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!]

Comments

[eudaimonikos]

[Oh. That's vaguely disappointing, because it definitely isn't that.]

No.

[onebetter]

Hmm...

[ Well, that guess was wrong, let's try again. ]

A fairy maybe? That's... uh, a magical spirit thing?

[eudaimonikos]

[Well, it doesn't think it's a fairy either. Spirit thing...maybe?]

Spirit? [Though it sounds doubtful.] What's fairy?

[onebetter]

Uhm, fairies are small flying creatures who have magic powers... They know a lot, I think.

[ And they are glowing spheres in a video game that will not be named for copyright reasons, so James feels this is a reasonable assumption. ]

[eudaimonikos]

I know a lot.

[It insists like, immediately.]

But no flying.

[onebetter]

You're kind of floating! I think that counts!

[ So they may be solving this identity riddle and that prospect gets James to smile brightly. ]

[eudaimonikos]

[Is it? Several eyes appear to cast around itself. It doesn't feel like it's floating, just like it's intersecting with this plane at a certain angle.

But this thing is the one who said fairies float, so that could just mean the fairies do this same thing. So...]

Maybe a fairy?

[onebetter]

[ Maybe is already success. ]

That is so cool! Why are you at Daybreak?

[eudaimonikos]

Because.

[There's literally no reason; it just found itself here and didn't particularly object.]

[onebetter]

[ James goes silent for a moment. This reply seems oddly profound - or maybe he's just thinking that because it is coming from a fairy. ]

I see, I see.

[ Maybe if he nods smartly, that's impressive. ]

You don't need reasons or permissions, of course.

[eudaimonikos]

No.

[Of course not! There's places it doesn't go, of course, parts of the Outlands claimed by other, more powerful creatures...it's not unfamiliar with needing permission.]

...whose territory?

[onebetter]

Uh.

[ It'd be absolutely fantastic to be able to show off and answer this accurately, but... ]

There's... a principal, I think?

[eudaimonikos]

?????

[It doesn't know what a principal is.]

[onebetter]

[ Oh. Hm. James brings his hand to his chin in thought. ]

Well, this is a school and the principal is like... the boss of the school.

[eudaimonikos]

Dangerous?

[That explanation didn't help much at all; it had been asking after the owner of the territory, so of course it's the boss. But at least it knows someone has staked a claim, and generally what they're called.]

[onebetter]

Only if you break the rules, don't worry!

[ And his idea of dangerous may just be a little different, too. ]

[eudaimonikos]

What rules?

[It needs to either follow them or determine if it can devour The Principal, after all.]

[onebetter]

Don't run in the hallways, don't use a electronics in class, don't copy your homework, don't leave the campus if it isn't break time --- no wait, I don't think that one applies to college.

[ He's counting the rules on his fingers as he goes. ]

But it's that stuff.

[eudaimonikos]

...understood.

[It didn't recognize some of the things it's supposed to not do, but whatever. Just makes it easier not to!]

[onebetter]

Good!

[ James beams brightly, happy to be of help. Because all of this is very helpful to a ... fairy. ]

I hope you have fun here!