As a reminder for new LC participants, Task 2’s appearance does not mean Task 1 is no longer worth points. However, we’ll always consider only the latest task when calculating which team wins each week.
You’ll likely want to use the workspaces you were PMed about to set up the first Team Dreams of the LC this week! You’ll have 48 hours to set things up.
Task 2: The Legend of Zelda
When I said the LC was themed after video games, a few people told me they were really hoping for a task based on this series. Luckily for them, I had already prepared such a task! The Legend of Zelda series really invites you to get invested into a world as if it’s your own; in fact, the games start by asking for your name, as “Link” is really just a filler name for the main character. Hopefully you all get equally invested in your dreams, as we have four weeks of the LC to go!
Shoot arrows with a bow—20 points: I’ll bet your aim in dreams is infinitely better than it would be in waking life. Whip out a bow and perform some target practice!
Blow something up with a bomb—30 points: Everybody loves explosions! Just don’t stand anywhere near them. 
Ride an animal—30 points: Link’s been known to ride on horses, birds, turtles, and other animals. Why not try getting around your dream world on your own mount?
Solve a puzzle to open a locked door—40 points: This mechanic is a staple of the series, but can you get your dream world to create such a scenario? Maybe you need to find a hidden switch in a room, or perhaps you need to answer a riddle. Maybe you need to light torches as in the games; did you breathe fire for Task 1 yet?
Team Dream: If you know the Zelda series, you probably already expect this task to involve exploring an old temple or a video game dungeon. What I want from the Explorer team is not necessarily the appearance of a temple, but where LC participants will find it. The Explorer team will decide on where you may find such a temple. Once that’s decided, find it and explore it for 40 points or explore it with an Explorer team member for 40 more points.
Wear the traditional tunic—30 points: In the games, there is only one acceptable garb for the hero of each era. Don the familiar green tunic from the series for points. If you somehow don’t know what it looks like, there’s always Google Images (but you must know, right?).
Hear a DC’s problem(s) and solve one/them—40 points: The Hero team will often be performing actions directly related to defeating evil, but being a hero is also about being a good person. Hear out a DC’s needs and solve it; as the one in charge of your dreamscape, you should be able to will the problem away effortlessly.
Team Dream: Bosses in The Legend of Zelda games are rarely just other people and are usually large beasts. The Hero team will decide on a beast for LC participants to fight. Once decided, fight the beast in question for 40 points or fight it with a Hero team member for 40 more points.
Play a tune to affect the environment—30 points: The Legend of Zelda games are often rooted in music, and music can be used to affect the game world. Sometimes the effect is small, such as opening doors, and other times the effect is widespread, such as summoning rain. Play an instrument and get a noticeable effect on something around you.
Use a mask to shapeshift—40 points: One particular game in the series, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, was very unique in that its world’s inhabitants were very attached to masks. While some of them served as simple symbols, others had magical effects. Five of the 24 masks in the game transformed Link when worn, each into a different being with unique powers, and you’re tasked with experiencing something similar. While Link found the transformations… jarring, to put it lightly, you won’t be required to experience any particular feeling. Put on a new face and become something new!
Team Dream: Link has a tendency to find useful and powerful magical items along his journeys, and the Power team is going to decide on a magical item to use. Once it decides on one, you can get 40 points by finding and using the item and 40 more points by meeting a Power team member and having you each use it or more than one of it. I know that drd was really hoping for a Zelda-themed Task, so I’m sure he’s got some ideas and can explain whatever he picks. 
Team Advantage Subtask! Use a Hookshot or Clawshot—40 points: The best part about being Link is that once your adventure is over, you have a full wallet and a whole bunch of cool and/or magical gadgets to take home with you. A recurring gadget in the series is the Hookshot or Clawshot, which is a hook or a claw attached to a retractable chain, which is itself attached to a handle or glove. You hold the handle or wear the glove, aim the hook/claw, fire it at a distant object or surface, and watch it rapidly and automatically retract to retrieve distant objects or to have it pull you to a wall or ceiling. Use one in a dream for points, and if you’re really feeling daring, dual-wield them to zip around without needing the ground!
Host Subtask! Have a sword duel with the host—30 points: What’s a Zelda game without a sword? It wouldn’t be what any true warriors strive for, I assure you, so let’s have a duel! I can understand if you don’t want to experience dream pain, so I have no problem with the swords being made of foam if you want. That, or perhaps it’s more unique than just drawing a sword and fighting; maybe we’re in the future wielding lightsabers, or maybe we’re pirates fighting atop a ship, or perhaps it’s a turn-based RPG where only one person swings at a time. The details are up to you.
Best of luck to everybody!
Still no blowing things up! I want BOOM 
That being said, at least I’m keeping up the three per week rate. That’s good. 
