the_campus | Who likes random dream jesters?

[For those who happen to be near the forest today, they're hearing a pretty little melody played on what sounds like a simple flute of some sort. If nothing else, it definitely has a very dream-like quality to it, and those who listen too long or too deeply may find themselves falling asleep.

For those who follow it to the source, they'll find the musician isn't too hard to find, though it might not be what they're expecting. The one playing the (invisible) flute is a jester creature of some sort, floating at least a foot off the ground with one leg crossed over the other and apparently sitting on nothing but air. The actual gender of the creature is nearly impossible to tell by looking over him/her/it, as if nature itself tried to make whoever it is as ambiguous as possible.

Whoever he is, he doesn't seem to notice you, only playing away for the little birds and other animals who've come to listen.]

((In terms of gender, use whatever pronouns you like! While I default to male, whatever gender you/your character assumes is the gender I'll be using the pronouns for, so don't be shy! As a note, this is also post-event now that it's over, seeing as NiGHTS does have a habit of playing, so doing it for a couple days isn't odd.))

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I have the feeling we're not talking about the same thing here. Any clues how I would do that?

[Rings, huh...]

Hm... just try imagining them, I suppose.

[Really, he's not sure. This isn't the Night Dimension, after all, and while he can fly through rings and activate them, he's never tried to create them before.]

Imagine them...?

[Closing his eyes, he does just that. Hm... rings big enough to fly through... The type of rings he can imagine are pretty wicked-looking things, twisted and gnarled. But is that really all it takes? He doubts it, somehow.]

[While it may not be the dimension of dreams, NiGHTS very much is a creature from it, and the body that Bakura inhabits certainly is human. As such, the rings he imagines appear just in front of the idly-floating gesture, causing NiGHTS to blink a little.]

...Not like that, silly! Those are useful for obstacles, but they won't help us much beyond that!

Ah, is that right? I can imagine something more out of a videogame if you like...

[He thinks of something from one of Judai's games - Nimble the Squirrel, about a super-fast sugar-high-esque squirrel. Quite a fitting game, really, for him to have.]

[And the thin, golden rings that appear are just as he imagines them. NiGHTS tilts his head a little, then nods.]

That'll do! Now, imagine a bunch of them around this place.

...un.

[Without thinking, he responded more like his host than himself, surprised that that had worked. Okay then. Rings everywhere!]

Perfect! Now, let's test your flying out! See how many Links you can get with them -- how many you can pass through in a row without letting a full second go by!

I can't tell if this is more like a storybook or a videogame... [Despite the snark, he dives into it unhesitatingly. This is surreal...]

Why not both? Visitors lose their memories of the Night Dimension, but there are always things that stay with them. Maybe those stories were made off what they saw from their own hearts.

[WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-]

Heh... That makes sense. A lot of books seem to work off dream logic.

Our logic seems to be more interesting than yours!

Mine? I never said I operated off of waking logic. I do what makes sense to me... and to hell with anyone who says otherwise.

But you're restricted by it. You can't shape this world from your heart, and everything is the same for you and everyone else.

Heheh... is that so? What a pitiful view of our world you have!

I wouldn't call it that! But I've never seen your world truthfully. I just know what I can pick up from people's dreams.

This isn't our world, exactly. You could call it a blend of reality and fantasy. But it's close enough that you can get the general idea.

It still seems boring.

[Yes, that is his main concern out of all the things that this entails.]

Hehehehehe... it is! You're going to have to get used to finding entertainment on your own, here.

Well, I'm used to that. I don't get to interact with Visitors often, you know!

But I mean, you can't rely on the environment either. Even you probably can't influence this place beyond a point! I'd bet on it.

I don't usually influence anything anyway. I'm not a Nightmaren, after all! I don't want to destroy anything.

[Up and down and around... that Link is getting high...]

You're pretty good at this!

It feels comfortable, somehow! Flying, I mean.

[Like he's meant to be able to do it. Maybe it's something to do with his nature as a spirit.]

I love this!

Who wouldn't? I'd hate to be stuck on the ground like you!

[It's still friendly and playful, despite the wording. One, two, three... and that's the final ring Bakura goes through.]

Let's see... your highest Link was 120. That's not bad at all, for your first try!

Heheh. It's not so bad, being grounded... but this is surprisingly freeing. The two can't even be compared.

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