Dreaming Wide Awake [Fourth Wall/Open]

[revenancemods]

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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[dork_of_keys]

Sora wasn't exactly expecting this turn of events either. Last he'd checked, he was in the Dalmatians' house, fixing to go out and poke around for some clues. Next thing he knew he was outside somewhere in First District. Then again, nothing had been normal since he'd arrived... wow, he wasn't even sure how long he'd been here.

All attempts at figuring out what was going on were put on hold when his Spirits suddenly perked up and took off the way they always did when they sensed either someone new nearby or friends they already knew nearby. Well Bruce, his Komory Bat, perked up and took off. The still unnamed Escarglow followed at his own slow pace, though he was equally excited.

The familiar round ears and pink dress said everything he needed to know about who was there, but given the jumped from where he had been to where he was now, he had to wonder if something weird was going on. "Queen Minnie?"

[her_mouse_jesty]

Well thank goodness! Not only a familiar face, but one she could rely on! With her burdens slightly lightened, she walked towards him, hands clasped together. She had a spirit as well - but she didn't know it. Her Meow Wow was some distance away, distracted by everything and anything. But more about that later.

"Sora!" She cheerily called towards him. "It's so good to see you. I don't have a clue what's going on, so I'm hoping you can tell me a thing or two."

[dork_of_keys]

Oh there was more than a thing or two to go over, but Sora would try to hit the important things at least. On the plus side, at least the point in time she seemed to have come from was after they'd met. That made things a lot easier.

"What's going on is kind of crazy," he replied, thinking, "Well, we're in the Realm of Dreams, but something is kind of off about it. I've been here before and that's actually one of the things that's weird. Everyone is from a different point in time."

[her_mouse_jesty]

Alas, the explanation only made... less sense. She blinked at him, trying to figure it out.

"The Realm of Dreams?" She repeated, and it sounded vaguely familiar in a way. "Well, what are we doing here? I know you've got a lot to do and many places to go, but I need to return to the castle. Daisy must be worried out of her way with me gone."

[dork_of_keys]

That was generally how it went, so the response didn't surprise him.

"Yeah. It's... how did Master Yen Sid explain it...? It's not normal dreaming. The worlds are sleeping too. But, the worlds normally don't sleep. These are worlds that were lost in Darkness and then brought out of it, but they haven't woken up yet. Or, that's how it's supposed to be. I'm pretty sure Twilight Town shouldn't be sleeping. I don't know about the other worlds that we've been able to go to from here and Traverse Town is kind of a special case." At least he didn't say that all in one breath. He paused a moment to collect his thoughts before going on, "The thing is we're not sure how we're ending up here now. We know someone is responsible for it and there's some anonymous guy that taunts us about it on the communicators sometimes. But we're not sure if they're the same person."

All through Sora's explanations, his Spirits have been quietly milling around, wondering just what Minnie's Meow Wow is doing snuffling off away from its person. Has it found something interesting? Bruce fluttered over to ask just that.

[her_mouse_jesty]

Her frown only deepened as the explanation went on. It made sense, sort of, but not as to why they were here. She held her cheek in one hand, cradling her arm in the other, as she 'hmmm'ed out loud, mulling the information over.

"So I suppose getting home isn't going to be as easy as asking... oh, dear. This really won't do at all. No one's been hurt, have they?" That was the most important thing in any case.

As for the Meow Wow, it heard the sound of fluttering, and started to bounce over, instantly distracted.

[dork_of_keys]

"No, it's not going to be easy. Seems like there's a mystery we need to solve. I'm sure we can, though." That last bit is said with a smile, though it fades a little when the Queen asks if anyone's been hurt. At that he rubs the back of his head sheepishly, "I wish I could say that no one's gotten hurt, but the Nightmares make that hard. Then again no one's been seriously hurt and there are some people here that can use healing magic."

Bruce chattered a greeting to the Meow Wow, because new friends were good things. Although their people seemed to know each other already. Oh well, maybe that helped a bit.

[her_mouse_jesty]

"Nightmares..." She tried to remember what little she knew about them. "Yes, they're the opposite of those... what do you call them..."

Anything else was interrupted, as her Meow Wow decided to 'introduce' himself, via bouncing right into Minnie, toppling her off rather ungracefully. "Eek!"

[dork_of_keys]

"The Spirits. They're all Dream Eaters. The difference is the Spirits are friendly."

Sora saw the Meow Wow a split second before it bounced into Minnie, soon enough to know what was about to happen, but not quite soon enough to do anything about it other than help her up after the fact.

[her_mouse_jesty]

Minnie clung onto him, more confused than frightened, as her tiara began to slip off. "What... what just happened?!"

The Meow Wow happily bounced up and down, it's way of saying hello.

[dork_of_keys]

"I think your Meow Wow needs to learn that he shouldn't bounce on you like that..." It was probably a good thing she didn't have a Meowjesty. "Are you okay?"

Meanwhile Bruce flapped about the Meow Wow. Hey, be more careful! You're kind of bigger than your Person.

[her_mouse_jesty]

She stared at Sora as if he had spoken another language. "My... what? What is that thing?"

Boing, boing, boing. Aw, I'm just having fun! She'll like it!

[dork_of_keys]

"A Meow Wow. It's a Spirit." Oh jeez, did she get one of the lazier Moogles giving her the starter package when she got here? Or were they that swamped with new arrivals that they rushed things a bit? Sora sighed. It looked like things were going to be a little crazier than usual for a while. "When you got here a Moogle should have given you the dream pieces to make a Spirit and enough munny for one night at the hotel."

No, persons don't usually like getting squished. You gotta take it easy.