New Arrivals (All new characters)

[utopiamods]

You're falling, and you can't remember why. It's a sickening feeling that makes your insides lurch; the darkness and the vertigo combine, and all you can think of is a story you heard once, somewhere.

Ah, I remember now. It's... a simple story that everyone knows. A legend of a Princess, the Demon Lord who kidnapped her, and the Knight who fought to save her. The Demon Lord had kidnapped the Princess countless times, but every time the Knight bested his challenges and rescued the Princess. No matter what tricks and ploys the Demon Lord used, the Knight would always triumph in the end. This was because--

The world tilts on its axis one last time, and the dream slips from your mind as easily as it arrived. A new voice intrudes on your sleep. Mechanical, monotonous.

"Next stop: Rakuen City. This train terminates here. The next stop is Rakuen. All change." The train rocks steadily. Fog envelopes the windows, obstructing your view and reminding you of an unsettling dream simultaneously. The air is humid inside the carriages, a vent beside your feet heating the air and making the seats almost uncomfortably warm. A puff of steam from the train winds its way lazily past the windows, a slightly different shade and consistency as the grey fog.

It's strangely difficult to shake off the sleep; the rhythm of the train seems to lull you back into slumber and the air is warm and heavy, making it hard to keep hold of a thought. Finally, though, the nausea settles, the last of the dream fades and you can take in your surroundings. And, perhaps more importantly, those around you in a similar state. The train judders to a stop, the shape of buildings and people only now barely visible as shadows beyond the windows.

"We have arrived at Rakuen City. All passengers must leave the train. This train is terminating here. This is Rakuen."

Comments

[autofairy]

Now that you mention it... [She frowned a little, trying to stir up the memory.] I think I had a dream about that, too. It was a story, right? About a knight trying to save a princess?

Maybe it was the horrorterrors trying to communicate... I wonder what it means.

[fussyfanged]

Yes, as if it were a story told by no one in particular? [ The details are coming back to her now. She's quite surprised that they would both share the same dream. Was that part of how dream bubbles worked? Being able to dream within a dream? Dreamception? ]

It is quite perplexing. Maybe the 'Princess' is one of the players from the new session.

[autofairy]

Yeah! Hmm, now that you mention it, it didn't sound like it was coming from a horrorterror... [the giant psychic squid gods have a pretty distinct voice to them]

Maaaybe, one of the players is trying to communicate with us? Like a psionic human!

[fussyfanged]

[ She'll take your word on that. ]

That is definitely a possibility.

Taking a look around, though, makes me wonder who this human psionic might be.
If they are in fact present at all.

[autofairy]

They could be hiding, or maybe they're in a memory further on...

Well, we won't find anything out by staying here! We've been here awhile already, I'm sure this memory will move along soon.

[fussyfanged]

Perhaps.

It's odd that we haven't moved on yet. [ About as odd as anything else they'd pointed out, really. As her mind clears more of the grogginess, it almost feels as if she isn't dreaming. So much is amiss. ]

[autofairy]

Maybe the important parts of the memory are happening somewhere else around here... [who knows?? gosh this sure is a weird dreambubble.]

[fussyfanged]

[ She looks around. It really just looks like everyone's getting off of the train. Perhaps they're at the station. ]

Perhaps their intention is for us to actively seek it out.