Welcome to Beautiful Dreamer's very first AU/CR Plotting Meme! This first version is going up in advance of the game itself to give potential applicants the opportunity to feel out how they want to play their AUs as well as shopping around for pre-game CR and potentially some CR castmates...??? Perish the thought!
During future app rounds, the AU and CR Plotting memes will be split in two in order for new players to have a bit of breathing room in workshopping their CR but in this pre-game stretch while we're all chewing on the bars of our collective cage you get a two for one deal!
Don't feel as though you have to be 100% beholden to anything you brainstorm here – ultimately this is just to get ideas flowing and to help prebake some character connections before entry into the game. Feel free to also take a look around the FAQ pages or tag about on the TDM before posting here and generate some ideas that way!
Once you're ready to get cookin', just fill out the form below and paste it into the comments.
Player Name: Asher Contact:asherdashery; Discord: asherdashery#5061 Introduction: He/him, Eastern Time. I'm really... really... really crazy busy right now, on account of (hopefully) graduating rabbinical school this semester and working almost full-time on top of it. But also, I miss RP games. I may not app right away, given the Everything, but this could help solidify ideas for which character(s) I actually wanna bring and also get excited about possible connections. And who knows, I have no self-control, maybe I'll app right away anyway!
Character Name: Obi Canon: Snow White with the Red Hair
About: Who is this shady rando.
The young man calling himself "Obi" tends to pop up unexpectedly, both in the waking world and the Dream Sphere. He's like a friendly stray cat: cute, in a rough and roguish kind of way, but who knows where he's been? When he turns up, Obi reliably makes himself helpful, bringing his unique skills, perspective, and sense of humor to bear on tough situations, but something about him just feels so sketchy.
It's the obvious criminal aura. My god, look at him. He has the scars and pointy eyes and tendency to crouch on narrow ledges and everything, how can he broadcast "illegal anime activities!" more loudly? (Actually--at least these days--Obi mostly works in private security.) He can be found in the wild at restaurants and bars (and sometimes in trees), and occasionally enters martial arts contests, when he has the time.
Dreamer-wise, Obi awakened in the usual way a short while ago, but chose not to go immediately to the DU. Instead, he's been testing his powers and trying out small explorations of the Dream Sphere on his own, because heaven forbid anyone should see him anything less than comfortable with his own capabilities. I figure by the time I app, he'll be confident enough in understanding himself to meet other Dreamers in a more official capacity and will apply to the DU then as a Novice Dreamer.
Short Term & Long Term Plans: Short-term plans: Obi's gonna join the DU! He's here to crack jokes and Torments' heads. I still have no idea what his powers will be, but he's well-used to combat in the real world, so even if he's a novice, he'll be happy to take more of a frontline role in a party. Long-term plans: I dunno, Obi runs on vibes and so do I. His arc in SWwtRH is all about learning what it means to stay in one place and be valued by others, so I imagine his development here might take a similar trajectory. Possibly also a role shift over time reflected in his appearance as a Dreamer changing from a more ninja-like look to a knightly one?
Desired CR/AU Castmates: - I'd totally love for Obi to have history, shady or not, with a couple people. He's been a fighter-for-hire all over the world, annnndddd not all of that would have been on the right side of local laws? But some of it would! So it's possible he was a coworker or even a former foe. - Drinking buddies, flirting buddies. Fighting buddies! Obi's eminently buddy-shaped. - Obi could absolutely be someone's bodyguard or even, like... guardian? Someone hired by their actual guardians to look after them, make sure they're fed, fight off kidnappers, whatever. I see all you rich kids. - There's a chance to meet him when he's doing his ill-advised solo explorations of the Dream Sphere!
Anything Else?: Is it legal for there to be both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Obi in the same game. Is that allowed. Anyway.
Anyhow, I can't think of any easy waking-world preexisting CR for these two to have, but once they know each other, Obi might end up making fun a little of poor Ben being old for this sort of thing. Sorry, Mr. Kenobi.
Oho! Since Surge is a TeenagerTM, Obi probably wouldn't fight her in competition the way he'd fight another adult, but since she seems like the type to take umbrage to that and get very scrappy about it, he'd definitely indulge her in sparring/training. He'd be open to teaching her all sorts of dirty tricks.
I may have been misreading "young man" as teenager, shh
She'd 100% take umbrage, and also if she managed to pick up on the fact that she was being indulged vs taken seriously. But yes, please, teach her dirty fighting, she needs something resembling positive adult influence.
Shh it's fine I didn't specify. He's like 21-23, who knows.
HE IS HERE TO BE A kind of positive adult influence. And also he's good at getting along with anyone, chip on their shoulder or not, so I think he might be valuable as that kind of friend for her.
Character Name: Lunafreya Nox Fleuret Canon: Final Fantasy XV
About: Lunafreya is a woman in the boy band Final Fantasy game, which means she's a pure and beautiful healer done super dirty by the plot. In Beautiful Dreamer, I imagine she'd be a nursing or medical student and probably an Experienced Dreamer, Saver archetype. She'd have awakened at like, twelve, and her Dreamer themes are light and flowers and she's probably got a trident. Maybe her powers are more along the lines of summoning? That'd be kinda sick.
She'd be well-integrated into the DU for years--possibly forever with a family legacy in it, and may know other DU-aligned folks through that history. She's for sure signed up to mentor rookie Dreamers and does her best to look out for other Dreamers in the waking world, too, despite, you know. Being a med student. How does she find the time?
She loves dogs and gardening and jumping out of airplanes other totally normal, unreckless hobbies.
Short Term & Long Term Plans: Listen. I just want Luna to get to do things. Let her live, Square Enix. Let her be.
Desired CR/AU Castmates: - DU friends is the big one! Luna would be highly involved and visible as a public face, too. I don't know if she has a dedicated unit or not, but this is where most of her energies go, med school or not. So, people who have known her a long time, people who have heard her speak on TV or the radio, people who knew her mother who would also have been active in the DU (though possibly not a Dreamer herself?), people who are just meeting her upon stepping into the DU building--whatever. - Man, the more I think about it, the less time I think she'd actually have to be a med student... maybe she's taking time off from school, but still studying on her own when she can. So either fellow grad student types or tutors or something? Doctor mentors? I don't know. Former classmates, for sure! - Rough-and-tumble types for her to ogle... Sorry, she is looking respectfully. - Someone who helps her do her hair like that holy geez
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Asher Possibilities
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Introduction: He/him, Eastern Time. I'm really... really... really crazy busy right now, on account of (hopefully) graduating rabbinical school this semester and working almost full-time on top of it. But also, I miss RP games. I may not app right away, given the Everything, but this could help solidify ideas for which character(s) I actually wanna bring and also get excited about possible connections. And who knows, I have no self-control, maybe I'll app right away anyway!
Obi | Snow White with the Red Hair
Canon: Snow White with the Red Hair
About:
Who is this shady rando.
The young man calling himself "Obi" tends to pop up unexpectedly, both in the waking world and the Dream Sphere. He's like a friendly stray cat: cute, in a rough and roguish kind of way, but who knows where he's been? When he turns up, Obi reliably makes himself helpful, bringing his unique skills, perspective, and sense of humor to bear on tough situations, but something about him just feels so sketchy.
It's the obvious criminal aura. My god, look at him. He has the scars and pointy eyes and tendency to crouch on narrow ledges and everything, how can he broadcast "illegal anime activities!" more loudly? (Actually--at least these days--Obi mostly works in private security.) He can be found in the wild at restaurants and bars (and sometimes in trees), and occasionally enters martial arts contests, when he has the time.
Dreamer-wise, Obi awakened in the usual way a short while ago, but chose not to go immediately to the DU. Instead, he's been testing his powers and trying out small explorations of the Dream Sphere on his own, because heaven forbid anyone should see him anything less than comfortable with his own capabilities. I figure by the time I app, he'll be confident enough in understanding himself to meet other Dreamers in a more official capacity and will apply to the DU then as a Novice Dreamer.
Short Term & Long Term Plans:
Short-term plans: Obi's gonna join the DU! He's here to crack jokes and Torments' heads. I still have no idea what his powers will be, but he's well-used to combat in the real world, so even if he's a novice, he'll be happy to take more of a frontline role in a party.
Long-term plans: I dunno, Obi runs on vibes and so do I. His arc in SWwtRH is all about learning what it means to stay in one place and be valued by others, so I imagine his development here might take a similar trajectory. Possibly also a role shift over time reflected in his appearance as a Dreamer changing from a more ninja-like look to a knightly one?
Desired CR/AU Castmates:
- I'd totally love for Obi to have history, shady or not, with a couple people. He's been a fighter-for-hire all over the world, annnndddd not all of that would have been on the right side of local laws? But some of it would! So it's possible he was a coworker or even a former foe.
- Drinking buddies, flirting buddies. Fighting buddies! Obi's eminently buddy-shaped.
- Obi could absolutely be someone's bodyguard or even, like... guardian? Someone hired by their actual guardians to look after them, make sure they're fed, fight off kidnappers, whatever. I see all you rich kids.
- There's a chance to meet him when he's doing his ill-advised solo explorations of the Dream Sphere!
Anything Else?: Is it legal for there to be both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Obi in the same game. Is that allowed. Anyway.
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But this is good, he needs people who don't take him seriously in his enclosure for proper enrichment.
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I may have been misreading "young man" as teenager, shhShe'd 100% take umbrage, and also if she managed to pick up on the fact that she was being indulged vs taken seriously. But yes, please, teach her dirty fighting, she needs something resembling positive adult influence.
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Shh it's fine I didn't specify. He's like 21-23, who knows.HE IS HERE TO BE A kind of positive adult influence. And also he's good at getting along with anyone, chip on their shoulder or not, so I think he might be valuable as that kind of friend for her.
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She is the night, no touchy
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Lunafreya Nox Fleuret | FFXV
Canon: Final Fantasy XV
About: Lunafreya is a woman in the boy band Final Fantasy game, which means she's a pure and beautiful healer done super dirty by the plot. In Beautiful Dreamer, I imagine she'd be a nursing or medical student and probably an Experienced Dreamer, Saver archetype. She'd have awakened at like, twelve, and her Dreamer themes are light and flowers and she's probably got a trident. Maybe her powers are more along the lines of summoning? That'd be kinda sick.
She'd be well-integrated into the DU for years--possibly forever with a family legacy in it, and may know other DU-aligned folks through that history. She's for sure signed up to mentor rookie Dreamers and does her best to look out for other Dreamers in the waking world, too, despite, you know. Being a med student. How does she find the time?
She loves dogs and gardening and
jumping out of airplanesother totally normal, unreckless hobbies.Short Term & Long Term Plans:
Listen. I just want Luna to get to do things. Let her live, Square Enix. Let her be.
Desired CR/AU Castmates:
- DU friends is the big one! Luna would be highly involved and visible as a public face, too. I don't know if she has a dedicated unit or not, but this is where most of her energies go, med school or not. So, people who have known her a long time, people who have heard her speak on TV or the radio, people who knew her mother who would also have been active in the DU (though possibly not a Dreamer herself?), people who are just meeting her upon stepping into the DU building--whatever.
- Man, the more I think about it, the less time I think she'd actually have to be a med student... maybe she's taking time off from school, but still studying on her own when she can. So either fellow grad student types or tutors or something? Doctor mentors? I don't know. Former classmates, for sure!
- Rough-and-tumble types for her to ogle... Sorry, she is looking respectfully.
- Someone who helps her do her hair like that holy geez
Anything Else?:
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