SECOND DREAM:
1. Azwell Mijikkodi: Other than Raanya? Yeah, absolutely! I'm super invested in all of my current characters, and I'd hate to see any of them go. Besides, Delzed has a girlfriend she needs to look after, and I can't inflict that upon either of them.
2. Cameo: Delzed would have to get convinced by someone she cares about (so, someone in the party, since she cares about all of them, including all of the various NPCs we've accumulated). Money would be nice but she'd basically only spend it on the people close to her, so she wouldn't want to get it using means they wouldn't approve of. Natalya's already a member of the Alamo Empire military; she joined up partly to spite her family, partly because she does genuinely believe in the Empire's ideals. Which is... a very controversial opinion for a Sigzloran shape-shifter to have. Oriani would have to be forced into it, basically. She hates being beholden to others and being on a leash, which doesn't really gel with faction life. She's her own master now.
3. Ddremmu Slirenddar: Melor the Straying Mind. She's so cute... Honorable mention to Cazimo for CONTROLLING THE ENTIRETY OF FOURTH DREAM WITH HIS WHIMSY, THE BASTARD. FUCKIN' ASSHOLE. Uncle Arplakoon too!
4. Doji, Daughter of Paipo: My all-time favorite joke is actually Absinthe's monkeys and circuses. I wish I could explain why. Also, that fucking horse...
5. Eralkk: Delzed Dating Sim. What? I'd fuckin' play it. So would all the people on Tumblr who love her so damn much. Natalya would actually legitimately probably make coloring books for children, like, canonically at some point. She wants to encourage people to draw and get into art, since she never really had any encouragement when she was doing it as a kid. A book based on Oriani would basically just be a PALADiN derivative, honestly.
6. Ezwellejujakkallid Ishkkeuwekki: They're all women, for one! :V Other than that, they're also in way better shape than I am.
7. Isaak Dolzhikov: Delzed's is A HUGE FUCKIN' SPOILER. Natalya's had a couple, but the one that changed her life most prominently was murdering a sallowpaw and finding out about Galanias through their journal. It helped her through a lot. Oriani's big change came when she was kicked out of her drift band. At age twelve. It... made her a lot more bitter. Much more independent, in both a good way and a bad way.
8. Jaspur Quellstone: Delzed will PROTECT EVERYONE. That's her stated goal, really. She's become attached to the ragtag group of misfits that encompasses Fourth Dream and will put her life on the line for all of them. Natalya is more or less just trying to make ends meet and prove to herself that she's not a useless piece of trash for not being as good as her siblings. Oriani wants to figure out who she is, what she is, and why she exists.
9. Oscare Iono: Raanya. Full. Stop.
10. Rokordi: I really like both! I admit to being biased to one-on-one slightly because I tend to get more of them, but I love everything, to be honest. Watching the Adrift Dreams unfold is a very special experience and I love watching the PCs react to everything going to shit around them from the outside, but I also greatly enjoy seeing the PCs interact with one another. Everything is beautiful, and I love every single one of us who is involved in this stupid gay space game.
FOURTH DREAM:
1. Absinthe: A noble beast.
2. Delzed the Songstress: Okay other than the obvious... Rend broke my fucking heart. Rend and basically every other NPC in the Adrift Dreams that will soon be retconned out of existence. I hate that I love them all so much. Don't make me choose.
3. Dunse: I actually don't, ahahaha. It's kind of more micromanagement than I'm comfortable with doing, so props to Jess for keeping up with it! Summons and stuff I'm a-okay with because they're temporary, but an entire second sheet... Ehhhn. I actually got rid of my Flock ranger's animal companion for exactly this reason.
4. Hjördís Ermentrud: Side-eyes Raanya... I was hoping the rest of you would make her sacrifice not in vain but WE ALL SAW HOW THAT WENT. Also, the entirety of Oriani's Adrift Dream. Rend...
5. Kaicho, Daughters of Streeg: SIDE-EYES RAANYA... SIDE-EYES EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH DELZED IN NICTA RIGHT NOW...
6. Karsuri ne Humility: As much as Jess hates me for shitting on Bards when I had one waiting in the wings (which was entirely intentional as misdirection), I actually really love Delzed from a mechanical perspective. She's a breath of fresh air from Raanya, who was completely useless. Also? Inquisitors fucking rule and I'm hyped for Nat.
7. Marc Pree-Evrad: I actually prefer having surprises! Coming off of Delzed, where everything was very meticulously planned, to Nat and Ori, where I have Mystery waiting for me, is fascinating and kind of a relief. I love Delzed and wouldn't trade her for the world, but man was doing stuff for her backstory and planning everything out exhausting.
8. Raanya Daarimo: WISDOM. DO NOT REPEAT MY MISTAKES. DO NOT BE LIKE ME. W I S D O M
FIFTH DREAM:
1. Aurette: Delzed has a collection of various masks for sentimental reasons... And her own, for her own cultural reasons. Nat's scarf was actually a birthday present from her father way back when she was an itty-bitty shape-shifter wannabe hunter, from before her entire life as a hunter was eclipsed by her big brother. Oriani has two, both of which she whittled herself; a plain, unpainted wooden mask, and a necklace in the shape of some of her markings that she treats as a holy symbol of the voice in her dreams.
2. Brinegill: Caroline is Arplakoon's fursona. No, I didn't write those names in the wrong order.
3. Kirsta Redmane: I try to! Mostly just for my own amusement more than anything else, to be honest. Also, as a Shape-Shifter With A Gun, Natalya is basically a giant walking meta reference anyway.
4. Mirra Miele: I'm much bigger on character interaction and development than anything else (I fucking love all characters), but I also do greatly enjoy me some fights. Just... Please, never make me go through something like the end of Fourth Dream Mioura again. I loved it and am immensely satisfied with how it ended, but please. Not again. Never again.
5. Natalya Alkaev: I don't have specific examples, unfortunately. Delzed tries to doodle her girlfriend but has no idea to draw, but she's learning. She's really gay. Natalya mostly draws landscapes and objects and is trying to get better at drawing people, but hasn't had much room to practice on that front (mostly due to a lack of inspiration). Ori just whittles things.
6. Zrakati Firescale: Delzed's one real enemy is kind of a spoiler. Natalya's would be her brother, Zilny, who in addition to being better than her in basically every way is also kind of a bloodthirsty asshole AND working for the military of the galaxy's other big war-enjoying faction. So that's fun. Ori's enemies are the entirety of the Borderstriders, the Kannar drift band that raised her and then kicked her out.
SIXTH DREAM:
1. Joskkur Starcatcher: Natalya doesn't as of yet, but Delzed and Oriani have themes! Here's Delzed's: https://soundcloud.com/ealdremen/delzed-spared-a-cruel-fate And here's Oriani's: https://soundcloud.com/srwalk/the-temple-of-time
2. Linneav Usenko: Delzed is scared of a SPOILER, but also of losing people she cares about. There's been enough death in her life. Oriani is kind of similar, but she's specifically scared of being alone. Being alone for five years hasn't helped her, at all. Natalya's afraid of being powerless and disappointing others.
3. Njó Skkartön: F A N R E D
4. Oriani, the Outsider: I JUST REALLY LIKE PRECURSORS OKAY. I THINK THEY'RE COOL AND HAVE A LOT OF PLOT POTENTIAL. SO FUCKIN' SUE ME.
5. Rašeljka Jestrába: I promise to not do a stupid thing and get another PC killed. Unless it's fittingly dramatic or in-character. I also promise that Delzed will eventually someday smooch her girlfriend.
6. Tusk: Aurette and Oriani meeting would be cute as fuck and there's nothing you can do to convince me otherwise. Throw Delzed in there too. My precursor children...