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i used to dream in the dark of palisades park

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Madda

she/her
10
December 25
Cascarrafa, Paldea
??????
Trainer
Civillian
0 height
0 height
i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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Lucia Aldrete
Dreams Within Dreams (SSG)
POSTED ON Jul 18, 2024 9:02:29 GMT
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This power was incredible! Lucia felt as if she could do anything, and that anything was going to be what she wanted all along! The cityscape faded away, and bits and bits of Paldea slowly phased back in. Everything was picturesque, down to the last detail.

She didn't answer Doug at first, crafting the very world she wanted. They were at a school at first, with other kids walking about, unaware of their presence. Lucia smiled, tugging Doug along by the sleeve as they roamed around.

"I'm making a world where I can do anything! So now I can show you around Paldea!"

They came to a wide deck where the rest of the academy could be seen, with its wide buildings and more housing many such students. Lucia was happy to be back, though Doug could maybe see through that happy visage, beneath the words she spoke so freely.

There was something in the back of her mind, keeping her from relinquishing control. Any attempt to draw them from her by subduing her wasn't working.




The landscape changed again, this time in the middle of her birthplace, Cascarrafa City. The wide walkways were interrupted by various waterways between them, with bridges being the only way across. But Lucia was busy tugging Doug along again, pointing out places and more. She even formed one of their perfect dishes from memory and tried to take a bite of it, only for it to disappear.

"Huh? But I'm in charge! It's supposed to stay like that!" Lucia fussed. "Damn it, fine. But I can do what I wanted to do anyway!"




Around them, they came to be alone on a road, leading outside of a fairly lavish looking home. It wasn't as lavish as somebody with billions to their name, but a nice piece of property. The walls and foundation imploded, as they formed the interior of the house before the walls came in, followed by the ceiling.

Lucia looked at it and froze. Just wincing.

"Th-This is just an old house." she began, then shook it off. "Ah-I'll just destroy it! No biggie, right?"

Except, it wouldn't work. Lucia focused hard on destroying the house, smashing it to smithereens, but it refused to yield. This was supposed to be HER realm, damn it! Why wasn't this working? Was this still a dream of some kind?

Instead, a younger version of Lucia appeared behind them, though with short white hair instead of her current black. Dressed in a pink clefairy shirt with shorts and sandals on, several bruises littered her body. She was in tears, sniffling while two silhouettes were in front of the home, which she ran towards.

It was only identifiable of who they were based off of clothing and features alone, as their faces were but a hollow, invasive void.

The one dressed as a male held presents and balloons galore, with the female holding a chocolate cake. Both of their stands were neutral, though when the younger Lucia neared, they took on a more welcoming approach. Lucia hugged them, which they did return. But off to the sides as another older male, one who shared Lucia's features. His face wasn't entirely clad in darkness, and had features visible, though just barely.

One big happy family unit, going inside with the door closing behind them.




Lucia said nothing to Doug, a look of dejection present on her face. The elation was fully gone, replaced by a look of longing again before she seemed to return to normal.

"S-So what? I'm a god here! I'll just wipe out this house and make a new one! I'll m-make new parents, ones that don't care if I'm not in the Dean's List!"

The Paldean landscape faltered, the Megaopolis skyline slowly darkening the once cheery landscape as Lucia's control was slipping. She began to walk away, clenching her teeth while swiping the buildings away, bit by bit, until the Megaopolan landscape took their place.

"A-And I'll grow up to be a Champion, be a doctor..."

Her voice cracked, a burning sensation in her throat that she swallowed back down, now punching a hole where the fenced in community was, as it became the concrete jungle once more.

"A-And I'll get married to somebody who doesn't care what, have a million kids..."

Her voice cracked, raising an arm to the sun and closing her fist as the bright suun had turned a sickened ebony color, blotting out the landscape while

"And I'll be a better parent than they ever were, because I don't need them! AND I SURE AS HELL DON'T NEED THEM TO TEACH ME ABOUT HOW TO LOVE MY KIDS!"

Lucia was screaming, out of breath while facing the Megaopolan city, where it had all started at. She remained quiet, just standing in front of Doug, not talking. But after a moment of just standing there, she turned back around, back to the sulking mess that she was. Torn down to the most basic form of herself that she was.

A hurt, lost kid in a world that she wasn't sure where she belonged.

"Wh-Why don't they love me?" she asked, her grasp on the godhood available for the taking.

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Epic BugCatcher

Dr. Doug
He/Him
20 (40)
March 3
Viridian City, Kanto
It just works
Lt. Colonel, Medical Corps
AQUA Initiative
Dreaming
of our future
5' 11" (181 cm) / 180 lbs (82 kg) height
5' 11" (181 cm) / 180 lbs (82 kg) height
You're being healed. Please do not resist.
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John Sullivan
Dreams Within Dreams (SSG)
POSTED ON Jul 22, 2024 20:25:39 GMT
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Dreams within Dreams


ft.


She was adorable, in a terribly sad and depressing way, but adorable nonetheless.

He held her hand gently, smiling down at her as she guided him through her school. Was this the blueberry academy he had heard so much about? It certainly seemed... highly technological, wow.

"Oooh, what's that? What's that?"

Whether he was capable or incapable of taking the power back, he never really noticed.





Cascarrafa was an interesting place. It's whitechalk walls reminded him of Sootopolis, prior to the takeover. The waterways, however, where wholly unique to the city, which given that it appeared to be right next to a bloody desert, sort of surprised him.

You'd have thought the city surrounded by an ocean would've thought of it first!

He followed after Lucia hand in hand, watching attentively as she pointed place after place.

"Woah... WOAH, why is that bag so expensive?!" The drip in Paldea was obscenely costly, sheesh!

As a delectable looking dish materialized on his hand, he glanced over it curiously before going to bite it— but it disappeared as soon as his teeth began to nibble on it.

"Huh. Guess that makes sense." He said, shrugging it off. Nothing had ever tasted like anything in his dreams before.

Lucia seemed a bit upset about it, though...

"Oi, oi, language, Lucy." He chastised gently, patting her back. "There's no need to fuss 'bout it. It's fine, ain't it? Ya can still show me 'round."




A home. An expensive looking home; indestructible, too.

"Lucy..."

It wasn't hard to guess where this was— even with the landscape altering in back to its original state.

A beautiful landscape became an alien skyscape. A gated community became a megalopolan concrete jungle.

Lucia's voice continued to crack and weaken... until she began to scream.

His eyes fluttered shut, jaw tensing as he craned his head back.

Fuck.

Wanting to help and knowing you were too late to do so— a privilege for the more fortunate, but a painful one nonetheless.

"Wh-Why don't they love me?"


His jaw set, as he slowly reached over for his doctor's jacket, plucking it off his shoulders before gently draping them over Lucia's.

"I don't know." He said, gently, before wrapping his arms around her in a warm hug. "But I love you. And Yuina loves you. And Hideo, and Eris."

He did not seize back the godly powers— but he did give them a gentle nudge.

The world pulsed around them, wooden panels rising over the ground like minecraft blocks, warm walls rising as the space around them became a familiar living room, sunrays and a gentle breeze streaming through an open balcony window.

"Even if you don't become champion, or doctor, or whatever, even if you just do whatever you want and become whoever you wanna be, marry whoever you love and have a family as you believe— I'll love you, Lucy."


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Madda

she/her
10
December 25
Cascarrafa, Paldea
??????
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Lucia Aldrete
Dreams Within Dreams (SSG)
POSTED ON Jul 23, 2024 3:31:28 GMT
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Doug's coat felt heavier than it had before hand, though it was a needed comfort all the same. Lucia sniffled, though felt a tad bit better once they embraced one more. This time, however, Lucia hugged Doug back with every last once of herself. The godly powers did make her strength slightly better than they would have been, though she was careful not to squeeze him to death.

"Thank you...I-I promise I won't ask for much."

She cried. Hard. Harder than the first night alone. Harder than when the Charmander had burned her her during the battle so long ago. Yet mixed in with these tears of pain, Lucia looked up at Doug. Her eyes stung, yet she buried her face in his clothing again. The scenery shifted to a familiar spot, the apartment that Doug had. It had everything, the living room, the balcony, even the far off room that she could recognize by the few decorations she had up.

Somehow, despite it being so little, it meant so much to her.

"D-Do you mind if I stay? Like at the actual apartment?" Lucia asked. The sadness still lingered, but somehow, she thought as if she could know the answer right then and there, but still wished to hear it. That smile did say everything she had wanted to hear though, as she hugged him again.

"I'll be the best roommate ever! I'll clean up, and do my laundry, a-and learn medicine like you! Just give me a chance and I'll pay you back for everything you've done for me, I promise!"

(Bonus post to tie things up with Lucia)


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Ghostfinch

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june 8
pansexual
scientist
grunt
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ameena abadi
Dreams Within Dreams (SSG)
POSTED ON Jul 23, 2024 15:21:11 GMT
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WILL YOU REMEMBER OR FORGET?

( The dream ends. You do not wake up quite yet, but you will be returned from where you were taken. )





You receive:


SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO REMEMBER

You may apply illumina to a single pokemon in your PC following site rules for interactions with illumina.

Since you have remembered, your mind is less stressed about the occurrence. But a tie has formed between your minds, and it is possible that you feel desire to connect once more. Side effects to remembering may include:

  • more likely to dream
  • more restful sleep
  • when dreaming, you are more likely to dream about your sleep study partner
  • unease about how safe you are when sleeping
  • narcolepsy
  • maladaptive daydreaming
  • traits of an obsessive personality, specifically thoughts/compulsions related to your sleep study partner
  • more emotional intelligence
  • less emotional intelligence
  • more likely to naturally connect to your sleep study partner's mind/dream together again


SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO FORGET

You may apply shadow to a single pokemon in your PC following site rules for interactions with shadow.

Since you have remembered, your mind feels stress about the occurrence, about something missing. Your mind seeks completeness in whatever form that takes. Side effects to forgetting may include:

  • insomnia
  • less restful sleep
  • sleepwalking
  • sleeptalking
  • nightmares
  • increased addictive behaviors, particularly that that is hedonistic
  • more likely to see hallucinations when sleep deprived
  • the unshakable feeling that something is missing
  • increased paranoia
  • more likely to naturally connect to your sleep study partner's mind/dream together again




Thanks for playing, kids. It's your choice on how the sleep study effects you. It can be as minimal or severe as you wish. You may choose to see a dream researcher about things, or another scientist, or a therapist, or a friend, or no one at all. Ultimately, I cannot control how you play things, but I do hope you will use this as a launching pad for more development. And please do tag me in the discord/in your thread if you revisit the dreamworld! I would love to read it.

There is neither obligation nor pressure to write with my character Ameena after this event, but I do guarantee a thread with anyone who wants it. Please do note that unless you should not have explicit knowledge about the steps of your abduction, but if you know Ameena ic, do feel free to be suspicious/blame her rather than trust her readily to help you with your super unusual crazy dream haha. ha. so many rocket canons signed up for this please do not kill ameena immediately


Your only obligation this cycle is to select REMEMBER or FORGET. Your posts should only be one word. You are no longer dreaming, so please do not continue roleplaying this scenario!
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Epic BugCatcher

Dr. Doug
He/Him
20 (40)
March 3
Viridian City, Kanto
It just works
Lt. Colonel, Medical Corps
AQUA Initiative
Dreaming
of our future
5' 11" (181 cm) / 180 lbs (82 kg) height
5' 11" (181 cm) / 180 lbs (82 kg) height
You're being healed. Please do not resist.
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John Sullivan
Dreams Within Dreams (SSG)
POSTED ON Jul 28, 2024 15:47:36 GMT
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