TDM #2

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TDM #2

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

May comes rolling in full of blustery winds and heavy rain, blowing away the sleepy spring atmosphere with aplomb! While the second half of the month perks up a little and there's more sunshine to be seen, the first half of May is decidedly dreary and wet. Hopefully nobody's plans fall through on account of all this miserable weather...


⧖ It's Golden Week! The city is buzzing with excitement as the holiday brings in crowds of tourists and locals alike, all aiming to take advantage of sales and promotions or just enjoy some hard-earned time off. Of course, this unfortunately means the city is a little more jam-packed than usual and maybe it causes just a few traffic and transport delays... but it's better than being stuck in work, right? Why not go out and see what all the fuss is about?

⧖ Yikes, watch that forecast! A massive thunderstorm blows in just over Kihada, plastering the streets with rain and causing a blackout that lasts a good few hours. Some people might be upset, but there's nothing quite like a good storm to make things more fun and exciting... so long as you're viewing them from a distance, anyway. You WERE wise enough to find safe shelter as soon as it started bucketing down, right?

⧖ Moon Bunny Market are organising a stamp rally all around the neighborhood, with prizes on the line if you manage to collect them all. Just find the right stalls and speak to the right people and you could win a tasty prize!

Of course, even with the city being in such a jovial mood that doesn't mean things are all fine and dandy. With midterms and exam results on the horizon and the high-strung anxiety and stress of muddling your way through a major holiday it just makes sense that some of that might seep through to the other side...

THE DREAM SPHERE

The Dream Sphere might be a very different kind of place to Yumemigaoka but that doesn't mean it's any less busy. The weather is miserable over on this side, too – the usually pretty skies have turned bruise purple with low, heavy clouds that are swollen with rain. Thankfully, it seems like more of the places around the Dream Sphere are getting away with just a few light showers but things are still pretty cold and miserable over here. Good thing you've got work to distract you, at least!

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...


⧖ At Fury Peak, things are hotter than hot! There's no rain here but the volcano is steadily leaking a heavy black smog which has turned navigating the place into a real task, even for a fully prepared Dreamer. To make matters worse, a group of particularly aggressive Torments made out of volcano glass and black rock are gathering and ganging up on any Dreamer they see. Torments at Fury Peak are even more foul tempered than usual and they're hitting especially hard today so you better act fast and deal with them ASAP!

⧖ In the Reverie Necropolis, the sky is hidden behind black clouds that hang low and a horrible cold wild blows all through the inside and outside of the place. Once you actually enter the labyrinth, frantic whispers can be heard and the scratching of nails against brick can be heard running up and down the corridor. The vibes are absolutely rancid, is what I'm saying – made even worse by the fact that when you stumble into one of the open caverns, you come across a Nightmare just about to manifest?! Better hope you're not alone, because you'll need some good strong teamwork to keep things from escalating any further!

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[hgs]

Mantle was competent, at least, which almost made up for them being irritating. Their cape flashed with color as they moved, which seemed to attract the Torment's attention.

"...Just keep your distance from me."

Belatedly realize that their statement could come off as rude, Cinnabar clarified. "...My power doesn't only work against Torments. If you get too close, you'll be poisoned."

Cinnabar hesitated for a moment. Normally, they were too ashamed of their powers to fight alongside another Dreamer, but Mantle was too preoccupied by the Torments to stare at them... so they unleashed the full fury of their mercury-based weapon on the nearest group of attackers. A wave of mercury hit the Torments with over a dozen times the force of water, cracking their stone bodies and flowing into the gaps to tear them apart from the inside. It was a vicious, ugly way of fighting, well suited to a vicious, ugly Dreamer.

[terrortarot]

"Not so bad in a dream, but I've never liked waking up early... I'll stay back!"

Honestly, worse than the waking up without intending to leave the Dream Sphere was not being able to get back in for sometimes a full week. That was never fun even when Jackie wasn't getting into trouble for it.

But they kept the dialogue simple as they moved, hopping up onto and over the fallen rocks, avoiding any cracks in the ground, always staying close enough that the Torments near them kept focus on them. Their almost skipping, swirling movements did keep them from paying close attention to the way that Cinnabar fought, though from the glimpses they certainly found it more impressive than offputting!

Once they'd gotten used to the increased toughness of these particular Torments and had readjusted their throws, their cards seemed to find it less difficult to slice through the rock, and while one got a good hit in their own little group was in pieces before too long.

"I think I see why the Union likes working in units."

[hgs]

"Tch. Anyone who's too weak to take care of themself has no business fighting."

It wasn't that Cinnabar couldn't acknowledge the efficiency of fighting as a balanced unit. Certainly, their weaknesses as a defensive specialist could be amended with a Striker and a Saver by their side... but that would only increase the risk that Cinnabar's own mercury might hurt someone.

"Are you alright? It looked like one of them managed to hit you..." The Torments that hadn't been destroyed began to pull back towards the mouth of the volcano, where they'd presumably recharge their energy. That would give Cinnabar and Mantle some breathing time, at least. "There's not much I can do if you're injured, except cover your escape."

[terrortarot]

"Such a strict outlook..."

Not that Cinnabar was consistent with that strictness; Mantle noticed that with interest, but didn't call them out on it. They even wrangled back their grin a little bit!

...Made easier when they prodded at their aching side, hissing a little through gritted, still somewhat-smiling teeth at the slightly sharper pain at their lower ribs. Not the best, but not terrible either, uncomfortable but not a truly bad injury. Nothing that would threaten to eject them, or inhibit their movements too much. Not here.

"I've been better, but I've been in much worse shape than this!" they decided, straightening up cheerfully. "Thank you for the support; I am Dreamer Mantle. Are you going to push up the mountain yourself? Even in this weather?" They gesture to the... lack of rain, but as if on cue, the mountain rumbled, shook, and spewed a plume of-- further smog? The Torments were able to disappear entirely back into it, anyway.