Event Post: Home Sweet Home

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THE RUNDOWN

Everyone misses home, right? Or at least most of you do. Probably. If nothing else, the gods feel like they're constantly being asked to send people home, no matter how often they say they can't. But is that really true? Well, actually, yes, but that doesn't mean some of them can't bend the rules a little. Or maybe it would be more true to say - bend reality a little.

Confusion in particular has very few qualms about messing with people's minds, and she might be kind of tired of all the complaining. Starting on June 20th, the residents of Hadriel will begin to experience waking dreams of their homes. While walking, while working, hopefully not while swimming, they'll become transfixed, staring creepily into the distance as they experience a normal day in their previous lives. They won't remember Hadriel at all, instead believing that they never left home.

But of course that isn't all. It's kind of weird to see someone standing around staring, right? Wouldn't you want to wake them up, get their attention... shake them a little? The moment anyone does that, they'll be transported into the same dream that the person they touched is having. They'll visit their home, and while they might remember Hadriel, they also might fit right into that world, with a whole imagined history and place in it. That's up to you!

This will last until July 2nd, when the dreams will cease. Maybe you should just enjoy it. Who knows when you'll see home again?

THE DETAILS

The general focus of these dreams is a day in the life. Rather than seeing specific events or memories, dreamers and visitors will be living out a more-or-less average day - though, of course, average can mean a lot of different things, and what's average to one person might be totally bonkers to someone else. And of course, these worlds are based on the memories and the thoughts of the person they belong to, not reality - which means people who are dead back home can be alive and kicking, and don't even know they're dead.

Feel free to choose more than one home, location, or memory for these dreams. Maybe they used to be a Wendy's employee but later became a galactic traveler - they could dream about both lives, flipping burgers and blasting aliens, at different times. Maybe they've settled down in a number of different places - they could dream about all of them, each time feeling like they're safe at home again.

Confusion's goal is to make people think that they're home, just like they've always wanted, so things that have a chance of breaking that illusion would be much less likely to be part of these dreams. Memories of home from too long ago (when the character was a child), huge life-changing events that would never happen twice, memories of Hadriel - while it's possible some of these might come up, it's unlikely, because each of them would be much more likely to shatter Confusion's imposed suspension of disbelief. After all, most people will remember that they're not a child anymore, that they saw their mentor die in front of them horribly once already, that Hadriel is not their home.

That said, the visitors are not held to these same standards. They can remember Hadriel, or they can fall under Confusion's influence and believe that they belong in that world too... in which case, so will the dreamer. Enjoy your glimpses of home.

THE OVERVIEW

► June 20th: The trances begin
► July 2nd: They're all over

Comments

Leo Flynn

[stealyoursoul]

So Leo's going to have two memory sets!

The first one is set in his home world of Verity. Verity is what used to be the American Midwest. This is set about twelve years after monsters first starting showing up. There's basically only one major city left since the monsters killed everyone who was left in the suburbs and countryside. It's divided up into two sections, North City and South City. Leo lives in South, which is run by the man who took he and his siblings in, Henry Flynn.

Leo was basically the face of the military operation there, so he's going to be super-focused and probably a touch more intense than people have been warranted to see him. He's got basically two jobs: hunt down the sinners in South City to kill them and going out with groups of soldiers to try and take care of the monsters that roam both sides of the city. The monsters are Corsai, which are living shadows with teeth and claws that rip people apart, and Malchai, which are basically vampires, and drink people's blood. This will have a lot of violence and possible gore attached to that, so keep it in mind.

If one catches him at either the start or end of the day, he's going to be at the Flynn's apartment where Henry, his wife Emily, and Leo's siblings August and Ilsa are at. He's a touch more relaxed here, though he and August butt heads a lot. So that's an option if anyone's wanted to meet his family.

The other option is The Quiet Place. It was where Leo ended up prior to Hadriel. It's the town of Reims, France, and is overrun by monsters who will kill you if you make any sounds. Leo felt pretty constricted here considering he couldn't make any sound unless he was in the soundproofed house he lived in. You can catch him either at the house, wandering around town on the sand paths, or at the food prep area where he worked. Just don't eat anything he prepares. He can't actually taste what he makes, so it usually comes out either over or under seasoned.