TDM #21

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TDM #9

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

As December sweeps into Yumemigaoka, the city braces for its infamous cold snap, starting with a bone-chilling plunge in temperatures from December 15th. Yumemigaoka’s winters are known for biting winds, icy streets, and frequent snowfalls, and this year proves no different. Snow blankets the city regularly once the cold sets in, but there's an especially fierce snowstorm on the 27th that hits the city hard. Thankfully, despite the chill, the city glows with warmth - the Yumemigaoka illuminations sparkle against the snow and, and businesses buzz with end-of-year sales. All things considered, it's not a bad winter!


⧖ In Yumemigaoka, winter hits hard and fast! Thankfully, the city's well prepped for cold weather and snowfall once December rolls around so while there's snow piling up everywhere you can see, the streets and roads are mostly clear and ice free and stores are stocked to the brim with all the usual winter survival essentials. That's not to say that everything goes perfectly, though - there's some interruptions of public transport that will necessitate doing your best to snag a taxi or idling around in a nicely heated store until your bus finally decides to show up... At least you've got hand warmers and a nice big winter coat, right? YOU DIDN'T FORGET TO PREP FOR WINTER IN NORTHERN JAPAN, RIGHT?

⧖ With winter celebrations on the horizon, the Yumemigaoka Illuminations will be lighting up the night all the way to the new year! A fun lighting ceremony is held to celebrate their turning on with hot drinks, winter snacks and live music and from there, people are encouraged to explore Yumemigaoka after dark to see all the best lights and effects and enjoy the illuminations while they're here. Get some snaps of your favourite spots, enjoy the late night chill... or maybe even take a date out to see the lights with you?!?! Christmas is supposed to be the most romantic time of the year after all...

⧖ In the spirit of shenanigannery, a spontaneous snowball fight has broken out just in front of the Dreamer Union! There don't really seem to be teams or a particular target or even an end goal, just the harmless fun of a bunch of strangers pelting each other with snowballs. Why not take the opportunity to blow off a little steam? Or maybe you're just fighting for your life to get through here WITHOUT getting got...!

⧖ Think you're hot stuff? At Koubu-ya locations all around the city, anyone looking to warm up who doesn't value their gastrointestinal functions can try the 'beyond spicy ramen challenge' — a legendary ramen broth supposedly made by concentrating the heat of some of the spiciest peppers in the world. Nobody's quite sure what the winner gets for finishing their bowl because nobody's been able to manage it but it must be something incredible to put yourself through that much pain, right? Why not give it a try? The rumors of a guy who died of a spice induced heart attack during last year's challenge are... probably not true.







THE DREAM SPHERE







Over in the Dream Sphere, things are also taking a festive turn! Snow is fluttering gently down from the sky that's turned a pale lavender blue for the occasion and things are pretty cold and breezy no matter where you go in the Dream Sphere. In particular, though, the Vale of Sorrow, Whispering Grotto and Facet Lagoon will see all their bodies of water freezing over with ice that's solid enough to gallop all over... or skate, if you're so inclined. Even Fury Peak is almost tolerable this time of year...

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...


⧖ Halloween-themed Torments are enough of a tradition at this point that the DU has a pretty reliable system for getting rid of the things. Just up patrols around the evening in question and usually they'll disperse by themselves once people are distracted from the holiday. But for some reason, this time around... none of these suckers are going away! They're acquiescing to the change in atmosphere by donning Santa hats, at least, but... those are still super obviously Halloween Torments! Respect the seasonal aesthetic, you little jerks...!!!

⧖ Stardust Sanctuary usually makes for a pretty relaxing Torment Hunt, even when things are busy and it's especially pretty now winter has rolled in and frozen everything over, leaving it all twinkling gently under the night sky just like the stars above. Unfortunately, you don't have a lot of time to appreciate the view because an extremely annoying Torment has decided to rock up and ruin things! Looking like a deranged piece of sentient mistletoe, this Torment targets Dreamers stood close to each other and forces them to hold hands until they... gulp... kiss???!??!??!??? ... Thankfully the effect doesn't keep you from waking up and it seems a dry peck on the cheek or hand will be enough to break the spell... or, you know, you could just stomp the Torment. Your choice!

⧖ A horrible cold wind whistles through the Reverie Necropolis, leaving it feeling even more grim and desolate than it usually does. A thin, icy fog has crept in from outside (because apparently the Necropolis wasn't creepy enough already) so visibility isn't great... so of course, all the nasty Torments lurking around in here take that as their chance to jumpscare you every time you're in range! To make matters even worse, anyone who gets deep enough into the Necropolis will eventually stumble into one of its wider, more open chambers... only to find a Nightmare is starting to spawn here! 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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