+ It's good that we can't see what isn't there +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: EVERYONE
Where: Wonderland and adjacent dimensions!
When: Friday, April 21st to Monday, April 24th
Rating: PG-13, warn if higher!
Summary: A place to list your tears throughout the event, and describe the worlds that can be seen or accessed through them. Event Post.
The Story:

While invisible zombies ravage Wonderland, tears are popping up everywhere! Through them characters can see versions of themselves from alternate universes. Some of them show a different version of Wonderland, some a different version of their home. Some are as benign as a character drinking coffee instead of tea, others are as drastic as somebody's entire personality changed completely.

On day one tears are so small as to barely even be recognisable. Faint voices and melodies can be heard through the tiny cracks if you step really close, but these brief and indistinct glimpses are barely even worth describing.

On day two tears have opened up wide enough to recognise them for what they really are. Yesterday's melodies will sound clearer, and the voices will become decidedly familiar, belonging to people characters know, sounding perhaps even like the characters themselves. Look through the tears and they may catch sight of home, or something that merely looks like another part of Wonderland. The tears are yet narrow and instable though, and the field of vision is correspondingly poor.

On day three the tears have grown a great deal. The worlds beyond them can be seen and heard, though most cannot be interacted with at all. Only the biggest ones are already stable enough for characters to stick their hand inside, and pulls through any objects within reach.

On the fourth and last day some tears have finally become large and stable enough for characters to pass through whole. Not all tears will reach this stage, but those who have can be visited, and the world beyond them explored... at each character's own peril.

Comments

[moraloutrage]

Ishimaru gives a light gasp as he hears the truth about her family; suddenly that image in the tear feels a lot more heartbreaking.

"I... I am sorry to hear about your father!" He bows his head quickly in acknowledgement of that.

"So, that 'tear'... It is showing you an image that - that is very different..."

[cisskabob]

Cissie gives him a slightly strained smile, though she appreciates the sentiment. "Yeah, it is. I guess... I guess it's what things might have been like, if he had lived."

She sighs, shaking her head. "I can't say I've never thought about it or wondered, but I guess I try not to. It doesn't do much good, does it?"

[moraloutrage]

He pauses a moment before he answers.

"Perhaps there is some value in wondering about it every now and then. In a limited amount, it's alright! But in the end, there isn't much that can be done about that which has already happened. There's no choice but to keep moving forward for the sake of those who are gone!"

[cisskabob]

Cissie gives him a small, grateful smile. "You're right. That's usually what I think, I just didn't expect to turn the corner and see... that." She makes a face, and then stops, frowning. "Actually... you know, I honestly can't remember thinking about what things would have been like if he'd lived. I just never even wanted to go there, I guess. Like you said--there's no changing what happened."

[moraloutrage]

"I can see how it would make for a dreadful surprise." He says with an attempt at a sympathetic nod. "It is true, that the past is in the past."

But, he pauses, uncertainly.

"...Still, maybe it can be acceptable to entertain the fantasy every now and then, as long as it does not upset you further!"