☆TRACK IV: COME TOO FAR

[interdimanagers]

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.”

Comments

Pinkie Pie | Love | Pride, accepting calls from everyone

[sailorlaughter]

A: Common Areas
As anyone living in Pride Tower has probably noticed by now, the lockdown appears to have basically been driving Pinkie insane. She's spent most of her days out and about, wandering. The only real surprising thing is the lack of parties - but then, no one's really been in the mood, huh?

At some point this morning, she just dropped.

Right now she certainly looks like she could be drunk. She's not even stumbling, she's half-crawling and half-dragging herself down the hall, as if uncertain of where she should put her limbs. Her eyes are full of tears, but she's trying to hold it back, just whimpering a little in the back of her throat. Why is she like this? Where are her friends?

B: Penthouse
After getting back, Pinkie's not in a mood to do much of anything other than curl up awkwardly on the first couch she sees. Her elbows and knees jut out awkwardly, and she looks a bit feverish.

At this point, she doesn't even want to try walking anywhere else.

C: Cell Phone
Go for it.

penthouse

[blindfoldcode]

[This is Kido's life now. Messed up bandmates and she's so, so concerned about it.]

Pinkie? [At least remember who she is please?] You okay?

[sailorlaughter]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmhhh...

[She curls up tighter. She kinda looks like she's trying to be a dog or something.]

I wanna go home...

[blindfoldcode]

[Kido's not gonna comment on it. Or on the fact that she's heard a lot about wanting to go home, lately.]

We are home...

[sailorlaughter]

Nooooo, it's all weird here. I don't even fit on the couch.

[She...pretty much does. Just not in quite as small a space as she's currently trying to occupy.]

[blindfoldcode]

Pinkie, you're on the couch... [Man this worry isn't getting any better.] Do you want to get into bed?

A

[stylistic_disloyalty]

"Hey, hey now," Luci has been tearing through the halls too, and it's hard for her not to be drawn to the girl who, just days before, had been driving a rolling chair down the halls. She crouches down, feeling an extra stab of upset when she sees that Pinkie is trying not to cry. What is happening to everyone in this building? (And she's not excluding herself from that question, either.)

"Come on--" she hoists Pinkie up, princess-style. "Let's get you home."

[sailorlaughter]

Pinkie makes a small, surprised sound as she's lifted up, but doesn't struggle. In fact, she leans her head against Luci, sniffling a little.

"I can't walk right."

[stylistic_disloyalty]

"It's okay, I got you," Luci reassures her. She's carried plenty of people home before. Bandmates, fans... and now someone she pushed around in a wheely chair a few days ago. But she wants to help, she can't stand watching Pinkie cry. "I'll do the walking, you tell me what you need."

[sailorlaughter]

"Um." It's a really nice offer and all, but now that it's down to it, Pinkie's not really sure where she wants to go. It'd help if she remembered how she got here to begin with. "I - where are we?" she asks meekly. "I was - in a store? Like a bakery?"

[stylistic_disloyalty]

Luci looks around at the doors. "Looks like the sixth floor. You want to go down to the cafe? Maybe see if they have those fucking delicious creampuffs with the matching powdered sugar on top?"

A

[traumatizing]

Terry is on a tear through the building; something's missing and he needs to find it. Almost rushes straight past Pinkie but he can't leave her there. He stops and crouches in front of her to see what he can do to help.

"Hey--" They haven't spoken since the Funhouse and normally he'd feel a bit awkward about it, but he doesn't care about all that right now. He shifts a little closer to her and reaches to... Pull her closer? Help her up? He's not entirely sure, he just knows he has to help somehow. "Hey, shh. You're alright."

Is she? Is anyone?

Re: A

[sailorlaughter]

Pinkie immediately shifts closer to him, using her forearms and closed fists to drag herself. "What - how come - " She sucks in a deep breath, apparently unable to verbalize whatever's going on in her head. "What's wrong with my legs?"

[traumatizing]

He helps as best he can, kneeling and pulling her a little closer so he can support her instead of leaving Pinkie to suffer on the floor. "I don't know." Everyone seems out of sorts today, maybe something's going around the building. "We can sit here for a bit until you're up to walking, if you want."

[sailorlaughter]

"Yeeeah, okay."

Pinkie sits quietly for a second, looking around at the hallway. It's all bright here. This guy seems nice, whatever he's supposed to be, but where'd all her friends go? "Where...are we?"

C text for now

[trustme]

Sick in bed. Hope you're doing better. What's been happening over at Pride?

[sailorlaughter]

ffgggf

[sailorlaughter]

jibkibbj

[sailorlaughter]

not gooood

[trustme]

You're sick too? Fever?

[sailorlaughter]

yeah and I think I got taller or something? does that happen?

A

[punchesyu]

Pinkie! Dude, are you okay?

[It's not even a question. He rushes right to her and tries to give her some support to stand up straight. His brow is creased with worry. Seeing her like this ripped him apart- she looked awful- and he sure as hell is going to do his best to take care of her right about now.]

[sailorlaughter]

There's...there's something wrong with my legs...

[Indeed, they're shaking terribly beneath her, forcing her to lean heavily on him. It's like she doesn't have any sense of balance left.]

[punchesyu]

We need to get you somewhere you can lie down. A doctor! O-Or the hospital or something!

[He starts to panic. Wrong with her legs? He has no idea what could possibly be wrong with her. Either way, he lets her lean as heavily against him as she needs to, trying somehow walk her down the hall to her room, the Flashnest, or wherever he can find so she can lie down.]

[sailorlaughter]

...that sounds good, I guess? Yeah. Will, um -

[She hesitates, picking at her memories. They're images and feelings and smells; nothing else.]

Will the purple one be there?