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[baenyth]

Miraculous: Dreams

Prologue Outline

So, since the AMA was a bust and I'm feeling more invigorated to get back into Miraculous, I wanted to start off with explaining the outline for the prologue of a Miraculous RPG game I'm going to make called Miraculous Dreams. Let's go!

PROLOGUE: WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF HOPES AND DREAMS!

The game begins with Marinette waking up in her room from the ringing of a telephone, except it's not really. All her stuff is there, but the room is smaller, and her bed is on floor-level instead of ascended above. She goes to the ringing phone, a red and black-spotted rotary phone, and picks it up.

It's Tikki. Not just who's calling, but she's also the phone, she doesn't know what's going on, other than that she can't move. Marinette tries to think of what caused this, with last her memories before waking up being a bright flash of light everywhere and a shockwave. Marinette tries to transform and find things out, except that she can't, no matter what she does. What's worse is that she doesn't know Chat's number and can't get it, and the Miracle Box is missing and Tikki has no idea where they went off to! (For the record, the game takes place between seasons 3 and 4, after the New York Special.)

Confused, Marinette goes downstairs, phone-Tikki in her bag, and finds her parents. They're so glad to see her awake! Apparently she was unconscious for a week after the "Great Shift," as people called it. Apparently it was a bright light shining everything with a shockwave pushing everyone off their feet, then darkness, then suddenly a new world. Many people were displaced to different and exotic locales in this new world, and Marinette and her parents are currently in what's called New Paris. Or is it Neo Paris? People can escape, and on the outside it looks like a giant bubble of swirling energy, but no one knows how to stop it, and the United Heroez and others are busy with their own problems.

Afterwards, Marinette's friends and classmates come in, happy to see her awake! Well, some of her friends and classmates. Only Alya, Max, Markov, Mylene, Nathaniel, and Marc are there, and they explain where the others are:

Ivan's still comatose, like Marinette was.

Chloe's also here, but she's off doing her own thing.

The class learned the truth about Lila. Apparently she tried to blame the Great Shift on Ladybug and Chat Noir and convince the class to betray them in favor of Hawkmoth, and snapped and revealed her true self to them. Mylene apologizes on behalf of the class for not believing Marinette, and she forgives them. What matters is what happened to Adrien and the others.

Nino's in a town not too far away, but he's stuck there babysitting Chris.

Finally, Kim, Alix, Rose, Juleka, Luka, and Adrien are missing!

Marinette asks about Kagami. Alya's seen her occasionally, but she was alone and seemed busy with something.

The class explains a bit more about the new world. Apparently magic is real and easy to use here as long as you have a strong ambition and follow your dreams. Most of the class has used some degree of magic, and while Ladybug and Chat Noir are gone some Parisian civillains took up the mantle of hero. Mr. Pigeon is redeeming himself for getting akumatized so many times, while Mr. Damocles is actual hero as the Owl! School is on break, anyways. However, with this new magic, New/Neo Paris is in a state of anarchy with no police force, and the two greatest powers, the Bob Roth Syndicate and Team Rainbow Dogs, vying for power with constant battles.

Oh hey! There's Mr. Red, the big boisterous leader of Team Rainbow Dogs! And he's got an army and wants Max and/or Markov for his info on the Seven Sacred Treasures! The goons grab Marinette and friends, but Mari breaks free and begins the first fight of this RPG.

This is your first battle, but there isn't much a tutorial other than to attack him. Marinette spawns Ladybug's Yoyo out of nowhere. Even she's confused. Thankfully, you're only fighting Mr. Red, and he's taking you lightly and has two easily-dodgable attacks. You beat him in like, four turns. Maybe less if you know about timed hits.

Mr. Red's goons all begin to gang up on Mari, but he calls them off. She beat him fair and square, and so team Rainbow Dogs retreats and doesn't bug Mari or the others. So now the crew is freed, they have one question: What was up with Marinette having Ladybug's Yoyo? Where did that come from? Marinette excuses herself to skedaddle and talk to phone Tikki, who only gives the answer of "Again, I don't know." Alya and the gang are wondering what's going on, and Marinette tries to find an explanation to hide the fact that she's Ladybug.

She comes up that Ladybug is, uh, erm... dead! Yeah! Dead! But her corpse was turned into this phone and she's giving me her powers and talking to me as the phone! (Wait, how can she be doing that if she's dead?) Well, uh, Ladybug is only mostly dead! That's it!

The class buys it, thankfully. Or pretends to buy it in the case of the students that already know Ladybug's identity, but that's neither here nor there and Marinette doesn't know that. Either way, Alya's impressed by Marinette saving her as well as her fighting skill and decides to buddy-up with her.

ALYA JOINS THE PARTY!

Alya primarily uses her phone, which has been converted to a blocky 2000s Nokiaesque phone that is still somehow high-tech with loads of apps. Everyone's phones have been 2000s-ized, actually. But back on topic, Alya has a "Sword App" installed that turns her phone into a sword. Not the best sword but it gets the job done. She also has a Scan App to scan foes and see their stats and a general description, because I love a good bestiary.

Anyways, Marinette asks about what the Seven Sacred Treasures are, and Max and Markov are happy to explain in their own home. So our heroes go with Max and Markov, and he explains that they're seven treasures that are sacred (of course,) but also grant different abilities and vary heavily, from a golden crown to an orb full of magical energy to a fossilized sea sponge. All seven are also linked to the "Cranium Door," some door leading to somewhere underground the city our heroes lie in, which may exist considering the strange waves detected underground. Marinette wants to go right down to that door, even though it's dangerous and the door might not even be there, in hopes of finding Adrien. Marinette doesn't care. If there's a chance, there's a chance.

The others are coerced by her determination, but first Max gives Marinette a map and Markov pulls out a training dummy so Marinette and Alya can get their bearings in on fighting. This is the actual tutorial of the game, introducing and explaining the battle system in all its interactive glory.

So the four embark on a journey to the Underground where the Cranium Door may lie. Max and Markov aren't part of the party, they're just trailing along and Markov is acting as a sensor to where the door may be. This is where the first real enemies are fought, and during the subterranean adventure,

A mysterious tortoiseshell cat is seen. Marinette wants to follow it in hopes of finding Chat but Alya pulls her back to the task at hand.

At one point, Alya's phone starts recieving weird signals and the ability to download a "jetpack app." She does, and now Alya's phone can turn into a jetpack that can carry her and Marinette across gaps! Max uses a portal to get across said gaps and Markov just flies over it.

The crew finally get to the actual, real Cranium Door! And Tikki the Ladybug Phone is reacting to it! She It's glowing and the phone itself is levitating until...

A Lucky Charm spawns! Specifically a key with a handle shaped like a mole's skull. Alya's excited to figure out said charm, while Marinette tries to use it on the Cranium Door to no avail. The Cranium Door doesn't even have a keyhole, or handles. Ultimately, the four decide to return to Max's House in hopes that the key won't vanish after five minutes so they can figure out what to do with it.

Back home, Max still can't figure out anything on the warped 2000s internet, but on the plus side the key is still there. Alya decides that their best bet is to go east to Terra Fields and help Nino with his problems. He is living with mole people, after all.

Before you set off, Max and Markov give you an add-on and an introduction to them. Add-Ons here are basically badges from PM:TTYD with aspects of TMs from Pokemon in that different party members are compatible with different Add-Ons, although Marinette is compatible with pretty much all of them.

The game opens up a bit here. You can explore New/Neo Paris or just head east into the Terra Fields, although there isn't much to explore. The west side is blocked off by a passed-out Roger Raincomprix. You can also advance deeper into Rainbow Dogs territory, but you either have to pay a hefty price to the guardian of the gate Steve Buscemi Mr. Magenta, or fight him. Be wary, though. He's the reason why the local store sells antidotes, not to mention he has camoflauge abilities and hits hard. I'd recommend saving him until you beat chapter 1.

Either way, Chapter 1 begins when you exit New Paris and enter Terra Fields.

[attickit]

I have a very sudden and random urge to write a fic of post canon Gotou who ends up getting posted to Fuuto police department and learns about Terui and the fact that he is Accel. Will I write it tho? Probably not but I for sure am terribly tempted by it.

[intergalacticwanderer]

(Fuck it, have a fic based on this post, I'm still laughing way too hard at the idea)

Beau had had plenty of hangovers before, but this was something else.

She came to with a disgusted groan, scrubbing at her face and having a rare instance of regretting her life choices. Usually a night of drinking wouldn't be that big of a deal, but somehow the night celebrating her stay on The Nein Heroez had devolved into a drinking contest between her and King, followed by typical Jester shenanigans, and then of course there was that weird ass demon organized death match-

Beau blinked several times. Huh. That last one was... huh. Booze induced fever dream? That seemed like the most logical answer, but that didn't explain her weirdly vivid memories of the thing, and wait, was she feeling kind of sore...?

"Beau! BEAUUUU!!! OhmyGOSHIhadtheCRAZIESTdream-!" A whirlwind of blue tiefling barged into Beau's cabin and she let out a second loud groan, clutching at her pounding head.

“Jes, c’moooon, why,” Beau said, throwing an arm over her eyes.

“It was so cool though Beau! It was this crazy death match and we were fighting this bird guy and some gnomes and there was so much stuff going on and Fjord turned into-”

“A T-Rex, yeah,” Beau said, finishing Jester’s sentence without really thinking about it. There was a pause for several seconds before Beau took the arm off her face and slowly sat up, looking at a wide eyed Jester. No fucking way. “And... I caught some bullets from a rich dude with a gun?”

“OHMYGOSH!!!” Jester shrieked, dragging Beau out of bed and out of the cabin before she could get a word in edgewise. “We have to find Fjord RIGHT NOW!”

It didn’t take long for the two of them to run into Fjord on the deck of the ship, the captain of The Nein Heroez looking slightly dazed and while not as hungover as Beau he was definitely still out of it. He ran a hand down his face as the two of them came over.

"Oh, uh, hey! Sorry, very weird night of sleep, what do you guys need?"

Jester beamed and Beau just knew that whatever dignity Fjord was trying salvage was about to die horribly.

"Oh, you know," Jester said casually, "I was just thinking about how cute your butt was hanging out last night." Fjord went stock still and Beau let out a strangled snort. "You should totally wear those again sometime, even when we're not in some crazy death match."

Fjord stayed still for several more seconds before slowly bringing his hands up to his face. "I take it that wasn't just a weird dream last night?" he said, voice slightly strangled.

"Or we at least all shared the same dream," Beau said, giving him a consoling shoulder pat. "And hey, you were still pretty bad ass, and T-Rexes are cool."

“What the FUCK?!”

Beau heard the muffled but LOUD shout from below deck and before she could figure out what was happening a half crazed Kingsley charged up the stairs, skidding to a halt in front of all of them and wild eyed, pointing accusingly.

“What did you fuckers do?! What was that death match, why do I have two names in my head now, WHERE ARE MY SWORDS?!”

“Oh fuck you Molly!” Beau responded, head throbbing, and she froze, shit, did she just-

“Well fuck you too Beau!” he said, giving the familiar reply with no hesitation and a toothy grin before his face scrunched up and he groaned. “I guess I'll have Molly as the middle name now, fuck! I’m still blaming you all for this, but fuck it! We’re still alive after that bullshit, that’s good enough for me!”

Beau’s mind scrambled to catch up with the sudden shift in reality but after a moment she decided follow her friend’s lead and just say fuck it.

"Dude I am JUST as clueless as you are, no idea." She hesitated and then gave him a light punch in shoulder, Kingsley (Molly? Both? What the fuck) rubbing his shoulder but still grinning. "And good morning to you too," she said.

"And time for BREAKFAST!" Jester yelled while throwing her arms in the air, everyone else wincing from their hangovers and the loud volume. "Don't worry, I can heal the hangovers if you really need it. But let's go eat!"

The four of them started on their way to the galley, Beau watching as the tieflings started a rapid fire back and forth conversation. She laughed when they stuck their tongues out at each other simultaneously, Fjord groaning, and once again she decided to say fuck it. Knowing what was going on or not, this was good enough for now.

***

("Wait, what do mean I was stuck in a rock?!")

(Part Two)

[kabutoraiger]

To be fair on the few appearances of ankh post ooo has him still acting selfishly. The latest being memory of heroez. So you could see why people might see it as ooc.

yeah most writers tend to stick within the standard deviation of ankh behaviors bc it's more of a safe bet i think. ankh rude bitchy moments are a highlight for a lot of people. but i can't blame someone for wanting to character develop him a bit either.