spiritwalks: (You were young)
Vyng Vang Zoombah ([personal profile] spiritwalks) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-10-03 08:50 pm

Absolute Immersion - A Child's Nightmare - Backdated [OTA]

Who: 1.) YOU, 2.) some nightmares??? and 3.) either Vyng [personal profile] spiritwalks, Tuck [personal profile] bardbarous, or Billie [personal profile] wapples! (Or you can tag all three, that's fine too!)
What: Repressed trauma ensues after your character reads a magical book from the Absolute Immersion prompt in August's TDM
When: End of August + all through September
Where: A dreamscape that can be simply described as "the stuff children's nightmares are made of"...

Content Warnings: Image of blood; Description of dead or bleeding animals; Vague references to intimate partner violence; Wartime violence; Apocalyptic imagery; Other canon-specific content, depending on who tags in



More info beneath the cut. Prompts in the comments.



What
Nightmares
Are Made of
Absolute Immersion - September TDM Prompt
So. You read the magical book.

An anthology of short stories about three idiots who thought it'd be a great idea to tote around a bottle labeled:

A CHILD'S NIGHTMARE

Unfortunately, it 100% bites them in the ass. And as you tumble face-first into the book's contents, you realize it's probably gonna bite you in the ass too. Sorry about that.

> What the hell is happening?

1. Congratulations! Your character read one of Gaze's books and got sucked into a dreamscape comprised of terrors that keep children up at night. More specifically, it repeats characters' recurring nightmares on an infinite loop. Nightmares can be literal or abstract. Characters may or may not be aware they're stuck in a nightmare, or they may gradually figure it out.

2. If a character is "killed" by their own nightmare, OR their nightmare is "killed" by anyone, two things happen: First, the loop resets. Second, the character is restored to the state they were in during the previous loop. Injuries sustained from your own nightmare are gone, and deaths do not "stick".

3. Characters CAN be seriously wounded or killed by the nightmares of OTHERS. These consequences will not reset with any loop. Also? If you die in the dream, you die in real life.

> What if my character's nightmare is some world-shattering, cataclysmic inferno?

Y'all better run. And pray you stumble into somebody else's personal hell ASAP.

> Any souviners?

1. Why, yes! Adorning your character's finger is a pretty obsidian ring that softly glows. Alternatively, the ring can hang from a chain around their neck. This item enables the wearer to share memories with others who bear the same ring.

2. If your character has not already taken a canon item from a different Absolute Immersion book memory, they are free to take the ring back to Trench. Note that it will emerge as a mundane ring...although it does retain its subtle glow. Curious!

3. The ring's original magical properties CAN potentially be restored. You will need to ask either Vyng, Tuck or Billie for more information about it back in Trench.

> How the hell do I get out?

Simple. Reclaim the power you always had — by taking off your ring!

Of course, that assumes you can think clearly while your deepest fears come to life. Or while your friend is getting hurt fighting your personal demons. But maybe, just maybe...you can shape a better reality through sheer willpower and dream logic. For some Sleepers, it's a well-practiced survival mechanism.

> Can I do a separate spoopy thread with a character who isn't in the Spout Lore cast?

If two characters would feasibly be reading the magical book together in Trench, then sure! Knock yourselves out.

> More questions?

Feel free to reach out to Jansen at [plurk.com profile] jackets or Jansen#8997.
CODING
onekindsoul: (And dark won’t yield to dawn)

The Wolf

[personal profile] onekindsoul 2022-10-05 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a flash of frosty rose petals as Ruby appears between the wolf and Vyng with her scythe drawn.]

You're darn right it's not going to hurt you.

I wont let it.
onekindsoul: (The way’s uncertain)

[personal profile] onekindsoul 2022-10-19 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Ruby isn't fully sure what's going on here. But she isn't about to let her friend get hurt. Not if there was something she could do about it. When the wolf comes her way she'll swing the scythe to try and intercept it. She's careful though, turning the weapon to hit with the blunt end should it connect.]

Are okay, Vyng? To fight? Or what's going on here?
onekindsoul: (the soulless will rise)

[personal profile] onekindsoul 2022-10-24 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Ruby stares at the wolf as she hears Vyng's explanation and she gets it. Maybe not directly, but her sister's mom from the one time they met looked at her scorn. So- Ruby did get complicated family relationships.

When the wolf makes it lunge, Ruby will hold her ground in front of Vyng. She hears the spear snap and Vyng take a stance and she feels a hint of a smile play up on her lips.]


I don't- But I'm not leaving you either.

Not until your safe.
onekindsoul: (6B3Y0Z229gOjrz8saagsgQp42vOsfsfsKck1)

[personal profile] onekindsoul 2022-11-03 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[She hears the sincerity in his voice and it gives her strength. She wasn't about to leave anyone, friend or stranger undefended if she could still stand and fight. That was the burden she had accepted when taking on the role of Huntress.]

Then neither will we.

[It takes her a moment to figure out what's going on. Her scythe is on the defensive to protect herself until she feels the wolf start to move more to her side than directly at her.

She isn't about to let it get to Vyng though. And if she can't make it come to her, then she'll come to it. She pushes off with her feet and moves to fully body tackle or throw herself into the beasts flank before it can fully pass her.

She's small and it might not be the most effective attack. But maybe she'll trip it up or give Vyng the chance to defend himself better.]