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bravenewworld2014-10-25 12:07 am
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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.
[OOC: All plot logs for people in the Dream World will occur here. Please make the first post with all the names of the people in your group in the subject line so people know where to post. Mod responses will come about once every 24 hours as long as at least one person has posted.
The group listings are here. We will not be running randomizers anymore, but you may still sign up with a full group of at least three if you can find one and tag in. Keep in mind though that the log may not be finished depending on when it is posted. You may also hop in an existing group as long as all existing group members give permission and the group is not full.]
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.
[OOC: All plot logs for people in the Dream World will occur here. Please make the first post with all the names of the people in your group in the subject line so people know where to post. Mod responses will come about once every 24 hours as long as at least one person has posted.
The group listings are here. We will not be running randomizers anymore, but you may still sign up with a full group of at least three if you can find one and tag in. Keep in mind though that the log may not be finished depending on when it is posted. You may also hop in an existing group as long as all existing group members give permission and the group is not full.]
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Failing. No way to save everyone. What could she do about protecting those she cared about? It filled her with the same desperation and helplessness that the voice had just echoed to each of them, because as much as she had spoken those flowery promises, it didn't change the fact that she didn't really know how to go about it.
But, Usagi listens to both Rei and Eiji, their words resonating with the feelings she still has under the layer of worry confusion and takes a deep breath to calm herself. ]
Everyone fails. That's just the way life is... you can't just give up if you don't succeed the first time or it doesn't look like things are going the way you planned.
[ There's a small knot in her chest as Usagi glances over to Haruka very briefly before looking out into the devoid blackness. ]
Whether you're alone or you have people that you rely on... the best you can do is learn from the mistakes you've made until you've found the path to make things right. You just have to keep hoping in your heart and soul and even failure can't stop you from what you want to do.
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But outright laughing while still in a deity's power would be counterproductive, so Haruka just closes her eyes and smirks. They're not even talking about what happens in the face of true failure, are they, the kind where there is no getting back up. The kind where the world is at stake and you rail helplessly but nothing works.
The kind that's not worth thinking about until it happens, so that if it does you can meet your doom with no regrets. But nobody actually wants to hear her opinion, do they? Not even God. ] There you have it.
[ For better or for worse. And, before this gets any more absurd: ] You can wake us up now.
[ It's been a week, okay. How are you supposed to test the way humans live their lives if you don't let them get back to said lives?
Besides, if this God keeps Haruka any longer, Michiru might end the world before it gets a chance to. ]
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[The voice snorts a little bit at Haruka's request.]
I have very little desire to watch humans act out their nightmares, as entertaining as it may be. Your awakening is not my decision to make.
I do, however, have even less desire to watch you stumbling deeper into my realm, and so I shall intercede here. Your sentiments are admirable, but surely you realize they have been echoed by thousands before you...
Do you believe yourselves different?