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 Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:40 pm
The Dreamscape itself is crafted around the thoughts of those who dwell within it, so concequently there are possibly more regions than there are people to imagine them - but it isn't one flat continent.
Most places are difficult to reach except for the people whose minds they belong to.
However, the areas under attack currently by Lord Aerzis have coelesced into one large group of lands - twilight deserts filled with floating pieces of rock and the floating lights that are the spirits of Alien Species and others that dream, to lush jungles and great oceans of water split into city-sized droplets, each with it's own massive communities of living things to populate it.
Strange mountains and clouds that can be walked upon...
And all throughout them every sort of strange creature ever "dreampt up" by the human imagination.
But parts here and there have become dark - touched by the ruinous powers and mutated into something horrible.
This is far from an unusual occurance - humans have been having nightmares for thousands of years, and each one can be traced back to them wandering into a sinister place by mistake (the "dreams" we sometimes remember are only from a very brief period of sleep, the rest of the time our Consciousness just leaves our bodies almost - that's old news; what our waking forms don't know is where those Consciouses get to....).
But now, it is different - a full scale invasion of our Universe has not occured since a long time previous.... the events of which may become revealed during the course of The RP.
The point to be known for now is that we've never dealt with something so serious before - this time, the wrong sort of nightmare might cost the dreamer more than just a good night's sleep....
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:41 pm
RPing in The Thread
Ok, here's how things generally happen for our characters and how to go about formulating a post;
When (if sweatdrop ) you descide to come online and post in the Thread, your character will have fallen asleep and his or her Consciousness shifted over into The Spiritual Medium, and when you log off it represents your character waking up again, as often happens.
In short, you can come and go as you please without holding up The RP or interfering with your place in the plot.
There are cities and habitations all over the place in Dreamscape, but they aren't occupied by Humans - most of them are Alien Species who spend more time here than we do and who are far more successfull that we are in the real World (conscequently, there are many more of them).
Humans are the heroes amoungst them all, with the greatest powers and often having the bravest and most cunning warriors about.
The speak English perfectly, for the most part (or whatever language is your prefered mode of speach - all languages are one in this realm) but many look upon humans with an odd mixture of awe and fear - we aren't around as much as they are.
Memory
humans do recollect what goes on in The Dreamscape, but only as a part of their Subconsciousnesses, so when they awaken, they are unable to remember anything.
Only upon re-entering do they pick up roughly where they left off.
Rules of note;
(yeah, everybody already basically knows what goes and what doesn't in an RP, but...)
NO PUPPETEERING
(This is when someone takes cowithout the person playing them's permission - STOP PLEASE!!! XD)
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:10 pm
Profile Submissions.
Your Character in Dreamscape is the over-exadurated personality of it's waking self.
As far as appearances are concerned, you can look like anything humanoid, but generally you should focus on things with you subconsciously ascosiate with your Character's Personality (example, I ascosiate confidence with lengthy, matted hair... so my Playable Character has just that (and grey-silver in colour ^_^)).
Our powers will be generally similar in magnitude, since our Consciousnesses are generally similar, but you can specialise in a certain aspect (for example, my Playable Character will be acrobatically masterfull and a very fast mover - everybody can jump about alittle if need be, since alot of the terrain requires it, but his speciality is geared more towards this).
Abilities
Everybody has a limited power over the elements, is physically stronger and alittle more agile than a normal Human, can shapeshift into the animal that they feel the strongest affinity with subconsciously, can shift from one place to another within The Dreamscape (although very inaccurately - it requires that you drift back out of sleep (ever woken up in the night for no reason? now you know why XD)) and can have a tool of some form that focuses the energies of their Consciousnesses (a sword or staff or something).
You can make variations around this or add in extra powers, but this is the base that everybody should have.
Your character must be based around a personality - and therefore have strengths and weaknesses, just like any human being does.
The most important thing is to remember that the magnitude of a human's Consciousness is around about the same for everyone - no god-moding.
You can fill out your profile as such;
Gaia Name;
Dreamscape Name;
Gender;
Waking Name; (optional - what your character's name is when he or she is awake)
Waking Age;
Specialist Powers and Abilities;
Personality Traits;
Animal you can morph to; (as a rule, nothing bigger and more dangerous than a wolf unless you want to specialise in Transmutation)
Weapons; (or tools - no guns, since they run off chemical energy instead of focusing energy from your own body, which makes them meaningless in The Dreamscape; bows, throwing knives.... anything that you put the energy into is fine)
[[EDIT; lol, sorry everyone, forgot to include the last option; if you want, you could include more background information or just something general you think should be noted under More Information/Appearance]]
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:15 am
Gaia Name; Donnythephoenix
Dreamscape Name; Mnemosyne
Gender; Male
Waking Name; Howard Edwards
Waking Age; 23
Specialist Powers and Abilities; Power to affect memory, Shoot lighning
Personality Traits; Sardonic, Cold...just rather evil.
Animal you can morph to; Raven
Weapons; Acupuncture Needles
Other info: Student of Psychology at Cambridge, Howard Edwards is known for a formidable intellect and a handsome face. Nearly everyone he meets he treats with cold disdain. Howard in a person who will do anything it takes to meet his aims in completing his already amazing understanding of the human mind. In the Dreamscape he has long black hair, black eyes, is 6ft or so and very thin. His skin goes beyond pale and is almost pure white.
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Le Aristocrat Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:42 am
Gaia Name; rugged
Dreamscape Name; Anaris
Gender; Male
Waking Name; Alfred Hunt
Waking Age; 18
Specialist Powers and Abilities; Enhanced speed and agility (can leap and bound great distances)
Personality Traits; Proud, yet curious and almost playfull at times - he loves to move.
Animal you can morph to; Hawk
Weapons; Twin long hunting knives
More Information/Appearance; because of his upbringing and eating habits, he is very sensative about his physical state - years of bullying from an early age have made him long to partake in the grace that others take for granted.
This repression, combined with his fine intelligence, has given him a vast well of Cognitive Energy for him to wield in The Dreamscape.
Though he doesn't realise it, he's almost "cute" in the real World, and takes that on to a greater level with his alternate persona - pale skin, with long silvery hair and grey eyes are his defining characteristics.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:57 am
Gaia Name: Emmanuela
Dreamscape Name: Thea Czkeknikov
Gender: Female
Waking Name: Melissa (I'll just stick with that I think...)
Waking Age: 17
Specialist Powers and Abilities: Can fly (has wingsXD) and traverse great distances in the Dreamscape very quickly, has small pendant that turns into crossbow at will, mind manipulation powers
Personality Traits: Determined/strong minded, manipulative, generally happy and content although can be selfish as times.
Animal you can morph to: Little black cat
Weapons: Crossbow (as said) and mind
Appearance: Kind of short, knee length bright red hair, bright green eyes, generally wears long emerald green dress with fur boots and long black fur coat.
Background information: In real life she's a bit of a b***h and enjoys laughing at most people in rather more sadist way. If you gain her respect she can be really nice and generous, however if you don't then she's a nightmare! At school she doesn't have many friends, and spends her life reading horror in the library. I mean, she could be worse, she has the potential to be a bloody pain in the arse if she doesn't like you but in general she just finds amusement in everything.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:50 am
Gaia Name; greatdevourer
Dreamscape Name; Brynhildr
Gender; Male
Waking Name; Lena Starkad
Waking Age; unknown, probably early/mid 20s
Specialist Powers and Abilities; Illusions
Personality Traits; Generally silent, although very poetic when he does speak; very loyal and perfectly ruthless and efficient;
Animal you can morph to; Tundra Wolf
Weapons; A pair of bladed tonfas
History: Largely unknown, amnesiac, first memory being woken by a young girl who gave him his name, mistaking him for a woman (hence his name [Lena is a Nordic girl's name]). Was taken in by the girl's family, although being an outsider and instinctive fighter caused him to be feared by most of his newfound village.
Appearance: 6'3", albino, slender but well toned; although he can give the illusion of another appearance
When you wake in the Real World, do you disappear completely from The Dreamscape and reappear, or is it like in Everworld, where if you're awake in one, you're asleep in the other and vice versa?
Also, are we allowed to have characters from different time periods in the Real World appearing at the same time in The Dreamscape?
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:07 pm
greatdevourer When you wake in the Real World, do you disappear completely from The Dreamscape and reappear, or is it like in Everworld, where if you're awake in one, you're asleep in the other and vice versa? Ah, a very good point - your Consciousness can only be in one place at any one time, so when you go back to the real World you'd vanish from Dreamscape till next time. (which is also convinient for people who can't get online much and stuff, I think ^_^) greatdevourer Also, are we allowed to have characters from different time periods in the Real World appearing at the same time in The Dreamscape? Hmm.... that's tricky... See, if you have people from different times appearing, you can have one person being in The Dreamscape at thousands of different ages at the same "time" within it's reality. Since Human Consciousness has a set magnitude (there is a limit to how much of a presence you can make), this shouldn't be possible. Also... if people from the future come back and tell everyone how everything turns out, it might make for abit of a boring story smile
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:36 pm
rugged greatdevourer When you wake in the Real World, do you disappear completely from The Dreamscape and reappear, or is it like in Everworld, where if you're awake in one, you're asleep in the other and vice versa? Ah, a very good point - your Consciousness can only be in one place at any one time, so when you go back to the real World you'd vanish from Dreamscape till next time. (which is also convinient for people who can't get online much and stuff, I think ^_^) greatdevourer Also, are we allowed to have characters from different time periods in the Real World appearing at the same time in The Dreamscape? Hmm.... that's tricky... See, if you have people from different times appearing, you can have one person being in The Dreamscape at thousands of different ages at the same "time" within it's reality. Since Human Consciousness has a set magnitude (there is a limit to how much of a presence you can make), this shouldn't be possible. Also... if people from the future come back and tell everyone how everything turns out, it might make for abit of a boring story smile So, when the person comes back into the Dreamscape, is there a set position for them to be? Is it random? Or do they choose? I was planning on having my character from a while back in the past (it can be brought forward to "the present" ["the present" doesn't exist], but I'd prefer it to be left). Is that OK?
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:44 pm
greatdevourer rugged greatdevourer When you wake in the Real World, do you disappear completely from The Dreamscape and reappear, or is it like in Everworld, where if you're awake in one, you're asleep in the other and vice versa? Ah, a very good point - your Consciousness can only be in one place at any one time, so when you go back to the real World you'd vanish from Dreamscape till next time. (which is also convinient for people who can't get online much and stuff, I think ^_^) greatdevourer Also, are we allowed to have characters from different time periods in the Real World appearing at the same time in The Dreamscape? Hmm.... that's tricky... See, if you have people from different times appearing, you can have one person being in The Dreamscape at thousands of different ages at the same "time" within it's reality. Since Human Consciousness has a set magnitude (there is a limit to how much of a presence you can make), this shouldn't be possible. Also... if people from the future come back and tell everyone how everything turns out, it might make for abit of a boring story smile So, when the person comes back into the Dreamscape, is there a set position for them to be? Is it random? Or do they choose? Usually a combination of the three - sometimes we'll know where we are needed most and want to go there specifically, but often we're drawn to disturbances and problems when they appear. Only rarely now can we simply wander off to look at something peacefull. greatdevourer I was planning on having my character from a while back in the past (it can be brought forward to "the present" ["the present" doesn't exist], but I'd prefer it to be left). Is that OK? Erm... I suppose so - I mean, there are exceptions to everything, so people from one generation could end up in a future Dreamscape; but it would probably be better to remain in one era though (so your character is from the past but appears in the "modern" Dreamscape as opposed to the one from his era)
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:52 pm
rugged greatdevourer rugged greatdevourer When you wake in the Real World, do you disappear completely from The Dreamscape and reappear, or is it like in Everworld, where if you're awake in one, you're asleep in the other and vice versa? Ah, a very good point - your Consciousness can only be in one place at any one time, so when you go back to the real World you'd vanish from Dreamscape till next time. (which is also convinient for people who can't get online much and stuff, I think ^_^) greatdevourer Also, are we allowed to have characters from different time periods in the Real World appearing at the same time in The Dreamscape? Hmm.... that's tricky... See, if you have people from different times appearing, you can have one person being in The Dreamscape at thousands of different ages at the same "time" within it's reality. Since Human Consciousness has a set magnitude (there is a limit to how much of a presence you can make), this shouldn't be possible. Also... if people from the future come back and tell everyone how everything turns out, it might make for abit of a boring story smile So, when the person comes back into the Dreamscape, is there a set position for them to be? Is it random? Or do they choose? Usually a combination of the three - sometimes we'll know where we are needed most and want to go there specifically, but often we're drawn to disturbances and problems when they appear. Only rarely now can we simply wander off to look at something peacefull. greatdevourer I was planning on having my character from a while back in the past (it can be brought forward to "the present" ["the present" doesn't exist], but I'd prefer it to be left). Is that OK? Erm... I suppose so - I mean, there are exceptions to everything, so people from one generation could end up in a future Dreamscape; but it would probably be better to remain in one era though (so your character is from the past but appears in the "modern" Dreamscape as opposed to the one from his era) Ah, k. Cool, thanks smile
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:16 pm
Gaia Name; moon_child113
Dreamscape Name; Devi (De-vI)
Gender; Female
Waking Name; Charlotte
Waking Age; 23
Specialist Powers and Abilities; The ability to bend the mind. Very intellectually focused, her powers are centered around the mind. The ability to communicate, induce pain, read memories, and attack through the mind.
Personality Traits; Serious, calm and collected. She focuses on and values the mind above all else. Work oriented and a avid problem solver. Seems to seek out a challenge of the 'hard route'. Tends to be a little bit oppositional at times. Logical and calculated. Extremely intelligent with little emphasis on emotion. Sarcastic tendecies.
Animal you can morph to; A small panther.
Weapons; A tall staff that has a blade at the end if I so chose.
Appearence; Tall, slim, and angular. Huge almond shaped grey eyes and strait, tawny brown hair cut (messily) about shoulder length.
Other; Feild agent for the FBI in the waking world. Started colledge at 16 at NYU. Finished school at Yale. Musical Genius. Looks like her Dreamscape self.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:01 pm
Gaia Name: Septomor
Dreamscape name:Felgol
Gender:Male
Waking Name:Roy Maphis
Waking Age:20
Specialist Powers and Abilities:Healing and can shape dreams into nightmarelistic visions (i.e. your walking in the country, suddenly your walking on fire(but not realy, only a dream whee ))
Personality traits:Likes helping others
morph into....: A Raven (^_^)
Weapon:A Rapier called Ragnarok(^_^)
Apperence: Semi-tall~6'2"
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:05 pm
So everyones' dreams are connected, and they are all in the same world basically?
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:35 am
Septomor So everyones' dreams are connected, and they are all in the same world basically? Well, no; everybody has a Consciousness (a "soul" if you'd rather) that exists as a disturbance in another reality to which all realities are binded - we call it The Dreamscape. When you sleep, you go there. (what you'd call dreams only happen for a short period of your sleep, so... where is your mind during the rest of it? smile )
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