somarium_ooc | Moon Cycle 112: 4/30

❖ MOON CYCLE 112 ❂ 4/30 - 5/05

Phase: 3/4 Waning. The moon seems to hang lower than usual, giving it a larger appearance.

Weather: Wasn't the rain supposed to happen during April? It's going to be a drizzly week so be sure to bring an umbrella! Some scattered thunderstorms may also occur during the evening.

MON	TUES	WED	THURS	FRI	SAT
³⁰ 76/61°F 24/16°C ☂	⁰¹ 85/66°F 29/19°C ☂☂	⁰² 80/64°F 27/18°C ☂	⁰³ 77/62°F 25/17°C ☂	⁰⁴ 80/59°F 27/15°C ☂☂	⁰⁵ 63/53°F 17/12°C ☂

Legend:
☀ - Sunny/Clear | ☁ ☀ - Sunny but cloudy | ☁ - Overcast | ≈ - Windy | ☂ - Rainy | ☂☂ - Stormy | ☃ - Snowy | ❇ - Ice | + any other combination

Dream Effects: Dreams will be mostly influenced by the past event. Either actual memories or random scenarios in a different underwater setting, but they will all have some kind of underwater feel. Note: Those who participated in the crossover event will not be able to dream of the characters of Vatheon. Instead they will appear as blurry images. The only exception is if the character exists in Somarium or was a castmate. Then the image can be distinct. Read the notes for more detail as to how the memories and subsequent dreams will work.

Notes: The event is over, hurrah! Nothing too eventful will occur this week to allow players and characters to wind down and come to terms with what happened.

Activity Check Ends Tonight! A reminder that the April Activity Check ends tonight at 11:59 PM CST. Make sure to check the Danger List and comment!
Applications open tomorrow! Or tonight technically. Applications open on midnight, May 1 (about 8 hours from the time of this post) so get ready! They will remain open until the 10th.
Back to normal. Upon waking, characters will find themselves back in their own beds (or the floor), with their own Dreamberries, in their own normal bodies, and without any trace of the changes that had been inflicted upon them during the previous week. No fairies, no ~~lame~~ Starfish Communicators, no tattoos. However, characters will likely feel disoriented, drained, and exhausted.
- Memories. We've mentioned this before, but as a final word on how memories will work regarding the event, here is a more detailed explanation:
  - Definitely will remember the time spent in the underwater city. As we mentioned before, this portion of the event basically functioned the same as our previous AU events. Since it was just a setting change, there is no problem for remembering everything that occurred while everyone was still in the city. Characters can remember whatever information they had learned, including whatever the fairies told them. Just remember that there was no mention of the name "Vatheon".
  - May or may not remember the time spent during the crossover. We're leaving this completely up to the players how much the character remembers. However, there are specific details that will definitely be not remembered. Names, mentions of Vatheon, and anything related to Vatheon or how the two worlds may have merged together somehow will not be remembered. All of that is blanked out. In addition, any characters they may have met will also be a complete blur. Characters could remember meeting others, but they would have no idea who it was.
    
    In short, it's all a strange blur, like a hazy dream that one can pick out some details but the rest is unclear. Characters who experienced the crossover may believe or think what happened was real, or they may think it was all a bizarre dream. For those who think it was real, they may still wonder or have a feeling that something happened, but not sure what.
    
    It is also possible for them to dream of portions of what happened, but with the aforementioned limitations. In addition, upon waking the character will feel very disoriented and will wonder why they dreamed of such an event. They will not have any clear memory of what occurred and instead consider it as just another very odd dream.
It was all a dream. As we mentioned before, what the characters experienced was a very advanced dreamscape. In reality they had all been asleep. In fact the locals will comment and even tell the characters that they had been asleep this whole time.
It was an accident. There will also be an NPC post that will confirm that it was all just a dream and that it was also unintentional. Whether that will make the characters feel better about what happened is a different story. This will take place tomorrow.
A mysterious tower. Tomorrow, May 1, a piece of a strange tower will appear just outside the barrier and in the desert. Only a part of it will be visible and will look as if it had been there forever. However, it's actually a part of the floating castle, and anyone who even remembers the castle will recognize it as such. It's heavily tilted, more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and dangerous to explore. Very weak noctaere will be prowling through it, but eventually the desert monsters will also take residence there. Some may even prowl outside it.

However, those who are brave enough to venture into it will find empty storage rooms, broken furniture, and...a ghost? Every so often the image of a woman will flicker and pass through the tower to ascend up the stairs. Should explorers follow it, they will find themselves in a large room. The ghost(?) will stand before a wall before disappearing completely again. Hung on the wall is a diagram of the floating mountain with a few strange markings. Huh. They really must like this floating mountain...
Player Plot. If you have not done so already, please feel free to check out the plot that is going to be ran by Holly (our wonderful Johann Schmidt player). She's looking for volunteers who would like to participate in a deadly virus plot that will start around May 12. The full, detailed post can be found here for anyone interested.

And that should be everything. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns comment to this post!

Moon Cycle 112: 4/30 - 5/05