entrancelogs | Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Who: EVERYONE and all the stars in the sky
Where: Mostly on the grounds, though some have crashed through windows and walls.
When: 2/29 → 3/6
Rating: PG-13, label it if you're gonna go higher.
Summary: Shooting stars have fallen in Wonderland, and they're bringing with them glimmers of Wonderyears past! A catch all log for the fallen star holograms.
The Story:

Each glittering, golden star brings the woosh of a sonic boom and there are impacts that shake the whole world. They crash hard into the snow, the trees, and even break through a few windows. None of them leave behind meteors or space debris, but instead just a glimmering cloud at each point of impact. In each gold light is a projection, a scene lit by starlight and moondust, a memory of years ago. Even if someone were to be struck by one, it would simply pass through them.

These are just the first stars to fall. More will come the next night, and the night after that, and perhaps even more. When budding astronomers look upward, they will notice fewer and fewer constellations dot the night sky with each passing day.

All memories are semi-opaque, and will play in a loop in one spot the whole time. Most stars will have landed somewhere on the grounds, but some might have crashed through a window, playing their memory inside the mansion. Characters can listen to and watch the scenes as many times as they like, but they will be unable to influence or interact with the memories in any way.

You can make a top level comment with all the scenes people will get to see. Please include who is in your memory and where it can be found somewhere in your top level. Either prose or [action brackets] are welcome! And finally, check out our plotting post for reminders on what everyone's doing, or ideas for the finishing touches on your memories or the most recent event announcement for more on the falling stars.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"Then I'd be a goner for sure! My thoughts haven't been all that flattering."

If Anders had a copper for every time he gossiped about someone behind their back, he'd be richer than all the nobles in Ferelden put together, so the thought of devils on their shoulders being summoned up by griping gives him a reason to laugh.

"But now that you mention Mirror reflections, perhaps they have something to do with this..." Lacking a proper name for the memories playing out around them, he waves a hand in their direction. "Whatever this is about. Perhaps these reenactments aren't showing us at all. I mean, is that any crazier than these actually showing us doing things we don't remember?"

He's willing to open his mind to all sorts of possibilities these days.

The Warden considers her fellow, one brow quirked curiously as she listens. Reflections.

"You mean, could these... scenes be from the other side of the mirrors? From our-- doubles?" No, the word is bitter on her tongue, and she knows immediately that she doesn't want to be compared with the awful beings that she's heard so much about. Robyn looks distasteful for a moment, staring intently at some of the 'memories' in the distance.

"I'm not sure what would be better or worse," she admits, twining her fingers at her front. "We know it's complicated and mysterious and... that's really it, unfortunately. Unless one of our own knows more and is holding out on us."

"It's an idea. Who's to say? It'd make about as much sense as anything," he says.

Stars falling from the sky? Little girls with no eyes? On the strangeness scale, those things are difficult to top. Mirror people from a mirror land fit right in.

"If one of them has figured it out," he adds, "then I'd consider shaking their hand and giving them a round of applause. Anyone who can make sense out of this muddle has my respect. But all things being equal, I can't see why anyone would want to protect Wonderland's secrets. It does that well enough on its own."

"All fair points," the Warden concedes. "I can't think of a reason for deception, either, but... then, people often do things for no apparent reason than to be contrary."

She has a lot of experience with that, traveling with... the diverse group in her party. Even without that variety, the people that they've met along their journey are more than enough to make her point.

"It's something to consider," Robyn says finally. She glances away from the nearest shard and to the mansion, figuring that it's been more than enough time of watching memories that may or may not be her own.

"I should go back; I don't think watching it again and again will help me make any more sense of it." She smiles affably, turning back to the mage. "I hope we can talk again soon, though. If not because we're both Wardens, then because I'd like to try and come up with something like an escape attempt, and you seem willing enough to try and scheme with me."

It's a benevolent scheme, though! At least... for the residents of Wonderland. The natives might not be so pleased.

Anders laughs again. "Is that a bit of the cynic I detect in your tone? Not that I'm disagreeing with you. There are a surprising amount of people who seem comfortable here."

He considers himself on Team "Pool Resources and Escape," which is why he's more than happy to keep digging and share any worthwhile findings. Investigating these repeating loops hasn't yielded much that he can make sense of, but he'll keep at it. There's always the hope something will jump out at him.

"Certainly! Consider me ready to report for duty. It was an honour to finally make your acquaintance." Today has truly been a day for celebrity sightings.

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