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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: icon of Ivan with his head in his hands (漫画 Hey what should I do?)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-02-02 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't help him. He called for my help, and I abandoned him. I could have... I could have done something. Someone needed my help to save someone, and I did nothing.

[ There's no excuse for being a bystander when he could have done something. ]

His future was going to be so bright, and instead, I took it away from him... He was my friend...
exhumerus: by rosuroid@tumblr (awkward tbh)

[personal profile] exhumerus 2016-02-02 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
He'll haul himself up a little, grinning with weary interest. Mac n' cheese, even? He'll have to try that at some point, but right now...

"Dunno, kind of feeling the classics." The appreciates that devious look. "I feel like I haven't bothered since college." Which is absolutely not a thing that actually happened, but he remembers it and believes it, so what can you do.

Smoke is a lot easier and faster - or just straight up buying premade stuff from other people. He actually sort of used to like baking back in the day, though.
faithfulflame: <user name=cupcake-graphics> (Priestess Terrible Visions)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-02 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Ivan. Ivan...sssshh. That's not true. You really, really can't think like that. You...can't. You really can't.

[Not knowing what to do, she holds him close again, and starts to sing. An old song, from some animated movie. It's a little cheesy, but music is their language, and it does come pretty naturally to her. But what she'd intended to be that comes out different, something in her just wanting to change the words, little gears clicking into place.]

With a prayer and a flame
Life is like a quiet peaceful day
Your worries sail away
Into the sea they're flung.

With a prayer and a flame
All the eyes seem to open anew
In harmony with you
As the psalm is sung


[Still holding him, she continues, but the words become less distinct, strained...as images again fill her head. Something about them seems to strike a chord within her. Like in the trailer with Molly. The words continue though, switching back to normal, with a growing confidence and clarity they hadn't had for a second. She remembered something else, a shrine...a red, red shrine. Herself shrouded in flame, of fighting...but that didn't need to trouble Ivan right now. She had a song to sing and a brother to calm.]

There's no use in grumbling
When raindrops starts tumbling
Remember, you're the one
Who can fill the world with sunshine

When you smile and you sing
Everything is in tune and it's spring
And life flows along
With a smile and a song


[She finishes smoothly, holding her adopted brother still.]

Ivan. Remember that...you sing and people are happy. That stuff? I don't know what that is, but I know that you're not a bad person. I know that. And I know we all get scared...me most of all...so you don't need to worry about that. Just be you, my brother, and when we figure out what's going on with us, we'll worry about making things as right as we can with this Edward.
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[personal profile] alleato 2016-02-02 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Good. I'll get cleverer overnight. Promise. [Have a wink. A very confident one, if sleepy. That's Dino. The charmer.]

You're gonna let me fall asleep on you? Voices or not, isn't that pretty rude? [Even if he adores the idea, given that the movie should drown out the voices... Damn, he has the best bandmates forever.]
totheright: (cute)

[personal profile] totheright 2016-02-02 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ HE'S NOT GOING TO BLUSH AT THE WINK. That would be silly. But he does look pretty delighted. ]

It's not rude! It's a privilege. I have the most comfortable shoulder in the universe, y'know. And I honestly don't mind. [ In fact, he's... actually looking forward to it. Huh. ]
dame_tsuna: (Just an ordinary day)

[personal profile] dame_tsuna 2016-02-02 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Tsuna winces as the man falls over, then steps closer and offers a hand.]

Are you okay? I'm really sorry.
alleato: (strawberry bite)

[personal profile] alleato 2016-02-02 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Delight delights Dino. Everyone is hereby happy, and he couldn't ask for more. It's already chasing off the eerie feelings, shoving all the odd, continuing occurrences out of his consciousness.]

I'll be the judge of that... apparently. [Tapping Kaoru on the arm jovially now.] Alright, you're the fearless leader for the evening. Lead on.
alleato: (started that varia thing oops)

[personal profile] alleato 2016-02-02 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Still laying there... face down... no pride needed. Eventually, he pushes himself up onto his hands and knees, then rocks back to a seated position.]

I'm fine. It happens sometimes. People just fall, right?
dame_tsuna: (if I would come along?)

[personal profile] dame_tsuna 2016-02-02 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I can relate.

[Tsuna has taken his fair share of clumsy spills. So instead of helping the guy up, Tsuna decides to sit down on the floor next to him.

Something about him makes Tsuna feel... comfortable. Like he can trust this guy.]


Um, I'm Tsuna. I'm the drummer for Surviving Friday.
mildwildchild: ([STARES INTENTLY])

[personal profile] mildwildchild 2016-02-02 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
What do you think I'm doing in here? [His voice echoes off of linoleum and stainless steel as he prowls into the dishroom.] I have to get out. To find it.

[He emerges from the dishroom finally and makes a beeline for the next nearest door. Jamie, that's the walk-in freezer.] And before you ask, I can't tell you what it is, just that have to get to it. Now. Soon.
magic_to_do: (You gotta do extrordinary things!)

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2016-02-02 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Trucy Wright!

[With a dramatic flourish, a set of playing cards appears in her hand, displaying a royal straight flush.]

Lead guitar for System Crash!

[She switches the cards from one hand to another, and now the suit has changed from hearts to spades. What cards have to do with any of that? Who even knows...]
magic_to_do: (You think about extra-ordinary things)

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2016-02-02 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Great! First things, first! Help me hang up this net.

[The 'plan' might just be to make a big mess and then piss someone off by catching them in a stupid net trap.

Also why does she have a net? This girl needs a babysitter.]


Right over here in the end of this hallway. Then we need to put a bunch of slippery stuff on the floor. Like maybe vegetable oil...
magic_to_do: (On how moths got into the tapestry)

[personal profile] magic_to_do 2016-02-02 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Well, yeah. No one likes Predator. We'll just use the good bands. Not the jerk ones.

[You have to have standards after all.]


But I think we'll wind up with a pretty good song.
mildwildchild: brb adding a border (omg yey!)

[personal profile] mildwildchild 2016-02-02 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[A hint of color tinges Jamie's cheeks when Sora mentions he'd been thinking of writing about the two of them as well. And then Sora offers to teach him about the ukulele, at which Jamie looks genuinely delighted.]

Yeah? I'd like that. I've played the guitar a little, but this is...different. Smaller, fewer strings. [He shifts position on the couch to get a better look at the instrument.] So how do you do it?
trustme: The Doctor looking confused (confused or disbelief)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-02-02 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
"I say this... and I mean it in the best way possible... You're bright enough to have considered this so I'll say it: you might have a gift like Naomi had. Some sort of musical... magic." Really what is the proper name for this music power thingamajig?
gunslingerqueen: (Piano Black)

[personal profile] gunslingerqueen 2016-02-02 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll do anything for someone that I care about." Singing a lullaby is no indication to how far she would go for the other woman.

"Including play with you, if that might do just as well."
trn451: (relaxed)

[personal profile] trn451 2016-02-02 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah it came out a lot better than I thought. I blanked for a pretty long while on the lyrics, but — I mean, tonight's been weird. I guess that's when I'm at my most inspired.
trn451: (focus)

[personal profile] trn451 2016-02-02 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Parker stumbles to a stop, having been sprinting as full-tilt as she dares given her laptop and guitar, and holds her hands up in a show of surrender.]

Sorry, sorry — I got some good stuff out. It can wait, keep going, that was good.
panspermia: (★ How this works)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-02-02 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
It's clear from the look on his face he's thought about it too. It's not been a pleasant notion. "I haven't screwed with anyone's head." Not as far as he knows. But if everything keeps happening unconciously, he can't be sure.
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[personal profile] exhumerus 2016-02-02 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Not at the moment he can't, no. It's kind of a mess. He's been sort of tangled up that way all week. He's feeling pretty affectionate, but that doesn't mean he's feeling stable.

He shrugs a shoulder.

"We're you headed? Got plans?"

The careful hope there is that Greg isn't busy, because Sans inexplicably craves his attention right now. It's the damndest thing. Like they've just gotta braid each other's hair or something.
heymcfly: (i feel like theres not enough smile icon)

[personal profile] heymcfly 2016-02-02 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ Electro-jazz, futuro-swing. It's all stuff that Marty's heard, but honestly hasn't been interested enough to look into. But now his attention is there enough to look over the video that's been pulled up, and it's not too bad when he actually takes the time to look into it.

Still not the stuff he'd rather play, but that's beside the point.

Hearing this guy describe what futuro-jazz is like is just about as interesting, to be honest. The way he words it, and puts so much effort into the words shows how much he cares about it. Being into music was one thing, but having the drive for it was another. It made the experience so much better, which is what really put the icing on the cake. For Marty, at least. ]


Jesus, man. Electro-jazz. Heavy!

[ Marty looks up and offers that same, shitty grin. ] Don't know if I'd fit in, but you wanna play some more? [ He holds up his guitar for a second or two. ] Unless an electric guitar could fit in there somewhere.
heymcfly: (peanut bubber)

[personal profile] heymcfly 2016-02-02 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ well that didn't work

Marty shamelessly takes a hop backwards when that horrible country music comes from the phone again, only twice as loud. It's also running backwards, which makes everything ten times more creepy if at all possible. Either that, or this guy's phone was seriously, seriously messed up. ]
You sure you didn't have any apps open in the background...?

[ He would like to think that happy stuff is coming from his phone right now! It would be a little creepy if you heard it trying to say stuff otherwise. Marty opens his mouth to make a suggestion when Sora comes up with another idea! And honestly, it's probably a lot better than just resetting your phone. ]

Right, right! Do you, ah, do you need a screwdriver or somethin'?
heymcfly: (mahm why)

[personal profile] heymcfly 2016-02-02 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
See, there ya go! Where would you want him to be? Like if you could choose any kind of setting for this guy, where would he be? [ Marty taps the sketch a few times with his finger. ] What about an intergalactic war, or something? Unless it'd be hard to fit your instrument in there somewhere. [ Marty pauses for a moment.

Oh hey, introductions. Duh, Marty. ]


Nah, don't be! I'm Marty, from Defying Atmosphere. I just got signed on as the new lead guitar.

[ He smiles! ] Are you from Virgo? I can't remember half of the record companies and their bands, I gotta be honest.
snapcrackleburn: (hello hello baby you called)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-02 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Roy is subtle thankfully and spots the camera out of the corner of his eye. A reason to be paranoid? He wants to- needs to know more.

He fakes a yawn and turns like he's going to walk away.
]

I need a breath of fresh air- and some coffee. I was up late last night writing. Would you like to come along? You look like you could use a cup of tea to calm your nerves.
snapcrackleburn: (thinks he's so cool)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-02 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm Roy. Another one would be delightful. I am curious about the flavors you have here. I can't remember the last time I ate something so colorful or the taste of sprinkles. If they have a taste. Are they supposed to?" he's really starting to wonder. He could swear as a child he would have eaten any cupcake that came his way.