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☆RESCUER TEST DRIVE: SOMETHING ABOUT US

☆WELCOME RESCUERS

"Daft Punk - Digital Love" (Watch on YouTube)

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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► Check out the game NAVIGATION
► Check out the MUSICIAN TDM
► Ask the mods some QUESTIONS
► Reserves open on February 27th at 12:01AM EDT
► Applications open on March 4th at 12:01AM EDT

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Haruka smiles. "Try to keep up this time."

There's no venom to her teasing, though. Michiru has always managed to run alongside her, matching her pace so Haruka can run unimpeded. She owes her partner the world for that, and trusts Michiru knows it.

They should also probably get moving soon, get Michiru onboard the ship to make sure they stick together. But with Michiru's hand finally in her own again, Haruka finds she's in no great rush.

Frisk giggles as they're swung around, and keeps hold of Papyrus even after they're set back down. "That's okay. We don't need these ones anymore." Looking around is still...fun? Maybe fun is the wrong word for what they feel when they revisit the Underground, but despite how hard and scary everything was down there and how much they wanted out, going back isn't a bad thing. Especially not to Snowdin.

"We can play in the snow instead." There's not as much to do here with it so empty. But it's Papyrus. Between the two of them, they can make their own fun.

"Play in the snow...?" He looks around over Frisk's head, considering. It seems a shame to leave the puzzles incomplete like this, after all that time and work he's put into them. But with Frisk right here, there's no sense in working on them now. That would distract him from visiting with them! Besides, it's not their job to fix the puzzles. It's his, and his brother's.

"Oho! I know." Thinking of Sans gives him an idea, and Papyrus leads them down the slope to the clearing where the snow-Papyrus and lump-Sans once stood. The snow is pristine once again.

He winks at Frisk, and gestures at the empty space. "We can turn the tables on my brother! And build snow-people, while waiting for him to show up."

Papyrus winces at the crash. Sans' disinterest in his chiding is nothing new. Fake agreements that turn into post-it note arguments have plagued them for some time, and only somewhat improved on the surface. This outright destruction is something else.

"Who's keeping you here? I haven't seen anybody else since I... mysteriously found myself here?" Come to think of it, he has no idea how he got here. There's no signs of other people around, not even an elevator to explain how they got down here. But if there's a way in, there's a way out.

If nothing else, Sans really should be able to use his secret 'shortcuts' to get himself out. If he already tried that, and failed, then...

He shakes his head, nowhere near ready to give up on getting somewhere else. Instead, he risks stepping closer to Sans, and reaches a hand to beckon him over. "Come on, stop breaking things, and let's do something productive. Like look for an exit!"

"One time me 'an Reimu an' a few others went t' the moon in a bamboo rocketship." Marisa announced as she continued to look out the window.

"This is a whole lot fancier 'en that. An' faster too, even if it don' look it."

"Uh, I see..." She looks thoughtful for a minute, then snorts.

"Well, if they're takin' Reimu fer that, they're kinda barkin' up the wrong tree, cause Reimu's too lazy to do 'er own job, let alone sing 'r dance 'r play music fer anyone." She chuckles, sounding entirely too amused for someone who's best friend has been kidnapped and taken to a whole other world.

"Still, these guys must be pretty strong t' be takin' somebody like Reimu in th' first place. What's th' plan fer gettin' these people back?"

[ As if on cue, a squid flies through the air with a jet stream of ink flying behind her. She lands near the couch with a wet plop noise. ]

Wow. It's been a while since I could do that.

[ How's that for interesting? ]

[ There's another saluting him but with a much smaller stature than the rest. She then eases into a big smile. ]

Hi again!

Thus comes the inevitable moment. Sans turns to that beckoning hand with a look of total disinterest - like he resents being force to give this consideration for the few moments that he's going to. His fists are clenched, shattered glass, metal, and spilling ooze around his feet.

"And who the hell are you, exactly?" It comes out sharp and impatient. There's a sick feeling in his gut (?) at the sight of him, and he doesn't like it. The way it connects to the rest of this place, to this feeling in his head, is aggravating. His left eye flickers blue, and then gold, his grin more a bearing of teeth than a smile.

[ Don't mind Agent 3, she's going to stare at this whole get up. ]

Huh? Am I at Mahi-Mahi Resort? No, that's not it... another resort?

[ She's rather small and young to be someone who'd serve Yzma an alcoholic beverage. ]

"Please...they know better then to even try that."

Where was this sureness coming from? This dream was weird..maybe it would make a good song later on or something. The places was really interesting to look at.

"Besides, it's bot like they'll come anywhere near unless there is booze or food involved. Nothing is happening for once. Unless someone is throwing a party and is just waiting for the perfect time."

There is a slight shrug at that even if it felt so strange. But whatever was going through her head at the moment wasn't easily seen.

"Ya say that like ya wouldn't be th' food." The witch teased back. Since Reimu was acting so normal, Marisa, of course, doesn't notice anything off for now, but this wasn't likely to last.

"Tho' yer right. They'd crazy t' try t' eat you, Reimu." Marisa casually folded her arms behind her head and grinned. "Even if they managed t' actually catch ya in th' first place, ya'd probably give 'em indigestion, da ze~"

If it weren't for that flickering light, this could be the setup to a bad riddle. Who the hell is Papyrus, anyway? Cool skeleton and great friend, certainly. Ex-future member of the royal guard, only because it was disbanded before he could be instated. And now...

"Your brother?!?" Increasingly concerned brother, at that. That snarl, that light, it's like Sans is having a waking nightmare. He's walking around, doing things and talking, but reacting to things in a completely nonsensical way. "I'm not your keeper, but I do try to look out for you!"

His expression flinches, ever so slightly. To someone unaccustomed to Sans's permanent grin, it might be hard to catch. The subtleties are there, though. Something about that cut a little, but not in a way he's prepared to face head on. So instead, his aggressive front continues.

"I don't got a brother, pal," he says, like it's some kind of joke. "Don't you think I'd remember that?"

Except he's forgotten so much, already. But how could he have something like that and not remember it, in the rare moments coming back to him? How could something like that remain concealed? What about this laboratory makes him scared of the idea?

Going to roll her eyes and shake her head at that. Besides, this was only a dream. Why not keep going and see where this rabbit hole went for the heck of it.

"I'm not the only one they'd try to eat this time around though. I mean, doubt they'd really think twice on that."

Reimu bites the inside of her lip, trying to hide it before speaking up again. If it was a dream the fact she isn't sure who this was wouldn't be a problem....right? Give her a moment to think what she's about to say through an cross her arms.

"So where are you going then Layla?"

Fortunately (?), Papyrus is well-versed in looking at eyesockets instead of mouths, when it comes to reading expressions. He has to be, if he's to make any sense of his own reflection. So he sees enough to see that something, somehow, bothered his brother about what he said. Not enough to see which part, or any hint of why.

"Of course I would!" Indignant, like they've had too many conversations about what Papyrus does and doesn't think already. "If this is some new joke routine, I have to tell you, it's not funny! At all! You should stick to puns."

If that doesn't say how unfunny this conversation is, nothing will. Sans' overuse of bad puns has been a thorn in Papyrus' side for years. Better that than this.

Sans scowls, is eye flickering once more. In the absence of familiar affection, there is only annoyance.

"I stopped tryin' to be funny about this a while ago," he growls, and turns back to the counter, taking in the arcane miscellanea. And this is his whole problem, isn't it? Everything had been a joke. It's always been a joke. But it feels like something is tearing down his psychological from the inside - ripping out some pieces and sewing in others. He doesn't know when the exact moment was. Probably somewhere around the point he realized that everything, ever, had been a lie.

There's been no help for it. There's no laughing it off. His staunch dedication to ambivalence stopped working the same moment he decided it was worth acting on his situation. Knowing he has power, knowing that some people's life and death could depend on his actions...all it's left is anger and despair. Like the process of mourning has started anew.

Day to day, he's held up okay - at least on the inside. But in the realm of this dream, it's like his interior struggle has been laid bare.

"So, you don't know what this place is, huh?" he asks, after a moment. "I think I might be starting to."

"Nah, they wouldn' bother tryin'a eat me either." She said with her usual air of confidence.

But then Reimu called her by the wrong name, and Marisa paused, blinking. "Eh? Who're you callin' Layla? Did ya hit yer head 'er somethin'? It's Marisa."

Okay, this dream sure is taking an interesting turn.

Emma!

[ She looks so tiny compared to the other soldiers, very out of place, but he's glad to see a familiar face. Apparently he still can't remember any one in this building so far. ]

Ah. I should tell you, I found out that Riza- [ Wait. Does she know Riza's real name? ] That your Elizabeth was my Elizabeth. We were able to meet and talk after one of my solo performances, and you helped make that possible by passing on that album coupon to her. Thank you for that.

[ Amethyst rolls over on her stomach and lifts her head. She offers the squid a smile. ]

Heeeey. Where'd you come from Inky? Wait don't tell me! Any minute now this place is gonna flood with water, right?

"Uh YEAH!" Amethyst cackles again and flips her bangs. "We've known each other since you had your bangs still." She tugs him by the arm and yanks him down to her level so she can look at that bald area up on top of his cranium. No signs of rock stuck in his head or green fire. She pats him not so gently on the head as if that will get rid of any problems. "What's the matter? Did you hit your head?"

"Ow--hey--" Her rough treatment is doing nothing to ease his bewilderment, though he doesn't exactly put up a fight. "N-no, that's not it, I just..." For all her smirking and rolling with this insanity, he only looks more lost. "I'm sorry. What's your name?" He is, truly, sorry. He wishes he didn't have to ask.

"Whoa." Amethyst goes quiet and releases Greg from her friendly torture grip. "Is this... what Pearl was going on about last week? She said you and Steven, and Garnet were in trouble and that you didn't remember us." As if Pearl wouldn't have started rambling about her worries aloud to herself once she had dreamed about Steven or Garnet in trouble.

"It's me! Amethyst!" She announces her name loudly and gestures at herself, hoping secretly that making a big show out of her reminder would joy his memory easily. "One of the Crystal Gems, just like Pearl, Garnet, and Steven! -And Peridot! You know! We met because you wanted to hang out with Rose."

Greg stares, in equal parts lost and putting things together fast. None of the names but Steven and Garnet mean anything to him, but it adds up with all that's leakedinto his mind over the months.

"So... so it's all real." He runs a hand over his bald scalp, reeling. "Holy cow. That's--that's bonkers." It's a bit more to accept than he can process all at once. "Unless this is all still dreaming? Yeesh, this is weird..."

He raps his knuckles against his forehead, in an attempt to massage the memories back out. Amethyst gets another apologetic look, and a sigh. "I've only got bits and pieces of it put together. I couldn't even remember Steven at first. They pulled a number on us."

Edited 2016-02-24 11:32 (UTC)

[The village...that part he remembers. His stance wavers a little at the thought - about the idea that this guy has been lurking in his dreams before. What hell is happening to him, recently? This is all far more deeply psychological than he'd been expecting.]

Forgettin' stuff is sort of becoming a habit around here. So, I'm going to ask again: what do you know?

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