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[Noctourne Wonderland]

I am contemplating going for Gulpo *blub*. He seems *blub* like the kind of character that *blub* would be a smooth talker and smile *blub* convincingly while he secretly wants *blub* to eat you.

He'd be in charge of the spa, including the pools and hot tubs. He does not like Clawz on sheer fact that he's a cat and the chef.

Yes, Stevo! Do it!

And maybe snooty French Girania can run... um... the spa's giftshop? XD You know, selling bathsalts and moisturizers and haircare products (that only work on fish? XD ).

I always thought of Girania as Spanish, but French is cool.

Wait... Fish have hair? O_o Either way... lol

In the magical land of Somewhere, anything is possible. *nods*

Marens have to earn some Blue Chips, so everyone have a particular thing to do - to lure dreamers into his or hers or its part of the Somewhere, entartain the said dreamer and eventually steal his money. I think it's a decent start for a plot. Maybe some of the marens would have a personal quest - something like a little kink? (Bomamba innocently hids some peculiar blueprints) - so that dreamers are never bored.
I think the main problem would be with dreamers. Because while marens' hotel is like one big crazy circus/lunapark/spa resort/zoo/scaryhouse, that is most likely to be bursting with activity (I know Bomamba's kitchen is), what kind of personal quests dreamers have? ike the reason they wandered near the hotel in the first place? It's up to the person who will be playing as dreamer to decide, but still...

I think that maybe we just should flesh out the basic concept of what each maren's occupation is, then get us some dreamers and see how would it all go.

I don't think the dreamers need a plot. Since they're representations of the hilarity that would ensue if we lived together, I think we should just let the hijinx happen.

[Sierra]

Right um, first, I'm not dead! I just... got sick. >_< Still am, kinda but WHO CARES I/WE HAVE THINGS TO DO.


Right, next, what have I missed... *goes back to try and read what she misssed* Ah, whatever, all these ideas ae great. What Maren slots are still open? (TAKE GULPO 99, YOU CAN DO IT) If we're getting kinda/sorta close to finishing the Marens, we can start making Dreamer profiles and deciding roomies.

NEXT! *opens inbox and begins to read/reply*

You guys are so creative and fun. I am reminded of why I joined this fandom in the first place. Everyone who has sent me stuff so far is full of win. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T.... Can get in line.

NEXT!

My own NiGHTS bio/ roleplay sample, for you all to enjoy and judge. (Finally)

NiGHTS is a bubbly and curious character, always looking for -or making- things to amuse him/herself. (The whole reason NiGHTS took on the job of caring for the building is because it sounded fun at the time) S/he always puts all her/his energy into a task when s/he decides to do it, to the point of zealotry. However, NiGHTS tends to get bored rather quickly, dropping things halfway through in order to find something else. NiGHTS is also exceedingly friendly, as new people tend to be interesting.. for a little while. Dreamers, Marens, or otherwise, it doesn't matter so long as they seem fun. S/he also can be helpful to others, depending on his/her mood. It's something to do, and s/he does want the building to be a success, after all.

But NiGHTS is still a Maren, despite his/her cheery personality. S/he is rather egotistical and slightly vain. (as evidenced by the huge bust of him/herself installed on the roof) S/he hates being told what to do, and likewise revels in being in charge. When bored, some of his/her tricks, jokes, and plots can be seen as mean-spirited, and rarely feels remorse for these 'pranks'. S/he tends to be sassy and cheeky in manner, but does not tolerate this in others. S/he's quick to anger, and sometimes holds grudges, for as long as s/he can remember she wants to. NiGHTS is also rather lacking in what Visitors call 'common sense', which can be seen in NiGHTS' 'creative' problem-solving methods, almost zero understanding of how Visitors work, and bizarre reactions to 'normal' things. This also makes him/her gullible, open to being the victim of tricks and pranks in turn. NiGHTS can be quick witted when s/he actually decides to be serious, though.

Other notes: Has a disturbing fascination with Octopaw. Loves to 'play' (read: torment) him/her.


*~Sample~*
WARNING: LOTS OF TEXT

The poor Dreamer was lost. He'd barely managed to get away from these white-things-that had glommed onto him two hallways and a staircase ago. Now he had no idea where he was. He looked behind himself nervously, hoping none of the things had followed him. They hadn't. Slightly relieved, he turned around again-
"Now what are you doing, hmmmm?"
"Eeeyaaah!"
Floating in front of him was a figure, dressed like a jester, its face an inch from his own and grinning. He screamed and fell backwards in shock. The jester simply laughed, then drifted close to him and stared. He gulped. Those huge, catlike eyes were kinda creepy.
"Oooh, you're one of those new Dreamer tenants, aren't you!?" The jester exclaimed, floating backwards. "You are, aren't you? How fun! When did you move in? Why haven't I met you before?"
"I-uh, err..." He stammered, still shaken. The jester had had very pointy teeth. Was it a girl or a boy, anyway? He couldn't tell. The jester frowned at him.
"C'mon, speak up!" The jester ordered. " You can talk, can't you? I'm the landlord, you know, and if you don't live here-"
"I uh, was thinking I might want to move in, and, um, so I was looking, er, around, except, um, nowIgottafindthetoilets." He replied, ending his sentence in a rush.
"Why didn't you say so!? Come on, get up! It doesn't do to have you just lying there. Up!"
Slowly, he did what he was told. He decided to think the jester as female, until he figured it out. No guy he knew would wear those colors. As soon as he'd stood, she smiled at him again. He stared. What was with those pointy teeth?
"There, now isn't that better?" She asked. "My name is NiGHTS, and as I've said I'm the landlord. What's yours?"
"S-Samuel." he answered. He was starting to calm down, although he was starting to wonder what he'd gotten himself into.
"Well, Samuel, it's good to meet you! I hope you decide to move in. This place is delightful, you know!" Something in how she'd said that made Samuel shudder. "Now then, you're a... boy, yes?"
"Yes..." He answered slowly, one eyebrow raised.
"Right then, let's go! The boy Dreamer toilets are off this way! Come on!" NiGHTS declared, and flew off. Samuel had to run to keep up. "Now then, you'll be wanting to hear all the fussy details about this place, if you're moving in." NiGHTS sounded bored. "This was once a high class hotel for Nightmarens, but then due to 'mistakes in management', it began to lose customers and Chips. The management then got the idea to convert it into apartments for Marens and you Dreamers, in order to make a profit." She suddenly brightened. "It's got all sorts of fun things to do, I like the dance club they've got in the basement, and ooh, they have the best restaurant here.."
Samuel stopped listening after a while, because he was trying to figure out how he was going to find his way back to the exit in one piece. Turn after turn; up a staircase, down a staircase, another staircase he had to jump because it only went halfway; now there was no floor, only a swinging rope...
"...And there's a Wizemart nearby, you Dreamers like those kinds of places, right? Oh, here it is!" NiGHTS suddenly stopped and faced a door. "I think we passed it before; Oh well. Off you go, to wash your feet or whatever you use those things for." She made a shooing motion with one hand. "Don't worry; I'll find you again, once I remember where the new tenant papers are, and you can move in! It was nice to meet you, Samuel!" NiGHTS gave a small bow, and then sped off, humming some sort of tune. Samuel just stared after her helplessly.
"How am I supposed to leave!?" He called after her. He got no reply.


*~End Sample~*

Although I called NiGHTS female here, I will generally use male pronouns for ease of reference. All you dreamers can call NiGHTS whatever you want.


We need an official name for the apartments. besides Mare Apartments. NAMING CONTEST GO!

[Noctourne Wonderland]

- The Wizeman-Astoria

- The Wristless Arms

- Inn to Dreams

That's all I can think of now...hmm....

[SmashQueen]

Maretopia? O_o Also, nice scene there Sierra. Heh heh. Hey, didn't I already post a semi-bio on Jackle? HMm... (read: Too lazy to check. )

Edit: Updating the List-ah!
~*Current List of Official Characters *~

• Wizeman (Lord of Nightmare, God of Evil, and Head of Wizemart): TRiPPY
• NiGHTS (Hotel Owner): Sierra/Kamui (Audition!)
• Reala (Dysfunctional Hotel co-owner) : TORiAS/Kamui (Audition!)
• Jackle (Bartender): SmashQueen
• Gulpo (Spa Owner?): Level 99 (?)
• Clawz (Restauraneur): Noctourne
• Puffy (Salon Owner?): WATERLiLYCAT
• Gillwing: Huruyami
• Selph: Narco
• Girania (Spa's Gift Shop Cashier?):
• Donbalon (Used Car Dealer):
• Bomamba (Chef): DARiA
• Chamelan (Casino Owner):
• Queen Bella (Tea Shop Owner): Meggiemaccat
• Cerberus (Pet-Sitter?): SiLENCE
• Owl (Concierge?): Dreamer #96
• Octopaw (Valet?): Ten

Also written in ten minutes is...

Jackle's Bio/Profile!

Everyone's favorite humanoid Secondary 'Maren is back and this time is serving up drinks in the hotel's basement. Jackle is immature, psychotic, and borderline homicidal even when you don't want him to be. He also has a mean streak when someone damages his mantle and, when not in the bar, he goes off to terrorize Pians and find out new games from Dreamers (outside the hotel mostly) before the Alarm Eggs/Awakers catch them. When playful he calls Reala "Ree" (or "Ree-Ree" or "Bun-buns" ...or even "Reeses' Pieces" if he finds out about the candy). His concoctions are iffy at least and if he offers to make your drink "happier" you're best off kindly declining, but promising to tell others about how awesome the bar is. Make up anything. A slight slip of the tongue and he might fall off his rocker and drag you into something unpleasant. Oh, and he likes violence. Be careful since there's a lot of things in the Waking he doesn't know about, and something like WWE might set off his "homicidal" switch. (For Pians mostly, but that's not to say he might throw a hatchet at you.)

Although Jackle is probably not one you'd want to approach, there are some ways that guarantee that he won't bite your head off immediately. For you see, much like NiGHTS this Maren gets bored quite easily when things stop being amusing. Not to mention that being in a bar all day isn't fun most of the time so Jackle needs a way to vent out all of his excess energy when things get dull. (Jackle likes the creepy old basement and power over his vic-, erm, customers when inebriated, what can I say?) If one manages to capture his attention (like it or not) one may be able to string him along and get him to do a variety of things from a little revenge to sharing a dance craze to - and you'll be real lucky to get this - get Jackle to allow you into the backroom of the bar where he keeps his *ahem* special ingredients. Just as long as his interest is kept...although it's ill-advised to stay with the Maren for over ten minutes.

Notes: Jackle's bar is under construction and day by day it seems to look more like his original lair. There is sometimes screaming coming from behind the backroom's door in the bar, although you're better off not knowing what it is.
(Subject to minor edits before RP is started.)
(For sample, see NiD Chronicles. Link in sig. >> Built up from there.)

[Sierra]

Yeah, you sent me something, via PM at least. That's good, too. ^^

Thanks for that btw, I was trying to update the list before.

Ooh, I got it! 'Dream Delight'!

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Oops, I never gave Clawz a personality description!

Clawz is a tad...eccentric. He's a hyperactive lunatic, but he takes his job as restauranteur seriously. Clawz is a perfectionist, and that can lead to psychotic episodes. The restaurant is very classy, with reds, dark woods, brass lighting fixtures, and crystal chandeliers, but Clawz is easily bored by the same quietness, and is always on a hunt for new ways to impress patrons. This can lead to explosions, spontaneous musical numbers, or flaming desserts, but Clawz just keeps going, always trying to top himself. Clawz's latest venture is trying to get NiGHTS to give him a revolving restauraunt beneath the giant NiGHTS head at the top of the hotel...

[SmashQueen]

Clawz's latest venture is trying to get NiGHTS to give him a revolving restauraunt beneath the giant NiGHTS head at the top of the hotel...

lol That's going to be one heck of a conversation... Although if the right strings are pulled, that NiGHTS head could spin out of control... (I'm thinking like Jackle now. >>; )

[Sierra]

Yes, yes.... Get in character, all of you.... XD

I like your Clawz NW, tho I bet if we threw in even more pyrotechnics it'd be awesome. (There's gotta be a reason he had so many firework in his Mare XD)

I was thinking Donbalon may need a new job, cuz face it: How many Marens would actually use a car? I can only really see Reala, cuz he's pimpin' like that. And with a zipline to Wizemart, how many Dreamers would need one? We could always stick him as regular entertainment in the casino, I guess... Ideas?

[WATERLiLYCAT]

My guess about Clawz's restaurant is that Cherries Jubilee is the only dessert on the menu XD

I was thinking Donbalon may need a new job, cuz face it: How many Marens would actually use a car? I can only really see Reala, cuz he's pimpin' like that. And with a zipline to Wizemart, how many Dreamers would need one? We could always stick him as regular entertainment in the casino, I guess... Ideas?

And Nightopians. With rims a'spinnin'. But I see your point, there probably won't be much room for that (Unless the car dealership is in the apartment, and his shtick is that he can't sell cars) So let's think of other jobs for whoever gets Phuckle to bounce off of*? Resident transvestite/casino entertainer perhaps?

[SmashQueen]

Maybe Donbalon is in charge of the dance floor? Music, maybe a snack table...

[Noctourne Wonderland]

I like your Clawz NW, tho I bet if we threw in even more pyrotechnics it'd be awesome. (There's gotta be a reason he had so many firework in his Mare XD)

I think we need fireworks choreographed to 'Swan Lake' during dinner. >: )

My guess about Clawz's restaurant is that Cherries Jubilee is the only dessert on the menu XD

You can't forget the Bananas Foster!

Maybe Donbalon is in charge of the dance floor? Music, maybe a snack table...

Disco Donbalon! It musit be done.

[Sierra]

Disco Stu-Er, Donbalon it is. HE HAS NO LEGS! WATCH HIM GET JIGGY WITH IT.

Swan lake+ fireworks also pleases me. :3

Btw, does everyone like 'Dream Delight' for the apartment name? Or are there other ideas?

[Dreamer#96]

I was wondering, just looking at the job list, does a janitor work at the hotel? I mean, there must be around a hundred messes a day there XD . I'm guessing there has to be someone that would clean it up.

[WATERLiLYCAT]

You can't forget the Bananas Foster!

And the cocktails will be served Molotov-style.

Btw, does everyone like 'Dream Delight' for the apartment name? Or are there other ideas?

To the casual dreamer 'Dream Delight' might sound like an escort service. Which might make it a bad name, or a really good name for the sake of comedy ("Is Reala the pimp?")

[Sierra]

I was wondering, just looking at the job list, does a janitor work at the hotel? I mean, there must be around a hundred messes a day there XD . I'm guessing there has to be someone that would clean it up.

I think there was a vague idea that Selph was to be the janitor, since he/she it has the proper ninja skillz to be one. XD But that was just one idea.

And the cocktails will be served Molotov-style.


To the casual dreamer 'Dream Delight' might sound like an escort service. Which might make it a bad name, or a really good name for the sake of comedy ("Is Reala the pimp?")

See, that's what I'm talking about. XD Thanks. Back to the drawing board!

[SmashQueen]

Wize Arms Apartments
Wize Arms Hotel (or Wize Hands..)

Makes sense since the hotel was for Marens before and everyone knows the King pf Nightmares... Although NiGHTS could have changed the name soon after taking charge. (Most likely. Heh heh.)

[DARiA]

Um, I guess I need to establish Bomamba's profile, no?


Bomamba is the chef in Clawz' restaurant, and is mostly seen in the ever-messy kitchen, where she hops and spins around her cauldron merrily, humming rather weird nursery rhymes as she cooks. She is your loving-caring granny from the gingerbread house, always happy to feed Dreamers so that they get fat soon. Why would she want this is a mystery, though.
She is quite dignified and nice, as a rule, but might get offended if you refuse to eat her special porridge - she put love and Shleeps into making it after all! She also tends to rant about "youth these days", and thinks that dieting is a horrible thing.

As any old granny, she has her little quirks and whimsies, one of them being her fondness of cats. Her kitchen is filled with furball cats, a jolly bunch of lively lower marens who just love Dreamers - or, rather, love to jump and trampler over them. It seems that she enrolled as a chef because of the certain cat maren being the owner in the first place... And you are really better not to attack the furball cats, or else granny Bomamba will get very, very angry. She could even use a soup ladle on you.
Bomamba also brews some potions as a hobby, and sometimes - just sometimes - she occasionally drops them into the porridge or confuse them with soups. Well, old grannies are quite forgetful sometimes, aren't they? And effects from the potions don't last long anyway, everything will wear off before the next night! Most of the times, yes. Or you can always remove them. Or... er... well, granny Bomamba will make sure you get a pretty princess to kiss you!

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Of my ideas, I like "Inn to Dreams" the best. NiGHTS puns are fun.

DARiA, your idea for Bomamba is great. It's very creative.

[DARiA]

Inn to Dreams, I agree, it sounds nice.
Even though the hotel is bigger than inn... um, it started as an inn, and grew into hotel?..

[Sierra]

Inn to Dreams, I agree, it sounds nice.
Even though the hotel is bigger than inn... um, it started as an inn, and grew into hotel?..

And then into a resort, and then into apartments...

I propose the former name being 'Inn to Dreams' and then eventually being renamed simply 'Into Dreams Resort Apartments' It also suits the 'Fandom Into Dreams' title XD

[SmashQueen]

True. Sounds great DARiA, Sierra.

We only need four more positions filled. ..Unfortunately if things continue how they are (wait'n'see thing), it may pop up back to 5 since I won't be around as much to control Jackle. Dang it... He's really awesome too...