St. Patrick’s Day generally summons partiers from all around. It’s a cause for fun and celebration, but this St. Patrick’s Day might not be as fun for some people. Zachary Zatara plans to throw a party at his club the Ritual. There’s plenty to draw people into the celebration, including performances from Zach and his cousin Zatanna, the Hex Girls, and promises of certain deals to get free drinks.
The party is fun and lively until something goes wrong. An argument between Zachary and Zatanna will lead Zach to venting to an imp from the 5th dimension, Mxyzptlk. Mxyzptlk, always one for causing fun and trouble, takes an offhanded wish that Zachary made and turns it into a reality. Suddenly, the club and everyone in it is transported to an entirely different universe, in the time when the Salem Witch Trials were getting even more heated in 1693. Everyone who got transported will have to figure out how to survive for a whole month in a time period when nearly everything they’re used to would be seen as witchcraft.
Meanwhile, in their original universe, government authorities like S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Justice League will be looking into the disappearance of the Ritual and its occupants, trying to determine if it was some kind of terrorist attack, an accident, or something else entirely. As far as they’re aware, everyone will only be gone for one week.
Will your characters get pulled along with the Ritual and have to find a way to survive? Will they be separated from their loved ones between universes? Or will they be safe in the present, scrambling to find a way to get everyone back?
The Event will start on St. Patrick’s Day, Wednesday, March 17th, 2021, and it will last until March 27th, 2021. Make sure to tag all your event related posts with #phoenixtimewarp and make sure you’re tagging all your starters with #thephoenixstarter and tag @thephoenixstart in those posts. If you have any questions, feel free to message us on main or in the #admin-response channel on Discord, but since we understand that this can be a confusing event, we’ve prepared some questions and answers that we assume might need answering.
Q. Do we need to worry about how actions in the past might affect the future?
No. While the characters are in a time period that’s considered the past, they will actually be in a completely different universe. Any actions made by characters here won’t affect their own future, aside from any trauma or physical injuries they might gain here. For example, if they get stabbed, they’ll still have that injury once they return home, but if they killed their great great great (and so on) grandparents, they’ll still be alive once they return home.
Q. How will everyone blend in when they all have modern clothes, money, and technology?
Assuming that your characters don’t just stupidly run off immediately, there will be people in the club who can help them with this. Since it’s his own fault for everyone ending up here, Zachary will use his magic to change everyone’s clothes into the appropriate styles for the time period.
He will also change any cash that people have on them to fit the time period too. Keep in mind that twenty dollars in this time period will go a lot further than it would in our own time.
Everyone will also be advised to leave all of their technological devices inside the club. Your characters can choose to disregard this advice at their own peril. The club itself will also change appearance to fit the time period, so it can act as a safe meeting spot for everyone.
Q. How long will everyone be stuck in 1693?
The people stuck in 1693 will be spending a full month there.
Q. How long will everyone be gone for the people in the present?
For the people in the present, everyone will only have been gone for one week. It’ll be March 24th when everyone returns.
Q. What can my characters be doing while they’re in this time period?
It’s really up to you what your characters are doing. You can always look up what kinds of things were going on in 1693 aside from the Salem Witch Trials, but this was also a time for pirates if you think your characters might get involved in that. Your characters might also get caught up in the Witch Trials and deemed a witch if they’re not careful. You’ll just have to find a way to get them out of that in time to get home.
Q. If my character stays in the present, what can they do?
It depends who your characters are. If they work with S.H.I.E.L.D. or the Justice League, they might be tasked with helping the investigation, or they might be seeking the comfort of their friends for anyone they cared about who might’ve been taken to the past. However, if your characters are helping with the investigation, please contact the main to determine what they can figure out through the investigation. Daisy Johnson will be leading it on S.H.I.E.L.D.’s side, and Zatanna Zatara will be leading the investigation on behalf of the justice league. Anyone else involved will be working under them, so you’ll need their approval.
Q. How will everyone get home?
We’ll make another post when the event comes to a close for how everyone will get home.
Q. I have a different question.
Send an ask or message to the main, or contact the admins through the #admin-response channel on Discord.
