When You Made Wishes: start! (player plot)

[deuteranope]

Imagine Wist's surprise when April rolled around and their plan for a great prank was foiled on account of all those students just...leaving??? Truly, they have become the April fool... It's what they wanted, of course -- for the pitiful humans to find freedom -- and sure there are some stragglers around, but...in the end, they decide to take the win and enjoy a short break of their own. Good thing, too, or they might have pulled out all their hair in frustration when Spring Break comes to an end and the swarm of students and faculty willingly return to their prison.

While settling back into the academy and resigning themselves to a routine, the people of Daybreak will be soothed by a gentle tune rising up from the forest. It isn't a song they've heard before, and yet, somehow...it's nostalgic, isn't it? The soft notes of the pan flute stir up something in their hearts, tugging at old memories and drawing forth a feeling of dissatisfaction and longing out from under them. Let the song lull them into taking a moment to withdraw from the hustle and bustle -- hey, turns out they sort of need it. Maybe they're coming down with a cold, or just some quick little bug...
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>> user M3G4M4G1CH4XX posted on April 6th, 2019:
Why did you come back? You don't have to live like this.

Weren't things better back then? Try to remember what it used to be like.
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The odd message from an iris account that doesn't exist isn't up for long before the spell kicks into the next phase. However they manifest and from when differs from person to person, but those affected will all have the bizarre experience of watching some ghost of themselves from their past be born from their soul's memory. Don't think there are those that can escape this fate just by returning at a later time, either -- Wist can keep up this panpipe nonsense all day, every day if they have to. If that what it takes to get their point across...

Good luck trying to comprehend whatever point that may be, because now Daybreak is the new home to a bunch of familiar-looking rugrats and has to contend with whatever complications they may bring along with them.
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[For more information on this plot, please see this ooc infopost!]

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[yokeye]

[Toki cringes, waiting for the box to hit the rock, but it turns last minute. The box seems to be getting more unstable as it flies further down the hill. Pieces of the tape have come off near the bottom. Ahead, the ride won't be as smooth, uneven ground and the occasional patch of mud.

Professor Atchison might kill him if Toki let his child self sustain any injuries, but he waits another minute until the box hits a depression and starts to overturn. In less than a second, he'd down the hill and stopping the box from tipping, but he wasn't thinking about impacts and the front skateboard slams into his shin. He's investing in armor or something later.]

Are you okay, Avery-chan~! Did you have fun!?

[subconmodo]

[He's a little dizzy when he crawls out of the box, mask off center and head spinning. And yet he's grinning from ear to ear, even if Toki can't see.]

I'm fine! That was amazing! I should do it again! Oh! You too!

[He points up at Toki enthusiastically]

[yokeye]

[Even the mask is adorable, and it should be frightening. Toki is definitely going to have a conversation with Professor Atchison about how cute his child self is, or was... He's just now realized they'll be gone at some point. It's sad.

And though he would absolutely try this box/skateboard combination any other time, he's actually worried about Avery getting hurt. His reckless choices apparently only apply to himself and a select few gremlins.]

Your box there is looking pretty unsafe~! Why don't we do something less dangerous!?

[Something he never thought he'd say.]

[subconmodo]

Does it really look that bad?

[The tape still looks plenty sticky to him, but then again he was only introduced to the concept of tape recently and maybe Toki has more experience in the subject of box engineering?]

What are we gonna do? Are there any games here?

[yokeye]

[Toki examines the box more closely. It may hold for one more run if he tries to stick the tape down again. However, he's not risking it.]

It's done for~!

[Games. Games. Uhh. Maybe there's some board games in one of the common rooms.]

We'll go look for some in the common room! And you can build a fort out of the furniture!

[That's a safer activity, right?]

[subconmodo]

[Holy shit that is the best idea ever.]

I'll make the biggest one ever. And you're allowed to hang out in it too. We can make it a club!

[yokeye]

It will be gigantic! We'll use every chair and couch!

[Someone actually wants to hang out with him for once, and he's like six or something. But it's okay.]

What other people can be in your club?

[Toki leaves the skateboard contraption at the bottom of the hill for some unsupervised children to find as they head for the nearest dorm.]

[subconmodo]

[Uh oh. He hasn't thought that far ahead.]

I'll take applications at the door. And no creepy guys allowed!

[yokeye]

Excellent choice! You have to see them in person to know who's creepy!

[Toki hasn't thought that far ahead either. He doesn't want to actually move a bunch of furniture around himself, and he's not going to let a couch or something fall on this kid. So, he needs to think of something before they get there. He can't disappoint Avery when he's so excited about the fort.]

You know what, we're going to need a crew to build the fort! To make sure it's the absolute best it can be! You can oversee!

[subconmodo]

But if we do that, am I really building it? That seems like it's just other people making the fort.

[yokeye]

[He stops walking and kneels down in front of Avery.]

I'm going to teach you about something extremely important, okay? It's called "delegation".

[subconmodo]

[That catches his interest]

"Delegation..." Mother and Father talk about that all the time. That's the thing where you make people do the stuff you don't want to, right?

[yokeye]

Exactly~! If your parents talk about that a lot, they must be powerful people, yes? Now, if you get someone else to build this fort, but make it clear you're in control, it still gets done the way you want it, but you've expended no energy of your own and you get to order people around! Then you can enjoy all the comfort of your fort while your delegates are too tired to do anything! Always aim for the biggest rewards with the least amount of effort!

[subconmodo]

[Wow. No one ever explained it to him like that before. His mother and father always made it sound like it was about responsibility and making sure not to take on more than you could handle when running a country. This is WAY better.]

Okay! I think I've got it.

I'll pick out some books for us to read while you build the fort!

[yokeye]

[No. That's. Shit. This backfired.]

Well, I would build the fort, but I don't know what you want it to look like~! Maybe you can draw it for me first~!

[And he will somehow turn this idea into just coloring or something.]

[subconmodo]

Oh, right. That would probably make it easier.

[He may be good at finding loopholes even now, but he IS still a child.]

I'll even make sure to mark where the trebuchets are gonna go for you. It's not a fort without trebuchets and hot oil!

[yokeye]

[Oh my god. Toki was thinking simplistic chairs-and-blanket fort, not medieval castle fortress. With oil somehow. What? He is in way over head here.]

Alright~! We'll find you some crayons, but first~!

[He runs back to the hill, detaches the box from its skateboard base, and returns with said box.]

Do you want to take a really fast ride in the box~!? I'll bring you somewhere amazing~!

[subconmodo]

[Avery examines the box and then looks back up at Toki]

But it doesn't have wheels anymore. How's it going to go fast?

[yokeye]

Well, I have amazing magic powers~!

[Please just get in the box.]

I promise it will be awesome!

[subconmodo]

[Something seems a little fishy here, but he supposes Toki DID manage to get to him pretty quickly while he was going down the hill. And this is a magic school.]

Okay...

[he reluctantly gets in the box]

[yokeye]

[Yes, good. Toki picks up the box. It's more awkward to hold with Avery in it and still see where he's going, but he's on a mission.]

Hang on, Avery-chan~!

[He proceeds to run all over campus until he finds Professor Atchison. Upon locating him, Toki sets the box down at his feet. He will be rid of this delegating gremlin who wants to build medieval castles.]

I-believe-this-is-yours!

[subconmodo]

Huh?

[Big!Avery peers into the box, only to be met with a smaller, screaming version of himself that is immediately trying to make his escape.]

Nooooooo!!! Toki, don't leave me with the creepy guy!

[the little gremlin is near tears]

[yokeye]

[Oh my god, why? Toki slides the box away from Big!Avery to try and lessen the screaming. He crouches by the box and attempts to placate the gremlin.]

He's not creepy, Avery-chan~! He's y- uhh, a very a nice man! He's lonely and sad, and he wants to build forts with you!

[subconmodo]

Gee. Thanks. Really appreciate the ringing endorsement there.

[Snatcher rolls his eyes.]

No he's not! He's a jerk and I hate him!

[Snatcher sighs heavily and shakes his head as Avery reaches for Toki.]

[yokeye]

[Avery certainly has some things to say about his older self that don't bode well. Toki is apparently stuck with this kid for a while, and it's okay. Because Avery really is a sweet little child thus far, as much as a gremlin can be anyway, and it makes him sad to see him upset. He takes Avery's hand to help him out of the box.]

It's okay! I won't leave you with him!

[He looks up at Snatcher with not quite a glare, because he's afraid of those consequences, but he's clearly displeased.]

Were you mean to him!? What's wrong with you!? He's-

[part of you]

-important! Don't make him hate you! What if there's consequences!?