Event Log: Fourth Wall, Part One

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone in the city + Fourth Wall visitors!
What: Part one of the fourth wall event, hosted by Fear, Confusion, and Delight!
Where: All around the city
When: October 24th-November 1st
Warnings: Visitors from other worlds!

If you're not from around here, you may be wondering what's going on. You've woken up out of the blue in the colosseum, or near a temple, or in one of the numerous other locations in the city. You're somewhere underground and it's dark, cold, and maybe a little unnerving.

Luckily, shortly after your arrival, the road below your feet begins to light up in a gentle, warm glow. The light points you in a set direction and, if you choose to travel that way, will lead you toward the center of the city, where there is a large gathering of others who are lost here like you, people who might know their way around a bit more, and even some of the gods who rule this place.

There are lights strung up on poles throughout the large clearing, casting a comforting glow onto the tables beneath them. The tables are abundant with lots of food that looks simply delicious- though, none of it tastes quite like it should. The tarts taste like green beans, the mashed potatoes like cheesecake, and the chocolate seems oddly reminiscent of steak. In addition, there are decorations artfully placed around the meeting point. If you see them moving, don't worry- that's probably just your imagination.

Also distributed along the tables are shot glasses, filled with a sludgy, yellow substance. If you're brave enough to consume them, they taste strongly of mint and will give you a much needed energy boost, circumventing the need to eat or sleep for a full 24 hours! After that, however, everything hits you all at once, so use them wisely. Some of you may remember these shots from our How Delightful event earlier this year!

In addition to all of the above, there are also party poppers strewn around the area. Each popper can jet out some strange objects- glitter bombs, seashells, plastic dinosaurs, maybe a live lizard or two- so be careful! Feel free to use your discretion on these, but remember to keep it small!
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Of course, you can always not travel that way. The rest of the city has plenty of places to explore- maybe you'd like to stumble in our Silent Hill zone, have a quick look around the alien orchard, or check out any of the god temples that can inspire their chosen emotion. Be careful not to get lost in the tunnels leading away from the cave- none of them can actually move you above ground, but you may run into a few monsters on the way.

For those of you who have been with us awhile, please bear with the gods while they try to adjust around these new folks! Join in on the festivities if you like, or try to orient as many of the others as you can. Start a community outreach program, start a fight club, introduce your parents to your weird cave girlfriend- nobody's judging!

Well. Some of us might be.
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Enjoy the fourth wall event at Hadriel! Once you're settled in feel free to explore the rest of the city! Find a house, find a new monster, or simply scavenge for supplies.

Fourth wall characters do not enter with phones so they cannot reach the network- however, if you'd like to handwave that they somehow got ahold of Mello's Newcomer guide to avoid the 'where am I/what is this' sort of questions, then feel free!

Good luck, and enjoy your stay in Hadriel!

► This log covers October 24th-November 1st.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well! Fourth wall characters will not have posting access, so grab an in-game friend if you wanted to do anything separate from the main log.
► Fourth wall characters will be in the city for at least one week, though they can stay for longer. The party will go on throughout the entire week, thanks to Delight's boundless energy!
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!

Comments

[save_theworld]

[Ah.

Now that you mention it, yeah. This is uncomfortably familiar. Unlike him, they have no qualms with turning their head his way, staring upwards with the usual inscrutable expression...then back to the party.

This is the way it is now, huh? They can deal with that. There's so many nicer, taller Frisk's here now- no one would notice if they didn't show up again.

Maybe they'd live under their bed, like a gremlin. That's pretty cool.]

I'm ten. [Is it really that much younger than every other Frisk?] You look the same.

[punful]

[Ten. Alright. At least a two year difference. There's probably some interesting data to be gathered there, but ehhhh. That ain't him anymore, and even if it was, he doubts it'd be relevant.]

heh.

[Now that they're on the same page, though, no reason not to be nice to them at least. He flashes a grin in their direction.]

well, skeletons tend to stop changing much once we reach a certain age. it's too bad. i wouldn't mind some kind of mid-life growth spurt.

[save_theworld]

[And another look- vastly more surprised than the last. As if they can't quite understand why he's talking to them like this; or talking to them at all.]

You should try milk. It's good for bones.

[Why does he look so okay with having them around?]

[punful]

[They seem surprised. That, what, he's talking to them? Being nice? That's probably saying something for what their relationship is like with whichever Sans they know.]

see, that's what i shoulda done--drank more milk as a kid, less ketchup. bet i'd be taller than papyrus. ah, well. too late now.

[save_theworld]

It's never too late to try.

[Or perhaps it is; monster physiology isn't exact this ten year old's strong suit. Still, they believe in you. They believe in...milk?]

[punful]

[His smile broadens.]

maybe not for some things. for gettin' taller? that ship's sailed, i'm afraid.

[He shrugs slowly.]

trying in general is still kinda...new.

[save_theworld]

[...]

But it's a good new, right?

[They probably don't have the right to feel so hopeful. The slight upturn of their expression is caught and stifled, portraying a neutrality to the subject that Frisk doesn't feel, fingers curling over the edges of their sleeves. Trying not to fidget.]

[punful]

it's wearing me to the bone half the time. heh. but...yeah. it's a good sorta new.

[They've got that clamped-down look that their slightly older self gets, when that blank expression of theirs looks more like the mask it is. When they're feeling something and holding it down like a cork beneath water, trying to keep it from being seen.]

so...you the one staying in this, whatsit--hadriel? or you visiting like me?

[save_theworld]

[Sorry. Compulsively, they almost say it, shutting their mouth at the last second and tucking their hands behind their back. Sorry. But a good sorry?

He looks...better. For it.

Frisk supposes that's what counts, nodding in response.]

Mm. There's a you here, and Papyrus too. Alphys.

[Chara.]

[punful]

wow. shaping up to be a real party.

[He winks and gestures at the literal actual party happening. Sigh. Why is it always parties.]

met the other guy. papyrus and alphys, too.

[In his experience with these things, he'll meet a couple other versions of them all before this is all over. Probably a whole pile of kids as well.]

so...the other kid. [No, no. He's trying to ease up on the mind games and doubletalk. Ease up, at least, not quit entirely, because he can't just give up his whole shtick after all. He tilts his head a bit so he can look at them fully.]

chara. they're here too, yeah? how's that goin' for you both?

[It's probably easier to actually start with knowing you're from different timelines than come up against it months later. At least, again, that's his experience with this sort of thing. Fortunately for everyone, the Chara and Frisk in Wonderland seem to be from the exact same moment of the exact same timeline. He's not sure what would happen if they discovered that they somehow weren't.]