Post-Event Blues

[lucetimods]

Who: Everybody, everybody!
What: The battle is won. Now what?
When: The eleventh, twelfth, and onward
Where: Luceti
Summary: With Zompano dead and the cultists routed, Luceti is restored. Kind of.
Rating: F for Feels

On the eleventh, things were slowly breaking down. Memories of their true lives were breaking through. The village, scarred by the battle with the cultists, began to rebuild itself. Community buildings that had vanished were returned to their rightful places. The battle dome was uncovered from the earth that had covered it. Hundreds and hundreds of fake homes slowly faded away. Paved roads gave way to trees and grass. It was an incredible sight for anyone who was willing to sit aroun and watch it happen.

Things wouldn't be easy for the villagers, though. The memories perpetuated by the last ten days would not be easily removed. The feelings and hatreds it had created would take time to conquer and remove. Perhaps, in a way, that was Zompano's nastiest trick of all. The village itself may heal from his invasion, but it would take far more than a few Shifts to fix the people left behind.

Towards the end of the day, their wings returned. Much like some of the buildings, they seemed to just reappear, as if they had never been gone. Their barcodes became visible again as a singular reminder that they were, ultimately, just the property of another entity who as a whole were not much better than Count Zompano.

By the twelfth, the village looked as though nothing had ever happened. Sure, the contents of buildings might have been messed up or destroyed during the battles, but things were otherwise as they were supposed to be. The night before, people would have had to find their old beds to go sleep in, as they no longer possessed the old ones granted to them in another life.

The village was peaceful.

Modly Note: That wraps up the event. As noted in the prose above, you have the option to play up the after effects of the event more than in other ones. While it won't have the same impact universally, the Shift was constructed in such a way that people may have difficulty shaking off the emotions they developed during the event. In effect, it was a cruel send off to Luceti so they would have to deal with the loathing and hatred that came with the less desirable parts of it. Of course, that means the feelings of familial bonds will also persist for awhile as well. It's up to you, as players, to decide how much or little to play with it!

Comments

[therewerefifty]

[...]

I had... a son.

I won't ever have children at home. I... is it wrong for me to want that...?

[daisy023]

[Daisy looks up. Slowly, seeing her expression, and knowing that feeling of wanting something you will not have in your world, because of a life that will end within this one, he puts a hand over Makie's.]

It's not. [She remembers Kirimi, and Valvalis.] ... A friend of mine took the role of a mother when a child arrived in Luceti, and she just came to her. She didn't know what would being a mother be like, and she just strove to love her and protect her.

Sometimes... children arrive in Luceti. I think it would be possible for you to take care of them. [Daisy sighed, smiling to herself, missing Kirimi so much.] Like I said... it's not impossible to make a new life in here.

[therewerefifty]

[It's not the same. That feeling of having raised a child since birth, all the way up to being an adult... the closeness they shared is fading already, and she can barely remember some of the memories that had once seemed so vivid.

Daisy's words make her think of alternatives, though. How would she be at looking after children?

Not so good.

But she could probably try protecting them, at least.]

I could wish such children wouldn't arrive here alone to begin with.

[But she smiles a little.]

[daisy023]

[She closes her eyes. For Makie's sake, she tries to keep her own smile. She remembered the brief day in which she was shifted into a child -- before Halsey took her. The sensation of fear she felt at knowing she wouldn't see her parents that she tried to hide back then.]

Me too. [Daisy looks up.] It's out job to take care of them. And in the end, even they can become a part of a new family.

[therewerefifty]

Agreed. [She thinks of Ikki, the only other child she's met here. A girl lucky enough to be surrounded by her own family, even if separated over generations. She won't be the only one, though. (Oddly, she thinks of Logan and Ororo's "children" in the event. And then, inevitably, Shikamaru.]

We can try and make sure they're protected. [From any number of things. Invasions. Loneliness.]