Hi. I'm Sweeney (
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agonistes). I've been around a while. After the move to Dreamwidth, Dream of the Endless was open on the cast list, and I apped Dream in the July cycle.
I'm making this post for two reasons: the first is that newer players may not be aware of the particular scope of the Endless in general, and this Endless in particular, within Milliways. The second reason is that Dream has a pretty significant prior history in the bar that still affects some currently active characters.
As for the first reason --
We've all read
the FAQ for the game, but I want to draw your attention to
this paragraph about the Endless. As this says, Dream is a character with a LOT of power in Milliways, and I intend to tread lightly. I'm not likely to tag out much with Dream unless specifically requested, and any big change to your character is going to happen after OOC discussion and agreement between both of us.
(I'm about to enter the second year of a two-year graduate program, and I thus need to maximize what time for pretendy funtime games I will have. I also want to prevent misunderstandings about what Dream is and what he does, whether IC or OOC, as drama is both unpleasant and a massive timesuck. That's why I'm underscoring that I will be erring on the side of caution when it comes to OOC communication -- good and frequent communication is in everybody's best interest.)
Dream will be able to recognize your character (and will often take on an appearance that your character would expect to see -- see Dream's
profile for more about that), but Dream is not omniscient.
You do not need to run any in-game dream your character has, in or out of the bar, past me -- Dream is a function, not an autocrat, and people have normal dreams all the time. That's why Dream exists.
If you're not familiar with
The Sandman, Wikipedia is a good place to start -- try the articles on
the Endless and
The Sandman.
And since we've come to the part about story, might as well talk about the second reason I'm making this post, which is established narrative.
( older players will want to read this part )What I need from y'all:If you're a player whose character had prior history with Dream of the Endless, and if you want to carry over any aspect of their prior relationship with/to Morpheus, I would like a rundown of what that looked like. Links will make me love you forever, if you've got them. Please let me know below.
If you're a player whose character had prior history with Dream of the Endless but would rather this iteration of Dream simply ignore it, please let me know below.
If you'd rather not have your character or characters interact with Dream of the Endless, please also let me know below. I'm not out to ruin anybody's pretendy funtime games. I want your characters to remain playable and I want you to do what you want with your characters. It will not hurt my feelings at all if you'd rather not have your characters interact with Dream -- I just want to know that so I don't step on your toes by accident.
And if you have questions or concerns, please let me know below (or email at my mun journal at gmail, if you'd rather have a more private communication channel) -- again, clear communication in advance of play is a beautiful, beautiful thing.
