interstellar5555 | ☆TRACK IV: COME TOO FAR

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☆TRACK IV: COME TOO FAR

Who: Everyone!
What: Something explodes in the distance. In a figurative sense.
When: November 6th.
Where: Anywhere you are.
Warnings: ???

“Like the legend of the Phoenix,
All ends with beginnings,
What keeps the planets spinning,
The force from the beginning.”

☆COME TOO FAR

On November 6th, the sudden lockdown of Pride Records and Virgo Entertainment finally ends. But not before some unseen actions have their consequences.

Due to the nature of the conflict, none of you can be there to see it, but that doesn't mean it can't be felt. In the morning of the 6th, something cries out to you spiritually - like the voice of a guardian angel, or a haunting ghost. Something, somewhere, is calling on you for aid. Pleading for you to lend it your power.

Whether or not you consciously agree, you'll feel a connection stronger than anything you've felt up till this point, like whatever this creature is is somehow in the room with you, or maybe like you're with it. What happens next depends on your alignment.

► LOVE & HOPE: All at once, characters with these alignments will feel as if they have taken a deep, spiritual blow - much like having someone clasp their hand around your "soul" and attempt to snuff it out. The attack itself will be brutal but brief. It's the after effects that linger, which may be any of the following:

1) Lingering spiritual pain that triggers symptoms akin to a fever in the body. It may also trigger effects such as nosebleeds and other signs of intense stress.

2) Forgetting everything except the memories you've regained.

3) A feeling of being desperately alone. How your character reacts to this feeling can vary, but the most common response will be seeking comfort from anyone nearby, even if you are not usually the sort of person to do that.

These effects will last from anywhere as short at 15 minutes to as long as 5 hours. You can pick more than one of these effects for a character, but try to balance the potency of each if you take more than one, so you aren't completely kicking the shit out of them. Vestiges of these effects can linger throughout the rest of the day, but in a significantly reduced capacity.

► DUTY & PASSION: All at once, characters with these alignments will feel an intense sense of fear and grief, as if they have lost something extremely precious to them. Generally speaking, this will manifest as a sort of panic or desperation to save whatever that thing is - but not being entirely clear on where they have to go or what they have to do to accomplish it. This can very well trigger some brash and irrational actions as they sort out this abrupt feeling of urgency.

1) Soon after the feeling begins, affected characters will feel empathically drawn to the characters suffering from the effects listed for Hope & Love, even if they are not normally the sort to be so concerned for others. This can go as far as having them be aggressively protective to the point that they will conflict with each other over it.

2) Along with that feeling of being drawn to protect them, all characters will feel an intensified kinship with all the other player characters - from both labels. This feeling of kinship won't cause them to know anything more about each other than they did before, but it will cause them to feel like much closer friends than they actually are.

These effects will last from anywhere as short at 15 minutes to as long as 5 hours. After that period has ended, all these empathetic effects will fade off on their own.

Any network posts made in the chaos will be deleted by the execs after the 5 hours period has closed, if not sooner. By the end of the day, Lesedi Santiago and Edward Blanche will announce their return, and bans from leaving HQ will be lifted.

They will not acknowledge the events of the morning unless someone goes to ask them about it.

“We've come too far 
to give up who we are.
So, let's raise the bar 
and our cups to the stars.”

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A) Sick

[Compared to several others Doctor had been lucky enough to escape the dizzying side effects of regaining memories over the past few days. It seemed his luck had run out though. When the blow first hit him he had dropped to his knees clutching at his chest. He wondered if he was having a heart attack, the way his heart banged in his chest faster than what should have been possible. A moment later, though it felt like it lasted forever, the pain subsided, leaving him panting for breath.

Eventually he continued his day as normally as possible but as he made his way around the HQ throughout the day- the kitchen, the halls, the practice room, the lounge- the fatigue would return for a time, leaving him stumbling and sweating.]

B) Forgetful

[A cardboard box large enough to fit a refrigerator in it stands in the hallway near the Flowers Over Bones penthouse entrance. The outside has been scribbled on in blue marker and POLICE BOX has been written at the top of it. If one stops to look long enough they might notice the box thump occasionally and a low murmuring voice from inside. Here and there, the recording of a dog barking plays.]

I don't understand, I don't understand... [The voice inside murmurs.]

C) Wildcard! Surprise me.

[So. Meril is in a state. A state of panic and fear and grief that has compromised her ability to think rationally. Her focus, her one burning desire, is to find her bandmates and make sure they are safe. To that end, she has no patience and no tolerance for anything that keeps her from that goal.]

[Which is why the petite but strikingly strong woman slams her shoulder directly into the box that blocks her path, then shoves hard with her forearm. The idea that it might be occupied doesn't occur to her until the very moment it's too late to do anything but regret her choices.]

[The box wobbles. Thankfully the weight of the person inside keeps it from crashing over in its side but the contents, including the man, are well shaken by the shove. Doctor gives a cry of surprise, muffled by his cardboard retreat. There's some thumping and then he pushes the box flap open and looks out into the hallway.]

Susan? [He takes a better look at Meril and his sight instantly drops to the floor.] Sorry. I thought you were someone else.

[Meril almost falls backwards in her haste to scramble away, hurriedly grabbing for the wall to keep herself from tumbling down. She had no idea the box had a person in it, and the shock and horror on her face are better than any apology.] Oh! I -- I am sorry. What are you... why?

[Why the box, of course.]

Why am I...? [He tries to comprehend what she's so puzzled about. When he notices she's staring at the box he realizes.] Oh right! This!

I was just trying to recreate something. I'm feeling confused and I thought I'd remember what I was doing if I used this. [He gestures towards the box and slowly lowers his hand.]

Which I'm sure seems very odd even after my explanation. [He clears his throat. Awkward.]

[Meril does what any sensible person would in her position -- she reaches out to put a hand on his forehead, convinced he must be ill enough to have his thinking impaired.]

[Despite her status as an Ice Queen, her hand is quite warm.]

Doctor | Hope | Virgo but accepting phone calls from Pride friends

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