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

[sciencelizard]

Oh. Wow. I've only been here a month... n-not even quite there. Three weeks? Barely l-long at all.

[It's been months for them, away from home. They seem pretty okay with it, though. She wonders if they're happy there. They seem to have friends, at least.]

I guess, uh, Wonderland's not s-so bad if you've been living there for so long. But uh, you probably d-don't have a choice, uhm, if it's anything like this place.

[determinedest]

Not really, no.

[Their smile is soft and sympathetic. Hopefully that'll be at least a little calming, though they know about as well as anyone that it can take more to derail panic than gentle words and calm reassurances. A whole lot more.]

But you're right. It's...not so bad. Sometimes certain stuff happens that changes things and makes people act different. Events, we call them. But other than that it's all right.

[sciencelizard]

[They're being... so nice about all this. Smiling and talking and answering her questions. Why are they being so nice?

She remembers, about a minute later, that they called them friends. They're showing it now, aren't they? Their kindness. Their friendship. Even if it's still so foreign to her, she appreciates it, and tries not to say anything dumb or offputting, at least in this conversation. They're trying so hard. She should, too.]

Oh. I think, uh, we g-get something like that too? But I've never seen it make someone act d-different. Mostly uh, it's just whenever the Door messes up, and brings in something new. Which uh, might be what's h-happening now, and why there's so many new people?

[determinedest]

The Door.

[Sounds like things aren't so dissimilar here either. Maybe that's why Frisk can just accept it so easily? It's not so terrible when they're already used to being displaced like this.]

I guess, yeah. Stuff like this...people coming and going, it happens all the time in Wonderland. Makes sense it'd happen in other places too!

[sciencelizard]

I guess it would make sense, since the Door brings p-people from tons of different worlds, that it could also draw from, uh, a-alternate universes or worlds others were already drawn into. But uh, that must be, uhm, k-kind of scary for you. To just be thrown around in the, uh, universe, like that.

[She remembers Newt and Hermann mentioning a place called Haven, but she never asked if that was the world they were from or not. Maybe they were displaced before coming here, too.]

[determinedest]

I guess. I'm kinda used to it.

[That comes out a little sadder than they mean it to. Whoops. Frisk smiles unevenly, as if that might counterbalance it, make it easier to bear.]

Though I...guess it's pretty weird not being the anomaly in charge for once.

[Ha ha, just a bit of self-deprecating humor on the side. It's fine. They're fine.]