bravenewworld | The Labyrinth of the New Moon

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The Labyrinth of the New Moon

Most of Union was familiar now with the second world that had so abruptly inserted itself into their lives. They called it the Dream World: a place where fiction became more real than reality and where the imagination knew no bounds. If it weren't quite so intrusive, some might even find it an amusing place to visit - there were secrets to be uncovered here, surely, where the mental barriers of friends and enemies were relaxed, and powers to be taken advantage of. Who wouldn't want to host a pool party every night?

For a week, the people of Union continue to pop in and out of the Dream World until most have grown tired of the seemingly random nature of the disappearances. Low mutterings and disgruntled complaints begin to spread throughout the city, but it seems as if no one truly knows how to stop it. Giant fans to disperse the fog are suggested facetiously once, and a number of Fan Rotoms are seen working hard the next day... But such efforts amount to nothing.

On the night of the seventh day, something changes.

Those who pop into the Dream World tonight will realize immediately - the landscape has changed. Dream mists still swirl and eddy at random intervals, but the Neutral Spaces have grown dark and shadowed. There's no ominous feeling of danger, but rather... alertness. The sense that something unusual is about to happen.

Up in the sky, a shadowed moon gleams with a faint luster. A new moon. ...This is impossible, of course, but then, many things are impossible in this world. And no matter where you head, it seems as if each step takes you closer to that black moon, a gaping maw in the twilit sky... Step forward, retreat backwards, close your eyes and flee. It matters not. One more step and it has devoured you whole.

There is the sensation of falling, of spinning, of coming to an abrupt halt without feeling an impact. But when you open your eyes, you are not alone. Two or three others you may recognize are with you, and a long corridor stretches out before your group with doors dotting each side as far as the eye can see.

Welcome to the Labyrinth of the New Moon.

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.... That is too disorienting...

[ Sorry, Duke needs to focus for a moment.

An impact. That's that would help this spinning. Right? So he jumps in place once, and well, that sort of feels better.

He realizes that wait, there was another voice that wasn't terribly familiar after a moment. ]

.... Hello.

Woah.... [Goku holds his head as he feels himself land. Doing a quick check to see if he's okay, nothing's broken, and he can move freely, he takes a look around and sees his partners.]

Hey, you guys don't happen to know where we are do you?

It looked almost like -

[He pauses, looking around, realizing it changed when the moon appeared and grabbed him]

No place I have ever seen... and a lot of doors.

[Ky folds his arms across his chest. There's a man he seen occasionally while patrolling the street, and he recognized the dark-haired man as the one that swapped bodies with his cousin Luxanna, but he knew neither of them that well]

I suppose we'll have to see where it goes.

.... All in one, I'm assuming?

[ He doesn't really deal too much with people, but he does tend to have at least one-

Duke's hand goes to his hair for a moment, but the flower isn't there. So Laulyse is elsewhere. ]

Unless we wish to test how soundproof these are... [ Explore to the best ability against safety in numbers.

Duke steps over to a door to see if there's anything that stands out on it. Any patterns? Do the others have patterns? ]

[The corridor goes on as far as the eye can see; it appears to be made out of stone. At a guess, this could, perhaps, be a castle.

The doors are made of wood, with Gothic iron ornamentation. There are no other markings on the doors, and each of them appears to be identical. Putting an ear against it will yield the sound of faint murmurings.]

Well, I guess the only thing to do is try to find out way out, huh? [They can't stay here the entire time, so...]

Let's check one of these doors.

[He's going to walk over and just open one without checking it unless someone stops him.]

[He was about to protest, then he sighs]

Honestly, its not as if we got any better ideas. We should see what's behind it, and plan on what else to do from there.

[As Goku goes to open the door, he unsheathed his sword, it at first wobbles like a piece of rubber, then he smacks it back into obediently retaining it's shape]

Dreams.

[The door is opened! And as it does so, a bright light shines forth and expands to consume the three of them.

The next time they blink, they are standing back in Union.

Phew, looks like everything's back to normal! Show's over! Congratulations, they must have picked the right door!

Except... Union isn't usually completely ablaze, is it? And did someone actually tame that Pokemon that had attacked the Citadel a few months back or is it just casually sitting now in the middle of Union transforming the city into an ocean of lava?]

Grrraaaaaaaaaaawr!

[The monstrosity leans over and casually begins to topple the Pokemon Habitat.]

.... That's ...

[ A huge mess, a problem, not quite what should be happening. All of the above. ]

... Can we all think hard on how it really isn't here, and maybe it will not.. be here?

What's that thing doing back here?! [It might be a dream but he certainly isn't trying to imagine Heatran being here again.]

I think we picked the wrong door! Let's go back and try a different one! [He turns to see if the door is still there, so they can pick a different one. Goku's pretty sure this isn't where they are supposed to be.]

[He held his arm over his face to shield it from the heat radiating from the pokemon]

Shi... Unless one of you happens to be fireproof, we'll have to flee.

[Ky glanced around, if the door isn't available, it's best to find something else to hide in, though part of him wants to run out and protect the habitat. He had to remind himself that it isn't real]

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... Flee, then.

[ He is most definitely not heat resistant.

The door they came in might be best, but Duke is also thinking that any door might work. If the one they came in through isn't there, he is already seeking hinges out. Hinges, another door, hopefully way out. ]

[Nice try!

But there is no door behind them anymore. ...Well, actually, there are several doors, but they all belong to buildings that are clearly part of Union. ...Or they probably were part of Union before the buildings melted.

The Habitat Tower slowly begins to tilt as Heatran, unobstructed, continues his destruction. Distant cries can be heard from the several dozen floors.]

Yeeeeh! [He turns around, and is very, very alarmed that the door has disappeared...] Guys, it's gone!

[The screams get Goku's attention though. That's bad.]

What if there's others stuck here too? We can't be the only ones that got transported to this dream realm...if they die here, they might not be able to get back.

[He already started running towards the direction of the screams - despite telling himself that it's a dream, the instinct to help can't be ignored - and he barely heard Goku]

We'll have to look for an exit later.

[ This is exactly what he wanted to be doing while dreaming. Running toward fire.

But they're going to rescue people. Step one in that is obviously getting there. Step two would be getting the big fire pokemon away from the people in need of rescue. ]

Out of curiosity, how are either of you at distance attacking? And more importantly, getting away from retaliating fire?

[ He's reaching out to find loose pieces of metal as he keeps a bit behind Ky. ]

[Goku also takes off, running alongside Duke.]

Well, I dunno about getting away so much if it's going to burn a whole area all at once, but I've got a few tricks up my sleeve. I just hope it's going to be enough.

I have some electric-based abilities.

[He started, stealing a glance back before turning ahead]

Granted, depending on that thing's type - it might not be too helpful.

I have some ... more physical psychic, and steel. [ Which is why he is keeping an eye on the nearest burning thing and trying to avoid the hotter areas as best he can. ]

So it depends on what we want to do with that. [ He might not be too helpful, his tone sounds a little tired-annoyed at the thought. ]

I've got an answer for that! We fought that thing before. It's a fire and steel type. [He gives them both the goofiest grin, while holding up his finger as they run.

It's like he knows something and he's being totally not serious about it in a completely serious situation.]

[Duke's questions are about to be answered in deeds rather than in words as they approach the monstrosity. It isn't long before the monster stops attempting to tilt the Habitat in favor of the three small creatures running headlong towards it.]

Grrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!

[With this impressive vocalisation, the creature turns and spews molten hot lava right towards our intrepid trio! Such a powerful attack would surely reduce all but the strongest Fire-aligned Enlightened into ash; doubtlessly this will --

Huh.

Weird.

The moltan hot lava congeals wherever it touches them into the consistency of strawberry gelatin.

...Tastes kinda like strawberry gelatin, too.]

[He braced himself for impact - then blinked owlishly as instead of hot flames, he felt something sticky... and not-at-all burning hitting him, and hearing it hit everything with a raspberry-like *splooch!*]

What.

The.

Hell?

[Ky mutters as he put the pinkish substance to his lips]

[ Duke is far less graceful about this surprise. He had been trying to back up, and the sudden slippery gelatin everywhere meant that... he's now sitting in gelatin.

Panicked coughing ends as he realizes that no, he isn't melting, and now he's just... scraping it off his face. ]

... Strawberries. Dreams. [ Just. trying to get more off him. ]

... Don't know if I will be able to eat this without thinking of it as pokemon lava vomit now.

Eh hehhhhhh.... [Goku's arms are held up, looking at the mess that is completely covering him right now. Man, this is not what I was expecting from that-! It drips from him, and he sniffs it. His eyes go wide.

Oh.

My.

Savior.

It's food.]

ALRIGHT! Waaaaaahoooo!

[YEAH THAT'S A FULL BLOWN GROWN MAN DIVING RIGHT INTO THE GELATIN eating it, shoving it into his mouth, and looking SO. HAPPY.]

[Hm well gelatin lava or not, that still seems to be an angry monster coming your way! It's awfully hard to move around in the gelatin, too - it's all solidified into this great mass.

It seems like the only way to regain mobility... is to follow Goku's example.

Up behind the creature, the Habitat Tower continues to wobble alarmingly. ...A bit like the gelatin.]

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