Revenance Mods

It shouldn’t feel like anything’s different. After all, when you wake up this morning, everything looks the same.

But your Spirits are antsy and anxious, and somehow you can sense the same thing they do: that something is well and truly wrong around here. Something has changed in the realm of dreams, and that feeling in the pit of your stomach says it isn’t anything good.

Those of you with talking items may have more of a clue than anybody else, namely because the items have begun playing the same message when touched, over and over and over:

Everyone:

I'm sorry to bring you here like this, but I really need your help! You're here because I'm trying to find anyone; I just can't hold them off on my own. But with your help, I know I can manage it. Just find him, and fight!

They’re going to keep trying to stop you. Don’t give in!

Not only do you now have the full message, but you also recognize the voice: it’s Sora. Sora has been trying to reach you through these items the entire time. Never mind that Sora’s here with you and is just as clueless as everyone else - that’s definitely his voice coming from the items.

Those of you who decide to check the keyholes just in case will find something very interesting: namely, they’re not there anymore. The portals are still open; the worlds are still connected; it’s just that the keyholes are missing.

The worlds themselves seem to be reacting to the change as well. The lights on the Mother of Invention are dimmed; the nights in Ponyville are growing longer; the sun in Twilight Town has nearly dipped below the horizon entirely; and in Traverse Town, the stars have gone out.

As if that weren’t odd enough, it seems that people whom you’ve missed - people who have come and gone from the realm of dreams - are trickling back in.

Something is brewing. It’s up to you to fix it.

Week 23

"Goodbye so soon, and isn’t it a crime? We know by now that time knows how to fly."
- The Great Mouse Detective, "Goodbye So Soon"

Wow, some boss battles, huh? They weren’t easy, but at least nobody died, right? Right.

Unfortunately, you’ve only got about a day or two to relax before Traverse Town gets thrown into complete upheaval again - which is to say, almost everyone who suddenly showed up a week ago just as suddenly disappears. No warning, no explanation, and the few people who did stick around can’t explain how or why.

On top of that, the portal to the other worlds still hasn’t reappeared. That might have something to do with the fact that Spellican is still flying around. That’s about all it’s doing - flying, in the same route, like clockwork. Odd, but at least it’s not attacking people directly.

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OOC

And that’s the end of the fourth wall event! We’ll still have the comms open for a bit, for the purpose of backtagging boss battle threads and for backdating any wrapup threads you might want to do with fourth wall characters before they wake up.

If you’d like to app a fourth wall participant into the game, you have until May 30th to get your app in with the Get Out Of Samples Free caveat detailed here. After that, you’ll have to write a normal app.

As always, tag your threads and feel free to poke the mods if you have any questions.

There's a loud, furious squawking from the skies of the second district. The shadow that's been shooting across the sky pauses in midair, then plummets suddenly to the ground, stopping in front of the fountains. After a moment, it resolves itself into something brightly colored and winged, carrying a staff and wearing what looks to be a book and a sorcerer's hat on its head. Those of you who've taken a good look at Sora and Riku's Dream Eater guide may recognize it as Spellican.

It waves its staff and screeches angrily. After looking around and making sure it's got everyone's attention, it raises it staff. Evidently all it wanted was an audience.

A pool of darkness forms on the ground below it. Those who have been in the dream world for a while may not have recognized Spellican, but the four large shadows rising from the darkness certainly look familiar: Hockomonkey, Queen Buzzerfly, the Meta, and Nightmare Moon. The four large Nightmares pause for a moment, then scatter quick as blinking. In that moment, the pool of darkness and Spellican disappear too, their work done for now.

Four large and powerful Nightmares are now loose in Traverse Town.

Good luck.

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OOC

Did you really think you'd be getting through this event without a boss fight? I sure hope not, because now you have four.

Here's how this will work:

- For the new players: boss fights play out like small D&D campaigns, in which characters' successes and failures are determined by mod dice roll. For examples of what we mean and to do some reading on what you're about to face, check the boss fight tag.

- There will be one boss near the doors in the First District, one in the Third District, one in the Fountain Plaza in the Fourth District, and one in the greenhouse in the Fifth District. No telling which one will be where~

- There will be several hours IC time for characters to react to Spellican's spell and try to plan, or at least batten down the hatches, before the bosses resurface. Actual boss logs will go up tonight or tomorrow. You may only have one character per boss fight, and one character cannot be in multiple boss fights, since they'll be happening concurrently.

- There is no character cap and no tag order on boss threads; however, we do ask that you tag at least once per round per day in a boss thread. The boss will tag every day; each boss tag will start a new round.

- If your character is injured or just doesn't want to be there, they will be able to leave the area of the boss fight. They will not be able to participate in any other boss fights, and they will not be able to rejoin the fight. Once you're out, you're out.

- Because of the way boss fights are structured, it is entirely possible for a boss to win. If characters make poor tactical decisions, or if too many people leave a boss area, or if the majority of characters in the boss fight simply stop tagging, the boss will win that fight. At that point, the still-living boss will go join one of its fellow bosses in its fight. Basically, you're encouraged to participate and you're allowed to pull your character from a fight, but leaving once you've started will have consequences for the people you leave behind.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment here or ask a mod. Have fun, guys!

You wake up in Traverse Town.

For some of you, this is old hat by now. For the rest of you - those who were in another world last night, or haven’t been in the realm of dreams at all before - this is exceedingly odd.

It doesn’t take long to find the cause of the oddity, or at least another symptom of it: the portal in the fountain is missing. You are effectively stuck in Traverse Town, with a sudden and unexpected influx of new people.

Aside from that - and that’s a very big aside, but nonetheless - business continues as normal. It might be a good idea to help the gaggle of newbies find their feet in the new world, and maybe investigate just what’s going on.

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OOC

The fourth wall event has begun! Here’s a few things to keep in mind:

If you’re playing a temporary/fourth wall character, please use the tag “! fourth wall” in both the log and communicator comms. If your character already has a tag, you’re welcome to use it; however, we will not be creating new tags for fourth wall characters.

Fourth wall characters do not need to join the comms - we currently have open posting.

Please make sure all characters follow the game’s rules available on the FAQ (no AUs, no doubles, no memories from other games, etc).

If you have any questions, feel free to contact a mod. If you’d like to introduce yourself, go ahead and comment to this post - I know we’ve got some new people signed up for this event, and we’d love to hear from you!

Have fun!

EDIT: Given that Plurk is misbehaving today, this seems like a good time to mention that the game does have an AIM chat at "weirdestdreamsever."

Planning to bring in a character for the Fourth Wall event? Leave us the name(s) and journal(s) of the character(s) involved here! Information on the event itself can be found here, any other questions can be directed to the mods at revenancemods [at] gmail.

Two things!

One: We're bumping back week change for an OOC week - what's in week change will be contingent on how the boss battle goes.

Two: We're planning a fourth wall event! We're still working out the details, but it will be sometime within the next month. We'll put up a full post for it when we have the date and content worked out.

Week 20

“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.”
- Epicurus

Now that the first Element of Harmony has been found, it may be a good idea to keep an eye out for the others. After all, if you know what they are, then you know how to earn them, right? Of course, given that the one Element that’s around tends to disappear when taken outside of Ponyville, you’ll probably have to get used to having four legs if you want to find the rest of the Elements. Hope you’re comfortable spending time as a pony.

At the beginning of the week, a loud, unearthly howling emanates from the Everfree Forest - but only for the day. Those familiar with the world might recognize the howling as that of Timberwolves - which is odd, given that there don’t seem to be any Timberwolves around. On the second day of the week, dark clouds gather over Sweet Apple Acres. Blue lightning dances across a patch of previously barren trees; when it dissipates, the trees have all grown dark purple, almost black, leaves. Obviously there’s something going on there.

The dreams continue, as does the day/night cycle. Those who are paying attention may notice that the nights are growing longer - day and night are essentially equal in length at this point.

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OOC

Yes, we do have another event gearing up. The thread will go up midweek - keep an eye out for that.

The new bearers of the Elements of Harmony have been chosen! They are:

Magic: Aqua
Loyalty: Kanji
Honesty: Chell
Kindness: Amaterasu

Keep in mind that characters do still need to earn their Elements before they appear. There will be a few opportunities for that coming up, but feel free to make your own as well. If you have any questions, feel free to ask a mod.

As you guys may have noticed, it’s week change week. Because of impending holidays, school assignments and finals, and NaNoWriMo, we’ve decided to extend this week to give you a bit more time to fit things in. The next week change will be mid-December, three IRL weeks from today.

That said, we do still have a few announcements.

Activity Check ends tonight and will be tallied tomorrow morning. Be sure to check in if you haven’t already.

App This Please goes up today at 4 PM PST. Take a look around if you like and see if you can’t find yourselves some castmates. :D

As far as plot goes, you’re not going to find those shiny MacGuffins offworld. Be prepared to spend some time as ponies if you’re going to go searching.

If you have any questions or issues, comment to this post or contact a mod.

Week 17

“Dreams are illustrations...from the book your soul is writing about you.”
- Marsha Norman

Now that the Meta is gone, the attacks on the Mother of Invention have stopped completely, leaving it safe for exploration. Those of you who have headed into the large training room may have noticed that the keyhole in the maintenance bay has disappeared, leaving a portal in its wake. Those that are brave enough to walk through will find themselves on a bridge leading into what looks like a very quaint and colorful small town. Most of the buildings are smaller houses with thatched roofs, though there are some that are ornately designed and decorated. From what you can see, there’s a farm with orchards down on the edge of town, and a dark forest on the opposite side. With the exception of said forest, the entire place gives off a lovely, small-town feel. It’s a great change from the last world you were on.

Oh, and you now have hooves.

Welcome to Ponyville! The magic inherent in the world has decided you need to fit in, so you have been transformed into a pony for the duration of your stay. Have fun exploring! Though you may need to get the hang of walking first.

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OOC

Believe it or not, we actually had this one planned long before anyone guessed it on Plurk. Surprise!

You’ve unlocked Ponyville, a small town in the land of Equestria, populated namely by ponies. There will, of course, be new Spirits to synthesize and new Nightmares to fight, though those who are bipedal will likely need to relearn how to walk first.

A few things to keep in mind:

- This is a form change world. Unless your character is already from Equestria, they will transform upon entering the world. Rule of thumb is that humans become ponies and that characters of other species will turn into other creatures inherent in the world: diamond dogs, griffons, timberwolves, etc. If you need some ideas about what to turn your character into, ask a mod - we’ll help you come up with suggestions. No, your character cannot circumvent the form change. No, the form change will not carry over into other worlds. There is a ponymaker here that you can use to create your character as a pony. Note: your character may not have both wings and a horn.

- The portals are all interconnected, so you can reach any world from the Ponyville portal. The only Moogle in town is in the town center near the portal. Nightmares will not appear inside buildings. This may have exceptions later; we will let you know if it changes.

- Characters with armor will be wearing pony armor (metal plate protecting the shoulders and haunches and a medieval-style helmet sans visor) when they arrive in Ponyville. Other items that would not similarly fit in in Ponyville are similarly changed - guns become slingshots, etc. If you have a question about whether an item would be changed, please ask a mod.

The information for the new world is on the Worlds page, and the Dream Eater information is on the Dream Eaters page. If you have any additional questions, feel free to ask a mod.

Week 15

“In war, truth is the first casualty.”
- Aeschylus

Well. That probably didn’t turn out as well as you’d hoped, did it. Whether you were on the Mother of Invention yourself following FILSS’ call for aid or simply heard from someone who had, the result remains the same: FILSS is nonresponsive and the computers on the Mother of Invention remain as uninformative and unhackable as always. One step forward, one step back, it seems.

Well, except for the results of that battle. You might want to discuss that.

In the meantime, there is no respite from the dreams. Whatever you think you need to do to catch a break probably hasn’t been done yet. It may be a good time to rest, regroup, and try to figure out your next move.

On the upside, the Moogles have a new Spirit for you to synthesize. On the downside, the pieces for said Spirit are considerably more difficult to obtain.

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OOC

Yep, the dreams are still going on. You guys know the drill on that one; if not, see the above linked post for this round’s dream theme.

We will be having an activity check soon - keep an eye out for that.

I know we say this every time, but please remember to put your character and world tags on your posts in both the log and communicator comms. It makes it much easier to keep track of things. If your character doesn’t have a tag yet, let a mod know and we’ll get that created for you.

The Moogles now have Eagliders available for synthesis! However, they do require Fancies to make, so at the moment only certain characters may be able to make them. Your character has a Fancy if they participated in either boss battle, the Post Office event, the Mansion event, and/or the current Mother of Invention event - one Fancy per event. Eagliders require one Fancy to make, as well as other Figments. If you request an Eaglider, be sure to tell us where your character obtained the Fancy they’re using to create it.