In My Book of Dreams...

[Oneironaut]

Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to cast your eye over what I dare not jot into my notes file...yet somehow feel OK with sharing site wide...um, anyhoo, Hello!

The ideas below are just the seeds of something. There's two kinds of ideas I have (probably not rare or unique, but this is how I see it).

There's the general idea, I have a general feeling or setting I want to work with and apply my Ons to. (These are my Ons & Offs, by the way, feel free to get some context there...). If we talk about that kind of story, I might have the overall story set in my head, but need the help of my co-writer in filling in the scenes and the acts.

The other kind is the specific scene, I got all wound up about a particular picture or moment in my head and I've spun it into a story idea. I'll need my co-writer to help me weave the story around it.

In both cases, the ideas below are just starting points. Some elements I don't want to move, others have been brought in to start the discussion about the plot and are totally malleable.

Writing Style: To save you peeking back at my O/Os page, this is the skinny version of what I'm like to write with:

• Third person, 2-4 paragraphs, forum threads, around 400-600 words, depending on requirements in the story (less for dialogue, more for opening)
• Edited, I tend to write a lot more and edit down, I'm a fan of taking out stuff that I know the writing can do without. That also means that I can accidentally take out more than I need to. Let me know if I'm not making sense, it's more of a regular occurrence than you think! It also means I might take slightly longer than usual since, ehh, I wanna get it right y'know?
• Post frequency varies on expectations. I'll want to reply right away, but that depends on my availability, the expected post size, etc. Roughly speaking, I expect 3-4 days for a long term story, 1-2 for a one-shot (where I'm not worried about messing up the longer term plot).
• I'm good with communication, preferring PMs here. I like to negotiate the plot before the story starts and make sure we know what's happening in the next scene. If you get sly and slide a clever idea in and I see it, I'm liable to let you know.
• Unphased by co-writer's personal disposition. I'm more concerned about how well we mesh as co-writers than the other co-writer's gender, etc. If I enjoy your writing, what else matters around here?
• Modern day, cyberpunk, spooky settings with humans-or-near-humans. To put it another way, the furthest I'm interested in going would be the Shadowrun RPG setting, or Fallout, etc.

Availability: A full plate at the moment, I'm being selective about new stories and probably reaching out to co-writers to start any new stories.


Longer tales (usually General Ideas)

UnCONventional Fun {M/f}

• MC has an industry-level reputation as an exhibition co-ordinator. She's done practically everything; 30 person academic paper presentations? Single handed. 200-strong poker tournaments with security? No problem. 5-figure, long weekend pop culture conventions? Won awards for it. High-security, high-media, high-tension, you name it, she can arrange it. She's well paid, well travelled but she could write her complete dating history on one side of a post-it note. YC, for some reason, has attended enough conventions and stayed in enough hotels to recognise MC and suggests something to entertain them both. Basically a series of progressive scenes, maybe pushing in a certain direction, maybe themed with whatever work MC is doing.

The Conference {?/f}

• Boss and new PA head to exotic island for a multi-day training conference. Being new to the job, she's barely had time to figure out what the conference is about. Blissfully unaware that her boss has swapped her luggage to something more to the boss' liking (this could be anything from the conference being a slave training camp for rich executives to a single boss playing mind games with the new employee).

Therapy {M/f}

• A wealthy tycoon passes away from old age. Much to the dismay of the tycoon's brother, the will gives the bulk of the estate to the Tycoon's nephew (from his deceased sister). The brother will only receive the estate if the nephew is dead or considered mentally unfit.
  The brother hires MC to assess his nephew(YC) for fitness, making it clear that she will receive a considerable payout should she help the brother out. It's true that the nephew isn't in the best of mental health, he's been through a lot and it wouldn't be difficult to write a report that raised questions without getting her into trouble. MC is assured that the fact she isn't yet qualified doesn't matter, the brother has a team of lawyers who just need a reliable testimony that the current heir isn't able to function as beneficiary in accordance to the conditions in the will.
  Suspicious, MC takes the job. In session, she learns the nephew feels like so little is in his control. She realises that her patient would benefit a lot if she leaned into that requirement a little (or a lot). She starts to dress how he thinks she should, suggests roleplays where he takes charge, and so on... because while she was hired to do a number on this guy, he's certainly a lot more likeable than the man who hired her. Essentially, the patient leads the psychologist down the D/s path.
  There's plenty of room for darker scenes but I'd prefer if this story was more '2 people exploring D/s together' than 'master manipulator overwhelms unsuspecting victim'.

Secretary {f/M}

• A power reversal idea on the whole Boss/Secretary story. MC is internationally renown as a restructuring expert. Need to make your company run better? MC gets hired to examine the company from end to end and come up with a better way for your company to operate. The results are phenomenal. Her ideas are sometimes a little unorthodox but always worth listening to. Good so far? The only problem is that MC is falling apart at the seams. She doesn't know when to stop working and whether she knows it or not, she's about a month or two away from a full breakdown. YC, a newly hired personal assistant, recognises the signs. She's clearly someone who needs to give up control for a while, recharge her batteries. Fortunately, he knows exactly how she might do that...

Defeated Superheroine {f/M(M+?)}

• MC is a relatively well known as a mid-tier super criminal (think Catwoman more than the Black Queen, etc.), she's made a fool of more than her fair share of costumed do-gooders. So when a new cape turns up in her town, she prepares to add another notch to her belt. What she doesn't know is this one's not only more than her match, he has plans to make MC straighten her ways.
  Basically a flip of the usual Superhero/Supervillaness script that I tend to see. While I'm not going to play this as Bat/Cat, they certainly fit the template I'm thinking of.

Haunted Hotel {f(f?)/M(M+?)}

• This is effectively an extended version of "Haunted", below. MC is a naive young woman who has just bought an abandoned hotel just a little way away from a pleasant tourist town. Decades ago, the hotel was notorious for several reasons.
  
  • The owners were rumoured to be perverts and occultists.
  • That they were making porn films on the premises.
  • That a young woman was found brutally murdered there as some kind of occult ritual.
  • That the young woman was the daughter of a mafia family.
  The strange thing about these rumours was that they were all true. All four owners vanished shortly after the incident, never to be seen again. What wasn't known was that soon after the young woman's body was found and identified, a mafia hitman paid the hotel a little visit and the owners now reside in the hotel only as ghosts.
  The new owner of the hotel will slowly be corrupted by its former owners. As she discovers its secrets, she'll dream of scenes that were filmed there, find herself dressing, acting more like the models that played there and unwittingly prepare herself for submission to the spirits that haunt the place, who need a new sacrifice to regain their bodies.
  
  I'm looking for someone to:
  
  • Play the ghosts and other people drawn to the site
  • Work out how MC's behaviour changes as she stays at the hotel
  • Work out dream sequences that can be thrown into the story as MC discovers more of the hotel's secrets (hidden dungeons, themed rooms, wardrobes, etc.)
  • (optional) Maybe MC isn't silly enough to try reviving a hotel on her own, maybe she brought a friend? Maybe a town local has known about the haunted hotel's secrets and is horrified to learn a young woman is staying there alone...A second hotel victim new co-owner would need to be able to play NPCs against my co-owner as well as vice-versa.
  As for the ending, well, that's up for negotiation.

Shorter stories (usually Specific Scenes)

The Safe Call {?/f}

• A long time ago, during a dating dry spell, MC was experimenting with self-bondage. Because she's a Good Girl(tm) and heeds safety advice, she made sure that she had someone she could call if she got stuck. A little time goes past and she's in another lonely stretch and well, a girl has kinks that she has to loosen up...so to speak. Unfortunately, the unimaginable happens. Thankfully, she's within reach of her phone. What happens next? Could also be a locksmith, etc.

Training {M/f}

• A personal fitness instructor with some unorthodox approaches to getting their clients into shape. Brought to you by yet another perv who saw the machines at their local gym and took all of 10 seconds to wonder how well they'd go with attachable cuffs.

Closing Time {Variable/f (or 2), maybe group?}

• A long day working in a fetish/BDSM store on Halloween, the boss has had us dress up for the Halloween sale. I've been teasing the customers and co-workers all day (perhaps knowingly, perhaps not) and now the door is locked, the open sign turned to close and I'm locked in a shop full of toys, restraints and horny co-workers.

Haunted {M(or more)/f}

• I saw something like this online and thought it might make a fun story. A woman stops for Reasons(tm) at an old motel/hotel. Unbeknownst to her, it's haunted by the ghost(s?) of men who committed unspeakable crimes before dying horrible deaths. Their spirits have been haunting the hotel, waiting for the right circumstances to carry out the same crimes. My character has picked the wrong place to stay the night. For a longer version of this story, see above with "The Haunted Hotel".

Topping from the Bottom {M/f}

• A woman discovers the shy, awkward boy in her son's circle of friends has...similar tastes to her own. While she's not looking for anything more than fun, she hates to see a potentially good dom not discover his potential. Since he's new to it all, she decides to show him the ropes, and how they can best be used... A little less pedestrian, but this could also be age-flipped or even, crazy idea, the two of them being of a similar age!

Curiosity {f/f}

• A f/f (non-capitalisation intended) scene. Our characters are friends but very different people. MC is open about her (submissive, bi) sexuality, happy to give advice to her friends where she can. Although we will assume YC and MC's tastes run parallel, two suggestions for YC's starting point:
     
  • YC is on the shy side and never really had the chance to explore that side of herself because Reasons.
  • YC is the high achiever, leader, a-grade-student type. Sometimes getting out from under that expectation would be nice, y'know?
  Something in our conversation leads to you expressing curiosity (never tried fetish heels? Thigh boots? Latex?) which leads to an invite to experiment at MCs place sometime. How far that experiment runs is up for discussion but likely to include bondage, teasing, etc.

[Oneironaut]

Brightened up the page a little, added a one-shot idea...

[Oneironaut]

Tweaked a couple of stories, updated availability