interstellar404 | ☆RESCUER TEST DRIVE: DIGITAL LOVE

☆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
► Follow the mod plurk for updates: interstellar5555
► 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

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Oh...my my, has Maki-chan forgotten me already?

[Said with mock distress, because this is...of course...a dream. That's all it is, right? She feigns distress, waving a hand and making an exaggerated show of thinking it over.]

I'm sure I don't know any girls named Molly...but I'd know Maki-chan anywhere...

[Molly doesn't know that this is a dream yet... then again, what else could it be?

her heart feels that pang of loneliness again when the other girl says she knows Maki. Maki-chan. Molly wants to ask what it means, but deep down, she already knows]

You're sure, huh? [confused, but trying to play it cool, Molly brings up a hand to play with a strand of hair] Well, maybe you saw me on stage. I'm part of the band, System Crash.

Of course I am. [She looks down at Maki, a flickering smile playing on her lips.]

And you may think you're a part of that band now...but this is all a dream, Maki-chan. You're really a part of μ, whether you remember it or not.

[Turning, Nozomi faces the younger girl levelly, and in an even tone asks]

You remember μ, don't you Maki-chan?

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Muse... [Molly repeats. the word feels so very familiar on her lips, like she's said it hundreds of times. it is then she sees the number 9 in her thoughts again. she moves her hands to her head, trying to focus]

A dream... It can't be. [did that mean her friendships were part of the dream, too? Rei and Yosuke, Genos and Doctor. she shakes her head as it begins to throb]

Ah...no, it's not a dream. Muse is real.

[Now Nozomi finally smiles, reaching out a hand. She's becoming more and more aware that something's wrong. Maki wouldn't ever act like that. And the hands on her head are an indication.]

And Muse needs you, Maki-chan. It's not Muse without all nine members.

[Her hand hovers just within Maki's reach, not taking it just yet.]

Something's stopping you from remembering, isn't it? I know you wouldn't forget about us.

[nine members.

The number nine has been so significant to her lately, and when she dreams of the strange girls, there are always nine of them, Molly included. How would this one know about her dreams?]

I... I think. [she hisses in pain. Something really is stopping her from remembering, and that's a head-splitting migraine. She ducks her head, still clutching it] I think I have dreams about Muse!

[That gets Nozomi's attention, and she stoops so she's looking up at the younger girl, eyes fixed ahead.]

Of course you do. It's important to you. Just like you're important to us. [Boldly, she reaches out to take Maki by the shoulder...]

And we're not dreams. We're your friends. I don't think you've really forgotten us at all, ~ne?

[for a moment, the horrible pain eases away, all when that girl touches Molly's shoulder. she lifts her head, slowly dropping her hands as she stares into the other girl's eyes.

such a beautiful color. and again, there's that familiar feeling.

she opens her mouth to speak,. but the headache returns, and she clutches her head again. trying to remember things hurts her! why?]

My... friends...

[The hand on Maki's shoulder tightens just a little bit, and there's a quick tug. Nozomi isn't the most touchy feely ~~outside of punishments~~, but Maki clearly needs this. The embrace is full on, and her arms just wrap around the younger girl in a long bear-hug.]

Kamikakushi? Maybe you were spirited away for being rude to a god...

[Is she teasing? Maybe a little bit.]

[what's this? a hug? it doesn't lessen the pain, but it makes Molly feel better nonetheless. for the moment, that ache of loneliness is gone, and she wants to burrow deeper into that warmth.

this girl either knows her, or is terribly confused. Molly's not sure what is real anymore. she just wishes it didn't hurt so much when she's trying to think. it doesn't hurt when she thinks about her bandmates, or Vista City. that has to mean something, right?]

Can you tell me more about Muse? [even if it hurts, Molly wants to know just a little bit]

Of course.

[She pats Maki's back, rubbing it a little bit and taking a deep breath.]

Muse is us, school idols. Nine of us. Me and Eli-chi, Nico-chan, Honoka-chan, Umi-chan, and Kotori-chan...and then there's you, Rin-chan, and Hanayo-chan. Just like the muses in Greece.

[Squeezing Maki in closer, she even reaches up to stroke her hair.]

We started doing live shows to save our school. Otonokizaka High School...and then when we did? We kept playing.

[the pain in her head is getting to be too much, especially when the stranger starts listing off names. Molly squeezes her eyes shut, trying to instead focus on the hand petting her head. that is soothing]

School idols? [the words roll off her tongue, yet she's never heard of such a thing. ...she thinks. their surroundings are starting to warp and bend]

Mmm! Yes!

[Still holding Maki, she looks down into her eyes, ignoring the dreamscape. God what kind of nightmare was this?]

Idols who go to school. It's a bit more amateur because we do everything ourselves, but that's more rewarding, ne?

Idols who go to school... [Molly lifts her head finally, straining against the pain in her head. she is going to wake up soon, to take care of this headache, which is why the dreamscape is warping. if only she could remember this other girl before she went] That sounds like a lot of fun.

It is. It's a lot of fun. And it's important.

[She can see it all starting to come apart too, so she gives her friend one final squeeze before stepping clear.]

Don't worry. I'll find you again, Maki-chan. We all will.

[Maki again... she will have to remember it this time, even if it's painful. it seems important! she pulls back, dropping her arms and squinting against the light.

and even as she is starting to disappear, Molly thinks of something else to ask]

Oh, what's your name?

No-Zo-Mi.

[She draws out each syllable and winks teasingly.]

And next time I find you? If you've forgotten my name, I'm going to punish you.

.............

[...that must be a joke, right? then why isn't Molly laughing? why does she get shivers down her back? why is she absolutely terrified of Nozomi right then when she was letting her hug her just moments earlier? for some reason, something is telling her that is not a threat she should take lightly. and for another reason, she's started blushing.

she holds up her hands, waving them] I-I won't forget! Promise! [and then she's fading out of the dreamscape]

I'll see you again, Maki-chan.

[And with a wave, and a bit of a devious smirk, Nozomi fades out as well.]

☆RESCUER TEST DRIVE: DIGITAL LOVE

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I had a reply all written and then my iPad deleted it...

Blah! And this got posted right after I went to bed :(

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