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beautifuldreamermods) wrote2023-03-24 06:15 pm
beautifuldreamermods) wrote2023-03-24 06:15 pm
Excursions & Torment Hunts
EXPLORING DREAMS
- The Dream Sphere is a place full of mysteries and for Dreamers, it's theirs to explore as they see fit. Exploring the Dream Sphere, experimenting with their powers and battling it out with Torments and Nightmares is how Dreamers grow their magic after all - and come on. Admit it. It's pretty fun. Players are, of course, free to goof around in logs at their own pace but for formalized investigation and exploration of the Dream Sphere, this is the place to do it!
Dreamers can investigate the Dream Sphere in two main ways; Excursions and Torment Hunts. All Dreamers are encouraged to take part in Excursions and Torment Hunts and OOCly, the process can be rewarded with points that can go towards... well, rewards!
EXCURSIONS
- Excursions are when a Dreamer explores the Dream Sphere with the specific goal of finding and investigating new locations. They may find new and interesting locales or stumble across trouble in the making and take care of it.
Currently, these new locations will disperse and become inaccessible once the Dreamer leaves it behind, but characters will unlock the option to Stablize a location in an event in the near future, so they can permanently add one to the Outlying Locations page if they so wish.
It's important to note that, like Outlying Locations, Excursions also come with an element of Risk. You're heading out into the unknown, after all! You can indicate in your comment what Risk level you would be comfortable with, which will correlate with how far into the Dream Sphere your character is choosing to go. Some of this Risk can be mitigated by going on an Excursion with multiple characters (up to three at a time) but you still might run into some trouble and should be aware that your character could end up hurt or potentially failing out of the Excursion at higher Risk. Take care out there!
To head out on an Excursion, fill out the form below and submit it in the comments. The mods will reply with the results of your Excursion and what cool things your character may have encountered. You're free to leave things there... but! If you use the results of the Excursion as the basis for a log or thread and submit it as a reply to the Excursion result, you'll receive points! As with AC bonus threads, these completed Excursion results must be AC length and you can submit two per month. On top of this, each character can head out on an Excursion twice per month - though this is an OOC limit and you're free to play out and handwave other IC explorations even if they aren't officially an Excursion.
TORMENT HUNTS
- Torment Hunts are the main method of keeping the Torment and Nightmare populations of the Dream Sphere under control. In contrast to Excursions, Torment Hunts consist of Dreamers going into known locations and hunting down any Torments that have spawned there. Without Dreamers to keep them in check, Torments would eventually form into Nightmares and so, Torment Hunts are the most proactive way of keeping peace in the Dream Sphere while getting to grips with your magic.
Like Excursions, you can complete Torment Hunts by filling out the form below and submitting it in the comments. The mods will reply with a result, taking into account things such as the Outlying Location's overall Risk factor and how many characters took place in the Torment Hunt. You're free to head out on Torment Hunt solo, or with others. Having friends along makes the whole thing safer, of course, but you don't need anyone else to join you - however, higher Risk locations will be much more difficult without the proper backup and should a Dreamer be unlucky enough to be overwhelmed while on their own, they will fail out of the Torment Hunt.
Once again, if you use the results of the Torment Hunt as the basis for a log or thread and submit it as a reply to the Torment Hunt result, you'll receive points! The above limitations on submissions also apply to Torment Hunts though you are, again, free to thread out unofficial Torment Hunts between characters just for fun.
Excursion
Archetype(s): Two Novices
Maximum Risk: Low
Keywords: "Meetings" is the big keyword here, as Kenko is looking to find a certain someone, and Ghost and Maihime bumped into one another accidentally rather than intentionally going on an excursion together.
EXCURSION RESULT
During their accidental hangout, the dream the girls find themselves in is an eerie but peaceful ancient temple almost big enough to be its own town. Towering stone lanterns line the way through, with winding stone paths leading to various smaller shrines within the temple and gloriously lush meditation gardens. Going by the golden light illuminating the temple, it's always sunset here and the dusky air is cool and still, filled with the scent of pine and incense. There don't seem to be any Figments or Torments here but sometimes in the distance, the faint echoes of a temple bell ring out.
Following it will introduce the two of them to the actual residents of this dream - the temple’s formidable komainu guardians, lion-dog statues carved from ancient stone. As they venture deeper into the temple grounds, the statues will occasionally turn their heads to watch them pass and become less and less subtle about it the longer they spend in the dream, though the vibe is definitely curious rather than hostile. In fact, at one point, the two of them find themselves turned around and lost within a maze-like zen garden only for one of the statues to casually make its way over and show them the way out before assuming its post.
Ultimately nothing wildly of note happens while the two of them explore, but... when the vibes are so good, can you really call it a waste of time?
To claim your rewards for this Excursion, reply to this comment with a thread of four comments from each character involved using this result as the basis!