September Event Details / Plotting

[soulmods]

September Event Details

For once, the streets are peaceful. There are no incentives being given out for magi-versus-magi conflict, no disasters threatening to destroy the town... It would be a shame if something happened to disturb that peace. The Birth of a Witch Early one morning, something dreadful suddenly comes into being. It doesn't seem to be actively luring victims to their deaths (yet), but it nonetheless is not something that any magi would want to unwittingly come face-to-face with unprepared. For those who do accidentally wander into its territory, the ramifications may be huge. Turning Back the Clock As characters come into contact with new people and new situations, they find themselves shaped by their new experiences. Some grow, and some learn valuable new lessons. Perhaps a cruel villain becomes reformed. Perhaps a selfish, thoughtless opportunist learns to be more considerate of others. Wouldn't it be a shame if all of that were undone? For characters who are afflicted by the Witch's spell, the clock of their character development has been rewound to an earlier point. Physically, they are unchanged; mentally, their memories are untouched. Yet they have been undeniably changed. In Stasis Naturally, as their memories have not been erased in accordance with their new development point, other characters may endeavor to remind them of important development-defining moments in their lives in an attempt to get them to snap out of it. However, while that is the logical thing to attempt, it is not a wise thing to attempt; afflicted characters will respond to any attempts to get them to undergo character development with hostility and violence. The very act of attempting to process the disparity between their life experiences and their behavior will cause them physical pain, as well, meaning that they will be incredibly opposed to thinking deeply about it. Breaking the Spell THIS PORTION OF THE EVENT IS TIME-SENSITIVE. IT WILL GO UP ON THE 22ND AT 12:00 PM EST AND WILL END, AT THE EARLIEST, ON THE 25TH AT 11:59 PM EST. In Summation... » A Witch has appeared in town. » Characters who run into the Witch will have their character development turned back to an earlier canonpoint. Players are free to choose said canonpoint themselves. » Players may opt out of this event by having their characters avoid running into the Witch. » The boss fight goes up on the 22nd. If you have any further questions about this event, please leave them here.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[soulmods]

[betrayalcutsdeep]

Just a little detail question. If a character is used to thinking of themselves with a certain name or title and their mindset is taken back to before they used that name or title, will the regression include an inclination to use their previous name/title?

[soulmods]

It will indeed.

[doya]

Bee, bee... Does the regression take place instantly, or *yawn* does it happen over time?

[soulmods]

The regression happens with the second prompt, where they encounter the Witch! Go to bed, Bee.

[loveedition]

Regarding the little clockwork soldiers, do those appear to everyone or just those who came across the witch? Are there any side-effects of encountering one of them?

[soulmods]

They appear to everyone! There are absolutely no side-effects to encountering them.

Re: QUESTIONS

[pleasereset]

What happens if you try to attack the toy soldiers?

[soulmods]

They'll defend themselves, and other soldiers in the area will stop what they're doing to assist them! However, if after combat is initiated the attacker tries to escape or otherwise gives up on fighting, they'll go back to what they're doing.

[makeadragonwannaretire]

Does the elevator remain unchanged and inaccessible in the dungeon?

[soulmods]

Yes.

[makeadragonwannaretire]

Thank you!

[loveedition]

Is the whirring underneath the school completely widespread so that it's hard to pinpoint where it might be coming from, or would it get louder the closer you get to a certain location?

[soulmods]

Its volume depends on the location! For a more detailed answer, see this map. The bluer an area is, the louder the sound is.

Re: QUESTIONS

[psionichax0r]

if someone did fall into the abyss at the start of the boss battle what would happen to them?

[soulmods]

Any character who falls from the tower will black out immediately upon doing so. On top of that, their soul gem will be found lying on the floor of the library in a few hours' time. As their bodies will not have been recovered from the labyrinth alongside their gems, they will have to regenerate entirely new bodies, which takes quite a bit more time than if their body had been nearby. This means that falling from the tower effectively leads to a character dying.

[loveedition]

hoooo boy.

Ryoko's gonna be unaffected for the most part! She'll be around to make sure that everyone is okay and to ask what the hell is happening. So! She's around to nonchalantly cause problems, as usual.

The Hunter will not be affected.

[bedream]

Kyouko is going to be reverted back to the start of her career as a magi. This means she'll be a wide-eyed idealist who truly wants to bring the world happiness. She'll be very gung ho about going after both familiars and actual Nightmares/Witches!

Ellen will be reverted, as well. Instead of being the cruel, conniving witch who manipulates people into dying for her, she'll be a very lonely and insecure girl who just wants a friend.

I haven't settled on anything concrete for Dave (maybe this Dave??) or Chara yet, but if anyone wants to do anything with either of them, HMU!!

[psionichax0r]

id love to do something with kyouko if you'd be up for it!

[bedream]

Of course! Did you have anything specific in mind?

[psionichax0r]

not... really no. but i really want him to see who she used to be before she was all. murder happy. maybe he will remind her of that and she'll freak out??

[bedream]

Sounds like a plan!

[loveedition]

you know, ryoko's dealt with people losing their personalities before

SAKURA-SENPAIIII

[bedream]

D...DOES SHE EVEN COUNT AS A SENPAI LIKE THIS?!?

[loveedition]

technically if she started after then yes

Buuuuut if she's feeling like a brand new magi herself, then don't worry!! Asakura-san will help!!!

okay but seriously ryoko's going to be seriously happy that kyouko's had some kind of change of heart

[bedream]

RYOKO..... you're setting yourself up for disappointment when this event ends..

[loveedition]

at this point an event that doesn't start with pointless optimism followed by complete and total despair from ryoko asakura just isn't an event

[airfriends]

oh my god kyouko when she's not a rude ass brat

do want.

[bedream]

uh excuse you, r u d e

[airfriends]

b-but kyouko's normally the rude one !!!!

[ceasetoexist]

Clearly after last month Pokey should end up having to meet wide-eyed idealist Kyouko. That'll be a hoot.

[bedream]

What could possibly go wrong??

Undertale spoilers

[pleasereset]

Asriel will be reverted back to one of his genocide route timelines as Flowey. He'll be fresh off of a genocide run in which he's murdered by Sans.

The catch? Is that while that's the last thing he remembers doing, his body and emotions will still be intact. So he's going to make a shift from a cruel, emotionless homicidal flower to a goat monster who can feel all the guilt and horror over what he just did.

So yeah, there's gonna be a huge freakout when it initially happens. And he'll probably have a lot of Flowey's aggression still as he works through his newfound emotions. He'll need someone to calm him down, but if your character is looking to get injured during his panic we can do that too!

[ceasetoexist]

While it would be great if Pokey got to experience this as I'm sure you'd all love straight from canon Pokey, dude has gone through so much recently I'm gonna have him not be affected. He'll just be there to gawk at the rest you nerds.

Lucifer, meanwhile, will be affected. Once upon a time, long long ago, there was an angel named Helel, and he was a badass who killed demons for the Lord along with his bro, Satan. And now he's stuck in a ten year old's body, so get ready for a mouthy, fire and brimstone little shit who's going to tell you how you all suffer for your terrible terrible sins and suffer rightly so.

[airfriends]

Yozora's just gonna be unaffected. (Since physical changes to her appearance or behavior are either non-existent or not feasible due to the amount of funds she might need for those)

But things still need to happen! Or something! Bouncing her off characters that might not seem like themselves might be fun...

[ouiboo]

Adrien will be unaffected. (He could go back to the origin episode state of mind but the difference is subtle- it's likely no one would notice so we'll pass. That and nobody here knows him that well.) He'll do his best to help out though it's likely he won't notice the changes in these people he just met. Someone else might have to tell him that some of the magi are acting funny.

-Oh right! And nobody has told him about the witches yet. ;)

[darker_alice]

Alice will be affected. After meeting the witch, she will be reverted back to her state to before she realizes that Dr. Bumby had been responsible for the deaths of her family. While she has been released from the asylum, she will be stuck in a state where she is debating whether she actually inadvertently killed her parents, and is withdrawn, irritable and generally suspicious of anyone inquiring about her.

With that said, she is likely to attack first and ask questions later if pressed in an uncomfortable situation.

[storyofarebel]

Raven will be unaffected, as I honestly can't think of any point in canon where it'd be interesting to set her back to. So she'll very confused to why her friends are acting so odd...

[tragedyinabottle]

Sayo will be going back to the time she was dating George Ushiromiysa and calling herself Shannon.

[cl0ckwork]

yikes this is definitely a good event for my muses

that said, Aradia will be afflicted by the Witch and will revert back to the emotionless, hollow state from when she was dead. She will feel and act invisible despite knowing others can see her and will generally not care about anything other than potentially breaking things. Her responses will likely be monotone, but she'll feel a lot of physical pain if anyone tries to get her to change back to normal.

as for Caesar, I'm going to let him opt out of being afflicted, however I'm so in for this pain train and he'll be around to watch the whole thing unfold and get involved if you want him to see your muse acting differently

[psionichax0r]

sollux would definitely try to remind her. if he realized it was hurting her though he'd probably just stick around and try to stop here from breaking anything important.

[reluctant_destiny]

I can turn back the clock to before Pyrrha became famous, which might make her less confident and more awkward, but overall she's always been a good person.

If she sees someone straying from their path though and they need to be reminded that they are a good person, I could see her being involved in that as well.

[greyerrant]

Loken Is going to revert to pre-Istvaan 3 innocent cinnamon roll Loken who just wants everyone to be friends and doesn't know about chaos, sorcery, or really bad things yet. He'll just be very scientific and a bit confused really.