+ Let's go for a dreamwalk! + [OPEN PLOT CATCH-ALL]

[mviw]

Who: Everyone who wants to participate!
Where: The Mindscape (and elsewhere in reality, if specified)
When: September 6th through September 8th
Rating: PG-13 to R for potentially disturbing, violent, or dark subjects.
Summary: Thanks to an explosion on the third floor, every time a person falls asleep, they enter the Mindscape...

The Story:
Plot information is here!

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Fiddleford McGucket

[mcgucket]

Mindscape

[Upon arriving to this particular mindscape, you'll find that it is really bright in here. Namely because everything is on fire.

Well, okay, not everything. The unnatural bright blue flames you see seem to mostly surround the whole outer edge of the mindscape, as well as appears to be attempting to consume a few of the doors and objects that one might find lying around. It won't hurt you if you come in contact with it, but staring straight at it for too long might make you feel like your thoughts are becoming hazy...

Otherwise, you should be able to recognize what is essentially two distinct hallways that you've been plunked down in the middle of. One looks just like the hallway you'd see on one of the floors of the Wonderland mansion to your right, while on your left, it looks like the inside of a shack, before pushing outward into a forest. The further in you go for that one, you'll find that this hallway has the most of those doors that are eclipsed by fire... or have creepy symbols of crossed out eyes carved into them, or god forbid both. The Wonderland hallway looks the most normal, save for a few doors that are still on fire, and one of those doors with the creepy crossed out eyes in this section for some reason.

There are normal doors though if you wanna open them and seeing what's inside, or you can try to brute force your way through the doors with the eye symbols or the ones on fire, but the owner of this particular mind might not appreciate this if you do that...]

Waking World

[This is for anyone who wants to attempt banging on Fiddleford's door in the waking world during the event, though good luck getting him to want to talk to you once he realizes what's happening or how many people have seen the literal dumpster fire that is his mindscape...]

[mviw]

[--Why is everything on fire?!

Ford shouldn't be here, admittedly, but it's a little too late to go back after seeing this disaster.

He explores the shack hallway first and halfway down its middle he tries a working, unmarked door...]

[mcgucket]

"--d'ya think? Looks kinda like ya, doesn't it?"

[Congrats Ford, you've stumbled upon Fiddleford's memory of the carnival the two of you visited. To be more specific, after the Ford of the past left the Palm Reader and is now being presented with the "Squash with a Human Face and Emotions" that Fidds found in the rejected gourds barrel. Nice to see that this memory was left untouched despite the... uh. Stuff that happened right before this particular memory.]

[mviw]

[Ford watches the memory, transfixed by the overwhelming sensation of nostalgia. he leans on the frame, careful not to get sucked into the memory, and chuckles warmly.]

Heh, that was a good one. Feels like a lifetime ago...

[He's tempted to enter and partake, but... he doesn't. He's already violating Fiddleford's privacy enough as it is.

He also tries to keep the light, fluttering sensation in his chest under control. It's not really working, so he shuts the door and moves on.]

[mcgucket]

[Are we going further back into the past of memories or forward closer to the present? Because if you want the door next to this one on the left, it's on fire. The one on the right of this one is not.]

[mviw]

[... Yeah, he's going to pick the one that's not on fire. The fire makes his senses go hazy, and holding onto lucidity takes a lot of concentration even for Ford.

He reaches out fueled purely by curiosity and opens the non-burning door.]

[mcgucket]

[It's the Bunker! It looks exactly the same as when the two of you were last working in there, right down to the one bed and the cryogenic tubes in the corner... one of which appears to have those blue flames that pervade the mindscape encased inside? Weird...]

[mviw]

... Guess I can't entirely blame him for that...

[He read the addition to the journal Dipper made after dealing with the Shapeshifter. He shudders to think what would happen if it was set loose in Wonderland.

Ford would rather Fiddleford not relive anything terrible, so he shuts that door and decides to head down the Wonderland hall. He's suspicious about the blue flames there anyway, though what he'll say when they talk next is another matter.

HEY FIDDLEFORD I WAS WANDERING AROUND YOUR MOST INTIMATE THOUGHTS...]

[mcgucket]

[Yeah I'm sure that conversation is going to go down just fine...

The Wonderland hallway is more clear, perhaps even a little more organized in comparison to the hallway depicting Gravity Falls. One of the first doors that has those flames crawling up it's sides here even has a word etched into it as a label: "NEVERLAND"]

mindscape

[naughty_nurse]

[ WHY IS EVERYTHING ON FIRE 2.0?! At least Ford is acting rationally, whereas Mikan is yelling in fear, and trying to find a way to get away from the fire. As a result, she's just going to try and duck into whatever hallway/door is closest, regardless of what creepy imagery it has.]

Eeeeeek!

[mcgucket]

[Congratulations, you found a door that leads into a room with lots of paintings on the wall... and all of the paintings are of eyes.

And all of them seem to be staring right at you and following whatever movement you're making in here.]

[naughty_nurse]

[... OH MY GOD SOMEHOW THIS IS WORSE THAN FIRE]

Ah... Ah... w-where's the exit?!

[Mikan tries to find another doorway, tripping every now and then.]

P-Please dont' looook!

[mcgucket]

[Sorry, Mikan. Regardless of the plea, the eyes follow her movement as she looks for another doorway that leads out of the room, until she finds one that has an eye symbol on it, though this one is crossed out. The eye paintings will suddenly turn to look in the opposite direction away from this door if Mikan approaches it...]

[naughty_nurse]

[SHE DOES NOT CARE WHAT'S BEHIND IT AS LONG AS SHE GETS THE HELL OUT OF HERE-]

Thank goodness! I can get out of here!

[She grabs the doorknob and yanks!]

[mcgucket]

[It's dark. Like, really dark.

The only source of light in this room appears to be from a hanging overhead lamp with a pull chord. Will you step into the light?]

[naughty_nurse]

...

[This is not going to end at all, is it?

With a great big gulp, Mikan inches towards the chord, and gives it a tiny tug.]

Please don't be anything scary...

[mcgucket]

[... Would a bunch of those crossed out eyes written in what looks like blood-red ink and the words "IT IS UNSEEN" now appearing before her eyes be considered too scary?

Because if so, we're so sorry Mikan, you don't deserve this.]

Mindscape time!

[romsapience]

[What kind of a mindscape is this??

Turing is not quite sure what to make of Fiddleford's mindscape at first, partially because everything is on fire. How did it get to be this way??

It almost takes a little bit for Turing to regain their senses and realize that they are in front of two hallways - one that looks like the hallway and the other looking...much more sinister. But which hallway to go to first?

In the end, Turing decides to go down through the Wonderland hallway first, to see if there are any clues pertaining to the mansion itself. So far it seems okay, save for a few doors that are still on fire and...was that an eye carved onto that door? They'll have to look at that one later.

For now, Turing tries their hand at opening up a normal door that is not on fire. What awaits them there?]

[mcgucket]

[A room of what appears to be schematics and ideas for inventions! It's wall-to-wall blueprints covering every inch of the room: you might even recognize the blueprints for the laser pistol you asked for him to build you!]

[romsapience]

[Woah! That's...a lot of blueprints! Although, it makes sense, since Fiddleford is constantly tinkering around with things. And - oh my! There's the blueprints for the laser pistol! He's really gotten far into the progress!

They wonder if there's any other interesting blueprints available, so they poke around in this room for a bit longer. What else is Fiddleford planning on making?]

[mcgucket]

[As examples, there is a design showing equip-able arms/legs for Wheatley to use (should he come back, that is), a giant monster robot(???), an electric banjo (nobody tell him that they already invented those in the future), some sort of elaborate housing den for one's pets (it doesn't say what kind, though there is a drawing of a raccoon in the corner?), a laptop and a very long series of coding to implement for it, and a security system for his room to keep out intruders.

There's also one set of blue prints that appears to have been torn apart into pieces though, littering the floor here.]

[romsapience]

[Turing takes some time looking at the arms and legs that Wheatley might have been able to use. They really missed him. While they're glad that he's away from this horrid place, a selfish part of them wishes that he returns, even if he doesn't remember this place.

They managed to tear their eyes away from that particular set of blueprints and glance at the other blueprints Fiddleford has here. It looks like he's really up to his ears in potential inventions!!

They look down, however, and notice the ripped up blueprints. Is there something that Fiddleford doesn't want to create?]

I wonder...

[Turing picks up the blue print pieces from off the floor, and, after a brief look around to make sure they didn't forget any pieces, starts piecing them together like a puzzle. What exactly was Fiddleford planning on making at one point?]

[mcgucket]

[An inter-dimensional portal, from the look of it! It's quite elaborate, detailing how the device would be able to access any dimension and allow for travel between them in the pursuit of discovering new worlds and life forms.

However, the moment Turing puts together the final piece that will allow him to see the complete blue print, the ripped up pieces of paper shake, before suddenly pulling away from Turing's grasp as it all swirls together to form a different shape out on the floor.

Namely, what appears to be an eye with an X crossed through it.]

[romsapience]

[Oh.

Well, then.

That's...different.

Turing is almost certain that the symbol - the eye with an X crossed through it - is important. But...is this something that they should bring up with Fiddleford? It is within his memories after all, and it's more than likely considered to be a private topic.

...should they approach the symbol? They should, shouldn't they? They walk closer towards this new symbol to get a better look at it.]

[mcgucket]

[That's probably not a good idea, Turing. When the robot comes closer, the symbol shrinks to a smaller size, before multiplying until there's at least five small crossed out eye symbols on the floor.

... And then they suddenly seem to rise upward from the floor, taking on a 3-Dimensional shape... or rather, as part of the hood attached to the shady figures that are taking shape here.

Maybe you should back away...]