+ 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

[belovedson]

Neal Cassidy is NOT going to be cursed, since he's actually a canon character not affected by the original curse. :|b However I am happy to have people who know him and expect things of him? Like why didn't you show up to work or something. Open to suggestions! Otherwise he's going to be kissing his kid's forehead and getting drunk at the bar or something.

Looking for: friends, family, anyone! Make his fake life so awkward for him to deal with.

Pepper Potts (Virginia Stark) works for the city in the mayor's financial department. It's hella boring. She's actually pretty average, would follow her same routine anyway even if she weren't cursed, and oh yeah, used to be married but her husband died so there's that.

Looking for: friends! I'd like her to be alone on the family front in terms of kids, but siblings would be okay.

Zatanna Zatara (Anna Adams) is also unremarkable. She's a high school freshman and that's about as far as I've gotten with her. She's super friendly, probably very involved, and has nothing to do with magic at all. She probably doesn't even like the stage stuff. Background wise, her mother died when Anna was too young to remember her, and her father passed probably about a year ago, which has left her very heartbroken.

Looking for: adoptive family especially! Also friends, especially around her own age.

ADDITIONAL INFO (please do not reply to this so I can edit!)

[belovedson]

Neal:
-if he were cursed, he'd work with Dean as a mechanic. He's going to be missing work. OOPS.
-Also has a petty criminal history but that was a long time ago. Is associated with Hook.
-Cursed self has been having banter with Elphaba. Will be getting a drunken kiss from her at the bar. Such macking, much awkward. Wow.

Pepper:
-At one point had very strong feelings for Bruce, but chose her former husband over him. Runs into Bruce constantly and will have a fling with him at some point during the event for reasons.
-Close friends with Bucky and Steve. Visits the hospital almost daily to make sure Bucky eats at least one meal.

Zatanna:
-Close friends with Katniss somehow

[stillplaying]

Maybe Zatanna can come to the gym and Katniss started working with her and a friendship developed from there?

[honesta]

I want everything. Gimme everything.

That's my plotting comment.

I'm gonna come back after I'm not so brain fried and give you actual ideas. I just wanted to ask for everything first.

[belovedson]

Everything; got it. I WILL ADD IT TO THE LIST :D

Lemme know when you come up with specifics ;)