♥ 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

[original_is_best]

A different one?

[Okay, he knew the potential possibility of this, but this would be his first time meeting another who was so alike someone he'd previously met.

Now he regretted not taking any samples from the previous Ignis. Perhaps he could have compared the two to find some differences. He stepped in closer to scrutinize him, oblivious to any personal space bubbles when it came to scientific research.]

Then this is perhaps more proof that we are being drawn from similar parallel dimensions rather than the same world.

[blindedbyloyalty]

A different one or the same, my memories are gone of this place. Noct has filled me in on such things.

I was told that I was here before, but I simply don't recall it.

[ He's not past Ignis, but he's still Ignis regardless. That gets him to pause though. ]

Parallel dimensions? Has there been research into it?

[original_is_best]

We previously had a dimensional traveler here. If he is to be believed, he had a means of transportation that could readily move between dimensions.

I suspect that we may not be from different times at all. Rather, we might be from different worlds that exist, essentially, next to each other.

[He was slowly becoming more excited as he spoke on it.]

Think of it as two cells next to each other on the same arm. Virtually alike in every way. And so too, will the cell next to those be. But as you move further and further from those you will find hundreds of other types of cells.

Likewise, the nearer two dimensions are to each other, perhaps the harder it is to decipher one from the next. Maybe the only difference is a single wasp. However, as you move further, you have worlds entirely unlike our own.

As soon as I have unraveled the mystery of dimensional travel I intend to investigate further myself.