Event Post: Home Sweet Home

[hadrielmods]

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

Jon Snow

[northerndragon]

Keeping it brief, Jon Snow's prompts will come in three flavors, all of them involving an utter obsession with ice zombies:

1. King in the North: Hey, who wants to visit Winterfell? Watch Jon argue with his sister, direct repairs and preparations for war, and argue with the Northern lords! Visit the crypts! Be a trusted Stark family retainer, a servant, a local lord, a wildling ally, or...? Hours of combat practice, climate-appropriate clothing, awesome food! This is Jon's current actual life at his pull point.

2. Lord Commander of the Night's Watch: Visit the Wall! It's 700 feet tall and made of solid ice and also magic and maybe also some dead people? Maybe be a brother of the Night's Watch, maybe be a noble visitor! Hours of combat practice, variable clothing, terrible food, a vow of celibacy, tons and tons of paperwork. This is a life Jon has only recently left behind him at his pull point.

3. North of the Wall: Encounter The Army of the Dead, or at least some stragglers! Be one of the Free Folk or a brother of the Night's Watch! Kill a wight with fire! The food is wildly variable but you'll be very warmly dressed. (Jon will still be Lord Commander in this one, but he'll be out in the wilds instead of home at Castle Black. The Night King may or may not appear.)