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+ Unless-- Unless we're all part of the same dream +

Hello everyone! As you've probably noticed, things are a bit of a mess right now. In the last character event, the White Queen turned into the Jabberwocky and flew away, and Alice, her royal adviser, does not have the situation even remotely under control. She called an Address and was immediately called out for lying to the Mirror public about the situation. That being said, she's determined to do what she can to fix things, and to bring the White Queen back to her throne. Because surely this is all some big misunderstanding, right?

Alice (with the help of the Tweedles and the Treacle Trio) will attempt to conduct a magical seance on Thursday, June 6th. Seances call on those who aren't here anymore, right? It seems like a perfectly fine idea to Alice, and no one has thought to correct her. So up in the attic of the mansion, they will hold a magical seance and attempt to contact the other side.

However, this proves to be a bit too powerful. The spell will cast across the entirety of Wonderland (both Real and Mirror Side) and every single person in Wonderland, no matter what they were doing prior to the seance, will black out. When they awake, they will find themselves in a strange and twisted world outside of time - a different one than usual. Elements may seem familiar, but it's clearly a different place.

Welcome, Mirrors and Reals, to DREAM SIDE. The sky above is dark and speckled with far-off stars but the world below is unnaturally lit and bright. There is a mansion at its center, but it is warped and unusual, as though someone stretched it like taffy, but if you try to enter it, you'll find that the door is not just locked - it appears to be painted on, as though it is just static scenery. It isn't a mansion that can be entered, just a cartoon-ish mansion cobbled together from dozens of memories.

Dream Side, as you might have guessed from the name, is not a static place. It is built from the scraps of dreams of those who cross into that side of Wonderland. Characters on this side of Wonderland are not asleep, but the world they are in is shaped by the contents of their dreams. Unlike the glass between Real Side and Mirror Side, there does not seem to be an obvious thing connecting this Side of Wonderland to the other two - at least, not something visible.

They are not alone in this world either - because the girls were conducting a seance, they have inadvertently called upon the dead. For each time your character has died a mansion death, there will be a ghostly copy of them wandering Dream Side. They will look as standard ghosts do - pale and translucent, looking as they did the moment they died. They will have a tendency to haunt their current living version (and those who care about them), but they will not be able to speak directly with them. For Mirrors, these ghosts can be Unmade versions of themselves, if they were ever Unmade. Some ghosts might be hostile and some might just gently haunt from a distance - it will depend on the character and what they would do if they were a ghost how they behave.

Under the cut we have a few more details!

In the plot post we will have a thread for suggesting locations. This way, since this world is cobbled together from the dreams of many, people will know where their characters can go. No one is required to stay in a section that represents them - the world is big enough that they might not even choose to spend time there at all.

Characters will find that they no longer need to sleep while they are on Dream Side. They also won't have access to any items that weren't already on their person, but some locations may have doors in them that function the same way that closets do. It is up to your characters to guess and check to figure out which doors are closet doors, but they will function the same way closets do on Real Side and Mirror Side.

Dream Side is flexible - because it is made of dreams, characters may be able to influence their surroundings to a degree. It will essentially split into two categories:
1. Characters who are normally good at lucid dreaming when they sleep will be able to bend the setting to their will (within reason) if they think about it hard enough.
2. Characters who are very bad at lucid dreaming will also be able to bend the setting, but will be unable to control how it changes around them. For example, if they are scared, the area around them may become darker and more intimidating.

The longer they are on Dream Side, the more nightmarish the world will feel. People will start to increasingly feel like something is coming for them. For those who are not good at lucid dreaming, this will cause parts of the world around them to warp and become nightmare-ish, but those who are good at it may be able to resist. Some might feel it sooner but everyone should be feeling this to some degree by the 10th or 11th, even characters who are not being actively haunted by something. This, combined with the black starry sky, might seem familiar to those who were here last Ewaymas.

There will be a mingle log - the network devices will not work on Dream Side. The mingle will split into two sections - one is for character top levels, and the other will call for volunteers. Characters who are signed up in this section will receive a special encounter at a random point during the event. All volunteers should be available during the event - not necessarily every day all day, but enough to thread the thread. These encounters will be for giving out pieces of information about this Side of Wonderland, the plot, or other fun secret surprises!

What’s going on here? How do they get out of here? And just where is the Jabberwocky or the White Queen? (or both, perhaps, if the previous event is to be believed - do you believe it?) Time to put your thinking caps on, if you don’t get too distracted by this odd Dream Side you’ve all been transported to!

Please hit up our FAQ thread for any questions you might have, and hit up our locations thread to volunteer some locations for Dream Side! You’ll be able to add more to it while you’re threading as well, but this thread will give people an idea of what is freely available to be used. And finally, come plot with us here on this plot post! What are your characters doing? Who’s trying to figure out what’s going on and who’s just trying to survive with the least amount of trauma? Anyone’s Mirrors having some existential crisis-es or taking matters into their own hands, since Alice is clearly not the most competent leader? Come let us know in the comments!

And most importantly - have fun! ♥

~ Koji

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Please ask any and all questions here and we'll get back to you as soon as possible! ♥

This thread is for volunteering stationary locations for Dream Side! Please comment with this form:

Edited 2019-06-04 03:19 (UTC)

Wirt will be pretty terrified of this place, but he's going to try and keep out of the section that is very deliberately based on his subconscious...though, he gets lost very easily, so he'll probably wind up back there entirely by accident now and then. He's not really a lucid dreamer at all, so when he gets worked up and anxious the world around him will have an absolute field day warping and twisting. He's not going to have a good time, especially if he's by himself. There will be two Wirt ghosts wandering around of him, both wearing his old gnome costume. One will seem to be soaked to the bone and is missing his hat, and the other has a gruesome head wound, but they both act the same way. They seem drawn to people Wirt knew in life, and have a tendency to lurk around them, but if someone looks at them directly, they'll vanish.

Stan is mostly focused on just trying to survive in this place, and he'll find a place with a functional closet and try to stick around that general area for the most part. He's actually canonically a fantastic lucid dreamer, so once he gets that he can actually push back against this place a little he'll try a little harder to find his people and get them out of trouble. If you want this old man to give your character a hand, let me know! There will be two Stan ghosts, one dressed in old timey clothes but otherwise seemingly unharmed, and the other has a large stomach wound from a laser gun that looks like it bled quite a bit. The one in old timey clothes will be more mischievous than malevolent, but the one with the stomach wound is stuck in the mood he was in when he died - furious.

Tohru will probably try Granny's Diner on Main Street first, but without anything but lasagna there, she can't really do much. She'll probably settle in School University, because even with its unusual menus it's still more familiar than most other things (unless I come up with a location for her). She's not a lucid dreamer and will be prone to her emotions and thoughts warping things, though probably not as badly as Wirt. Even though her death toll has been reset since she was re-apped, I'm still going to bring back two Tohru ghosts. One was stabbed in the chest, and the other has a very severe neck wound, and they will appear to people who could use a calming presence. ...Unfortunately, neither Tohru ghost looks particularly comforting, so when someone inevitably has a bad reaction to their approach, they will vanish instantly.

I'll be skipping Mirror Wirt and Mirror Tohru unless something comes up for either of them, but Mirror Stan will hate this turn of events because he will be haunted by everyone's favorite Grunkle, Mirror Stan 1.0 Grunkle Lee. He's a gentle ghost who lurks around but in particular will be interested in this new version of himself. Mirror Stan will get the sense that this dead version of himself is judging him, whether he is or not (whether he's capable of that or not) and will spend most of the event just trying to get away from him.

Claire, as always, will be trying to be sure people are alright but also be dealing with her own bent-neck-lady version of herself in the form of a ghost. Sign up here for a haunting!!! She'll also have a (light) stab wound in her hand. Living Claire will be trying to make sure Jamie doesn't jump off a bridge because of this, but!! She'll also be searching through different locations in search of friends and such.

Also, she's not really a lucid dreamer, so there very well could be nightmare Wentworth prison. Maybe.

Michonne has 3 ghosts omg all u lucky folks. Ghost #1 looks perfectly fine but she has no heart. (There's no wound, thanks OUAT magic.) Because she has no heart, this ghost will be a real spoopy haunter, glaring but if you step closer poof, gone. Your left with the essence of angry samurai.

Ghost #2 technically is zombie!Michonne??? Not that the ghost will bite (and it wouldn't do anything if it did) but if you ever wanted to see...Michonne as a zombie with no risk I guess this is your time?????

Ghost #3 is killed by a...what was it called? That lil' demon baby thing in the Tower event? A changeling? Whatever it was it looked like her son and then murdered her so she has a nice gaping neck wound from that. Dealer's choice in haunting okay, let's go; u, me, and the neck gusher.

Entrapta is going to be enthralled by everything that is happening and be taking notes the entire time. Even that growing feeling that something coming for her is going to be as fascinating as it is scary.

Souji has died a whole four times, so he's going to have this whole retinue of ghosts. The first looks pretty normal, he just died of dehydration. The second has its neck broken, so have another bent-neck-ghost. The third, which is my personal favorite, has his rib cage cracked open and his chest cavity full of Valentine's candy hearts. And ghost four just has a bad, bloody wound in his side. So if you want any of these fine gentlemen to come and bug you, that is a thing I can make happen. Living Souji will just be over here exploring the various locations that have cropped up and feeling a little crowded by these ghosts.

Chloe has ONE ghost to offer. This ghost will be wandering around in a half-zombie state, complete with a pretty horrific gunshot wound to the head. She might be close to you, but she might also just stand in the corner and haunt you from a distance.

The undead Chloe will be doing her best to steer clear of the more creepy places, although she'll be having a hell of time shaking her own ghost.

Julia has no mansion deaths. Contrary to Chloe, she will be focused on exploring every single new location that has arrived and chronicling it. Chances are, if she figures out a place belongs to your character, she will have a lot of questions. The radio station is from her world.

Juliet has no mansion deaths. She will just be trying to round up the people who are important to her - primarily the people that she has been ignoring. She'll be pretty freaked out by all of this, and doing her best to ignore how freaked out she is.

Please hit me up for any plotting or ghostly wants!

Edited 2019-06-06 05:28 (UTC)

Louis has ONE ghost wandering around. Thanks to the fact he turned it'll be a zombie ghost but at least it won't be looking to eat anyone- there will be huge claw marks in its chest and a bullet hole in its head. It'll mostly follow alive Louis around but it will break off to go loom around his loved ones like a creeper if they come near the live Louis.
Louis himself will be trying to find his loved ones- he'll keep ending up on that awful bridge he hates and he'll peace out of there as soon as possible each time- he'll be moving around A LOT though so if you want him, he can be there.

Sunburst will ironically not spend ALL his time in his own dreamscape- he has some magical stuff to research and after everything he's heard about the Jabberwock, he's expecting a sighting. You'll find him wandering around especially magical places, with a notebook and quill ready to learn stuff.

Gren won't be around a lot- once he finds his own dreamscape he's going to hole up in the Trip Trap and avoid everyone because he hates everything. He's there if people want to talk to him and see a weird fairy tale character refugee home.

Edited 2019-06-06 17:52 (UTC)

Clementine has ONE ghost wandering around from when she was eleven years old. She can be found some in her childhood home, which is mostly very nice except for the extra flavor of creepy/sad added in with the voicemail messages and blood and eventual walker sounds. She'll also be looking for the people that she cares about as much as she can, and she'll be trying to figure out what the fuck is happening, worrying about the Jabberwocky, but also probably revisiting her home at least once more so she can hear her mom's voice again cause she forgot what it sounded like. It's been eight years, okay?

Mirror!Clementine: Hoo boy, Mirror!Clementine is pissed. She's been at the end of her rope for awhile, but now that there are no Queens to have this unmake-power hanging over her head, she wants to burn shit to the ground. If there are still no Queens after this plot, I can only imagine Mirror!Clementine's going to come over on the Real side, and nothing's gonna stop her, and she'll have to be forced back, but that's a player plot for another time. BUT if any mirrors are feeling similarly, Clem's about to say Fuck this leadership, fuck it all, time to take control! :E She was a leader of a group of people before so she's not against that, but she also doesn't have a lot of powers beyond being a really damn good aim with a gun.

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