Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Passkey Caper

So this is what happens when you don't write stuff down.   I had started a small side project where I would write down the dreams I have.  As a very light sleeper, I often remember my dreams (at least for a while) when I first wake up or when I wake randomly during the night.   I had placed a few on a different site....but totally cannot find my password or the site proper (seriously I'm not crazy).   So I place my latest dream here.  Being a primary a RPG blog and not wanting to create another at this point, I'll try to link it to gaming afterwards.   Be aware dream writing will most likely follow a stream of consciousness mode of design.
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So I start off in a line waiting to get on cruise ship.  No idea why, never been on one, no desire to go.  Get on the cruise ship, sharing a room with the parents, because being cheapskates effects my fantasies as much as it effects my reality.   Things are great, we are sailing somewhere with volcanoes to look it.

As we stand on the deck looking at bursting fire from the mountain (which sadly I do not recall looking like mount doom, but let's say it does) there's a huge explosion and.....my dad drops the electronic passkey for the room into the ocean.  plunk gone.  (when I woke up I even commented to myself what an anti-climax).

There's some scurrying around looking for ship's crew, none of who speak English, but finally we come across some guy with some sort of rank, not sure which one.   No real details of the conversion, but it is clear that he cannot help us, that passkeys are in some way room/passenger specific and they do not have the ability to reproduce them...and for some reason do not have a master key.   So when I inquire about breaking into the room by force, it is made clear any such attempt would have me and my family set a drift in a life boat (what the hell?!)  

Our only chance to get back all our stuff (my brain had focused on getting all my licenses and credit cards back) was to find a guy at next port which could hack it.   Which for some reason seemed legal and fine.   No real details on the island or setting, just a busy city.   Little side quest (or different dream that interrupt the first, who knows) involving ants crawling up my legs as I walked through a forest.  Thanks watching Phase IV the night before!  

Anyhow, finally come across beach front house/hut and this guy....Wayne Knight
And yes with the evil 'stache and goatee, but dressed as his Jurassic Park character.   And than I woke up.    That's it.
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So RPG adventure?   Will Fiasco sounds like the best option for this.  Each player can take a different role or maybe a small group staying together on ship that has some sort of history or secret.  Through some sort of accident (Volcano) the room key is lost and you need to to go to shore to get new one after as series of stupid dead end encounters on the ship with random people.  Perhaps there's a conspiracy to keep you out of your room because of something you have brought on board.  Yep someone somehow exploded that volcano for your benefit or maybe it was just a coincidence...if there is such a thing!  Make Newman your key solution that everyone has to run to, or the mastermind behind it all.


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