Wonderland - Jags

But what if you’re Disassociated? Let’s say you are in prison.
You break out on Chessboard One, using special abilities (but
you Disassociate) and you go to your friend’s house and say
hello. On Chessboard One, you are there, interacting with all
their Shadows. On Chessboard Zero, your Reflection is still in
prison and it’s freaking out because it is Disassociated. What
happens?
l The world on Chessboard One will diverge directly and
sharply. Since you are out of prison and at your friend’s
house, if you throw a party and order pizzas the pizzas
might or might not come on Chessboard Zero. If all the
Shadows at your friend’s place are glad to see you and the
mood is festive, for reasons that no one on Chessboard
Zero can really fathom, the atmosphere in the house might
get more, you know, lively.
l People on Chessboard Zero may well have the distinct
impression of having met you (although when they think
about it, they’ll realize that didn’t happen).
l If the Police on Chessboard One chase you to your
friend’s house some police on Chessboard Zero might
show up—but they won’t be searching for you. Maybe
they’ll be at the ‘wrong address.’ Maybe they’ll have a
‘gut feeling’ they should drop by—something like that.
l Subtle or indirect means of communication may or
may not work. Phone calls sometimes cross over. So
does writing. If, knowing you’ll Snap-Back to jail when
the Episode ends, on Chessboard One, you write in
your friend’s diary: “Help, they have me in the county
jail—please come bail me out!” then, a few days later,
some hazy writing might appear on one of the pages. The
person might make out the word ‘jail.’
l If the character is very experienced, they might be able to
produce ‘ghostly effects’ by changing things directly on
Chessboard Zero by their actions on Chessboard One—
however, this is rare.
Stretching things tends to end the Episode. There are forces working
in favor of cause and effect. Those are working against you: if you
start changing things too much, the situation may end—or you may be
dumped deeper down into the lower realities. It’s hard to be sure.
However:As the situation changes when you are there, it’ll also revert
back when you are gone. “Free Agents” running around on Chessboard
One and Two that do not translate directly to physical people on Chessboard
Zero can make a lot of temporary changes. However, if you (on
Chessboard One) shoot up your friend’s house in a battle with the Chessboard
One police (while your Reflection is in jail on Chessboard Zero)
the house may suffer some “ill effects” (maybe a painting falls off the
wall … some glass breaks unexpectedly … the TV goes on the blink for
a while … but even on Chessboard One the bullet holes will probably
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