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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.”
blindfoldcode: (calling him in and out)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
So you just wrote it to write it?
sharktrash: (concerned // voooi...)

[personal profile] sharktrash 2016-01-24 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's a moment of silence as he stares at it. ]

[ Then he pretty much leaps backward screaming and toppling the chair over because he's seen enough trashy horror movies to know where this is going. ]


What the fuck?!

[ IF A PHONE RINGS NOW HE IS SO NOT ANSWERING IT. ]
wounds: (Glance)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-24 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm performing this. The instrumentation really makes it.

The cornier song I wouldn't want to perform in public.
blindfoldcode: (an unknowing normal life)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[CHRIST ON A CRACKER KIDO NEARLY SCREAMS SHE'S SO FREAKED OUT?! She does stab herself hard with the needle and scrambles to catch it and stab it in a pin cushion before she looks at the handwriting and then looks around.

Does someone have the same powers as her?]


... Haha, very funny. Jokes on you. I'm not scared.

[She's scared. She's gone white and also she is shaking.]
loveconservative: (♫ As love is fading)

[personal profile] loveconservative 2016-01-24 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
A pleasure to meet you. [She nods in agreement.] Would you please tell us your name?
blindfoldcode: (calling out to all)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
For fuck's sake... [She wipes the mirror off with her hand.]

All right who's there? [She may or may not be in a cold sweat.]
panspermia: (★ Passions of Xanxor)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-01-24 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Woah there. I gotcha."

Often, he felt the immediate urge to dismiss strange looks or sudden bouts of disorientation as just that. He's seen too much by now. His smile, still soft, is suddenly very tired.

"That your first one of those?"
maipokerface: (when it gets hard)

[personal profile] maipokerface 2016-01-24 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[... When had this started. For a moment Mai can't help but just stare at the words. When had she looked over exactly? Or started reading them for that matter?

After the pause though she moves though, violin still poise under her chin as she leans to type her reply back one handed.

"who is this?"

It's not in Skype or anything, is it? No, obviously not.]
panspermia: (★ I have no friends ;D)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-01-24 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Feels like an age," he mused, laughing. "We've been inseparable the last couple months, you get used to..."

Greg hesitated. Having an occupied penthouse felt loads better than the quiet, sad space before. Yet something still felt as though it were missing. "How're you doing, Meril?"
sponsorigami: icon of Ivan looking surprised (折紙 Tiger broke my shamisen?!)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-24 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He looks up with a startled jolt. He was sure that he heard something, but he was in the room alone. Nothing would have given a "Yes!" notification either. ]

... Hello?

[ Maybe he hadn't fully shaken off that vision-memory yet. ]
twoscompany: (UH OH)

[personal profile] twoscompany 2016-01-24 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't notice, at first. Not with the H. A trick of the eye, perhaps. Her third eye blinking. Something like that.

However, her eyes are open when she sees the E and the L. Shaking her head - she's...not seeing this, is she? She is, isn't she? - she sees the P pop out as well.]


What the...

[Is she going mad? Is she tired? Her strange future visions showed nothing like this happening.]
blindfoldcode: (here am i)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[She chuckles.] Well if you ever want to let me hear it, I'll play you one of mine awful ones.
wounds: (Look he can be cute)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-24 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
You really want to hear the corniest song?

It's not even rock.
blindfoldcode: (we can repaint that)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I need blackmail material from somewhere. [That's a yes.]
wounds: (Cyborg puppy)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-24 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[He'll pick up his guitar and strum a few bars before starting to sing. It's softer and sweeter than what he would usually sing for his band.

But it sounds much more like he's pouring himself into it. All that adoration and devotion to this dream man of his is coming through clearly.]


Hey, Mr. No Name Guy
So who might you be?
And would you fight for me?
Oh... could I face the crowd
Could I be seen with you and still act proud
Hey, could I hold your hand
As you carried me through no man's land
It's fine if you won't agree
But I could fight for you
If you would fight for me.

Let them drive us out this town
I don't care how far
I would give you everything and wouldn't ask for much

Oh, you can punch real good
Fight finished faster than I thought it could
So hey, Mr. No Name Guy
If some day you're free
Could you fight for me?
If you're still around
I would fight for you
If you would fight for me
nibelungvalesti: (hands clasped)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2016-01-24 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"We have, it's true." She bowed her head slightly, a faint note of embarrassment creeping into her voice. "To be honest, I miss it a little. Not everything that came with it, of course."