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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.”
sponsorigami: No helmet Ivan in a spiked room (忍 Spikes are instant death)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-30 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
Actually... seeing that makes me... a little relieved.

[ Yosuke's a nice guy, but Ivan isn't so sure that he'd be able to help protect Rei should anything happen... Seeing Rei's new strength is reassuring that she'd be able to take care of herself. It'll be more Pao-Lin to worry about. ]
faithfulflame: (Rei Smarmy)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-01-30 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh? Why's that?

[She walks over to the window and casually tosses the tumbler out. She cannot risk housekeeping finding it, and to anyone seeing it there, it'll look like it just shattered on impact.]

Shouldn't that freak you out? I'm pretty sure I could push a car.
sharktrash: (blank // calm)

[personal profile] sharktrash 2016-01-30 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ damn it ]

[ He flips over it pretty fast, all the notes and symbols easily becoming music in his mind. ]


...shit, that is workable.

[ Slaps him on the back in encouragement. ]

You sure about the lyrics? Jecht will be upset.

[ this sure does sound like "gay metal for gays v.2" ]
sharktrash: (grin // pride)

[personal profile] sharktrash 2016-01-30 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh.

[ He lets him complete a couple of bars before joining in, the sound of his cello low, slightly distorted, almost sludgy, and he'll cover the main riff for the intro before seamlessly hopping up into the fast, high-pitched guitar part. Fingers flying over the board, he'll even headbang a little for the hell of it -- and it's almost like pure energy is being pulsed out of him with every note. ]
sharktrash: (shouting // he will defeat everything)

[personal profile] sharktrash 2016-01-30 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's always more body to the music that other instruments can provide. Squalo loves it thick, full of instruments roaring and reverb and not a single second of silence in between chords. He definitely wouldn't mind the guy deciding to join in -- hey, maybe there were a few guitars lying about, who knows. ]

[ He's just as pleased to just keep playing, though. At some point he even closes his eyes for a bit, as if submerging into the music, and it feels as if there's some kind of energy being pulsed out with every note. ]
sharktrash: (frown // ugh gross)

[personal profile] sharktrash 2016-01-30 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He'll "playfully" try to stab him in the throat with his bow. ]

Go to your thick-lipped momma about that.

[ #neverforget ]

[ Wow it's really difficult isn't it. :0 ]


-- Most of our music? But I can do classical. Or just about anything.
notahobby: (maxxie058)

[personal profile] notahobby 2016-01-30 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maxxie's not a selfish guy, so instead of changing it up he just adds something to it. In what he imagines to be the end of every bar he taps his ceramic mug, making the beat a little more complex, a little more interesting.]
scalpedsociety: (*creeper*)

[personal profile] scalpedsociety 2016-01-30 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
She wants to lean on the woman. "I just want peace..." And she does lean on Nariko. "That's why I'm on this piano. I can't get away from it right now, but perhaps you can help me."
scalpedsociety: (i was thinking...)

[personal profile] scalpedsociety 2016-01-30 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds fine. But perhaps you need a company with it." She plays some notes in time with that beat.
iitrebel: (sassybird) (Sorry for trying to baptize you)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-01-30 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Every kind of cupcake. Wow. Artolo gives a low whistle and shoves the cupcake into his mouth.

"How many types of cupcake are there, even? You could be stuck in here all week."
iitrebel: (sassybird) (I'm drunk with people I love less)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-01-30 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Like a rocket, Artolo shoots up. His dark skin doesn't get pale, but his eyes are wide and his jaw clenched. "Oh fuck this," are the first words out of his mouth, which is both an answer and not really.

It takes a minute for him to get something coherent. "If you're balls off the walls insane, then I am too, but that was just confirmation of it."
iitrebel: (askthestargazers) (I feel like the Devil slapped me in)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-01-30 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, yep. "Yeah, you are," Artolo confirms, opening the door wider and encouraging Jamie inside. Casa del Haunted As Fuck probably isn't the best place for a guy who's clearly tripping, but whatever. Sora will probably be upset if Artolo lets him wander off and get hit by traffic or something.

"Artolo, Crown of Thorns, wassup."
iitrebel: (sassybird) (Troll Jesus was obviously not given)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-01-30 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but let's ignore my lifetime of mistakes and shit luck in favor of water balloons.

[He was going to suggest more suggestive things, but at this point he'll take whatever. Jerking his head to encourage Sora after, he takes off to see where the nearest place is to buy balloons.]

The penthouse is insufferable right now, I swear to god.
maipokerface: (and I will stay up through the night)

[personal profile] maipokerface 2016-01-30 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is so messed up. At this point she really shouldn't trust anyone or anything, in spite of what her senses want to say about trusting the management implicitly. She's got to ask though.]

Are you talking about the dreams?

[...]

Okay so what happened to you then.
maipokerface: (you know it can get hard sometimes)

[personal profile] maipokerface 2016-01-30 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Perfect." She sounds pleased with this and indeed it's not that weird that the only times Mai seems relaxed and genuinely happy are when she's playing. And right now that's particularly true since it's almost soothing.
sponsorigami: icon of Ivan looking upwards (折紙 Didn't know Blue Rose could do that)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-30 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Considering where he really comes from, people being strong enough to move cars doesn't sound so far-fetched. There's a bit of fuzziness there that keeps him from being shocked about it. ]

You'll be able to fight back if it ever comes down to it.
sailorlaughter: (Just a jump to the left...)

[personal profile] sailorlaughter 2016-01-30 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Welllllll, I started with vanilla and chocolate. I KNEW it wasn't them, 'cause those are obvious, but it was a good warm-up! Then I did red velvet, lemon, pumpkin..." She gestures to various trays of iced cupcakes as she lists each flavor off. "Chocolate chip, peanut butter, aaaaaaaaaaaand there's some coconut in the oven!"
sailorlaughter: (think...)

[personal profile] sailorlaughter 2016-01-30 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know!" Pinkie pulls her phone out of her pocket and swipes a few times. "I've just been going through all the recipes on this website. There's a bunch. I guess maybe I'll have to take a break sometime, but it's only been a few hours!"
sailorlaughter: (oh god what even)

[personal profile] sailorlaughter 2016-01-30 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Pinkie gasps in horror; it's impossible to tell just how serious she is about it. "What? That's awful! You've just GOT to have one - come on, come on!"

Taking his hand, she drags him over to the trays of iced cupcakes sitting out on the counter. "What kind do you like? Oh my gosh, do you even KNOW what kind you like?"
nibelungvalesti: (what?!)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2016-01-30 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Neither would I. Especially knowing that you could have anyone you wished..." And the thought that he might wish to have here still was not believable. She had... well, next to him she felt like she was so much less.

But if this was what he wanted...
blindfoldcode: (goodbye)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-30 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"So you just don't know what flavor?" That seems a little easier to help figure out. "Maybe strawberry?"
alleato: (pic#9962198)

[personal profile] alleato 2016-01-30 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[He almost apologizes, but the smile stops him, and he shuts his mouth again.]

Are you sure? If you need help, I can help.
dame_tsuna: (nervous)

[personal profile] dame_tsuna 2016-01-30 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Wh- what happened to your sister...?

[He's not sure he wants to know.]
tigermillionaire: (no fighting shakira shakira)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2016-01-31 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Listen to that voice, can you hear it sing?

[He pauses in his step to look back to her, as if he's really asking her the question even though he's singing the whole thing. It just feels so natural, right now, he doesn't even really notice he's doing it.]

I hope that you can forgive everything...

[He moves back towards her, and wraps his arms around her waist in a hug. He feels so strange about who he is, and how he's been all these month. He closes his eyes and keeps singing, his voice becoming soft again.]

Seasons may change from winter to spring...
But I'll love you no matter who we are.
connivingbird: (silence)

[personal profile] connivingbird 2016-01-31 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Out of all of them, you were favored, right Ankh?

The guitar slipped and Ankh pressed his fingers against the top Core, the feeling of someone staring across the time, her eyes wise and sad and hurting. The phantom sound of Medals filled his ears and he almost taste the pull of it, the way the coin slipped into an opening created and then sprouted wings.

Free my desire and then you can return, can't you?

How long ago was it? How much was the jumbled feeling of that voice and the Medals just part of the illusion pulling at him and how much was it real? Ankh shuddered, feeling the images slip even as he tried to hold onto them. He really didn't notice that he had company, lost as he was by the images his mind was calling up.]