♥ October (Lasohm) Fourth Wall Log

[hugtopiamods]

October (Lasohm) Fourth Wall Log

❥ Speaking of Wall Breaking...

The ghosts in town sure are weird, huh? But they're settling down, as the month draws to a close. They're becoming less anxious and random, their behaviour growing sort of… focused. As time passes some of them begin to develop features. They can interact with the world more consistently. You can… hear their voice.

And then suddenly they are people, real and physical and just as confused to be here as you are. They could be anyone, from your world, someone else's world, a place you've never heard of… some of them could even be you, from a different universe, a different timeline, an unknown reality. What does all this mean?

IT'S FOURTH WALL, Y'ALL. Tell your friends, people interested in apping or just playing around in the setting, anybody! Time to break the wall down and have some fun.

This post serves as a replacement for the usual Test Drive Meme, in order to consolidate the chaos a bit. Though it is being posted now, timeline-wise, this shift will occur ONLY during the weekend prior to applications opening: October 30th to November 2nd, after which point characters will either disappear or become permanent residents via the application process. This also means that the rest of the event effects will have worn off, and characters will be their normal selves through the duration of this prompt.

Some ground rules for the 4th Wall event:

For characters/accounts not in-game:

• a character does not have to meet application qualifications to post to the 4th Wall Event, except in cases where there is an intent to apply when applications open. Duplicates, CRAU, AU, etc. are permitted for the event.
  
• we do ask that crack shenanigans are reasonably limited, game rules are followed, and that the event involve characters only, not players or real people.
  
• anyone can toplevel! It'll be a free for all. Go wild, have fun.
  
• characters will be given a temporary, low-tech communicator for the duration of the event with limited network access, due to limited availability of the real deal.
  
• you will not arrive with any items/companions beyond the clothes that you wear
  
• check out the Setting or FAQ pages for location details! Also, have a look at the October event log, to see what else is going on these days.

For characters/accounts currently in-game:

• players can decide for themselves at the event's conclusion whether or not memories of certain visitors remain, and to what extent; memories could become fuzzy, faces or communication obscured, they could disappear entirely, or they can remain fully intact whether the person apps into the game or not.
  
• network communications with 4th Wall visitors that don't (or can't) app in will be wiped, with the locals citing a data error related to the older communicators being used. Technology can be unpredictable, huh!
  
• any communication exchanges that you WANT to keep can remain with some discretion; for example, if a spouse visits and you happen to take a selfie with them, and they do not (or cannot) app but having that photo of them would give you comfort, feel free to keep it.
  
• Similar to the TDM, 4th wall threads cannot be used for AC or AC Reward purposes unless it is between characters already in-game.
  

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Click the above prompt to expand for details. Timeline-wise, this occurs October 30th to November 2nd. For players currently in-game, if you have any questions, please direct them to the FAQ or to the Mod Question thread on the original plotting post.

On this post, we've created both another Questions Thread and a Toplevel thread (see below) for visiting players, the latter so that anyone can track and see who's posted! When you've made a toplevel, feel free to comment HERE to let everyone know.

Comments

[silversoldier]

[ Sephiroth's hand remains in front of him. He is ready to materialize Masamune in an instant should it be necessary but it proves not to be and this is somehow...disappointing. In truth, he wouldn't mind expending some of his pent up energy. It isn't exactly like he wants to be around Noctis right now. Not after everything that happened this month. He needs time to think. ]

A wise decision.

[ His hand drops to his side. Sephiroth inclines his head and as if that little display of hers has changed things somehow: ]

You must be new here.

[luciing]

[ Warm arms find him, and he instantly stills at the contact. Somnus feels the press of an embrace after two thousands years without, then a decade shrouded in maddening darkness. (--Time that is nothing compared to what Ardyn has endured, and what fate and he had condemned him to.)

The hardened countenance of a Lucii is aided by their helms and gilded armor. They might stand as sentinels, unmoving. Here in the flesh, Somnus' jaw goes slack, as does his expression from the unexpected embrace. The knocking, mournful thump within his chest-- from a wariness that he cannot shake-- is painful. Disappointment accompanies the rhythm, for he might still be in danger so near to this man, but that feeling is betrayed by the buried child that wishes for his elder's embrace.

That child ought to stay buried; he has no right to emerge, much less hold his brother in return. Thus, he does not. His hands remain at his sides.

This is not the past.... But Ardyn may, inexplicably, be from a time far gone.

His tongue feels heavy. ]

Brother.

[carbungle]

[He hesitates, hearing those words from Ignis, feeling a thick pit of dread deep in his stomach. Which secret, he wonders. One that he already knows? The truth that had been so carefully hidden from him in the months following Altissia, after his arrival here? One of the truths Ignis knew and had chosen, for better or worse, to spare him from? Or something new and left yet unspoken.

He's started to hate secrets, and those moments where they're revealed to him. It always ends up making him miserable. At the same time, if anyone's earned the right to share whatever they need to with him, it's Ignis.

Soon, then. He'll try not to dread it.]

...Right... it's not just me. Time's weird for all of us here. Prompto's from around the same time as us, Gladio's never been here at all, as far as I know. And uh- my dad's here. Alive, but not from our time. Going by his age and the year he knows, we'd all only be a few years old.

[scourgingstars]

It's alright.

[If he was warm at all, it was only from the sunlight overhead; there was no life left in an immortal form, no heart left to beat and yet somewhere in a body he'd consigned to death there was still love for his little brother yet.]

You don't remember, but...that's fine. Just believe me when I say I'm not your enemy. Please, trust my word when I tell you I've missed you.

1/2

[iustaegis]

[ She tilts her head, clasping her hands behind her as she leans forward, peering up at his eyes.

And then she straightens. Yep. He's definitely the person from the memory! In the flesh, with mako to boot!

Just what happened to him, she wonders to cause Cloud such distress... ]

[iustaegis]

Ah-- I'm sorry.

[ She smiles brightly. ] A-- a little awkward, isn't it? Um, how do I explain...

[ Hm. ] Sometimes, in this world, about every month something happens. Last month, we saw... these visions. [ Probably best not to say "memory", because she does not know if he's met Cloud, yet. ] You were in one.

Zoo!

[ancestor]

[ Hemera offers a friendly smile in return. He is one of the few she's encountered thus far who have been tall enough she needn't look down to converse with them. It's a welcome change, and reminds her more of home—there she was always the short one. ]

Mammalogy was more Pashtarot's domain than my own, but I've picked up some knowledge over the past centuries. [ She gives the creature a thorough examination from afar, eyes bright, keen, and curious. ] The way it moves indicates it's likely both predator and prey. The shape of its snout and teeth seem similar to that of an omnivore. It is lean, not bulky, so should attack with quick, targeted bites to vulnerable points. It would not surprise me if it were a pack hunter.

The only thing I can say with absolute certainty is that it's quite adorable.

[blindedbyloyalty]

[ Soon, he'll be breaking your heart, Noct.

He's happy to hear that Prompto is at least here, but Gladio isn't? Ignis admits that his friendship with Gladio has been a bit shaky since the man had asked Ignis to step away. It's still disappointing to hear that he isn't here.

What throws him for a loop is hearing the Noctis' dad is alive and that he's younger, not dead? He frowns a little at this information. ]

I'm glad your dad's alive Noct, but it makes it a little confusing. [ At least he's following Noctis at least. ] He's here and alive.

Anyone else here?

Mhaol Darkwhil | FFXIV

[heartsbeat]

BOOP

[superstring]

[She scoffs lightly. If only he knew the extent of her power. But there is really no point into killing him other than satisfaction. And even that wouldn't change anything.

Right now everything is far too confusing and she isn't sure where she stands anymore.]

Clearly. What exactly is this place?

1/2

[fabusword]

[ Ghirahim is not so unaffected.

Dryly, dramatically, and not at all unsubtly muttered, ] It's like I'm chatting with a lamp.

[fabusword]

[ Ghirahim points his shoulder away from Verstael, lifting up a hand as if in a wave. ]

Bow, and I will give you answers, dear research chief!

[original_is_best]

[Verstael would do a lot for information.

Bowing to random strangers? Not really on that list. Pissing off gods and fedora-wearing daemons, sure, but bowing? He was much too proud for that.

He stood his ground though, insult rolling off of him like water off a duck's back. Perhaps he should try another method.]

I do not bow for any but the Emperor. However, there is the possibility of a trade.

[carbungle]

[Hasn't it been broken enough? You monster.

Noctis lets the good news linger before he considers the rest. Since he'd arrived after the others, he wasn't around to see Ignis react to seeing this version of Ardyn for the first time, nor had he asked. But he can guess that first impressions wouldn't go well, based on how protective Ignis can be. As reluctant as he is to start trouble, he doesn't want to risk a confrontation between the two without giving a heads up.]

Yeah, but it's not- it isn't what you'd think. Ardyn's here, kind of.

A (after her arrival, but before the other cryptid turns up)

[ancestor]

[ Despite having yet to adjust to the oddity within her, Hemera is already hard at work searching for the concept she'd borrowed. She comes across a young man (isn't that novel? A flesh-and-blood adult in a world that has thus far been filled with children) and decides he may be able to help her. ]

Excuse me! [ She is mildly out of breath, having been a flurry of motion since she awoke and regained her equilibrium. ] Have you happened upon a concept laying about in the past few bells?

[silversoldier]

Alleyn, a planet in need of saving. Congratulations on being chosen by the gods for the purpose.

[ Sephiroth's expression does not change, but his tone is extremely dry. ]

[scourgingstars]

A--a what, sorry?

[The term seemed oddly familiar, but the abrupt appearance of a woman nearly towering over him was enough to catch him off guard.]

Have you lost something?

[blindedbyloyalty]

[ Nah, we need to break it further.

Ardyn.

The name enough is to make a change in Ignis' body language. He's griping at the end of the table a little too tightly, his breathing coming out in short breathes.

That man has caused them so many problems. ]

.... I'm listening. [ Despite the change within Ignis, he wants to hear what Noctis has to say about Ardyn first. ]

[shroudedsecrets]

Focuses on finding a way back to his own. That's a statement that hits her too hard for what she knows.

And perhaps for what he does not. Still, he has asked a question; and answers she can yet provide.

"... Yes, those are the basics of the situation. The original citizens... had given up their bodies for their metal ones, believing it to be the only way to survive, but it left them unable to provide for their world. The energy comes from physical contact. It is spread between the four gods, and then unified. However, there is currently a lack of balance in the energy. This sometimes leads to... complications, but not always."

There are many other complications. A pause for breath, but she continues.

"This energy can be found within the makeup of the barrier. This world was also in a more desolate state, before those from otherworlds began being drawn here by the gods. Yet there has been a renewal, as well as an expansion of the walls. Beyond it, is poison, as well as complex weather, the likes of which can still be seen in the ruins beyond the main part of the city. Creatures lurk, warped and shaped through surviving such conditions."

[ancestor]

A concept. Likely larger than you would be familiar with, as I borrowed it from Lahabrea. [ Somehow the way she says borrowed can be understood as a jumbled mess that is 'stole-legitimately acquired-borrowed'. ] It's of utmost importance that I retrieve it as soon as possible.

[scourgingstars]

[waaaait a goddamn-]

I...don't believe I've seen one, no. Would you like help searching for it?

[superstring]

They made the wrong choice.

[Though it doesn't seem like he's too happy about it. She's not too happy about it either.

Is this some sort of sign for her to try and make amends for everything she's done? Did the Cauldron send her to a new world to protect? So many questions.]

[fabusword]

[ How about his soul? Ghirahim doesn't know what he would do with it, but it's bound to be useful for something down the line.

Ghirahim blinks, slowly, but Verstael does have his attention. ]

Go on.

[ancestor]

If you would be so kind. [ There is no denying the tinge of relief colouring her tone at his offer. ] There is an island depending upon it and time is of the essence.

[scourgingstars]

Time is something of a tricky thing here--I suspect you're not quite on the deadline you think. But I would be more than happy to aid you if I can.