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buttrinthum2024-06-10 10:30 am
OOC Intro + Dream Event Plotting
• OOC INTRO + CR MEME •For new players, welcome to the game! And for current players, thanks for sticking around! This post will act as an ooc intro for new players, a CR meme for everyone, and a place to make some plans for our Fourth Dream Event which will go live on June 12th. You're more than welcome to get a head start and make closed logs for your plotting.
Below you will see the CR meme form + the Dream Event in all of its entirety. This dream event is inspired by The Forest of Dreams, part of an Original Universe belonging to Night Sky! If you'd like to opt out of this plot, assume your character is just hanging out in the normal Somnius without any recognition of what is going on in the Dream Event like the locals are doing. This event will ICly run from June 12th — 26th.
Time is strange in Somnius these days, and it is difficult to tell how long it has truly been since Vaeros was put down for his nap up high in his castle. Weeks, months, years? Who could say, especially with locals and dreamers alike constantly losing track of time. Hopefully, things will be back to [relative] normal soon, the consequences of the raid faced…
But not quite yet. Something else has decided to stake its claim on the world first - slipping past the sleeping Vaeros’s defenses and dominating the landscape in a verdant green. It's almost akin to the overgrowth, but instead of violently attacking the village, it simply replaces it. Husks of houses now reclaimed by the land, the castle and the labyrinth both replaced with an overgrown keep, tree upon tree upon tree of such an variety of green it roils like an ocean. The sun tries desperately to pierce the canopy, but it cannot, the world bathed in darkness to be illuminated only by colorful lights flitting around haphazardly, like they're alive. The only areas unaffected are the forges in town and anywhere that might have pure iron stored, the trees having sprouted around them.
A voice rings through the forest once it settles, echoing and deep, piercing through the minds of dreamers and impossible to pinpoint immediately.
CW: mind control, loss of bodily autonomy
There are many who might know who the Green Knight has come for, but she is not the only one enthralled by his call. Those with an affinity for nature and those who have experienced death may also feel a pull toward the tall knight clad in green and black armor, urged to follow his every command or lured into his dark and overgrown keep. The call can be resisted, of course, but those who don't will find themselves fighting alongside the knight and his other minions, cutting down anyone that stands in his way and not caring whether they truly are friend or foe. Any iron weapons or trinkets they have are discarded, burning hot against their skin if they hold them for too long.
Freeing those enthralled by the knight is easy in theory, but difficult when they seemingly do not wish to be saved, avowed now to serve as his charges. Even the most minor of healing magics from the blue potion drinkers can snap the enthralled from their trance, and it would be wise to remove them from the knight as soon as possible. Alternatively, something odd has happened with Lake Omen. No longer lava (thankfully) it now glistens with magical energy, a blue-green hue like the purest sea. “The Spring of Youth” you hear whispered in the air, and something tells you it will help those afflicted if you can just get them into the water. Of course, as with everything magical, it has some interesting side effects. Touching the water will indeed cure those enthralled by the knight, but it may also reflect images upon the surface - displaying memories from whatever they consider the ‘prime of their life' that everyone can see. Those aiding the afflicted are not immune to this effect.
Past the Starlight Cliffs, in the forests west of the labyrinth, things take on a very different air. The dense foliage seems to give way to sparse vegetation, the trees allowing more sunlight to filter in, yet the forest floor remains grey. All the colors seem muted and dim, giving the light a cold and hostile atmosphere. More alarmingly, there’s no sign of wildlife, none of the fae and vibrant colors that define the Everwood. Even the air is still and stagnant.
There is one occasional sign of life, however. From time to time, creatures that look like a horrible amalgamation of human and beast will emerge from the depths of the forest, deer and boars and wolves, and make their way toward the Green Knight’s castle. These creatures cannot possibly be natural, their proportions uneven and their features distorted hideously, their limbs ill-suited to their agonized movements. They seem bent to only one purpose, the destruction of the Green Knight and all his forces- which means, of course, that anybody who has been enthralled by the Green Knight might become their target if they cross paths. They’re strong and resilient, but not dangerous beyond that, dying shortly after they’re subdued. Their death, however, seems to leave behind the same strange corruption that dulls color and sound.
If one tries to hunt deeper in these eerily quiet woods, to find the source of these hideous beast-men and their corruption, one may eventually find a place where the shadows twist and deepen and the sky seems to be in a perpetual grey twilight. Here, the only source of color is the occasional glimpse you can see of two glowing sickly-yellow eyes looking down from above the trees, and, if you’re very unlucky, you may make out the dimly-visible shape of a tall vaguely-humanoid figure with vast antlers that stretch away into the sky.
This is the Horned God. And unlike his minions, his own vendetta against the Green Knight is not so single-minded that he can’t spare some attention to deal with intruders in his corrupted realm. The enemy of your enemy may not be your friend. It's best to leave before he decides to deal with you himself.
CW: violence, potential character death, attempted kidnapping
The Green Knight had emerged not long after his announcement, near eight-feet-tall and sporting black and green armor tarnished with rust and covered with leaves and vines, antlers protruding from his helmet and accompanied by an array of elves and humans sporting equally as old and overgrown attire as their master. The search for his mentioned charge had the lot of them scattering across the forest that now was Somnius, and any that got in their way would be dispatched without hesitation, close inspection revealing dead-eyed, hazy stares and monotone voices that only commanded one thing: “remove yourself, or perish.” Bows and swords and all manner of weapons brandished for emphasis. They will fight anyone and everyone in their way.
The minions would be easier to dispatch than the knight, however, who moved through the world with an air of authority. Glowing green eyes set straight ahead, searching for a soul he had lost and gathering plenty of new ones along the way,his sword at his side ready to be swung down to smite anyone that interrupted his journey. The dreamers have the means to slow him though, to wound him with a surprisingly easy to obtain metal, before he inevitably attempts to leave with his charges- new and old.
It's hard to say how long it is before he seems content with his haul, making his way back toward the breach that he had slipped through. The dreamers will only have one chance to truly stop him then, and if he reaches that breach, he will take all the remaining enthralled dreamers with him.
Welcome to our second dream event, this time inspired by The Forest of Dreams, part of an Original Universe belonging to Night Sky! If you’d like, you can read up on The Forest of Dreams here. As always, we’ll have a section below where you can ask any questions about the events, as well as sign-ups for characters wanting to enter the RNG fight against the Green Knight.
As always, we’ll have a section below where you can ask any questions about the events.
Maki Zenin + Hawks
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Character Name: Maki Zenin
Canon: JJK
Character Age: 17
General Info: Maki is a very headstrong and straightforward person who tries to drive herself forward without needing anyone else's help. She is extremely strong-willed, capable, and motivated to escape the standards that have been set for her by people who are supposed to be her family. Maki can come off as rather cold at times; She's very tough on others and tends to be impatient and hot-tempered.
Desired CR: Maki needs friends ( she needs some girls in her life ) who see past her brash and rough exterior! She works best with people who are laid-back and overly kind or extra-serious types like her. Challenge her, embarrass her; make this girl emote god damn it!
Dream Event Plans:
Character Name: Hawks
Canon: My Hero Academia
Character Age: 23
General Info: Hawks is shown to be highly intelligent, both emotionally and logistically. He promotes a carefree and jovial attitude, while his constant vigilance often hides under layers of serenity and equanimity. Hawks acts laid-back while being on constant alert, usually speaking his mind and coming off as quite rude at times.
Dream Event Plans:
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slides Aubrey at Maki again. She would be absolutely no match in an enthrallment fight, but maybe some horror-hiding could be fun? 👀
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