Luceti Valley - The First Log

[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone
What: The start of a new experiment... or is it?
When: August 2nd - August 6th
Where: Luceti itself
Summary: Luceti has become an idyllic and peaceful 50s-esque village. The first few days are just business as usual, right?
Rating: Varies with thread. Please move explicit stuff to appointments post with appropriate warnings.

August 1st had seemed like an ordinary day in Luceti. But late in the evening, for those night owls who had not turned in yet, they were witness to strange fluctuations in the barrier. Beautiful, really, almost like Luceti had received its own 'Northern Lights', even though it seemed to come from the far east, across the ocean. This ominous light show lasted for all of fifteen minutes before it ceased all together. Skimming the ocean waters, a horde of cultists entered Luceti, cloaked by darkness. Upon reaching the entrance to the tunnels, their leader stepped inside and was followed one by one by his fellow cultists. When the last had entered, the tunnel entrance closed. Across the mountains, the entrance to the tunnels in the village did the same.

Midnight passed without incident, but by three in the morning, the change suddenly came. Minds were altered, forms were changed, and buildings sprang from nowhere.

Much later, on August 2nd, morning settled on a changed village, the new mayor made his way to his mansion with his pair of adorable dobermans at either side of him. The sun shined bright. It was a good day to be a Lucetian.

Note: There will be a stand alone log for the homecoming dance. There will be another log for the second stage of the event.

Comments

[noitatnacni]

Uh, maybe because Dick is working really hard so you can go?

[She doesn't normally get mad at Jay, but wow. That's just a really heartless thing for him to say. Zatanna crosses her arms over her chest, wondering what's gotten into Jay to have him talking like that.]

[curiositykills]

[Ugh, right. Of course. Dick was the ~responsible~ big brother. It's hard not to roll his eyes at what she says.]

Believe me, Zee, I already know way more than the school could teach me. I can afford to miss a few days.

[noitatnacni]

You know, maybe if you were actually doing something where you got paid? I wouldn't give you such a hard time. [But since he's fooling around, Zatanna isn't impressed. She shakes her head, still stunned that Jay would pull something like this--and more than a little worried.]

What's with you all of a sudden?

[curiositykills]

Apparently, I've gone nuts. I'm absolutely batty! [He shrugs, not even bothering to hide the bitterness in his voice.] You don't have to worry about us. I'm helping out in my own way, okay?

[noitatnacni]

[For a long moment, all Zatanna can do is stare in shock as Jay just blurts something like that out. But he goes on to tell her not to worry, as if that's even possible now.]

Don't talk like that. [Any harshness in her tone is gone now, replaced by fear. God, if the wrong person heard him say that...] You know what could happen if people thought you were sick.

[curiositykills]

More than you know, Zee. [He doesn't bother explaining himself, since he knows there's no point. Even if they heard him out, there was no reason for them to believe him. The truth would sound even crazier than all this already did.] But I'm not going anywhere. I promise.

[It's not like he's never avoided authority before, after all. He has way more experience with that than should be allowed.]