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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.”
wounds: (Cute smile)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-27 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[A little embarrassed, but if she's not going to be judging then he'll just deal with the blush on his face.]

Yeah. What do you think?
droppedthread: (can you feel it?)

Ryuko Matoi | Passion | Pride

[personal profile] droppedthread 2016-01-27 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
A

[There's a reason why Ryuko doesn't write the goddamn lyrics. That reason is that Ryuko Matoi is goddamn terrible at writing lyrics. She put them waaaaaay behind the actual music. So she's got a piece of paper with some lyrics on it, and she's got a bunch of actual written sheet music too. And now she's just sitting against the wall of an HQ hallway somewhere, tapping slightly as she's clearly going through mental acrobatics to figure this junk out.]

Shit, what the hell am I supposed to do with this?

B

I'm gonna goddamn fight everyone. All at once.

[Said the Ryuko into her breakfast. She feels like she's on the cusp of something, she just... can't figure out what. And it doesn't help that she keeps hearing weird shit - she's low on sleep and not looking very happy.]

C

[She's wandering around HQ a lot these days. Care to run into her? Or give her a reason to approach you?]
makeitright: (one thing consists of consistence)

[personal profile] makeitright 2016-01-27 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Fetch flips her omlette over distractedly, trying to place the lyrics to the song she can't get out of her head, and it takes until the food is done cooking for her to realize that the burnt bits are spelling something.]

Heh, cool.

[And she takes a picture of it. This is some Mary in toast shit. At least she saw it?]
eyettentionplease: (big smiles everyone)

Momo Kisaragi | Hope | Virgo

[personal profile] eyettentionplease 2016-01-27 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Momo is actually pretty around and about in HQ these days, walking the halls and continually humming the same happy tune to herself as she goes. She doesn't quite seem to have lyrics for it yet, but she'll hum the lyrics and air drum or tap out other parts of the song as she goes. Anyone she knows (or honestly, anyone she runs into at all) gets a cheery greeting. Despite the weird atmosphere, she steadfastly refuses to be sad or creeped out.]

Hey there!
eyettentionplease: (you okay down there?)

A

[personal profile] eyettentionplease 2016-01-27 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
[That sure is a hug. Momo's incessant humming stops to smile down at her.]

Hey, Nia. What's up?
wounds: (Sulky)

A

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-27 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
What's up? Need help?
panspermia: (★ How this works)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-01-27 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah... a couple other times. Always something like that. Someone big up top does something to our heads, people start acting strange, and then no one explains one things, no matter how freaked out we get." By now, going into the specifics feels a little bit cruel. This is heavy enough to spring on someone already, and she's clearly absorbed the severity without further prompting.

"It's happening over at Pride too. Santiago and Blanche have some sort of battle going on, and they're using us to get at each other."
mildwildchild: (GUYS PAY ATTENTION TO ME)

[personal profile] mildwildchild 2016-01-27 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Jamie tilts his head to the side quizzically as he turns to regard Yosuke, frowning. His expression is kind of weird, guarded and uncertain, almost...uncomprehending.]

...a snack? Why would I be looking for a snack? I've got things to do.

[Just, you know. Things.]
droppedthread: (why? to see where it would fall?)

[personal profile] droppedthread 2016-01-27 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Not our regular style, but I dig it. Heroes are cool.
losingherhead: (I'm in a melancholy mood)

[personal profile] losingherhead 2016-01-27 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Small child, you are more excitable than most people she knows.]

That sounds like one heck of a milkshake.

[She had to delete "hell" for the babby]
wounds: (Praised)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-27 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
They're always cool.

[Who do you think put on all those super hero movies? Not Squalo, that's for sure.]

I think with the right backing wound it'll work for us.
Edited 2016-01-27 06:41 (UTC)
droppedthread: (pumps through your veins)

[personal profile] droppedthread 2016-01-27 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[She sighs.]

I know how I want this song to sound, and these lyrics work for that, but on their own? Look at this shit. I know the words aren't everything, but goddamn...

[And she will just sort of. Hand the lyric sheet over. She tried, Genos, she really did.]
panspermia: (★ Real Person)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-01-27 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
They hold the embrace longer than strictly necessary. Greg's not sure if he can put everything he means into the gesture, but he tries his hardest. Meril's the one person who's helped him not feel so trapped in the present, or chained to some mysterious past. It hasn't all been a victory, but it's been all he could ask for.
droppedthread: (you can't be found)

[personal profile] droppedthread 2016-01-27 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Gotta respect people who fight for what they believe in.

[It is the anime protagonist way.]

You get it to work and I'm in, man. Even if it isn't super heavy.
wounds: (Ergh)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-27 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[He winces as he reads through it.]

You... tried...

[He's not sure he can use these lyrics unless he's screaming so loud it's indecipherable.]

Let me hear the sound. If we change around the lyrics it could work.
wounds: (Thinking)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-27 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He immediately hands over the music sheets for the baseline.]

I need to finish the rest of the lyrics, but everything else is finished.
psyvampexperiment: (Hand through hair)

[personal profile] psyvampexperiment 2016-01-27 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
"I hardly blame you," he says, reaching up to sink a hand through his silvery mane as he kneads his brow, in a clear bid to try and settle the turmoil inside. "Anything to drown out the racket would be better than letting it drive us both to madness.

"Yes, it... disturbed me while I was trying to compose, taking down a melody that came into my head... I thought at first my mind was playing tricks on me that the ghost stories I had been reading simply embedded themselves into my imagination, but... it seems I'm not the only one with a troubled soul?"
psyvampexperiment: (What's this?)

[personal profile] psyvampexperiment 2016-01-27 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He might tense as she approaches, but he shakes himself slightly, as if to clear his wits. He glares toward the door before stooping to pick up more of the sheets of music paper.]

Yes, I... had been trying to write some music, I'd had a melody come into my head, but... everything started going mad in my room...
exhumerus: by what-the-floofin@tumblr (i love this guy)

[personal profile] exhumerus 2016-01-27 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Guess I can't blame ya, then," he says, wobbling just a little bit with the weight of being super on drugs. He finds himself oddly fixated on the texture of Greg's shirt. "It's been a whole...eight, hours? Fifteen?"

Counting has historically been easier than this, but okay.

"I've just been getting a breath of fresh air."
panspermia: (★ I have no friends ;D)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-01-27 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Aww, you're a regular airhead, sometimes. It has to've been at least twenty." Take your time to get your balance, man. Or don't. Greg's here for leaning on. "You're lucky I'm not cross you didn't save some for me."
worthlesspride: (a little shy)

[personal profile] worthlesspride 2016-01-27 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Tooru stops. For a moment he just looks at the ball before setting down his bow and laying down his cello to go pick up the volleyball.

He looks down at it while returning it to the bed. Enjoying how natural it felt in his hands. Maybe this weekend if the weather was nice he would go to one of those beach bars. It might be too cold for swimming, but Vista's mild weather meant that beach volleyball was always a thing]


Now how did you fall like that?

[because there was no real way it could have rolled like that]
sharktrash: (damn it // you're going down)

[personal profile] sharktrash 2016-01-27 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's got the smell of awesome in it, obviously. At least that's how Squalo would explain it. With how obsessed he always is about music, he probably didn't even notice being driven to perform more than usual, either. ]

[ He grins. ]


New Carnie, right? Think I've got something just for you.

[ He sits still for a moment, then starts. He begins with a riff that, surprisingly enough, sounds as if it's performed on a distorted guitar, then switches into the higher-pitched melody. It sounds intense, more so than usual, almost as if it was some kind of a battle. Eventually his fingers start darting back and forth, playing both parts at once. Humanly impossible? Not to him, not right now. ]
droppedthread: (Default)

[personal profile] droppedthread 2016-01-27 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
[A causal flip through. She can work with this.]

Awesome. I'll get on it. Guess creativity is just in the air right now, huh?
snapcrackleburn: (oh look I'm smiling)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-01-27 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
...All right. [ Roy turns down the hall again to slip into one of the empty studio rooms. ]

It's strange isn't it? I just started to see visions of this woman and it makes me so emotional. She's just a fantasy but I feel a lot more than that and... even though it's insane it also feels natural to have all these feelings.

It's a relief to hear you're experiencing the same thing. I didn't expect I'd be able to talk to anyone about it without sounding like a fool.
blindfoldcode: (go to the city that goes)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-27 11:43 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man it is so good she got used to people touching her or this'd be weird. She manages to not even tense up. "Are you sure everything's okay?" Because like. This is more of a rampage than normal. "Do you need help or anything?"