Riliane & Allen wrote:
This looks very interesting, and I can see one of my characters fitting in very well with the plot. I'd love to join if you make it. ^^
As for ideas, perhaps some sort of overall goal is there for the characters, in both worlds? It keeps characters from standing around unsure what to do. And perhaps the goals could contradict, making it so more progress in one world means backwards progress in the other? I don't know, this is random ideas that happen when I get up this early. ^^"
- Haha, well, the plot is exactly what I need the most help with. But I like your idea, about how the goal in one world contradicts the other. Perhaps this can be worked into the story somehow... after I figure out what the story will be in the first place.
C6H12O6 wrote:
This seems interesting enough. Are you dead set on people literally popping into a new world? I could see this plot becoming something like this:
When the "fits" occur the people retreat into their own minds, tapping into true human creativity and imagination. While these fits happen the person has experiences directly related to their own desires [whether they consciously acknowledge them or not], be it meeting someone, have a spot of adventure, or shoot lightning bolts out of their eyes, I don't know. Anyways, as they wake up it's kind of like a dream--you forget it after a while. However, what if these people are actually tampering with their "waking" reality, their dreams and fits sometimes bleeding into the "real" world. It would be subtle at first. Some stranger says hi to you. You feel a bit weary that morning as if you'd been running all night ... But slowly there are strange occurrences all over the place. Strange creatures, mysterious deaths, disappearances under suspicious circumstances...Quickly you realize that your dreams may be a lot more ... potent. The worlds of your mind and your body are beginning to mix together. The problem is that you have no idea how to stop it--without killing your brain function, which you'd seriously not prefer. But for all innocent conceptions and feelings in the mind, you mustn't forget the bleak ones. But how can you fight an idea?
I totally expanded on that and probably went in a direction you didn't want. But it got me thinking.
- Actually, I was thinking all along that this other world could be something like a dream world. Maybe I should have elaborated more on that. Anyway, I thought that perhaps time could pass differently in the dreams, so that while the characters are busy running around the world for a few days, only one day or two could have passed in the real world. This will also make the dreams more tangible than just any old dream. Having the character's dreams be connected could somehow be worked into the plot too. And how their actions, interactions, and even their state of mind bleed into their real life... hmm, yes, I like this idea more than my original one. Like you said, mysterious and frightening things could begin happening, creatures passing from one world into another, somebody disappearing... maybe for a creature from one world to pass over into another, somebody from the real world would have to take its place?
Also, this got me thinking... I think that there could be something happening to the world on a much larger scale than their little adventures, and, working Riliane & Allen’s idea into it, it could have our characters working to set things right without even realizing it, and sometimes their actions would end up in disaster in the real world, while appearing to have set things right in their dream world. Perhaps something in their dreams is sending them signals of some sort, nudging them on the right path but never holding their hand, and making them figure things out on their own [and ultimately leaving them to make mistakes]. Am I making sense?
Oh, and, I forgot to mention something. I thought about the main setting in the normal world being in an orphanage, or at least a boarding school, since this will allow our characters to have easy access to each other. But while having them live in completely different areas could be a little more challenging, it could also end up being more fun...
What do you think?
fiasco @ Well, the RP isn't completely fleshed out yet, but I'll reserve you a spot if it ever gets on its feet. :]