(Guilty of Dreaming) Bloodsport

Jun 25th, 2018 12:11 PM

The Ogre cowers at Lucifer's overpowering display, though it's as much the inflection she puts on demon as it's the theatrics. If this woman was to be believed, she had ran into none other than the Spring Sovereign and Fall Sovereigns themselves, you know, only two of the most powerful people in the entire Freehold. Which... wouldn't normally be the people you expect to run into on a walk, even in a dream. One would imagine they would delegate this task to someone beneath them. And if you were trying to pass yourself off as someone important, those would probably be the quickest, most convenient roles to default to. This could be a trap.

2 successes

...Fuck. She didn't sense any deception in this, even if the pale lady was a bit more out of sorts, the one bearing down on her definitely believed she was a queen.

She mutters,"Liang gè huánghòu, yīgè wanshàng. Rúguo péi lǜ bù hao, wo bù yìng gāi hěn kuài dubó," beneath her breath. She then bends a knee to the woman standing before her and places her claws across her chest... it feels all too much like she's positioned to rip her own heart out.

"I swear by my own name of Penance zat I will serf zis Freehol' and its respectif rulers for a year an' a day. I gif my skill wid' weapons of all kinds in return for ze blessing of ze Freehol'."

As she finished her pledge, though, she noticed the booming footsteps echoing from somewhere down the twisting corridors. And Ingrid's own reaction in that they didn't come here for her.

"If zis is not my dream an' it is not your dream, zen... where are we? What is zat soun'?" She shares a worried look with Ingrid as she rises from the floor at the same time as her.

**Saber Sloth** · Jun 25th, 2018 12:42 PM

The Pledge is worded, but does not hold. None are bound. And like the ephemeral dream dust around them the words dissolve upon the air, scattering in the hot breath of the omnipresent air of the rough hewn circling corridor.

The crowd is a hush, the heavy lumbering steps quicken.

The Pledge fails to take hold, the Willpower spent to bind it is lost.

**Lucifer** · Jun 27th, 2018 02:48 PM

"Clearly our dreams have been invaded," the monstrous pretender-Queen declared. "Though more the fool, them. By drawing us into their dream they have drawn us into the realm that hides their weakness, and we shall uncover it!"

With that, the Queen raised her arms upwards, the taloned fingers reaching as though the would scratch the stars, and the light around Lucifer began to dim, shadows falling like black ink, though, after a moment, nothing happened.

With a scream of frustration, Lucifer threw her hands down.

"Don't just stand there like butterflies waiting for a pin, do something!" she cried, wheeling on her only allies.

failure to make a change in the dream

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2018-06-27 14:40:11	Lucifer rolls 5 to Change the Dream (Wits+Empathy+Wyrd) (10 Again)	6, 4, 5, 4, 5	failure

Basically every oneiromancy roll is wits+empathy+wyrd, so have fun, be creative

**Ingrid** · Jun 28th, 2018 02:04 AM

Ingrid blinks and shakes her head. She even takes some calming breaths while she - at long last - takes in her surroundings.

While the smouldering Fairest ~~conversed~~ dominated the Ogre, the Darkling strove to get her bearings. What the Shadowsoul said made sense - especially in the dark tunnels with the threatening steps closing on them.

"No need for that," Ingrid said to the Fairest, perhaps a little harshly.

As she spoke, her will was already ripping into the fabric of the dream. She wanted an open meadow, filled with flowers, and wide sight lines.

Jun 28th, 2018 02:32 PM

Penance was... mildly irked that her oath failed to yield results. She must've said something wrong. More than that though, the Autumn "Queen" didn't even acknowledge her attempt. In fact, she seemed quite cross that they had yet to do anything, despite her being the one who demanded she pledge here and now. Penance bit back a snarky comment, now wasn't the time and this wasn't the right crowd for it.

Rising to her feet, the demoness began pulling her own things from their dreamscape. An iron club, her weapon of choice when preparing for combat, and an ornate suit of armor, something she'd always wanted to use but was firmly outside of her means. Except for now.

3 successes

It may not be the most fantastic or creative use of the infinite abilities in dreams... but it made her feel nice and ready. Besides, she could feel someone enacting changes far greater than hers on the landscape.

"I don't know how much some fancy metal and some blunt trauma will do to whatever is coming after us. But I'll be damned if I face some dream beastie in my pajamas." It suddenly occurred to her that sense this place was untethered by the real world, she could speak her mind without worrying over what she was saying. A welcome revelation.

**Saber Sloth** · Jun 28th, 2018 06:10 PM

The Lost might be masters of their own dreams, but this is not their dream. There is no Pledge between them to offer aid, nothing to secure the ease of shaping the ephemeral.

Penance can feel the resistance as she shapes her nightwear away. Gorget, grieves, chest plate, more. All weave around her form. Her iron club appears in her hand, and the Ogress feels herself ready for whatever may come.

Ingrid's wish is bright, her Desires plain, the rough hewn stone around them are solid, roughly cut bricks. Towering high and higher. The sky a speck, a single mote of dust even as the sun sears down upon them, baking the hard packed sand under foot. Movement in the air casts granules of sand to fly up and up and up!

.....distantly, grass and weeds can be seen poking through the cracks and gaps in the stone.

As for the Morningstar's screech which had prompted such actions...it echos down the corridor bouncing upon the walls falling into ears like the dominoes they emulated not moments before.

There is a mighty roar, and those lumbering footsteps take off into a run!

"Fresh Meat!"

So sorry for not doing this up before! Totally all of my bad!
This Oneiromancy Primer is a godsend.
Like Cayce said, basically everything is Wits+Empathy+Wyrd. Combat's a little different, but for now ff you want to make a change, spend a glamour and roll that. And, to make doubly sure this is here, all rolls are at -3, for the Intensity of the dream (which can be raised or lowered with rolls

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**Lucifer** · Jun 29th, 2018 04:38 PM

No successes with -3

The terror was beginning to build within Lucifer, and she struggled to ensure that her form didn't shrink and wither beneath the panic that was beginning to blossom within her. The Crown of Autumn called to her, and yet, in this arcane realm, she was helpless...

**Ingrid** · Jun 30th, 2018 07:58 PM

For a moment Ingrid was stunned as her dream crafting struck resistance. Strong resistance - nothing happened. Nothing changed. If anything, the walls seemed to crowd more Villy about her and the pair of Changeling's she found herself with. The fact that the demonic looking Ogre was conjuring arms and armour only underlined the seriousness of the shit she had stumbled into.

Taking a breath, Ingrid scuttled behind the ogre (for protection!) while she caught desperately to figure out, exactly, where they were.

3 six Dream Analysis

Rolled raw, took of 3 dice for Dream Intensity. At this point, Ingrid is looking for anything useful about the dream they are in, and the dreamer.

Jul 2nd, 2018 03:41 AM

The boom of the giant's voice gears Penance into battle mode if she hadn't been in it already. Whoever their foe was, he sounded huge and imposing. And dumb. Or at least bloodlusted. Either way, less critical thinking, more adrenaline. A feeling she was oh so familiar with, which meant it may be susceptible to the same things she was.

Penance pulled at the ephemeral pieces that made this place tick, trying to mold a barricade of spikes in front of her, like a line of spears before a charging cavalry. It was like trying to make a sandcastle out of dirt and spit, though, a frustrating experience in trying to align disparate elements that only resulted in a mess. Crafting the armor around her had been difficult enough and even doubling down on making something only gave her a fraction of control.

1 suxx to build barricade

But looking back at her superiors, they must've been having an even more difficult time than she was. Neither of them seemed to have made anything useful for themselves and the Shadowsoul of Autumn in particular...

failure to read Luci

...Seemed more than content to let their new recruit handle it. Instincts told her to stand her ground, to meet her foe head on, to leap onto him and tear at him with her claws, rend flesh from bone with teeth, drown in his blood, drink the marrow from his bones, SMASH HIS SKULL AND SCRAPE AWAY HIS BRAINS, TEAR OUT HIS SPINE-

...Keeping the two Queens safe was of more pressing concern, though. And far less likely to have her indulge in her base desires. She attempted to grab each of them by the wrist and drag them out of the corner, preferably around a corner.

"With all due respect, get off your asses and move! You wanna make friendly with whatever fucker is crashing down these halls? Because I promise, he'll enjoy your company a lot more than you will his."

**Saber Sloth** · Jul 2nd, 2018 04:13 PM

Ingrid moved behind the armoured Ogress, behind the makeshift barrier she crafted from dream stuff, and comes to the startling realisation that this is a Recurring Nightmare, crossing imagining and memory. From this, Ingrid realizes the Dreamer is Lost.

And being forced to dream this Dream.

For Penance her barrier manifests, made of dream sand and will, but the shadowy figure made large and larger lumbering closer and closer snarling and growling and brings it's massive fists down upon the hastily made defence!

The impact is of thunder! A rolling tide! The ground, solid it may be shudders at the impact! Cracking all around them!

The lumbering shadow beast grins at them, mouth full of fangs stark against the indiscernible blackness of it's body.

"Come on! Run! I like it when ya run!"

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2018-07-02 16:10:46	shadow monster rolls 5 to barrier be gone! (Wits 2 + Empathy 3 + Wyrd 3 -3intencity) (10 Again)	3, 8, 10, 6, 1, 3	2 successes
2018-07-02 16:09:13	shadow monster rolls 5 to barrier be gone! (Wits 2 + Empathy 3 + Wyrd 3 -3intencity) (10 Again)	10, 3, 6, 4, 4, 4	1 success

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