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Interdimensional Managers ([personal profile] interdimanagers) wrote in [community profile] interstellar55552016-01-23 10:20 pm

☆TRACK VII: IN REACHING OUT PT. 1

Who: Everyone in Pride and Virgo HQ.
What: Ghosts need your help.
When: The evening of January 30th, 2055
Where: Pride and Virgo HQ.
Warnings: Phantasmal violence, possibly some real violence.

“Hold your colours against the wall,
When they take everything away,
Hold your colours against the wall,
With me (soaking through)”

☆IN REACHING OUT



Starting around the 20th of January, the heavy lockdown and supervision of the musicians of both labels will begin to fade. While they still require escorts to be out and about, the guards that have been routinely stalking them around their own homes and HQs will be gradually phased out, until it is just the regular managers and security remaining. Sweet deal, right? Over a month after the hysteria of the ill-fated solstice party, things seem to be finally letting up a little. Whether because you've played nice for long enough, or whether their attentions are being directed elsewhere, it isn't clear.

Either way, this is the also the start of some increasingly familiar paranormal activity. All the way back to the first tour of this generation of musicians, members of both Pride and Virgo have found themselves haunted by strange and inexplicable happenings. Starting on the 23rd, these happenings begin to flare up again - lights switching on and off, TVs starting on their own, and even things falling off of shelves unprovoked. (These minor happenings can be made up by you and don't need to be mod designated - however, they should not be anything that would be threatening or dangerous to the characters.) For some people this will be completely new, and for others it may even be faintly nostalgic.

This will continue until the night of the 30th, when things finally seem to come into swing. The hauntings will become more pointed and explicit. The details are specific to each HQ, and there and you can make yourself open to an NPC haunting down below.

☆PRIDE RECORDS
About halfway through the evening on the 30th, Predator will begin prowling the halls of Pride HQ. At first it won't be clear for what, but after catching a few snippets of conversation (this can be handwaved) characters will have a change to realize that they are looking for the ghosts that have been causing a fuss recently. How crazy this will sound to you will probably depend on how new you are. They will actively shake down random musicians they meet for information about what they've seen the last couple days. As usual, Jenny is leading the pack, with Cass and Donny (nsfw) providing back up muscle.

Provided you lie well or tell them the truth, they will move along fairly quickly. If you start shit with them, they will probably rough you up a little. Any major confrontations with them will be handled on the companion OOC post, and a few top levels may appear over here that can be tagged into in limited amounts.

Beyond those activities, Pride members will feel various effects based on their EMOTIONAL ALIGNMENTS:

ALL: Their connection and desire to create music will be especially heightened. They will find themselves subconsciously beginning to tap out rhythms, hum, peck at instruments, or straight up sing things even when it would otherwise be totally inappropriate. Strong emotions will cause them to want to sing and play to each other. They may also feel very strongly that they want to dance, to a particularly addictive beat that seems to emanate from the air. It may shift and change as the night goes on, but at any given moment everyone will hear the same rhythm. It sounds like particularly great percussion.

LOVE & DUTY: They will have no extra special effects, but they will feel this urge to create music even more strongly than the rest, as it seems to be focused on them as they are not being directly targeted by any other sensations. When Hope and Passion musicians hear music made by these characters, they will feel stronger, like energy is being gifted to them.

HOPE: Characters of this alignment will feel increasingly like they are being drawn somewhere, or like someone is calling for them, but they can't quite make out the direction it's coming from. The aspect of hope will be empowered within them, and they will find themselves unusually trusting towards the other characters, as if they only have the most optimistic outcomes in mind. Beyond this, they may feel dazed or confused by the sensations they are feeling. They may also experience strange visions, or the sensation of being another person they are not (and not just their true self this time, someone else completely).

PASSION: Characters of passion will be targeted by the 'hauntings' much more directly than the others. More than random acts, the hauntings around them seem like someone is actively trying to communicate with them. Sometimes it will even feel like someone is trying to speak in their heads, though they won't quite be able to make it out. Passion characters who request haunting instances will get the most major effects.

☆VIRGO ENTERTAINMENT
Soon after things start to get extra weird on the 30th, Juno and a couple Virgo veterans (Anansi and a man you recognize as a popular folk artist named Brett Hogan) will start wandering the halls. They will pull individuals aside for questioning in private rooms, asking about the strange occurrences. They will not attempt to rough anyone up, but excessively resistance or attempts at violence towards them may result in characters being locked in their rooms for the rest of the night.

All three of them seem particularly hard to lie to for some reason, tonight. It's possible, but while you make the effort to do so, the words seem to be on the verge of falling out of your mouth. Juno seems to have something very particular in mind as she searches the HQ, like she can see something you can't. There will also be top levels for these guys appearing.

Beyond those activities, Pride members will feel various effects based on their EMOTIONAL ALIGNMENTS:

ALL: Their connection and desire to create music will be especially heightened. They will find themselves subconsciously beginning to tap out rhythms, hum, peck at instruments, or straight up sing things even when it would otherwise be totally inappropriate. Strong emotions will cause them to want to sing and play to each other. They may also feel very strongly that they want to dance, to a particularly addictive tune that seems to emanate from the air. It may shift and change as the night goes on, but at any given moment everyone will hear the same song. It sounds like someone riffing expertly on a guitar.

HOPE & PASSION: They will have no extra special effects, but they will feel this urge to create music even more strongly than the rest, as it seems to be focused on them as they are not being directly targeted by any other sensations. When Love and Duty musicians hear music made by these characters, they will feel stronger, like energy is being gifted to them.

LOVE: Characters of this alignment will feel increasingly like they are being drawn somewhere, or like someone is calling for them, but they can't quite make out the direction it's coming from. The aspect of love will be empowered within them, and they will find themselves unusually loving, connected, and emotionally open to others, even if this would usually be out of character. (This can also mean they are more inclined to get physically intimate, if you want to.) Beyond this, they may feel dazed or confused by the sensations they are feeling. They may also experience strange visions, or the sensation of being another person they are not (and not just their true self this time, someone else completely).

DUTY: Characters of duty will be targeted by the 'hauntings' much more directly than the others. More than random acts, the hauntings around them seem like someone is actively trying to communicate with them. Sometimes it will even feel like someone is trying to speak in their heads, though they won't quite be able to make it out. Duty characters who request haunting instances will get the most major effects.

☆PLOT NOTE
This will be a two part event, and the second part will be posted in a few days and will only include those that choose to help the spirits. This can be discussed OOC. Any alignment can assist, though the Passions from Pride and the Duties from Virgo will be the most directly pursued because they will be the easiest for the spirits to communicate with. Realize that participating is serious business, though: there are good odds the characters will be caught eventually, and there will be consequences. Do not volunteer your characters for this plot if you don't want them to suffer potential physical or mental trauma.

“Fading gently, soaking through,
And starting not to show at all.
In reaching out and into you,
nothing else could touch me.”
faithfulflame: <user name=cupcake-graphics> (Rei Excited)

Coming in as promised too!

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-01-26 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well far be it for Rei not to get on this. She slips into the room after having watched the session go on for just a little bit, violin in hand and joining in on a kind of harmony with Rarity, playing in timing with her. Sliding up beside Luce and Ivan, she nods to her old musician friend and adds to Ankh's rough growl with a rich, warm alto.

"You stand accused of robbery,"
he heard the bailiff say.
He knew without an alibi,
tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.
heymcfly: (➟ but a plug falls on the lawn)

[personal profile] heymcfly 2016-01-26 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
This is all really, really awesome. If it's not obvious, Marty is way too excited about all of this. He just really likes to jam out okay. He nods to Ankh with a smile. Then holy shit, that counter. He takes the opportunity of the lead, chipping into one part of the song that really sticks out to him for some reason.

Just the thought of someone waiting makes him want to sing that. Kinda weird.

Over the hills and far away,
for ten long years he'll count the days.


After that, he'll slack for Ankh to take over. He'll shoot him a grin as thanks!
sponsorigami: icon of Ivan in sad shock (漫画 The week change says what?)

cw: gun violence and hostage situation in flashback

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-27 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Over the mountains and the seas,
a prisoner's life for him there'll be."


By now, his wavering voice has translated to a trembling in the rest of his body. He misses a few of his shamisen notes; it feels unheard of for him to do so. It's the song and the lyrics. The answer to the question bothering for days now--"What did did he do to ruin Edward's life?"--comes in a blink of an eye.

He sees himself and Edward in front of a bank as a robbery unfolds. There's a woman held at gunpoint. Police are there, but they aren't doing anything. They're just waiting. Edward tries to convince Ivan that they need to do something. Ivan doesn't think he can do anything. He sees Edward use a power to emerge from the wall to snatch the gun away. Then another robber grabs Edward. Edward pleads to Ivan. "Let go of me, scumbags! Ivan! Help me! Hey, Ivan! What are you waiting for?!" The gun goes off. The woman is shot in the chest, and she falls.

The shot brings Ivan back to the present. He knows what happened next. Edward went to jail for murder, and it was all his fault. Ivan bows to the other musicians and quickly makes an exit towards the FoB penthouse. He has half a mind to return to his room and change to attempt a nap, feign sleep, hide under the covers, something.
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[personal profile] sailorgenerous 2016-01-27 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
The second guitar, the shamisen, the layers of vocals - it's all coming together more beautifully than Rarity could have hoped, and she takes a moment to nod her welcome to Luce, to smile at Rei, to watch after Ivan, confused, as he leaves the room-

But the music swells, and she guides it with her violin, bow over strings picking up to the next verse. Marty had asked her for vocals, and everyone had gone along with her music shift; it's her turn to step up and sing.

"He knew that it would cost him dear,
but yet he dare not say
where he had been that fateful night;
a secret it must stay."


The words rattle somewhere deep, deeper than she'd expected. The visions have to stay a secret, Greg had said. Bad things happen when managers find out about them, and they can't afford that...
Edited 2016-01-27 05:02 (UTC)
faithfulflame: <user name=livebites> (Rei Away Away)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-01-27 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Rei's own smile turned up, a wide, happy and excited expression that genuinely touched her eyes. Rarity's voice came out as lovely as always, and she had to follow up. Stepping forward, she spins as she sings, lowering her violin and just reveling in the music.

He had to fight back tears of rage.
His heart beat like a drum.
For with the wife of his best friend,
he spent his final night of freedom.


That stanza hits her hard, something in the words jogging out an uncomfortable feeling too, and she spins away, getting out of the center and trying not let her distress show. Ivan might catch it, though, or someone else that knows her. Not...a good feeling, not a pleasant memory, but not enough to pull her out of the musical reverie.
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[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-01-27 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Ivan's sudden departure doesn't bypass Luce's notice, not with how much she pays attention to those around her. She lets the younger girls pick it all up for a moment, watching his back with a faint furrow of her brow. Yet maybe he just needs a moment to himself before anyone comes searching for him.

Besides- the music, the way they all seem in harmony- it keeps her there. It's hard to resist. As Rei seems to suddenly react, Luce smoothly steps in for her as a distraction.

"Over the hills and far away,
he swears he will return one day.
Far from the mountains and the seas,
back in her arms he swear he'll be.
Over the hills and far away.
"
connivingbird: (dont be smart)

[personal profile] connivingbird 2016-02-01 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
He picked up the lead, but it's clear that he plays the lead with a complex slapping rhythm that also competes with a drum set. But he adjusts it to match, eyebrows raising slightly as Ivan ducked out. Was there something with the song, or could he also pick up on the ghost's desires like he can?

No matter. He could ask that later as he picked up the next thread of music.

"Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
back in his arms is where she'll be."