1st Oath

[unlucky_hero]

[When the feed clicks it appears to be pointing down at a blue eyed Prickmane. It seemed to have noticed right away that it was recording by the way its ears perked up. Although its person must be oblivious still, so it chirped.]

Huh? [The voice was still off screen but in a few seconds he moved it.] Oh!

Geez, I didn't think it was going to start right away.. [Nervously scratches the back of his head. He didn't even have an introduction planned out yet or anything!]

S-so umm.. this may sound stupid but, what is exactly going on? I'm not too sure how much I believe this whole 'dream' thing. I mean for one thing, I haven't been suddenly in my underwear yet. And second, I've never heard of a dream that you can get hurt in before.

... Or can that sometimes happen? I don't think I even know anymore.

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[raisethemoon]

It can, and more frequently than thou wouldst think. Unless, of course, thou referrest to injuries which remain upon waking - that hath not happened for millenia, in my lands.

[unlucky_hero]

[Curious to hear about that story, but maybe not right at the moment] I was referring more to the actually feeling pain. I would hope it doesn't stay.

[Not when the Pricklemane appears to be affectionately sadistic...]

[raisethemoon]

Ah. Well, as I said, 'tis certainly possible. At least, 'tis so for ponies...

...regardless, that doth not mean this is a true dream. I hath my doubts.

[unlucky_hero]

[Well he's not a pony, so did it still count?]

If it's not really a dream then where are we? [This was all so dang weird, slightly more than what he was already used to, and that's saying something right there. May take some time before the confusion wears off.]

[eternalfrolicbond]

Hey! Welcome to town; I'm Lea.

[Now that things are settled, Lea wants to start saying hi to people; he should be friendly.]

Yeah, this place is real. It's not like regular dreams; we're all here together until we can figure out a way to get back home.

[unlucky_hero]

So it's dream, but we're not in a dream? [Oh.. kay. If whatever caused all this was some sort of major concussion he would not be surprised.]

[Kind of just shaking head and just going to assume that actually sense.] H-how many are here anyway?

[eternalfrolicbond]

I don't have a really good count. Less than fifty people, definitely.

[He needed to meet more of 'em, really.]

1/2

[unlucky_hero]

That sure is a lot..

[unlucky_hero]

[Gets a thought.] Wait, do you have an idea who most of them are? [There's no way he could have been brought here all by himself. Luck would never hate him that much.]

[colorbymemory]

The Realm of Sleep is a little different than normal dreams, but everything the Moogles said is true.

[Namine's just going to let that part about underwear slide for now in favor of helping the obvious newcomer.]

[unlucky_hero]

[... Good, doesn't really want to talk about that anyway.]

Even the whole thing about we can't leave yet?

[colorbymemory]

[She figured as much.]

Unfortunately, yes. We've been trying to find a way to all wake up, but...

[unlucky_hero]

No success, huh.

[Pin squeaks to cheer them up.]

I'm sure if there's anything I can do to help if you've tried everything, but I do need to get out of here eventually too.

[shadearchivist]

Greetings; if you need assistance, there are a number of people who would be happy to come help you.

As far as this world goes, the moogles' explanations are accurate.

[unlucky_hero]

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Looks like I got a lot to learn then..

[shadearchivist]

Is there anything I could help you with?

[unlucky_hero]

I think that depends if I knew where to start first.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

You're thinking about it too much. Don't tell me nothing strange has ever happened to you before?

[unlucky_hero]

... Maybe not this particular kind of strange.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

There's plenty of different kinds. If no one is dead, it could be worse.

[unlucky_hero]

If that is what happened again, I'd be in a ton of trouble. [.. Wait, probably shouldn't have said that, err..]

[video]

[the_mechanic]

The sooner you grasp onto the dream concept, the better. The weird just builds on top of it.

[He rubs the back of his head, and winces every so slightly.]

And yeah, you can definitely get hurt here, so don't do anything stupid to try to wake yourself up.

[At that moment, a komory bat flies in to land on Tony's head, chittering away in a lively greeting at the new person and his new dream eater. Hihihi!

Tony ignores it as best as he can, considering it has to hold onto his hair to keep balanced.]

[video] /soblate

[unlucky_hero]

... Ah, r-right. Noted.

[........ There's a odd ping here, and he's unsure why.]

[Pin wants to say hi too! But he can't really paw back. Lack of limbs for that sort of thing :|. He can squeak and wave his tail around though.]

[video] <3

[the_mechanic]

[Dingbat chirps back conversationally while Tony attempts to keep talking over it.]

I mean don't go pinching yourself unnecessarily or jumping off a building. A kick won't wake you and you can't go deeper, as far as I can tell.

[Seems everyone else has already covered the useful stuff.]

[Video]

[unlucky_hero]

[Mostly, yes. And at least ignoring the chatty bat is possible.]

I don't know if I would want to jump off of one even if it was a dream.

[For a moment, he thinks about that second part though.]... Can you go deeper?