+ The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to You +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: EVERYONE!
Where: EVERYWHERE!
When: Saturday, May 19th - Wednesday, May 23rd.
Rating: PG-13, warn if you're gonna go higher!
Summary: A catch-all for the Kyln / Sierra Madre event!
The Story:

For the duration of this event, the entire mansion will be part space jail, part apocalyptic wasteland desert with an abandoned hotel/casino. On the third day an escape route not previously discovered in the Kyln appears and breakouts can be planned...

...Only for everyone to find themselves walking through a large glass prison toward the toxic gas filled wasteland of a desert, the Sierra Madre. Does the prison look better than the toxic cloud outside? If you're stuck in the prison after dark beyond day 3, you'll be forced into and locked in your cell for the night. But at least locked away, nothing from the outside can hurt you. If you try to brave the actual elements in the desert it might be a little hard to breathe. The air has pockets of toxic gas and even a few seconds of exposure could prove deadly. And watch out for the Ghost People.

Inside the abandoned hotel/casino you'll find shelter from the gas and ghosts, but beware the holograms that are 50/50 with their attitude. Prison beatings, a beating from the holograms, which one Would You Rather? And whatever you do, don't try on the collars lying around unless you like to explode. Literally.

[ This is a catch-all for all your prison/desert needs! Please mark your threads clearly in the subject line with your character's name and either a cell number or just a location if you didn't feel like randomizing it or you're making a top level for a public place (like the dining hall or wandering the hotel/casino). Here's the plot post if you need it!

Have fun! ]

Comments

[bibliocorn]

None taken, I get it.

[Far better to let it lie than argue yourself into a hole, after all.]

Hmm, we can do that. He's bound to show up in one of them.

[choosetruth]

Of course, he'll likely be moving around as well, trying to find me. [She frowns.] Maybe staying put is better.

[bibliocorn]

Hmmm, there is always that. How about one of us stay put and the other move around? Then we'd have the best of both worlds.

[choosetruth]

I just wish there were a way to keep in better contact. [She grimaces.] But if there were, we wouldn't be having this issue to begin with. I could just text him.

[bibliocorn]

I take it you're not used to being without your technology?

[Because in Equestria, if you wanna send a message, you gotta send a letter or a little bird. ]

But it's ok, the old fashioned way works just as well.

[choosetruth]

What, shouting across the room?

[She LIKES her technology.]

[bibliocorn]

Well, yes. It does attract attention. Or just, you know, asking other people. To their faces.

[choosetruth]

[Without her sunglasses, Georgia's mild alarm is all too clear.]

That's… really not a popular sort of communication where I'm from.

[If it's not someone you know well, you might miss the subtle off behavior that might indicate they're amplifying. Better to keep a lot of distance and a screen between you and them if you can manage it.]

[bibliocorn]

Well, I guess I have the advantage that most of the ponies I talk to don't want to eat my face. That's always a bonus.

[One that Georgia lacks. ]

But I think you'll be okay here.

[choosetruth]

I know. But old habits die hard.

[She also still won't eat red meat, even though it's certainly not infected here.]

[bibliocorn]

Understandable, given your situation. It's a habit formed out of survival. That's not easy to kick.

[choosetruth]

That and it's the society in which we were raised. It's like me telling you, well, that you should walk on two legs because that's how it is where I'm from.

[It's not a perfect analogy, but she doesn't know enough about unicorn culture to give a perfect analogy.]

It's just... different.

[bibliocorn]

Well, that would be one way to get me to faceplant into the ground.

[He'd rather not. But the analogy works enough. ]

It must be hard, I can't imagine you ever really relax either- even if you know you're relatively safe.

...Or as safe as Wonderland can get anyway.

[So NOT VERY. ]

[choosetruth]

I've never relaxed a day in my life.

[Seriously, have you met her. Wonderland's been the closest thing to a vacation she's ever had, and she does her best to work just as hard here anyway.]

Believe it or not, though, I'm on the less paranoid end of the scale for my world.

[bibliocorn]

Not even once?

[Honestly, that explains so much about her. ]

That's...more than slightly concerning. Does everyone else lock themselves in their houses and never come out or something?

[So asks the pony who lived as a hermit for a few years, but details. ]

[choosetruth]

I've been known to sleep occasionally.

[Relaxing: NOT EVEN ONCE.]

More or less. People are scared. Locking themselves in is an overreaction at best, and sometimes actually more dangerous, but they want to feel like they have control. And so they give up their freedom.

[Humans can be morons.]

[bibliocorn]

That's...not exactly the same thing.

[He considers, nodding. ]

I see. Captivity masquerading as security.

[choosetruth]

Sounds familiar to anyone who's spent too long in Wonderland, I'm sure.

[Except the people from her world who live like that do it voluntarily. They'd probably be thrilled to be whisked off to Wonderland.]

[bibliocorn]

Though I'm not sure how 'secure' I'd call Wonderland once an event kicks in.

[choosetruth]

It ends, and you don't even stay dead. The events are jokes.

[Terrible, mentally scarring jokes, but jokes nonetheless. There are no real stakes.]

[bibliocorn]

Well. Up to five times, anyway.

[It's weird enough that you can come back form the dead, but the fact there's a counter on that somehow makes it weirder. ]

I don't know. I wasn't a big fan of the one with the spaceship.

[choosetruth]

I didn't say they were good jokes. [She shakes her head.] It's just really fucked up.

[bibliocorn]

You can say that again. There's a lot to be said about rolling with the punches here.