TDM #1

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TDM #1

Welcome one and all to the very first test drive meme for Beautiful Dreamer! 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 AU Planning meme to see what juicy ideas your fellow players are cooking up!

In order to not spoil the opening of the game for players, 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

It's a busy day just like any other in a town as big and bustling as Yumemigaoka. With the last days of winter finally at everyone's backs, spring has begun blooming in earnest and the cheery seasonal energy is pretty infectious. A number of events are taking place around the city, so why not take the time to look around and have fun?



⧖ The Tsubaki Department Store is beginning to hype up their upcoming Golden Week extravaganza with a number of small sales and promotions. Maybe this year you'll finally be able to snag that air fryer you've been eyeing?!

⧖ It's cherry blossom viewing season! Hina Flower Gardens are holding a free event with a number of special seasonal goodies and some absolutely beautiful scenery to take in.

⧖ 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, life doesn't grind to a halt just because it's nice and sunny outside. Now the city is getting busier and more touristy, the folks who keep things running are starting to get some pressure put on them! And if you happen to be a student, end of term exams are starting to loom on the horizon, with particular pressure put on those just about to graduate their respective schools... Not to mention with spring coming around, allergies are running riot!

Let's just hope you're not feeling too stressed. After all, with all this energy running rampant and regular life starting to really push down on everyone, who knows what those negative feelings could spawn...?!

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. Spring has sprung over on this side, too, with iridescent flowers and colorful trees growing right out of the streets and buildings all over the Slumbering City and the sky above turning a particularly pretty shade of pale pink to match.

That makes it especially bizarre that it appears to be snowing all over the Dream Sphere, no matter where you go but on closer inspection this snow is actually cherry blossom petals raining endlessly down from the sky. How pretty! Of course, for those of you with allergies, maybe it's just rubbing salt on the wound. Your nose isn't itching, is it? Achoo!

Pretty or not though, if you're on this side then you've got work to do! With the Waking World starting to gear back up after winter, some of the associated stress is starting to funnel into the Dream Sphere and cause no small manner of trouble. 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...


⧖ In the Vale of Sorrow, it's still raining and pouring despite the change of season and that combined with the dusting of petals across everything has turned navigating the place into a real task, even for a fully prepared Dreamer. The ground is even more of a wet and soggy mulch than before and to make matters worse, a group of particularly nasty Torments are gathering and seem to be made out of bristling vines and piercing brambles... they're unusually quick and vicious even for Torments so you better act fast and deal with them ASAP!

⧖ In the Reverie Necropolis, the season of spring hardly seems to have touched the place. If the sky has changed at all, it's hidden behind the bone white clouds that hang low and every single petal that touches the ground immediately shrivels and dies once it lands. Once you actually enter the labyrinth, frantic whispers can be heard and the scratching of disembodied pencils scribbling over papers can be heard echoing up and down all the halls. 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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HANDS OFF THE BLENDER

[discretion]

[Franz watches in horror as he sees this stranger just clock a stranger for a blender.]

Hey - you can't just - whoa whoa whoa -

[Without thinking of it, he puts himself between Miyu and the other person before another blow can land. Fortunately, it seems the blender guy is content to leave with the appliance.]

I'm not sure what about that blender inspired a random act of violence, but have you tried just asking if they have another in stock?

1/2

[dreamwith]

They do...but not for that price.

[WOE!!!!! WOE IS HER!!!!!!!]

[dreamwith]

Well, can't be helped! You'll just have to buy me one--

[Maybe if she acts casual and tries to look cute he won't question it..........]

[discretion]

[Franz smiles and laughs a little. It's not a complete dismissal, but it's close.] What exactly do you need a blender so badly for? Surely it isn't a life-or-death situation. You could save up your money, wait until there's another sale...?

[dreamwith]

Oh, geez, if you really need to know it's for scientific research...

And funds are a little low right now.

[It never stops being right now either.]

[discretion]

...I thought that scientists wrote grant proposals when they need something rather than attempted mugging. Are you with any of the local institutions? Surely someone has a blender you can borrow? [Franz attempts to place a gentle hand on her shoulder, planning to guide her out of the department store. He'd feel bad about leaving her in here where she could keep hitting people, at this point.]

1/2

[dreamwith]

[Miyu will, in fact, follow without much resistance. Mostly because when the issue of funding comes up, she always has to put extra thought into trying to think of the nicest way to put her situation.]

.................................

It's complicated.

[She isn't, she can't, she won't. All acceptable answers.]

Very complicated.

[dreamwith]

Besides, sharing a blender used for scientific research? That's like sharing a toothbrush! A loofah! A razor! Have some decency, why don't you?!

[In her mind that's how it works.]

[discretion]

I won't be lectured about decency by a would-be mugger. [Franz says with a touch of amusement.] Look, I can't afford a blender either, but are you hungry? There's a place nearby that sells crepes. They're... not like the kind you can get in Paris, but they're pretty tasty.

[dreamwith]

[LEANING EXTREMELY CLOSE.]

Crepes, you say?

[Didn't anyone ever tell him not to feed stray dogs?]

We really don't have to split the bill afterwards?

[discretion]

Sure. I'm a gentleman. [A gentleman who cannot afford - or perhaps refuses to enable - a blender. A high-school-aged gentleman. Franz laughs lightly, removing his hand from her shoulder once they're out of the store and heading toward the crepe shop.]

[dreamwith]

[With all the enthusiasm of someone who hasn't been able to afford a luxury like this in quite some time, Miyu suddenly becomes the one leading this little expedition for sweet treasure, meaning...yeah she knows exactly where this place is. She's spent many a day pressed against the glass wishing she had just a few more pennies for crepes.............

But now some high schooler is willing to buy her crepes so CREPES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hands out, she pushes those doors open and heads inside, taking an exaggerated sniff of the air.]

You smell that?

[Turning towards him with a dramatic little spin.]

✧･ﾟ: *✧ SUGAR ✧･ﾟ: *✧

[discretion]

[Franz follows inside - somehow more with the air of a bemused but affectionate parent taking his kid to get a treat than a student himself.]

Yeah, smells pretty good. Get whatever one you want.

[He takes great care to read the menu carefully. He speaks Japanese well enough, but written is a bit more of a challenge.]

I think I'm gonna get the strawberry and red bean.

[dreamwith]

Ohhh, good choice! I'll take that too.

[...and another

.....and another

.......and another

She's piling up the order here, he may wanna interject if he's not got that much money.]

[discretion]

Hey... Hey.

[He holds up an apologetic hand to the cashier.] Just the first two, please.

[Though he doesn't want to completely admit to not having that kind of money, he'll just say:] You don't want to eat yourself sick, right?