+ Something Is Coming +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone! (Plus a special guest.)
Where: In their dreams
When: 9/11-9/13
Rating: Let's go with PG-13
Summary: Something is coming...
The Story:

Starting on the night of September 11 and continuing for the following 2 nights, characters will go to sleep as normal. However, they will find that their dreams are unexpectedly vivid. Even characters who don't normally dream will experience this. Even characters who don't normally sleep will experience it.

Many of Wonderland's guests have dealt with events that distorted their dreams before, but this? This is a little different. Because something is coming in those dreams. Something not altogether friendly.

If you'd like your character to encounter this...something, post their dreams to this log.

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[adaptiveimmunities]

It's not a new dream.

The setup is almost comical. There's a brightly lit stage. The backdrop is full of bright colors and more flashing lights, and anyone who has watched even a little daytime TV would recognize it for what it is--a game show in front of a live studio audience.

Well.

"Live" might be a bit of a misnomer. The people filling the seats aren't technically people anymore. They're zombies, and while they're not leaving their seats to charge the stage as they would in real life, especially in these numbers, they are moaning. A lot.

At the center of the stage is a pretty young woman with streaks of blonde in her hair, holding a microphone and smiling at the audience. She is, of course, visibly armed. "Welcome to 'Who is Your Real Sister!' I'm your host, Becks Atherton, and let's hear it for our guest today. Shaun Mason!" The podium lights up and Shaun is standing there, blinking out at the audience as they moan loudly.

Becks turns toward Shaun, beaming. "Why don't you tell the audience a little bit about yourself, Shaun?"

"Uh. I'm Shaun Mason and this is fucking bullshit."

Becks laughs. "Don't be like that, Shaun! Now, we all know you have a really close relationship with your sister." She smirks. "So now it's time to tell us, who is your real sister!"

Three curtains on the other side of the stage are pulled aside to reveal... George. There is a sign above each woman: [HALLUCINATION] [CLONE] [ORIGINAL FLAVOR] The women are identical, aside from the brown eyes of the George with the label marking her a hallucination.

"It's time to choose, Shaun!"

[manxomnivore]

Things freeze, the audience going eerily silent, the lights mid-blink. It's an odd effect, blinding because of the brightness but also because of the shadows. Both give plenty of cover for something hiding at the back of the audience to move toward the stage.

[adaptiveimmunities]

Shaun opens his mouth to object to the question, and the idea of having to choose at all, and then the dream freezes around him, like a streaming video that's still buffering. He looks around, frowning. "Did you see that?"

Becks shakes a finger at him. "No, no getting out of this! You have to choose!"

[manxomnivore]

Whatever is in the audience moves closer, but at the moment it should arrive at the stage, what appears isn't so much anything. There's simply a visual distortion, like looking through a large magnifying glass at a distance. That distortion moves past behind Becks and over toward the three labeled women behind the curtains.

[adaptiveimmunities]

Shaun ignores Becks' demands for him to chose which George is real, and follows the distortion with his eyes until it settles near the Georges. "Shut up, Becks, I need to see this." He doesn't know what's going on here, but he's pretty sure he's not going to like it. He doesn't like anything about this setup.

[manxomnivore]

The distortion ripples back and forth a bit, as though it's not sure which George it should be paying attention to. Though it doesn't take form, it does take a more definite shape, like a woman with long hair in a gown.