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.
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Comments

[unphase]

What happened to change things? [she assumes something must have, something big to turn being Deryni from something ordinary into something to be feared] For what it's worth, I hope that you can. Positive change takes time, but it's worth it in the end.

Mm-hmm, usually they're in layers, each layer more impenetrable than the last. Most Bgztlians can only get through so many layers before they reach one they can't. I never had that problem. [so when her mother had to do a little "opposition research," guess who was usually nominated to go?]

[kingforboth]

Well three hundred years ago a Deryni conqueror murdered my ancestors and imposed four generations of despot rule. When my ancestors were restored to Gwynedd, well, a backlash was almost inevitable. The church has been teaching that Deryni are evil ever since. I'm not sure if it was truly believed or if it was first used as a political maneuver, but it matters little now. Now, they still believe, although the ferocity has waned over the years.

[unphase]

Oh. Oh, wow. I've never--well, even in all the conflicts that mother has negotiated, I've never heard of anything like that. To take something that's normal and natural to some people and turn it into something to be afraid of. [on second thought...] Though, that's similar to what the White Triangle does. Focus on what makes us different to drive us apart. Keep us from uniting against them.

[kingforboth]

I'm sure it happens more often than we think. It's a common enough tactic, and when used expertly quite hurtful.

[Kelson shook his head. ]

Enough about that though. It wont help us here.

[unphase]

Yeah. Yeah, it really is.

[leading to a planet of seven billion people being wiped out and the rest of the "civilized" planets turning a blind eye]

You're right, it won't. I guess all we can do is hope for the best?