Event Log: Is It a Wonderful Life?

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for Is It A Wonderful Life? event
Where: All over the city
When: Jan 4th-8th
Warnings: None

Throughout the next few days, you may find yourself plagued by visions and dreams of back home. The dreams will be lifelike and difficult to tell apart from reality, as the world will be constructed from what you remember of your world. However, unlike usual dreams, you won't be present, and will find yourself unable to be seen or heard by those around you.

The dreams are vivid reminders of what might happen in a world without you: a world in which you disappeared when coming to Hadriel, a world which desperately needs you back for some reason or another. You may see your parents putting up missing posters, your significant other moving onto their next relationship, or even your hated villain finally taking over the world without you there to stop them.

When the vision leaves, you're back here and nothing about the city has changed. Though maybe you have a different outlook on it now...

► This log covers January 4th-Januray 8th.
► Please tag headers of threads with content warnings where they apply
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► If you try a weird solution to make it back home, please let us know here.

Comments

[itsnotaonesie]

[good shit good shit

As far as Peter knows he hasn't seen anything like that and kind of hopes he never does]

See, I don't know a lot about swords, but I'm pretty sure I've never heard of them being like, that big. That's a lot of steel, that's got to be super heavy.

[I mean it probably wouldn't be for him, but it's helping him get a mental image of how jacked this dude must have been on top of being crazy tall.]

[theladyofhighever]

[as he should. an outbreak of Blight sickness alone could send the town to its knees]

It was. I had to retrieve it for him and the weight of it was extreme. He handled it as though it weighed nothing.

[Sten was tremendously well-muscled. he likely could have snapped her like a twig, but he followed her willingly after she proved herself]

[itsnotaonesie]

[MMMM NO THANKS things are already annoying enough around here]

This dude sounds absolutely jacked. That is awesome.

[he would totally arm wrestle him]

[theladyofhighever]

[wise. Blight sickness has no cure, aside from becoming a Grey Warden and there's no guarantee you'll survive that process.

and she looks confused again] ...what is "jacked?"

[Mariane would have to root for Sten. she is his kadan after all]

[itsnotaonesie]

Oh, uh. Like, all big and muscly.

[You'd think that by now he'd remember that some people don't speak modern slang, but hey.]

[theladyofhighever]

I see. That would describe Sten very well. Do you know that he spent twenty-eight days in a cage with no food or water and managed to survive until I freed him?

[it's all right, she's had a constant state of low-level confusion ever since she came here]

[itsnotaonesie]

Holy crap, that long? Okay, like, I know a human can go about three weeks without food, but you can only go like three or four days without water. He seriously went for that long without either?

[Color him impressed, that is unreal]

[theladyofhighever]

He did. He said he could have lasted longer, but I wasn't about to leave him in a cage when the darkspawn were about to overrun the village he was caged in. Not when he could be of aid against the Blight. Indeed, that was what he was sent to Ferelden to discover. "What is the Blight?"

[she misses Sten. can he tell?]

[itsnotaonesie]

Why was he even in a cage? If he was just trying to find something out like, why lock him up?

[O yeah, he can tell. But this dude also sounds awesome.]

[theladyofhighever]

[time for a bit of a shock]

Qunari are regarded with a great deal of suspicion in most of Thedas as their goal is to convert everyone to the Qun. By force, if necessary.

He was sent with a small battalion of other Qunari to investigate the Blight. They were ambushed and all but Sten were slain. During the fight, he lost consciousness and he lost his greatsword which carries a penalty of death among his people. When he awoke he . . . killed a number of people.

[itsnotaonesie]

Yikes, okay. That got dark quick.

[That was a lot more murder that Peter was prepared for, not gonna lie.]

[theladyofhighever]

I'm sorry. [and she sounds genuinely sorry] Such is my world. It. . . tends to spring unpleasant surprises often.

[like your father's best friend betraying him and slaughtering your parents along with everyone else in Castle Cousland]

[itsnotaonesie]

No, you're-- it's... It's fine. I mean, a lot of us come from some pretty screwed up places. They're all just screwed up in different ways.

[Probably not as screwed up as THAT though, holy beans]

[theladyofhighever]

[she can guess what "screwed up" means by the way he says it]

I suppose so. But surely there have to be happy worlds out there somewhere?

[don't worry, she'll likely never breathe a word of it. it's too terrible to contemplate]

[itsnotaonesie]

Oh, yeah, I'm sure there are. Even mine's pretty good most of the time.

[Or at least it was before The Big Horrible Thing, but he's not about to whip that one out.]

[theladyofhighever]

...really? What's it like, coming from a "good" world?

[then they both have secrets they're not inclined to share just yet]

[itsnotaonesie]

Uhhhhh...

I don't... know how to answer that. I mean, however it is, it sure didn't prepare me for this place. So I'm gonna say uhhh... Nice, but it could have been more educational in some ways.

[That is the weirdest answer, Peter. It's weird.]

[theladyofhighever]

[a small furrow forms between her brows]

Educational how?

[it was a bit peculiar, yes]

[itsnotaonesie]

[He is so lost right now sorry lady]

I mean, like... I guess in terms of random, sometimes horrible things happening out of the blue? That definitely never happened back home like it does here.

[theladyofhighever]

[and she's trying to converse like a normal person, but finding it difficult]

Oh, I see. I'm accustomed to horrible things happening out of the blue, as you say.

[she says this in a completely matter-of-fact tone, expecting no sympathy]

[itsnotaonesie]

[lmao so is he!! it's great.]

You'll probably have an easier time of things here than I did at first, if that's the case. Sorry though, that really does suck.

[theladyofhighever]

[two kids who were expected to grow up way way way too fast]

I am [she struggles with her words] not used to such things. But I am accustomed. Thank you for uour kind words.

[itsnotaonesie]

[Oooh he hopes he hasn't just confused her even more than she was probably already confused. Either way, he gives her a smile.]

I kinda feel bad that that's the best I can offer you right now. Oh, um, my name's Peter, by the way.

[theladyofhighever]

[this entire place confuses her. even those supposedly from her world are from far in the future and have never heard of her. "confused" would be putting it mildly]

Your best is enough. And mine is Lady Mariane Cousland, though you may call me Mariane if you like.

[itsnotaonesie]

[Peter has yet to run into anyone from his world here yet, and that's probably for the best. There's already enough to freak out about here.]

You know what, if that's what you prefer, that's what I'll call you. I'm easy that way.