+ 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

[imperfect_science]

Carlos Sanchez had big plans, once. He worked his way single-mindedly up the educational ladder, eschewing unnecessary things like human company and hobbies and time spent in the sun until he finally had everything he’d always wanted. A doctoral degree. A job with a university. His team had just secured a grant for the type of research he had worked his entire life to perform. In short: life was perfect.

... right up until a misuse of said funding led to a scandal that ultimately had Carlos stripped of all good standing in the scientific community and left him without a job and a mountain of student loan debt.

He was only able to find a humble high school teaching job by calling up an acquaintance from his hometown- and even that took some string-pulling and a few white lies. Now he teaches a Biology class at Storybrooke High School, a perfectly fine job that he doesn’t hate… but it’s by rote. It’s strictly regulated. It’s a far cry from the life he’d had within his grasp, once.

The only positive part of it all was his relationship with Cedric Baldwin, a turn of events that surprised even him. Don't expect to see them around town together though, because they broke up months ago. It was messy. He doesn't like to talk about it.

No scientific career, no boyfriend, and no mysteries in his small universe left to explore: Carlos the Man Who Would Have Been a Scientist is more solitary than ever.

[sparkplugs]

Hi, Carlos. Cy/Millie just finished high school recently, so she probably would've been his student.

She sucks at biology though. Sorry. :(

[imperfect_science]

Bahaha, that's alright! Canon Carlos doesn't get biology either, I don't think. His definition of "science" seems to be... er, strange.

BUT ANYWAY yes, he'll be happy to have seen her graduate regardless! ;)

[sparkplugs]

Aha, I've noticed that! It sounds less and less like science with every episode.

But hooray for graduating. It means he no doubt gets to move onto dealing with a few new students who spend their classes looking out of windows instead of her.

[imperfect_science]

It does... have you heard the Night Vale/Thrilling Adventure Hour crossover yet? I know it isn't technically canon, but Carlos says some things that makes me question whether or not he was even born in the same universe as us. Like seriously, dude...

D'aww, Carlos will probably miss having had her as a student. His days as a teacher are painfully boring. It's the oddball students that liven things up.

[sparkplugs]

Ha, right? I think the characterisation is bound to be accurate at least and the whole crossover is like... do you even know what science is, Carlos?

Oh no. In which case she will clearly have to continue bothering him whenever she sees him outside school.

[imperfect_science]

Of course he knows what it is! It's just... too complicated for him to explain... also Mars isn't even a thing, why would you even think that

Well I'm all for that ;D!