Faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us no more | OPEN

[vitaelamorte]

Who: E V E R Y O N E (Including our 4th wall guests!)
Where: Everywhere, one both Mirror and Real Side!
When: December 19th - December 26th (ICly December 25th) (WEEK TWO)
Rating: PG-13, warn if going higher
Summary: After a particularly intense week of holiday cheer and holiday scenes, Wonderland simply cannot take any more. The form it takes will no longer hold. Wonderland sheds its holiday skin and remains in the barest form of itself.
The Story:

As of the 19th, no one will be able to use the network to make posts. A new error message will appear on all screens, but again, it's probably fine.

This will quickly prove to be a problem though, as Wonderland has completely abandoned any sign of the signature mansion or its grounds. All of a sudden, it cannot hold itself together any more. At this point, Wonderland has become a series of holiday past, present, and future scenes instead of a collection of rooms, and none of them connect together in any sensical, linear way. If you find a friend wandering, you may want to stay with them. It will prove difficult to seek out people on purpose (though very easy to stumble across people by accident).

In between the various scenes, instead of the halls of the mansion, are one of three voids. Gravity does not seem to exist in them, and characters will float, swim, or spin around until they find a new scene to be in. There is no up or down, and no ground to stand on. Scenes are entered suddenly and without warning, going from floating along to suddenly standing in a memory or a vision (unless you have come from the second void). Characters can also find themselves traveling from void to void, but there is no precise place where they overlap, and if they turn around they will not be able to return to the void they were previously in. It is almost as though perhaps, the voids and the scenes are moving around, and that Wonderland no longer has a static form.

Wonderland will remain this way until the end of the event. What happens then? You'll have to wait and see. ♥ For now though, please enjoy the horrible voids that make up all of Wonderland at the moment. If you have any questions, please report to the plot post or check out our Fourth Wall Masterpost for all your other fourth wall needs!

Comments

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

[Tweedledee starts to respond, but seems to stall, freezing up like a buffering video. Tweedledum glances at her, then answers in her stead.]

We aren't entirely certain why you're here.

[moraloutrage]

Tuh- Tweedeledee-kun?! [He gasps in concern! And he looks towards the other twin.]

I... I do not know what I am doing here either! Something has happened to the mansion! What exactly... is this place supposed to be?

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

[Tweedledee recovers quickly enough and speaks as though nothing happened.]

This place is...in-between.

Or behind.

Or both.

[moraloutrage]

[He does look relieved, if still confused, as the affected Tweedle returns to normal.]

Ah... That is quite the impossible combination of directions! We are both... in-between and behind something? Is this in relation to the mansion?!

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

You could say that!

Contrariwise, you could say that this means nothing at all.

[moraloutrage]

I... I see! I think? [He frets.] I apologize, but I have trouble following your words sometimes! How could this mean nothing at all? Is this not a troubling turn of events?

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

Do you find it troubling?

To us it▒░▒▓▒▒▓

[moraloutrage]

W-well yes, I am sorry to say that I do find this quite troubling! There is no sign of any of the mansion's rooms, and there is not even any stable ground to walk on... This place does not seem very safe to me! And... ah... some of your words seem to have been scrambled there!

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

Oh...well I suppose it would be disconcerting to have nothing under your feet.

[moraloutrage]

That's correct! It is quite disconcerting. And what's more, I have not been able to find my bedroom, or the library. Things have gone to quite the opposite of an organized order!

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

Things do that sometimes.

It's all very natural.

The trick is to out-confuse the confusion.

[moraloutrage]

When you say it in that way, I suppose it is true that chaos is normal here... but normally not in this way! [He pauses in confusion.] Ah, and... may I ask... how does one out-confuse confusion? [It sounds like a ludicrous concept! But he doesn't want to be rude to the girls.]

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

Do what it won't expect!

Act normal! It won't expect that.

[moraloutrage]

I see! So I should just... act as if this is all part of my ordinary, everyday life? ...What exactly am I tricking, anyway? Wonderland itself?

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

You're tricking the confusion itself!

[Yeah, no, this makes no sense.]

[moraloutrage]

Ah... [He just looks more confused.] I am not sure that I understand! But if that is the path I must follow, then I will try my best...

[He pauses for a moment and closes his eyes before he shouts out.]

This is all perfectly normal!! This is an everyday routine for me!!

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

[The sisters wait for a moment, looking around, before looking at each other, and then at him.]

It didn't work.

[moraloutrage]

[His eyes pop open, and he frets at their answer.]

But, why not? Should I try harder?! That must be the solution!

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

Certainly!

Contrariwise, it might not help at all.

I suppose it depends on how much energy you want to use on it.

[moraloutrage]

[He just focuses on that last part and pumps up his fist in determination.]

Then I will dedicate all of the energy that I can to accomplishing this! I will perform at my absolute best!!

[twixt_dee_n_dum]

We approve!

And we support you!

[moraloutrage]

Thank you so much! With your support, I feel as if there is nothing that I cannot do...! Now, wish me luck!

[With that, Ishimaru closes his eyes and tries to walk casually through the void, as if all is normal and good in the world.]