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MARCH EVENT LOG
At midnight on March 1st, a rolling lightning storm hits Yogen. Thunder crackles, and strikes of Anvil Crawler lighting can be seen lighting up the sky; anyone paying attention to the courtyard may see the explosive strike of lightning hitting the wisteria tree. Petals scatter throughout the air and are carried off in every direction by the wind...
As the month goes on the school will start to look even more barren. As the month goes on, several students start to disappear, with rumors spreading here and there about students disappearing after entering the forest. Those rumors twist and warp, and within just a few days there are rumors of a witch in the forest. But it's not a witch, nor a ghost, or anything else, but a dream, and those who enter will find themselves reminded of such by a soothing voice, the voice of a person they're familiar with, speaking gently in their ears:
"You are dreaming... They have always led and will always lead you here... Remind yourself, this is a dream..."
The world shifts subtly. There are gravestones marking the pathway now, and before long the forest is replaced by a completely new scene. A voice reminds you once more that this is a dream, and that you have always been here. You have always been led to this place. But where is this place? It's the world of a player character. It's nothing more than a snapshot in time. It might be one that they wish to escape, or perhaps a warm memory of a time that they wish to return to, but it is always an important memory to the character.
Whichever it is, the only way is to move forward. As characters move through the memory, characters will soon notice a snake and holly tattoo that spreads over their body will be. It starts small, a clump on one's back, but will spread across all parts of a character's body. It will reach the neck and face last, killing them upon reaching the eyes. As the curse spreads, they will notice changes in the dream including hallucinations, hearing lullabies, and shades that pursue them. They will also notice increased exhaustion and lethargy.
Upon reaching the end of the memory, they will find a glowing ball of light representative of a lost student's soul. Finding the soul will lead to both characters awakening at the edge of the forest, and the character who had been dreaming will be covered with the tattoo for a brief moment before it disappears.
Those who entered the dream may hear that same voice from before that tugs at their mind as the dream fades away:
"Remind yourself, this is a dream, and soon you will awaken. But you are here, as you always have been, and as you always will be... Soon, you will wonder where you were, and each moment after, will bring you here..."
The world shifts subtly. There are gravestones marking the pathway now, and before long the forest is replaced by a completely new scene. A voice reminds you once more that this is a dream, and that you have always been here. You have always been led to this place. But where is this place? It's the world of a player character. It's nothing more than a snapshot in time. It might be one that they wish to escape, or perhaps a warm memory of a time that they wish to return to, but it is always an important memory to the character.
Whichever it is, the only way is to move forward. As characters move through the memory, characters will soon notice a snake and holly tattoo that spreads over their body will be. It starts small, a clump on one's back, but will spread across all parts of a character's body. It will reach the neck and face last, killing them upon reaching the eyes. As the curse spreads, they will notice changes in the dream including hallucinations, hearing lullabies, and shades that pursue them. They will also notice increased exhaustion and lethargy.
Upon reaching the end of the memory, they will find a glowing ball of light representative of a lost student's soul. Finding the soul will lead to both characters awakening at the edge of the forest, and the character who had been dreaming will be covered with the tattoo for a brief moment before it disappears.
Those who entered the dream may hear that same voice from before that tugs at their mind as the dream fades away:
✽ Dreams may be whoelsale memories, or they may be more akin to dreamscapes based on a person's memories or mental state.
✽ The holly pattern represents the pain of love and aches of the heart, while the snake represents the yearning for the dead that consume a person.
✽ The tattoos will be blue or red.
✽ Characters may be drawn into the forest more than once, or require multiple memories to be gone through before reappearing. In those cases, the character who had gone through the initial memory will simply wake up in the forest alone.
✽ Characters who hear the voice upon leaving the dream will be more susceptible to entering and being lost in the forest.
✽ Anyone who is not rescued by the end of the month will be found at the edge of the forest. The tattoo will cover their body and stop just short of their eyes. It will disappear within an hour, but they will be exhausted for the rest of the day.
✽ The holly pattern represents the pain of love and aches of the heart, while the snake represents the yearning for the dead that consume a person.
✽ The tattoos will be blue or red.
✽ Characters may be drawn into the forest more than once, or require multiple memories to be gone through before reappearing. In those cases, the character who had gone through the initial memory will simply wake up in the forest alone.
✽ Characters who hear the voice upon leaving the dream will be more susceptible to entering and being lost in the forest.
✽ Anyone who is not rescued by the end of the month will be found at the edge of the forest. The tattoo will cover their body and stop just short of their eyes. It will disappear within an hour, but they will be exhausted for the rest of the day.
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Bedrooms...bedrooms are closer though, if all else fails, she'll follow a dynamo upstairs. ]
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She'll have to walk quickly to keep up with the dynamo, but it leads her up the stairs and down the hall, towards a door that's slightly open. It slips in, deposits some clothing and quietly disappears back down the hall before she can thank it, leaving her to investigate by herself.
It's a bedroom alright, everything sized to suit a young boy. There are numerous shelves lined thickly with books, mechanical trinkets here and there, stacks of notes, pressed flowers framed on the wall, a tidy bed, a large desk covered in even more books and notes and pens and tools...
and a familiar-looking boy seated at that desk, scribbling away at a notebook like he's diligently doing his homework. He's so engrossed in it that he doesn't seem to have noticed Sara yet.]
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[ What a lovely room. Sara's heart melts at the little toys and floors. It's so cute. Sitting in the middle of it all is a little kid with white hair and eyes that bleed between reddish and pinkish. He looks a bit like Add, but...not. ]
Add-chan never told me he had a little brother! [ It would be just like him to never mention anything cute or fun about himself. She lets herself in with a wave to the younger kid. ] Hi...I'm sorry to bother you?
I'm looking for my fiend. He's a little bit older then you...or a lot older then you? It depends how he's feeling, but he's made of a bunch of crackly magic science stuff.
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anyway, he jumps and nearly throws his pen when she says something, startled by the unfamiliar voice. She might catch a hint of fear amid the confusion in his eyes... but she's so casual about this, it's hard to feel threatened. He stares at her shyly.]
... u-um. Are you... looking for father?
[what brother ???? he's an only child... she's not making any sense]
double checking the spelling of everything now
[ It couldn't be... No...she couldn't assume... Add doesn't have a kid!! Even if this is his dream! Even if he might be an ambiguous time traveler...his girlfriend is a robot! So it wouldn't work... ]
Ahhh... Is your fathers name Add?
[ Is she hoping for a yes...mayhaps. It would be something fun to tease him about, once he stops avoiding her. ]
I'm being rude, I'm Sara. [ Kid's being nervous around strangers is natural, so nothing sets off Sara's alarm bells yet, but she wants to put this kid at ease. ]
I'm looking for my friend, so I sort of let myself into your house. Sorry!
sighs, her fiend...
On the other hand, she seems... nice? Maybe she's not a bad person...? But if she's not supposed to be here and his father found out, he'd still be in trouble...
The boy seems to think on it for a long moment, frowning seriously, before slipping out of his chair.]
There's no one called that here... you have to leave, or father will get mad. We're not allowed to let people in the house.
[he's trying really hard to sound assertive... but it's hard to take it seriously when he's too anxious to approach or even look at her properly.]