April Undercurrent: Breaking Barriers

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APRIL UNDERCURRENT

Who: Everyone!
What: Normal boundaries are made malleable, for a time
When: April 3rd to April 19th
Where: Everywhere!
Warnings: Please mark anything as it comes up!

Keep Me In Your Clouded Mind

As days pass, and the Water begins to exert their pull, your surroundings will begin to grow hazy, almost dreamlike. Though some might find this sensation to be unpleasant, the feeling will soon pass, and the world will seemingly right itself. Perhaps a fit of vertigo, and nothing more...?

But come the morning of April 3rd, the island's skies and seas will paint themselves anew in faded guises - every colour it's possible for a sky and sea to be, from sunrise to sunset - bleeding into each other like ink in water, until the horizon vanishes. And from that vanishing point, where sky and sea meet, you will begin to see...rafts. Rafts bearing familiar paper lanterns - some crumpled, some stained from their crash into the water, but recognizable all the same.

Remember those lanterns that you made last month? It turns out that they've actually served as beacons. And, as those rafts drift closer, you might find that the lights you set free, forged in your grief and longing, have managed to guide the subjects of that longing to you...at least for a time. Of course, it's not all people you know. Those on the rafts are just as likely to be strangers, people who have simply drifted in on the tides of dream. Or they may be both familiar and not - the people you knew, who have changed in your absence or theirs.

They might even be you, though not as the island has made you. Perhaps they're the person you once were, or the person you will be. Who knows what the tides may bring?

To distinguish such temporary visitors from those making a more permanent stay, those brought in by these strange waters often look faded or filled with an ethereal light. They may also have a strange translucency to them, though this will not affect their ability for physical contact, interaction, or their solidity.

This month, no special tasks are required of you other than to interact with these new visitors, whether they bring you joy, grief, or the mutual, fleeting bond of a first meeting. The more you accept them as part of your lives - temporary as they are - the more power you produce.

Their stay might be short, but their impact is no lesser, and recognition of that is necessary to pave the way for Elytlan's arrival.

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♆ FOURTH WALL EVENT ♆

We'd like to welcome anyone and everyone to LifeAftr's Fourth Wall Event! We'd like to start things off with a few points of clarification, if necessary:

[ ♆ ] This is an IC event. All characters will remember the fourth wall event and any characters that pass through it.

[ ♆ ] You are free to enable and post with absolutely anyone! For this event only, all rules regarding doubles and duplicates are to be considered null and void. Doubles, CRAUs, player-made AUs, original characters, whoever you like who can be brought to interact with the islands is free to do so! Characters who might be re-visiting from their past experiences in LifeAftr can recall as much or as little of their time in game as you like.

[ ♆ ] Please be aware that visiting characters will likely notice that their powers have been slightly or greatly dampened. While they will probably still be capable of smaller or more ordinary things, any game-breaking or world-ending powers will have no effect on these shores. You are free to nerf them even more if you want, though! We certainly won't stop you.

[ ♆ ] Only members of LifeAftr will have posting access, but all characters and players outside of the game are welcome to comment anywhere in this log, unless a player wishes to opt out of the event entirely.

[ ♆ ] This does include posting to the network, over at lifenet! Newly arriving characters will have access to the Stones of Farspeech that enable long-distance communication, but they will not be able to make their own posts - only comment to the posts of others.

[ ♆ ] We ask that any visitors be mindful of our game rules. Most characters will likely be arriving on the island of Ensō or the islets just off of its coast - feel free to read up on those pages for more information, and don't be afraid to ask questions!

[ ♆ ] This event will only last up until April 19th. At that point, all characters who have been brought to the Fourth Wall event and are not currently in game will fade away. Due to the ethereal quality to them while on the islands, the temporary nature of their stay will likely be apparent. That being said, this log will remain open once the event itself is complete - backtagging is both welcome and encouraged.

[ ♆ ] As the game will be entering endgame shortly after this event, we will not be opening Applications after the event unless you are a returning player who would like to be present for endgame.

[ ♆ ] If anyone has any questions about this event, please ask them HERE!

Color in My Sheltered Mind

Of course, there's a lot going on in the background as well. You're free to use this log as a catch-all for the duration of April's Undercurrent Event, as well as any of the other minor events listed on our Monthly Rundown post. And, of course, you are always free to create your own individual logs and posts as needed.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them over on the Questions header on our Monthly Rundown post!

April Timeline

[ ♆ ] April 1st: "Make Libations" begins and lasts until April 10th
[ ♆ ] April 3rd: "Breaking Barriers" begins and lasts until April 19th
[ ♆ ] April 12th: "Isn't It Dreamy?" begins and lasts until April 21st
[ ♆ ] April 20th: Elytlan arrives at the archipelago
[ ♆ ] April 22nd: "Got Your Goat" begins and lasts until March 31st

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Comments

[catcrimes]

[Her grin is practically felt behind that little lizard hand, wide and mischievous as she clenches victory. Thankfully, having proven her point, she does indeed stop when ushered to, giggling quietly as her tail swishes in the sand, to and fro. She likes this little kobold already, they're tons of fun to tease.]

Depends on who you ask, but I'd like to say I'm real good with my hands. [No, she will not elaborate on that, thank you very much. The stigma behind being a thief is hard enough to deal with, Mask would prefer her anonymity.]

[kobard]

Ah, she is of the most ancient and lucrative of professions. You will find no judgement here, feline.

[He sits up a little straighter and readjusts his hat, content she will be done with the screaming.]

I have tended to many brothels with my music. [He reaches behind him and pats the body of his lute with a beam of pride.]

[catcrimes]

[The face she makes at the assumption is telling, and Mask sticks out her tongue with a disgusted expression. No judgement to people that do the job, certainly not - everyone needs to work and feed themselves someway - but the concept is just so...so unappealing to her entirely. Snuggling, cuddling, and holding hands and even smooching is all nice and good, but bumping uglies just makes her face twist up into the sourest expression. She does not get the desire for the Dirty Deed so much as others do.]

Ew, gross--no! Not like that.

[kobard]

[So strange one who proclaims to be good with her hands to show disgust at a Kobold! How dare! He purses his lips and draws his neck back, physically recoiling and carrying the misunderstanding even further.]

It was no invitation in the first place. I prefer the touch from hands that are claws and scales.

[He is a bard though, he can't discriminate too much if it might get him what he wants/needs. Right now it is for knowing where he is and also preferably for the sun to fizzle out forever and perhaps a slab of meat with a pint of mead to magically manifest before him.]

Regardless this is no occasion that strikes such urges. I know not this island's name. Do you?

[catcrimes]

[How fucking low is this dude's INT score, holy shit. It's Mask turn to clamp her hands around that scaly snooter to stop his yarbling. This is going oh-so-swimmingly.]

Okay firstly - I'm sure you're very nice, and a wonderful person to be around, but I'm not interested in that kinda stuff with anyone, thanks. Secondly, what I meant is that I'm a--...rogue. [She hesitates at saying 'thief', if only because she's already been judged for it by multitudes of people, as well as her own party, and there's a lot more to it than just her having sticky fingers.] I can picks locks and use a knife or two and...stuff.

Thirdly...no, I don't know where this is. It's real different from what I remember last. I mean, the sun's actually out for one, and I thiiiink Barovia was landlocked, so the ocean sure is nice to see. Oh! Maybe we're on the, uh... [She removes her hands from the Kobold's face to scratch at her head.] What was the place Amare was going to...the Emerald Coast? Or something?