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[flame99]

"Well, then, all preparations would appear to be dealt with, and it isn't as though we can't make adjustments later. Shall we board the Voyager, and set sail?"
Board Voyager.

[Ozarck]

Curious Cat Explore! Grey examines the various creations as they occur (retroactive), while avoiding any that smell of machinery or are large animals that might be dangerous. Cat Ownership Declare! Mark Territory - the tree, the stone tower,  the rock. Approach small dragon cautiously but curiously, whiskers atwitch.

[flame99]

((I don't suppose there's any chance this might be revived?))

[LuckyKobold]

(Possibly One Day...)

[Ozarck]

life took an awkward turn for me recently. my computer died. also, i am moving within the week. add this to my previous week long absence, and you get a sense for my likely posting habits. i'll come and go as i please, turning up when leas expected. much like a stray dream wizard  king at, i guess. if this is ever revived, i do hope to be a more conistent participant.

[Iituem]

Since I'm a lucid dreamer I reign this the f**k in. Then I attempt to use my dream powers to locate the Voyager.

Dave

You reign this shit the fuck in.  Broadly speaking.  [Lucid Dreamer check: 1d20+1 = 18]  Okay.  You're still standing on a giant tongue, but the colours around you seem a bit less maddening now.  You aren't a collection of dissociated concepts any more either, and you've got all your equipment on you.  Grand.

[Lucid Dreaming: 8+1] You try to just make the way to the Voyager appear, but it doesn't seem to be that simple.  You decide to journey along the tongue for a bit, and after a while it passes into a tunnel of blue and grapefruit.  Towards the end of this, you can see a crystal archway before a glass bridge across an endless black void to a grey mesa (for want of a better description) containing a tree, a massively ornate palace and a huge red tower - and the Voyager moored above it, waiting to depart.


Grey

You piss on various objects.  You try to piss on the dragon, who appears to be asleep.  It's not very effective.


Hastul

You are aboard the Voyager.  The crew is ready to depart at your command.  Where to, captain?

Spoiler: Laws of Physics (click to show/hide)

Mundane Physical Laws: The laws of Physics work as on Earth.
Gravity Exception: The grey plain of sand has a unidirectional 'down', exempt from normal gravity rules.  There appears to be a cut-off point for this.

Runes of World-Crossing: Seven runes, when inscribed on a surface in the correct order, will transmute anything placed in the centre into a portal to the Dreamveldt from the world it originated from.  If the same inscription is made in any other world and a Dreamveldt item is placed within, a portal will be opened as well. *
  Caveat 1: The item placed in the centre will be permanently destroyed to maintain the portal.
  Caveat 2: The portal is one way, either Dreamveldt > Other World or Other World > Dreamveldt.

Runes of Enchantment: A set vocabulary of runes.  When written in the correct order (obeying syntax), they will imbue an object with power or aspects of being as directed by the 'sentence' on the object.  A single word will 'broadly' imbue an object with the power dictated.  The vocabulary is quite basic, but covers important physical concepts. *
  Vocabulary:  Word categories include; Condition; Element/Concept; Verb; Form.

King's Exclusion: Each Wizard King has a series of mental switches they can flip, which will make their bodies and carried possessions stop obeying one of the laws of physics.  This only affects themselves and their carried items.  The switches are instinctually labelled. *

Creation's Binding: All creations of a King are compelled to obey that King. *

Rule of Unmaking: Any aspect of creation may be unmade by its creator to regain used Essence, so long as it is unmade in its entirety. *

Blood Magic:  Consumes vital essence (elan vital) from living creatures as fuel and medium.  Quantity determines power. ****
  Elan vital can be extracted willingly, or unwillingly through a lengthy ritual.
  Elan vital can be stored in enchanted gems (enchanted through a simple ritual).
  Spells manipulate transfer or exchange or life force.
  Spells can animate blood using elan vital as a medium.
  Can animate constructs (golems) using elan vital to warp inorganic matter to work as a biological analogue.
  Golems require elan vital as fuel, cannot create their own.
  Spells can manipulate the mind in broad ways, changing feelings and perceptions.  Strong minds can resist.
  Long term use of mind magic can have adverse physical effects.

Spoiler: Contents (click to show/hide)

The Sky - Standard, Earth-breathable atmosphere.  Stretches infinitely up. *
  The Sun - An orb of burning fire, far above the grey plain.  When its light passes through the sky, the sky seems blue.
  Deimos - A moon that rotates around the sun, blocking 24 hours of sunlight every 144 hours.
  Phobos - A moon that rotates around the sun, blocking 24 hours of sunlight every 144 hours.
  Chiron - A moon that rotates around the sun, blocking 24 hours of sunlight every 144 hours.

The Grey Plain - A plain of grey sand that stretches infinitely downward and horizontally in all directions.

The Void - An endless absence of anything, encircling this place's creation.
  The Bridge - A bridge of brilliant glass extending out into the void and ending in crystal archway 200m out.
    Leads to the Realm of Colours.


  Davidson's Arch - A portal to Davidson's world. *
  Shaiguju's Palace - A truly vast complex of marble and precious materials. *
  The Great Oak - 4m high, and the ground around it is fertile black soil, sprouting a variety of green grasses and bushes.  It towers over the surrounding forest, high upon the hill. *
  Shaiguju's Throne - An extravagant throne in gold, silver and red velvet cushions, seated before the tree. *
  Darssisth's Mound - A hillock of fused gold, silver and electrum jewellery and gems, very comfortable if you're a dragon. *
  Zorlock's Tower - A 9 storey tower of red stone.  Currently in ruins. *
    Lightning Shield - A technological electrical fence around the Tower.  Zorlock has the controls. *
    Drassisth's Rock - A hovel sized stone, resting beside the Tower in a heap of rubble. *
    Machine Shop - All the tools needed to keep the Kill-Simulators in good working order! *
    Patched Wall - Part of the wall was repaired by simply generating new stone. *
    Patched Upper Floors - Again, repairs made by simply generating new stone. *
  Resident: Velociraptors, Kill-Simulators

    The Voyager - Remodeled dirigible in yellow.  M1 Abrams Tank armour and gun emplacement serving as the armoured undercarriage. **********
      Runs on diesel.
      Laser gatling gun mount
      Driver force field
      Kill-Simulator charger
      Essence-binding pocket dimension - 0 Essence
      Warp drive
      Time machine(!)
      Contains copious deck space for cargo, several passenger quarters.  Lavishly decorated.
      Repurposed tank engine for turbines.
      Copious quantities of fuel in tank (6 months)
      Stasis Chamber (slaved to Hastul) - 6 months' selection of foods
      Tank w/ 6 months' drinking water

Velociraptors - Sapient, omnivorous.  [5 total] ***
  Mental compulsion not to attack the Wizard Kings.
  Humanlike vocal cords and flexible lips.

Kill-Simulators: - Murderous android death-bots.  7 foot tall, steel, approx. 3x human strength and speed.  [5025 total] **
  Non-sapient Automatons.
  Standing lightning shield bypass.
  Powered by electricity.
  Can drive tanks.
  Armed with glaives, pikes and longbows. *
 

Ivy Carmine (Prime) - Princess
  Exo-Battle Suit (melee, armour, light, internal atmosphere - battery powered)
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 )
Ivy Carmine - Princess
  Exo-Battle Suit (melee, armour, light, internal atmosphere - battery powered) *
Zorlock - Evil Wizard
  Demigodlike enhancements to strength, durability and agility. *
  Essence Map (displays a map of the Dreamveldt with Essence deposits highlighted. *
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 ) *
Hastul (or Hathul) - The Lord in Yellow
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 )
Grey - A Cat
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7)
Shaiguju - Wizard King of the Celestial Plains
  Demigodlike enhancements to strength, durability, stamina and speed. *
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 )
Dave David Davidson - Technomancer
  Disintegration gun.
  Goggles - Enchantments: See Lifeforce.  Read Dreamveldt.  [On-Activate:Rune-Increase-Sight]
  Skill: Lucid Dreamer +1
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 )
Darssisth - Shapeshifting Master of Dragons(!)
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 )

Essence: 5 Clumps

Spoiler: The Realm of Colours (click to show/hide)

A maddening morass of colours and concepts, barely making any sense.

Maddening: Long term unprotected exposure to the Realm will cause sanity damage.
Incomprehensible Physics: You have no idea how this place works.

[Ozarck]

Find the warmest, brightest spot in the area to nap in. Even if it's on the dragon's head. Or a nearby laptop. Or the kitchen table.

[Iituem]

Grey

You curl up in the engine room aboard the Voyager.  That would be the repurposed diesel tank engine, not the warp drive.  Or the time machine.  It hums pleasantly, and after stealing a few cold cuts from the larders you feel right at home.

[The Froggy Ninja]

Try to scan the local area. Try to pull some of the energy here into a ball.

[flame99]

Can I see Dave or the bridge? If so, wait for him to cross to the Voyager and board. Upon his boarding, declare we're setting off north according to the compass, and do so. Spend, at most, three months sailing into the void. If nothing of interest is found and we continue to sail through endless void, then at the end of three months, turn around and head back to the Gray Plain. Oh, and as we stop being over the plain, look down at the cliff along it descending into void. See if I can spot an end to it, or anything else of interest.

"We will be at sail soon. One last chance to adjust things as you wish. We won't be back for a decent amount of time."

[The Froggy Ninja]

((It's possible the protection spells that keep the monsters and stuff out wouldn't let me in. Also you can definitely see the bridge.))
Also try to cross the bridge.

[flame99]

Actually, on second thought, shorten our journey into the void to a month. Once that period's come and gone, sail for the essence deposits according to Zorlock's map.

[Iituem]

Dave

You flick the settings on your goggles and try to make sense of the local area.  The readings are maddening; they end up a confused series of glitches.  The only consistent thing that the goggles pick up is that there is definitely a low level permeation of essence through the area.

You try and pull some of the energy into a ball [Dreamer: 19+1], drawing strands of colour and concept into a fist sized ball of light.  It's all quite mixed up, but with a little effort you find that you can strip away meaning from the ball until you end up with a tiny, brilliant ball of what seems to be self-contained heat, light and electricity.  You could probably form newly drawn aspects of the colour into other shapes or forms as well.

However, what you have here isn't Essence, it's just the equivalent of a ball of lightning.  Certainly could be useful, though.

You hustle on through the crystal archway and over the glass bridge, taking the ball of energy with you.  It remains constant, although now that you're out of the Realm of Colours you do have to exert constant effort to keep it from dispersing.  You hop aboard the ship as it prepares to take off.


Hastul

The glass bridge stretches east along the map, terminating in a splotch of colours at the edge of the circle of void.  The colours shimmer with blue, indicating bound essence, but you have other plans.  You head north upon the Voyager, planning to travel for a month to see what might come.

Three days pass before you see a tiny grey island ahead of you.  You check behind you and, equidistant, there is another tiny grey island behind.  On the other hand, the Voyager's warp drive is humming as if preparing to jump.  Do you go ahead with its proposed jump north, or carry on until you loop back to the grey lands?

Spoiler: Laws of Physics (click to show/hide)

Mundane Physical Laws: The laws of Physics work as on Earth.
Gravity Exception: The grey plain of sand has a unidirectional 'down', exempt from normal gravity rules.  There appears to be a cut-off point for this.

Runes of World-Crossing: Seven runes, when inscribed on a surface in the correct order, will transmute anything placed in the centre into a portal to the Dreamveldt from the world it originated from.  If the same inscription is made in any other world and a Dreamveldt item is placed within, a portal will be opened as well. *
  Caveat 1: The item placed in the centre will be permanently destroyed to maintain the portal.
  Caveat 2: The portal is one way, either Dreamveldt > Other World or Other World > Dreamveldt.

Runes of Enchantment: A set vocabulary of runes.  When written in the correct order (obeying syntax), they will imbue an object with power or aspects of being as directed by the 'sentence' on the object.  A single word will 'broadly' imbue an object with the power dictated.  The vocabulary is quite basic, but covers important physical concepts. *
  Vocabulary:  Word categories include; Condition; Element/Concept; Verb; Form.

King's Exclusion: Each Wizard King has a series of mental switches they can flip, which will make their bodies and carried possessions stop obeying one of the laws of physics.  This only affects themselves and their carried items.  The switches are instinctually labelled. *

Creation's Binding: All creations of a King are compelled to obey that King. *

Rule of Unmaking: Any aspect of creation may be unmade by its creator to regain used Essence, so long as it is unmade in its entirety. *

Blood Magic:  Consumes vital essence (elan vital) from living creatures as fuel and medium.  Quantity determines power. ****
  Elan vital can be extracted willingly, or unwillingly through a lengthy ritual.
  Elan vital can be stored in enchanted gems (enchanted through a simple ritual).
  Spells manipulate transfer or exchange or life force.
  Spells can animate blood using elan vital as a medium.
  Can animate constructs (golems) using elan vital to warp inorganic matter to work as a biological analogue.
  Golems require elan vital as fuel, cannot create their own.
  Spells can manipulate the mind in broad ways, changing feelings and perceptions.  Strong minds can resist.
  Long term use of mind magic can have adverse physical effects.

Spoiler: Contents (click to show/hide)

The Sky - Standard, Earth-breathable atmosphere.  Stretches infinitely up. *
  The Sun - An orb of burning fire, far above the grey plain.  When its light passes through the sky, the sky seems blue.
  Deimos - A moon that rotates around the sun, blocking 24 hours of sunlight every 144 hours.
  Phobos - A moon that rotates around the sun, blocking 24 hours of sunlight every 144 hours.
  Chiron - A moon that rotates around the sun, blocking 24 hours of sunlight every 144 hours.

The Grey Plain - A plain of grey sand that stretches infinitely downward and horizontally in all directions.

The Void - An endless absence of anything, encircling this place's creation.
  The Bridge - A bridge of brilliant glass extending out into the void and ending in crystal archway 200m out.
    Leads to the Realm of Colours.


  Davidson's Arch - A portal to Davidson's world. *
  Shaiguju's Palace - A truly vast complex of marble and precious materials. *
  The Great Oak - 4m high, and the ground around it is fertile black soil, sprouting a variety of green grasses and bushes.  It towers over the surrounding forest, high upon the hill. *
  Shaiguju's Throne - An extravagant throne in gold, silver and red velvet cushions, seated before the tree. *
  Darssisth's Mound - A hillock of fused gold, silver and electrum jewellery and gems, very comfortable if you're a dragon. *
  Zorlock's Tower - A 9 storey tower of red stone.  Currently in ruins. *
    Lightning Shield - A technological electrical fence around the Tower.  Zorlock has the controls. *
    Drassisth's Rock - A hovel sized stone, resting beside the Tower in a heap of rubble. *
    Machine Shop - All the tools needed to keep the Kill-Simulators in good working order! *
    Patched Wall - Part of the wall was repaired by simply generating new stone. *
    Patched Upper Floors - Again, repairs made by simply generating new stone. *
  Resident: Velociraptors, Kill-Simulators

    The Voyager - Remodeled dirigible in yellow.  M1 Abrams Tank armour and gun emplacement serving as the armoured undercarriage. **********
      Runs on diesel.
      Laser gatling gun mount
      Driver force field
      Kill-Simulator charger
      Essence-binding pocket dimension - 0 Essence
      Warp drive
      Time machine(!)
      Contains copious deck space for cargo, several passenger quarters.  Lavishly decorated.
      Repurposed tank engine for turbines.
      Copious quantities of fuel in tank (6 months)
      Stasis Chamber (slaved to Hastul) - 6 months' selection of foods
      Tank w/ 6 months' drinking water

Velociraptors - Sapient, omnivorous.  [5 total] ***
  Mental compulsion not to attack the Wizard Kings.
  Humanlike vocal cords and flexible lips.

Kill-Simulators: - Murderous android death-bots.  7 foot tall, steel, approx. 3x human strength and speed.  [5025 total] **
  Non-sapient Automatons.
  Standing lightning shield bypass.
  Powered by electricity.
  Can drive tanks.
  Armed with glaives, pikes and longbows. *
 

Ivy Carmine (Prime) - Princess
  Exo-Battle Suit (melee, armour, light, internal atmosphere - battery powered)
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 )
Ivy Carmine - Princess
  Exo-Battle Suit (melee, armour, light, internal atmosphere - battery powered) *
Zorlock - Evil Wizard
  Demigodlike enhancements to strength, durability and agility. *
  Essence Map (displays a map of the Dreamveldt with Essence deposits highlighted. *
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 ) *
Hastul (or Hathul) - The Lord in Yellow
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 )
Grey - A Cat
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7)
Shaiguju - Wizard King of the Celestial Plains
  Demigodlike enhancements to strength, durability, stamina and speed. *
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 )
Dave David Davidson - Technomancer
  Disintegration gun.
  Goggles - Enchantments: See Lifeforce.  Read Dreamveldt.  [On-Activate:Rune-Increase-Sight]
  Skill: Lucid Dreamer +1
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 )
Darssisth - Shapeshifting Master of Dragons(!)
  Walkie Talkie (1 of 7 )

Essence: 5 Clumps

Spoiler: The Realm of Colours (click to show/hide)

A maddening morass of colours and concepts, barely making any sense.

Maddening: Long term unprotected exposure to the Realm will cause sanity damage.
Incomprehensible Physics: You have no idea how this place works.

[The Froggy Ninja]

"We should follow this path of your telemotor. But be sure you have the astral coordinates of this place at least and preferably the island. Also can we make a pit stop?"
Make a portal to my homeworld using my runes. Bring a random object from the ship. grab some protective headgear and write the runes [anchor-mind] to try and make some anti-insanity helmets.

[flame99]

"We should follow this path of your telemotor. But be sure you have the astral coordinates of this place at least and preferably the island. Also can we make a pit stop?"
Make a portal to my homeworld using my runes. Bring a random object from the ship. grab some protective headgear and write the runes [anchor-mind] to try and make some anti-insanity helmets.

"Naturally. And yes, we can."

Record astral coordinates/set waypoint/however I can ensure we can jump back to this location, and follow the jump. Take a look around wherever I arrive, and allow for a pit stop.

"I must say, we found something in the void remarkably faster than I anticipated. It's evidently much more interesting and varied than the name and first appearance would suggest."