TDM #20

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TDM

Welcome to Beautiful Dreamer's test drive meme! If you're unfamiliar with the game, then you can check out the navigation to get yourself up to speed on all the relevant info pages then check out the most recent AU Planning meme to see what juicy ideas your fellow players are cooking up!

As the prompts in the TDM are based on events from the prior in-game month, the overall TDM is not canon to Beautiful Dreamer though players are free to treat individual CR/threads on this post as canon to their characters if both players are happy to do so.

Dreamers on the TDM will have access to all of their starter powers as outlined on the powers page as well as two unique abiliites to play around with as you please.

Some prompts and location details have been provided below for you to play around with but please feel free to go hog wild and have fun!

YUMEMIGAOKA

Fall is officially in full swing as of November, which means everyone gets to enjoy crisp mornings, cool nights, clear skies and, most importantly, northern Japan's famous vibrant autumnal colours! It's pretty consistently overcast and rainy for the whole month which would usually make things all sorts of gloomy - but thankfully, as the month grows colder, trees all over the city are turning cartoonishly yellow and red and orange, decorating the otherwise grim fall atmosphere with pops of warm colour that have a way of brightening the mood. Unfortunately for folks working in hospitality, the change in weather and the famous fall colours also means that a whole lot of tourists will be invading the city for autumn sightseeing. Be strong, our soldiers..!


⧖ It's Culture Day! Schools around Yumemigaoka will be holding their cultural festivals, which usually includes performances put on by school clubs, booths run by classes and, of course, lots of food stalls run by students. Cultural festivals are also open days, so family members and friends from other schools will be able to come and hang out during these days! Come have a nostalgic wander around your old haunt or use visiting a friend as an excuse to snoop around Promised Morning and see what the heck a school for mahous even looks like, I ain't your boss.

⧖ It's blustering out there...! A nasty storm has blown in that's currently wreaking havoc all over Yumemigaoka with high winds and heavy rains - thankfully, it's not a full blown typhoon but that doesn't mean it's any less of a pain to deal with! Traffic has slowed to a crawl, as has public transport, and cafes and shops are overflowing with people trying to stay out of the rain! If you're lucky, you can stay home and avoid the weather, but if you really do need to go out, well... we'll be sure to remember you...!!

⧖ Hoping to do some regular shopping at the department store this month? Unfortunately for you, Tsubaki Department Store are having a pre-Black Friday Sale Sale (??!??!) to hype up for the winter season and is usual for when prices drop at Tsubaki, competition is fierce! Nobody will judge you if you have to throw a few punches to pick up a new microwave today. With how dangerous things get during these sales, it's basically self defense.

⧖ Midway through the month, the holiday spirit really starts to show itself in Yumemigaoka! The Yumemigaoka Christmas Illuminations go up all around the city with a lighting ceremony in the evening to celebrate turning them on. Food stalls with tasty food and hot drinks will be available for everyone to check out or maybe you just want to enjoy the pretty lights. They're only here for one month a year, after all!







THE DREAM SPHERE







Over in the Dream Sphere, fall fever has taken over here as well! The air is crisp and clean and those leaves raining down from apparently nowhere aren't letting up in the least. They're nice and pretty and all, but they're also piling up everywhere around the Dream Sphere, leaving a really good hiding spot for Torments who love to jump out and smack you. So really, it's just good manners to kick those piles and scatter leaves everywhere as soon as you see them.

As usual, the emotions stirring over in the Waking World have begun funnelling into the Dream Sphere and causing all manner of problems here and there. Torments and Nightmares won't hunt themselves so be sure to properly scout out all the available locations of the Dream Sphere you can access just in case - maybe you'll find a new teammate to work with while you're out there!

In particular, it looks like trouble can be found...


⧖ Twinkle Keep and the Whispering Grotto have been taken over by Torments! These little Halloween suckers are NOT respecting the seasonal aesthetic. Make sure to each them a lesson - but don't get Tricked in the process!

⧖ Fury Peak is just as unpleasant as usual, though the crisp fall atmosphere does seem to have cleared some of the usual smoke in the air, making it a bit easier to fight and, you know, breathe when you're patrolling here. The Torments on the Peak seem to be in a pretty bad mood this month, though - maybe the seasonal change is getting to them? Either way, they're responding to this by... pelting any Dreamers thry see with rocks?! It's different from their usual tactics to be sure but you have to wonder how effective it is... it is really annoying, though, so better take 'em out!

⧖ The Reflection Glades aren't usually a hot spot for Torment activity but with all the unusual happenings in the Dream Sphere lately, it looks like whatever force is usually responsible for keeping Torments at bay isn't quite as effective as usual and a startling amount of the little boogers have breeched the Glades' safety and started going after Figments in earnest! Thankfully, a whole bunch of Dreamers have been dispatched to take care of the issue so even though there's a fair bit more pressure than usual with all these Figments who need protecting, you're not alone – and who knows? Maybe this is how you'll stumble your way into a new team!

⧖ In a rare change for the Abandoned Dojo, its usually rainy weather has almost entirely cleared in favour of crisp, wintery fog that definitely effects visibility more than you would maybe like it to when hiking this path but something about it is kind of refreshing, too. Even so, there's an odd tension in the air today and all the Torments you face on the way up here seem on edge as well. It isn't until you reach the Dojo itself that the cause becomes apparent – a Nightmare is starting to spawn here, right in the middle of the Dojo's training arena, as if it's waiting for a truly powerful opponent to turn up and challenge it... If you act fast, you might be able to take this Nightmare down before it awakens and starts rampaging, but maybe not all by yourself...

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[tworo]

[The burst of gold distracts Miraidon for a second, but only a second. It's rarely seen a Signature Attack before, certainly never any that didn't belong to the real Miraidon. The Figment isn't actually sure if it can do that at all. Surely a Signature Attack, even more than the standard abilities, are unique to the actual Dreamer...?

It turns its attention back to warding off Torments. No sense worrying about that.]

Ye - ["Yes, Doctor." But, no, that isn't right, is it?] - I'm on it!

[greaterspeed]

[Sonic doesn't even bother questioning if the other Dreamer has a Signature Move or not. In the grand scheme, if Super Sonic is able to take it out, then a second Signature Move is just for show!

But the other Dreamer has been handling Torments just fine, so Sonic keeps his own focus on the Nightmare in front of him. He flies around the arena to scope out a better angle of attack before diving back in to continue attacking the Nightmare, whittling it away until he can land a last hit... It's just got the same energy as this fight.

Right down to him using himself as a projectile, diving at and then piercing the Nightmare clean through as he bursts out the other side, making a sharp vertical turn before he hovers back down near where Miraidon is as the Nightmare dissolves. Idly, he thinks about how it's a shame that his Signature Attack can't power up others too]

Whooo~ [he throws both hands in the air before giving the older Dreamer a thumbs up, still wreathed in golden energy] We did it! Good job!!

[tworo]

[Miraidon, again, darts away towards the edges of the room in terror when the Nightmare bursts. But it's...fine? It's gone, it's dead. He approaches slowly, head tilted.]

It's...gone?

[greaterspeed]

Should be! [said cheerfully and without any mind to the connotations] We managed to keep it from fully forming, so even just one Signature Attack should be enough to take it out for good. Thanks for all the help!

[a pause]

NOOOO-!!

[he grips both sides of his face as he doubles over midair, a look of horror written upon it as he realizes-]

They'll want an actual report on this! Details! An itinerary!! The reason why I'm out here - okay well, that part's easy...

[he rolls over onto his back and waves his arms and legs in a rather childish tantrum for a few seconds. Just as quickly, his eyes snap open as he thinks up something. Flying over to where Miraidon is (maybe getting a little too close for comfort) he claps his hands in front of him pleadingly]

Since it's gone, let's just pretend it didn't happen!! Just your normal everyday stroll through the Dojo~ No Nightmare spawns to be seen~ Yeah?

[he's talking fast now because he realizes his time is almost up after using One Way Dream]

[tworo]

[The Figment is alarmed at the sudden outburst! Of course most of its reaction is hidden behind its helmet, but it does take several quick steps back once the arms and legs start flying. And then another when Sonic comes flying at him.]

Uh - ! Ah - yes! Yes, we can do that!

[That works out perfectly, in fact! They'd probably expect a report from Dreamer Miraidon as well if they got one from this Dreamer that mentioned his presence!]

[greaterspeed]

Yeah??

[his red eyes are sparkling at the prospect of not needing to sit down and write. And once Miraidon agrees to it, Super Sonic throws both hands in the air]

Yaaaaaaah~!! No homework for me!

[he relaxes noticeably] All right, I think that's almost time's up for me here. But it's been good fighting with you! [salute]

This place is super nice though; if you're gonna stick around, I totally recommend trying the obstacle course on the far side. [he points] It's too bad this is just a dream though, if this were the Waking World, it'd probably be a great view.

[his gold aura is fading as he talks and it won't be long before he ends up waking up but he's going to give Miraidon some cliffnotes for all the best spots at the Dojo before he goes, dammit!]

[tworo]

Oh...yes, of course.

[Miraidon is obviously a little sorry to see him go. His hands are still shaking a bit as he comes down from the terror of the Nightmare, and now he's being left alone again. But this is the natural state of a Figment, of course. Sooner or later, every real person has to go back to their real lives.

Still, he listens to as much as Sonic can tell him before he goes, genuinely interested. After he's gone, it goes and sits on the dojo steps for a while, dropping its head into its hands. It'll go check out that obstacle course, maybe. It just...needs a minute.]