unexpected hiatus

[clockworkhero]

So for those of you not on my plurk and unaware of what's going on, due to a kind of emergency I ended up driving from Alabama to Maine Saturday evening to pick up my roommate's fiance.
On Sunday afternoon we were rear-ended in Knoxville, TN.
We are fine - there's some latent soreness, and of course we're both really shaken - but the car is totaled, and literally everything Lex owns is in said car.
Today, we're going to rent a car and repack said car before heading home.
I will attempt to resume tagging tomorrow.
Apologies for anyone this inconveniences.

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[frilliance]

If my flaky activity didn't indicate, I've got quite a few things going on in my life. I was pretty grumpy about the job situation and my life got better since I have found a job in Spain. So, my life is gonna be pretty hectic. Add to the fact that I have a holiday in Scotland from 6th to 13th. Then a week later I am going to EuroDisney with a friend for a couple of days. THEN a few days after that I will be moving to Jaen where I will be teaching English to small children, teenagers and adults, putting my stern and scary teacher glasses on, squeeing at seeing mountains and eating a lot of Spanish food.

Edgeworth will be hanging around in the city (I feel bad for putting him in the catacombs at this point until someone trains him self-defence). I may occasionally post with him but tags are still gonna be slow.

Hiatus ends on 2nd November although it may or may not end earlier, depending on how quickly I settle in Jaen.

September 5-11 Event plotting

[rubycitymods]

RUBY CITY EVENT
Dream Walking

As the sun sets on Saturday, September 6th, a strange sound can be heard winding its way between the newly arranged buildings of Ruby City. It bounces off stone and slides across glass and creeps into cracks. It is lonely and low and it grips the heart like ghostly whalesong. No matter if one is plant, animal, or mineral, all who hear the song (and believe you me, all will hear it) they will fall into a deep, deep slumber.

Fog blankets the city, and not just any fog. It shines a starry silver rainbow like a nebula touched down to earth and within this fog move the dreams of the sleepers, ever mixing and merging. Some know they are dreaming and live their wildest fantasies, both wonderful and terrible. Some do not and wander as if nothing at all is amiss, accepting the strange abstract laws of the dreaming world as they come. As the dreams mix those visiting the night visions of others will bring bits of their own subconscious with them, leaking it wherever they go. As things often are in dreams, nothing is always what it seems. This fantastical visitation has a purpose though. While the dream selves of the citizens drift through the cloud of sleep, something else slips between the buildings.

The Night Mares have come. Sleek black animals that disguise themselves as horses of flesh and blood slither between buildings and corrupt all they encounter. They feed off the dreams of sentient beings, removing all that is good and leaving inky terror in their wake. Sweet dreams turn into nightmares. Nightmares turn into night terrors and those the inky tendrils touch will have far worse to combat than waking up in a cold sweat.

People are going to die.

Once the nightmares set in, moans of pain can be heard across the town as sleeping bodies gain very, very real injuries. Scrapes and scratches. Bumps and bruises. As the nightmares rage on the injuries grow worse and worse. Slashed skin. Broken bones.

Death in dreams, it is said, symbolizes birth. A sleeper may fall to a terrible blow in dreams and suddenly find themselves freed from the Night Mare's grip. They sit up, perhaps a little battered and stiff--dusty even, but awake. The world is asleep and as the Night Mares continue their grim grazing they must make a decision: cower in their homes or seek out the sleepers and save them.

The sleepers will sleep on until something wakes them up or until the Night Mares have gone. They can be injured and frightened like any beast but will eventually leave of their own accord--but by then it may be too late for some. Getting your beauty rest is one thing but those with bodies needing normal sustenance are at the mercy of those around them. The Night Mare's fog will keep them alive but only for so long.

THAT SURE IS SPOOPY. WHAT IS HAPPENING EXACTLY?

Some super nasty nightmare horses have trotted into town, knocked everyone out, and are feeding off the bad vibes given off by good dreams being turned into terror-fests. The problem is people can't eat or drink while they're asleep and on top of that, as the event goes on and characters remain asleep they start gaining real injuries from their subconscious misadventures. That's bad.

Characters can wake up by hearing something from the outside world (ruckus in the streets, being woken up by another character, etc...) or something from their dream world (extreme jolting fear, DYING, or something completely random. Dreams are weird.)

If you so wish, your character can REALIZE they are dreaming and change the dream (theirs or any they walk through) into a lucid dream and bend it to their will. This is super helpful if they stumble onto someone who is suffering from a nightmare.

As characters dreamwalk bits of their own dream or their very subconscious may 'leak' into the dreams they are visiting.

Characters might appear differently than they normally do when they enter the dream of another! Really, guys, go nuts! Use symbolism! Include clowns!

You can have your character start out with a good, normal, weird, or even nightmarish dream. Feel free to post with multiple dream scenarios.


ORDER OF EVENTS

- At sunset on September 5 everyone falls asleep and starts to dreamwalk.
- On September 6th, after 12pm EST NIGHTMARES start invading dreams.
- On September 8th it is possible to wake up from dreams due to in-dream death or from outside influences. Injuries start appearing on sleepers.
- By September 9th ALL dreams have become nightmares. Characters who are still dreaming can wake up for any reasons. Severe injuries start appearing on sleepers.
- By September 11th the event will end.

MY CHARACTER WOKE UP! WHAT CAN THEY DO?

- Rescue people by waking them up.
- Combat the Night Mares so that those who haven't been found or are inaccessible (locked doors etc) may wake up sooner.
- Go about their daily lives because. If they're selfish meanie heads.

I DON'T WANT IN ON THIS EVENT

-That's cool! Just find an IC reason for your character to be outside the city walls between September 6th and September 11th. The Night Mares' song will not reach them.

Important Post-event Information

Luc here! The following information will also appear in the next State of the City, but in case you miss it, I want you to pay attention here as well.

From September 12th, midday, through September 13th, evening, the threat level will be at Level 5 swarm state.

However, On September 14th, the threat level will drop to 0, as no monsters will approach the city.

Please mind this occurrence and be prepared. If you have any encounters that you want to be moderated during the swarm, please consult the bestiary.

Holy Convenient Double Canon Update, Batman!

[missleadingquestions]

You read the title.

Maya and Phoenix (wright_idea) are going to the catacombs for a canon update conveniently during the Dream Walking event.

They'll both be getting their full dose of the canon Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, but don't worry; we'll be marking and blacking out any spoilers.

Again, Maya and Phoenix will be gone from September 5th to the 11th.

Have fun without them, cos they're coming back with some hella fun canon.