❧ It's All Your State of Mind

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[One by one, the visitors disappear, going back home just as mysteriously as they first arrived. When the final one is gone, there is a change...and then, music begins to play on everyone's CATs as it accompanies a montage video tour of the town until it winds up in the Mayor's office once more. Mayor Caligin smiles warmly before speaking.]

Greetings, citizens of Luministi! As you may know, the 702nd Luministi Founder's Day Festival will take place in less than a week! However, this year's festivities will begin early with a cooking contest held here in the town hall, food and wine tasting in the botanical gardens, and 24-hour film festivals for all ages in our very own Janus Theatre! Throughout the week, there will be various game stations and vendors around the town square, with various rides set up in the park. For those of you with music on the brain, all kinds of musical acts can be found around in and around the gardens.

As always, a health and safety booth will be set up near the park for those who get a little too excited, aren't feeling well, or simply can't make the trek to the clinic.

And this is only the beginning! [Caligin's grin grows broader, his excitement practically oozing out of his pores.] Last-minute volunteers are always welcome to help finish setting up booths and decorations, so direct all queries to Miss Osculia as soon as possible if you're interested.

That's all from me today. Have a wonderful day, Luministi!

[The video feed cuts off then. Bird song can be heard outside. The sun is shining brightly with nary a cloud in the sky, but there is a gentle breeze in the air carrying the sweet floral scents from the botanical gardens.]


Plot Details: It's All Your State of Mind

Wow, things seem quite peaceful after the past few weeks, huh? Kinda nice now that things aren't out to kill everyone in some way. As a reward for surviving, everyone gets two weeks filled with celebrations and fun festival-y fun! Everything the mayor spoke about will be around town and more, so if people want to have hot dog eating contests, or sit in a theatre all day watching movies and munching on popcorn, they can certainly do so! Or hey, want to take a ride on the ferris wheel with that special someone? The town is awful pretty at night...

Of course...things aren't going to be as simple as that.

The change mentioned in the IC portion above did one thing. A big thing, but one thing: As far as the characters know, they've always been living in Luministi--and nowhere else. (So anyone who was left in the spacestation at the time will be in the town now.) They have jobs (or summer jobs or just general goofing off in the case of anyone not old enough to have a full-time job and are still school-aged), and have been fixtures in the town of Luministi in various capacities for as long as they can remember. They can't remember their previous lives in their own worlds, but why would they want to? Their lives in Luministi have been...well, that's up to you. What kind of things would your character be doing if they had lived in Luministi for as long as they can remember? Would they be working alongside the Sheriff as a deputy? Would they own their own shop and sell [insert type of food/goods here]? Would they be the town drunk and have a semi-permanent jail cell to cool their heads off overnight? Are they working on a campaign to oust the Mayor in the next election? Have they been having an affair with the cute waiter/waitress who works in the malt shop?

The sky is the limit. Seriously. Everyone still has their powers/abilities, but how they incorporate them is up to you. Oh, and while the pathway to the spacestation is open, characters won't really want to leave the town limits. Why would you when Luministi is a pretty quaint and fun town. Besides, the passage is in the Mayor's House and he usually doesn't entertain. Any thoughts of leaving will just slide away from a character's mind like water on a duck's back.

Granted, the bits of everyone's worlds might ping their true memories for a second, but again, those thoughts will just wash away in the next moment. But speaking of those places, they're all still there, and characters can still hear voices coming from them, but no more euphoric effects. The voices may cause confusion for the characters, but who wouldn't be confused hearing their name called or talked to by someone they can't physically remember?

Strange, how Proctor hasn't shown back up, though...

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A few notes of business before I turn everyone loose!

• The 4th wall event is still going strong! I'm absolutely loving seeing everyone there! People can continue to tag it for however long they like so you can finish threads and such. Remember that the 4th wall post is part of game canon! And in the case of this plot, people can still remember the strange visitors and all their odd questions about the town, but they're currently something of a novelty and there are Founder's Day Festival things to be done!
  
  
• Also, I'd normally put up an entry about Activity Check, but everyone's checked in! So I'll just say that here! I'm glad to see everyone~ AC requirements will be returning to normal for the next month, so keep that in mind!
  
  
• One final thing. I will be going on a vacation starting Wednesday until the 18th. I'll still be around and tagging when I can, and the plot schedule is going to stay right where it is, but there is going to be a stretch of time where I definitely won't be available. From the 6th to the 9th, I will not be getting online for tags or anything, but I'll try to check my email every now and then. If anyone needs me during that time, email, PM, or ping me via plurk. I'll be sure to get back to you as soon as I can. If I get any apps during this time, I'll be able to process them after the 9th.

I believe that is it! The "date" of the Founder's Day is July 6th (I know, wonderful timing on my part!), so I might throw up a party post the day before. Gotta have fun before real life comes crashing down, right?

Feel free to use this post to plot with each other, and as always, don't be afraid to ask me any questions! I'd be more than happy to help~

Happy festival-ing, citizens of Luministi! ♥

EDIT: I'm a silly person and forgot to include some info on the town's history! (Or rather, the fake history Caligin and his team created in the first season and is definitely what the NPCs in town now all believe is real.) This is a brief history about Luministi (covering the then 700 years of its existence). As for around the town in its fictional world, the nearest city is Centropolis, but there are other cities around there. The country is called Nidea, located on the Northern Continent of a world known as Terra. (Sheriff Iussus revealed all that during his questioning of Braxiatel.) Think of Centropolis as a central hub for culture and life much in the way cities like NYC and London are.

I...don't know if any of that detail will come into play at all, but it's there for you guys to have and play with if you'd like!