Weekend 5...?

[vellamods]

WEEKEND 5 LOG ♬
Weather: Clear skies all weekend

On Saturday, there’s nothing new or unusual. It seems like the wish granting has been put on hold, and your efforts can continue to go towards progressing the island more. With the museum, Able Sisters, the entertainment area, the garden and more, the amount of development Isle Sonrisa has gone through is crystal clear when you compare it to your first week here.

All seems to be normal. That is, until you decide to fall asleep.

Whenever you begin to dream, your dreams are very vivid and reminiscent of the time you all dreamt about your homes. This time, however, you see your fellow islanders around you. Everyone may look confused, trying to figure out where they are. And that’s entirely fair, because where you are now is a little different from the island you’re used to.

That power you felt earlier in the week feels strong, too. It feels natural. And when you channel your energy…

Those of you who had powers originally will feel them start to manifest. Every ability you had is coming back. They seem a little...dampened, though, like they aren’t the full extent of what you could do before. Those who did not have abilities before will start to feel in tune with whatever’s on their person, whether it be a shovel, a bug net, even a stack of apples… You’ll be able to use them in ways you couldn’t have before.

And maybe you’ll learn how to use that new ability soon, because someone is waiting on top of one of the ledges, staring down at all of you. And he is staring very, very intensely at you. A moment passes, and then he hops down...and swings his net at the nearest person.

Strangely, if the target is you, it doesn’t hurt. You feel the boink land, but it doesn’t hurt at all. Should you choose to retaliate, no matter what you do, the boy does not seem to be in pain either. Now’s the time to experiment with your newfound (or returning) abilities. Mess around with the environment, or go ham on one another! The strangest thing is that you will feel your energy draining the more you use your powers -- which is to be expected -- but the pain never really settles in.

Furthermore, there are no injuries or blood. In fact, every punch, every kick, every impact looks cartoonish!

The last notable thing is for Joonghyuk. If he looks up at the sky at any given moment, he’ll specifically see a shooting star fly across the sky. The wish to have strength is going a little haywire, but it’s certainly something, isn’t it?

As for Sunday, well… It’s worth mentioning that those abilities aren’t just a dream after all. In fact, you feel as though you can use them in real life, too, with the same effect -- the environment can be altered (for instance: super strength means you might be able to lift a tree with your bare hands, with some work) but there are no injuries or pain when you use them on others! … But the strange boy from that dream is nowhere to be found. Huh. Wonder what that was about...

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SATURDAY

[vellamods]

dream

[compendiem]

[ It's this dream again... Quiet, warm, waning sunlight streaming through the windows of a dormitory lounge. Half a dozen people sit around the main living area on the couches, laughing and chattering away, but Minato sits out of the way and off to the side, in the shadows of the stairwell leading upstairs. There's a white shiba inu snoozing away on his lap, but that's about the extent of the interaction he allows himself in these dreams, neither approaching the rest of the group nor any new person he is surprised to see in his dream.

Lifting a finger to his lips, he requests silence, waving you over to sit next to him on the stairs. ]

Re: dream

[rupturingheaven]

[Byleth wanders over and silently takes a seat. She smiles softly at the sight.]

[compendiem]

[ With how grand the entire dormitory looks, easy to mistake as a hotel, the steps are more than wide enough for two, even though the dog stirs and looks over at Byleth when she takes a seat. Red eyes blink up at her, before the dog lowers his head again and curls up on Minato's lap.

Minato doesn't say anything, but he does run his hand down the dog's back, and glances over at Byleth for if she wants to pet him too. ]

[conceptualize]

[ Laurent finds himself here, and it's not really something he expected. He's familiar with dormitories and their lounges, but they weren't the things he expected to see.

When he sees Minato's gestures, he keeps his mouth closed and goes to sit next to him on the stairs. But after he does so, he looks over at the people on the couches, and thinks to himself whether Minato feels like he doesn't belong with them.

He reaches out to pet the dog on Minato's lap. ]

[compendiem]

[ He doesn't belong with them. Whether it's in a dream or in real life, he had walked into the room and headed up the stairs; nobody looked his way or invited him over, nobody really cared besides the dog that had followed him up the stairs. A good boy. Koromaru doesn't care much for conversation, as long as he has a warm lap and ear scritches, leaning up to nuzzle Laurent's hand when it comes but he doesn't abandon Minato's lap. ]

[conceptualize]

[ He wonders if this is kind of the place where they're ghosts before he looks down at Koromaru and retracts that line of thinking. A boy and his dog... Laurent looks over at Minato while continuing to pet the dog and quietly speaks in a volume barely above a whisper. ]

Were you always this lonely?

[spiritoso]

[ Kaede is surprised to be here and not somewhere back in her own world, like the other dreams she's had. It takes her a moment to see Minato on the stairway, as she watches the people chatting on the couches at first. She immediately walks towards him, wondering if this is his world and if those are his friends.

His gesture keeps her from asking those questions, though, and she just smiles in return as she sits next to him. ]

[compendiem]

[ He seems at home enough here, relaxed despite the hardwood stairs that's wide enough to seat two but not the most comfortable place to sit, especially given ample space on the couches in the lounge.

In this space, nobody looks at Kaede when she walks through the lounge and up the stairs, almost as if she were already a ghost. In the same way, nobody looks at Minato when he opens his mouth and whispers, ] Hey. [ in greeting, almost as if he were one too.

Nobody but the dog on his lap, sensitive to spirits as animals tend to be, who stretches out on Minato's lap and yawns, pressing his paws up against Kaede's leg. Hello. ]

[spiritoso]

[ It's weird, feeling like a ghost here. Then again, the same thing had happened in Kaede's dream too. Still, it's strange when it's someone else's dream, someone else's world.

She smiles down at the dog, reaching out to gently pet him. ]

Are they your friends?

[ Her voice is quiet, even though the others had no reaction when Minato had greeted her. ]

[sugooooooooi]

[During the day, Serval is in the theatre practising. Practising what? Well, she's... hitting a frying pan with a stick, and occasionally ringing a gong. Is this music? Maybe.

If you don't want to hurt your ears, you can also find her at the pool, though she isn't going in the water. Instead, she's crouched by the edge, batting around some of the tennis balls that are floating at the side of the pool. Someone is easily amused.

But during the Smash dream, she seems a little confused, and doesn't attack until the Villager hits her... at which point she just blinks.]

Huh? It's a game? Okay!

[And she slashes with her claws in return, then jumps twice her height onto one of the floating platforms with a giggle.]

dream

[toushiro]

[ when serval jumps up and jumps onto one of the platforms, she'll happen to jump right in front of hitsugaya. a very, very cold breeze passes on by and he looks at her with a defensive stace.

but upon realizing who it is, he relaxes, huffing a little. ]

Having fun, are you?

[sugooooooooi]

[Serval shivers, but waves.]

Uh-huh! This game looks fun. Are you playing too?

[toushiro]

[ a game.... ]

Depends on what you mean by "game". What kind of game are we playing?

smash

[conceptualize]

[ Laurent remembers Serval telling him that she could do a lot more, but seeing it in action is pretty cool. But... what the heck is that boy with a net?? He looks over at her on the higher platform while watching the Villager do his thing. ]

Are we... on a floating island?

[ And why are they there?! ]

[sugooooooooi]

I don't get it, but it looks like fun! It's a game, right?

[Villager lunges up at her, and she counters with a claw attack and a giggle.]

See, it doesn't hurt!

[conceptualize]

[ The claws look like they should hurt, which is why Laurent squints when it doesn't... seem like it hurts?

??? ]

I... guess so, but be careful and don't fall off the island.

[ It's a looong way down... but why is that punk ass kid picking on Serval even though she thinks of it as a game? ]

Do you know this guy?

[lightsmith]

[Scintilla was fully prepared to start cursing out yet another weird dream, but this one was...notably less ominous. Less ominous, except for ducking the net suddenly swung at her head.]

What the hell--

[On instinct she brought her hands together into some kind of sign--then immediately vanished in a puff of smoke and reappeared in another, standing on one of the floating platforms. She paused at the realization of having moved, blinked green eyes a few times, and looked around.]

...Did that just work?

[rupturingheaven]

It seems like it did.

[Byleth's sitting on a platform, legs hanging off the edge. She waves to Scintilla.]

What was that?

[lightsmith]

Shukuchi.

[Gesundheit.]

My teacher showed me how to do it a while back.

Dream

[jokersonyou]

[There's something different about this dream. It isn't just that he's seeing others from the island instead of his friends back home. It isn't just that they're on a weird version of the island with platforms. It's how he looks and feels.

Ren wriggles his fingers and clenches his fist, feeling the leather glove creak satisfyingly. He stands there in a fashionable gentleman thieves'-esque outfit, looking absolutely pleased. Though he doesn't have his mask, it's of no concern. Ren's missed this get-up. And not only that, he feels stronger, more alert, and there's power thrumming within his veins.

A familiar, low voice chuckling in the back of his head.

Before he can think about it too much, he's being...attacked? The person doesn't seem bad or anything, but heck. It's on. With a laugh, Ren leaps at him. Anyone watching the little battle will be able to see that there definitely is more to this high school student than the mild-mannered boy who mans the coffee/curry shop. He takes to battle as if second nature, a flurry of guns and knives and magic--the latter accompanied by brief apparitions of one classy looking demon-like entity.

(He feels alive.)

Even after the spar, Ren is leaping from platform to platform, flipping and spinning with moves any acrobat could only dream of. He uses various objects in the environment as target practice. Ren seems almost as if a completely different person, the constant smirk on his face exuding a loud confidence not often seen elsewhere for him.]

[toushiro]

[ if it weren't for that frizzy hair of his, hitsugaya may have not recognized him as fast as he has. ren's running and doing a bunch of fancy parkour. it's all entirely unnecessary, but hitsugaya also understands that it must be refreshing to have one's abilities back. he can't say he doesn't feel that way, too.

so like ren, he's going to try to have a little...fun with it.

when ren goes for a leap, hitsugaya is going to attempt to shoot some ice at his feet. it's not with the intent to harm him, but to try to freeze him in place. ]

[jokersonyou]

[Refreshing is definitely a word for it. This is some sort of dream world, but it'll very likely be the last place he has these powers in, considering that the Metaverse is gone. As well, Joker's always been unnecessarily showy in his acrobatics as it stands. His extra training under a friend only served to boost his confidence in said field.

The ice blast is a surprise, but even if he didn't see it coming, he's able to move just in time to avoid being frozen. Ren looks up, seeing Hitsugaya standing nearby.]

Got a bit of Jack Frost going on, do you now?

[spiritoso]

[ All Kaede has on her is a net, and she has no abilities to get back either, so she's more than content to watch everyone enjoy having their abilities back.

She waves at Ren when he looks in her direction. ]

[jokersonyou]

[Oh, hey. Ren gives her a grin and a wave, jumping over to her in a bound that is definitely more than any normal guy would be able to do.]

What's up, Kaede?