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[OVERFLOW] November Intense Event 2024 [4th Wall Event]
It's not clear when it starts. It's subtle, with one new face appearing in one of the alleyways in Somnius, a gold cuff bracelet unremovable from their left wrist. Another appears a little while later, on the outskirts of the woods. Several more appear, as the hours go on, scattered throughout the neighborhoods of Somnius. It continues like this, a sprinkle of new faces with questions on their lips that becomes a steady stream. The natives do their best to accommodate these new Visitors, but it becomes clear quickly that they are different from the Dreamers, arriving all throughout Visium, rather than in the Enchanted Garden. Rumor travels throughout the city that these Visitors with the golden cuff bracelets must not have contracts, and may still have their native powers. They're treated just the same, encouraged to make themselves at home until Vaeros decides what to do about their lack of contract.
Vaeros remains suspiciously quiet, even from his castle beyond the labyrinth. There's something electric in the air, the atmosphere crackling in anticipation. What's on the horizon?
- 🏘️ Making House
There's no end to the mushroom houses or hill houses available, and though there are fewer in existence, it seems as though the desire for a cottage means there will be one available. Visitors are encouraged to make one of these places their home, but some need a bit of TLC to be homeworthy. Roll up your sleeves to make these houses your home! Sweep out those cobwebs and find that the mushroom houses stand straighter and feel healthier the more their insides are cleaned. Other homes feel lighter, and the land around them feels more fertile the more tender care is put into maintaining them. Though many come without electricity and water, it may be found that, for Visitors only, these dwellings will self-connect if enough work is put in. Be careful not to get sprayed in the face by that hose or faucet you're currently polishing!- 🌇 Exploring Town
There's a myriad of places to discover in Somnius. Not only are there native run places like the Stone Dragon Café (which will, unfortunately, almost always misinterpret your order in some fantastical way - they just don't have the best grasp on Dreamer foods), and other businesses run by Dreamers themselves. There's Club Quartz - which is often open late, and always welcoming to those who want to visit - Bloom Boutique, the Dreamer run flower shop, Kuchel's Tea Shop, a long running standard run by a different Dreamer, and of course, south of the cottages, a few miles off the main road, there's a pretty white farm house with a swath of field behind it. There's also the Church of the Moon, ran by locals who fervently believe in the moon and her power to keep the world in balance.- 🚸 Unruly Kidlings
Like any city with people dwelling in it, there's bound to be children. This particular week, the kidlings, both gelfling and goblin alike, seem to be extra naughty. They'll take slingshots to shoot dreamers and visitors with sticky gum, and they're putting soap in drinks that cause those who drink the syrupy concoction to hiccup soap bubbles out of their mouths. Nothing they're up to is particularly dangerous, but it sure is mischievous. It might even be fun to join in when groups of these children take to the streets to race on self-made rollerskates, skidding and rumbling down the cobblestone.
Dreamers and Visitors might find themselves as makeshift parents, having to guide these unruly children back to their actual parents. Those who take up this task will be given small tokens in thanks - simple items like pearl beads or glass baubles that, if are floated in glass jars with water and several others, will show pleasant memories from the person who last touched them.- 🪩 The Labyrinth
The Labyrinth, freshly reestablished has been quiet. Dreamers will find initially that they cannot enter, but that the labyrinth looks completely different to Visitors. Welcoming and warm, it comes across as inviting and somewhere Visitors seem drawn to. It will be up to Dreamers to stop them before they enter, or take advantage of temporary openings that WILL allow them to enter that only appear when a Visitor goes in, in order to chase after them.
Dreamers and Visitors alike will experience moving walls and shifting pathways, and find themselves drawn to one place in particular: a tall clear crystal statue that seems to hum. Time spent around this statue compels anyone around it to tell the truth, but when night falls it compels confessions of desire or even love.
cw: natural disasters, potential dismemberment
There's peace for a while, even with the mysterious appearance of these Visitors. However, as time goes on, things start to feel a little off kilter. The ever present barrier around the whole of Visium shimmers ominously, cracks and sparks appearing along the sky, almost as if a bubble is trying to burst. Swirls of color splotch through the sky, only becoming more and more evident. The weather begins to turn cold, then colder still, but then turns warm again. Rain falls heavy and fat, only to disappear the moment day turns to night - which seems to be happening rapidly and without much warning, the day shifting several hours in only a few minutes. These erratic shifts between day and night only seem to further fuel the storms and dramatic weather patterns that dance over the island. Some parts of the island will experience dramatic environmental changes from other parts. While the city could be covered in snow, the forest could be experiencing a heat waves. Concequences from these weather patterns are possible, including forest fires, flooding, freezing of crops, and the dramatic rise of tides on the beach.
What's worse—the very ground beneath everyone's feet begins to rumble occasionally. It, too, starts off subtly, but as the days progress these rumblings cause small cracks, then fissures, and finally, craters that seem to radiate heat as though they reach deep into the earth, beyond the ocean and land. Echoes of cackling and ominous whispers filter up from these fissures, and those who stand too close might find themselves possessed with violent desire or the wish to sap the energy from others in any way possible. Time away from these fissures will make this behavior wane, but be careful!
All of this activity seems to be waking up adversaries and creatures old and familiar within Visium, so be prepared to handle them!
- 👾 The Fireys
It's no surprise that, even with the wild weather, the Fireys are making a reappearance outside of the deep recesses of the woods they call home. They're wandering into Somnius, large gaggles of them looking for something FUN to do to match the wild atmosphere and crackling magic all around them. They will party in their usual way, their strange bodies able to detach wherever they want. They have no care that not everyone's body works this way, and will relentlessly pursue anyone they think is playing too hard at being a wallflower.
When touched by a Firey, body parts do come off, much like dismantling the limbs of a doll. For most people, it’s painless, but for the unlucky few, it’s as excruciating as having it cut off. The Fireys, though? They have no concern for the well-being of others. They will run off with their loot, kicking it around and hiding it, forcing that unlucky soul to go on a morbid scavenger hunt.- 🌑 Shadow Wolves
Those shadow-like wolves have made a reappearance, traveling easily through the slithers of darkness as the moon and sun erratically change positions in the sky. The crackling energy rebounding through the atmosphere fuels them much as the blood moon once did, once again giving them solid form...
What once was a shadow becomes a ferocious direwolf as large as a tiger, blacker than the night itself, and with razor sharp claws and teeth. These wolves target the natives, who are the most defenseless in this chaotic situation. Adults and children alike are snatched and carried off with the intention of making a meal out of them. These wolves cannot be reasoned with and do not speak. They will attack indiscriminately if they are separated from their intended prey. Once again it is up to Dreamers to protect the native population and usher as many as they can to the new Healer's Conclave, a medical and healing safe haven for those less inclined towards combat.- 🦇 Visium's IRS
No one likes it when government agents go rogue. But in the chaos of rebounding magic and crackling barriers, the Skeksis seem to be operating on their own. Instead of targeting the locals, as many expect once they first show up, the Skeksis target the Dreamers' belongings. They're vicious and will attack in groups when they happen upon a dreamer with items that they have regained. Your gun? Clothes? Any myriad of items you could be carrying on your person from home or gained by Vaeros' magic? They consider that theirs now. They have little regard for how they leave dreamers in the wake of their grabbing and snatching. Visitors will also be targeted for their golden cuffs, but the situation is dire for them; if their cuff is removed by the Skeksis' magical means, the visitor will begin to wither like a plant stricken with no water and a disease. The only way to stop this is to get the cuff back and place it around the visitor's arm again.
They won't stop at simple possessions either. Those who have wished for homes, castles, and home improvements will also find their homes targeted. Normally places of safe haven, there is no such unspoken rule this time around. Skeksis will wield wands made of purple crystal that seem fused to their hands to rip home additions from their foundations, to crumble standing buildings and pull out plumbing. They can be ganged up on should they get singled out, and should dreamers break their wands their homes will return to the way they were before the Skeksis began their nasty work.
At one point, the sun sets from its point at high noon, the day rapidly descending into night and giving way to the moon. Shimmering along with the stars, something else appears in the sky. A magical shimmer ricochets through the sky before the image of a large white barn owl flies through the night sky. A screech echoes through the air, cutting through the crisp, stunned silence coming from the natives and the land itself.
"If you do not wish to see the complete unraveling of this place, then I suggest you give back what you have been given. If I am not given this power back, the island WILL sink, it is no longer my choice. Pray at the crystal and return my power to me."
An ominous rumble of thunder echoes through the sky as soon as the image of the perched owl—Vaeros— disappears from the sky in a shattered shimmer. The natives look towards Dreamers especially - expectantly - as they clamor for the help that only they can give. Vaeros is doing his part! You must do yours! Help us all before we no longer have anywhere to live! Give back to the crystal! GIVE BACK TO VAEROS! Ultimately the decision to give back to Vaeros is up to the dreamers themselves, but the consequences seem to be quite dire to the gelflings and goblins that make this place their home.
- ✅ Returning Magic
Those generous enough to be willing to sacrifice their regained powers will need to get to the Crystal to do so. When there, they will need to join hands in prayer with other dreamers willing to sacrifice, as well as locals who are there to bolster the wish. This action won't take long, but it does take significant concentration.
Interruptions or wavering resolve might result in electric shocks that sap energy. Those who do make it through the prayer and give up their power will feel significantly lighter, and a little weaker but they will find a deluxe potion in their pocket when they stand. These potions will replace the returned powers for now, and at full strength. Those who already have red or yellow potions can obtain a second to gain a second elemental power or a second transformation.- ⛔ Refusal
Wait a minute. They want us to return our what?
So, Vaeros is urging Dreamers to relinquish their regained abilities back to the crystal in order to stabilize the crumbling world. Those who do sacrifice their abilities will notice that anomalies nearby begin to calm - some, however, are surely opposed to this idea.
What's the right call? Perhaps your character wants to advocate for sacrificing abilities as requested, or, perhaps your character is dead set on doing the opposite. Dreamers who disagree with Vaeros' requst might attempt to reason with others, speak out to the population at large, or even go so far as to interfere with others praying at the crystal to return their abilities. Locals will try to deter these dreamers from interfering, but the natives are generally much weaker than the contracted Dreamers.- 🔮 The Crystal
Those who visit the crystal at this point in time may find that it feels like a safe haven. Besides the Healer's Conclave the effects during this time seem minimal the weather stays steady though the time of day still reflects the same fractures as everywhere else. Huts and tents are set up for those injured by the fireys or shadow wolves, and despite these creatures wandering around everywhere, they can't seem to get into this area. It's a welcome safe haven in all the chaos, and it allows those who wish to pray and donate their regains to do so in...relative peace.
With their world and status quo once again thrown into chaos, the natives are growing restless with frustration. Those who are not cooperative with Vaeros are shunned from businesses that are native-run. They might even have a hard time seeking help at the local Healer's Conclave, a new establishment meant to replace a previous Dreamer establishment. Dreamers and Visitors alike may find themselves ushered unceremoniously out of buildings or even public spaces in the town if it's clear they've refused to help the situation. Those who do seem open to helping are greeted warmly and actively sought after with gifts and healing balms. A large contingent of locals have also hastily erected a large board near the Crystal, decorated with gems and carved creatures in its poles. This newly erected Quest Board is how they've chosen to organize their new desire to facilitate tasks that the dreamers and visitors can do to supplement the magics at work to save the island.
Quests appear on the board which insist that connection is vital to repairing the deteriorating world. The locals plea with Dreamers and Visitors alike to seek each other out, and find what connects them.
The magic in Somnius is currently unstable. With Dreamers sacrificing their regained abilities to the crystal in the interest of stabilization, many are left with only the power granted to them by potions. Even if one does still have their regained abilities, locals implore Dreamers to use their potion-granted powers to complete certain cleansing rituals.😱 Shared Scares
Dreamers and Visitors, you must find what bonds you! Sometimes weakness is louder than strength. Seek someone out who shares your greatest fear, and share it with them fully. Honesty is essential. The world will not repair unless you expose your most vulnerable anxieties.🎇 Drive & Desire
Dreamers and Visitors, strength lies within you still! What is it that you want? Seek someone who shares your greatest desire, and share it with them fully. Honesty is essential. The world will not repair unless you reveal the heart of what drives you.
🐺 Wolves at the Windmill
The White Windmill has been overtaken by a pack of shadow wolves, prowling inside and out. The magic surrounding the Windmill has become extremely unstable, but nothing can be done to cleanse the space until the wolves are done away with. Locals warn that only using animal transformation magic, granted by the gold potion, will successfully run off the wolves and regulate the area.🌊 Lake Oh-no-men
Erratic weather near Lake Omen is causing massive waterspouts to form. The area has become extremely dangerous, but locals warn that only using elemental or healing powers granted by the red and blue potions will calm the phenomenon. Dreamers must work together and lend their magic in order to regulate the area once again.
Expand to see our Event Summary
Visitors Arrive
Control Slips
Returning MagicOOC Note: Linked TDM plotting posts are for reference of these mentioned creatures only.
Working TogetherOOC note: The rewards that can be sacrificed can ONLY be powers or high-stakes items that facilitate character abilities. Regains to housing, mundane items and similar are not valid. Anything that is voluntarily sacrificed during this event will be returned at a later time via another event and cannot be regained with shards in the meantime.
Welcome to our November 4th Wall Event! Please keep all event activity to this post and subsequent overflows. We have provided a couple of headers for both Visitors and Dreamers to post their top-level links should they want to! We are also including a third header where we will have a form to fill out regarding donated regains. Please see our plotting post for any event related questions.
An important note about Visitors! All Visitors still have their canon powers. But they can not donate them to Vaeros. Have fun with that!
The Healer's Conclave is our new "clinic" location! Located in roughly the same place the clinic once was, it is a building molded from the trunks of ancient local trees and old pieces of labyrinth wall for protection. Inside, it is much the same as the clinic with a magical healing wing and a traditional medicine wing. This is a well staffed and NPC run "business", though Dreamers can work here. A location entry will be added for the Conclave no later than January 1st.
A State of the World post will be put up on December 10th, based on activity within this event, so look forward to it! Have fun Dreamers AND Visitors! A special welcome to our Visitors coming to us from outside the game!
Izuku Midoriya | My Hero Academia
For other Dreamers, he offers to use his healing power on anyone who's been turned away from the clinic due to not giving up their own powers and uses them to help calm things down at the lake. He helps out anyone who might be in trouble from the weather related disasters, showing no fear about risking going into fires or floods to help people and doing what he can to salvage crops before they're ruined from frost.
You also might find him dealing with the skeksis. He has a lot of regained items and while most of them are in his home, he's also wearing some, so he fights off any skeksis who try to swarm him in effort to get the parts of his hero costume back. Usually upbeat, it might be a little surprising to see Izuku looking so serious about keeping them at bay. He's also adamant about keeping them from destroying his home since Bakugo put so much work into it, so he keeps on looping back around to make sure there's not any skeksis trying to destroy them, breaking any wands if he finds any trying to take it or any other home down.
As for the crystal... Izuku carefully avoids it. He's no stranger to being shunned by society so he can deal with that. He's just not buying what Vaeros is insisting. He doesn't trust him at all. Why are the visitors showing up? Why do they have their powers and aren't being asked to give them back? Izuku feels like Vaeros is losing his control on things, resulting in the visitors showing up, so he's asking people to give back their powers so there's more power returned to him and less people capable of fighting him back. There were other people in power before Vaeros, so Izuku feels even if there's some risk to it because there's a small chance he could be wrong, it's still smart to hang on to his quirks. He feels he can do more good with them right now than without them. And besides. His power is meant for someone else, not Vaeros.
There's fissures opening up that are worrying too... and Izuku is with someone when the ground rumbles and cracks open underneath them. ] Look out!!! [ Of course Izuku is quick to shout a warning and push them off to the side, tumbling down into the hole himself.
Luckily he still has his powers so he activates Float before he falls too far. He hears weird whispers coming up from the heat of the crater and feels the urge to take energy from someone... but he's been through enough mind control to fiercely resist it and shove the urge away, using his quirk to safely float himself back to the edge of the crater. Weird but nothing unexpected for this place... He focuses instead on the person with him. ] Are you okay?
[ Feel free to jump into any of the things Izuku is doing! I can write up a more in depth thing for whatever people would like to go into more! I just ask please no mention of dismemberment from the Fireys thank you! ]
Heroic Izuku!
But he was in big trouble with the last one for sure. He feels the ground shift under his feet and the heat rising from the ground... and then something--someone--slams him out of the way. He spins around at that voice and watches with his stomach dropping as Izuku falls into that hole.]
"Izuku!!"
[Before he can decide to do anything crazy about it, Izuku floats back up. Katsuki's heart is racing.]
"What the hell do you mean am I okay?? I'm not the one that fell down in the damn fissure!"
[Voice raised and curses on his lips because Izuku just scared the shit out of him for a moment there.]
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Then he slowly starts to smile. ] Kacchan... were you... worried about me? I'm okay! I've still got all my quirks, there was a lot of ways I could have gotten out of there!
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I'll throw you back in the fissure.
[No he won't. He's just full of hot air and annoyed at being called out. Don't look at him. Don't perceive him.]
This shit really would go down when I can't move like I usually do.
[And he's diving to the side as the ground splits again. Shit.]
We need a plan.
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Too bad he can't relish in it for very long because the ground starts shaking again. Knowing Bakugo doesn't have his quirk back yet, Izuku lets instinct take over and reaches out with Blackwhip to grab Bakugo around the waist. ] I got you! [ He holds them both up with Float now, looking around to see how far the fissures are spreading. ]
Is the whole island falling apart??? [ He really hopes not... Not everyone can fly or float like him! But in the distance he can see structures untouched. ] There's got to be some safe place we can land... I wish we knew what was causing the world to break like this... if it's really Vaeros's power holding something back or if it's because Vaeros is losing power...
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Not sure. But we definitely gotta find a secure place and start evacuation. Fast.
[He looks around from this vantage point in the sky. He points.]
Over there isn't cracking. It's snowy as hell. But the ground is intact.
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Right! [ He heads to that area! Luckily it does seem like the crack doesn't spread all across the island but there's still plenty of dangerous things going on, so once they're settled back on the ground again, off they go to help more people! Izuku knows Bakugo is strong but he still worries about his reaction time without his quirk... so he keeps on following him around for a while longer, just to make sure he's okay. He doesn't want him to fall into a pit again, he wouldn't be able to get out with no explosion to blast him free! He just came back and Izuku doesn't want to lose him again. ]
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It's a kick in the teeth for sure but maybe one he needed. Seeing for himself what it's like to be quirkless. How much harder things are when he can't do all the things that come so naturally to him...]
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Izuku could still help. Teach the introvert how to extrovert, Izuku!Even quirkless, Katsuki keeps on moving. He will grab people and get them moved to that safe spot they've found. Evacuation isn't really his strong suit. It means interacting with people. He'd rather be fighting something. But he buckles down and does it anyway. Slowly, because his mobility is limited. But it's something at least.
And when he's sure that at the very least the cracking has stopped, he finally takes a break. Flopping down somewhere to catch his breath and rest.]
Shit... didn't realize how much I rely on my quirk. Sensei would scold me.
[Maybe this is an opportunity... He needs to up his training without his quirk.]
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Izuku will take care of things from the air using Float and watch out for things from his higher vantage point, swooping in if he has to catch someone falling. But finally the ground seems to settle, for now at least.
He lands and sits down next to Bakugo, wishing he had some water to offer him and smiling at him with sympathy. ] Well... Now is as perfect a time as any! It'll probably be a while before you get it back... but you will, I'm sure of it!
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Here he is. Being the hero who wins by saving.
Although sometimes he still gets that weird prickle under his skin when Izuku looks at him and... he breathes in slowly. Out slowly. He's trying to be less needlessly cruel. So he parses what he's thinking down into a less... kneejerk snap.]
Don't have to always be so positive and cheery, you know?
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[ He smiles nostalgically as he leans back to look up at the sky. ] I miss him a lot... It's hard being here and away from most of the people who are important to you... I know I'll get to see them all again some day... but that still doesn't make me not miss them here...
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Resting.
And sky watching.
Together.]
...you're from further ahead than me, right? You know how the war turns out?
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Back-up coming for dealing with Skeksis
He can't do much about the weather, or the fissures. But he can do other things, and has been. Including running into Izuku who's run into a rather large group of Skeksis.]
Break their wands! Easiest way to destroy and prevent whatever magic that is.
[Called out, as Loki's in light armor now. Dagger in each hand, as this group looks rather stubborn.]
I'm really getting rather tired of dealing with all of you. Last chance--turn around and leave.
[So far, Loki has been playing nice. Only killing the shadow-wolves, as that's the only way to deal with them. But his patience is wearing thin...]
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Right! [ Blackwhip will be a good way to grab multiple wands at once but it's not as easy when the Skeksis are mobile.
He backs up Loki's demand, letting the tell tale green electricity crackle around him as he powers up in a silent warning. ] We don't want to fight you. Just drop your wands and go away. If you're in some sort of trouble because of Vaeros or someone else, we can try to help you.
[ Of course this gets ignored and Izuku mentally sighs as the villains rush at the two of them. He had to try but he's not surprised they didn't take him up on the offer. Looks like fighting it is.
He can start with one for now, running forward, jumping up into the air, then coming down while he swings his leg in a kick and while the Skeksis is distracted with the leg coming right at his face, Izuku takes the opportunity to use Blackwhip and snatch its wand from its hand, adjusting his kick so he doesn't actually hit him and drops to the ground in a spin. A quick snap destroys the wand. One down! ]
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The kind of chaos he's good at, and revels in. He may not be an actual Asgardian by race, but a frost giant isn't too far off from them. Loki is well practiced in using his magic and his physical martial skills in tandem. It makes him a very dangerous opponent.]
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Working together, they're able to make short work of the wands and knock out the Skeksis. Izuku quickly follows after a few trying to escape, using a burst of speed to catch up with them before they get away, using Blackwhip to lift them up and slam them back down into the ground hard enough to knock them out but not hurt them too badly.
Standing back upright with a relieved sigh, he wipes an arm across his brow then turns back to Loki with a smile. ] Thanks for the help! Now they won't bother any one else! At least not for a while, not until they wake up. I think tying them up somewhere would probably be a good idea... [ He looks thoughtful, considering places they could be stashed so they're out of the way. ]