melodiesofeternity | Player Plot: The Dream Width Awakens

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Player Plot: The Dream Width Awakens

Who: Finn and everyone who signed up!
When: Dec. 9-15
Where: The Dream Width
What: Finn and crew are going into the Dream Width
Warnings/Notes: OOC Info

After getting clearance, spreading the word, and gathering everyone together, Finn's still a little uneasy about this idea. But if there's any way out-...

Wedge (with BB-8's help, whether he appreciates it or not) helms the first ship to set off early in the morning on the 9th. Approaching the Dream Width and going through seems no different from usual, only without the new arrivals. There are more than likely to be memories cropping up, but the heroes are hopefully more or less prepared. After all, this shouldn't be anything new, right?

Time to settle in for a long trip.

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Perhaps you accidentally stumbled upon them. Perhaps you heard the explosions. Either way, Group 4 found the source of all the racket down in the engine room.

The Bombs were having a great time, though. Chest bumping each other, flinging themselves into the heavy machinery- Looked like a party! And, oh, they sure seemed happy that you guys wanted to join in!

The four red Bombs turned on the heroes, one of them ignoring the engines in favor of ramming themselves at the group.

Klonoa acks as he steps forwards only to be bowled over by the bomb, sprawling out beneath it as he tries to catch it like a volleyball.

"Manya! Hey, easy! Ah.. what are all of you doing in here?" He says, stumbling back to his feet. He blinks, glancing at the other bombs. Then the one next to him. He attempts to lift and toss it above his head, twirling it. Hey, they're just having fun, right?

Toss.

[ (Context on discord.) Klonoa rolled 18 + 9 + 6 + 19 in the Making Friends Attempt. Okay, now we'll tag like normal. smh this is too cute ]

The Bomb that Klonoa tosses into the air seems to really enjoy that! Arms flapping, he seems really excited as he plummets back for Klonoa to catch. It looks so fun, in fact, that another Bomb happily hops forward to get in on the action. Careful, they might play rough...

The last two Bombs just watch from the sidelines, a little shocked, before one tries to ram into the rest of the group.

Frisk hadn't really had a lot of time to put thought into the file assignments before everything went to hell. As they rushed down towards the ongoing disaster in the engine room, they just SAVEd and LOADed for themself, Papyrus, and Madhuri. Klonoa and Snow's jobs were too toolbox-y to risk bringing one of their key strengths down; and they didn't know enough about Tilly to know how to optimize their abilities. Dangit, why couldn't the monsters have shown up after they formed watch groups like last time! At least that was one part of the Territories expedition that wasn't a total trainwreck.

File Saved: Frisk (Integrity)
File Saved: Frisk (Bravery)
File Saved: Frisk (LOVE)
File Saved: Papyrus
File Saved: Madhuri (Integrity)
File Saved: Snow White (Integrity)

File Loaded: Frisk (Integrity)
Skill Potency up +45%, Physical and Magical Defense down -45%!

File Loaded: Frisk (Bravery)
Speed up +45%, health down -5% every turn!

File Loaded: Frisk (LOVE)
Attack Potency up +45%, Healing Potency down -45%!

File Loaded: Frisk
Health up +15%!

File Loaded: Papyrus
Health up +15%!

File Loaded: Madhuri (Integrity)
Skill Potency up +45%, Physical and Magical Defense down -45%!

Yet... perhaps that wasn't necessary. Maybe Klonoa had the right idea. Maybe, just maybe... they could win this by ACTing, just like old times. So Frisk decides to roll with it, flashstepping out of the way of the ramming bomb, then ducking under it to start... juggling it, gesturing towards the other one Klonoa enthralled to join in. If they could get one of its friends in on the act, the bomb might calm down.

Bombs. Four of them. Bombs were so unpredictable, Snow nearly froze to see so many disrupting the engines at once. They should... fight... right?

But Klonoa wasn't fighting. And then Frisk wasn't fighting, either. And then, strangely enough -- it looked like whatever they were doing was working.

Snow White had never in his life wanted to play with a bomb before, but he supposed there was a first time for everything. Fighting now might just make things worse. Seeing no other choice, Snow decided to start volleying the creatures with the others.

This is... not what he expected. Certainly not here! For a few seconds, he just. Soaks in the shenanigans. Actual ACTing? No ruthless violence? Is this real? Or is the Dream Width playing tricks on him?

Well! It's good that the others are having fun, but Papyrus opts for another route. Digging into his pockets, he begins pulling out plates of succulent spaghetti- one for each bomb.

And don't worry. They are edible!

Well. The urgency of the situation just dropped down immensely. This...probably works out for the best; having those bombs explode this close to the engine could be catastrophic, especially with everyone currently in the Dream Width.

As such, the cavalier puts her way her weapon and removes her helmet, deciding to join in on the antics. Her chocobo, Mileena, gives a happy wark and strolls right into the game, bouncing the bomb on her head in this impromptu game of volleyball.

Ohhh dear. Everything about these creatures just screamed 'danger', yet here everyone was serving them up grub and playing with them. Was... was this safe? Surely not.

"...Oh, what the hell."

But so far everybody wasn't dead. But what games like this needed was music. With her guitar at hand, quickly tuned, she thought of something peppy and faster-paced to go with the rhythm of the game itself.

Something like this, maybe? Sure. And just in case things went awry, she'll have a spell or two at the ready so long as this room was filled with her sound.

They all seem to really like and appreciate the food, one more so than the others. It just goes in and eats spaghetti, plate, and all. At least the other three are less rushed about it. But that same bomb is the one that flops over to the Chocobo, seeming very happy and curious with it. As Mileena bounces the bomb up and down, the bomb wiggles and squeals as best it can.

Klonoa and Frisk's bomb seem to be in similar states, just enjoying the extra play time and getting bounced around. The only odd one out was Snow White's bomb. While looking like it was having a lot of fun, it did stop in mid-air after getting hit, growing one size before falling back to the party.

Bomb 3 has two hits left before Self-Destruct.

"Wh-what the hell?" Snow White sputtered, almost dropping the bomb. "What was that? Why did it grow?"

Didn't these things grow right before exploding? Oh shit.

"Why aren't yours growing?!"

Klonoa juggles the bomb and the Wind Ring in one of his hands, just tossing the two up and catching them before continuing the volley. He glances at Snow for a moment, using two hands for the interim.

"Huh? Looks fine to me...!" He says. Some monsters are just bigger than others, right? It's not like moos only come in big or small form..

"Woah woah woah woah. Easy there, buddy." Frisk flashsteps over to Snow's bomb, juggling their own pair on the way. They then proceed to... scritch the bomb behind roughly where its ears would be. When in doubt, do the most ridiculous thing possible. Never failed them before, would probably fail them now but who the hell cares.

"Shoosh. Shoooooooosh," Frisk says, continuing to scritch Snow's bomb while juggling the other two with one hand, motions a blur.

Edited 2018-12-12 18:03 (UTC)

Oh dear. Oh deary, dreary dear. Papyrus fidgets, winces, and glances from one bomb to the next. This isn't good. This isn't good at all! And who knows how long the bombs will remain preoccupied?

There are many things he could do. Change classes, hit them with ice bullets, support his peers with a Concocterest or Scientific Spaghetti. Instead...

Papyrus just sort of. Starts singing.

"UM... GOODNIGHT, EXPLOSIVES, GOODNIGHT, YOU BOMBS. SLEEP TIGHT, EXPLOSIVES, SLEEP TIGHT, PLEASE, BOMBS!

I KNOW EXPLOSIONS ARE VERY... BRIGHT? BUT, GOODNIGHT, EXPLOSIVES, GOODNIGHT..."

His voice is very... nervous. Frankly, this whole idea is silly, and he's basically ripping a ditty from some old surface musical, but. But!!! He has to do something!

Even though he's not a bard.

Edited 2018-12-13 04:42 (UTC)

Uh oh. Ohhhhh no, we can't let that bomb detonate or panic; it could spread to the other bombs and we'd really have a problem there. Fortunately, Frisk is quick to respond and is already comforting the bomb in question.

Papyrus is already making his efforts with a song, so maybe that wouldn't be a bad way to go. Tilly was never a true bard, but that didn't stop her from performing and singing back home. She looks to her chocobo with a nod, who decides to keep herself busy with the remaining bombs and even bouncing a few on her wings.

This leaves the cavalier herself calming herself with a deep breath before making her move...

Fight > Act Item Mercy

> Sing

...Well Klonoa is certainly enjoying the efforts, if nothing else. Still, he's not too worried just yet. After all, he's used to things inflating.

He casts his eyes over the interior of the engine room, trying to pick out the more fragile components that very shouldn't explode. He has quite the experience with this task, given he's exploded airships before with bomb-like creatures.

"Hey, worst comes to worst, just try to keep them away from the engines and those gears over there. But everything's still okay!"

"Suppose they explode regardless... we should get them out of here." She continued to play, but was looking around the chamber.

"If some time could be bought for me, I could get these fellas out one by one, where they could safely detonate. Passed one by one, I could Dimension Door them out into the Dream Width; I can only take one other out with me at a time!"

"I GUESS I CAN KEEP SINGING TO BUY YOU TIME! I'LL JUST HAVE TO KEEP ON MAKING RHYMES..."

Gosh, this is silly. So very, very silly. But he's gotta keep going! For the sake of a safe engine room! For his team!

For... uh. Well, it'd be nice if the bombs liked it, too.

Klonoa's bomb was still having the best time of their little life. There was just something about the whole Wind Ring thing, supposedly.

But the same couldn't be said for the rest of the team...

Mileena's bomb tried to transition from headbutts to wings and found it not nearly as fun. There's a lot more of an unpredictable bounce, for one. It flailed higher than expected and expanded before coming back down.

Frisk, meanwhile, had a whole lot on their hands. Too much, actually. While the juggling efforts definitely deserved a standing ovation, it was a bit more fumbling involved than just focusing on one bomb. Or maybe the bombs were jealous of each other? Either way, they both expanded and wiggled before coming back down.

Who would have thought that bombs were so fragile as to not withstand constantly being tossed into the air? Weird.

Bomb 2 has two hits left before Self-Destruct.
Bomb 3 has one hit left before Self-Destruct.
Bomb 4 has two hits left before Self-Destruct.

Okay, yeah. This was getting out of hand. Frisk thinks back to their experience on the Provoka, then has a eureka moment. Maybe. Hopefully? "Maddi! Heads up! Take this thing back out to the Dream Width! You can do that, right?" Frisk yells, then sends the imminently self-destructing Bomb Madhuri's way.

"Yes, I think I can!" Hoo boy, this one was a big mothertrucker.

Frisk gave it a toss and it was just like practice with the juggler, nice and easy and with a gentle handling.

"Off I go!" She focused, felt something in her core reaching out, and she disappeared with the Bomb in tow. Some two-hundred feet out, exerting the max range of her Dimension Door, she gave the Bomb a heave out into the vastness of the Dream Width.

Okay, go back. Go back, go back, go back... she closed her eyes, focused, and worked on a Door back into the ship.

Oh no, oh no, oh no...

Maybe Madhuri could do it. Hopefully. In the meantime, the only thing to do seemed to be to stall.

"Klonoa! Switch with me!" Snow White called out, then tossed his larger bomb Klonoa's way. Klonoa's bomb hadn't grown at all, so Klonoa could somehow -- hopefully -- keep them calm. If they all traded the bombs around, perhaps they could buy Madhuri more time.

Klonoa blinks, looking at Snow and at the suddenly encroaching giant bomb. UH.

"Manya!" He cries out, trying to give a more gentle toss of the bomb he's holding to account for this new one. It certainly looks... about to explode. Klonoa holds the the Wind Ring out in his other hand, and prepares himself. Sure he'll try to calm it down and all, but he's preparing the Wind Shield, just in case they need it.

Not good not good not good not good not good...

Mileena's bomb is expanding, Tilly's song isn't working, maddie went and snatched one bomb away, so there's that. That means three more here and there's a very likely chance of a chain reaction if one blows up. The cavalier returns to her chocobo and prioritizes protecting the engine with herself, if she has to. While the chocobo doesn't like the command, she's Smart enough to know to get that Virtuous Shield on herself and her rider going as that bomb winds up bouncing off of Matilda's shield to try and mitigate as much of the damage as possible

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Player Plot: The Dream Width Awakens

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