☆TRACK V: I WILL TWIST THE KNIFE PT. 1

[interdimanagers]

Who: Everyone that isn't an opt out!
What: Naomi Rivers throws a terrible holiday party.
When: December 7th, 2054
Where: Naomi's ocean side mansion.
Warnings: Violence, poisoning, various murder attempts, mind control, general uncomfortable lack of consent. Also, probably drug use. Maybe sex? Who knows what you'll get up to.

“I will burn for you; Feel pain for you. I will twist the knife and bleed my aching heart, And tear it apart.” ☆I WILL TWIST THE KNIFE The first two hours of the solstice party are surprisingly normal. Members of both labels arrive by private sky shuttle, and are invited into the ballroom for food and drink. It’s even more surprising when both Lesedi Santiago and Edward Blanche arrive as well, and spent most of that first period speaking quietly in a nearby lounge area. Lesedi’s body guards and Juno watch the space around them, keeping anyone of lesser important from interrupting what looks to be quite the serious discussion. After food, the ballroom stage is taken over by a number of increasingly impressive entertainment pieces. It seems to be obligatory for everyone to stay and watch (not that it’s a struggle – the talent involved is unmistakeable), but not long into it Lesedi and Edward can be seen disappearing outside together, and show no immediate signs of returning. And that’s when Naomi Rivers takes the stage. To the Virgo that have heard it before, the song is more viscerally familiar than anything you’ve only heard once should be, and it awakens the ideas that were implanted there the night before. You have a job to do here, tonight. One that is only fair – almost righteous. Lesedi Santiago and her ilk will suffer for her transgressions. The performances end, and everyone is released out to the rest of the grounds, to mingle and celebrate at their leisure. While things may seem civil on the surface, beneath that something dark is brewing. You gradually begin to notice that almost none of the more veteran members of either label are present. ► BALLROOM: The central nexus of the party, the ballroom is the location of the buffet table, the stage, and the dance floor. There will be music available all night, even after the official “performances” have ended. There are tables set up around the edges of the room for eating and relaxing. ► LOUNGE: Where Lesedi and Edward were having their meeting earlier, the lounge is filled with comfortable chairs, classic art, and a large, ornate fireplace. If you figure out who to ask, there are a number of chemical vices available to all guests. ► BALCONIES: There is a generous series of balconies that line the exterior of the upper floor. The ocean can be seen from one side and the gardens can be seen from the other. ► GUEST ROOMS: Down the halls from the ballroom there are a few generous guest bedrooms that have been left open for use. ► GARDENS: Out towards the back there are a wide variety of plants, and a well kept stone path and manmade waterfall. The plant life is on the sedate side due to the winter, but it’s still green. ► OUTDOOR POOL: There’s a pool out front with a shallow and a deep end. The water is clear and artificially warmed. ☆OOC CONSIDERATIONS Please remember that any attempted assassinations are meant to remain covert, and if your character is incapable of being stealthy then you must assume that any attempts you make are happening towards the end of the evening – let’s say around 11PM. The spell compelling people to do this does not want a riot or a bloodbath – what it wants is for people to die before the rest of the group can realize that anything is even going on. Of course, this isn’t exactly going to work out, but if you are finding yourself getting into the realm of intense physical violence you might want to stop and slow down a little. Virgo members that didn’t hear the song the night before are free from any compulsions, and so are all members of Pride. If non-mind controlled characters start clueing in to what’s going on and start trying to evacuate in large numbers, that is where you’ll want to wrap up threads and wait for Part 2 of the log, which will contain the end results and will be triggered by any large amount of chaos. If any characters attempt to escape earlier in the evening, they’ll find that the shuttles have all been grounded, and wandering in the woodland nearby just seems to result in them getting lost and ending up back at the mansion. It’s a real pickle. If you’ve got any question about what’s going on please leave them on the original plot post and they’ll get answered! The opt out event will be posted ASAP. “I will lie for you; Beg and steal for you. I will crawl on hands and knees until you see: You're just like me.”

Comments

[variaboss]

"Don't I know it." After all, he's just as built as the old man is. Seriously, they need to sell tickets to that gunshow. Though it still sucks he got to the food first, but it is what it is. He'll just wait until the staff comes around to refill the table and maybe try to snatch a few things off Jecht's plate in the meantime.

"It's not so bad. It's just the tough love and the 12 steps part of it that blows." A part of him feels kind of shitty for lying to the old man but there's no way in hell he's going to whine about getting his ass unfairly kicked by Predator with the actual band around somewhere. "I'll probably be off the wagon by the end of the night though. Boring ass party like this you need something to make it better."

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

"Yeah, well." Jecht coughed a little, because this was about to get a bit awkward and he hated that. "Probably better not to. Stuff wrecks lives. Only reason I ever managed to get here is 'cuz I avoided it. Guess that's not too much of an issue for you though."

[variaboss]

He just took one of those little crab puff things right off Jecht's plate. "You got that right. Guess I just don't care. I probably should have died from my accident on stage so I guess I'm just enjoying myself until it catches up with me you know."

And another crab puff. They're real good.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

"Accident, huh?" Okay, now Jecht was curious. Curious enough not to punch the dude for swiping off his plate, anyway.

[variaboss]

He best watch that plate because Xanxus is totally going to help himself to it until he's stopped. "Yeah. Accident. Don't know if you followed metal or anything before you started to play it, but back when I was a teen, I was in a Death Metal band. Dehumanizer. Long story short, there was a pyro accident and I lit up like a Festive Ficus. By the time they got me off stage and to a hospital, I was done up 80% extra crispy." He had been certain that there had been articles and shit about it. But now, that story doesn't seem to fit at all. He knows the truth of it but he has to tell this one because he can't let anyone know what he actually remembers happening to him.

"Probably should have died. But here I am. I dodged that bullet." He's also on the last of Jecht's crab puffs.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

"I've been following metal longer than you've been alive." A literal truth. "Missed that one, though. Eighty percent, no foolin', huh?" Jecht squinted at Xanxus, like he could see the lines where what had to be graft skin got slapped onto him if he looked hard enough. "Guess the gods of metal were lookin' out for you then, huh?"

[variaboss]

"Not something to be proud of, geezer." Of course, the insult is almost fond, like he calls all his friends names. He turns his face towards Jecht, so that the huge burn scar on his face was that much more prominent and obvious. "I got a front seat at the barbecue." There's a grin then and a shrug as he faces forward again. "Yep. I had someone who wanted to keep my ass out of hell. Probably didn't want me taking over." And now he's going for something else on Jecht's plate. "But yeah... already been there and almost dead, so doesn't matter anymore, right?"

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

"I don't get it," he said, with a broad shrug that 'coincidentally' moved his plate away from that grasping hand. "All these years I've been alive just tell me I want more of them, because there's way too much about living I ain't in a hurry to give up."