her.

Then he stares up at her, amusement in his eyes. Wait until she realizes he's a dog.
wildmage_daine: (enjoying this conversation)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-03 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Hullo, there." Daine grins and drops to a crouch in front of the dog, offering a hand for him to sniff. "You're a handsome fellow, aren't you?"
edgar_sawtelle: (Smirk)

[personal profile] edgar_sawtelle 2013-06-03 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Edgar gives a canine huff of laughter. More out of amusement than anything, he gives the proffered hand a healthy lick before speaking.

Am I? he thinks at her. About the most I can see of myself is my tail. He gives said tail a few happy shakes, still fascinated by the feel of it and how it sometimes has a mind of its own.
wildmage_daine: (glad to see you)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-03 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Wait... she knows that voice. "Edgar?" she asks with an incredulous grin. Now that she thinks about it, though, perhaps she should have guessed. "You look a bit like Almondine."
edgar_sawtelle: (Questioning)

[personal profile] edgar_sawtelle 2013-06-03 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
For some reason, Edgar feels oddly proud about that. From the tail I guessed I probably did.

He sits and quickly scratches at his ear. As a thought hits him, he stops mid-scratch, his foot dropping back to the ground.

Why aren't you in animal form?
wildmage_daine: (wtf)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-03 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
"I would be if the rift wasn't mucking with my magic," she complains, wrinkling her nose. "I'm stuck in human shape." And she's not pleased about it. Everyone else seems to be having fun in their animal shapes, and she's conveniently forgotten that she can have fun in animal shape any other time she wants.
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[personal profile] edgar_sawtelle 2013-06-03 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Edgar can sense her frustration, and he lays a hand on her arm. Well, a paw anyway, but it's a paw of support.

I'm sorry. He means it, but his excitement about being a dog (a DOG!) far outweighs his sympathy for Daine's predicament and soon he's up again, sniffing around, tail wagging like a metronome.

I can see why you like shapeshifting so much, though. This is great!
wildmage_daine: (smile profile)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-03 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks," Daine says with a wry smile, reaching up to scritch beneath his ear before he tears off in search of new scents to follow. She can't help but smile a bit wider at his enthusiasm, though she wishes she could take dog shape and share the experience.

Well, she can still share a bit, surely. Casting about on the ground for a few moments, she soon finds a stick that looks perfect for throwing. "Want to try fetching?" she asks, waggling the stick enticingly.
edgar_sawtelle: (Smile)

[personal profile] edgar_sawtelle 2013-06-03 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Edgar enjoys the ear scritch, but when she offers fetch, he pauses. A part of him feels it wouldn't be... dignified to chase a stick. But a much larger part of him really, really wants to chase said stick. Besides, it's just a version of playing catch, right?

Tail whipping so hard it's making the entire back half of his body waggle, he jumps in delight.

Yes!
wildmage_daine: (amused)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-03 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Dignity, schmignity. We can all pretend not to remember this in the morning.

"All right, here it goes..." Daine pulls her arm back and hurls the stick through the air, and it lands in some tall grass about twenty-five yards away.
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[personal profile] edgar_sawtelle 2013-06-03 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Edgar tears off after the stick, delighting in the smells, the rush of air, the way his legs (all four of them) eat up the distance.

When he reaches the stick, he has enough presence of mind to be careful in retrieving it, so as to get the least amount of slobber and/or dirt on it that he can manage. He's sure Daine wouldn't mind either way, but he at least tries to keep the stick clean out of politeness.

He trots back to her, feeling rather pleased with himself, all things considered.
wildmage_daine: (mischievous)

[personal profile] wildmage_daine 2013-06-03 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
"That was quick," she says approvingly in lieu of the usual praise she'd give a normal dog. Considering their options, she gives him a mischievous grin. "Should we find a pond to chuck it in, next? You could go swimming."

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