[Event!]

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Dream bubbles
When: 9/15-9/16
Rating: PG
Summary: Everyone is stuck with their memories. And some other people.
The Story:
This log's pretty straightforward. There is one thread per group for the first day or two of the event, before people are able to leave their initial dream bubble groupings. ♥ If you have any questions, grab a mod on AIM.

EDIT: The mods have decided to let everyone continue with phase two of the event in this one log, since there's overlap between being stuck in the bubbles and moving between them.

So if you're posting to a group thread that isn't your initial group, just your thread with what day of the event it takes place on so people will know it's not from the first day or so.

Comments

Aikawa Yuu; somewhere in Tokyo idek

[last_liar]

Yuu keeps checking his cell phone and fingering the tiny wrapped packet in his pocket. He's starting to feel antsy, waiting, unable to shake the feeling that this isn't anything new for him. It's sunny and he's starting to feel uncomfortably warm with his sweatshirt on, but he doesn't move to take it off. Every time that occurs to him, he checks his phone again instead.

"Where are they..."

He looks around, but there's no one he recognizes...which is strange. There should be someone here, right? Someone he wasn't expecting to see.

He tries to shake off that feeling, that expectation and looks at his phone again. There's no reason she'd show up here. He won't see her until later, when he surprises her. Feeling at the object in his pocket, he reminds himself not to wrap his hand around it. It's a little fragile and he doesn't want to break it.

Sighing, he looks at the sky.

Where are they?

[pottershotter]

James has spent so long wandering that he doesn't really recognize where he is anymore. Eventually, after enough wandering through Hogsmeade, he found that the edges of the village didn't lead to Hogwarts or the Forbidden Forest or the Lake - instead, there was a massive city in the distance, in a different season. It was as if there was an imaginary line separating the two (though snow does occasionally blow past it and onto the concrete.)

So, of course, James immediately crosses that line. It isn't long before he takes off his Gryffindor scarf, unbuttons his jacket, and loosens his tie. This new place is much warmer, and eventually he winds up carrying outer layers in a bundle under his arm. The buildings are taller than anything he's used to - maybe even taller than in London. And there's signs everywhere covered in scribbly lines and, oh, this must be Asia, right?

Unfortunately, James doesn't speak Asianese, and even though it's a crowded place, no one seems terribly friendly (though James considers the possibility that they might not be real anyway). There's one girl with HAPPY NICE DAY written in English on her shirt, but when he enthusiastically waves and shouts it back to her, she sort of gives him a look and storms away.

But then he spots the bloke on the bench and...oh, he looks familiar! He's definitely from Wonderland, even if James can't remember his name. He strolls right up to him, and looks at him curiously.

"Hello! Are you waiting for someone?"

[last_liar]

Yuu looks up in surprise at James's greeting, and although it and James are glaringly out of place, they somehow don't seem that odd. James even seems vaguely familiar, though Yuu can't imagine where from, since he's pretty sure he's never met a foreigner in his life.

"Ah...yeah. For some friends."

[pottershotter]

James nods along understandingly, and then invites himself to sit on the bench next to Yuu. He plops his coat next to him (but away from Yuu), still wet from melted snow.

"Were they supposed to meet you here or something?"

[last_liar]

"Yeah." Yuu leans forward a little, taking in the coat and scarf. "Um...you know Japan's warm in the summer, right?"

This foreigner speaks really good Japanese, so it's a little surprising that he doesn't seem to be aware of the country's climate. Unless there's some other explanation...

[pottershotter]

"Well, I sure know now!"

James laughs, and runs his hand through his damp hair. Since he's already figured out this is bizarre, he assumes that everyone else from the mansion has as well. This is just another grand adventure for him, and he's having fun with it.

He then gestures in the direction he came from, with a grin.

"It's winter up the street there. You should really see it sometime!"

[last_liar]

Wow. How does Yuu even respond to this. He'd always figured stuff about foreigners being weird was just stereotyping.

"...How is that possible?"

Then again, he can't shake this weird feeling that strange stuff like this isn't out of the ordinary.

[pottershotter]

Well, if would be terrible stereotyping, if James wasn't in fact a very weird foreigner by most people's standards anyway. James just shrugs though, because it really isn't out of the ordinary.

"Magic, I assume," he says. "That's usually what it is here, isn't it?"

Here being Wonderland, of course.

[last_liar]

"....No. Not that I know of."

Yuu fidgets with his phone a little, like he's seriously considering making some excuse and getting up and leaving very quickly.

[pottershotter]

Of all things, that is what makes James quirk an eyebrow in Yuu's direction.

"No? Are you new to Wonderland then? Is this your first event?"

That seems like a good explanation...but not the right one. He shakes his head before Yuu can even answer.

"No, that can't be it," he decides. "I'm certain I've seen you around before."

[last_liar]

Yuu thinks that's unlikely. After all, he's pretty sure that to a foreigner, all Japanese people would look the same, just like vice versa.

"...I really have no idea what you're talking about."

But there's this nagging feeling that he does. Or should.

[pottershotter]

Well, normally, he probably would. But Yuu's different. He's yuunique unique, because he's been stuck in Wonderland just like James. He's sure he's seen Yuu in the background doing whatever it is Yuu does.

"I'm talking about Wonderland." That earns Yuu a deadpan look, because he literally just said that a minute ago. "This is one of those events, like that time we all were Hogwarts students for a few days, or when that fog rolled in."

Something dawns on James though, and he looks a bit more excited about this conversation.

"This must be your world then, isn't it? Or, well. Sort of. As much as it can be, I guess. Where are we?"

[last_liar]

Yuu frowns in confusion, making an honest effort to decipher what any of this means. It seems familiar, in a way that makes his thoughts feel itchy and restless.

"Ah...this is Setagaya. In Tokyo."

Day 4

[jivitadana]

Minato spent most of his time wandering. Memories clashed and blended, Minato's own sometimes mixing as well. He did his best though to maintain that peaceful, tranquil atmosphere of Naganaki Shrine. It was the most prominent memory right now for him.

Other memories he had seen weren't as quiet or serene though. There was one in particular that he found familiar though it wasn't his own. But he knew whose it was. It was cold in the abandoned, run down building, really cold, and bloodstains were on the walls.

He just had to find the person who owned this memory.

Some of the doors along the halls were open, and he thought maybe he remembered how any of the doors were supposed to be opened. Minato peeked inside all the rooms, looking for any signs of life at all.

[last_liar]

After James had left, Yuu had stayed where he was, allowing the scene to change around him without fighting it. The most he could do, it seemed, was stay put and keep his memories from bothering anyone else by containing them as best he could.

He was sitting with his back against the last door, the only one they hadn't been able to open with their barcodes, in the room lined with shelves holding boxes and files and masks, nooses and stakes and tools of all kinds. It was comforting, in a stupid way, to be so close to freedom within something he could never escape.

He hadn't been all that frightened--he didn't think there was any reason to be as long as he was alone here. It was an event, he'd realized that, so all he had to do was wait it out.

The sound of footsteps made him tense, though, and he stood up and stared at the door leading into the facility. Swallowing, he decided to call out, quashing any fear that was germinating inside him.

"...Hello?"

[jivitadana]

There. Minato stopped in his tracks. Someone was there, and he knew who it was. He stayed near the door and knocked on the door.

"Yuu?"

[last_liar]

The door wasn't fully closed--Yuu had no way of opening it if it had been--so Yuu quickly made his way toward it.

"Minato?" He pulled the door open so that he could see him. "Why did you come here?"

[jivitadana]

Minato tried not to look so surprised at Yuu's appearance. Even in this light, he could tell something was off with Yuu's eyes. They were completely blank and white.

"I was looking for you."

[last_liar]

"Ah...yeah." That didn't surprise Yuu. He rubbed the back of his neck uncomfortably. "If the network were working, you wouldn't have had to."

[jivitadana]

Minato stood outside of the room, hands in his pockets. He nodded.

"I know."

[last_liar]

"Sorry...this place isn't really inviting."

[jivitadana]

Minato knew that too. He smiled a little. "I can leave."

[last_liar]

"...No. It's okay." Yuu can see that the hallway has changed some since Minato's entrance and he steps out to look around at the odd mixture of Naganaki Shrine and his facility.

"I'm...um, I'm glad you're here."

[jivitadana]

Minato's small smile didn't waver. He had planned on leaving this place, but it didn't mean he was going to go alone. He was going to take Yuu with him.

"I'm glad I found you."

He wondered about the foliage from the tree merging with the metal staircase down the hall.

"... You shouldn't be alone here."

[last_liar]

"...I didn't want this to follow me." Not where anyone else could see it.