tdm 20

[savmods]

test drive meme

Ingress travel can be disorienting. Your trip? More than most. Your body may experience several sensations at once: being pushed forward as if a hand is resting on your back, momentary and startling blindness, a gentle ringing in your head. A voice, just out of hearing, calling a name you think is yours. You may have difficulty discerning whether it is hot or cold, but where you have been prodded is noticeably warmer than the rest of you. Some may suffer from dizziness while others are perfectly fine. You catch a glimpse of a space filled with a soft cerulean light, a feeling of dankness despite the glow around you. Regardless of your current state, however, the stress of initial Ingress travel forces your body into unconsciousness.

Waking up is another story. Or is it?

Certainly, it's not where you are now.

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sleep, perchance to...

You're dreaming.

You have to be. Certainly, you don't remember arriving in this strange, dim forest of your own accord. Gnarled trees form a solid barrier and a thin cage blocking the sky, silvery light illuminating the ground below in patchwork on all sides. The path beneath you seems to stretch out ahead and back for an eternity, though a light (an exit?) can be seen in the distance. Movement too, down the myriad array of branching side roads.

If you hurry, you can catch up.

* Take the Path:

No matter how quickly you travel, you won't ever reach that glow of light on the horizon. You may, however, encounter other walkers in the night. Friends, foes, strangers. Whoever is sharing your dreaming vigil, you might be grateful for the company. Certainly it's better than the feeling you get traveling alone: a prickle of paranoia and the sense that something just past view is watching.

* Less Traveled By:

The roads lead nowhere. The prickle at the back of your neck hasn't ceased. They're out there; they're watching you, and it's infuriating. But you can stop them. You can break free of it all.

The trees are firm and unyielding, but eventually, your efforts force them to give way. Through cut limbs and snapped branches, magic or agility or sheer, brute strength, you make a hole large enough to crawl through. And just as quickly, you realize your mistake.

The trees aren't there to keep you in.

Inky darkness roils from the gap between the paths, looking to devour you. If you run, it follows. If you hide, it seeks. It calls in voices only you can hear: your friends and your tormentors, the cries of everyone you've left behind. Find help to face your nightmares, or be consumed by them.

* All the Difference:

The light in the distance might still be out of reach, but through long searching, you've found a different sort of exit. Fog chokes off this opening between the trees, thick and obscuring. One step into the mist, and you lose all sight of anything outside it.

Two steps? Three? Ten? You're not sure how many it took before the world around you began to change. Perhaps you've found yourself in someone's worst moments. Perhaps you've landed in a fantasy. Perhaps this is your dream, with a stranger's face or voice intruding. Either way, you'll have to work together to get out.

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Please Note: due to the chaotic nature of upcoming events, players who intend to preserve their threads for game use should not assume they were given the usual introduction to Thisavrou at the Ingress Complex. The above scenarios are, however, valid as game canon.

As always, be kind and have fun!

Comments

video;

[sightsset]

[well hello there, baby sister. were you hoping i wouldn't be here to ruin your fun vacation? too bad. this is one raised blond eyebrow and a half smirk on north's face.]

Y'know, it's just like you to be late to the party.

Re: video;

[whosthemonsternow]

[There's a mix of emotions that definitely aren't hidden well as she stares at his image. Of course there's displeasure and frustration- she wanted to be here at least a bit without him- but there's also an unmistakable relief at seeing him, a surprised almost joy at having him there.

But she settles on an annoyed expression, rolling her eyes]

You always got your big nose in everything, huh? Party has been sufficiently pooped before I even got here.

[sightsset]

You're not the only one who knows how to shake things up, you know.

[He rolls his eyes, but he's still smiling.]

Did me a favor, tell me what the last thing you remember is?

[whosthemonsternow]

I don't even want to know what you're shaking.

[She's watching his face, feeling an odd sort of fondness knowing he's there. And a little confused- not just by his request, which makes her a little uneasy about when he's from-! But he looks... weird, the more she looks at him. Older. She figures it's the TABs display distorting his face or something, but the more she looks, the more concerned she's getting]

You got your shit shot up and Carolina chucked us on the top of Niner's pelican. I strapped you in a seat and Niner flew all crazy and I was thrown around the back- woke up here.

Why?