{ THE CORRIDOR OF DREAMS }

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The town was as empty as it always ways, but America hardly seemed to notice as she started the day. First she delivered the letters she written last night, because the post should be early. Everyone knew that. Upon her shoulder, Tubadiah flexed his wings and began talking about symbolism in a matter she mostly ignored but still absently appreciated.

Next was gardening, for the first time in quite some time (though she wasn't too sure exactly how much time) the plants were coming in healthy. Her hard work was paying off and every seedling was a little green joy across her days. Tubadiah mourned the lack of fruit and waxed poetic about things long past that would not be again for quite some time. Someday, though.

"We'll call it a raincheck!"

Next she tidied the houses one the left side of the northernmost street, it'd been a good month since she'd been by there and the dust must be something terrible. It was important to keep a tidy house waiting. People came back to tidy houses.

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EVENT 7: You drink a drink that tastes a little sharp and acidic. You dream a dream where you live in a post-apocalyptic world where all your friends have died. Your only companion is a talking minipet named (the character of the person who posted above you. If there isn't one just pick a friend of your character). They mostly say insane things such as (whatever garbled dialogue the post above you has). You deal with a solitary life alone.

 

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[ 8/10 ]

America scowled, and shouted at canine-esque "princess" flop about despairingly in his barely-there white robes, "Hey, can we stop with the theatrics and get out of here, already? I've got a job to do!"

Swooning he called down, "Pugs make this so heinous!"

"Did you just...!" The "prince" sputtered, "Listen up! If I was a dog I sure as hell would not be a ******** pug! I mean, have you seen me?!"

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EVENT 1: You drink a drink that tastes a little sweet-sour. You immediately drift off and dream a dream where you are a hero rescuing a princess (the person who posts above you, if nobody posts above you, you can just choose a friend of your character's). The princess says whatever garbled dialogue the person who posted above you did. If they didn't say anything, the princess simply continues to shout "save me" dramatically. You must woo the princess out of a burning tower and then escape (or something like that).

face your demons

bless

 

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[ 9/10 ]

Posing with her chosen wand, a supple 11 inch piece made of Black Walnut with a phoenix feather at its core. It was impressive and perfect for the witch she would no doubt become. Sticking it between her boobs, she pinched Leslie's a** as he dug around the bargain bins and posed for an ultra-Merlin style selfie. Or would have if Van hadn't decided that it was the perfect time to photobomb the important moment in her life.

Pulling her new wand out, America was about to get her first suspension and school hadn't even started yet.

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EVENT 10: You drink a drink that tastes a little citrusy. You dream a dream where you go to Pigfarts school of magic. You are sorted into one of four Houses (you pick the names) and you encounter a rival while you are getting your wand, and they are (the character of the person who posted above you. If there isn't one just pick a friend of your character). You say something to them and they respond with (whatever garbled dialogue the post above you has).

 

[Meegane]

Because more suffering ovo
[Post-apocalyptic]

Screaming all her way out the palace like room, the girl found herself kneel at a spacious room. No more nightmares, no more strange impulse of unexplained fear, she was fully conscious. Shu let herself collapsed on the ground, tears quietly dropped down and form puddles.

The Nian sighed with rare sympathy.

It sounded like ages until she stopped, but time didn't matter in the tower. Still sniffling, she thanked her weapon for the companionship with a broken smile. She used the sleeve of her hunter coat to do so. The girl with tear still stained on her face giggled and a weak smile followed. <謝謝, Z。> A language only shared by the two.

The girl found her stance and dusted herself, as if she can get rid of all the negatives. The two found a small door, even much smaller than the petite girl. The girl walked around the room and the table was just too eye-catching. "Drink me? Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" The girl tittered, the notes reminded her of the unforgettable moments in Wonderland. Shu looked at the twelve bottles surrounded the note, picked up one of it and examined the pellucidness of it, the beautiful loveliness of lime, a bit yellowish when it's under the light. There she had picked her first poison.

The drink had a sharp taste, burning her throat a little but she finished it and with a relaxed closing of her eyes, she let herself fell into the woven dream specially for her.

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Wind was blowing, the maiden pulled up her hoodie to block the sand dust. The world went into an era of desertification, oceans were disappearing and rain became a blessing. Her layers of clothes were drifted by the strong winds. Their island, once they could call home was gone and they had to hide up in a temporary base......in fear and horror. The horsemen won, they took over the world, cattled the humans for their fear. Hunters were treated even worse, once they became the p.o.w, they were destined to be the playthings of the clan. Conquest was better, they only looked down upon the hunters as slaves, War just made them into fighting each other for survival like dog fighting, Death didn't do much except human sacrifice.....the worst was Famine. Thinking of the deplorable clan, the girl's body uncontrollably shook and burst out in tear.

They were in a mission to rescue the caged hunters, but they totally fell into the trap. Many chose to die instead of being caught. They couldn't summon their weapons, they were like swarmed preys in a group of hungry beasts. She escaped, at the cost of her friends.

They were all died...like always, and all she got was a minipet called Miss. America that she rescued from the laboratory of the Famine Clan.

Shu didn't want to recall what she saw in the lab, the scene was just too unbelievably appalling: humans (weapons got separated) were yelling for their final peace, bugs creeping in and out their bodies. They were making them the nests. Some tied on the bed were like broken soulless dolls, there were millions of injection marks left on their arms and weird liquor instead of blood were bleeding out, it seemed to be alive. She wanted to scream but just in time her mouth was covered by someone, tears dropped down from his hand quietly for their misery. Unfortunately, they were discovered. The Famine alchemists grinned evilly at them, mumbling something like "more specimens" while he pushed her to the only exit not blocked by the malicious clan people. "Run! Never look back!" The war were tasting the blood of them on their daggers, while the famine enjoying their painful expressions when being poisoned.

Everything was over.

Believing she won't be the only survivor, she was heading towards another base that other hunters were rumored about. She was alert and tired-and alone. "Cheer up lady~" Miss America said with a light jump, maybe winking. "She" (Miss America insisted that) was weird, not a minipet can talk and name herself, but this one did. Although the maiden was skeptical of what she said, it was better to have a companion who could talk with her, since she didn't show any danger so far. "Are you alone?That's as easy as cake! Get a boyfriend~" Shu judged what she said with a raised eyebrow. "What did you just say....?" The minipet flew to her front and chirped. "Hmm, chance to get a hunter boyfriend is difficult nowadays, maybe you should expand your scope to the ponies?" The cat had her wings fluttered lightly to tell her good mood. "What?" Shu was startled but the minipet continued to bubble her idea. "Maybe a Conquest one? You are from Asia right? That's a great idea, I know it!"

Shu silently picked up Miss America, let her sat within her arms, burshing her soft fur with her hand gently and went on their journey.

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EVENT 7: You drink a drink that tastes a little sharp and acidic. You dream a dream where you live in a post-apocalyptic world where all your friends have died. Your only companion is a talking minipet named (the character of the person who posted above you. If there isn't one just pick a friend of your character). They mostly say insane things such as (whatever garbled dialogue the post above you has). You deal with a solitary life alone.

 

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Lifting her bride's veil, America whispered, smiling brightly at the other girl as she peered down through her special wedding glasses, "We're gonna be so happy, honey."

Shu gazed back up and answered by tugging her bride down for a sweet wedding makeout.

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EVENT 8: You drink a drink that tastes a little mellow. You dream a dream where you are getting married. As you walk up to the altar you realize the bride/groom isn't who you were expecting but instead, (the character of the person who posted above you. If there isn't one just pick a friend of your character). You say something to them and they respond with (whatever garbled dialogue the post above you has). A choice is made.

 

[Meegane]

Dream 2 - Princess Rescue

Shu woke up, found all just happened was just a dream. She didn't like it, a dream where everyone died, she felt like a bump was in her throat, it was very uncomfortable. So without hesitation, she grabbed a bottle next to the lime one and finished it.

It was of a a lovable orange, the drink softened her discomfort from a dream of reflection. It was somehow showing what her inner world was like. Forever loneliness no matter how cheerful she could be, she still reminded herself to keep a distance with anyone. Shu didn't want to kill anyone, her sisters were enough.

Then she recalled her another half, how was she? Was she happy? Was she enjoying her life? Her thoughts drove her consciousness away.

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Shu the knight opened her eyes and there was a tower in front. The girl dressed in light armor pieces on her chest, arms and around her knees was holding a giant hammer, she was so petite compared to the burning tower of Daruma Otoshi, but hey she got the best weapon. She stepped backward for a distance and saw someone caged on the top of the layer, and it was - "Miss America?!" She cried and just got back a happy wave, half of her body protruded out the small window.

"B-Be careful!" Shu yelled at the lady in a dress oblivious of how dangerous she was. "H-Hold on! I-It will be a little bit of vibrations!" The petite knight warned, she had no idea how to woo an over-excited princess down and she seemed to be caged, so the only way is to destroy the tower. Luckily it was layer after layer, that shouldn't be difficult if she worked it out with caution. "It maybe a bit scary, but you can trust me!" No matter how weird a minipet became a beautiful princess Amercia in just a few minutes, the feeling didn't changed, she already connected with her. Thus, she wanted her to stay away from danger.

"Are you ready? Here I come!" The little knight summoned her weapon from her necklace and hit on the first layer of the tower. The structure shook unstably as if it was about to fall, "Oh no, I mess up...." The girl murmured. To her surprise, it swung left and right and landed just right on the ground. It must be her luck, no, the princess's luck. The layer flew away like a slice of cookie and crashed under the pressure. "Are you okay, Princess?" She stayed back to make sure she was alright and got a wave again. Then, took a deep breathe and adjusted her stance. Shu swung her hammer a few time to gauge what strength she should use and adjust the angle. The layer needed to get out in perfect horizontal manner or they would be game over. A sweat dropped from her forehead of her nervousness. The tower was quite high and consists of thirteen layers, how an unlucky number. There two floors were out.

On top of the tower, the princess regarded that as a fun game and didn't feel the heat from the flame anyway. She chirped and cheered her little hero (ine) with kissy faces and promises. Oh please...Princess.... Shu sighed and dragged her hammer to get the third layer out. The knight comforted herself that it might be a good thing that the princess didn't care, that she won't panic. A panic princess might jump out of the window by breaking the metal bars. Lady's power should never be underestimated. The thought gave her goosebumps and she shivered from the head through her feet, she'd better not... "Soon you will be safe, DON'T attempt! Please don't!" The girl wrapped the area around her mouth up to replace a mini bullhorn. "Can you hear me?" She asked aloud, in normal case, this princess would break the bars and escaped by her own force, for sure. However, maybe the idea of being rescued by a petite female knight entertained her, she didn't take a move. "Ok, I come again, hold still~!" The girl swayed away another layer, someone told her why this tower is alternated with red, blue and white? Despite of her doubt, the work had to be continued.

Simple maths time, thirteen minus four equals to? Yes, nine more layers to clear. Even worse, the fire in the middle layers accelerated, soon, even the girl could feel the heat. She needed to be quicker but careful and calm at the same time. One mishit would cause a disaster. She gulped down the thought and swung her hammer, fifth, sixth and seventh were out but she was already soaked in sweats. Not only the heat or the intense exercise, but more like her panic and worry.

There came the most difficult part, the layers in fire, they were burned red and untouchable. Shu was afraid too, facing the fire like a lizard monster who stuck out its tongue at her. She spent some precious seconds to close her eyes and took some deep breathes, grabbed onto the shaft of her hammer unswerving and started her rescue work. When the eighth layer flew out, a debris surrounded by fire scorched her upper arm, right between the armor and the thick protective fabric. "Ouch!" She yelled, flinched at the pain. The girl didn't want more, but in her heart, it told her that she needed to. Her princess needed her.

Bearing with the successive pains from the scorching, the girl took down the next two layers. With the much shortened layers, she could see the face of Princess America clearly but also how furious the flame was. She was unable to get close into the 10cm zone around the tower. Luckily the long shaft of her weapon solved the problem. She didn't need to get that near to get rid of the two layers remained. Her clothes were full of holes here and there but she knew soon she would get to her princess, so she didn't care.

"Please squat down and cover your head!" There she finally reached to the top which was burning from the roof. The girl swung her hammer in a perfect horizontal cut to sweep just the top of the structure off. Seeing the princess was safe now, the knight de-summoned the hammer and lent her a hand. Princess America was in a slim fishtail gown but she still gave her little hero (ine) a big hug, it completely started Shu but she was too tired to react.

"We're gonna be so happy, honey." Her princess said and then - princess carry the little knight with a charming wink.

What? .... "aklfjkldsjfkljsdfkljdslfd" Shu was once again speechless.

Who says a petite girl can't be a hero.

Look at the beautiful princess that she rescued.

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EVENT 1: You drink a drink that tastes a little sweet-sour. You immediately drift off and dream a dream where you are a hero rescuing a princess (the person who posts above you, if nobody posts above you, you can just choose a friend of your character's). The princess says whatever garbled dialogue the person who posted above you did. If they didn't say anything, the princess simply continues to shout "save me" dramatically. You must woo the princess out of a burning tower and then escape (or something like that).

 

[Meegane]

Dream 3 - Faction Alter

That was really a weird dream and Miss America was in it again.

Shu knew that pretty lady in Deus, so it was possible that she was around, just she couldn't see her - or the drink took memories/ impression from her? The fun dream encouraged her to try again. The girl was cheered, infected by the enthusiasm of the lady. She picked up one with clear green, opened its seal and sniffed. Just as she expected, the refreshment sobered the girl up, like a gentle sea breeze. She took a small sip of it, let the coolness slowly filled up her body, bringing back her energy. And then, a gulp followed by a gulp, until it was empty.

She usually hated coldness, but the feeling that the drink brought to her was different. She didn't feel scared, it was a pleasant experience. Knowing that she was about to fall asleep, she automatically found a corner and comfortably curled up. "Good night, Z." She mumbled with a sweet smile, with her eyes slowly closed.

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.....What would be the dream this time?

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"Hey Shu! Shu! Wake up! SHU!" The girl sleepily rubbed her eyes and turned to Otto. "Professor X was watching you, how dare you fall asleep at his lesson?" The voice asked, a bit playful. "Lucky that no need for detention though, I promise to show you around, right?" The witch flushed at the teasing. "I didn't mean to! I am a good student! JUST-just too excited for today that I-Ididn't sleep well...." She pouted and muttered to the Barghest. "Don't mock me." Shu could remember she bought a tasty creamcake back on her first week in Amityville. The room was so messy that she tripped over something and her cake flew out of the window, standing on a boil's head, that's Otto the unlucky Barghest. That was how the two met. Seemed to be a sweet tooth, the canine only requested her to bring him confection regularly, in return he promised her a tour after lesson and that was the day.

As a sweets witch, knowing how to make confection was a must, yet, Shu was very poor in baking and even - well, that wasn't important. Anyway, knowing that Amityville had the best Patissier teaching cooking lessons, her parents sent the witch to the academy. The witch actually had potentials on confection, she had a decent tongue to judge the taste of the delicacies and gave constructive comments. "Where are we going for the first spot, Otto?" The girl eyes sparkled in excitement, the boil didn't reply but muss up her hair with a grin. "Otto! Stop it! Wait~ Where are we going? You didn't answer me yet!" The girl stomped the ground, cheeks puffed up and followed closely behind the taller Barghest. Her nose hit at the back of the boil when he stopped with saying. "Otto! That hurts!" She rubbed her nose. "Can you say that in advance please?" The two arrived at the - library.

The witch squinted, very doubtful about their destination. "You don't seem like someone who loves reading?" He turned his back to her, sound coming out form his direction. "There are some good recipe books....ok next stop!" The girl stumbled at the sudden move, but shortly caught up with the boil. Their next stop was The Gymnasium, where yelling and noises were coming out. That startled Shu that she only peeked in at the entrance, there were creeple sparing with each other, on their faces were enjoyment and joy. "You can have spars here, to train your battle skills." The boil left a short note before heading off again. "Eh?!" The girl took a last quick glance before ran to follow Otto.

The classrooms were skipped, and what followed was the offices where she could find all the teachers and staff members. The curious witch wanted to quietly sneak in, but got picked up by the canine like a cat. "Don't even try." And dropped her down. Shu's butt landed on the ground safely, but it hurt. The witch jumped up, dusted herself and dashed to fist at the Barghest, but her stomach interrupted.

It was lunch time.

Eating outside for a few days, it was time for Creepateria to be introduced. The embarrassed witch was led to it to have her meal, Otto got some slices of pepperoni pizza while the girl got three lovely pieces of raspberry shortcake, chocolate deluxe and a blueberry cheesecake. "Y-You eat that for lunch?" The girl beamed in happiness. "Hmm! The sweetness is enough for another seven to eight hours of activities~" The boil didn't want to comment and they finished their lunch with random conversations, he warned her of some dangerous and forbidden areas in the school.

After lunch, they did some walking, passing the Auditorium, a lake and a swamp. The mentioning of the Springs and Caverns entertained Shu as she hoped she would get a chance to visit those places. When he talked about the weeping forest, he paused abruptly to remind her be cautious of the Horsemen. To a girl never leave her homeland before, that was a new term. He was Otto, the grumpy Barghest, of course he didn't waste him time to explain further, he just told her they were dangerous and she should keep a distance.

Shu asked if they could go to the Town Hall, the boil rejected it shortly. With begging and lure, after a while, he finally nodded to her with a sulky face. The witch happily glomped him and wrapped around him arm to pull him out. A year two student should know the shops better and she could gather some useful information on them maybe. It turned out to be a happy trip, they went back to the school with bags of candies and eye screams! The witch couldn't believe how many favour they had and some of them she never seen before. Holding her eye scream and stuff, she jumped and hopped on their way back. "It's the greatest day!"

"Where are we going next?" The witch seemed to prove what she said before, her energy seemed never used up. "My room." He said. "Oh the dorms! Besides the reaper one, I neve get the chance to see the other three.....What does the Monster Dorm look like?" The sweets witch with a curious face chirped. "....I mean I am going to rest, the tour is over." Presently, the girl gave the boil an about-to-cry face. "No." She pouted and continued to look at him. "No! Don't make that face to me." He turned around but she got to his front again until he surrendered. "Yay~!" The girl made the hooray pose.

The boil wasn't happy being forced, his arms crossed tightly over his chest and he didn't look at her side at all. But that didn't bother the cheerful witch. "Hey Otto, how's the monster dorm? Is it big? I think it should be very spacious for big creatures like DRAGONS! Ours is very classic and delicate." Shu walked backwards while asking her questions cheerily. Noticing he didn't answer at all, the girl walked to another side. "Hey I am sorry okay. Please don't be grumpy, I will share my candies with you? The shop gets 5-star for the comment. What do you think?"

The monster dorm didn't disappoint the witch, the architectures reminded her of the ancient castles. She ran here and there, touching the wall like a scareling brought to the zoo for the first time. "This way, catch up." The Barghest that was still grumpy didn't bother to wait for her and moved inside. "Wow....Wow! WooooOOOOOOoooooOOOOOOOooW!" The witch exclaimed as what she saw, so big, so tall, so wide, she can play hide-and-seek here without a problem. The girl swirled around until the canine called again, asking her to keep close or else she would get lost.

Otto's room was tidy and comfortable, she looked around all the rooms and things she could see, warned by the Barghest a few times. Then they settled on a small couch where they carried out a Q&A session, one sided. While they did so, Shu took out her candies to share with Otto, as promised.

It was a really great day.

She believed tomorrow would be just better, her school life just started.

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EVENT 5: You drink a drink that tastes a little savory-sour. You dream a dream where you are of a different faction (pick and choose a different one). Here, you are shown around by (the character of the person who posted above you. If there isn't one just pick a friend of your character). They give you informative advice such as (whatever garbled dialogue the post above you has). You adjust to your new life.