+ 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

[pottershotter]

I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD DO A THING since I basically stole James' Storybrooke plotline from David's in canon whoops (right down to Lily also being a volunteer at the hospital that he'll be smitten with immediately). Somebody's got amnesia because that's definitely the worst thing that could happen to him right now.

I figure either Mary Margaret since we're very blatantly ripping off things relevant to her in the actual show and he'll be in the hospital at first anyway, or maybe one of your high school kids might know him? He doesn't remember, but he's a senior and the son of one of the teachers (Coach Beiste Lyon), and he's been missing and it's been A Thing.

[oikodomae]

well MM is for sure going to be in the hospital all the time so we can do stuff with that!!! and if he's a senior chances are he and annabeth know each other but there's also allison things. c:

[pottershotter]

James just grills all the hospital employees/volunteers for information on that redhead he saw earlier (she was really cute!!!) even when he should be trying to like. Recover his memories. Whoops.

Either Annabeth or Allison could totally know him though! It's a small town; I'm sure the grade doesn't actually matter much when they've lived here forever and ever and ever. And he definitely could use friends who knew him pre-amnesia, even if he doesn't remember who they are or why he knows them. :3

[oikodomae]

MM would totally help set him up too don't even worry. she's all about the cute love stories. c:

YESSS allie would probably be easiest for that just because that could be fun cr to work on/build with but annabeth is totally open and there and an option.

[pottershotter]

cute love stories are the best! PLEASE HELP HIM. +o+ And then even if nothing's threaded out later on, maybe one day she'll walk by James and Lily holding hands in Wonderland or being adorably gross or something and be filled with warm fuzzies because awww true love.

Allie sounds good to me then! :3 I've wanted to work on and build that CR anyway, so they can totally have been friends (even if he won't remember). /grabby hands at.

[driven]

SHE WILL READ HIM ALL THE BOOKS AND TELL HIM ALL THE CUTE LOVE STORIES AND TOTALLY SET THEM UP done and done

and yay! then she can have a reason to come by and chitchat which is perfect cause allie's kinda super aimless during this event so having her try and do everything at once works well.

[pottershotter]

PERFECT SOUNDS GOOD. He's a romantic at heart anyway and even amnesia won't change that. :>

In that case, he's going to be in the hospital for the first couple days and then he's getting discharged to his poor worried mother so he can recover at home (hopefully) so whatever works for you! He's definitely getting an open log. With Allie you're totally welcome to assume/make up any friendship stuff for them as you go (like stuff they've done, things she might use to try to jog his memory), because lolol he's never going to remember it anyway - even when the curse starts to break, he'll just be getting back his wonderland memories.

[driven]

if you're going to have a log I can easily have MM tag that and then have allison come by when he goes home. c:

[pottershotter]

I DO HAVE A LOG, WHICH YOU KNOW NOW BECAUSE I SENT IT TO YOU ON PLURK LITERALLY AT THE SAME TIME THIS COMMENT WENT THROUGH what impressive brain-sharing.