ROLE: Elephant John

[saturations]

ELEPHANT JOHN

Today, regardless of wherever Emet-Selch is, he will soon receive a text message from Bass.

hey!! come thru!!

Emet-Selch doesn't really have time to question what they mean by this, because immediately a shimmery, yellow archway erects before him.

As Emet-Selch enters through the archway he'll find himself in what appears to be an empty street. Walking down this street leads to a towering building with an archway covered in greenery. This area seems to be sort of like a covered patio, with several stores lining the inside of the tower, though all the names are blurred out. One sells clothing, another sells food, another sells tourist trinkets and novelty items. And in the middle of these stores is a giant planter filled with a vibrant splash of technicolor trees and bushes.

Sitting on this planter is Bass. They lift a static-y, melting hand.

"You made it! Come here, I've got something to show you."

And they hand Emet-Selch a laminated piece of paper. It looks kind of like a menu for a restaurant.

RULES
1. Dream something up!
2. Decide who you want to send a message and send them that Dream!
3. It has to be someone different each week, no repeats. Sorry!
4. Don't tell anybody. Seriously.

After reading the rules, Emet-Selch will find that an image becomes the home screen of his phone. He'll also feel something... sticky... appear on the back of his hand as a temporary tattoo of the same image appears. Only you can see the phone background and tattoo, and they both persist outside of this area.

Once the brand settles in, Bass tilts their head.

"Oh. That's probably fine? Anyway, I'm here to explain if you have questions!"

Comments

WEEK ONE

[saturations]

DREAM DECISIONS

[saturations]

[if you can dream it, you can do it! but please do it by Noon PST/3PM EST on Tuesday.]

TALK TO BASS

[saturations]

[here they are! just chilling.]

[ktiseos]

Probably--

[he's immediately like. shaking his hand to try to get this weird little mark off of it? what the fuck is this. rubbing at it to try to clean it off...]

You may begin by explaining the meaning of this.

[saturations]

Nobody else can see that, just so you know. Just us. [they say cheerfully.] You gotta be a little more specific, explain what?

[ktiseos]

I don't care if they can see it, I can.

[it's garish why does he have to deal with this!

but he gives up on that with a huff, so that he can tap the rule sheet.]

Everything, ideally, but-- what, precisely, is the point of this.

[saturations]

Well, get used to it, big guy! This is your proving grounds.

[they kick their feets absently.]

The point is that we're trying to help balance the prism a little better. This'll help.

[ktiseos]

Oh, don't tell me you're still on that.

[a slight roll of his eyes, there.]

And in what sense is sending someone a dream meant to help the balance?

[saturations]

Y'know, that's a good question. I have no idea, because this was the prism's idea, and I'm just doing what it asked.

[and yes, they are still on this bullshit. you brought it on yourself, emet-selch.]

But you're gonna be using color, and that never hurts.

[ktiseos]

[he has never brought anything on himself in his life.

citation needed]

...of course it was.

[he shakes his head, exhaling.]

Fine. Precisely what are the guidelines, then-- I take it this is, literally speaking, just a dream they will have at night? And will this be at all restricted in terms of things such as level of detail?

[helpful to know if this is a broad concept sort of thing or one to get very specific with.]

[saturations]

[nodding.]

I think the way it works is like - you add color together, and I'll help kind of... solidify it? And you can come up with the general way you want the dream to go for them. You can tell them stuff, remind them of things, or just give them good vibes or whatever.

Uh - but they are dreams, so like. It might go kind of weird in practice.

[ktiseos]

Broader strokes, then. A little difficult to work with, but I suppose we have what we have.

[there absolutely will not be good vibes here unfortunately.]

[saturations]

Yeah! And - honestly, the better you get at this, the easier it might be to force it to do what you want? If that makes sense.

[ktiseos]

I suppose it does, yes.

[said with a light huff. it is the biggest pain in the ass to him for this color stuff to be tangential to his actual skills but undeveloped.]

Then I will have to consider the best person to test this on, for a first attempt.

[saturations]

Yeah! Or - well, you get two. Two people. Sorry, I should've put that in the rules, huh.

[they forget stuff sometimes.]

It was really short notice.

[ktiseos]

...all right, then, the best people.

[so, like.

one he likes and one he doesn't feel bad about messing with in a dream,]

[saturations]

[i'm glad this is the path he's chosen.]

Do you have any ideas?

[ktiseos]

For at least one, someone who will be likelier to mention it if they have a fairly strange dream. I would say both, but I do not wish to begin exhausting my contacts here from the start, and I may require the same later if I am able to gain better control over the results of these dreams.

For the other... I suppose my guidelines will be looser.

[saturations]

[still kicking their feets absently.]

That's a good way to start. You never know when you might need someone close to you. [...] You're gonna send someone a bad dream, aren't you.

[ktiseos]

Not bad, necessarily. But I ought to test the capabilities.

[and he feels better not doing that to people he's decided he sort of maybe likes just fine. let him live.]

For the former category, Percy, I think. We share a floor, and so I am likely to notice if he is off at all upon waking. For the latter.... Garou.

[saturations]

[they don't seem to really mind, honestly. you send those bad dreams if you want.]

Sounds good to me. This is all up to you, I'm just helping you send them along. They're really strong dreams, so everybody you send them to will remember all the details.

What d'you think you're going to send? It can be like... a concept, or you can be really specific? It might not turn out the way you want the more detailed you get, like - things might get lost in translation.

[ktiseos]

The former, I will likely be less specific with. Send him something odd, and see how it is interpreted, if he speaks of it... but the latter, I do believe I can find something of a message for. We shall see how that goes over.

[saturations]

[... this is so foreboding]

Okay, well you gotta tell me now. I'm dying to know.

[ktiseos]

He's seemed ill-behaved from the start, and has apparently threatened to eat my roommate previously. Something warning him off the consequences of rash action surely would not go amiss, though I will have to determine the appropriate colors.

[and since the color associations aren't default ic knowledge:]

Which is best applied to what type of purpose?

[saturations]

... Eat... [??????????????????????]

Uh. [hold on they're trying to like, work through this knowledge.]

So like - Scarlet is for force or anger. Amber is for warm and fuzzy feelings. Verdant is balance and healing, Marine is thoughtful and sometimes sad, Heliotrope is creative and kind of a liar, Metallic is confidence and sometimes stubbornness, and Crystalline is intellect and distrust.

So I guess maybe Scarlet? Forcefully make him ashamed of his behavior, I guess. You can mix other things in there too though.

[they didn't talk about sunrise? it's fine.]