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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.”
iitrebel: (askthestargazers) (I feel like the Devil slapped me in)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-02-01 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
[He's already fulfilled his stabbing quota for this month, thank you, so he ducks away from the bow. A grimace spasms across his face, because as it turns out moving around a lot while you have stitches in your side isn't advisable, but oh well.]

Baby pop hit about Tamara. Go.
sponsorigami: Edward sitting in Ivan's spot (砂 Hey that's my seat!)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-02-01 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
He...

[ Ivan tries to pick the right words because if he says things factually, then Rei might think poorly about Edward. The thought of that hurts Ivan more than the idea of Rei hating him because of his cowardice. ]

What I saw when we sang was a bank robbery. Edward and I were witnessing it. A woman was being held hostage at gunpoint. Edward went to help. He... he had these sand powers. He could sink right into the ground and appear somewhere else. I... I was too scared to do anything but watch.

Edward took the gun away, but then another robber grabbed him. Edward called to me for help. I-I didn't do anything! I just stood there, and the gun went off. The woman was shot in the chest. She died. Edward went to jail for murder.

[ Ivan hunches over, balling himself up. He feels the tears threaten to come. His voice hitches, and he clutches the tiny hourglass pendant he wore to the charity concert. ]

He... He was going to be a hero. I don't know what that means exactly, but because of me, he lost all of that. He went to jail for murder. He lost everything. It was all my fault!

I... I can't blame him for what he did.

[ Even if Ivan hasn't mentioned the fact that Edward tried to kill him. ]
trustme: (neutral or observing)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-02-01 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Really. They've never approached you?" Doctor rubs his chin. He had been under the impression that they were visiting virtually all of his friends at Virgo and Pride. Had Greg not 'lost' something? "Have you always been playing your guitar when that sort of 'show' starts to happen?"
snapcrackleburn: and <user name=fullmetaliconrequests site=tumblr.com> (your basic Roy)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-01 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
Pinkie's idea sounds good to him! Roy takes the vanilla cupcake from her with a small 'thanks' and peels back the lining. Had the linings always been this colorful? He glances towards the tray of other cupcakes as he takes his first bite. Had frosting always been this colorful? And sprinkles- those were oddly difficult to wrap his mind around.

"Mmm," he makes a noise as he chews and nods his head to her. "This is good. You are a talented baker, Miss!" Should he call her Pinkie? He knows who she is from her fame but you never know what celebrities prefer in casual conversation.
snapcrackleburn: (you crazy?)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-01 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't have expected it. Living in a penthouse normally wouldn't include objects disappearing or moving seemingly on their own. -Or the electric problems. Pride has enough money to afford an electrician for starters.

[ It's supposed to be normal? That's a strange thing to suggest. Nobody has clued him in yet and Roy isn't one to believe in ghosts so easily. ]
panspermia: (★ Decide what's important)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-02-01 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
Greg shakes his head, forlorn. "I've only ever heard about them from people. I kept an eye out after they got mentioned, but, nothing." He chews at his cheek as he looks down at his instrument. "Yeah. Music's definitely got to do with it, I know that much."
panspermia: (★ Never coming back)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-02-01 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
It's always been hard for Greg to tell the difference between Sans in a good mood, and Sans covering up distress. Then again, he's not sure if Sans can always tell, either--especially when this high.

All the weird things going on with Sans' hands, one weird phrasing over them doesn't jump out as any odder than average anymore. The layers upon layers of puns have formed an armor against easy detection.

Greg gives a pleased sigh. "Maybe that's what's been spreading the cheer around. It pays to know a guy with sticky fingers."
blindfoldcode: (of promise)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-02-01 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
She cracks her knuckles and unzips her hoodie to tie around her waist. "You've got it. Point me where I'm useful."
blindfoldcode: (remember what you wanted to say)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-02-01 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Just have to make sure with new people. [She shrugs. She looks around--she knows she put her bass around here somewhere...] What do you play?
blindfoldcode: (through blood and name)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-02-01 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks POINTEDLY BACK AT THAT CAMERA ROY DO YOU SEE WHAT SHE IS LOOKING AT? WOW LOOK AT THAT CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE.]

It doesn't have anything to do with malfunctioning electric.
loveconservative: (♫ The ways you made me feel alive)

[personal profile] loveconservative 2016-02-01 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
She nuzzles that hand. She's gotten more affectionate than normal even. "If you want to see, all you have to do is ask."
alleato: (TYL! well yes)

[personal profile] alleato 2016-02-01 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Something like that.

[Smile, Dino. Smile. No creepy voices. No weird stuff going on.]

If you want to, I'm down.
alleato: (pic#9962176)

[personal profile] alleato 2016-02-01 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Congrats, Tsuna! The relatively mild collision means Dino loses his balance completely and ends up flat on his face. And he just kind of... lays there for a second.]

Ah, don't worry about it...
thelittlemerman: (neutral//this is bs)

[personal profile] thelittlemerman 2016-02-01 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing, it's nothing.

[He's almost put off by her attitude. Almost.]

It's just, I've been feeling very strange lately. Do you mind if I sit down?

[He's going to anyway. Sorry Johanna.]
thelittlemerman: (neutral//these people are smarter than m)

[personal profile] thelittlemerman 2016-02-01 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Finnick can't help but look suspiciously and fearfully at the walls around him.]

Do you think something bad is going to happen? Is it really haunted?
thelittlemerman: (neutral//this is bs)

[personal profile] thelittlemerman 2016-02-01 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Finnick frowns suspiciously at Luce but he's playing with the hem of shirt so he sort of looks like a very large, nervous toddler.]

[Down? What is downstairs that he could reasonably going to? By now it's taken too long to answer, so he just goes for it.]


Oh, yes. I am.
notahobby: (maxxie058)

[personal profile] notahobby 2016-02-01 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah, singing. This is Maxxie's whole job. Harmonizing, melodies, all that good stuff. Softly, he starts singing a wordless tune that complements Sabo's bassline.]
nibelungvalesti: (what?!)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2016-02-01 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no. Meril ducked her head as a realization hit her. "...I am going to have to answer some questions that will be embarrassing to me after I spent time explaining to others that I was not pursuing you."
sailorlaughter: (Omg yay!)

[personal profile] sailorlaughter 2016-02-01 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, you can call me Pinkie!" Pinkie doesn't like to assume everybody knows her, but here in the actual Pride building? It's pretty safe. She recognizes Roy well enough - but they've never met, so it's not like they really KNOW-know each other anyway.

"And thanks! I've been practicing for ages! Do you wanna try another one?"
sailorlaughter: (<3)

[personal profile] sailorlaughter 2016-02-01 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Pinkie snorts, dissolving into giggles for a second. "Well, DUH! I mean a real break. Like sleeping and doing band stuff!" Sleeping, obviously, is a much longer break.

"Besides, I can just eat the cupcakes! That'll keep me going for ages!"
sailorlaughter: (Fancy dressin')

[personal profile] sailorlaughter 2016-02-01 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Welllll..." Pinkie has to think about it for a minute. "The ones in the oven are fine, I just need to take them out in a little bit. But if you wanna start getting the ingredients together for the next batch, that'd be great! The recipe is...oh, I know this website has strawberry..."

She pulls herself up to perch on the edge of an unused countertop while she flips through her phone. "Just gimme a sec! And while you do that, I'll ice the other ones!"
mildwildchild: (i don't think so)

[personal profile] mildwildchild 2016-02-01 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
The introduction doesn't seem to clarify anything for Jamie, who just nods and keeps looking sort of politely confused, but it also doesn't stop him from gamely stepping into the apartment. Emotional alignments override any sense of personal preservation, apparently.

"I don't...normally do drugs, so...but maybe I took some by accident?" He looks at Artolo, suddenly chagrined. "Someone's gonna be upset I took their drugs. They were probably saving 'em for something special." This is a real dilemma.
scalpedsociety: (*is SO not being smug*)

[personal profile] scalpedsociety 2016-02-01 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
And it is soothing, playing in time with Mai's violin. Aramat closes her and sighs in what looks to be relief.
killerbeep: (weird squishy creature)

[personal profile] killerbeep 2016-02-01 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
He gives a delighted laugh and holds the door open so Artolo can come in. "Fine by me! Good to see you again."

B nods, concern flashing across his face. "Man, yeah, I heard about the thing at the concert. Are you alright?" He assumes that he's at least alright-ish, given that he's here.
panspermia: (★ Let's count that a success)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-02-01 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
He blinks at the admission he's been a conversation topic. This goes back a little further than he thought, huh? It gets another laugh out of him. "Well, you can blame me for it, if that helps."