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Entry tags:
- #tdm,
- bleach: aizen sousuke,
- bleach: grimmjow jaegerjaquez,
- bleach: ichigo kurosaki,
- bleach: orihime inoue,
- final fantasy vii: aerith gainsborough,
- final fantasy vii: angeal hewley,
- final fantasy vii: reno,
- final fantasy vii: rude,
- final fantasy vii: sephiroth,
- gundam wing: chang wufei,
- gundam wing: duo maxwell,
- heaven official's blessing: xie lian
TDM #1
"Well, good morning, Sleepy Head,"
The voice was sweet and pleasant on the ears. You open your eyes to find a smiling face looking down at you. A face that looks human enough. Two eyes, a nose and a mouth, all in the right places. But something feels off about it...
"We've been waiting for you to wake. It's about time!" The nurse, for now that she's moved away you realise that she is indeed dressed how you would imagine a nurse would be dressed, continues to talk and fuss about the room. In doing this, she explains:
❝You've been asleep for such a long time! Several years ago there was an Event that caused many people to fall into deep, deep sleeps. Some woke within days or weeks of their fall, but there were some, like yourself, who have been asleep for so much longer. It's hard to tell just how long you have slept, and I fear the world you remember is very different now, but we are here to help you through your transition from Dream World to the Waking World.❞The nurse leaves and you are left alone. You will find that even though you have been in a coma for years, you are as physically fit as you remember. Any injuries you believed you had are gone now, as if they were never there. At the foot of the bed are clothes and any items you own. Take them. Go. The urge will take you. Once you leave, you will find you can not enter the hospital again, nor can you quite remember how you got out in the first place. All you can remember is the strangely haunting nurse and her words...
Welcome to Williamsburg!
The town before you is a hodgepodge of colour and style. No two houses are exactly the same. Some made of wood, or brick or even strange metals. Some are no more than holes in the ground. But all are warm and welcoming inside and not many are inhabited.
In fact you'll find that the town itself isn't that populated at all. The busiest place is Main Street. Here you will find all the shops you need.

From food to beauty and fashion and furnishings for home and garden, there is a café selling the most delicious of sweets and a pub that never closes. The Main Street is the place to be, if there is something you are lacking. And it is only a hop, skip and a jump from the Hospital and around the corner from everywhere else.
● [The Nowhere Inn] is the local watering hole where you can come and share a drink with a friend. Or, if just passing through, spend the night. Here you will be greeted by Bert, the owner and bartender. A seven foot tall bear of a man with a magnificent beard and a loud, booming voice! And a desire to one day create a cocktail that will take the world by storm. It's just a shame that not all of his little experiments hit the mark... Newcomers to the town will be offered a drink on the house. Choose wisely, as some of these drinks can often come with side effects, both good and bad.
✦ Apricot Smash: A refreshing glass of fruit squash. Made from the concentrated juice of a sour and sweet type of apricot, this is a simple and thirst quenching kind of drink. If asked nicely, this can also be made into a slushie! Anyone who tries this deliciously fruity drink will find themselves enjoying a chance to dance and/or sing at any given opportunity. (Side effect: It can cause insomnia.)
✦ Lemongrass Twilight: Made from spicy and sour lemongrass syrup, this mildly alcoholic drink is served in a tall glass with round, purple coloured balls of ice. The drink is a swirling green, yellow and purple colour. Those who try this drink will find themselves feeling very mellow and warm and more inclined to feelings of affection. (Side effect: It can cause headaches.)
✦ Mint Blast: Pale blue-green with light swirls and served in a wine glass. The drink is heavy on the mint and light on the alcohol, with even a little sprig of it resting on the rim of the glass. Drinking this will leave you feeling a chilled and shivery. A nice cuddle should soothe those chills away. (Side effect: It causes sleepiness in the drinker.)
✦ Blue Smooch: This drink is a deep blue with white, creamy foam atop. The drink smells like chocolate and tastes wonderful. It leaves the drinker feeling happy and optimistic, almost childlike. (Side effect: It is rumoured to cause truthfulness in the drinker.)
✦ Burning Wine: Pale gold with yellow-orange swirls, this mulled wine is served in a clear glass mug and tastes like cinnamon and oranges, with a hint of chili. It has a nice, warming burn as it goes down. This drink will put a fire in your belly and keep you toasty and warm through the cold nights. It may also make drinkers a little more amorous than usual. (Side effect: It can sometimes cause tingling and numbness in the extremities.)
✦ Frosted Starlight: Sapphire with silver flecks and glittering sugar around the rim of the glass. This is an intoxicating alcoholic drink that is only served in the evening and at night. The drink itself smells like coconut yet there is no coconut within the drink. The taste is almost floral, with a slight hint of grape. Those who have tried this drink often find themselves with the brief ability to touch another and see their surface thoughts. (Side effect: It can cause blackouts.)
● [Sugar ‘n Spice Café] is a peculiar place. From the outside it looks like any other store front, but as you enter and the little bell tinkles, you will find the interior to be bright and open. Warm colours and bright lighting, and from somewhere soft music is always playing. A very modern sort of café selling a wide selection of handmade sweets and pastries as well as an espresso machine.
For the next month, if you come in for a hot drink you can have your choice of their specially made, homemade cheesecake free of charge. Subject to availability, of course.
✦ Roasted strawberries and cream cheesecake: Made with a chocolate biscuit base, sumptuous strawberries and homemade cream.
✦ Coconut cheesecake with lime and passionfruit sauce: This zesty citrus cheesecake has a buttery base, creamy coconut filling and fruity lime and passionfruit sauce.
✦ Triple choc upside-down cheesecake: The name may say upside-down, but this cake looks right side up to us! Juicy raspberries give it a fresh bite and for the chocoholics - oozing sauce.
✦ Gingernut cheesecake tart with sticky maple pears: A creamy cheesecake with high visual impact for that special dessert finale to your dinner party.
● For those looking to add a little something extra to their wardrobe, they'd be best heading to [Dreams Come True Boutique]. For the month of April the clothing store will be offering all new arrivals free vouchers for up to three new outfits of their choosing. Within reason, of course. But most all of the clothes here are decently priced with an odd array of fashions from the very old fashioned to near futuristic.
● [Linlae Botanical Gardens] resides not far from Main Street. Part of the gardens are covered, housed within a large green house, but most of the gardens are outside and easily accessed. There is much to see here, from the [Hedgemaze] with the secret gazebo at it's centre, [Hanging Gardens] and the weeping willows reaching into the waters of a large koi pond. If you're lucky you might see a large white carp, said to be 2,000 years old by the name of Etherus. Who knows how long he'd lived in that pond, but they say if you catch sight of him it's a sign of good luck. And if you manage to see him during a full moon, he may grant you a wish.
There are benches all over, places to sit and take in the peace. But don't expect much quiet, the twittering of birds is a near constant companion within these gardens.
● [A Home]. As you explore you will realise that you're going to need somewhere to stay the night. Of course you could always go to The Nowhere Inn and wait until morning, or you could just... open a door.
87% of the houses within the town of Williamsburg is vacant, and well maintained, for many years. These houses wait for someone to come and bring life into them. Inside your pocket you will find a key. If your key doesn't fit the lock, that house is occupied, so find another. When you finally open a door, you'll notice that the key has changed subtly. That key is now unique and can be used only for this house. It is yours.
Some houses come fully furnished, some might need some work. You might even be surprised to find that the house is one that looks vaguely familiar...

● [The Nowhere Inn] is the local watering hole where you can come and share a drink with a friend. Or, if just passing through, spend the night. Here you will be greeted by Bert, the owner and bartender. A seven foot tall bear of a man with a magnificent beard and a loud, booming voice! And a desire to one day create a cocktail that will take the world by storm. It's just a shame that not all of his little experiments hit the mark... Newcomers to the town will be offered a drink on the house. Choose wisely, as some of these drinks can often come with side effects, both good and bad.
✦ Apricot Smash: A refreshing glass of fruit squash. Made from the concentrated juice of a sour and sweet type of apricot, this is a simple and thirst quenching kind of drink. If asked nicely, this can also be made into a slushie! Anyone who tries this deliciously fruity drink will find themselves enjoying a chance to dance and/or sing at any given opportunity. (Side effect: It can cause insomnia.)
✦ Lemongrass Twilight: Made from spicy and sour lemongrass syrup, this mildly alcoholic drink is served in a tall glass with round, purple coloured balls of ice. The drink is a swirling green, yellow and purple colour. Those who try this drink will find themselves feeling very mellow and warm and more inclined to feelings of affection. (Side effect: It can cause headaches.)
✦ Mint Blast: Pale blue-green with light swirls and served in a wine glass. The drink is heavy on the mint and light on the alcohol, with even a little sprig of it resting on the rim of the glass. Drinking this will leave you feeling a chilled and shivery. A nice cuddle should soothe those chills away. (Side effect: It causes sleepiness in the drinker.)
✦ Blue Smooch: This drink is a deep blue with white, creamy foam atop. The drink smells like chocolate and tastes wonderful. It leaves the drinker feeling happy and optimistic, almost childlike. (Side effect: It is rumoured to cause truthfulness in the drinker.)
✦ Burning Wine: Pale gold with yellow-orange swirls, this mulled wine is served in a clear glass mug and tastes like cinnamon and oranges, with a hint of chili. It has a nice, warming burn as it goes down. This drink will put a fire in your belly and keep you toasty and warm through the cold nights. It may also make drinkers a little more amorous than usual. (Side effect: It can sometimes cause tingling and numbness in the extremities.)
✦ Frosted Starlight: Sapphire with silver flecks and glittering sugar around the rim of the glass. This is an intoxicating alcoholic drink that is only served in the evening and at night. The drink itself smells like coconut yet there is no coconut within the drink. The taste is almost floral, with a slight hint of grape. Those who have tried this drink often find themselves with the brief ability to touch another and see their surface thoughts. (Side effect: It can cause blackouts.)
● [Sugar ‘n Spice Café] is a peculiar place. From the outside it looks like any other store front, but as you enter and the little bell tinkles, you will find the interior to be bright and open. Warm colours and bright lighting, and from somewhere soft music is always playing. A very modern sort of café selling a wide selection of handmade sweets and pastries as well as an espresso machine.
For the next month, if you come in for a hot drink you can have your choice of their specially made, homemade cheesecake free of charge. Subject to availability, of course.
✦ Roasted strawberries and cream cheesecake: Made with a chocolate biscuit base, sumptuous strawberries and homemade cream.
✦ Coconut cheesecake with lime and passionfruit sauce: This zesty citrus cheesecake has a buttery base, creamy coconut filling and fruity lime and passionfruit sauce.
✦ Triple choc upside-down cheesecake: The name may say upside-down, but this cake looks right side up to us! Juicy raspberries give it a fresh bite and for the chocoholics - oozing sauce.
✦ Gingernut cheesecake tart with sticky maple pears: A creamy cheesecake with high visual impact for that special dessert finale to your dinner party.
● For those looking to add a little something extra to their wardrobe, they'd be best heading to [Dreams Come True Boutique]. For the month of April the clothing store will be offering all new arrivals free vouchers for up to three new outfits of their choosing. Within reason, of course. But most all of the clothes here are decently priced with an odd array of fashions from the very old fashioned to near futuristic.
● [Linlae Botanical Gardens] resides not far from Main Street. Part of the gardens are covered, housed within a large green house, but most of the gardens are outside and easily accessed. There is much to see here, from the [Hedgemaze] with the secret gazebo at it's centre, [Hanging Gardens] and the weeping willows reaching into the waters of a large koi pond. If you're lucky you might see a large white carp, said to be 2,000 years old by the name of Etherus. Who knows how long he'd lived in that pond, but they say if you catch sight of him it's a sign of good luck. And if you manage to see him during a full moon, he may grant you a wish.
There are benches all over, places to sit and take in the peace. But don't expect much quiet, the twittering of birds is a near constant companion within these gardens.
● [A Home]. As you explore you will realise that you're going to need somewhere to stay the night. Of course you could always go to The Nowhere Inn and wait until morning, or you could just... open a door.
87% of the houses within the town of Williamsburg is vacant, and well maintained, for many years. These houses wait for someone to come and bring life into them. Inside your pocket you will find a key. If your key doesn't fit the lock, that house is occupied, so find another. When you finally open a door, you'll notice that the key has changed subtly. That key is now unique and can be used only for this house. It is yours.
Some houses come fully furnished, some might need some work. You might even be surprised to find that the house is one that looks vaguely familiar...
A Familiar View
It may have been immediate or it may take days for you to notice, but when you do...
The memories of your Dream World are coming back to you. It doesn't feel much like a dream at all. Those things that happened, those feelings you had, all seemed so real!
And then you find it.
It could be something as simple as a book, or as large as a building. You know this thing. This thing has been pulled directly from your memories, whether those memories are good or bad is entirely up to you. But there it is, as large as life, right in front of your eyes. What does this mean? Which world is real and which isn't? How did these things from that other world make it into this?
This is your chance to explore this new addition to Williamsburg. Maybe you will find the answers you seek? Or maybe you will be left with more questions. Just know that you aren't alone. It seems that almost everything in this world was pulled from another, brought here by 'others', and left here.
Maybe this new landmark, or item, leaves you with a warm feeling and questions are the last thing on your mind? Perhaps you would like to share with your friends, or even a perfect stranger, the joy that this thing brings you? Tell them your story. Share with them it's the history. Or maybe the feelings attached are feelings of anger, of horror and fear? Misery does love company, so don't go through with this trip down memory lane alone.
The memories of your Dream World are coming back to you. It doesn't feel much like a dream at all. Those things that happened, those feelings you had, all seemed so real!
And then you find it.
It could be something as simple as a book, or as large as a building. You know this thing. This thing has been pulled directly from your memories, whether those memories are good or bad is entirely up to you. But there it is, as large as life, right in front of your eyes. What does this mean? Which world is real and which isn't? How did these things from that other world make it into this?
This is your chance to explore this new addition to Williamsburg. Maybe you will find the answers you seek? Or maybe you will be left with more questions. Just know that you aren't alone. It seems that almost everything in this world was pulled from another, brought here by 'others', and left here.
Maybe this new landmark, or item, leaves you with a warm feeling and questions are the last thing on your mind? Perhaps you would like to share with your friends, or even a perfect stranger, the joy that this thing brings you? Tell them your story. Share with them it's the history. Or maybe the feelings attached are feelings of anger, of horror and fear? Misery does love company, so don't go through with this trip down memory lane alone.
Down the Rabbit Hole

You are stuck in The Corridor now.
And you appear to be alone. Or are you? As the buildings creak in protest you seem to hear footsteps. Is that a fellow waylaid traveler?
Before you can determine the direction of the sounds, one thing becomes clear to you: these homes and businesses, all that brick and mortar, seem to be closing in on you…
It is a gradual squeeze but you can tell that if you don’t get out of there you’ll eventually be crushed. As you explore this place where time and gravity seem to have lost all meaning and your senses may even betray you, you search for a way out or an end to this madness and that is when you finally realize that the buildings are taking shape according to your will. The more you panic, the more claustrophobic and chaotic things become. But if you remain calm and focus your attention you find you can tame the buildings back into their original shapes and places. Of course, it helps if you have a partner.
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To say Wufei is unsettled by the place he finds himself is putting things lightly. Still, the first rule of unfamiliar surroundings is to get your bearings, so he does exactly that. Which is part of how he wound up here, sitting at the counter and gazing down at his Lemongrass Twilight, half empty in his hand. He's clearly feeling its effects, as he lifts his glass to take another sip and doesn't level a glare on the first person his eyes land on.
Home Sweet Home [Closed to Duo]
There's just something about the place. He can't quite put his finger on it, but the building -- the home -- feels... right. Maybe he's still tipsy from the drink he'd had, but he goes up to the door and gives a firm knock. Every instinct is telling him to just walk right in, but that can't possible be right, and he's not drunk enough to just follow through on his instincts. Only enough to indulge himself a tiny bit.
A Familiar View
He's been here for a few days, walked this street a dozen times since then, but it's today that he finally sees the jade statuette in the shop window. A two-headed dragon, nestled into an old box with velvet lining to protect it. The Altron statue he'd been gifted before the war, for the express purpose of pawning it to fund his efforts.
He stops in his tracks when he sees it, with no regard to traffic on the sidewalk. As things are, people just flow around him like he's not even there, as he takes a step closer to the window, gazing at Altron. This whole place is just wrong. This shouldn't be here.
And when he gets a look at the price tag, his brow furrows. It shouldn't be that goddamn cheap, either. Almost as soon as he thinks it, he blinks and the price has increased, two additional zeroes added to the end of the number putting it in the actual ballpark it should've been. He stares for a few seconds before giving his head a hard shake. Of course it had always been that price.
Home Sweet Home
He rose to go and answer the door, plastered a friendly smile on his lips and when he opened the door there was a cheerful greeting right there on the tip of his tongue. That was choked off when he saw just who was standing on his doorstep.
"Wufei?!" Freaking Wufei Chang. At his door. "You're here too?"
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"Yes, it would seem so..." He rubbed at his chest, where he could viscerally remember getting shot right before waking in the hospital without a wound. If that life had been a dream, were these new 'memories' a different one? "This house seemed familiar." Better not to think about it. Right?
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But he pushed it aside with a grin and stepped out of the way to gesture Wufei inside.
"You too, huh? I was thinking a safe house, maybe? But I've never been in a safe house that was as nice inside as this. C'mon in, take a load off."
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Maybe that's why this place called to him. "It's certainly strange," he agreed. "It looks like traditional Japanese construction," he mused, shrugging off his jacket and hanging it over his shoes.
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After Wufei came inside, Duo closed the door and stepped further into the house. "Right? I don't really remember a safehouse like this. But what else could it be?" He paused and the shrugged. "Unless this is my house from before I fell asleep? Uhh... Hey, Wufei? What did you dream about?" Duo wondered if he'd had nightmares too.
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Once the water is on the heat, he turns to look at Duo, leaning back against the counter in a way that felt entirely second nature. "I dreamt of family, of war, of fresh peace and the struggle to keep it. And... other things. A different place, almost a different reality, but I only have small pieces of it. You were there," he frowns, tries not to think of Duo looming above him in the darkness, eyes glowing with desire. Nope. He does not need to think of that right now.
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It was when Wufei turned to him and settled against the counter that Duo had a flash of memory all of his own. Of pressing up against Wufei, pinning him in place. Of heated words and sounds of pleasure that Duo should not have been intimately aware of. He took a breath, shaky as it was, and made himself laugh. "What're the chances we shared a dream then? I remember a war. No family though. Just hell... and then..." A single shoulder was shrugged, because then things got real blurry real quick.
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After, too. He glances around the kitchen, remembers being held, holding, feeling warm and safe and... He makes a face as he remembers a white kitten with too many legs, and gives his head a firm shake. "We've never... had a pet, have we?"
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The Nowhere Inn
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But the man doesn't move to attack, so maybe the memory of flying through the air... maybe the whole thing really was a dream. Weird.
"I am. You are..." it takes him a second, tracing through the memory, following it. "Sephiroth? Apologies, it's still coming back to me. I think." He's not sure about much right now, and gives his chest an absent rub. The wound from Sephiroth's blade had been in the same place as the gunshot that 'killed' him in the dream world he remembers best.
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Sephiroth follows that motion with his eyes and asks, "are you alright?"
Beads of moisture slip down the drink and onto his glove. He sets this down and idly flicks his hand.
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Everything felt so real. His family, his home, his war. The life afterwards, drinking at the Christmas party, and then the time loop... after that, things are fuzzy, and he banishes his worries with another sip of his drink.
"Would you like a seat?" He offers, gesturing to the open spot next to himself.
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"Yes," and then after something of an awkward pause, "thank you." He slides onto the stool and crosses his overly long legs.
He takes a sip of the drink.
"How long have you been here?"
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None of it makes any sense. He turns to face Sephiroth fully. "What do you think? About this idea that some of us have just been lying in bed asleep for years?"
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"They want to control us." He doesn't sound happy about it.
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He's not so sure they're being controlled, but he also can't rule it out, so he just hums again, leaning towards Sephiroth a little, until their shoulders touch just a little. "Good luck with that, you don't seem particularly easy to control, and neither am I."
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These two drunken idiots...
A Familiar View
"What're we looking at?" Aerith asked him pleasantly with a gentle nudge of her shoulder to his to get his attention. There were so many things in the window, she had no idea just which of those things were what had attracted Wufei's attention so completely.
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"Were you asleep, too?" She doesn't remind him of his wife at all, and he rather likes that about her.
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"It's pretty," She smiled and straightened up to half turn so that she could aim that smile at her younger friend. "So they tell me. Doesn't seem right to me though, does it seem right to you?" Aerith had been thinking about this for a little while now. Vivid dreams weren't something new to her at all. But she'd never had dreams about people who would then appear in the real world.
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"You seem familiar, though," he says, glancing at her again. "There are some things I remember very clearly and others that feel... distant." Like he'd been drugged in the hopes he would forget, maybe.
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"Like a dream, I suppose? Not knowing anything about this world before the dream makes me wonder... But I'm sorry, I should introduce myself again, hm? My name's Aerith. Do you remember that name at all? It's okay if you don't." It would be sad but she knew that she would also do her best to befriend him all over again. Wufei was such a sweet and kind boy, she'd enjoyed their time together in her gardens.
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He nods again when she asks if it was like a dream, sighing softly. The name has his brows raising, though, and he nods. "Like a word, on the tip of my tongue," he agrees with a small smile. "And as you already know, I am Chang Wufei," he offers her a shallow bow. "It's lovely to make your acquaintance," though how he had befriended someone who seemed so soft -- and a woman, at that -- he has no idea.
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But Aerith pushed all of that to the back of her mind as she laughed and took a half step back to sketch a little curtsy right back at him, since they were being so formal. "Again," She teased him. "You'll make it again. We had so much fun, you and I." The temptation to tell tall tales and make up extraordinary stories was so strong! There was a hint of mischief in her eyes. But she laughed again and decided it would be best to be kind. "We were neighbours. I'd cook for you and you'd help me in my gardens."
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"That sounds like a very lovely memory," and he wondered if he would regain it, like he was regaining bits and pieces of other memories. Fighting Sephiroth, living with Duo, even a strange, cat-like creature. "Have you found your home yet?" Maybe they would get lucky and be neighbors again.
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