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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! ♥
hadtolose: "Get Free" (We get so tired and we complain)

[personal profile] hadtolose 2018-12-30 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kara tries not to look too startled. She succeeds. Mostly.

She flashes him a quick smile. She's very much not doing okay, but she's not going to let that off more than necessary. ]


Yeah. Yeah, um. [ The smile appears for a moment again. ] Just trying to get used to all this.

[ It's tempting to leave it at that, and well. Leave. He'd done nothing wrong, though, and it probably wouldn't do any good to keep herself cooped up in her room forever... ]

Must be obvious, right?
thecourier: (005)

[personal profile] thecourier 2019-01-04 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... y' get t' be here long enough an' y' start t' notice the look people get.

[He might not have been too surprised if she had left. Not everyone is just walking around looking for conversation, but hell, when you spend a lot of your adult life walking on your own across a desert you learn to take conversation where you can get it and he's never shaken the habit.]

Takes some gettin' used to, right? Don't think it'd matter where y' came from.
hadtolose: (Throw your hands up and get loose)

[personal profile] hadtolose 2019-01-06 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ She laughs a bit, glancing away. She didn't realize she looked that obvious. Even if she'd only been living in fear of humans for a little over a week, it already felt like an eternity. It'd had quite the effect on her.

Kara unclenches her fists, at least, trying to look somewhat more relaxed. Although the humans she'd met so far had been fine, it probably wouldn't do any good to keep looking so nervous around them. They might take advantage of that.

She nods at the question. ]


It's a strange place. Not that I'm surprised, considering where we are. [ She breathes out a quiet laugh. ] It's a little better than where I came from, at least.

[ Minus all the glitchiness. ]
thecourier: (016)

[personal profile] thecourier 2019-01-12 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[As she talks, he's clearly giving her his full attention. His eyes stay on hers, quietly interested, and he keeps his thumbs looped into the pockets of his jeans. When he laughs it's a soft chuckle, an edge of solemnity to it.]

Might change yer mind when shit starts gettin' weird. [He tells her, but then he shrugs and nods in agreement.] But... yeah, on the whole, it's better than where I came from too. What kinda place you come in from?
hadtolose: (Out of the black)

[personal profile] hadtolose 2019-01-14 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ She laughs weakly. ] Probably. Reading through the network here has already been pretty enlightening.

[ Really, though. She already hates this place plenty for taking her away from her daughter. Her hate is equal opportunity. ]

I'm from Earth. It's...complicated.

[ Kind as he was, she wasn't ready to go into it. She vaguely wonders why she'd brought it up in the first place. Some unintentional yearning for kinship and understanding, maybe?

Wonderland seemed like it'd be just as complicated sometimes. ]


How about you?
thecourier: (041)

[personal profile] thecourier 2019-01-17 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Earth, complicated. He cants his head slightly to one side and grins crookedly. Well, if those aren't the words of someone keeping something under wraps he doesn't know what is, but it's not his damn business and he's not going to ruin a decent conversation by getting pushy.]

Earth, too. Complicated as well.

[But he'll offer a little more, since he's not particularly cagey about his origins.]

Come from what used t' be called the United States 'f America. Year's 2282.
hadtolose: (There's a change gonna come)

[personal profile] hadtolose 2019-01-22 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her eyebrows go up, then she can't help a smile. Maybe she needs to get used to the idea of people not being nearly as cagey as she is?

That year, though. She'd probably be more surprised if they were meeting under different circumstances. ]


United States, too. 2038. Just a few years behind.

[ Only fair that she gives a little more info now! Jokes don't hurt, either. ]

I'm...Kara, by the way.

[ Even giving a name! She's making progress. ]
thecourier: (054)

[personal profile] thecourier 2019-01-26 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Few years. [Dan echoes, slightly amused. Couple of hundred, but who knows how they judge time where she's from. It's one of the easier reactions he's had to just how far in the future he is compared to - since Shepard's departure - everyone here.]

Kara. Good t' meet y'.

[He offers a hand out, that easy, friendly smile still warming his expression.]

Name's Dan Palmer. Y've, uh... come in at an interestin' time.