August 11, 2023
Dream: Bus ride
Next to an ocean
Pirates took over bus
Friend and I Retreated into a sanctuary house / worship center
They didn't know i was there
Me and friend hid in her closet (my section was overrun, then hers, we were priestesses?)
They found her in our hiding closet, didn't see me. They Left her in here while they discussed what to do with her
She very quietly sent out ferrets (summoned?) To show me there was a secret hatch in the floorboards leading to a pipe big enough to fit us that went down into the earth
The pirates dragged her back out
I opened the hatch and quietly climbed in, using hands and feet to brace against the sides of the pipe
Quietly closed the hatch above me
Shined my phone light down - it was far
Decided to shimmy down slowly instead of drop
I got down to a curve to see it let out into like a large building basement boiler room with like 5 different doors
They threw her back into the closet - she was supposed to be getting dressed for a ceremony they were going to force her through (marriage? Something else?)
She came down through the hatch and replaced the floorboard as quickly and quietly as possible
I shone my light so she could see the bottom
She had cast some sort of spell on herself that would hide away the really important knowledge of her position so the Pirates couldn't get it
Also made her forget where we were, who was coming after us, and for the most part what was happening
She did know we were being hunted though
Chose a door at random to see if it was unlocked- i thought it would be, but it wasn't
Led to another set of doors
Led into a locked high school at night (same high school from every dream i have)
Saw a teacher who let us out
We realized we were transported to my hometown (very far away from the temple)
Ran through the streets (looked like [urban neighborhood], but the buildings were as tall as skyscrapers, but same building fronts)
Got to my place
We pulled out our amulets (part of what the pirates wanted) and started going through a video game simulation trying to figure out how to use them
Video game was 5 people standing in a half circle around a fat tree with Rillaboom in it with special dividers between us, and Rillaboom shoots a massive blast of a laser and turns it slowly in a circle around the tree so it sweeps through all of us
Getting hit with the laser hurts like in Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Took several attempts to figure out what was supposed to happen
Friend couldn't remember what the amulet did or how to activate it
Had [my mom, irl] hop in to try to stand in for her and help.
I started to realize the pirates would be after us, would have discovered the hatch and tunnel pipe, would have split up in the boiler room, and would be in town looking for us
I figured out what needed to happen in the video game simulation with [my mom, irl] playing with me (I'd have to practice to get the timing down)
I had to activate the Amulet to turn on a reflective shield, to bounce the laser back at Rillaboom, but there was a timing thing where it had to transform into activating a spear for something in between
I told [my mom, irl] I loved her, but we had to leave, I didn't know to where or for how long, and she asked if we could play video games remotely every day while we were gone because she had fun, and I agreed to yes, we'd hop on a call at 12pm noon every day, but to keep it on the DL (because I didn't want the pirates to know that she had seen us).
Me and my friend escaped in the night with freshly packed bags of supplies (food and clothes and like Harriet the Spy stuff)
We snuck through the streets
I tried to figure out where we should head. Safe house in town? Out of town?
I decided we needed to head back to the ocean town, the long way, but not to the temple we came from but to the secret temple under an old pier (where we had originally been headed before pirates took over the bus)
We stopped by a college campus that had a Moe's southwestern grill inside
Someone let us in, because you needed a key card
This made me feel safe for the moment, because the pirates wouldn't be able to enter
So like a safe house
We got food and my friend ate, though she didn't know anything but to be scared of whoever was hunting us
She knew I was her friend but she didn't really remember anything about me or who I was
While we ate, I noticed a group of students playing the video game simulation
They had set a key card with a chip in it (like [old employer's] security badge) to block the laser from the playable spot from hurting the character while they ate their lunch
It worked
Gave me an idea
I asked for two spare key cards, which they gave me
I thanked them and we left, having eaten our burritos
The whole time in my town it's been night, btw
Except while we were at my mom's it had been day, but we had the curtains drawn so it was dark
There was something else, from the escape pipe, and playing at my moms
There was something activated to a new setting with the Amulet
A previously unknown setting
Weapon?
It was white with blue dots, and it was that pipe funnel symbol that looks like a T on top, but then a Y
Like this
And it had allowed me to see other still-locked settings, like this
I forgot the white background of the funnel, but that's the idea
I spent our time running trying to figure out the symbols, what they meant, how to activate them, etc?
how do I reactivate the blue one? What exactly does it do? How did my friend activate it on the way down the pipe? How did she activate it at my mom's? How do I unlock the green setting? Did I glimpse more settings past the green one? Orange and something else?
This was all in my friend's staff, which was apparently in the dream the entire time (even though it hadn't, dream logic)
Seemed tied to my friend's Amulet (her priestess Amulet and my priestess Amulet were different)
I had a green one, she had red? I thought mine was originally orange, but the shield i activated during the simulation was green
But the staff setting she activated was blue
The pirates were on our trail i couldn't think about it anymore
We boarded a bus to the pier
I realized a few stops away that the pirates would take over the bus (deja vu)
We got off and started planning how to sneak to the pier around the pirates
I woke up
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DP x DC: The Most Dangerous Card Game
Ok so Danny has essentially claimed earth as his. And he is fully aware that there are constant threats to the planet. Now he can’t stop a threat that originates on earth (that’s something he’ll leave to the Justice league) but he can do something about outside threats. Doing some research on ancient spells, rituals, and artifacts, he cast a world wide barrier on the planet to protect it from hostile threats so they cannot enter. This will prevent another Pariah Dark incident. However, barriers like this come at a price. You see, there are two ways to make a barrier. Either make one powered up by your own energy and power (which would be constantly draining) or set up a barrier with rules. The way magic works is that nothing can be absolutely indestructible. It must have a weakness. The most powerful barriers weren’t the ones reinforced with layer after layer of protective charms and buffed up with power. Those could eventually be destroyed either by being overpowered, wearing them down, or by cutting off the original power source. No, the most powerful barriers were the ones with a deliberate weakness. A barrier indestructible except for one spot. A cage that can only be opened from the outside. Or that can only be passed with a key or by solving a riddle. So Danny chooses this type of barrier and does the necessary ritual and pours in enough power to make it. And he adds his condition for anyone to enter.
Now the Justice league? Find out about the barrier when Trigon attempts to attack, they were preparing after he threatened what he would do once he got to earth. How he would destroy them. The Justice league tried to take the fight to him first but were utterly destroyed, so they retreated home to tend to their injuries, and fortify earth for one. Last. Stand. Only when Trigon makes his big entrance…he’s stopped.
The Justice league watch in awe as this thin see-through barrier with beautiful green swirls and speckled white lights like stars apears blocking Trigon and his army’s advance. The barrier looks so thin and fragile yet no matter how hard the warlord hits, none of his attacks can get through and neither can he damage said barrier. That’s when Constantine and Zatanna recognizes what this barrier is. Something only a powerful entity could create. For a moment, the league is filled with hope that Trigon can’t get through yet Constantine also explains that it’s not impenetrable. And clearly Trigon knows this too for he calls out a challenge.
And that’s when, in a flash of light, a tiny glowing teenager appears. He looked absolutly minuscule compared to Trigon and yet practically glowed with power (this isn’t a King Danny AU though).
And that is when the conditions for passing the barrier are revealed. And the Justice realize that the only thing stopping Trigon and his army from decimating earth. The only way he can get through….is by beating this glowing teenager in a card game.
Not just any card game though. The most convoluted game Sam, Danny, and Tucker invented themselves. It’s like the infinite realms version of magic the gathering, combined with Pokémon, and chess. And Danny is the master. So sit down Trigon and let’s play.
(The most intense card game of the Justice league’s life).
After Danny wins, this happens a few more times with outer word beings and possibly even demons attempting to invade earth, yet none have been able to beat the mysterious teenager in a card game. Constantine might even take a crack at it and try to figure out how to play. He’s really bad though. Every time this happens, the Justice league worry that this might be the time the teenager looses. Yet every time, he wins (even if only barely).
Meanwhile, Danny, Sam, and Tucker have gotten addicted to the game and play it almost daily. Some teachers might seem them playing the game are are like ‘awww how cute’ not realizing this game is literally saving the world. Jazz is just happy they aren’t spending as much time on their screens playing Doomed.
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