MagiStream

You're amazing Swho! I really can't wait to see where you take this, because it's unbelievably clever.

Isobelle is so pretty and reminds me of one of those music boxes with a dancing ballerina inside, and I just so happen to love antique music boxes and grandfather clocks. I didn't even know it was possible to adopt Reina and Baird separately though, something told me they needed to stay together. x3 I loved their designs too much anyway to resist getting them both. Are they both half-giants?

I'm so glad you're looking foreward to it! And even I don't 100% know where things will go - it'll depend on the sort of bottles people use, and the choices they make. Which makes it pretty fun because I don't know what sort of outfits I will be drawing for the Misfits, events I'll be following and what I'll be writing until it happens xD

Though you know me Neko, I have some secret fun things in mind. Is it ok to admit I sometime dream of the Misfits when I've been drawing them alot?

And Isobelle is actually based on the dancing ballerina who lived in my jewellery box when I was a kid! I'm surprised you picked that up And that I hoped that Baird and Reina stayed together. They are both from the Realm of Giants, and are both half-giants.

There are two other characters who have linked backstories. I wonder if anyone will work out who? I'll give a special prize to the person who works it out first

Okay so, I'm still a little behind Posts might be a little staggered till I catch up. Sorry guys! I promise to work super hard until everything is back in balance! Also, I've decided Lovers Labyrinth will be fully open after all the new Misfits are awake. That way all the new Misfits can participate too if they want to, and it gives me a little time to catch up.

l337Lorelei:

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The little cap falls off with ease. Aura looks down at the bottle, just as a woosh of pink and white clouds envelope you both. They tickle at you but it's not uncomfortable. In fact, even though they're just clouds, they feel warm to the touch. The air is filled with the sounds of laughter and an elated choir singing in effortless harmony. You can barely see Aura through the hazy mists, but it doesn't bother you. In fact, nothing much seems to bother you right now. It's like the clouds themselves are wrapping you in a warm, fluffy feeling, that fills you right up till you feel like it might just explode out of you. As you're thinking about this, the clouds begin to clear - but you're not looking into the clearing before. For a brief moment, you swear you could see the sky, though a sky unlike any you've ever seen before. The pale yellow sunshine illuminates clouds of deep pinks and light candy colours, filling the world with beams of light that catch the dust and set them all asparkling. But it isn't the sky that truly catches your attention - Aura is floating above the clouds some way away, holding her hands out to you and smiling at you like you were an old friend she had been waiting to meet for years. You feel like, even though her lips aren't moving, she is communicating with you - and the sound of happy laughter is louder then ever - and then....

"Let Lorelei sleep, dear." It was a familliar voice, and yet, it somehow sounded... different. Lighter, happier. You open your eyes and once again find yourself staring into the face of Amie, this time your head resting on her lap.

"You're awake! You're awake! You fell straight to sleep as soon as the bottle opened. Aura went and caught you like wooooosh! superhero! There in a flash - it was amazing -" You pull yourself up as Amie talks excitedly, throwing her hands around wildly in excitement. You smile at her, before looking over to where you heard Aura's voice coming from.

And there she was, standing in the sunlight, smiling at you. She nods her head, as if to say, it wasn't all a dream. It was very real.

She walks over to you with a daintiness you hadn't seen before, and kneels down next to you both. She's still looking straight at you. I've been waiting so long to meet you, you felt her words. I'm sorry I was a little distant when we met. I was a little sad. But I'm not sad anymore. I don't think I can ever be sad again. the words echo in your heart, like tiny drops of water falling into a vast ocean. You found yourself feeling quite safe with Aura nearby.

Aura seemed happy that you understood her message. She laughed allowed and pulled Amie into a sisterly hug.


Small Version:

Oh! I love her! She looks a little saloon girl ish, mixed with a sugar plum fairy- and that's a good thing. And a ballerina. And a flower. AND AMAZING.
And is it... The Shinster and Aendaeleah?

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I sit next to Aura and smile down at the two sleepers. For the next few minutes I'm silent as I poke awkwardly at the ground, trying to put my thoughts into words.

"This is probably going to sound weird. The four of us together just feels... right. Like we've been friends forever- since we were kids, almost. Is that... weird? Like we were so close, and then... we had to separate, and now we're all back together again. Ready for some hijinks and shenanigans." I tuck a wisp of hair away from Amie's face.

"I'm sorry, that probably sounded strange. It just feels that way."I turn back to Aura.

The wind is starting to get stronger, and I shiver- but my arms are at least covered.

"Aura, aren't you cold? I wonder if there are any blankets here...?"I stand up and look around, hoping to find something to keep my friends warm. I spot a pink-purple piece of fabric stuck under what appears to be a steampunked out highchair.

"Ask and ye shall receive." I mutter as I pull it out from under the chair. It has a pink rim around the edge, with a pattern of a lamb everywhere. I stop.

"W-wait... this is my... no. That's ridiculous. They probably made hundreds of these blankets. I'm sure more than one of them got lost."I shake my head and bring the blanket back.

"Here. We'll have to huddle together, but it should work."

I took some liberties with the world- sorry. It just seems like the place one could find beloved childhood mementos.

Question: We're all here together, right? So we might run into each other?

Hmm... is it Airheart and MARK-12? Since they're both robotic-ish?

Aura is absolutely lovely! You have a great eye for design~

currently no time to write a story bluh bluh bluh so i'll probably combine MARK's transformation and the new misfits into the same post

I want to say that it's MARK-12 and Airheart but that's just because I love my little mechies.. >_>
But I was also thinking that Aura could know Isobelle?
Or Isobelle knows Airheart because of their similar hands?

EDIT: Looks like Silvre beat me to asking about Airheart & MARK xD

Well, they are Dreamtime Misfits after all Swho.

I really love all the different possibilities that this little idea can take though. Of course, it also leaves me so curious as to how all the Misfits would look with each bottle. I am seriously looking forward to watching how this all grows.

I thought it was pretty heavily implied that Baird and Reina knew each other (I also love that the goblin is frightened of Baird. xD), but in cause that's just a red herring, would it be Aura and Mark-12? Would it be two awake Misfits, or would one or both be asleep still?

Edit: Oh I see, Rosabelle and Isobelle, clever Swho.

bingbingbing! Mockingbird got it. Isobelle and Airheart are sisters You receive one token which can go towards two free bottles, a free Misfit, or a free use of the Lovers Labyrinth. Or, the Rickety Hut and Happy Barn when they're unlocked later.

awwwh! I had to mention, Lorelei that's such an adorable post! I think your Dreamtime is progressing in a really lovely way~

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Also, I'll let you guys decide whether or not you run into each other while you're in the Land of Lost Things - people who want to socialise can do so, and people who want some alonetime with their Misfits can be in Phased Lands. I wouldn't be surprised if there were lots of different versions of the Land of Lost Things floating around, all kind of on top of each other but not quite. So you could be in the same Phase as another player, or perhaps only see their ghosts running around - or be completely unaware that other people are there at all. There will be official areas unlocked later on where people can meet up, trade things and perhaps even agree to send their misfits into the Lovers Labyrinth together.

If people want to socialise alot - like alot alot - I am happy to make an RP thread where people can socialise as much as they want and focus on building up their stories and relationships with each other. You wouldn't have to wait for me to finish your art pieces, either, to interact with other players. And, socialising wouldn't fill up lots of pages here. Using bottles, making up new Misfits, finding items and building houses in that thread wouldn't be official there, but you could do it for funsies to try out things and play with ideas. And hey, maybe you'd come up with a really cool new place, item or misfit, you could suggest it for the official thread. just an offer if anyone would like it.

oooh, on the flip side of that, don't feel like you have to write written replies to my posts if you don't want to or don't have time! Your Misfits will still progress even if you just want to pop into the thread every now and again and don't want to post. I want everyone to have fun in the way that suits them best, so don't feel pressured. I really love reading people's posts and it is easier for me to tailor future events to suit the story you are creating better, but there is no right way to play.

I am totally biased though and love to write your stories with you, so please don't stop if you enjoy it just letting people know, not to feel bad if they don't want to play that way

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ehrmahgersh Neko, do you think that it was a self-fulfilling prophecy? What if I'm dreaming this whole thread up, right now, and this is some strange form of inception where I'm dreaming of Dreamtime awakening to dream of this thread....

...eherm. *cough*I knooow! I really love finding out which bottle gets used on who. Bottles also affect personality and powers, as well as the affect they have on Dreamtime, so theres around twenty potential versions of each Misfit currently... I wonder what would happen if a Misfit met their Opposite self xD

Baird and Reina do know each other, although they're not related like Isobelle and Airheart. And Baird is pretty intimidating, but he's actually a really jolly person. He just doesn't take any messing about and sometimes likes to scare people xD

Been meaning to ask, do you have more than one of a bottle in stock? For example, could I buy the bubbly bottle if someone else already bought it?

Mockingbird:

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MARK-12 is grinning at you, the kind of cheeky grin of a schoolboy who's just played an excellent prank.

Yes, Mark-12 was grinning, actually grinning, though that was not the first thing you noticed about him. It was like his whole body was encased in a second skin, a skin made of oil that churned in all the colours of a psychedelic rainbow. Under the surface you could see tendrils of colour moving and spinning around, like seaweed in a current. Upon his face sat a pair of goggles that looked like the eyes of a fly, and you wouldn't be surprised if MARK-12 could see like that now.

"Whatdya think?" he said, flexing his new shining claws that seemed far more deadly then his old, duller blades. "And this isn't all I can do!"

He spins around in a circle and an inky black liquid forms around his feet. And then he dissapeared into it, just like that - fell right through. A few minutes later, he emerges with some new materials to build with. "Pretty neat, huh? he says, glancing over to Airheart.

She is very much unimpressed and seems far more concerned with the fact the floor of the Mech Graveyard is now dotted with pools of oil.

"What an earth just happened? You almost drowned Mocking! and look at this mess!"

"It wasn't deliberate! Besides, no one could of known the bottle was going to do that. And I'll clean up later, it's no big deal."

You could swear Airheart was pouting.

"I think I liked you better when you weren't so energetic..." she sighed, crossing her arms and leaning back against the cart. MARK-12 grinned. He kept grinning. He did not stop grinning. In fact, his grin was only getting wider and wider.

"What?" she asked. Tink! Something clamped around her shoulder. She turned her head slowly.
Wylde looked up at her innocently, definitely not nibbling at her.

"Ahh!" Airheart exclaimed, wearing a look of utter shock. Something fluffy and soft landed on her other shoulder. Seven's hand.

She pulled herself foreward and ragdolled over the side of the cart. "oooooo~! Don't wooooorrry, that means he likes you~!" Seven's voice was as soft as a calm wind, it was almost hard to hear what she was saying. She crawled over to Airheart and used her to pull herself up.

"seeeeeeeeeeeeee?~" Seven flopped an arm above Wylde's head like a fishing lure. He looked up briefly, and then jumped at it, biting down like a shark.

"weeeeeeeeeeeeee~! I caught one~!" giggled Seven, running around with her arms up in the air, Wylde flailing about and refusing to let go. Airheart slowly sank down to a seated position on the floor. MARK-12 bust into laughter.

Yet, you still think the sound of MARK-12 laughing was the wierdest thing to happen today.





Small Versions

NekoKyu:

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You keep watch over your companions through the night. It is a little difficult considering Isobelle is in a completely different place then Baird and Reina, so you decide to settle down near her since you are sure Baird is keeping watch, even though he is asleep. You don't think that'd stop him if something happened.
You must of nodded off at some point, because the next thing you're aware of is someone tickling your nose. You twitch. Nope, still there. Tickle Tickle Tickle.

Achoo! You awake with a start and sit up. Isobelle is kneeling beside you.

"Sorry! Isobelle exclaimed, pulling her hand to her mouth to stop herself giggling. "I didn't think you'd sneeze!" She places her hands in her lap, tilting her head to the side and causing her hair to fall in cascades over her shoulders. "You picked me. I'm still not quite sure I believe it." she said with a smile. You can tell she was excited, although you think she was trying to hide it. Maybe she wanted to come across as the quiet, polite type, but you could see through it.

Past her, you could see Bairn against his pillar. He was alot more colourful now, and he was watching you with his own grin from a distance.

"Lets go meet them~" said Isobelle, following your gaze and getting on her feet. She offered you a hand - or well, her equivalent - and the two of you walked over to where Baird was standing.

"AHA! AHA AHA AHA AHAHAHAHAHA!" his voice boomed across the clearing, and a few Lost items fell off the nearest pile. The half-giant towered over you, far more intimidating now that when he was asleep last night. He slaps you on the back in greeting and rests his large hand on your shoulder, giving you a once over as he scratched his chin thoughtfully "So you chose Baird the Boarmaster as a companion, eh? Brave choice, brave choice! I approve, I approve." he nodded slowly, unknowingly rocking you backwards and forewards with the hand he had placed on your shoulder. He was clearly very strong. "OOoh, and who's this little lithe lady? What a lovely little lass you are."

"and you are absolutely terrifying." Isobelle replied, deadpan. She was standing a little behind you, but didn't seem to be all too scared.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Baird threw his head back and patted his stomach. A whole avalanche of stuff fell off the pile this time. "We four are going to get along famously. Now, let's go meet our priestess. She's a real charmer this one, quite the comedian."

Baird took you both foreward to meet Reina. He had his arm around your shoulders and did attempt to skirt a hand around Isobelle's waist, but she twirled away from him and almost danced over to the sleeping place of Reina.

Reina stood on the bed of raven feathers, her arms hanging down by her sides, her chin tilted towards the sky. Though she didn't carry the same air as Baird, she was still terrifying to behold. You think that she might even be more dangerous then Baird, though you didn't want to find out. She was looking at the stars until she heard you approach. Reina didn't move, but her eyes locked on the three of you.

"Hey Reina! What do you have to say to our new friend? Thinkin we should all head out drinking sometime. It'll be on me - you can all sit on my lap!" and then he was laughing again. You wondered if he was always so jolly.

Reina stepped down from her perch and walked over to the three of you. She looked you in the eye, and then walked by. Baird watched her walk away, grinning.

"She'll be here all week, folks! Or maybe not if she keeps walking."Baird winked at you, and whispered quietly, "Don't worry about Reina. She's a funny bird if you know what I mean." His breath smelt distinctly of mead. You wouldn't be surprised if Reina could still hear him as she walked away.






Small Versions

L337Lorelei:

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Aura and you snuggle into the blanket. It's big enough to cover your sleeping companions as well, which you think is very handy. Aura leans her head against yours.

"I don't think it's wierd at all." she replied, watching Shinster and Amie sleep. "I feel that way myself... like, I don't know, we're connected somehow... and we've been reunited after a long time. It feels like I'm coming home." her eyes close as she speaks. "Are you still cold? Here - I can do this -" Aura placed her hand on the blanket and suddenly, a wave of that warm feeling you experienced engulfs you. Amie smiles in her sleep, and you swear you saw Shinster twitch....

You wake up before anyone else this time. You look over to Shinrin to see how he was doing. Little tiny yellow and green flecks danced in the air above him, casting the blanket aglow. Suddenly he took a deep breath, inhaling all the little lights. You could see a burst of colour shoot through his body, his hands stretching out and his claws flexing. He sat up slowly, blinking his eyes in the dawn light, and looked over to you knowingly.

He smiled, taking your hand and pressing it to his cheek in greeting. Then he pressed a finger to his lips, looking over at Amie and Aura.



Small Versions

Silvrechan:

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"Sugar and munchkins, soda and pumpkins, fairies in the green! Restless elves and magic spells but all the sweets for me!" You wake to the sound of excited singing, but Aendaeleah is nowhere to be seen. You stood up and look across the clearing - it takes a few moments until you realise she's sitting at the very top of one of the heaps of lost things. She's sat precariously on the top of an old rocking horse, that is held up by a dolls house and an old coffee table. Her little feet are kicking as she sings her little song.

Then, she notices you, and her face lights up. "I'm coming down~!" she squeals, tucking her little legs under her and tumbling down towards you in a ball. She lands in front of you, finishing with her arms outstretched to her sides, keeping her balance, very neatly. Her little hat bobbles as she lands. She looks up at you with a big smile, and then remembers to be very serious and salutes to.

"Aendaeleah at your service! We shall be going on many adventures together! Yessem Yessem!"


Small Versions

Bottles go out of stock when bought - I consider a bottle officially bought when the front page post is changed to show that a bottle is out of stock. I was a bit slow this week with correcting the front page but it'll usually be faster.

However bottles aren't out of stock forever! When the wishing well is unlocked, people will be able to make wishes to call back the bottles they missed out on or really really want. Bottles will occasionally be reintroduced every so often.

mwhahahaha, Neko you caught me :3 I will have to be sneakier in future~

also, I want to say thankyou for adopting, everyone! I think my art is improving a bit at a time, and it wouldn't be quite so much without Misfits

I smile at the Shinster.
"Hey Shinster, I'm glad you're awake." I keep my voice low so as not to disturb the others. They show no signs of waking up soon, however, and I would like to talk to him, just for a little. As gently as I can, I slip out from under the blanket.

"Over here." I move a few feet away, hoping the distance will be enough.



Lorelei is not doing well in writing today...


I, personally, would like to meet everyone else and their misfits as part of the story. But that's just me. Like, face-to-face, or reflections in mirrors/water/shiny things. Ghost-like things would be pretty cool, too. So, I think an RP thread would be nice.