Dreaming Wide Awake [Fourth Wall/Open]

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Who: Everyone! Current characters, fourth wall characters, whoever wants to show up.
What: The portals are closed. Everyone's in Traverse Town, including a whole bunch of new people. This should be interesting.
Where: Traverse Town
When: Throughout the day
Warnings: Depends on the characters. Expect language at least.

You didn't expect to be here. You really didn't. The technicolor buildings are a surprise, as is the little white flying bear telling you you're in the dream world. He gives you a bag full of what looks to be currency, enough shiny things to create a creature of your own (or so he says), and sends you on your way.

Good luck.

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[allfunandgamesuntil]

A man in tan-colored armor with silver accents approaches Gibson with a komory bat fluttering above his head. He spares a glance for the moogle flying around nearby, then turns back to Gibson. "You look as lost as I feel."

[userless]

Now that's some impressive battle armor! Gibson whistles lightly in appreciation. "I don't know, man. You look like you're ready for anything in that. Me?" He shrugs expressively. "To tell you the truth, I'm not even really sure what a dream world is. Aren't dreams something that hasn't really happened?"

Maybe? Sort of? Flynn said that dreams were plans you hadn't laid out yet, but does that mean this place doesn't really exist?

[allfunandgamesuntil]

"Well, it's not like a normal dream. Usually you don't walk around and talk to people like you would when you're awake." And who wouldn't know what dreaming was like if they're in a dream world? "I've been here before, but I didn't think I was alive enough to do it again."

York shrugs and offers his hand to shake. "The name's York."

[userless]

"Gibson." He shakes the hand in return, grinning a little. Face-concealing helmets aren't exactly in vogue, but they're not uncommon on the Grid, especially if you're all prepped up for battle. "I'm guessing you don't have a better idea why we're here than 'because it's a dream'?"

[allfunandgamesuntil]

"There were a few theories but as far as I can tell, that's all they were, theories. I don't know how long I was gone, though, so maybe people have figured out what's up." York looked over the crowd and shook his head. "People never showed up like this before, though."

[userless]

"Yeah? How did they show up?" Now that the initial panic is over and those Nightmare things aren't attacking immediately (...assuming that whatever the two Pricklemanes are doing isn't hostile...), Gibson is beginning to think a little information-gathering is in order. He's still not really clear on whether or not they're actually here. Maybe this is what happens when you get derezzed?

[allfunandgamesuntil]

"One at a time, mostly," York said. "Some of the people - I don't see them here - said that this was a place they knew about but even they weren't sure what was going on." He'd have to find someone who knew what was up sooner or later.

[userless]

"I gotcha." Gibson nodded, glancing around at the crowd of people. So it's not the method of arrival but the quantity that's unusual. "So what's it like here? Do Nightmare things really attack all the time?"

...Not so different from the way home had become, which is a sobering thought.

[allfunandgamesuntil]

"Not all the time. You'll see them around but you can avoid them if you're fast enough, and some places have less than others," York explained. "If you're used to fighting, they aren't too tough."

[userless]

"You could say I'm used to fighting." It's been much less actual combat and much more nonlethal training, but hey--it can be applied. That's the whole point of training, and if anything the last few millicycles had taught him how to shift into combat readiness.

"You don't look like a stranger to combat yourself."

[allfunandgamesuntil]

York laughed. "Guilty as charged. We're in the middle of a war back home, though it looks like it might end up turning a corner soon."

[userless]

Gibson grins, glad to hear it. Less fighting means more peace, and more peace is all he's ever wanted from the Basics.

"Hope ours turns out just as well. We've got this virus--long story. Point is, if things don't change soon, we're all going to be toast."

[allfunandgamesuntil]

York nods. "Best of luck with that. It seemed pretty hopeless for a while back home, but sometimes the universe surprises you."

[userless]

"Hey, I appreciate it. The last surprise I got wasn't so great, but maybe the scales are about to tip in my favor, right?"

One would always hope.