bakerstreet | Once Upon a Dream

(I Met You) Once Upon a Dream

Dreams are complicated and amazing, aren't they? They can be fascinating, fantastical, boring, scary, comforting. You can meet people that are gone from your life, there, or even - sometimes - dream of people who you don't know, yet.

So this is just it. Meeting in a dream.

Warning: some of the prompts can be better avoided by the younger crowd, for sexual, violent, or body horror reasons.

How to Play
- Comment with your character and preferences.
- Reply to others.
- Have fun.
- Make sure you leave people a way out. It may be a dream, but don't tag into a stranger's open prompt with something that might be explicitly disturbing or way too intimate without checking in with them, first.

Prompts

There are two major categories.
I. In a dream.
II. After you wake up.

They have different prompts, but you're free to mix and match as desired - and the prompts are merely suggestions, after all. Go wild!

I. In a dream.

A. Kind of dream.
1. Mundane
2. Fluffy
3. Hot
4. Sad
5. Nightmare
6. Fantastical
7. Free for your imagination.

B. Kind of meeting.
1. You know them in life. You meet them normally - friends, allies, acquaintances, coworkers...
2. They were once part of your life, but they're not, any longer. Left for good, you fought, they're no longer living...
3. Strangers.
4. Enemy! Defend yourself! Or maybe reach a truce.
5. Free for your imagination.

C. Kind of dream experience.
1. You are as you are in the waking dream - same gender, abilities, etc.
2. You're enhanced - you can do things you don't, when awake, like flight or supernatural strength or knowing a different language, or something else that you normally lack.
3. You're depowered - whether you have special abilities and they don't work in the dream, or you're lacking something else that you usually have - sight, mobility, speech...
4. You're physically changed - different gender, different race...
5. You're a different age - younger or older.
6. Free for your imagination.

II. After you wake up.
A. Kind of dream.
1. It was a lovely dream. You have a great feeling that stays with you after it.
2. It was a horrible dream. Nightmare, or it just went on and on...
3. It was a confusing dream. You're not sure how to feel about it.
4. You don't really remember much about it. But you think there was something...
5. Free for your imagination.

B. Kind of an encounter.
1. Expected - bedfellow, roommate, friend, colleague, and you get to tell them about the dream.
2. New - you met that person in the dream! Or they're just a stranger you feel like you should share the dream with.
3. Impossible - how is that person even there?
4. Enemy - why them? Why now?
5. Free for your imagination.

C. Anything else you want!
Did you wake up with a skill or ability you didn't have? A new fear? A secret you never knew before?

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[hi this is

twilightlegend wondering if you'd be up to tag with this AU Link ~~who still needs more information on his journal sob~~? I can switch him out for a different Link if you don't care for it though...]

[I would definitely be up for it! No problem at all.]

[you would think that he'd be used to strange dreams and fighting off nightmares after all that he's been through and yet...]

[the castle corridors were dark, save for the torches and the light coming through the windows. It would have been peaceful - it should have been peaceful - but the distant sounds of struggle and weapons clashing pointed to the contrary. Link is running down the halls, sword in hand, looking for... Looking for... A princess? A prince? He's looking for someone, someone important, someone dear, and the sounds of fighting behind him just causes him to look through rooms faster. They needed to escape before enemy forces completely overrun the castle.

Then it hits him, like information in dreams are wont to do, who it was he was searching for. It does nothing to lessen the sense of urgency]

Princess!

[Zelda is used to having prophetic dreams, though she can't always tell whether they are so beforehand. Right now she's in the midst of a battle within her castle, a mysterious enemy overrunning her defenses. She gasps when several enemies find her eventually, only to realize she's left weaponless. Her own powers work too slowly to help her in such close quarters, so she shuffles back, until she hears a familiar voice call out to her from not far off.]

Link!

[and he dashes in, as if on cue, to help fight off their foes. But Link doesn't realize that his appearance was different from when it was during this era; he wears a hooded cloak now along with a set of armor that was decidedly foreign in design. His face is likewise covered with patterns that, had see been from a different era, might have been familiar. Even the sword he wields is of different design. It already looks worn, about ready to break if he kept fighting so recklessly.

Link only manages to knock back a couple of foes, but he situates himself between Zelda and the enemies as best he can. Anything to make it harder for the other side to seize her]

Are you all right?

[does she need a weapon to defend herself? He still has a (his?) bow, but perhaps a sword would be a better weapon in this case...]

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