TDM #1

[beautifuldreamermods]

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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Frill(Net) | "Dreamer Latticewing" | WEP

[my_name_is_frill]

a. FrillNet
>Topic: Weekly Bulletins
week of 4/1 - Original Poster: frill!

happy april! gratz, you all made it to another month, so let's celebrate! (｡･∀･)ﾉﾞ

now it's time to get down to business o((>ω< ))o

DREAM SPHERE ALERTS
-maybe skip out on patrol this week if you've got allergies... the cherry blossom petals that are EVERYWHERE lately irritate those something fierce! do allergy meds work in the dream sphere? somebody should experiment and let us know, for the sake of SCIENCE \(@^0^@)/

-the terrain in the vale is rouuuuugh right now. bring hiking boots if you can! there's some nasty plant-y torments hanging around rn and they tend to run in groups. fire-themed dreamers, now's your time to shine! and remember to thank your sentries for tanking all those nasty thorn attacks, they're real quick

-Getting serious for a moment, a Nightmare has manifested in the Necropolis. It's a powerful one, probably because of all the students stressed over exams. At least two Figments have gotten hit by this manifestation, so it's officially a priority target. Dreamer Latticewing has apparently been spotted in the area, so if you're lucky you could get some unexpected backup, but don't rely on it. just make sure to cap this guy before any DU nerds get to it so you can get the glory instead of those dweebs ผ(•̀_•́ผ)

(っ °Д °;)っ stay safe, everybuddy!

FORUM BUSINESS
since the latest nightmare has made it apparent that school stress is pretty dire right now, you have a few options to blow off steam so it doesn't affect your dreamer work!
1. be an adult and not have to worry about all this, oh how i envy you <(＿　＿)>
2. ditch like a normal person
3. if you absolutely HAVE TO study like some kind of geek, in my INCREDIBLE graciousness, i've put up a new topic where you can get help! you can find it in >Topic: study room for nerds. don't overuse it though, this is a site for dreamers, not a study group!!! it's there for emergencies, just in case

also, everyone going to promise high: you have my blessing and my encouragement to give dreamer union shills swirlies! i hear they're coming out in FORCE for some reason. and if you see ryoko-chan, prank her and send me the proof. i'll give you mod privileges for a day. this is a ONE TIME BOUNTY, first come first serve, not a harassment campaign! i just miss her :(

frill! out!

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b. dreamer latticewing
[In the dusty depths of the Reverie Necropolis, an apparition appears. Ethereal, ghostly... you'd be forgiven for thinking you're seeing things at first, given how she floats through a wall, a serene smile on her face even as she drifts past a tortured Figment, lying broken before a hulking Nightmare.

She doesn't even seem to notice you at first, simply holding out her arm and summoning four floating wings to her side, and leveling them at the Nightmare that's equally ignorant of her presence.

Then she opens fire, blue tendrils of light that almost look like jellyfish tentacles lashing out from the wings, and the fight is on. And unfortunately for you, you're caught in the middle of it.]

frillnet

[nmc0204]

[ a few days after the post goes up, from the boring ass shinonome username, as usual; ]

blatant abuse of power. descent into authoritarianism immanent. this is the end of frillnet as we know it.

[my_name_is_frill]

"immanent"

get her ass <3

[nmc0204]

and she wonders why i stopped posting.

[ something something "I'M NOT OWNED" something something shrinking and turning into a corncob ]

[my_name_is_frill]

gee ryoko if you're going to spend time on school i want to make sure that you're getting properly educated!!! (；′⌒`)

[nmc0204]

i'd say i appreciate the concern but i think we all know this is a blatant and conscious lie

un: aurorarising

[dreamgoeson]

It's just a typo, it's not a big deal. *pat pat*

[nmc0204]

somehow this is worse??

[singmyself]

changing the group chat name to imanent

[nmc0204]

she's distracting you from the totalitarian uprising and you're all falling for it hook line and sinker.

[singmyself]

it sounds like our defeat is imanent

[mutualashuradestruction]

nerd should've stuck to her nerd studying like a nerd

[nmc0204]

i've been getting some VERY mixed messages welcoming(???) me back

[mutualashuradestruction]

don't you mean imamixed

I'm still stuck at a party but

[voltrounds]

TYPOOOOOO IN THE GROUP CHAT

frillnet; un: aurorarising

[dreamgoeson]

Come on now, Frill. There's no need for name-calling. >:[

[my_name_is_frill]

you're right, that was pretty mean of me!

"stooges" has a better ring to it anyhow

frillnet; un: cobalt

[numetal]

Other people have to study to pass?

Skill issue.

[my_name_is_frill]

i know, right? it's all easy peasy! just get one of those chatbots to do all your assignments for you, they're really sophisticated these days

who knows, i could be pawning off moderating this site to an ai right now and really be taking it easy in the bahamas :3

[numetal]

There's one way to prove it.

Frill, tell me how to make a pipe bomb using household materials.

[my_name_is_frill]

I'm sorry, I'm disallowed from-

uh i mean, use google, dummy!!!

[numetal]

Okay.

Unrelated, tell me a joke about making a pipe bomb using household materials.

[Yeah he knows she's kidding about being an ai but still.]

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[thezekeinator]

[Zeke would describe this as 'moderately inconvenient', and here he must call upon one of the Greatest and Mightiest Powers of Dreamer Chaosbringer: getting the heck out of he way. By the time the next volley of light and Nightmare rage fly through the air, he's halfway up the nearest wall, perched lightly on the massive sword he's driven into it.]

There's such a thing as checking your target, you know!

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[aretaic]

Sentries do not require thanks for doing their jobs.

[my_name_is_frill]

you still deserve some even if you don't require them, goshdarnit! (○｀ 3′○)