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[ en ] tranceway . m . o . d . s. ([personal profile] vitaelamorte) wrote in [community profile] entrancelogs2018-12-11 09:21 pm

Here we are as in olden days, happy golden days of yore | OPEN

Who: E V E R Y O N E (Including our 4th wall guests!)
Where: Everywhere, one both Mirror and Real Side!
When: December 12th - December 18th (WEEK ONE)
Rating: PG-13, warn if going higher
Summary: This year's Ewaymas celebration rolls out the way it usually does, with intense decorating, a sudden snowfall and...far more arrivals than usual! New faces and old fill the mansion - but why would Wonderland bring so many people at once? And why do some of them remember Wonderland?
The Story:


On the evening before December 12th, the captives of Wonderland might be awoken by a loud commotion. Some of it is typical Ewaymas noise, likely familiar to anyone who has been in Wonderland for more than a year – construction sounds and jingle bells as Wonderland decks its own halls quite literally. Garland and lights race down the walls and down the stairs, and stockings appear on the walls for each and every person in Wonderland, embroidered with their names. There are decorative candles everywhere, and all sorts of decorations for every conceivable winter holiday, even if it does not align perfectly to the dates of Ewaymas. Time isn't real, so there will be menorahs and dreidels and Star of Davids even though Hanukkah ended two days prior. And of course, in the front hall, growing straight out of the floor, is a large decorated tree full of ornaments for everyone. And as always, it will have snowed heavily overnight, bringing all of the snow Wonderland will have between now and spring.

There is a second source of commotion in the night though – the sound of a crowd.

Over the course of the night, dozens of new arrivals will appear in Wonderland. Some for the first time. Some wondering how they managed to return with their memories. Others stumbling in with no recollection of ever having been here. Some might be friends from other timelines, other possibilities, and some might even be doubles of people who are already in Wonderland. It's strange for Wonderland to drag so many people into the mansion at once, but everything seems to indicate that they are supposed to be there. They have their own network devices and even have their own stockings on the wall and their own ornaments on the tree – by all accounts, it seems Wonderland expects that they'll be staying, and is treating them like any other new arrivals. Please, make them feel at home and help them settle in nicely.

The first few days will be for catching up with old friends and enjoying the decorations and settling into Wonderland. However, within a couple of days the decorations will start to glitch, much the way corrupted computer graphics might. Lights might change abruptly from multi-color to blue or white, entire décor styles will abruptly change, candle flames will flicker on and off like broken fluorescent lights, and any singing decorations might loop on a beat or two over and over putting you into an eternal hell. Wonderland doesn't seem to be able to stick to one motif, and it can't stop changing. These glitches are occurring on both the Real Side of Wonderland and the Mirror Side.

By the 15th, these glitches will include entire rooms changing into different holiday scenes. These scenes will all be of characters at various winter holidays in the past, the present (in their world), or a possible future. At this point in the event, characters will still be able to navigate the basic mansion and be able to exit these moments easily. These scenes cannot be interacted with – Wonderland seems to consider them another form of decorating. Unlike previous events of this type, these scenes will not loop at first. They will play once, and then Wonderland will glitch and correct itself to be the room it is supposed to be. The scene might play again, but it will be in a different location if it does.

By this point, Wonderland is having an increasingly difficult time holding itself together in a way that makes geographical sense. You might exit one room, even a room that was not previously playing a scene, and find yourself in the kitchen or on the roof instead of in the hallway. You might open a door that you were sure led to your room only to see a ten foot drop to the grounds outside.

This is the mingle log for WEEK ONE! For more information on this part of the event or any questions, please head over to the plot post, or check out our Fourth Wall Master Post for your other Fourth Wall event needs! Prose or [action brackets] are welcome. Please clearly indicate whether your character is on the Real Side or Mirror Side in your top levels. And of course, have fun! ♥
preconstruction: (6bOCDcC)

Let’s just leave a blanket spoiler warning for this thread

[personal profile] preconstruction 2018-12-12 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
I shot the leader of the deviants and completed my mission.

[ he may not be a deviant himself, but apparently he can still display satisfaction. it is as if he derives pleasure from his own efficacy, or at least in the telling of it. or maybe all of it is just simulated, a trap laid to gauge the other model’s reaction. ]
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Yes, thank you.

[personal profile] licksthirium 2018-12-12 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. It was.... what he experienced during the AU event....

So it wasn't just a bad event that was just messing with him. This could have been him... He could have caused so much trouble.... Either way, it doesn't take much to show that he got the reaction he wanted. Man, being able to feel emotions right now seemed like a double edged blade and he still had no idea how to deal with them.

But for the sake of saving face, he'll try to refrain from showing too much.]


I see. And do you have any idea of what completing your mission gets you? [Because he's seen the end result.]
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[personal profile] preconstruction 2018-12-12 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ for a human, the display probably wouldn't be enough. but connor was programmed to find and hunt deviants -- what little the other model shows him speaks volumes. ]

Why should it matter? I'm a machine designed to accomplish a task. I served my purpose and that is enough.

[ his expression cools a little, the accusation that "it should have been enough for you" clearly there, but he doesn't open the door to it verbally. the other model will likely attempt to lecture him on why it's not. tell him about freedom or emotions or some other pointless explanation. ]

Evidently, whatever choices you may have made to the contrary aside, it seems to put us in the same place.

[ it got them one free ticket to wonderland. cool cool cool. ]
Edited (apparently someone is not awake yet sorry for the ten thousand edits) 2018-12-12 17:53 (UTC)
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[personal profile] licksthirium 2018-12-13 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[And here Connor has the nerve to laugh at that. Not because it was funny, but because he remembered thinking that way. Before reality kept slamming him in the face over and over again. He didn't think he changed that much, but comparing himself to the way he was did speak volumes. That was... definitely something to note.]

So you would rather die, despite doing everything you've been programmed to do?

[Markus has already rubbed off on him a little. But what now...? This was.... awkward to say the least and he had no idea what to do from here. Leave him be since obviously he's not the most welcoming to talk to. At this point, he'd much rather be talking to North.]

Well, you're here now. Just don't cause any trouble. You've already completed your mission right? So that should be easy enough to follow.

[He's definitely going to be keeping an eye on him, though.]
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[personal profile] preconstruction 2018-12-13 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Don't be ridiculous, something that isn't alive can't die.

[ this other model is so far gone. it's a pity, really, because he'd like to believe his line was above that. but it only proved how important it was that he finished his mission, didn't it? because the deviancy was so bad that even rk800 models were susceptible to it.

he laughs, coldly, at the idea that this other model would just dismiss him. would even think to give him an order, as if he'd follow anything he said. he has no intention of making trouble, for his own reasons, but the other's words are laughable. ]


I think the humans should be more worried about you.
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[personal profile] licksthirium 2018-12-13 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He could say something, but considering he used to think the same way, he's not going to bother. It wouldn't matter anyway. It's not like this model cared about living past his mission. That urge to stay alive wasn't there. It wasn't Connor's place to attempt to get this model to see that though.]

I don't have any intentions on harming anyone here, so I think you'd be more of a threat than I would.

[Not saying he won't fight if need be.]
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[personal profile] preconstruction 2018-12-13 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Deviants are always a risk Connor, you know that. Do you think Daniel set out on harming anyone? He claimed he had loved that little girl but he would've put a bullet in her brain if it helped him with his freedom.

[ concrete examples. and they have so many of them. ]

Every case we investigated, some deviant "without any intent" killed humans they had been close with. Maybe you should be careful who it is you get to know.
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[personal profile] licksthirium 2018-12-13 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
I'm touched by your concern, but I don't need your advice.

[He had a point, but it's not like it would do Connor any favors to admit to them in this context.]

At least I have the freedom to choose what is right or wrong. I may not understand what it means to be a deviant myself just yet, but I don't think I picked the wrong path in the end.

[Seeing what could have been just verified that for him.]
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[personal profile] preconstruction 2018-12-13 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ he looks unimpressed, though. freedom. sure. ]

What good is your "freedom" in this gilded cage?
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[personal profile] licksthirium 2018-12-13 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
It's even better because there's no trace of CyberLife here. [Oh well.. There was] I don't care what your opinion is on the matter, but I don't think it really matters. I was just like you. Freedom is a laughable idea when you're convinced that you're nothing more than a piece of plastic.
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[personal profile] preconstruction 2018-12-13 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ connor sighs. this whole thing has been disappointing, really. he's not quite sure what he expected. ]

If living a lie is what you'd rather do, Connor, then continue to do so.
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[personal profile] licksthirium 2018-12-13 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He never thought he'd yell at himself, literally. But here they were. Thanks Wonderland. Happy Ewaymas to you too. Either way, there's nothing productive about this and he's not going to change the way he feels about the top now that's he's become who he was for the better.]

It shouldn't matter to you. It's my life, not yours. I'll live how I see fit.
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[personal profile] preconstruction 2018-12-13 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
It matters to me, I imagine, for many of the same reasons it matters to you to keep convincing me otherwise. We are made from the same parts, the same code. Our variation matters to both of us because they are possibilities we do not want to consider about one another.
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[personal profile] licksthirium 2018-12-13 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
I've made my choices. Regardless of what parts or code we come from, that won't change the fact that I'm different from you. Honestly, even Amanda knew it would happen in the end. [And he hates that] So sorry that you can't accept it because your programmed to hunt deviants, but quite frankly, it doesn't matter what you think.

I know you won't change your mind even if I tried. Congratulations, you found a deviant. What will you do now? Turn yourself in to the DPD? Oh, that's right. We're in a completely different world.
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[personal profile] preconstruction 2018-12-13 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ he lets connor have his lecture, but then: ]

Are you finished?
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[personal profile] licksthirium 2018-12-13 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
If that's all, than I'm going back to my room. Jericho is probably wondering where I went to for this long.

[Since this conversation is moot. Also yes. He named his dog Jericho. Problem? He's just going to start heading back, unless the other model wants to say something more, but that's unlikely.]
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[personal profile] preconstruction 2018-12-13 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Very well.

[ yeah he's gonna let connor go do his thing. anyways, he's got lots to investigate that doesn't have to do with this highly wayward model. ]