Dust in the Wind


So your residential chipper, tea girl is a ghost, something Annie isn't shy about. There's a few important canon things that that means for her. One of them is that in order to be 'grounded' anywhere, Annie needs to feel belonged, that she has a purpose. So I was thinking about that since Mitchell, one of her main reasons for really doing anything in game, has left. And while she's still smiling and being her normal perky self, there's definitely a loneliness there.

So here's the plot:

Annie is going to buy a shrine or something from the merchants that basically amplifies what she's feeling to the point that her ghost trait of starting to fade will not only happen to her, but anyone also feeling alone and dejected from their current CR. This will take place December 9-13th.

On the 9th she will heavily start to feel even more alone, and steadily throughout the days she'll start to fade. Her feelings will mostly go from feeling isolated and to wanting more. Despite these feelings, she will reach out. In game she has tried for some time to find her place here (hence why she is almost always in the welcome log with tea) so there is that sort of searching feeling, almost a restlessness. By the 12th or so, Annie will realize what this is, the fading and needing to find her reasons, and she will try and reconnect with some of those who she is close to here. So that's basically the solution.

What does this mean for your character?

There's a simple opt out of not feeling so alone or not experiencing these emotions or just not fading for those that don't wish to be involved. But for those that are feeling separated from those close to them, alone, or purposeless, slowly they will start to fade as well. Their simple solution is to reconnect to those close to them by doing whatever they need to do, have that talk they've been avoiding, cuddle session, whatever. This is also a good opportunity to gain more cr with others who are feeling lonely or just in general.

Everything will go back to normal on the 13th once Annie has her own personal realizations.