+ FOURTH WALL EVENT: GENERAL NON-PARTY MINGLE POST +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: E V E R Y O N E
Where: Everywhere that isn't one of the parties! Both Sides!
When: Sept 1st to Sept 10th
Rating: G to PG-13 (please label higher ratings, thank you!)
Summary: Wonderful parties are springing up all across Wonderland, but there are still plenty of other places to explore. This is a log for any new arrivals who want to experience different parts of Wonderland life, and any current guests not in the mood for a log or transmission of their own.

Please also see THE FOURTH WALL MASTER POST for rules, information, and all the fun parties you can visit!
The Story:

On the morning of September 1st, everyone in Wonderland, on both Real and Mirror Side, will awake to find one of four possible invitations has been shoved under their doors. The glass has been carefully removed from all mirrors, and everyone will be able to cross to and from Mirror Side with ease, without forcing any sort of swap. The Queen of Hearts' chambers, discovered in the previous event, will be mysteriously inaccessible, leading only to a tearoom.

Additionally, there will be many more Wonderland guests than usual, each of them with their own random invitation and network device (wired to make replies only). As the week goes on, as per the invitations, more and more parties will appear (and everyone is invited to all of them, whether they received an invitation or not). But who brought them here? Why are there so many parties? Who is responsible for all of this exactly?

It's anyone's guess, though if parties or riddles are not your style, then there is always plenty more to see...

Comments

[eatsyourscience]

[Souji nodded and turned his attention back to the food. He ate a few bites before speaking again.]

I'm really glad you came.

[He was grateful not just for the time they could spend together, but for the things Minato was able to tell him.]

[prosecutorial]

[She nods slowly, a completely disbelieving look in her face. Suuuuure Ollie. Sure you're not.]

Right. You've never nearly died because you were too stubborn to let the rest of your team in on the plan.

[jivitadana]

[Minato nuzzled into Yuu a little before he slowly let go of him.]

So it is true.

[Ice cream did melt. How interesting. Minato went to finish up his ice cream then.]

... What about yours?

WELCOME TO MY SPECIAL HELL

[determinedest]

Maybe because I have been there.

[She really is having a tough time of it. They don't see any reason to be honest - it's not as if she's been making an effort on her part. And it's proven to be...effective. Very, very effective. Her words are torn through with static, as if her face is about to be smeared into white blocks of e̴m̸p̸t̸i̷n̶e̷s̸s̵ in an impossible inflorescence.

They look at her with as much blank-faced, empty scorn as they can possibly bring to bear.]

How much do you really know about the anomaly, Alphys?

[jivitadana]

[Minato didn't know if he had a choice to come here or not, but he was glad that he came here too. He was happy to see Souji again.]

Souji...

[He smiled and set his spoon down since he was full.]

... Can we go see your room after this?

YOU'RE SO FINE FRIEND i didn't tag for a week plus anyway

[sciencelizard]

A... a s-skeleton?

[She knows only three two. How many worlds have skeletons? If they're from a world with monsters, was she the scientist? Did she do this, somehow, somewhere?

If that skeleton is here, she still knows only two. Has to be. Could be. She doesn't know.]

Sometimes, uhm, worlds don't have the s-same... things, happen? Some of my friends d-don't remember certain things from their world, either. Not everyone who c-comes here has, uhm, the same m-memories.

[achievementhunter]

Tired. [Is the initial, simple statement; a blunt honesty that they wonder if this one is used to receiving. It's something that cannot go ignored-- after how they'd met, their p...

Frisk had to understand that.] Excited as well, I suppose. And...

Determined. [Said with the wry deprecation of double meaning, lips quirking upwards as they lift their hand, and summon their SOUL. It's not necessary, but it feels better.

And they haven't failed to notice the way Frisk watched it with longing.]

Try to focus upon that excitement.

Shall we?

[determinedest]

[Determined. Well, that is just their paired constant, isn't it? The one thing they'll always be. The one thing they always have in common. Frisk's brows scrunch down as they focus on the part of themself that houses their SOUL. It's like starting an encounter, almost.

There's no stuttering jolt of the world shifting to black-and-white, but it glows into existence just outside their chest regardless, that red and determined thing that hovers there, the culmination of their very being.

Their SOUL.

Frisk smiles, eyes bright with eagerness.]

We shall.

[thneedifestdestiny]

A year? Wow. That's...I think it's been that long for me too. Back home.

[It's hard to tell, but he was definitely expecting to hear it had only been a week, like the last time he disappeared. He...doesn't exactly sound thrilled, but he smiles again when she does.]

I missed you too. You know, the second I could remember you.

[Stupid memory-eating world.]

[thneedifestdestiny]

[Boris is happily trying to bury himself in the crook of the Once-ler's arm, and scritches behid the piglet's ears with his green felt gloves.]

Yeah, that...does tend to happen with me, so I can't argue that one.

[Wonderland's already done this once though, and dragged him off for years only to send him back looking more tired and run-down and haunted than before. It feels...different this time though. He can tell it won't be forever.]

Buuuuut since that tends to happen to me a lot, this little guy definitely needs somebody looking after him when I'm not around. Officially, I mean. And you're doing a great job already! He clearly likes you, and look at the craftsmanship on this sweater! I couldn't've done a betterer job myself.

[selfrespecting]

Martha did a slow circle in the center of the main clinic area, letting out a breath as all the memories came rushing back to her. The people she'd treated here: Daryl, Ruby, and so many others. She'd done surgery in the back room, she'd even been attacked here...

Well, that memory wasn't so pleasant, but it was still a part of her that had been taken and was now back in place.

When Victor spoke up, Martha spun around as a soft, sad sort of smile took over her face. She walked over and reached out for the coat, running the fabric through her fingers for a moment.

"I'm glad there are still people here making use of this place. You and I did a good thing, putting it together."

[jolting]

"You did the good thing," Victor corrected her. He took his name tag off the coat and put it back in its place. Maybe someone else could find a use for it. "I was just tagging along for the ride."

[mettatonvevo]

[Mettaton's eyes widen at the Once-ler's words, looking vaguely horrified.]

Did you say you were here for years?

[Oh goodness, he hopes he isn't here for years.]

Wonderland kept bringing you back and sending you home, only to bring you back again... that sounds so tiring.

[mynameisoliverqueen]

It doesn't happen that often. Only a few times.

[Ollie stop.]

[prosecutorial]

[She shakes her head.]

A few times is a few times too many, Ollie.

[mynameisoliverqueen]

I don't like it anymore than you do, believe me, but it comes with the job.

[Refer to comment about Ollie stop.]

And sometimes I have to put myself in that position so it doesn't happen to other people.

[The fact that he believes this after multiple seasons and launching an entire extended universe that's taken over the CW's programming schedule is saying something.]

[sinkships]

[After taking a moment to assess, just a little surprised that her elbow didn't cause him to drop his sword (which isn't an uncommon occurace for her opponents, as her elbows are sharp and bony), she clicks her tongue. At the mention of Souji's magical healing, Redglare can't help but do it again and 'tsk' softly at the notion.]

It would hardly do either of us good to rely on that sort of thing. I suppose field medicine would be another good lesson to teach you, and luckily we won't have to worry about using you as an example too much. A little more pleasant than the lessons I had, but we can't all have our sweetsponge disks and eat them too.

[eatsyourscience]

[Souji wasn't really expecting-- Okay, he had a vague feeling she might cry, but he's glad she's holding back. He'd have to hug her or something if she did cry and that would make her more flustered. Not that he minds hugging her--he just doesn't want her to get more worked up than she needs to be.]

I didn't start adding new pictures until recently, so there aren't as many as there should be.

[But he has managed to get a lot of new ones in in a short amount of time.]

[selfrespecting]

"Oh, please." Martha rolled her eyes and swatted Victor lightly on the arm. He had a tendency to do this and she would fight him on it every time. "It was just as much your idea as it was mine." And didn't he have a knack for wanting to create things? It had gotten him in trouble, but the clinic had never been bad.

[powerofmabel]

[she blushes.] Hey, I don't mess around when it comes to sweaters.

[But the rest of that does leave her feeling a bit weird inside. it's nice to have confirmation that the Once-ler's used to leaving and that she has his blessing to look after Boris, anyway, but that's hardly the crux of her issues.] I never got to say goodbye when you left the last time. I know it's sorta dumb, 'cause people come and go all the time, but...

[jolting]

"Okay." Funny how even though he hadn't been here in years, the place still had some of the things he left behind. Then again, this place had closets that answered your requests. Victor shouldn't have been surprised by anything.

"What've you been up to since we saw each other?" Years had gone by for Victor since then; he was curious if that was true for Martha as well.

FANTASTIC TBH

[kairotic]

How could you hav̛e͜ p̶̷̡o̧͠͠s͞s͏i̵̴̧̛͟b̡̡̕͢l̷̶̶y̸̵̛̛͝--

[God, this is getting worse. Fuck. She takes a steadying breath and grits her teeth.]

I know you're a p̷̀͘͟͡ȩ̶̴̛҉s̴̢t҉̷̨͝͏.

[Any stress she puts on her words feels like a tearing at her throat. Like she's going to go into lines of... god, of what? Existence? Particles of matter? C̵̸̨̨o҉̶̢̕d̸̴͘͠e҉͟?̡̧͠]

It's both of you. You and that other sniveling brat, C̴ha̛ra̴. Though yours is o-objectively more stabby than the one I know. And together you fucked a-around in the Underground and did whatever you liked.

=)

[determinedest]

[It's not enough. It is never enough. They barely have any sort of control over it, they know this for a fact, because Chara weathered what must have been a special kind of hell to dig their fingers into the roots of the world and dig it all up (as they slept in the soil, ha ha), and what must have bled over into Frisk's head is tenuous at best.

Tenuous, but capable. Capable, and ready to be sharpened into a spear to be driven into the Mirror's mind.]

We did.

[Frisk advances. Their eyes are cold. They carry no weapons, but they don't need to.]

We did whatever we liked. We played the game. We knew all the rules by heart. We ripped them to shreds because we could. And because we could, we had to.

[Another step.]

And we won.

[* You WON!
* You gained 9̴9̵9̸▒██9̵9̵9̵9̴█9̷9̵▒░▒▓▒ - ]

[prosecutorial]

[Laurel pauses for a moment, because she knows that's why he does it. He did it to save Thea, and he's done it to save others. But in the end, she knows that that isn't going to work. Not one hundred percent of the time. Thea still became a target of Ras and Laurel is still dead.]

Yeah. But sometimes you can't stop that, no matter what you do.

[ofletters]

At least Ruby was helpful? Sam flinches, but doesn't comment. Yeah, right.

"There're other people who're gonna want to see you," Sam says after a pause. "... Just try and steer clear of the other you. I doubt it'd go over well. One Dean is enough for Wonderland."