event: the beginning of the end

[mayfield_mods]

As the result of a certain outburst, all characters in Mayfield have been implanted with false memories- similar to droning, but without the personality change. They remain self-aware and in control of their own actions, but any memory of their home world has been "overwritten" with fake memories of a life in Mayfield. The false memories will vary in strength- some of you will be able to recognize them as fake, while others will be hard-pressed to even notice anything out of the ordinary.

Regardless of the severity, however, any attempt to remember one's true past meets with heavy resistance. Try to think about your real home too hard, and you'll suddenly find yourself inundated with thoughts about how wonderful Mayfield is and how lucky you are to live here. The thoughts aren't your own, but they are loud, overwhelming and, if they go on too long, painful, like a severe migraine. Fortunately, the thoughts will die down as soon as you stop thinking your new memories are anything but real.

Those who possess exceptionally strong willpower and/or haven't been affected by the false memories as strongly may be able to openly speak, write, or otherwise express the truth of their situation. Doing so openly, however, may carry dire consequences- though of course, we won't do anything too drastic without contacting you OOC.

This will go into affect starting 9 PM EST on Sunday, October 21st. As always, questions and concerns should be posted here.

EDIT: Regarding regains! For the most part, we intend that any regains that obviously don't belong in 1950s small town America will disappear. This won't be hard and fast, though. Just like with memories, some regains might stick around and be confusing. We mostly encourage you to only do this with small things that might raise red flags (I'm stronger than I should be, or that computer is kind of odd, or where did I get that fancy sword?), but if you've already made plans based on assumptions that your character will continue to be bright blue with horns, that's fine.

Just remember, if your thoughts go past "wow, that item/ability/person's appearance is weird" and start heading into "that doesn't belong here, something's up," you'll find yourself with a flood of thoughts about how much you love Mayfield until you stop.

Comments

[vytis]

Will characters still remember bad things that happened in Mayfield or will those be overwritten as well?

[mayfield_mods]

Overwritten, they will just remember Mayfield as a normal town. But memories like that can easily come back.

[ex_bloomnobly385]

Will characters who are dead be aware of their state of being or will they think of themselves as alive again under the false memories?

[mayfield_mods]

Well, in their false memories they wouldn't have died. But they can remember their death or that they are dead as part of the memories breaking.

[ooeeooahah]

Will regains (abilities, tangible items or both) remain?

[mayfield_mods]

Oh, good question! We intended anything that wouldn't be normal or possible in the 1950s to disappear, but since that wasn't in the event announcement, it's recommended but optional.

[ooeeooahah]

Thank you!

(Heh. Heh. Heh.)

[sothis_rising]

I have a weird question. Characters that are in same sex relationships. Will they still have memories of being in those relationships or will they be overwritten to be '1950's acceptable'?

[mayfield_mods]

They can remember, or it can be rewritten, it's up to you. In fake memory Mayfield, being in a same sex relationship would be a little like having an affair: i.e. if it was kept on the down low, it wouldn't be much more than something people might sometimes gossip about.

[sothis_rising]

Gotcha. So basically Sirius doesn't have to break Remus's poor little werewolf heart.

[mayfield_mods]

We would never.

[doesnotgetit]

I'd like to add on to sothis_rising's question and ask if characters would remember being in a same-sex relationship with someone in an adult/child position that's not their own (for example, a girl in the child slot and a girl in a mother slot).

[mayfield_mods]

That would be fine, although definitely more frowned upon by the townsfolk. But if it's someone in your family, then no, that would be rewritten.

[doudemoe]

For those in the exceptionally strong willpower group, will they experience the same amount of pain and headaches that normal people do when resisting?

[mayfield_mods]

They will. But if they have very strong willpower, they may be more likely to be able to persevere despite the pain and headaches.

[originalnumber]

What sort of people would be considered unaffected?

Like, for example, Astral's beyond photographic memory seems like something that would interfere with the memory rewrite...

[mayfield_mods]

Not really, since his photographic memory itself would be rewritten with false memories.

For this, see the regain question above. If you want him to still have the memory, that's fine, but he wouldn't retain his memories of anything not included in the rewrite (except for the memories "breaking through" thing). He'd just have photographic memory of life in small town Mayfield.

[originalnumber]

Ahhh thought so!

So basically regains and memories are 1950's/Mayfield-ified. Gotcha.

I just realized his clothing regain is probably still somewhat period appropriate and now I can't stop laughing ahahahah-

Wait does the regain point include the physical body then?

[mayfield_mods]

Yes, the physical body is a regain. When you come into Mayfield you look human; we intend that to continue if possible.

[originalnumber]

Alrighty!

Looks like Fi's getting her arms back. -u-

Thanks!

[last_ofthe_jedi]

Will normal memories (as opposed to bad ones as mentioned above) from their stay in Mayfield remain intact? For example, Luke is dating Kaylee but if their memories are replaced by memories of a life in Mayfield, won't they believe that they're married to their assigned spouses?

And if not, then what happens if they try to remember things that have happened since they arrived in Mayfield?

[mayfield_mods]

This is also up to you. If you want them to only remember being married to their assigned spouse, that's fine. If you want him to still remember dating Kaylee, he can be having an affair with her, or if you talk to the person who plays your spouse (or if they are a drone), you can work even more out. They have an open relationship, the relationship is over but they are staying together for appearances, etc. It is pretty flexible what you'd like to be going on!

Of course, if he's openly dating someone not his wife, then people will definitely be disapproving of it.

[commentboxtroll]

Will past notes and records written about Mayfield be removed as well or will people who have those just suddenly find they have a bunch of weird notes they don't remember?

[mayfield_mods]

Nope, past notes can stay and be weird to stumble upon ;)

[wishesforacutiemark]

Is this the last event of the game? Or a series of events that will come up to endgame in early Nov?

[mayfield_mods]

A little of both. This is the endgame event but there will be multiple parts to it.

[wishesforacutiemark]

Multiple parts of it? Ooooooh! Interesting....

[hawkeward]

Another regain related question! Would Hawke's dog be affected? Mabari are pretty intelligent, so he may be able to realize that something is off. :|a

[mayfield_mods]

That sounds fine.

[have_your_lives]

Two questions: one, are characters allowed to retain reduced versions of their powers? For instance, Schuldig keeping his telepathy would probably be too much, but could he still have some telepathy that's only a shadow of its former self/flickers in and out?

Two, what happens if your character has no real reason to actually be happy in Mayfield? For instance, Schuldig's wife Ema has had an affair/possibly divorced him for Edward, he has no job(I never gave him one), and if his personality is relatively unchanged then he'd still be a sadistic bastard who had a pretty miserable childhood and has lost almost all his adult friends, even if the details would be different. :|a So even within the perfection of Mayfield, it doesn't seem like he'd be happy, because not much has happened to him for him to be happy about. Would the town force happiness on him in some way? Would his role within Mayfield be drastically rewritten to allow this? Would Mayfield be forced to change his personality to make him less sadistic? Or would he not actually be happy, even with the false memories, and be more likely to shake off the effects as a result?

One more thing...

[ooeeooahah]

The timing here - is Zemekis's outburst occurring early in the morning on Sunday?

[theboywiththebook]

Henry regained the cursed apple turnover, if he were to eat it, would he fall into the cursed sleep? He wouldn't remember what it is so it's possible he would. But also, would it bring up some red flags for people about what's going on?

Just want to make sure before I do something to upset the local mods.

[knight_of_discord]

How long do the false memories last? Is this still in effect when Annie makes her call?

[spitefulvitae]

Heya, thought it wouldn't hurt to ask... I've seen threads where other characters that choose to resist too loudly are made to vanish. I've got a thread for Natalie here where she's kind of... daring them to do that. If you guys don't have a chance to tag in, can I assume that she gets poofed away at some point in the last prompt?