and then we took a turn for the creepy

[paradisamods]

AT LEAST THERE'LL BE PLENTY IMPLIED / IF YOU CAUGHT PNEUMONIA AND DIED: THE FIFTH WEEK

The feeling stops.

The cheer? Gone. The homey warmth? Gone. All at once, it vanishes, and that joy-clouded version of Christmas-at-Paradisa changes. The decorations lose their sparkle and start to look tired, the boughs of the trees sag, and the formerly rich reds and lustrous greens seem dulled.

The fairytale is over, and in its absence is an emptiness, like a house being packed up for a big move.

What happened, Paradisa? What changed so suddenly?

THE STATUS QUO

We were originally going to do an event on the 28th-29th, but it was starting to feel cramped. Everyone's really busy with holiday stuff, so it felt like overkill, especially with the finale in the first week of January and the climax from the 7th-9th. So ,here we are letting you know what's going down.

This whole month we've been stressing the "Paradisa loves you and wants you to be happy and feel like you're at home" thing. And now... it's gone. Here's why: Paradisa has decided it likes this group, and when Paradisa likes something... it keeps it.

Forever.

THE NEW YEAR

On December 31st, we're doing what we did last year, because people seemed to enjoy that: all drinks take on the effect of alcohol. If your character is the age where being drunk is really not cool (here's looking at you, Ike and Nanako and the like) or you're totally uncomfortable with that (or your character is biologically immune to alcohol), then you're free to bypass it... but we kinda advise playing with it.

Why?

Because at midnight, every character is going to feel a strong, familiar-but-can't-quite-place-it hand on their shoulder, and a familiar voice in their ear, saying:

"Welcome home, forever, Traveler..."

And being drunk when you hear that will be either hilarious or ridiculously sobering.

QUESTIONS

You asked for "normal people" volunteers recently. What's up?
You'll be getting an email sometime tomorrow with a confirmation, and directions.

When are apps going to reopen/losses coming back/whatever?
Tentative date is January 11th, because we don't want all those new people coming in to distract from the plot.

You said the castle decided to keep them forever... what if I need/want to drop a character?
If you need or want to drop a character in the month of January, we'll just imply they're still there! Any castmates will be able to NPC them for the remainder of the month. If this is a serious problem for anyone, feel free to contact the mods and we will discuss. It's important that we do this, though, since it'll be more convincing that nobody is leaving if ... well, nobody is leaving.

SEEKING OTHER VOLUNTEERS

Do you play one of the following?
a) a godmode type
b) a character who frontlines most major events/fights

If so, we need your character names and emails here. We're gonna need you for the 7th of January, and we've got a weird fun thing to keep you busy while everyone else is doing other stuff.

If you play a "middle ground" character who is between both groups, or you just can't decide where they'd fit better... would you rather BE the mystery, or WORK the mystery? You'll still get to play either way!