+ Want to tear it right down and start all over! +

[vitaelamorte]

Good morning, Wonderland Storybrooke!

Bill has announced his latest building project, and now it's time to take everyone on an exciting journey to a whole new world! The bulletin board has the prelude, and this post will give you all the information you need about the two-for-one curse/event deal your characters will unhappily be suffering from between October 24 and October 28!

Day 0: October 23

At 8:14 PM a magical curse is cast, and thick purple fog will roll over Wonderland. There's no stopping it, and it will cover every last inch of the place. It lasts for exactly one minute, and everybody in Wonderland will fall asleep under its power.

Welcome to Storybrooke

The next day all of Wonderland has become a small town in Maine, governed by their not entirely trusty mayor, Regina Mills. Nobody knows how she came to power, or just how long she's had her job. It's just the way things have been, just like how the town's clock tower has always been stuck at 8:15.

The inhabitants of Wonderland have had their memories and abilities (be they magic or otherwise) ripped away from them. Names may be changed, and people who weren't quite human will find themselves human for the duration of the event. In short, everybody has been given an entirely new life: A job, a home; all the important details necessary to keep a small town running.

And while a character's new life may have echoes of their old one, nobody actually remembers Wonderland, let alone their existence before it. As far as they're concerned, they were born in Storybrooke, and will spend their entire lives here. Nobody new ever arrives, nobody old ever leaves; any attempt to go over the town line will end badly, so best not to try at all.

Day 1: October 24

Quaint as the small town may look at first glance, life in Storybrooke is a far cry from idyllic. In fact, it almost seems as if everybody's personality or circumstances have been adjusted a little to prevent them from getting their happy endings (Whatever that might mean to each individual character). A few particularly unlucky individuals might even spend their days locked away in the Storybrooke Asylum beneath the hospital.

Yet on the night of the first day, after living out what seems to be the latest in a line of unhappy days that never change, the clock tower will strike 8:16. Have the rusted old innards worked themselves out, or is something else happening?

Day 2-3: October 25-26

Over the next days, things will suddenly improve. After having been stuck in a rut for so long, people will now find themselves with new confidence, and will finally be able to make a change in their lives.

In addition any passive abilities (enhanced senses, fighting skills, etc) of their forgotten lives will begin to return, though the knowledge necessary to use them to their full extent won't.

Day 4-5: October 27-28

At 8:15 PM on the fourth day, a pulse of energy will eminate from seemingly nowhere. It will continue to spread until it reaches the boundaries of the town. The curse has been broken, and everybody's memories of Wonderland and their true homes have been restored.

There is still a catch, however: All those years in Storybrooke won't fade easily, and characters will be stuck with two sets of memories. So who are they really? Snow White, or Mary Margaret? Their Storybrooke self, or whoever came before? Or are they both?

Aftermath: October 29

By October 29 Storybrooke has turned back into Wonderland. Any fake memories implanted by the curse will lose their prominence. They will be like every other memory of an event, and no longer cause confusion.

Annnd that's it, that's the schedule! You'll find a comment for further questions below, as always. Please also consider adding your character to the TOWN REGISTRY for the sake of a better overview.

That is all, have fun ruining your characters' happiness in new and refreshing ways, and enjoy your day!

~Mouette

Comments

Crowley

[goesdown]

In Storybrooke, Crowley will be known as Tavish Blackwood and he's a tailor. The best in the town if you ask him, but he's not the only one and he'll happily rant about it if anyone lets him. He can't quite manage to make a living, but he'd rather blame it on the other tailor than the fact that he puts more energy into their rivalry than into positive advertising. He's actually quite good, but feels that no one will give him a chance to prove it.

He has no family that he currently speaks to (but if anyone wants to do semi-estranged family, that could be interesting!) and he doesn't tend to pursue lasting relationships of any nature with anyone.

I'd love for him to have a few fashionable customers and a few flirtations for sure.

[thneedifestdestiny]

WOW, maybe if you weren't such a nerd you'd have more customers.

Nerd.

[goesdown]

Time for some major sabotage :)

[oversight]

TIME TO GET YOUR HOUSE WRECKED, CROWLEY! 8D?

[goesdown]

This is less fun than when they wreck things together :(

[oversight]

Sob. True that.

[first_demon]

Expect flirtations and a steady customer from Lily. It might be fun if she constantly says he can do more with his life.

[goesdown]

rude just get him more customers. he loves sewing and sabotaging the competition most.

[vates]

kevin could be working for him doing menial labor and tries to employ marketing strategies that might help crowley's business while he's there? it's vaguely antagonistic but they are both good at their jobs so they get along??

also kevin recently lost his mother, maybe some sad family feelings?

[goesdown]

yes delightful. let's further foster everything wrong with these two. demon!dad for life.

[hybrida]

nick here would totally go to crowley for all his tailoring needs

[goesdown]

Oh, that is perfect. I haven't seen the Originals, but I was still watching TVD for the first season or so that Klaus was there for and he was great. These two could definitely be interesting together. :D

[hybrida]

i think so too, i definitely want some crowley time for klaus :D