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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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Going from one area to the other is kind of disorienting, and switching from one uniform, to another, to a third --
Yeah, she's sick and tired of schools at this rate.
She sees the career sheet. It makes her feel nostalgic. And while there might be a pen, Inaba decides to... actively ignore the pen. Nope, she's not writing anything. Not only would that be rude --
She's not Subaru herself.
She can't make that decision for him.
She doesn't know if she can be heard, and yet, she speaks into the air nevertheless:]
Not everyone knows what their dream is initially. And if you've forgotten who 'Akehoshi Subaru' is, then isn't that your job to figure that out? Redefine yourself. Use your experiences to become a new 'you', find new dreams. Nobody is ever static.
[It's a problem that kind of reminds her of a friend of hers--a girl who didn't know what her dreams were for the longest time, because of how empty she was. Because the only things she knew how to do were to make others satisfied and happy.
She turns on her heel, wondering if she can actually leave the classroom. Well, she's going to make an attempt, anyway.]
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it's not yogen, that she can tell -- the floor she's on is high above the courtyard, labeled for third years instead of first. scattered across the walls are posters that make up the next query:]
"What if my memories aren't really me? What if i have someone else's memories? What if i'm not me?"
[against the windows, there's more:]
"Does that matter?"
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She doesn't have the answer.
So she's brought to silence. She might as well continue walking while speaking around as she tries to search for a possible staircase, another person, anything else besides the posters--
As she tries to think, anyway. Maybe as she thinks, she'll finally have some sort of revelation.]
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...
eventually, she'll find subaru sitting in a classroom with the same sheet she first same on the desk in front of him, staring up at the ceiling with a bored look on his face. from the situation, she gets the feeling he isn't allowed to leave school until he writes something down -- the haunting gaze of an unseen teacher bears down on the room.]
So you dunno either, huh...
[too bad. if only it was so easy, if only someone could just tell him what to do.]
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[It's a strangely genuine apology in spite of the situation. And while there might be that strange feeling in the air that hangs over her like dread, she opts to ignore it for now.]
I've been thinking about something similar the last couple of months myself and haven't come up with a proper answer. And maybe there isn't one nice and neat answer in the first place. Sure, I can probably give my thoughts -- but in the end, it's still something you have to think about on your own, make decisions on your own.
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[he trails off, then shrugs. subaru sits up more and pulls out the seat of the desk in front of him with a foot, she can sit.]
Anyway~, lemme hear your thoughts! Maybe I'll think of something too~. This is sort of a new problem for me, see, so I dunno where to start. And starting with "who am I" is too broad, you know? Lend me a hand, Baachan.