+ The (Final) 12 Days of Ewaymas +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: EVERYONE!
Where: Real Side only!
When: 12/13-12/25
Rating: PG-13, warn if going higher
Summary: On the first day of Ewaymas, Wonderland took from me...
The Story:
On the first day of Ewaymas (12/13/19), Wonderland took from me:
The Forest and all of the trees!
On the second day of Ewaymas (12/14/19), Wonderland took from me:
The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!
On the third day of Ewaymas (12/15/19), Wonderland took from me:
Every grain of sand! The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!
On the fourth day of Ewaymas (12/16/19), Wonderland took from me:
Hedges and their maze! Every grain of sand! The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!
On the fifth day of Ewaymas (12/17/19), Wonderland took from me:
ALLLLL OF THE MIIIIIIIRRORS! Hedges and their maze! Every grain of sand! The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!
On the sixth day of Ewaymas (12/18/19), Wonderland took from me:
So many fruit trees! ALLLLL OF THE MIIIIIIIRRORS! Hedges and their maze! Every grain of sand! The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!
On the seventh day of Ewaymas (12/19/19), Wonderland took from me:
No more lake a-swimming! Six tons of fruit! ALLLLL OF THE MIIIIIIIRRORS! Hedges and their maze! Every grain of sand! The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!
On the eighth day of Ewaymas (12/20/19), Wonderland took from me:
Traumatic human chess! No more lake a-swimming! Six tons of fruit! ALLLLL OF THE MIIIIIIIRRORS! Hedges and their maze! Every grain of sand! The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!
On the ninth day of Ewaymas (12/21/19), Wonderland took from me:
The flora and the fauna! Traumatic human chess! No more lake a-swimming! Six tons of fruit! ALLLLL OF THE MIIIIIIIRRORS! Hedges and their maze! Every grain of sand! The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!
On the tenth day of Ewaymas (12/22/19), Wonderland took from me:
Somewhere dark and dingy! The flora and the fauna! Traumatic human chess! No more lake a-swimming! Six tons of fruit! ALLLLL OF THE MIIIIIIIRRORS! Hedges and their maze! Every grain of sand! The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!
On the eleventh day of Ewaymas (12/23/19), Wonderland took from me:
Shady backyard vendors! Somewhere dark and dingy! The flora and the fauna! Traumatic human chess! No more lake a-swimming! Six tons of fruit! ALLLLL OF THE MIIIIIIIRRORS! Hedges and their maze! Every grain of sand! The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!
On the twelfth day of Ewaymas (12/24/19), Wonderland took from me:
Endless magic closets! Shady backyard vendors! Somewhere dark and dingy! The flora and the fauna! Traumatic human chess! No more lake a-swimming! Six tons of fruit! ALLLLL OF THE MIIIIIIIRRORS! Hedges and their maze! Every grain of sand! The whole entire Ocean! And the Forest and all of the trees!

Comments

[testcase]

[A – 12/17 – Mirror only]

Ugh, for real?!

[Ryoko's mirror can be found looking around the Real Side, an irritated look on her face because this is definitely not what she'd planned on. No, she'd been keeping a low profile since her Real returned and now this? Not cool. Not cool at all.]

Guess I'll have to see what little miss forgetful's up to in person then.

[And she'll set off to find her, but appears to be taking her time getting there as she'll stop to chat with pretty much anyone. There's a few faces in Wonderland she's especially interested in chatting with, but she's pretty personable. She won't be ignoring people for not being in a notebook or saying they have nothing to do with her. Nope. None of that.]

[B - 12/18-12/19 – Ryoko or her Mirror]

[For the next two days, Ryoko and her Mirror can both be found throughout the mansion. The Mirror will be her usual unpleasant self, not too different from her arrival on the Real Side, but Ryoko will look increasingly stressed out and worried. It's easy enough to chalk it up everything falling into a terrifying black void, but there might be more going on here.]

[C – 12/19, Junko]

[Things definitely aren't getting better, but there's at least one new face in Wonderland. Or not so new if anyone remembers her from the last time. She can be found looking out at the void instead of getting on the network to announce her arrival. To be fair, it's kind of distracting.]

Man, that looks bad. I wonder if it's going to keep getting closer.

[She definitely seems worried about it, which makes sense. It wasn't here the last time and it looks pretty bad, right?]

Wish Wonderland had picked a better time to bring me back here.

[Because that is absolutely what happened here. Yup.]

[D – 12/20-12/23 – Ryoko]

[As things go from bad to worse and the void continues to grow, Ryoko seems be getting more and more frazzled. She doesn't look like she's been sleeping much and seems to be startled by a lot. It's not that her condition's getting worse or anything, it's just with the state of Wonderland, the mirrors running around (though hers hasn't been seen in a few days), and a certain new arrival, there's a lot to be worried about probably. She'll still talk to people, even if she is jumpy about different things, Might be a good idea to, in fact. Because...]

[E – 12/24 – Junko]

[Because by the time Christmas Eve rolls around and the closets stop working, Ryoko doesn't seem to be around in Wonderland anymore. Her mirror's nowhere to be found either, though she probably hasn't been seen in a few days at this point, who knows what happened there.

But hey on the bright side Junko's still here and can be found sipping a cup of cocoa and humming happy birthday to herself. With the void and everything, it's entirely possible she's lost it. Or equally strange, she might be just be in high spirits about today despite...everything else going on.]

A

[entreats]

[ Has Ange noticed the mirrors have gone all weird? Sure, it's hard not to, even when you tend to avoid them like Ange does. But that doesn't mean she has noticed that there's a duplication going on of the amount of people in the mansion all of a sudden.

So when she spots Ryoko in the hallway, she has no idea that it isn't the real one. After all, if she had known, she wouldn't just call out to her with a wave to try and draw her attention. ]

Hey. Are you doing okay?

[ Not that she thinks the other looks off just yet, but she figures this void stuff is probably ten times freakier with Ryoko's kind of memory trouble. ]

dusts off the mirror journal

[postcondition]

Okay?

[No, not really, but hey...this is one of Ryoko's friends, so she'll play, well, not nice, but she won't be as awful as she could be. So there's kind of a confused expression on her face, it looks like a face Ryoko might make, so that's good. But what might be off is that the mirror doesn't seem to have a notebook in hand.]

I don't know, is there a reason I wouldn't be okay?

[entreats]

Well.. you know. The gaping void out there. [ Maybe it'd help if Ange didn't make it sound like some sort of trivial problem. Like this is about spilled milk rather than the world unraveling at its edges. But until proven otherwise, she's just going to assume it's another one of the Regular Weird Stuff that happens here and always ends up okay.

But as she glances at the other, she finally does seem to notice something off about her. ]

.. did you lose your notebook?

[postcondition]

Oh...that kind of thing has nothing to do with me.

[The void, the notebook, none of that's important as far as she's concerned. Sure she's irritated about the void and being shoved onto this side, but it's not the kind of thing that really ruins her fun.

And that sure sounded like something Ryoko would say, but it's a little off. Not that she's going to keep this up much longer, there's not a lot of point to that. If everybody else is on this side, Mirrors being here will be obvious soon enough.]

But hey, I can see why you're confused, she only met you recently, right? So we didn't meet when I've been on this side before. So there's no way you'd know her Mirror doesn't need a notebook or anything like that.

[entreats]

[ At least Ange is quick to catch on. Not at the first thing the other says, because it does sound very much like a Ryoko sort of thing. But the moment she uses the word "she", Ange knows. It's not actually Ryoko. Or not the one she knows, anyway.

It makes her look immediately slightly more exasperated, because dealing with Mirrors has never been a fun time in her experience. ]

You're the other one. [ Very tactful, Ange. Good job. ] So you don't have her kind of memory problems?

B - 19th - Mirror

[moraloutrage]

[With everything seemingly going out of control now, Ishimaru is constantly checking up on his friends to make sure that they're okay and not trapped in any voids or anything. So once he manages to spot one familiar face, he excitedly power walks over towards her.]

Ah - Otonashi-kun! There you are! Are you alright?!

[postcondition]

[Oh good. Definitely someone she wanted to see.]

Why's everyone keep asking me that?

[She seems tired of it, but she's okay. Really.]

Um, is there some reason I shouldn't be?

[moraloutrage]

[He nods vigorously.]

Unfortunately, there is! Have you noticed, Otonashi-kun? Pieces of Wonderland have been disappearing! It is a very distressing situation.

Given those circumstances, it is only logical that one would fear that you could have been lost as well! Either disappeared as well, or trapped in one of those mysterious voids! So, I am quite overjoyed to find you alive and well, and in one piece!

[postcondition]

What? Wonderland's disappearing?

[She looks like she's about to panic, but it fades quickly, settling into a colder looking grin.]

Oh wait, I've noticed that. Think everyone's noticed that. Even her! Though she's probably forgotten about it a few times. Which is a super scary thought! She could forget, wander into the void and never be seen again!

[It's super duper scary isn't it? Even though the mirror seems to think it's funny.]

But I don't think she will. She's probably got a super handy note reminding her to not walk into the void. She almost always has something like that in there.

[moraloutrage]

[And she goes on speaking, his mistake finally sinks in. He frowns and deflates a bit.]

...Ah, I see. So... so you are Otonashi-kun's Mirror, not Otonashi-kun myself! I am sorry for making such a mistake once again! [The lack of a notebook should have been the first clue, but he wasn't really paying attention with the urgency of things.]

N-now please do not say such morbid things! I am sure that what you last said is the fact of the matter. Otonashi-kun must have a warning in place to keep her safe from those voids!

[tetractys]

Around day four, when the grounds seem to be more void than solid, a yellow point rises slowly from underneath the horizon ... and rises... and rises...

The tip is nearly to the top of the mansion before an eye begins to appear, and it's massive, veiny white, like a second moon.

"WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL."

Looks like someone didn't listen to his warning!

OTA! Will match formats!

[mettatonvevo]

A. {Dec. 13th}

[Mettaton is oddly quiet as he's standing at a window in the foyer of the mansion. He looks outside, seemingly contemplating... something. If anyone looks in the direction he is, it's obvious that he's observing the current lack of a forest in the distance. He nods to himself for a moment and takes a sip of some hot chocolate in his hand. He speaks out loud to no one in particular.]

Good fucking riddance.

[...what a strong arboreal stance!]

B. {Dec. 14th}

Mettaton stands on the beach, looking out at the inky blackness that is there instead of the ocean he remembers seeing. He's nostalgic, sure, he had a lot of important times here on this beach but... really!?

"The whole ocean. How do you take an entire ocean??"

Wonderland is full of surprises every day.

C. {Dec. 17th}

[Mettaton is running. You probably can hear his heels clacking against the floor as he tears down the hallway. As he does there is another voice calling out behind him. It sounds... exactly like him, actually.

Mettaton tears around the corner and stops for a moment, his cooling fans whirring rather loudly. He peeks back around and then whips his head back behind the wall as another Mettaton slowly walks forward.]

Daaaarling~! Please, there's no reason to run from me! I swear I have changed! We can be friends again!

[The Mettaton around the corner makes a rather sour face at those words and begins looking to where else he can run.]

D. {Dec. 24th}

Mettaton's bedroom door is open, letting everyone and their mother hear his very loud grumblings.

"...brings me back JUST to mock me... what is the POINT then!?"

If anyone were to peek inside, they would see the robot standing in front of his closet, hands on his hips and looking rather pissed.

"Go on! Give me something! Ugh. Do you know how inconvenient this is? I haven't even finished decorating my room and you have the NERVE to stop working!?"

He lets out a huff of disgust as he kicks the doorway to the closet.

E. {Dec. ???}

[Wildcard! Got an idea for any of the days of Ewaymas? Hit me up with it and we can have some fun!]

B for the beach

[ssmisery]

[Mettaton's not the only person here at the beach to uncomfortably ogle the void. Indeed, logically there are probably a few others, but who cares about them. It's the blue lady who shoots him a glance at that question, because even in the onset of apocalypse, you've gotta hold onto your sense of irony. If only for old times' sake.]

It's easier than you'd think. Too bad that's not what happened.

[moraloutrage]

22nd

[Ishimaru has found every disappearance to be troubling. Not to mention that the gifts he was getting from the chest kept on veering towards being either bizarre or outright disturbing.

Today, he has two issues! In a common area, he'll announce it to whoever's nearby after coming from a daily trek around the mansion.]

I have some bad news, everyone! The caves beneath the mansion... they have disappeared! They seemed like an ideal place to take shelter or evacuate in case of an emergency. At this point, our only places to hide within an emergency are within the mansion itself! [At this point, there's not much left other than the mansion anyway.]

Additionally! [He lays down today's advent gift: a live spider, which he has contained within a spacious plastic habitat.] I have received a new friend today! I am still trying to decide his name, but please treat him kindly!

23rd

[Ishimaru has now set up most of his miscellaneous gifts on a table in the dining room while pacing near the table, trying to put things together.]

There has to be a clue in one of these items! There just has to be...

[These items that are neatly arranged along the table include: a box of crayons (one that's missing shades of red and pink), a pink disposable camera, a caricature drawing of Ishimaru, a Memory Jar, a pocket Chinese-Spanish dictionary, a salt shaker, a burned out lightbulb, a red paintbrush, a vial containing a mouse fetus, a rusted syringe, a human tooth, his spider friend and a music box that is straining to play "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".]

24th

[And on this day, Ishimaru's poring over the coded message. While still playing the music box.]

Today, I have received some kind of coded message! I have not studied much when it comes to codes, but I hope to do my best to decipher this! Perhaps I can find a guide from the closet that will be helpful...

[He proceeds to open the closet and finds a void staring back at him. He stumbles back in horror.]

Wh-what?! Even... even the closets...?? ...Ah! [In his moment of clumsiness, he accidentally releases the coded note, which falls into the void! It might be time to go in after it...]

Wildcard

[Feel free to come up with an alternate prompt or hit me up for plotting! Christmas Day shenanigans, investigations, getting stuck in a void, whatever!]

23rd

[testcase]

[She's just coming in to grab a bite to eat and sees all the stuff thrown on the table. So while he's looking at it, Junko'll come over and make conversation.]

A clue for what?

[She's technically been here for a few days, so this might not be the first time they've run into each other since this all started. Or maybe it is! It can be a little confusing at this point.]

Most of it looks like junk to me. The drawing's cute though.

[Reminds her of the type of thing some forgettable loser would sketch and keep in a notebook. Or something along those lines anyways.]

[moraloutrage]

[Everything's confusing. But yes, surely they have crossed paths! And Ishimaru greeted her again in as an over-the-top manner as always.]

Ah... thank you, I think! [He's not sure how to take a compliment about a caricature of himself, but he'll take it anyway.]

In any case, it is always good to see you, Enoshima-kun! As for your query, a clue for any of Wonderland's mysteries! It is possible that there is some hidden meaning to any of these unusual gifts. It may not be a coincidence that so much of Wonderland has been disappearing at the same time that we have been receiving these gifts!

[testcase]

Could be, I guess. I wasn't really here long enough to get involved in solving Wonderland's mysteries, but if there's something in here that'll make everything stop disappearing, I'm all for it.

[Or at least that's what she's saying. Truth be told she can see a certain appeal to being trapped in a building with her classmates, cut off from the outside. Yup, there's definitely something kicking around in her head there.]

And I'm not an expert on these things anyways, mystery solving's someone else's thing, y'know? But I don't think that one's going to be a clue. It's way too gross.

[She's pointing at the mouse with a disgusted look on her face.]

[moraloutrage]

It does not matter how long you were here, or your level of investment in solving mysteries. Any fresh perspective could be helpful at a time like this!

[She must be referring to Kirigiri-kun. He does miss her, and he's sure that her talent would be incredibly helpful with a situation like this! But alas, they will just have to do without her.

He does look towards the clue that she indicated, with a frown.]

...Ah... Yes, that is certainly one of the more unsettling things that I have received. I am hoping to have someone look at it and see if it can be saved! But... even that could be a clue of some sort! Could it... have something to do with the Dormouse...?

[testcase]

Could be, yeah.

[She doesn't particularly care if it does. Her thoughts there are elsewhere, but while she's talking about these things, an idea does occur to her. Well, several ideas, but this one's relevant to their conversation and not future plans.]

Hey, what about the camera? Have you used it yet?

22nd

[entreats]

.. That's your friend?

[ Listen, the other point about the caves disappearing is probably more important. The encrouching void is pretty important in general, yes. But either Ange has just decided to take everything that happens here in stride by now or she's just avoiding talking about it - either way she seems more focused on Ishimaru's new "friend" he's brought along. ]

Are you sure it's not dangerous?

[moraloutrage]

Ahahaha! [He responds with a bold laugh, placing a hand over the plastic container.]

Yes, Ushiromiya-kun, I am quite certain that this little fellow comes in peace and seeks nothing but friendship! When I discovered him, he ran all over the course of my body without biting me even once. If that does not mean friendship, then I do not know what does!

[entreats]

[ Oh god, Ishimaru, she likes you just fine but you're so.. weird!! ]

I.. guess I can't argue with that. [ Or more like "I sense that no argument here will help".. Ange may have way too much time in this place, but she still doesn't feel like wasting it on something useless. ] I'm just saying it since there was a scorpion in my advent box, and it sure did not want to be friends.

[moraloutrage]

A scorpion?! [He is very quickly alarmed by this information.] That is very alarming! What happened, Ushiromiya-kun? Were you hurt? Do you require medical attention??

[entreats]

Hey, are you seriously getting startled over that now after declaring this thing here your little friend? [ Pointing at the spider..

Still, the concern is rather nice, even if no real reaction about it shows up on her face. Got to play it cool! ]

I'm fine, someone helped me hunt it down and get rid of it. I was more worried about it running around and causing trouble for other people, since I accidentally dropped it.