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While HMD continues to load up and slow down...feel free to spend some of that time discussing potential plots and other shenanigans for this Sunday's curse!

27; Reruns and Syndications
As if taking a walk on the other side wasn’t enough, citizens now have the chance to relive that pivotal moment, or any other meaningful moment in their life! By City standards of course. And just to spice up the mix, those who relive such moments may not necessarily be reliving their own. [Players can pre-arrange scenes and situations on poly_tldr for those who would like to swap reruns.]

Memories can play out in nighttime dreams, in daytime hallucinations, or in realtime reenactments depending on what characters are available. In all situations, the character reliving someone else's memory can realize something is wrong immediately yet be unable to change the course of their own actions or the character can believe the memory was always a part of their own history and carry it out in a way that still replicates the original. The nature of the curse will not automatically disclose the sources of the memories at the end of the day so it's up to the characters to unravel the mystery!

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask and have fun with a little city deja vu.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask and have fun with a little city deja vu.

:3

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NO DEATH, PLEASE. This is, after all, just a memory that he's gotten ahold of.

Is there some particular magic that Rosella has done that he could "remember" doing? I only ask in case there's something you'd like to play out hereafter. If not, I'll go with something like, idk, the tiger transformation or the teleportation stone.

That depends on whether or not you want Cain to figure out it's Rosella's memory (or how easily, I guess). The tiger transformation doesn't work here because that's something different entirely, so his choices are down to either "casting a deep sleep" or the teleportation stone. I know he knows Rosella has the stone, and he'd probably be able to recognize it if he's holding it in his hands manipulating it as he casts the spell, so I was figuring that particular instance would probably clue him in fast that it was Rosella's memory.

The other one, casting a deep sleep, is the spell I linked you in the video and the one that he might not be so immediately aware is tied to Rosella, since I don't know that she's ever really mentioned that one to him--

OH WAIT.

NO, NO, HE SHOULD DO THAT ONE.

That's the memory that made her meet him in the first place. He gave her the nightshade juice for it, that's right.

Okay, I will write you a little transcript/cheat sheet of important things about that memory in particular, but tl;dr, the spell he's casting is Causing a Deep Sleep, and it's the same one I linked in the video.

OH OH OH YES, IT MUST BE THAT ONE. YES YES. And here I was, loling over nightshade like it was NOTHING.

It's actually kind of thematically appropriate, too, 'cause in that memory she's all worried about her family potentially getting devoured by a cat. HUZZAH, FAMILY ISSUES.

But yes, Cain can wax poetic over the nightshade all he likes. Silly boy.

It'll make him think, that's for sure--!

Alexis = cat now, psychologically speaking... I guess...

But, whatever! Yeah! That'd be awesome :3c And he will wax and wonder~

The SCENE: a DARK ROOM, probably illuminated by A CANDLE or some OTHER kind of LIGHTING APPARATUS

The SETTING: a TABLE of some VARIETY (or possibly a KITCHEN COUNTER) upon which are a MORTAR, a PESTLE, a CHARCOAL BRAZIER, a BOWL, a SPOON, and an OLD AND POSSIBLY EVIL BOOK

In YOUR POSSESSION: at least THREE ACORNS, at least a CUP of NIGHTSHADE JUICE, an EMPTY POUCH, and a MAGIC WAND

Your CURRENT TEMPERAMENT: vague stirrings of CONCERN and WORRY. You have recently received BAD NEWS that your FAMILY is going to be KIDNAPPED by a MALEVOLENT ENTITY (who is an EVIL WIZARD) and held HOSTAGE until your IDIOT BROTHER undoes a SPELL that changed the MALEVOLENT ENTITY'S BROTHER into a BLACK CAT. You have also recently WITNESSED the aforementioned MALEVOLENT ENTITY dangling your IDIOT BROTHER in front of the CAT like a CHEW TOY. He has also threatened to FEED YOUR MOTHER to the CAT if your IDIOT BROTHER does not COMPLY. To your GREAT DISTRESS, you are AWARE that the spell in question is IRREVERSIBLE.

Your CURRENT MOTIVATION: cast the EVER-LIVING HELL out of this SPELL and HIDE IT on your PERSON, such that when you EVENTUALLY RETURN HOME, you can USE IT on the MALEVOLENT ENTITY and buy yourself and your FAMILY a chance to ESCAPE.

(You are also well aware that this is KIND OF A STUPID IDEA, but you don't have any BETTER ONES at the moment.)

Your ACTIONS: Basically, the steps in the LINKED VIDEO: grinding up the ACORNS, dumping them in a BOWL with some NIGHTSHADE, stirring it over a CHARCOAL BRAZIER (who even uses those anymore, anyway), drying it on the TABLE, and INCANTING a CHEESY RHYME while WAVING the MAGIC WAND

Also good to NOTE: You are feeling a vague sense of URGENCY to get this COMPLETED. This is because it is your BIRTHDAY within a WEEK OR TWO and you think you may be DEPARTING from the CITY at that TIME.

You're awesome ;; Thank you thank you thank you~

I live to serve. o/

(Also for REFERENCE, here is the VISION that gave you such BAD OMENS about the FUTURE and your VAGUE HATRED of BLACK CATS:

Watch for approximately SIXTY SECONDS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaLxo7o5YLw&t=5m57s) and SUBTRACT all the parts involving KING GRAHAM and his GYPSY AIDE.)