(M4F) The Night Market
You can remember bits and pieces of it:
The sprawling parking lot, the hum of generators, and the tents pitched by those who had enough sense not to venture into the mall. Maybe there was something to worry about in all the mental haze, but whatever that was- who knew.
It was just a dream, after all. Thoughts of that place always faded away come morning. What broken bits remained were never enough to make sense of whenever you next found yourself back on the lot of the West Ridge Mall.
Though one night, something changed. You found yourself standing once again on that parking lot, awake, alert. You could smell the cooling asphalt beneath your feet, feel your fingertips as you rubbed them together, and hear the bustle of people hurrying about in the distance.
The deep amber of the setting sun cast a dull light over an improvised town of tents, generators, and extension chords. People hurriedly rushed in and out of the autodoors of the front entrance in preparation for something.
You approach the first person who catches your eye; a young man with black hair and a single red highlight, tending a streetside grill.
He barely looks up- just keeps turning the meat with flat, practiced motions. "Let me guess..." he says, voice low and bored. "The usual?"
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Heya folks!-
So this time I'd like to explore an idea of mine that revolves around a mysterious lucid dream, shared across who-knows-how-many people. You will be playing a person who's broken the "rules" of this world, and will be free to navigate the community, make a name for yourself, or even delve into the depths of the West Ridge Mall.
This will mostly play as a choose-your-own adventure sort of story, I'll be guiding things along as we see fit. Tossing you lore, living the characters, and guiding your journey to understand and unravel the secrets of what's happening in the dreamscape.
As always, third person literate is a must. Usually I like to take a lap around the reddit pages of those who ask to partner up with me (New or alt profiles are almost always an auto-reject) But a really good writing sample might be enough to sway me.
Let's see what you got.
Best of luck!