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July 2025 Trial Event Plotting
Trial #27 Plotting Post
Welcome to our plotting post for this month's event! This plotting page doubles as our monthly CR meme. If you have questions about the trial, ask them below.
Reminders:
🦊 Announcement
Content Warnings: Potential forced mental/physical changes.
Previously held last May, Never Fade throws another bonfire party centered around an everlasting bonfire to celebrate the season. Spirits from around Folkmore flock to the island for the celebration. Never Fade chickadee spirits strip a tall prominent maypole bare of its ribbons to join their supply of silk ribbons that thrum with magical energy. Some spirits cluck at this theft because it undermines the unity of the maypole dance—those ribbons represent regions of Folkmore, schools, and even the worlds Star Children are from. Substitutes are sought, and Star Children can contribute their own. They may not be magical, but they are personal.
Removed from the pole, the chickadees set up different activities for the magical ribbons. Anyone with magical ability and perhaps even those without can feel the rich depth of magic. Star Children can even find a ribbon for their world and feel the resonance thrum in their hands. Working together, they fold and tie the ribbons into origami shapes that leap to life once completed. Little ribbon chickadees make more. Star Children are encouraged to join and do their best, no matter how graceless or remarkable it may be. It all impresses the chickadees. Those who weave nests will find the chickadees favoring them every time they come to the celebration.
The magical ribbons are time ribbons, and the more spirits and Star Children alike fold them or tie them in knots, the larger effect it has on the Star Children in Folkmore. They change and become alternate versions of themselves, their memories changing accordingly. It might be a diverging point in a timeline or a massive what if scenario. When people tie and fold ribbons together, it may even merge worlds together so that unrelated Star Children remember each other. The sky—or the ribbons—are the limit.
Lavender makes an announcement at the party—reaching the whole realm by appearing before everyone else like a waking dream—that dampens some spirits (but not all tricksters): the tying and folding is bad for the universes, both the original universes and the new ones. The old ones are deforming, while the new ones are unstable. Lavender is holding the timelines stable, but the effect needs to be reversed. It's not as simple as unfolding one's origami because the Lore set in this new configuration. The Lore needs to be removed from the ribbons to soften them. Then they can be unfolded.
To remove the Lore, Star Children and spirits need to take the folded ribbons to the Shattered Spoon Shrine. The Lore-poor spoons will drain the ribbons of their Lore, allowing them to be unfolded and freeing both sets of universes from the unnatural effects. Star Children will also revert to their original versions.
Who deserves to stay? Who has to go? The chickadees continue to try to steal more ribbons and encourage people to fold them. The goats take the other side to steal folded ribbons and bring them to the shrine.
Previously held last May, Never Fade throws another bonfire party centered around an everlasting bonfire to celebrate the season. Spirits from around Folkmore flock to the island for the celebration. Never Fade chickadee spirits strip a tall prominent maypole bare of its ribbons to join their supply of silk ribbons that thrum with magical energy. Some spirits cluck at this theft because it undermines the unity of the maypole dance—those ribbons represent regions of Folkmore, schools, and even the worlds Star Children are from. Substitutes are sought, and Star Children can contribute their own. They may not be magical, but they are personal.
Removed from the pole, the chickadees set up different activities for the magical ribbons. Anyone with magical ability and perhaps even those without can feel the rich depth of magic. Star Children can even find a ribbon for their world and feel the resonance thrum in their hands. Working together, they fold and tie the ribbons into origami shapes that leap to life once completed. Little ribbon chickadees make more. Star Children are encouraged to join and do their best, no matter how graceless or remarkable it may be. It all impresses the chickadees. Those who weave nests will find the chickadees favoring them every time they come to the celebration.
The magical ribbons are time ribbons, and the more spirits and Star Children alike fold them or tie them in knots, the larger effect it has on the Star Children in Folkmore. They change and become alternate versions of themselves, their memories changing accordingly. It might be a diverging point in a timeline or a massive what if scenario. When people tie and fold ribbons together, it may even merge worlds together so that unrelated Star Children remember each other. The sky—or the ribbons—are the limit.
Lavender makes an announcement at the party—reaching the whole realm by appearing before everyone else like a waking dream—that dampens some spirits (but not all tricksters): the tying and folding is bad for the universes, both the original universes and the new ones. The old ones are deforming, while the new ones are unstable. Lavender is holding the timelines stable, but the effect needs to be reversed. It's not as simple as unfolding one's origami because the Lore set in this new configuration. The Lore needs to be removed from the ribbons to soften them. Then they can be unfolded.
To remove the Lore, Star Children and spirits need to take the folded ribbons to the Shattered Spoon Shrine. The Lore-poor spoons will drain the ribbons of their Lore, allowing them to be unfolded and freeing both sets of universes from the unnatural effects. Star Children will also revert to their original versions.
Who deserves to stay? Who has to go? The chickadees continue to try to steal more ribbons and encourage people to fold them. The goats take the other side to steal folded ribbons and bring them to the shrine.
- Never Fade hosts another bonfire party with a maypole (yes in July)!
- Chickadee spirits steal the magical ribbons representing Star Children's worlds from the maypole for origami and other activities.
- Star Children turn into alternate versions of themselves!
- Lavender announces this threatens timelines new and old. Everyone gets the message!
- Lavender asks that people take the folded ribbons to the Shattered Spoon Shrine to drain the Lore from them, so they can be unfolded (and undo the effect on Star Children here and their timelines).
Content Warnings: Potential violence, heights.
The Shattered Spoon Shrine echoes with the sounds of visitors, but it still shivers with the lack of Lore in the atmosphere. The spoons present are like dry sponges, ready to absorb. Faint voices seem to trace through the air, strangers and familiar. The volatile Lore densities makes it more dangerous to approach from the None of the Above tunnels. Fortunately, it can be safely approached from the school above it: Lavender Institute of the Mind.
It starts small. One shattered spoon comes together until whole. With a touch more Lore, a Star Child materializes in the shrine. They arrive without any memory of a visit from and journey with a fox. If they leave via the school, it's a safe arrival. If they brave the tunnels, take care to fight ghosts and not fall out of the bottom of the island. The marvel of being first fades as another and another arrive. The Lore drained from the time ribbons directly feeds the shattered spoons in the shrine!
Random though the arrivals may seem, there's a method to the madness. Spoons whose shattered pieces are close together come together faster than those that are scattered far and wide within the shrine. Further, Star Children can resonate with spoons to identify those from their universe or similar universes. It's possible to encourage the arrival of those one misses from home—or perhaps who used to be in Folkmore.
Every new arrival is greeted by a goat from Never Fade, their personal escort. These goats are loath to let the newcomers leave the island. They hold onto people, plead, or even headbutt catbus. 'Stay' is the clear message. They encourage new Star Children to attend the bonfire, share stories or secrets, eat food, and stay in any of the numerous windmills dotting Never Fade's landscape. Those who leave hear goats bleating at night and in their dreams.
The Shattered Spoon Shrine echoes with the sounds of visitors, but it still shivers with the lack of Lore in the atmosphere. The spoons present are like dry sponges, ready to absorb. Faint voices seem to trace through the air, strangers and familiar. The volatile Lore densities makes it more dangerous to approach from the None of the Above tunnels. Fortunately, it can be safely approached from the school above it: Lavender Institute of the Mind.
It starts small. One shattered spoon comes together until whole. With a touch more Lore, a Star Child materializes in the shrine. They arrive without any memory of a visit from and journey with a fox. If they leave via the school, it's a safe arrival. If they brave the tunnels, take care to fight ghosts and not fall out of the bottom of the island. The marvel of being first fades as another and another arrive. The Lore drained from the time ribbons directly feeds the shattered spoons in the shrine!
Random though the arrivals may seem, there's a method to the madness. Spoons whose shattered pieces are close together come together faster than those that are scattered far and wide within the shrine. Further, Star Children can resonate with spoons to identify those from their universe or similar universes. It's possible to encourage the arrival of those one misses from home—or perhaps who used to be in Folkmore.
Every new arrival is greeted by a goat from Never Fade, their personal escort. These goats are loath to let the newcomers leave the island. They hold onto people, plead, or even headbutt catbus. 'Stay' is the clear message. They encourage new Star Children to attend the bonfire, share stories or secrets, eat food, and stay in any of the numerous windmills dotting Never Fade's landscape. Those who leave hear goats bleating at night and in their dreams.
- Star Children start arriving in the Shattered Spoon Shrine without normal arrival journeys.
- Star Children can try to find spoons from their world and donate Lore to them to get people to arrive from home.
- New arrivals are each greeted by their personal goat, who do NOT want them to leave Never Fade
- New arrivals who leave Never Fade hear goats at night/in their dreams.
Content Warnings: Potential social shunning, disappearances.
Golden lines spread faintly across Folkmore, most numerous in areas where newly arrived Star Children from the Shattered Spoon Shrine travel. They bring a bone deep chill in the air near them, no matter what weather or magic is used near them. It cannot be banished, not even should it come through one's home or business. Spirits gossip around them and avoid the lines. The more people cross these lines, the clumsier they get. They trip over a crack in the pavement, a root on the ground, the threshold, or even nothing at all. It becomes common to see people trip. Spirits, usually helpful, shun those who trip in front of them. They refuse to do business or help catch anyone. Another Star Child catching someone tripping belies their bad luck for a while. Help each other out!
A loud goat bleat wakes up an entire neighborhood one morning. Another goat wakes up another neighborhood the next. So it goes. Star Children realize that every time a goat bleats loudly, someone has disappeared. Specifically, someone who arrived via the Shattered Spoon Shrine. They are gone, and the only clues are the goat bleating and their shattered spoon lying near one of the golden lines. The line in question has a thin thread of black void cracking its center. More newcomers arriving via the shrine disappear the same way. The more people disappear, the wider those cracks become.
Magic stops working near the cracks, and nearby objects slip inside and vanish. Buildings straddling the cracks fall in and disappear. Trees disappear, roots and all, leaving only smooth ground. The creatures of Folkmore avoid the cracks, and the rivers reroute themselves around the golden cracks yawning wider and wider. They're dangerous, and Lavender announces that they've destabilized Folkmore. Anyone who misses the announcement finds the barefoot iteration of Thirteen in their dreams telling them personally. Everyone must know because there is a choice to make:
Banish the cracks permanently at the cost of shutting down arrivals via the Shattered Spoon Shrine or halt the progression of the cracks at the cost of destabilizing the realm.
Should the first option get chosen, those who have arrived via the shrine may stay, but no one else will arrive. Star Children will not be able to impact who arrives to Folkmore, no matter how much Lore the shrine absorbs. Should the second option get chosen, Star Children will always be in danger from the cracks if they aren't careful. They could leave not of Thirteen's doing without even a goodbye to their loved ones, no sign but their shattered spoon near a crack. The choice is open. Thirteen will respect it.
Golden lines spread faintly across Folkmore, most numerous in areas where newly arrived Star Children from the Shattered Spoon Shrine travel. They bring a bone deep chill in the air near them, no matter what weather or magic is used near them. It cannot be banished, not even should it come through one's home or business. Spirits gossip around them and avoid the lines. The more people cross these lines, the clumsier they get. They trip over a crack in the pavement, a root on the ground, the threshold, or even nothing at all. It becomes common to see people trip. Spirits, usually helpful, shun those who trip in front of them. They refuse to do business or help catch anyone. Another Star Child catching someone tripping belies their bad luck for a while. Help each other out!
A loud goat bleat wakes up an entire neighborhood one morning. Another goat wakes up another neighborhood the next. So it goes. Star Children realize that every time a goat bleats loudly, someone has disappeared. Specifically, someone who arrived via the Shattered Spoon Shrine. They are gone, and the only clues are the goat bleating and their shattered spoon lying near one of the golden lines. The line in question has a thin thread of black void cracking its center. More newcomers arriving via the shrine disappear the same way. The more people disappear, the wider those cracks become.
Magic stops working near the cracks, and nearby objects slip inside and vanish. Buildings straddling the cracks fall in and disappear. Trees disappear, roots and all, leaving only smooth ground. The creatures of Folkmore avoid the cracks, and the rivers reroute themselves around the golden cracks yawning wider and wider. They're dangerous, and Lavender announces that they've destabilized Folkmore. Anyone who misses the announcement finds the barefoot iteration of Thirteen in their dreams telling them personally. Everyone must know because there is a choice to make:
Banish the cracks permanently at the cost of shutting down arrivals via the Shattered Spoon Shrine or halt the progression of the cracks at the cost of destabilizing the realm.
Should the first option get chosen, those who have arrived via the shrine may stay, but no one else will arrive. Star Children will not be able to impact who arrives to Folkmore, no matter how much Lore the shrine absorbs. Should the second option get chosen, Star Children will always be in danger from the cracks if they aren't careful. They could leave not of Thirteen's doing without even a goodbye to their loved ones, no sign but their shattered spoon near a crack. The choice is open. Thirteen will respect it.
- Golden lines spread across Folkmore and turn to cracks. They're creepy and cause clumsiness.
- New arrivals start disappearing. Each disappearance is announced by a loud goat bleat, and their shattered spoon is found near a crack. No normal goodbye messages!
- Magic stops working near the cracks, and parts of Folkmore get swallowed into them.
- Lavender presents everyone with a choice: banish the cracks (and shut down the new arrival system) or keep the cracks as they are (and destabilize the realm).
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