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Interdimensional Managers ([personal profile] interdimanagers) wrote in [community profile] interstellar4042016-02-22 01:12 pm
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☆RESCUER TEST DRIVE: SOMETHING ABOUT US

☆WELCOME RESCUERS



Welcome to Interstellar's second RESCUER TDM! A part of the Interstellar plot that first opened a couple months ago, this TDM cover the second round of recruitment for those approached 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. Rescuers that are already in game can also end up in this dreamscape, and can run into both new musicians and new rescue team recruits.



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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spaghettimonster: (I HAVE ONLY GOOD FEELINGS ABOUT THIS.)

[personal profile] spaghettimonster 2016-03-11 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
That is one of the dangers of flinging things off countertops, and complaining at anyone who interrupts the process. That puts it right out there, for anybody to see, that something is not quite right.

If they pay enough attention, or know the person well enough, they might see some of the truth of the matter. Bad jokes are a better disguise, all told. Not that Sans can help it, in this dreamscape.

"Hmmm. I... think you misunderstood something," Papyrus slowly corrects. "I am real! This is my dream. Not yours. So... I'll wake up. And you'll be back to normal?"

That is how bad dreams work, isn't it? One person dreams, their mind making up weird stories, and then they wake up. And everything fades. There's no reason why he would be sharing a dream with a strangely temporally displaced Sans with amnesia problems. And even less reason why Sans would really have forgotten Papyrus in the space of a day.
trustme: (a little concerned thought)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-03-11 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
"I think the people who did this wouldn't let me go even if I was dead. It's not possession this time, it's brainwashing. Up until recently I was convinced I was a regular human from Terra and that all I ever wanted all my life was to become a musician. I'm not actually sure what my real name is or where I really come from."

He glances towards the TARDIS, knowing that type of technology alone pointed towards him being something very different from what Virgo had programmed him to believe. He just hadn't confirmed it yet so he hadn't told anyone else that he might not be human.

"Right now I'm working as a musician under a label called Virgo Entertainment, and the man in charge, Edward Blanche, is the one to blame for all this. He and a lady, Lesedi Santiago, are the CEOs of music labels that have kidnapped people and brainwashed them to join their music business. I'm still working on the why."
missknight: (crystalgemsicons) (I wish I could say "?????????" in)

[personal profile] missknight 2016-03-11 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! [Curiosity lights up in her eyes.] I didn't know human desire could create anything!

It sucks that he was a jerk, though.
missknight: (crystalgemsicons) (I wish I could say "?????????" in)

[personal profile] missknight 2016-03-11 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh...

[Disappointment weighs down her shoulders, and Connie stares down at the square plate. If descriptions don't work, then what will? She can't just give up...]

[Oh! An idea hits her, and her head snaps up.]


Are your gems cracked? Maybe that's a problem and they made you forget somehow!
missknight: (hawkesbicep) (Who else is blossoming into a)

[personal profile] missknight 2016-03-11 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I know what you mean...

[Seeing Steven with his gem like that, too terrified to even come out of a cage and so damaged... Connie shakes her head sharply, her hair swinging with the motion. She won't let herself get caught up in worries!]

But we'll put a stop to any brainwashing or kidnapping, and rescue everyone!
twoscompany: (HMMM)

[personal profile] twoscompany 2016-03-12 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have any gems.

[She sounds a bit troubled, at this. She remembers having had them, once. She doesn't remember where, but...

Connie will notice, though, as she brings a hand up to rub her neck, that there is, indeed, no gem on her palm.]


Look, I don't even know who you are...
lateforkindergarten: (is everything... okay?)

[personal profile] lateforkindergarten 2016-03-12 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
I do it all the time though. YOU can shapeshift too Garnet. All of us gems can...

What happened? Why can't you remember things? -It's freaking me out! [ How would a gem forget things like that? How would two of them forget? ]
lateforkindergarten: (is everything... okay?)

[personal profile] lateforkindergarten 2016-03-12 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
"But it's not your whole life! Garnet and Steven- we need their help to keep the Earth safe! And you left your showbiz manager guy to be with Rose! There's no way you guys would just ditch saving the Earth to go sing. I mean you'd at least wait until after it's safe and right now, it's not."

Amethyst shakes her fists in the air. "Why can't you remember?"
possessedbygreeed: (01)

[personal profile] possessedbygreeed 2016-03-12 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Sometimes it creates, sometimes it destroys. It depends on what it is, how it's used, and the kind of people involved.
variaboss: (dripping x)

[personal profile] variaboss 2016-03-12 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally a bad dream. He can't wait to wake the hell up from this. Though that does bring the question of who was dreaming who. It could be a tandem dream.

"The hell it is. No way you made me up. I'm fucking real, you bag of bones! And I'll prove it. I'll wake up." Only, yup. He's not quite waking up.
variaboss: (intense)

[personal profile] variaboss 2016-03-13 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[A death glare but he accept it because this is super normal for them. Just like him looking like he's about to murder someone. And with no one else here, it's Bel. ]

I can't say. I...I don't think I'm where I should be. Even if I broke my ass out, I have no fucking clue where I am. The sky, Belphagor. The sky is so fucking different here. It's like I'm not even on Earth. So even if I do get out, how the fuck am I supposed to get home?"
prince_the_ripper: (shit // in trouble)

[personal profile] prince_the_ripper 2016-03-13 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's nice but did he actually do anything about that knife because otherwise he's probably bleeding. Belphegor wouldn't insult him with a half-assed stabbing and all. ]

[ His grin fades again. ]


Kaching. Well that's boring. [ Probably his version of "that sucks". ] Boss, we don't know how to get there either. Puffy-cheeks left some notes but it seems we need to be approached by someone from that place first.
variaboss: (the side)

[personal profile] variaboss 2016-03-13 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm sure you'll figure something out. You're the genius right? Or am I misremembering that?

[and we won't touch that he also misremembers that this prince guy at 8 being an adopted son or something. ]

If you do, be sure to bring me my guns. I don't like not having them and I know there's no way in hell they're going to just let me have them.
prince_the_ripper: (peeking // neutral)

[personal profile] prince_the_ripper 2016-03-13 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ushishi, that stings, Boss. Fine, I'll bring you your guns. Because I'm a prince.

[ And that evidently allows him to deny the laws of time and space. ]
missknight: (crystalgemsicons) ("yikes" is the word equivalent of)

[personal profile] missknight 2016-03-13 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! Oh. Right. If you don't remember me... This is really weird...

[Crud. She'd gotten carried away. Tearing her eyes away from the eerily blank spots on Garnet's palms, Connie clears her throat.]

I guess... My name first. I'm Connie Maheswaran. I guess if you have any questions, I'll answer them.
missknight: (crystalgemsicons) (how do i die without telling my mom?)

[personal profile] missknight 2016-03-13 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds like it could refer to a lot of things...
variaboss: (the side)

[personal profile] variaboss 2016-03-13 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll hold you to that. Now, before I wake up, I'm going to enjoy this amazing feast.

[ Because you bet your ass he's going to stuff his face on all those amazing things that end up on the Varia table. Except the fish in what's probably Squalo's place because yuck. ]
prince_the_ripper: (grin // hands behind head)

[personal profile] prince_the_ripper 2016-03-13 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A small play-mock salute. And then he's probably draping over the back of the throne again. Well, good to know some things don't change. ]

Just don't go to the toilet before you wake up ~♫

[ totally went there ]
spaghettimonster: (Papyrus modestly admits to his strengths) (AFTER ALL I AM VERY GREAT)

[personal profile] spaghettimonster 2016-03-14 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
'Tandem dream'? That sounds like a fake thing. Or a plot contrivance to make soul mates, or mortal enemies, meet before they finally encounter each other in reality. Which is... surely not the case.

"Nyeh! Heh heh heh! See that, you can't!" He laughs triumphantly, then gestures at Xanxus to follow him. "But don't worry, dream person. I am a benevolent skeleton! I could treat you to dinner while waiting to wake up."
variaboss: (booooooored)

[personal profile] variaboss 2016-03-14 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Is it sad that he's been so surrounded by insane people at one point, with crazy laughs that the skeleton's laugh is almost nostalgic in a way. Still, it's sort of angering that he can't wake up. He doesn't like the idea that he actually might have been dreamed up by someone else. But until one of them wakes, they're stuck.

"Dinner? What the hell do skeletons eat? Wouldn't it just fall right though you?"
twoscompany: (UGH GREG'S MUSIC)

[personal profile] twoscompany 2016-03-14 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
.........I can shapeshift?

[Woah. Woah. This is news to her!]
twoscompany: (SUPERTRAMP'S THE LOGICAL SONG)

[personal profile] twoscompany 2016-03-14 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
...Garnet. But it seems to knew that. Are we really supposed to know each other?
lateforkindergarten: (is everything... okay?)

[personal profile] lateforkindergarten 2016-03-15 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! You can do a lot of things! I happen to like shape shifting a lot but we all can do it.

[ She hates asking this next question. ]

Garnet, do you even know that you're a gem? Or a fusion?
twoscompany: (SUPERTRAMP'S THE LOGICAL SONG)

[personal profile] twoscompany 2016-03-16 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
...A Gem...

[She looks down at her hands. Her bare, very much lacking of Gems, hands.]

I remember...I remember Ruby and Sapphire. How they made me, if that's what you mean. I remember them. But I can't be them.
missknight: (maheswaran (Constantly wanting to rebel but)

[personal profile] missknight 2016-03-16 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. You live with Steven and the other Gems, so I visit all the time... It's been over a year now.

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