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yumemigaoka2024-05-09 07:46 pm
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Happy Dreamerversary!
YUMEMIGAOKA
May is always a dicey time to have an outdoor event in Yumemigaoka but this year it seems like luck's on everyone's side. The morning of the 14th dawns with bright blue skies, beaming sunlight and a refreshing breeze - in other words, the perfect weather for an outdoor festival! As it does every year, the Dreamer Union is hosting its annual celebration of the first Dreamer Awakening now fifty-one whole years ago! Damn! Today's the day the entire community comes together to say happy anniversary, Dreamers!
Part of the DU has been opened to the public for the event - while the upstairs beyond the second floor are still off limits, a number of informational boards with quick and breezy rundowns of the DU's functions and how it supports Dreamers are set up around the atrium and on the second floor. Some are informational, some are educational, and a few have trivia quizzes on them that you can answer at the front desk to get a little token for some free food at the event.
The majority of the setup is outside, though - something between a pop-up market and a festival, with colourful sparkling banners and materials lining each stall. Some are small, independant businesses from around Yumemigaoka, some are larger organizations who sponsor the DU (they've gotta keep the lights on somehow!) and plenty of food and drink vendors. A few indie artists from the community are also selling merch and art catered to their fellow Dreamers, with imagery and in-jokes that wouldn't really mean anything to normal folks.
Some particular stalls to keep an eye out for include...
- ⧖ Dreamery Creamery are serving up scoops of their ice cream in all kinds of crazy flavours with a massive array of toppings and cones for you to choose from. To make things more exciting, Dreamers Sage, Soleil and Prisma are all helping out at the booth and serving ice creams themed after their Dreamer selves! How does Soleil Sorbet sound to you? Maybe Sherbert Sage? Or are you going for Prisma Pomegranate?
⧖ Dice and Dash have a shaded area set up for people to sit down, take a load off and chill out with some board games! They've got a selection of games to borrow, but so long as they're not too busy, you're free to take up a table with your own entertainment if you've got it.
⧖ Dream Weavers, famous for their position as the DU's go-to tailor, is strutting their stuff with recreations of some famous and well known Dreamers' outfits! As well as selling their goods, they're also hosting a little workshop where visitors can learn some quick and simple cosplay and sewing techniques to see how these outfits get made. Dreamers Luck, Gungir and Hanako will all be volunteering and... doing their very best at the cosplay workshop!
⧖ Hybrid Colours is selling portable wares like canvas bags, keychains and postcards of the various prints/paintings available at the gallery! Since they only just arrived at Yumemigaoka, all the locations are international or from other parts of Japan. (Aleena will do face painting or hand painted 'tattoos' for kids, teens, or the daring adult and has a small table set up with a catalogue or 'surprise me!' option for it)
⧖ The Yumemigaoka Cultural Museum has their usual setup! As well as a truncated version of their installation explaining the Dream Sphere and its history, they've set up several dioramas of places in the Dream Sphere, recreated in miniature! There's some moving elements like miniature Torments bobbing around here and there and some cute interactive gimmicks, like a button that will raise and lower the water level in the miniature Vale of Sorrow or a switch to make the volcano in mini Fury Peak go kaboom!
⧖ Finally, a soundstage has been set up just a little ways away from the rest of the stalls with plenty of sitting room for the audience. Dreamer Ai-Doll will be performing a small set of songs partway through the day and the rest of its time will be dedicated to hosting a Q&A panel of a rotating list of volunteers to answer questions about life as a Dreamer or day to day goings on at the DU. Please be aware that both Angelica AND Chloe will kill you if you post cringe on main so be on your best behaviour!
There's lots to do and plenty of time to do it in - the event runs from 10AM and starts wrapping at around 4:30PM so everyone's got time to head home for work the next day. Dreamers will be able to attend the afterparty in the Dream Sphere if they'd like to but for the most part, that's this year's event wrapped up!
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With a very serious look on her face. She nods, quickly.]
Apparently, yes. I was browsing several forums and the general consensus is a catchphrase is very important.
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[ She sputters, but then quickly whispers again. ]
Isn't it bad then?! Aren't we in trouble? I mean, I-- um, I-I guess I've been a Dreamer for quite a few months now, but I haven't had a catchphrase at all yet this entire time..! [ Apparently someone - Illya, clearly - hasn't read the forums, hence why she looks so surprised and troubled by this sudden reveal of information from Junna.. ]
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[Or so Junna tells herself.
But worries! Worries tell her something else. She grimaces a little.]
I-It will all be okay!
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But what if we're too late anyway..? W-What if we won't be able to figure out our identity for a long time?
[ Illya sure feels like she hasn't figured out her identity. Even when she's Prisma, she just feels like herself more than anything else.. ]
I mean, um-- u-um, have you figured out yours?
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[Junna pauses, for just a moment. Her eyes blink, a couple of times, as she considers this.
Then, she forms a fist.]
...Maybe it should be more of a priority!
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[ Granted, Illya is exactly the sort of girl who goes along way too easily with other people - so of course that's her instantaneous reply to what Junna is saying. Forget thinking for herself. If Junna says it ought to be a priority, then it clearly has to be. ]
Maybe we can think about it together? Um-- I-I mean, even if our identities might end up being very different, I imagine the way you discover your own identity has to be somewhat the same for everyone out there.. [ She's wondering if maybe they should ask a Responsible Adult for help. Clearly those have their identities all figured out, right. ]
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Yes! Two heads are better than one. So... as Dreamer Sage, I represent knowledge! And understanding and mysteries and...
[A beat.]
...smart... things?
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[ Only Illya would find it cool. She's just a touch too young to already think that anyone into stuff like that is kind of a nerd.. Most teens don't really reach that point until a year or two later.
Hence why her compliment sounds genuine enough here. ]
And also-- um, unique? I don't think I've met any other Dreamer that represented something like that. I bet schools would be super interested in a Dreamer like that for campaigns and all too, you know?
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Then she looks at her -- and smiles. Encouragingly but nervously. Unlike arm strength, she doesn't have an advantage here.
Could this be the blind leading the blind?]
What about you?
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[ She looks awkward even just admitting to it. Not that she doesn't think it's cute now - but it feels like a dumb reason for choosing something. Especially in the face of Junna's way more elaborate explanation. It makes her feel like it sounds like she put way less thought into it. ]
So I'm not sure what I should represent. I think your theme suits you very well! But.. um, when I think of myself, I'm having a real hard time thinking of any theme like that.. [ She just doesn't think there's anything special about her. And isn't the thing that's special about you what you should pick as a theme? ]
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[She thinks for a moment. Not that the association doesn't come to her immediately but she thinks about how to phrase it. A confidence boost is best here... and she also doesn't want to come across as dictating her identity to her.]
It makes me think of a prism. And, thus, colors. I think that could be something to focus on?
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The other is right about that one. It is what that name would make someone think of, right? A prism, like a thing that reflects many different colours.. ]
I.. I guess I do like colours.
[ Maybe a bit of a mild thing to say. After all, who doesn't like colours in some way.. ]
And I guess my attacks are kind of colourful? Like.. um, the energy balls I usually fire off are pink.. But I'm not sure if maybe 'colours' is a little vague compared to something more concrete like your focus, you know? It'd be one thing if I was good at art, but I'm not sure I really am.. [ Then again, the young girl definitely is the type to kind of feel mediocre - at best! - at everything. ]
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[She considers for a second. More complete...
She has to think back to a few science courses. Science isn't really her strong point in school. But...]
A prism can split a ray of light into many different colors. Or a few. Or combine them back, I... think. [She sounds less sure now.] But there might be something there.
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[ Because Illya sure wouldn't have seen it from a scientific point of view. She's just not smart enough for it. But she has seen a lot of various things in the world when she was younger, thanks to her parents.. So that's how she came across it. ]
It's a pretty idea, but.. maybe a little bit more difficult to put it into a coherent theme. Maybe I'll have to think about it.. [ She frowns a little though - like she finds the idea of thinking about all this pretty complicated.
.. but after thinking for a moment, she turns her head to look back at Junna, waving her hands almost frantically. Or at least apologetically. ]
A-Ah, it's fine though! I know it's my problem, and I wouldn't really want to bother you with it..
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[Junna smiles sheepishly. Maybe they're a little alike there, there.
She blinks though -- then she shakes her head, quickly.]
Oh--oh, no, it's all right! I don't mind at all. It's nice to be able to help, and... it's not a bother at all, really.
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[ There's a bit of surprise in her tone as she asks the other girl that.
But there's more than just that too. There's hope. Because Illya would actually find it kind of nice to be able to think about this together with someone else - it's just that she's learned to never ask for help. It renders a rather conflicting feeling within her right now. ]
M-Maybe we could set up a group then? I mean, not just for us, but-- for all still kind of new Dreamers like us who are still figuring this out. Maybe they-- um, they'd be having trouble with it too..? [ It's a scary thing to suggest, but-- she's trying! ]
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[She blinks -- she's a bit surprised by the question. But it's a good idea.
Even if... even if part of her internally screams at the idea of sharing her fears in a group. But--no, no, it would help Ilya, and it would help others, and it would be good.
She can do this!
Junna smiles, then she nods.] That's... a good idea. I think we should try. Newer Dreamers could use it, I think. And... sometimes it's hard to talk about some things with the more experienced people.
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Then-- do you know any other kind of new Dreamers?
[ Illya can think of a few, but maybe she should see who Junna knows too. It'd probably be good to have a mixed group.. ]
Or maybe some way we could reach out to new Dreamers neither of us might know yet..? I wouldn't want anyone to feel excluded. [ And Illya definitely sees Junna as the smart one here between the two of them! The good ideas person! ]
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[She hesitates for a second. Even if they pick the Dreamers they know best...
There's a selection bias, Junna realizes. That doesn't reach out to the quieter ones, the lonelier ones. The people who might need it most. She looks thoughtful.]
What if we posted about it online? With... a form, to sign up, if someone's interested? That way--that way we reach anyone who's at least in touch with the Union.
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[ See, this is clearly why Junna is the smart one. Illya just nods, clearly impressed by the fact she even thought of this idea in the first place..
.. even if there's still a slight obstacle. ]
But.. do you know how to do that..? [ Apparently Illya isn't really the type to post a whole lot of stuff online, given that she looks a little bit blank as she asks that question.
Then again, she kind of trusts Junna to have that ability. She can do and think of so many things! ]
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[Junna thinks about it, hand at her chin.
She did take some classes on web design. Nothing really involved, but... she could check the books and resources she had.]
I think I can set it up if I study a bit.
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[ Or at least - it fits her mental image of Junna, that's for sure. The other is smart! Of course she could figure it out if she'd study it a little bit, much more so than Illya thinks she herself could. She's not even all that handy with a computer, really, since she didn't grow up around them.. ]
If there's anything I can end up doing to help, please let me know..! I don't think it'd be fair to let you do all the work, it's just-- um, I think you'd be better at most of it than I'd be. But I don't mind lending a hand anywhere you think I could help!
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I'll ask, Ilya. But... I know you'll be a big help. And I know you're very good at it. And together, I think... we can make this happen!