01: action -> video

[realmenknitplushies]

[First District, Traverse Town. Kanji's spent a little while getting settled in, but he's out and exploring right now, getting his bearings.
Or, at least, he is until trouble hits.
A mob of Nightmares. Nothing spectacular, a gang of Meow Wows, but it's enough to catch him off guard. How can anything so adorable be so vicious...! Then again: he's hardly unfamiliar with getting into a fight. Now, what can he use around here to take those damn things out with...

Shortly after, parked on the steps leading down to the town gates, he'll be making a call to get some more answers while he recovers a bit.]

...anyone getting this? Uh, hi, anyway. Name's Kanji - I got here earlier. And - I've got a coupla questions. About these guys.

[He pans the camera around to show his Pricklemane bouncing happily nearby.]

This little dude saved my ass earlier, but I don't know anything about it. Or about the ones who were trying to eat me. ... That's how it works, right? They're 'Dream Eaters', we're dreaming...

[Kanji logic, everyone.]

So is there anything I need to know? Like, how do I look after this guy? Does anywhere sell food for 'em?

...uh, and does anyone know who owns the café by the 'item' shop? The one with the chairs outside? I ... can't see 'em anywhere but I think I kinda owe 'em some cash.
I just... didn't exactly have anythin' else I could use, here...

Comments

[brodakota]

You pretty much have it, except they're dream eaters. The ones that attack are Nightmares and the ones that help you are Spirits.

Nightmares tend to drop spirit food, which looks like cakes and candy and stuff like that.

[realmenknitplushies]

Spirits and Nightmares. Huh...

The ones I beat up gave me cash. Guess getting food off 'em ain't any weirder than that.

[brodakota]

Yeah, they drop munny to. I don't really get it, to be honest.

But, trust your spirit. They're really handy when it comes to combat.

[realmenknitplushies]

[Technically, this isn't the first time Kanji's encountered the idea of beat up monster, get cash. What is it with these other worlds?]

Yeah... little guy just turned into an absolute wreckin' ball. Gotta say, I'm impressed.

[wavesinherheart]

I'm not there is anyone who owns it, actually.

[realmenknitplushies]

You think so? [He gives a sigh.] Man. That's a load off my mind... first day here and I already managed to wreck a thing, huh.

[wavesinherheart]

Well... I suppose if it was necessary?

[dork_of_keys]

Hi, Kanji, I'm Sora. Nice to meet you.

[Sora had encountered fairly weird logic in his travels. This is nothing.]

Actually, the Dream Eaters eat dreams, not dreamers. But that doesn't really change the fact that the Nightmares will do everything they can to hurt you. But the Spirits will help you fight them. Anyway... oh, here.

[And you have a text document coming through.]

That covers all the Dream Eaters I've seen, but I think there are some I haven't seen. The one you have is called a Pricklemane. They're not actually hard to take care of, although they can get into trouble sometimes. Kind of like having really smart pets.

And... I don't think anyone owns that cafe. I've never seen anyone there anyway.

[realmenknitplushies]

Nice to meet you too.

[Okay, Kanji's just going to skim the document for a second, eyes widening on just how much stuff there is to read-]

...dude, you're a life saver. This is gonna be helpful as anythin'. I ain't ever had any pets back in the, uh, real world, so I ain't really got any idea what I'm doing.

And ... that's a relief. I kinda broke one of the chairs over one of the big black cat things. I'm really gonna need somethin' better if the - Nightmares - are gonna keep trying to get me.

[dork_of_keys]

[Yeah, there's a lot. Sora would rather not think of how long it took him to compile that.]

I'm glad that helps. Yeah, they do need some care, but it's worth it. Not only the help in battle, but they're good friends too.

Hmm. I think you can buy weapons from the Moogles.

[Action] o hai

[guerriera]

If anyone knows who runs it, it'll be the Moogles.

[ The voice comes from directly behind Kanji, followed by the weighted footsteps of someone in armor.

The soft scrabble of paws is easily hidden as Carolina approaches, her aqua blue armor rather bright in the street, but its a very friendly pink cat-thing that peers at Kanji from behind her legs. A hebby rep peers down from her shoulder, a similar blue to her armor.

The voice is not unfriendly, persay, but it doesn't go out of its way to be welcoming. The tilt of her helmet as she inspects him doesn't help that either. ]

Re: [Action] o hai

[realmenknitplushies]

[He jumps a little at being addressed, spins round - well. Okay, so he'd seen armour like that on the video call, but in real life? It's - a bit intimidating, to say the least. Even with the utterly adorable (god, he wants to scoop that thing up and hug it) pink fruity-cat hanging around.

Still, he's not someone who's going to let himself be pushed around. A little defensive-looking, he looks the armoured figure over-]

Yeah, okay. I mean, they told me all that stuff comin' here, I guess it makes sense they'd know other stuff about the place 'n all.

[guerriera]

Aside from the Moogles, there aren't any shop keepers that aren't dreamers who are also stuck here.

[ Meaning...well, he doesn't owe anyone, except maybe the moogles but even that wasn't guaranteed - things had been destroyed before and simply reappeared later. Carolina had come to the conclusion that the dream world simply replaced it at will; that's what happened with crates in Twilight Town, after all. ]

And not all dreamers are human.

[ Meanwhile, Lela obliges Kanji's gaze by trotting out from behind her Person and mewing pleasantly, circling him with obvious curiousity. There was a faint huffle-chuckle from the lizard on Carolina's shoulder, but the armored human merely sighed faintly. ]

She's Lela, and this is Dax. [There was an obliging hiss] You are?

[action]

[trademark_skull]

[Emizel was not really paying that much attention what was going on. Some guy he had never seen before, so what. Honestly there probably had been several of those given how unsociable he was.]

[..Too bad his Meow Wow saw the new Pricklemane. Hi new friend, hiiii~]

--Moxie wait..!

Re: [action]

[realmenknitplushies]

[On hearing the yell, Kanji looks over - just in time to see his Spirit bouncing off in the general direction of the new arrival.]

Hey, dude, what're you - oh, huh...

[Okay, so it looks like one of the ones he was fighting earlier, but - ah, yeah, there's that symbol. One of the good ones, then... it takes a little before he notices its two-legged companion.]

...This guy yours?

[trademark_skull]

[Dammit Moxie, y u do this.]

...He is.

[Behold, the ferocious derp fluff. Tremble at its mighty wagging tail and beware its licks of death.]

[shadearchivist]

Greetings; I am Ienzo.

I'm afraid that no one seems clear on who owns that cafe, but I wouldn't worry about it. I believe others have covered your other questions, but have you found the hotel yet? Or another place to stay?

[realmenknitplushies]

Ienzo. Cool to meet ya.

And - thanks, man. I found the hotel while I was lookin' around earlier. Any other stuff I oughta know about this place? Anywhere else I need to know about? I think I've seen most of it, but I ain't sure.

[shadearchivist]

My friends an I run a tea shop in the fourth district, Miss Rarity designs and sews clothing, and another person makes potions and the like for healing. I think someone else might be doing something as well but I'm afraid I can't recall at the moment.

video;

[spaceracist]

[Emile doesn't usually answer calls with video (that's Carter's job), but looking at this kid's style, well, he figures Kanji can handle it. So there's a large armored figure with a skull carved into his helmet, simply bristling with weapons.]

Pricklemanes, sometimes you can pick 'em up by the tail and use them like a morningstar. What kind of weapon you usually have?

Re: video;

[realmenknitplushies]

[Holy crap, that's impressive, even by the standards of the armoured guys he's seen earlier. He's reminded of his Persona, a little...

He looks at his Spirit for a moment.] Seriously... that ain't gonna hurt 'em? [The reply being a happy squeak. Whatever its person wants is fine!]

[Looking back at Emile onscreen, now-] And I... usually just improvise, really, man. Whatever's heavy enough that it'll do some damage.

[spaceracist]

Don't think so. Never seems to hurt Rarity's, anyway. [And you'd think if anything a pony grabbing a Pricklemane by the tail and swinging it around to bop Nightmares would cause it some trauma. Yet hers always seemed happy afterward.]

Melee? If only he had a Gravity Hammer to lend.] You want a good maul, then. Light enough to carry, long enough to get momentum, heavy end to do damage. I'll keep my eyes open.

[unrecovered]

You used a chair as a weapon.

[Don't let that particular tilt of the head or the armor fool you - he's actually somewhat impressed. Not a lot of civilians think to do that.]

[realmenknitplushies]

Yeah. [Kanji looks back, wishing he knew what expression was under that visor right now.] It was the only thing I had to hand...

[unrecovered]

Not bad.