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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! ♥
otherplaces: (2)

[personal profile] otherplaces 2018-12-27 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not another you, I'm me. Just cause we happen to both be Alices don't make us the same person.

[It's an important distinction from the woman who hates being singled out as "in Wonderland" when she's been so many places.

She holds out a hand to greet her properly.]


Alice Jones. Pleased to meet you.
curiousher: (Really?)

[personal profile] curiousher 2018-12-28 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! I'm sorry, of course you are! I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I've just met a number of Alices now, and it's always rather exciting when one comes through. That sort of thing scares some people, but I've always liked it. It's sort of a natural camaraderie!

[Alice actually seems just a little flustered that she put her foot in her mouth. Here she is trying to look and seem a little more grown-up and professional, but it pales in comparison to a proper grown-up Alice. It's just a little intimidating, though she does her best to push past it and she shakes Alice's hand.]

I'm Alice...

[...Oh. It's been a while since anyone's asked her that, hasn't it?]

Well...just Alice is good for now! It's very nice to meet you though. It's an absolute pleasure, Miss Alice Jones.
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[personal profile] otherplaces 2018-12-31 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not bothered. Felt it important to be clear, is all. I always like when things are clear, rare as that may be.

[She tilts her head, eyeing the other Alice curiously.]

More like we're sisters than the same person, don't you think?
curiousher: (Laughing)

[personal profile] curiousher 2019-01-06 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Alice's entire face lights up at the suggestion, despite the fact that she's literally just met this Alice.]

Oh! I'd like that very much! I don't have any sisters, or at least I don't think I do. But what I do think is that I would absolutely love to have an older sister.
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[personal profile] otherplaces 2019-01-06 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Alice smiles back, more reservedly.]

I sort of have a younger sister, I suppose. Well, maybe more of a cousin. Bit hard to say. What would you call the daughter of your father's doppelganger?
curiousher: (Teasing)

[personal profile] curiousher 2019-01-06 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Ooo, a riddle! What do you call the daughter of your father's doppelganger...hmm...

[Think, think, think. Then, she snaps her fingers.]

I've got it! First clone, once removed!
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[personal profile] otherplaces 2019-01-12 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
First clone once removed? [Alice tilts her head thoughtfully, then grins.] Yeah, I quite like that!

[They're both Alices. They have the same sense of humor if nothing else.]
curiousher: (Laughing)

[personal profile] curiousher 2019-01-13 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Though, how does that saying go? Great Alices think alike?

[That is absolutely not how that saying goes, but if her mischievous smile is anything to go by, she knows that perfectly well.]
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[personal profile] otherplaces 2019-01-16 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds about right to me.

[And she holds up her fist for an Alice solidarity fistbump.]
curiousher: (Teasing)

[personal profile] curiousher 2019-01-19 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Alice beams, and despite the fact that she looks like she waltzed out of Victorian England, fist bumps her right back.

...Instead of pulling back though, she pops her fingers out of her fist and wiggles them.
]

It's an octopus!

[Or, well. It is if both of them do it.]
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[personal profile] otherplaces 2019-01-26 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Alice laughs delightedly and mimics the motion.]

Brilliant! I'll have to show Robin that when I see her next.