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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.”
exhumerus: by palidoozy-art@tumblr (call me heartless but)

[personal profile] exhumerus 2016-02-02 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nah, don't really want to encourage any wandering hands," he says, wiggling his fingers in way of example. On only one hand, of course. "You give those doctors a taste and suddenly they want the whole thing."

Which he can play off as generally being one of those paranoid weirdos that hates doctors, which he actually isn't. As many weird feelings as he gets about lab settings, that's not one of them.

"I'm already pretty familiar with the things wrong with me."
giglio_madonna: (Water is the softest thing.)

[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-02-02 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to hear! We could all use a bit of cheer. The holidays... certainly did a number on people, ha ha. [Just laugh it off, Luce, alright.] How has your band been doing?
giglio_madonna: (snappleicons) (Now all you can do is wait.)

[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-02-02 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, come on in, then.

[She makes sure to hit the door open button so that they don't close on him.]

How have you been doing?
giglio_madonna: (sassybird) (Where do boys get off thinking they’re)

[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-02-02 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Even geniuses can miss the obvious.

Unfortunately, you don't have a lot of choices. There's a bit of a... haunting problem, it seems. [Time to see how she takes to that explanation.]
panspermia: (★ Let's count that a success)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-02-02 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah, fair. Guess you don't need anyone to tell you you're a wreck."

Usually Greg would insist his friend be a little more careful with his health, but given his, uh, physical condition, this may be an unfortunate necessity. He's starting to pick up on the casual disuse of one arm, but he's not pressing the point for the moment.

"Feels like things are really picking up, after the holidays. It's nice to be back."
wickedlyable: (006)

[personal profile] wickedlyable 2016-02-02 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She just stares at Luce for a couple seconds before repeating: ] Haunting problem?

... what does that even mean? [ Yeah, she's not reacting as derisively as she once might've. She wants to hear the details about this shit before she starts being judgmental. ]
giglio_madonna: (Don't be Bob the Dead Guy over)

[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-02-02 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[A few months, Luce would have wondered what he meant by a question like that. At this point, however, with everything she's been told and experienced...]

I don't know. [She lays a hand on his arm.] ...But I do know that about the people you're talking about.

Have you heard him, too?

[The ghost who possessed her.]
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[personal profile] exhumerus 2016-02-02 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Sans just stares at him.

"You think so, huh?" He glances away, his expression unreadable. "Must have missed that part."
giglio_madonna: (The true witches know that.)

[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-02-02 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's just like Naomi," Luce murmurs softly to herself, remembering the woman who she had let cry on her shoulder. That just makes her remember the party, and she whirls on Greg with a finger pointing right at his face.

"Do not let Edward Blanche find out about this!" An uncharacteristic pleading is in her voice. "I can't let you end up like Naomi, Greg. I don't know what we'll do, but I can't."
giglio_madonna: (snappleicons) (My aesthetic is)

[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-02-02 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been weird for a lot of people, I suspect... But enough of that. Anything in particular that inspired them?
panspermia: (★ So many flavors and you chose salty)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-02-02 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well." Let him rephrase. "Nicer than just... waiting for things to happen."
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[personal profile] exhumerus 2016-02-02 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, he guesses he's just a big ol' negative nelly, then. He shrugs, doing a pretty good job of looking unaffected.

"Still no singer in ViP. Kind of makes you wonder."
faithfulflame: (Rei Traditional Lady)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-02 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Marty. [She smiles at him and waves her hands around the room.]

I am from Virgo, yes. We're in a Virgo establishment, after all and I doubt . I'm friends with your keyboardist, Meril, as well.

[As for the song though, something does click and she starts out a bit, a line coming to her.]

What if he was someone in a war for love?
punchesyu: (Why him)

[personal profile] punchesyu 2016-02-03 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
That doesn't make any sense...

[If it weren't for the already crazy happenings that have already been happening to all of them, he'd say Jamie was going insane. Maybe he was going insane.

Maybe they're all going insane.]


Whatever it is, there's no way it's going to be in here. This is a kitchen! Sorry dude, but the holy grail isn't in Pride HQ.
heymcfly: (i feel like theres not enough smile icon)

[personal profile] heymcfly 2016-02-03 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ooh, that could make an interesting mix! ]

Screw the table! [ He waves it away, before looking back down to her. ] C'mon, you got your bass?

[ He offers down a hand, Aladdin-style. Only maybe he's not saying something like 'do you trust me?' but instead 'let's blow these people out of the water with absolutely no regrets!' ]
scalpedsociety: (you just don't get it)

[personal profile] scalpedsociety 2016-02-03 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
In response to that, Tamara scoots over on the bench to give Nariko some room. "Then sit."
gunslingerqueen: (The kind of love you're on)

[personal profile] gunslingerqueen 2016-02-03 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
"I think I might be better at the dancing part."

But he's - Tempting. Which is nothing quite new for Xanxus, but now she feels especially vulnerable to it. She clears her throat, which is mostly for show, and just ... Relaxes. There's nothing else she can do about it but work from the heart, let it happen the way it's going to happen. Which, despite her fears, is incredibly well. Her voice is as sweet and talented as ever, and she fills it with the sort of playful longing that's fitting for Carmen.

Really, she'd been worried for nothing. Right now singing feels like the best possible emotional release, it might even defy sex for the time being.
snapcrackleburn: (you crazy?)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-03 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ What does that mean? You can't expect him to let it hang like that. Roy lowers his voice. ]

Perhaps we can discuss it later?
wounds: (Speaking)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-02-03 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Later. We'll talk in the penthouse after this.
snapcrackleburn: (listening)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-03 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
All right. [ He nods. Back to acting casual. What was he- oh right! ]

My embarrassing song, as promised. It's still a work in progress but here is what I have.

[ He takes a seat at the piano there in the studio and after experimentally hitting a few notes, he starts to play. ]

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?
heymcfly: (mahm why)

[personal profile] heymcfly 2016-02-03 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, hey. Right. [ He's still trying to get used to this stuff, apologies. ]

Ooh, so you know Meril? She's pretty nice, isn't she? Kinda hard to imagine only she and Greg were workin' in Defying Atmosphere for a while. Did you know the other band mates at all? [ Marty can't deny he's curious about what got the other people kicked off the band. That way he can learn what not to do, so he doesn't end up falling under the same stuff!

It's good to get his head back into music though. Thinking about getting fired makes him nervous. ]
A war for love, huh? [ He grins. ] You mean a Romeo and Juliet kind of thing? That'd work!

Maybe they could start a war because he wants to love...whoever it is. If you wanna make it intense?
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[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-03 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
She is pretty nice, yeah. [Rei smiles somewhat sadly at the mention of Defying Atmosphere's original lineup, nodding.] Gaige and I were friends. One of the originals. We...went out a couple of times. She was nice. In a quirky sort of way.

[As are most of the members...though back to the music, yes!]

And yeah, that's sort of exactly what I'm thinking. A war for love, or...maybe because of love? He's happy, with his someone, and a third party gets jealous. Is that too cliche?
psyvampexperiment: (Snoozing)

[personal profile] psyvampexperiment 2016-02-03 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Mmmm, I'd heard something about... trouble at a winter holiday party? I was neck deep in contract negotiations and packing to move when the news was breaking, so I'm afraid I didn't get everything that happened. [Somewhat more at ease now, but he might glance back into his room with a note of caution.]
sponsorigami: Sanji giving a sleepy Ivan a piggyback ride  (gift, dnt) (三時 Brothers from another world)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-02-03 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not knowing what else to do, Ivan listens to his sister sing. She has such a beautiful voice. There's little wonder in his mind why she has the fans she does.

When Ivan speaks, it's a whisper, a strained calmness to his voice.
]

I'll... I'll try... I think the best I can promise right now.

[ Being himself is hard to do when he's questioning who he is with increasingly frequency. It's not knowing himself that caused him to turn down Trucy's confession. ]
faithfulflame: (Rei Memories)

[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-03 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
[She laughs softly, nodding against him as she holds him.]

Do you want me to walk you to your room? You should probably rest. And not worry about those ghosts, okay?