☆RESCUER TEST DRIVE: DIGITAL LOVE

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☆WELCOME RESCUERS

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Welcome to Interstellar's first ever RESCUER TDM! A part of the Interstellar plot that has just opened up, this covers the entrance of those recruited by the lone space pilot Shep to join him on a mission to the planet Terra to rescue those held captive by Pride Records and Virgo Entertainment. Rescuers will not suffer any memory loss and will enter the game as they are, in contrast to the memory loss/force humanization of the musician half. Powers will be nerfed to a certain degree upon entering the game fully, but during recruitment they will remain at full power.

☆A DREAM ABOUT YOU

These prompts are designed to be game canon, for both rescuers and musicians both new and already in game. For those in game, they will start occurring around New Years in the form of dreams. The dreams will be very clear while happening, but after waking, they will swiftly fade away into something barely remembered. For rescuers, these dreams will occur very shortly before they are approached by Shep or other already recruited rebels to join the rescue squad and go save the people being held captive in Vista City. Rescuers will remember these dreams as clearly as something that actually happened in real life.

Both of these prompts take place in the dreamscape, ostensibly, and the surrounding will appear as whatever fits those taking part in a scene. It can shift and change as a thread goes along, as well, and may resemble things from a captive's home, the game setting, or anything else appropriate.



►A1) FOR THE CAPTURED: The kidnapped musicians of Vista City will dream of being themselves - in a way more true than they have been for months now. They'll dream of themselves as they're meant to be, in physical form and manner of dress, and their personality will align more easily with their true nature, even as the confusing influences of their programming nag at their mind. It could alarm them, or it could feel somehow natural. Either way, their memories will still be gone, except for what they've recovered - but they feel somehow much closer to reach, like they may break through if only given the chance to dig just about deeper. They may dream of home, they may dream of Vista, but either way...when the morning comes, their memories of this experience will be all but wiped away. Including the memories of the strangers that promised that they would find them and take them home.

►A2) FOR THE RESCUERS: The dream is the first sign of something being wrong. You'll find yourself somewhere else - either a scene from your home, or someone else's, or an alien world you've never seen. In this dream, you'll find a person. Perhaps it's someone you recognize, someone you love dearly, but that doesn't remember you. Maybe it's a stranger, lost, confused, and desperate for help. Either way, you find yourself reaching out to them - but outside of this dream, you are helpless to save them. The dream will fade but stay with you in your memory, and may be a key component in you choosing to believe and join the other rescuers when they come to your door. Something has been taken, and you will take it back.

☆MAKE THESE DREAMS COME TRUE

These prompts are design to be kept as game canon after acceptance, and can be used as the official story of how your character entered the game. Importantly, the technology used to enter your timeline causes massive time distortions, which means that the outcome of this scenario will stagger and replay itself multiple times before settling on an outcome. This means that after the fact, you character may remember being encountered multiple ways, or going in more than one direction, before the timeline settled on a final path.




►B1) JUST SAY YES: Soon after these dreams, rescuers will find themselves in a strange situation. Time will abruptly stop for every part of the world except for them, and fade into a ghostly vision of its former self - just in time for them to be approached by some mysterious strangers. Whether your rescuer chooses to run, fight, or talk, eventually they'll be told the truth - people of the multiverse have been captured and taken to a universe far away to be harvested for their souls...in the form of forcing them to becoming rock stars. You heard it here first, folks.

The people recruiting you will mostly be other player rescuers that have already been recruited (regardless of whether or not that's been threaded out - you can assume your guy got recruited by someone if you want to recruit OTHER people.) The pilot and owner of the space ship doing this appears to be a blue man named Shep. He's the guy that's apparently in charge of this whole thing, but he's so busy with the dimension hopping that he's kind of hard to find and talk to. He presumably recruited some of the first members personally, but things have been sort of getting more complicated since then.

►B2) INTERSTELLAR DISCO: After you've agreed to come for whatever reason - to save you lover, friend, some guy, whatever - you're be taken upon the guitar shaped spaceship to wait out the tide of the temporal distortions picking you up has caused. It's a long journey back to Vista City, and you've got plenty of new comrades to get to know. This mission could take a while, so you better get comfy. You're in for the long haul now.

NOTE: If you want to see the interior of the spaceship (or if you want to see Shep dance) watch the music video posted up top. It's going to be a fair bit bigger in Interstellar to accommodate the big crew, but the essence is there.

☆HELPFUL INFO

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► Check out the game NAVIGATION
► Check out the MUSICIAN TDM
► Reserves open on January 2nd at 12:01AM EDT
► Applications open on January 11th at 12:01AM EDT

Comments

[hearted]

A2: two hearts reaching out

[Minako's world erupts in a splash of cold color. She's falling through a void, encased almost as if in glass, before the feeling fades and she's back to herself. She's in her Sailor Venus form at the moment, poised to act, but...how? That familiar burning in her heart, the urge to protect, it's guiding her onward.

She comes across a lost soul. Music twists through the air, and it should be joyous, but something isn't right. Her heart aches and she doesn't know why.]

The song of your heart...it's crying, isn't it?

B2 - face your fears and forge ahead

[Minako was recruited to the cause in record time. Just a few words about souls being tortured by being forced to become rock idols was all it took. How dare anyone take advantage of the pure emotion and passion of music for such nefarious ends, to the point of denying the singers their true selves? Despicable. She swore that she would personally deliver the divine punishment of love to whoever was responsible.

But for all that passion, Minako was still pretty new to starship life. She pressed herself to windows wherever she could, feeling an odd ache in her chest as she gazed at the stars...but she'd ignore that and press on, only to almost trip over someone in front of her. Luckily her reflexes were quick enough for her to side-step and stay on her feet.]

Ha, clumsy me! Side-blinded by all this hyperspace. You're okay, right?

[If no one stopped he, she would start to hum a familiar tune as she walked. Gotta keep those idol-ready pipes in shape just in case!]

[lightthedarkness]

[Usagi wasn't quite as successful in staying upright and rubbed her side as she sat on the ground.]

Ah, yes, I'm fine, Minako-chan. [She offered a smile up at the other as she stood up. She was so used to falling, honestly, it was more embarrassment than anything else. She smiled, trying to fight off the uneasiness from Rei being taken from them. This was something new even for them. This wasn't an enemy coming to Earth and trying to take over, this was someone kidnapping people and just... she tried not to think about it. She looked out at the stars and smiled.]

It is beautiful. [It was different, flying in a spaceship rather than traveling by the Senshi Teleport or by her own wings.]

[hearted]

[Oh, Usagi. Minako reached out to steady her, a thin smile on her face.]

Like a memory or a dream...

[Or both. That vision of Rei in the darkness still haunts her, but it's not going to last forever. They're going to end it.]

But we're here to make dreams come true! Or...stop the nightmares, anyway.

[lightthedarkness]

[She held onto Minako's hand, trying to stay strong even as her hand gripped tight. They took Rei... they took so many people from their homes.]

Minako-chan... do you think we'll have to fight Rei and the others? I don't want to hurt any of them, it isn't their choice. [It was like Galaxia and Wicked Lady all over again.] We won't have to fight her, will we?

[hearted]

They're just rock stars, right? Maybe we just have to sing even louder!

[Minako would certainly like to try that. But she presses her lips together in thought.]

I mean...I hope not. But if it comes to that, we won't hurt her. Haven't we always found another way?

[lightthedarkness]

Ah, well, then they're in trouble because Minako-chan is an amazing singer! [They really should have gotten Michiru and Haruka too since Michiru played the violin and Haruka accompanied on piano.] Ah, I wouldn't mind if it was just a singing battle!

[Even if she wasn't that great a singer, she would do her best for Rei and the others! At the mention of always finding another way... She tries not to think about how she couldn't find a different way with the girls when Galaxia had them. Maybe if she had had Ami or the others, some other way could have been found.

She wondered if they were so disappointed in her for that? She smiled though and nodded, putting on a brave face.]

We'll do everything we can to save them, and save the fight for the ones who took all of them!

[hearted]

[Minako wouldn't falter. It was her job not to---okay, so they had a few missteps. They'd died once or twice, but they definitely wouldn't go down now. She had to live long enough to see Rei in concert and to save her soul...

...though after all that, Rei would probably never want to perform again. What a shame, but an understandable thing. But back in the present, Minako nodded seriously.]

I know we can do it. With all these new allies to stand with us...we'll find a way! Even if we have to sneak around a bit and infiltrate the record companies!

[...not that she was hoping for a chance to show off or anything.]

a2

[faithfulflame]

[The question strikes an unsettling chord in Rei Hino, just like the weird dream, the strange music. It was already overwhelming for the violinist, who's dreams were usually quite simple and always filled with music. The joyful notes turning sour and the uncomfortable feeling of Déjà vu at seeing the strange blonde gave her such pause that it took her a long moment to even form words.

But they were honest words, at least. What point was there in lying to a dream?]

Yes. I'm not sure what else it should be doing. [An exhalation.] Who are you?

[hearted]

[Minako felt her heart ache when the figure solidified. So it was Rei. Her friend, her partner in protecting their princess, a spirited woman who always acted with her whole heart, though she denied it...how could this happen to her?

And why was she looking right through her? She didn't know her anymore? She swallowed and balled her fists, determined to fix this]

I thought I annoyed you so much that you'd never forget me...ha. But I'm Minako! Venus! Remember? We study and I annoy you when I don't study enough, but we always pull through for Usagi and Ami and Mako, right?

[faithfulflame]

[Rei shook her head once, folding arms across her chest and pointedly not looking at the blonde. Something was wrong here, that was obvious. She couldn't...really put her finger on why, but her eyes flitted elsewhere, looking everywhere but at the girl. Deep down, she felt ashamed, but again, like with the other girl...she has no idea why. Just that she is.]

I'm...sorry, I have no idea who you are. Did we meet at a concert in school? Or were you one of the people in my music classes that dropped out?

[That had to fit, given the musical motif...]

[hearted]

[It hurt. Why won't she look at her? Minako slid to the side, hoping to catch her off guard for just a second.]

We don't even go to the same school! And I might drop out of every other class, but definitely not music.

[But she wouldn't waste time bickering. Rei's song was sad, and regardless of anything else, she needed love.]

But I don't care what happened, you're my precious friend. I'll help you remember!

[faithfulflame]

[Rei hardly had the wherewithal to look away again. Minako's eyes do hit the jackpot, Rei can't look away quick enough, so she just gives up and looks the other in the eye dully. There's uncertainty there, a bit like that of a bird looking at a potential threat, a wary tension in her.]

I...don't remember you. Who are you? Where do I know you from...?

[Because you keep acting like you're important, but all you're doing is making Rei feel worse for not knowing you.]

[hearted]

From home...well. More than one home. Kinda complicated, but I haven't always had the best memory of it either! You know how it is.

[She laughs, hoping a joke or two will help---suddenly she's really missing Rei's smile. But all of this is wrong! Her Rei never went to music school, It's almost like someone wrote a dramatic comic about her and completely changed her life story.]

I don't really get what's going on either. I don't know what's happened to you. But I do know your song is beautiful when you're happy, and I want to make it right.

[actsmagnificent]

[ This person doesn't seem bothered at Minako's clumsiness, fortunately. In fact, she even chuckles. It's a very attractive chuckle.

Then again, so's the rest of her.

Minako seems okay, but Haruka reaches out to steady the other girl just in case. ] Running into you could never hurt me, kitten.

[ Smile. They need to talk shop at some point, but for now, smile. Complete with roses and pastels. ] You got the dreams too?

[hearted]

[Whoa, hey, here's a familiar face! Minako blushes precisely on schedule as she rights herself. But as dreamy as Haruka is...well, they have more serious dreams to discuss. She nods sharply.]

It's Rei-chan, she's in trouble. And it's not just her, it's so many more! Corrupting idol dreams into something so vile, twisting and bending our Rei...we'll stop it, right?

[Her fists are clenched, solid and ready to strike. Oh, it makes her so mad.]

[actsmagnificent]

[ Although Haruka can't say she shares Minako's....specific priorities....she sobers at this address, nodding. ] We'll shred the curtain of deceit they've wrapped around everyone.

[ Before anything bad happens to Usagi, too. Extra time crunch. ]

[hearted]

Yeah. Even if we have to break in and tear it up from the inside. But wow, talk about brain control...I mean, I've seen it before, but nothing on this scale. They must have way too much stolen power.

[It really makes her mad, but...she worries. She's gotta know a lot more about how this works before they land. But she can't worry too much, Usagi and Haruka are here! They'll fix this.]

[actsmagnificent]

Did you have a plan?

[ Talk like an equal, get treated (mostly) like one. If they're going to keep their Princess safe, they need to know each other's styles of fighting. ]

[hearted]

First, find out as much as I can. I don't know how much the boss knows yet, but we'll know soon.

Once we get there, blend in. I'm pretty good at cheering for singers---and there's always breaking into the record companies as a last resort? But if they catch us, I'm thinking it's mind control or lights out.

B2

[jacktothefuture]

[The sight of the stars was a breathtaking one indeed. In fact, the only reason Jack himself isn't staring out the window like a dope is... well, the fact that he's been up here once before.

Okay, the windows were still a little distracting. But not too much that he doesn't easily shift aside from the near collision.]

Yes, of course. [He folds his arms, bowing his head slightly in apology.] Please, excuse me.

[Because this was clearly his fault.]

[hearted]

[Minako shakes her head gently, flicking her hair back. Oh, a strong and silent type! It warms her heart a little.]

No, it's okay! I'm just being silly. Won't get in the way again, just want to take it all in before the real battle starts, y'know?

[jacktothefuture]

[Jack straightens up from his bow and takes the chance to get a better look at the girl he'd just about run into. She seems quite young for such an undertaking, only a child. It's concerning but she must have her reasons and there are many young people here. He'll just have to try to watch out for them when the battle begins, he decides.]

I do. [He nods his head again before turning to stare intently at the stars just outside the window.] It is good to enjoy a moment of peace, though I fear it will not last long.

[hearted]

Peace... you gotta love it while it lasts. But that's why we're going to fight, right? So many peoples' hearts are being used for something cruel, I won't stand for it.

[She folds her hands thoughtfully, fighting back the spike of anger within.]

[jacktothefuture]

Nor will I. [He closes his eyes, putting a hand on the sword tucked into the sash around his waist.] This evil must be undone.

[hearted]

You got that right. And even if we have to tear them up from the inside, I won't rest until everyone's safe!

[She clenches her fist, then thinks better and releases it with a smile.]

I mean...ah, hi! I'm Minako Aino, pleased to meet you. [She bows. Finally.]