☆RESCUER TEST DRIVE: SOMETHING ABOUT US

[interdimanagers]

☆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

Comments

Osamu Dazai | Bungou Stray Dogs

[ninjou]

[ooc; taken from ch. 19, please also read the content warning post in his journal. also SPOILERS FOR THE ANIME.]

A2
[Funny thing about this is that even if he cares Dazai is making a grand show of not caring. He looks relaxed as can be as things unfold around him, his protégé--okay, his responsibility, let's not go too too far--is sitting right there, legs stripes and teeth bared, ready to fight. He's spilled some secrets (how clever!) to this kid, so he's just waiting... watching...

He doesn't expect what happens next, a replay of the annoying sort, the kid impaled by something dark and equally toothy, but filled with (annoyingly) oppressive malice.

Unlike some, Osamu Dazai is buying into this being a dream. Not a nightmare, no, but a very strange remembrance of an occurrence, the opposite of a coincidence. It's proof that he's not in Kansas anymore, so to speak, but not proof that he isn't in someone else's clutches.]

Whoever's responsible, you can stop the game now! I'm totally convinced.

B1

[A bargain. It's not a compromise, but an inescapable situation. What's troublesome is that it's taking him away from the important task of not letting people die on his watch, but they're capable enough, and if this is some little joke or he's stuck with an Ability he's not seen before--likely, always--he's going to have a tiny bit of hell to pay when he gets back. Nothing he can't handle, but that group he works with, they're a bunch of scamps, to be sure.

He looks gently dubious, but calmer than anyone you've ever seen, with this oddly placid smile...]

I don't see what's in it for me, but if I don't have a choice, and I can't really fight you... [He puts his hands up, as though a criminal caught.] ...I think we're down to rock, paper, scissors, aren't we?

A2

[tinymsnightmare]

But who says this is just a game~?

[Barely five feet tall and maybe ninety pounds wet, the little girl in white hopped up onto a table that maybe wasn't there a minute ago, and crossed her legs. There was a slightly odd accent to her words, maybe British, maybe American, and like the slightly odd way she smiled, there was a hint of other about her. Like she wasn't suppose to be there.]

From what I've been told, this is not the game that mere mortals are playing.

[ninjou]

It's not not a game, and I don't see proof that it is one. I'm keeping the options wide open.

[She is tiny. He is not. This is hilarious to him. Of course, deadly intent can be sensed a mile away, and she's not so bad, so Dazai is not even a little concerned. Not that young ladies are innocent and innocuous all the time. He's not that stupid. STILL. We're all friends here!]

[tinymsnightmare]

It's whatever you want it to be. I want it to be dreamless but someone decided to bring me here.

[She smiles, teeth sharper than they should be and a mouth wider then normal but what was normal? She certainly wouldn't call anything normal even if she wasn't in a playful mood.]

According to the people that sent me, the universe is in jeopardy by godlike beings who are using the power of music to destroy realities. They wish to recruit you to help them in this fight.

[ninjou]

[Toothy. Well. You remind him of a certain other tiny evil-ish girl, so that's not good, but he's not really the sort to bear prejudice based on appearance! That just doesn't help anyone. And if you're evil, he'll fix that right up!]

I see. [A thoughtful pause... The universe being screwed up is marginally, and just very slightly marginally worse than all his friends dying. What a dilemma.]

Is there anything in particular they need from me, or is this a free form exercise?

B1

[spaghettimonster]

[Papyrus rests both hands on his hips and frowns at Dazai. Here the skeleton came, offering an invitation to travel to strange and distant places, to engage in daring heroics and the chance to prove himself... and what does the human do? Protest that he doesn't see the point.]

You have a choice. But the other choice is terrible! Choosing to stay at home and do nothing... when you could go be a hero? Who would do that?

[People like Papyrus' own brother. There's something about this human, with the way they're trying to wriggle out of doing anything, and distract Papyrus with games, and that perpetual, enigamatic smile... that's really reminding him of Sans. He sighs, and hides a hand behind his back.]

But, if you insist! ...Two out of three?

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[ninjou]

[This human totally doesn't need to see the point to do it, fortunately, because, well... it could be worse! And what if there's someone there he needs to help? That is to say, someone interesting and useful. Furthermore, he's just got a hunch that this is more than meets the eye and is described, so a great big mellow why not is his strategy.]

I'm the first to admit that I hold being a hero in reserve until the right time, but if this is the right time...

[Sleeves are being shaken up a bit on his arms, shoulders casually straightened, and hand at the ready.]

Best of three.

i'm completely canon blind, but tossing papyrus at strangers is great fun

[spaghettimonster]

[The boisterous, monologuing skeleton skimmed over details that he doesn't know, after all. If he doesn't know it, it's probably not important! And they can just focus on the part about going into space to save brainwashed musicians. It's safe to say there is more to everything than Dazai's heard so far.]

Okay! Best of three.

[Papyrus stretches his right arm forward, and bounces that fist to the count.]

One! Two...! Three! Shoot!!

[Rock.]

Dazai is ridiculous and modeled on the Japanese author of the same name

[ninjou]

[It's a duel to the finish, to be sure. Dazai won't be easily beaten. His whole future is at stake here, but since there's always a way out, he can't lose. He can just be lazier about it if he wins. Less effort is good.]

One, two, three!

[Rock.]

Ah. A tie. That doesn't help, does it? [Same placid, lazy smile... So very enigmatic.]

B1

[woomy]

But what if they come to your world and take someone you care about? Isn't that reason enough?

[ Agent 3 isn't going to force anyone to join their rescue mission, but she doesn't see how it could be completely void of interest for him. ]

[ninjou]

See, that's the thing! I don't think they did. And if they took anyone I don't care about, then it's only a little more interesting. I think I'm just along for the ride. It seemed fishy.

[Yep. That's it. He was basically avoiding responsibilities and dealing with the oncoming gang war. It's actually that simple. A little lark, if you want... But he also has his suspicions on motives and modes for this. He'll investigate and see.]

[woomy]

I'm a squid, not a fish.

[ Yes, that's an important part of the conversation and needed clarification... ]

And not yet and going to are two different things! No one has been taken from my world yet, but I know the bad guys wouldn't hesitate to if they knew about them. And it'd be bad news.

[ She has a number of musicians in her world, and two sing a song that resonates with Inklings. Inkopolis wouldn't be the same! ]

[ninjou]

[Pardon him! He makes a little apologetic gesture! And not a dismissive one--it's almost convincing.]

A pre-emptive measure. There's nothing wrong with that at all, if you look at it that way. Omnipotent musical overlords sounds bad in any place. Not that I know too many who are going to be of interest unless they want... [Oh, he just stops. And chuckles. Makes an oh, you sort of face, and shrugs.]

A2

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Hm.

[Luci tilts her head at this weird impaling-related situation she's witnessing now, one hand in her pocket, the other fishing around in her jacket for a cigarette.]

I'm curious what you're convinced of, aside from that being a really fucked up way to die.

[ninjou]

That it is. He's not going to die, though. [He points at the man in the black coat, ignoring the impaled kid.] As strong as Rashomon is, he missed the vital organs. He's not very good.

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Huh. [Luci puts the cigarette between her lips, snaps and lights her thumb on fire, then uses the flame to light the cigarette.]

I never thought I'd hear someone say that somebody who just got impaled isn't going to die. [She flicks her thumb out andd takes a drag.] I mean, bleeding out mate. It's a thing.

[ninjou]

Regenerative abilities should kick in. It's not exactly what happened, so it's not entirely a recollection.

[...Well, wait, hold on a minute, this just got interesting. She can light things with her own body? That's different.]

This is all pretend. He's just not that weak. Meanwhile, the one in black is. [Smirk.] Enough about them, though. [People are still fighting in the background, and he's just going to talk about this:] Human torch?

B1

[glorifiedtrash]

You couldn't be an easy one to just get hyped on the hero routine, could you.

[Why is Zelos recruiting. He's terrible at recruitment. But here he is! And he's got, well, a pocket full of a paperclip and some lint to offer here.]

If it really bothers you that much-- close your eyes.

[That's not fishy at all.]

[ninjou]

No, I'm afraid not. Every time I'm supposed to play the hero, someone else manages to mysteriously have to do it instead. [Totally not him shirking. Nope.]

Never ask a man to close his eyes before you do something suspicious.

[glorifiedtrash]

Woah, woah, woah. Who says I'm being suspicious. It's just part of one of my many magical tricks.

[Yeah, right. But reaching into his picket he pulls out--! A...paperclip? Er... That's not what he wanted. Some more scrounging!!! Eventually he comes out with a contract okay, it's a totally legal looking contract. Something something about repayment either monetarily through valuable goods or services rendered for heroic acts. He passes it over!]

I keep this just in case for tough nuts like you~. You want to be compensated? Let's do business.

[This is not how you do business at all.....]

[ninjou]

Magic is just misdirection. Sorry! Analytical type, can't help it.

[His pocket is hammerspace. Excellent. that part Dazai likes, at least. When things are too weird to be real, one must embrace it and dissect the causes. Such is the mind of a really lazy formerly highly criminal detective. Long story, not worth telling.

Calmly and with all sorts of analytical brow furrowing and jaw setting, he looks the contract over.]

Now, this is vague, so I'm going to briefly suspend talks on signing it and ask you what you're actually offering.

B1

[alovingheart]

Alright! If that's what it takes to get you out there helping. Let's go, let's do it, I'm ready!

[She has her hands out already in the proper position for a game of rock, paper, scissors. This is no joke, this is serious business. Rescuing people who have been kidnapped is serious business, she's gonna do what she has to in order to recruit more help.]

[ninjou]

[She's... so cute. Alright, he can work with people who are cute and apparently useful. No lost little lamb, this one. Thank goodness. In fact, he's the lost one a bit, isn't he?

So he very casually rolls up his sleeves, taking a look at the bandages on his arms before getting his hands all set and ready to go.]

No cheating. It has to be right on time.

[alovingheart]

[The bandages give Anna pause, looking notably surprised for a moment. But, right, gotta focus. People to save. Lives at stake.]

Okay. Same goes to you then, buster, and I don't cheat. So let's do this. On the count of three. You ready?

[ninjou]

I am always ready, miss.

[It's good that he's the sporting sort. Here goes...]

One, two, three!

[Rock. He looks at her hand expectantly.]