Mirabelle

SETTING UPDATES

• That sure was an exciting trip to the beach! And a horrible hotel. Let’s not talk about the horrible hotel.
• The Silver Kingdom is as beautiful and serene as ever, shielded under a gentle canopy that makes the realm feel like it’s wrapped in an ethereal night sky and- … wait, Aldric’s Grove?
• …
• Something is very wrong.

PLOT UPDATES

• All this to say that, at some point in the late summer, Lily’s corruption is going to come to a head, with Suri taking over and using her fae powers to trap Aldric’s Grove within a waking dream. Her kingdom which she will rule over upon return to Earthbread has overlaid itself over the Grove, and members of the Grove will believe themselves to be faerie citizens of the kingdom.
• Dreaming citizens will also dream up their Ideal Lives, with the caveat that it still falls under “Faerie Citizen of the Faerie Kingdom”. As White Lily Cookie is driven by the desire to make a perfect world, Ideal is the key word here! As such, all dreams are shared as you're a part of Lily's dream.
  • For example, Felicity (NPC) has a childhood of abuse, neglect and being a child soldier. Her ideal life would have her be born to a different family with less powerful magic, being able to grow up as a regular child and not who she truly is.
  • Another example would be the way that the dream prisons in Twisted Wonderland Chapter 7 have played out (apologies for spoilers); Riddle Rosehearts is the son of two famous mage doctors and has many expectations and rules placed upon him, and while the Waking Riddle loathes it, his true ideal life is being the rebellious child of two ordinary, non magical people with freedom and the ability to break rules as he sees fit.
• Characters will exist within the Dream, though some characters will find themselves Waking Up and, while still trapped in the Dream, be lucid and aware of the differences and truths. The first characters to Wake Up will be awoken by White Lily’s own voice, begging them to wake up and help her. To Wake another character up, you can choose logic and memories… or just smacking sense into them, if it’s thematic to the Waker or the Dreaming.
• The goal is to Wake Up as many people as possible, free or Wake Up White Lily Cookie, and return to the real world! This will be difficult though, as the dream is tainted with Suri’s magic and he will try to stop you, and some people are very hard to wake up from the Dream and will continue operating on the script.
  • As a note: Characters with dream walking abilities or psychic abilities may be able to Wake Up easier… or they may be extra-ensnared. This will be by player choice!
• White Lily Cookie herself is available to speak with, but she will always be present in the company of Elder Faerie Cookie, Pure Vanilla Cookie or Dark Cacao Cookie, and will not abide slander of her treasured lovers. And Elder Faerie Cookie will be especially… protective, shielding her from dissidents with fervor.
• By the standards of the Dream, she is the beloved Queen Consort of Elder Faerie Cookie, but she is new to the title and while she’s a friend to the Silver Forest, some wonder if she’s truly ready to be queen… And more are willing to accept her as a friend and lover to the king, but an outsider being made Queen is ridiculous.
• As a note: It is entirely possible to kill White Lily Cookie in this event. Suri will outright be trying to make this happen, even! This will not permanently kill her and will result in a trip to the Garden, but I do want this laid out on the table. Amity is completely fine with this and would not include it if not.
• Characters not caught in the dream will find the center of the Grove engulfed in a giant plant bud, with the Dreaming trapped within. If they do try to engage with the bud, please use the Investigations option! The last thing they’ll remember seeing before the Dream begins is a tidal wave of glowing, pure white butterflies.
• The Dream’s duration will depend on player action, especially depending on the state of the Lily. It will end before the next month, however! Should it end early there will be a mini-event about this, and life can proceed as usual.
• As per usual, the Guardians will be unaffected by this event. Zahliya is actively trying to break into Lily’s house to fix her- /for legal reasons, this is a joke
  • They will be doing their usual activities of “trying to rescue you and failing due to plot conveniences”.
• Ydalir will make sure your pets are fine. However, you also have the option of having your animals sucked into the dream with you, where they’ll have their own ideal dreams… whatever that may be.

OOC UPDATES

• Amity is back from Hiatus as of August! I am Amity. Hi. Thank you so much for your patience while I died for a month, and I’m looking forward to continuing to bully everyone’s muses forever. This month and especially the next month we plan on ramping things up before the holidays!
• This is an event I’ve been very excited for for months now, and I hope you have a lot of fun with it!
• Summer is summering! Really that’s all we have there — the Grove is awfully quiet with at least half of you trapped in a big plant bulb, isn’t it? While you’re gone, more and more deer will settle into the space. Those who are not dreaming may notice hoards of biblically accurate deer starting to move into any space that’s not “in your house/the inn/a shop”. They think y’all up and left, so this is their house now.
• Because summer in real life is summering too, we want to remind you to STAY HYDRATED. This is supposed to be one of the hottest summers on record. DRINK WATER. And also we love you. <3

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