PrP (J&V) - What do Fetches Dream of?

[Ram]

Ram looked around, surprised. He was definitely not expecting to be at his workplace tonight. Certainly not have it invaded by giants. However, when he notices the girl things start to come together. He’d dealt with enough lost kids in the park to know where this was probably going.

Or… he glanced around again, noting the sign post and verges, trying to place where in the park this was. If this was a memory it was a good one for child her age. If it was a prophecy, he needed to remember certain details that could allow him to head off this in the future. He just needed to know if it was a prediction and when it might occur.

Because unfortunately, Ram was not a little girl and they would have to be moving on from here soon.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-04 09:05:45	Ram rolls 9 to Analyze Dream Prophetic Wits+Occult+Wyrd+2 (10 Again)	4, 1, 7, 6, 8, 3, 3, 9, 9	3 successes

[Circe]

"Aaaah," Circe groans at the sight that tugs at her, "Merda."


Frightened lost child in Funderland. Even Circe was reluctant to just say fuck it and ditch the little girl. But her SUMMER had to be the priority. On the way out they could fix things up. "We can skip her ta getting ta her mom on the way out."


Or was this a future sight thing? Dammit, have to check that first.

Lol, nope

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-05 10:03:32	Circe rolls 5 to Wits+Occ+Wyrd-2 (10 Again)	3, 6, 7, 4, 3	failure

[Ram]

Ram was distressed. He agreed with Circe, even if he didn’t know it. He didn’t want to leave this kid here to fend for herself. At the same time… they had a mission. And perhaps more concerning, Titania had yet to follow through into this dream. And every second spent meant missing the chance to find his fetch.

He ‘breathed’. Let the battlemind think. He’d looked for signs. He could report findings later. Fast forwarding wouldn’t change the fact that this was a nightmare. To achieve mission goals might require leaving people behind. It sucked but there it was.

Ram shook his head. They needed to move forward.

“Same as before. We move forward. Make any changes as we leave.”

He reached out again, trying to find or form a gate.

However, he couldn't find it. No wind. No subtle draft. He gave a shuddering breath. Trying to ignore the guilt of what he was trying to do.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-09 01:00:29	Ram rolls 7 to wits+Emp+Wyrd-intesity+scope bonus (10 Again)	1, 3, 2, 5, 5, 3, 1	failure

[Circe]

Circe looks around. Titania was late indeed. "Wow," she shoulders her rifle, "Why the cazzo isn't she here yet? Unless wait," she hums in thought, "Would this trip stop if she broke the sex nightmare ta help that guy? Or just, ya know, she's off track with us instead?"


Circe had not idea. "Eh, might as well find the door and first then wait fer her." She looks at the panicking child. Or at least until she couldn't put up with the screaming child anymore. If Titania takes too long, they could let her fix the bad dreams whilst they forged ahead.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-09 22:16:27	Circe rolls 4 to Wits + Emp + Wyrd -2 (10 Again)	3, 3, 1, 10, 9	2 successes

What the hey? Why not suggest it? The Queen suggests exactly that to her knight, "Think we should just let Titania fix the dreams as we take point? And did ya check fer dream poison? Depending on star girl, we may have time."

[Xadun]

le Bump Vincent Titania

Ram feels lie he is getting the hang of dreams. This one, for instance, is certainly not prophetic. He can simply tell. Or maybe it's the less rigid nature of this dream. Where to go, however, seems hard to tell.

Fortunately, Circe has more luck. The same chilling tingle as before lies towards the entrance of Funderland. In her mind's eye the Summer Queen sees a ringpull set in the floor the kind that might lift up a trapdoor.

In front of her, the little girl is crying. "M... mommy?!" she looks around frantically. The buildings seem to be stretching further upwards, and the faceless giants moving around and through the dreamwalkers seem to grow and hulk, becoming more shadowy and threatening.

They still give the changelings no mind.

[Ram]

“I don’t think the trip would end,” but his voice wasn’t certain, he didn’t have much actual experience in Skien walking “But if the sex nightmare did break down… she’s probably not coming.” And since she’d wanted to try, that was a definite possibility.

While he nodded about waiting till they found a door, he shook his head at her other questions. “Looking for dream poison would probably take too much time. All night if we wanted to be sure. And this isn’t prophetic, so… hopefully there’s nothing to worry about.” Again it sounded a little hollow, since the dream was taking place in the middle of fey activity but again… it wasn’t the mission. He grunted and made a fast inspection to see if he sensed anything. Just in case.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-12 18:59:36	Ram rolls 1 to wits+Emp+Wyrd-intensity-5nights work into one turn (10 Again, Chance)	7	failure

Nothing.

“Even fast forwarding to finding her mother might not help. It would still be a nightmare. Things would twist.” Her mother could be ripped from her, lost again, or become a monster.

Passing through nightmares sucked!

Ram gave a short gruff huff that expressed annoyance, angst, resignation, and determination all at once.

“We find the door, get it open, and keep going. Leave a sign to let Titania, and only Titania, know which way to go” They did not need a little girl following them into a fetches dream.

[Circe]

Circe nods at his answer before she kneels down by the trap door, "Well the way forward is right here." She knocks on the door.


And the kid was crying. No way the Spring would follow after finding this. Circe just nods along with Ram's thoughts. "Eh, worst case scenario, well that's not our business, right?" Her tone starts out joking but flattens out at the end. "Kid probably just got lost and freaked out. Security is decent at the park, when we open. They know ta stay away when we closed."


Ram had an objective, they shouldn't dwell on possible problems of every mundy around.


Circe stands up to look around the dream. Still no star girl. Her head must be on another planet. "Well," she tries to imitate whatever it is that Ram is doing.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-13 22:04:27	Circe rolls 1 to Wits + Empathy + Wyrd -5 (10 Again)	1	failure

Circe claps, "I am SHIT at this!" She laughs, "Want ta make the message and keep going?"


Cold? Yes. But Circe had her Summer to think of, that was the priority. If Ram makes it so Circe felt really bad about this, she can leave something to find the kid's dreamscape via. Right? That was a thing, wasn't it?

Circe has said Ram is her priority here. Unless something Wyrd happens in the dream to the kid, she is willing to ditch the lost child to her nightmare.

[Titania]

The dream nightmare has become lighter, more bearable. Its colors washed out.
She glances over the portal, almost ready to step through. Though she's not ready to step in. She's... conflicted.
Is this really unrelated to their quest. If anything, could this dreamer be related to any of them?
She doesn't like leaving things unfinished, especially when she could help.

She bites her lip, her friends will have to wait.
Rather, she decides to give the man a hint.
On the mirror, right in front of the bed, a message in red lipstick. "You must take control"

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-17 00:22:56	Titania rolls 6 to Affecting the Dream Wits + Emp + Wyrd - Intensity (10 Again)	4, 4, 2, 4, 9, 8	2 successes

[Xadun]

"Mommeeee-he-e-e-e!!!!!" The little girl begins running off through the mountains of people.

The Changelings, however, stay on point. Despite being a weaker dream, it seems harder to navigate somehow. However, their instincts both say the same - there is no Dream-poison here. Such a thing is clear to spot, and even a trace would be obvious.

This is just a nightmare - in more ways than one, if the fledging Oneiromancers keep struggling.

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Meanwhile, Titania easily tweaks the nature of the dream and creates the clue to help the man see through his nightmare.

Being obviously preoccupied with choking, it takes several seconds before he sees the Red words forming, tears leaking from his eyes and causing the white to become visible in abject terror.

Desperately, he grabs a hold of the she-demon's snake-tongue and tugs frantically.

Given the nature of PbP, STs have previously avoided levying huge penalties on characters for things that usually take a night, like sensing dream poison. To that end, both Ram and Circe know there is not dream-poison (there is enough to cover without introducing that element in this plot!) Just to help keep things flowing

[Ram]

Ram moves over to where Circe was and finds the trap door. He was more than happy to let the sound of wood screeching and tearing drown out the girl’s cries for her mother as he grabbed the ring and ripped a hole in the dream.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-17 21:21:45	Ram rolls 7 to wits+Emp+Wyrd-intesity+scope bonus (10 Again)	6, 1, 8, 10, 4, 1, 1, 1	2 successes

Though even the sound of breaking wood couldn’t cover it for long.

He looked at Circe, “Leave the message and then we go through together.”

He didn’t want to accidentally leave two friends behind twice in one night. It still felt like shit leaving, but they were ready to go. Stick to the mission.