"Looks like capture the flag, but twisted to fit as a dream."
Ding.
[You and 4 other people are part of team Black.]
[You'll recognise each other with your team colour marker on top of your head.]
[You will soon be teleported to your starting points.]
Soon enough, everyone who was present in the area started to fade into nothing.
A few moments later…
[You have been teleported to your team's starting point.]
[You'll find your teammates at this place.]
[Please choose a leader to wield the flag.
We will start the Dream in 5 minutes.]
My body started forming back from blue particles. I could see my teammates coming in, too.
Firstly, a tall and athletic-looking dude came. Blonde and lustrous hair, messy fringe style. Sharp and cool green eyes, intimidating looking but rather friendly.
He started to approach me.
"Hi, let's wait for the rest of the team to come," the man said in a friendly manner.
Secondly, a woman formed from the blue particles. Black and long hair that flowed to her waist. Her red eyes locked onto us. She wore clothing that someone would wear if they were in an apocalypse movie, a typical bomber jacket with full black insides. But she looked prepared, as if she had mastered these Dreams.
Before I could say anything, another figure started forming. It was a girl again, and she looked almost unnatural. Red flowy hair with a contrasting green eye colour. Quite a unique figure if you ask me. She looked timid and frail, but someone who has the endurance to keep going.
Then, to complete the group, a final member arrived—a black-haired guy. There was no description of his character; he looked like a pretty average guy, average looks, hair, eyes and physique—quite the type to pass the Dreams only because of his teammates.
Soon enough, everyone was here and gathered.
As expected, the friendly dude started the meeting. "Let's introduce ourselves. Allow me to start with the introductions."
"My name is Conrad. I look forward to completing this Dream. Onto the next person."
It's my turn now. "My name is Lumian." That's all I said; there really isn't any need to be chatty right now.
The timid girl spoke. "My name is Alina. I look forward to you guys as a team. Let's get to know each other more as we go on."
The black-haired continued. "My name is Freya. Well…I look forward to…um…–"
"No worries, just your name is enough." Interrupted Conrad.
The average Joe began. "My name is Alvin. I look forward to being your friend."
Conrad continued. "So that's all, I guess. Let's plan our actual team. First, we need to choose the Flag bearer. I think I can do this. Any contrary opinions?"
Silence…
"Alright then, I'll do this. So I guess–"
"We really don't need much strategy, just find people and steal their flags, and you, Conrad, stay with me and don't steal." Freya cut off Conrad.
"Alright then, I guess we'll go with your plan, you seem more experienced than we," Conrad said. "Does everyone agree?"
In unison, "Yes, we do."
[1 minute remaining.]
"We'll start soon, everyone get ready," Conrad said while getting closer to Freya.
"Don't do anything to drag our team down," Freya told everyone.
…
[The Dream has started. You can begin Steal The Flag.]
A black flag appeared on Conrad's back.
Freya rushed forward; she moved swiftly through the dense, dark forest. We were trying to catch up to her as quickly as we could. It seemed like she really invested her stats into agility.
She kept on moving forward until she turned a sharp left. It was as if she were seeing some directions we couldn't see. But I couldn't care less cause anything to win at this point. Whatever it was, we were on track to win this.
After some time, we halted near a bush. Freya pointed towards a clueless-looking group.
"They are our prey right now. You, white-haired boy, run towards them as a decoy. I'll get them from behind." Freya ordered me. Pointing at the other two in the group, "And the two of you keep protecting Conrad."
I ran towards the group; there were 3 of them, which was weird, but maybe the other 2 had rushed. The leader was with them, which was good. I quickly drew attention towards myself.
"Yoooo! You guys are foolish enough to be only three here; better to rush with your other 2."
The guy in the shadows spoke, "Well, this is better than you coming here alone."
"We'll see."
I rushed the three of them, and then saw Freya from the corner of my eye.
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"Why's this guy giving a speech? Just rush them already," thought Freya to herself. "Ugghh, such a yapper."
Immediately after she said this, he ended up rushing.
"Finally, it's my time," Freya thought while rushing from behind.
She made it through on soft paws like a cat and caught the leader off guard. She swiftly took the flag and was about to run.
Swooop…
Her leg got stuck in a rope, and took her up in the air. Apparently, they've set up a tree-rope trap to catch people like us. And it actually worked. Freya was trying to cut off the rope, but she was struggling, probably cause that thing is made of some special material.
"You really think this puny little trap can slow us down. We are not the only ones here." Lumian spoke to the leader and the other guys, not realising the vague mistake he was about to make, "You fools really have to up your game." Lumian looked at the bush where the others were hiding, and signalled them to come out.
While he was talking and signalling, the others were looking at Lumian stupidly, like he was stupid for spouting all the rubbish he just said.
His squad finally got the signals and started approaching them. And stupidly enough, Conrad started badmouthing, "If you really think you can take on him, just know we are here. You can't do anything now that we're here."
Then, finally, the other 3 spoke. "If you really think you've outnumbered us, look around you. Do you really think we didn't think about this?" Rustling was heard, and the last thing Conrad saw was another guy, from a group that was not his, take his flag.
Freya grunted while still trying to cut the rope, which was not budging. "You guys are really stupid. You should've just run. Don't try to form a heroic figure in places you know you'll die."
[Your Flag has been taken, your points are on hold. Get back your flag or another Team's flag to continue the points.]
"Great, now our flag's gone," thought Lumian, "I wonder how we'll get a new one now."
Lumian signalled to the others, and they understood what to do immediately. Just then, Freya cut off her rope and fell softly. From what I can see, she has a cat's ability or something.
Four of them rushed to the other team's leader quickly, while Freya went for the person with their team's flag.
Freya tore the gloves in her hand, and sharp nails came out. She started scratching the person who stole their flag, but it was not affecting him. The person with the flag brought out his wooden sword. Freya tried to slice the man, but he blocked the slash and managed to get her nails stuck to the sword.
On the other side, the other 4 were getting almost bullied by the other team. The other team seemed to have a better physique and fighting abilities than the latter. But they still seemed to hold them off, and then after some tries, Conrad almost managed to snatch the flag from the other team using his physicality, which is definitely the best one out of all of us, but he fell short, since another guy pinned him down on the floor.
Freya was trying to remove her nails from the wooden sword, but they were deep inside. The other took the chance and kicked her stomach, sending her face down on the ground. The 5 of them took the chance, and one of them threw a smoke bomb at them, blurring the latter's vision.
The other team ran away with a successful trap.
Now, this team was looking hopeless, not even 30 minutes had passed by, and they've already lost their flag.
They still have almost 1 hour and 30 minutes left until the scenario ends, and they have to get a lot of points just to pass now.