General
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Standard of the Sky follows a crew of 'dreamscapers' working for a sketchy business having to do with pirating valuables from dreams. Cas, Lucas, and Agape each work as 'dreamscapers,' a role within the business which includes venturing into people's dreams (w/o their knowledge) to collect things considered valuable. The SKY, manager of the business, uses these items as food. The crew have little to no knowledge of the SKY existing, and don't realize until late that stealing the valuables harm the innocent. Forsythia, who works as a SKY entrepreneur within the business, assists in the dirty work behind the SKY tower business. When employees are no longer desired, Forsythia eats them.
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SKY business ranks/roles
Dreamscaper
General: People who venture into dreams to collect valuables, while simultaneously gathering inspiration from said valuables IF approved by an Entreprenuer. On the job, members may wear clothes that resemble a pirate with space influence.
Abilities: Able to touch most things within a dream (though some items absolutely CANNOT be interacted with by ANY role, as they result in the victim melting into a black slime-like substance.) Able to gather and collect valuables within a dream.
Known members of this role: Cas Alexandru, Lucas Green, Agape Angelidis
Navigator
General: Members of this role assist in navigating the boat to find valuables. Only one person within a crew can be the designated navigator. All navigators must wear a set of radio antennas attached to their ears in order to track down valuables.
Abilities: Unable to touch the valuables within a dream. Requires other members of the crew to gather valuables once located. Able to listen for and track down valuables within a dream using their required Navigator antennas.
Known members of this role: Cas Alexandru, Journey
Entreprenuer
General: People who can distinguish the meanings of a dream depending on the valuables. ALL members under this role must wear clothing that includes patchwork within it's design. When examining the items that a dreamscaper has brought back to them, the designs on the patchwork will shift and change into images or patterns hinting to the values of the dream that was connected to the items. With each Entrepreneur comes a pair of real feathery wings positioned in significant spots on their body. (The placement of the wings have meaning towards the values of the Entrepreneur themself. An example could be that someone working as an Entrepreneur who values making, creating, or building things would have their pair of wings placed on their hands or wrists. Could also mean they're greedy.. and/or many other symbolic things.)
Abilities: Can read the values of a dream by examining the patterns only they can see on their clothing. "Cannot touch most things within a dream," so they usually can't enter dreams themselves (According to Forsythia.) Meant to give reason and ideas on why a dream should or should not be taken inspiration from.
Known members of this role: Forsythia, Aqillutaq, Journey
Additional
Nightmarish (Not a role)
General: Entities found below the surface that often stalk or occasionally ambush Dreamscapers. Most common form resembles the silhouette of a seagull, though their forms vary. Bigger, more dangerous Nightmarish are rare, and take the form of sea monsters. Made out of a black slime-like substance with white patterns all around. Carry thin, sharp, oddly-shaped bones with holes inside themselves, which Agape uses to craft weapons with.
Abilities: Melee attackers. Physical strength varies by form. The gulls aren't strong individually, though in flocks they deal a good amount of damage.
There are a few other smaller roles, but none which are officially recognized, such as Agape being nicknamed the crew's craftsman, Aqillutaq being a whisperer, Lucas being the ship's pilot, etc.
Areas
The Surface: The Earth.
Below the Surface: The realm or area of dreams. Where the Dreamscapers work.
Beyond the Surface: Space, and all else. Where the SKY came from.
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