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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.”
panspermia: (★ Passions of Xanxor)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-01-24 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah... yeah, me too." His hand squeezed her shoulder. Something stirred in him. He clamped down hard on the urge--it wasn't yet fully realized, but it felt dangerous.

"I need to talk to you about something. "
nibelungvalesti: (what?!)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2016-01-24 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nothing is wrong, I hope?" Her mind immediately jumped to worried about their new bandmates, or possibly some trouble Greg had encountered.
agains: (we'll get through this together bread)

Duty

[personal profile] agains 2016-01-24 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ In the wake of losing so many band members, Keith has been trying to keep himself occupied by picking up new hobbies. He tries to sketch a dog from memory; he buys a coloring book but the only colors he feels like using are purple and blue, gold and silver; he even tries to write lyrics but they sound repetitive, like the song he'd written for Kido. He begins to doubt originality is his strong suit. He even practices some vocal exercises in case he needs to step up -- it's unfair to make Finnick take the brunt of everything as the only other member who hasn't been fired.

He's watching the news as he exercises. A guy who plays the theremin doesn't have to be in perfect shape but Keith has always been meticulous about working out; it's a leftover habit from the false years of his life when he thought he'd be a policeman, not to mention general health and vanity.

While jogging in place, he can see an aura around himself. He feels lighter than usual. It's this moment that his powers have returned. Keith Goodman is a NEXT again, and just as soon as he realizes he's started to levitate one... two... three inches off the ground, he's fallen on his face.

He wipes sweat off his forehead with a towel. A newscaster continues talking, announcing a breaking story, something about a crime in progress. If you have a tip, please call the hotline below.

Why does he want to help so badly? ]
vivelarevolution: credit: ??? drop me a line (dark)

[personal profile] vivelarevolution 2016-01-24 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[thaaaat gives him goosebumps. He slows to a stop, watching the papers for a moment, then decides it must have something to do with a open vent or air pressure from someone closing a door and goes to pick them up]
panspermia: (★ Passions of Xanxor)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-01-24 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, not exactly." Hopefully not, anyway. He glanced away."Do you remember a few months back, when I caught that fever?"
blindfoldcode: (we stole our new lives)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[She leans back, crossing her arms behind her bass.]

I don't know. I know you don't want me calling you cute, but that was cute.
nibelungvalesti: (what?!)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2016-01-24 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"I remember it very well." Terribly well, because she had been worried and scared and angry in measures that she hadn't known herself capable of. "You are not feeling sick again?!"
wounds: (Cyborgs can't be this moe)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-24 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's bright red, looking away.]

There's no way I'm singing that one in public.
blindfoldcode: (of promise)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm honored you'd perform it for me, then. It's not so bad. But it'd ruin you forever.
wounds: (Cyborgs can't be this moe)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-24 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well you know about... him...

[Another lovesick sigh.]

It would totally ruin my image.
blindfoldcode: (calling him in and out)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
It would sure make the flirting less convincing.
panspermia: (★ Let's count that a success)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-01-24 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"No! No, I feel great." A little bit confused, sort of heady, but... still good. "But, you remember... I was saying some strange stuff. About having a family."
wounds: (Sensei)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-24 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't even know if I'll meet him.
blindfoldcode: (here am i)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[She shrugs. She toys with the red scarf Celty gave her--she's been wearing it everywhere.]

But you might, right?
wounds: (Tiny smile)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-24 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I might... I hope I do.
blindfoldcode: (through blood and name)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I do too. For your sake.
wounds: (Glance)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-24 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I'd be alright even if I didn't meet him.
variaboss: (Default)

Xanxus | Passion Alignment

[personal profile] variaboss 2016-01-24 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
A - Turn up the radio
He had been messing with the radio, trying to tune in his favorite shock jock. Dude is always good for a laugh. But instead no matter what he did, there was nothing but static on the dial. He keeps trying to tune it, but nothing seems to come up. No music. No talk. Not even stupid car dealership commercials.

Then in the static, he hears it. It's something garbled and a little strange. Like a disembodied voice. With all the strange shit happening, Xanxus does what any reasonable man would do.

He throws the radio towards the nearest wall, cursing loudly. "Son of a bitch!"

b - Classics by request
Music and song. Everywhere he goes, it threatens to bubble over at any moment. The songs just don't stop coming. He's filled a notebook with lyrics but it's not enough. He wants to play. He wants to sing. It's like he can't stop himself.

He tries to keep himself busy, but it happens without even him noticing. He had been making pancakes in the group kitchen downstairs when it hits. It starts with humming, but seconds later, the kitchen and the hallways are being filled, not with the sound of organ or disembodied voices, but by Xanxus' rich operatic baritone.
vivelarevolution: (revolution)

[personal profile] vivelarevolution 2016-01-24 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sabo is heading back there himself with a thermos of hot coffee. He just can't stay away from it and it takes his mind off the other things that are going on that are slightly freaking him out.

He pauses as he hears and sees the other other, supposedly heading in the same direction, then realizing the guy is singing under his breath, grins and starts to beatbox a little to the song]
blindfoldcode: (calling him in and out)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-24 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you're obsessed right now. You could reconsider that.
wounds: (Interest)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-01-25 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[He keeps going, noticing somebody's 'playing' along with him.

Yes the lyrics are hilariously corny but the actual instrumentation make it sound better- not that he has that at the moment.]


Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasies
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a caped man to sweep me off my feet
dame_tsuna: (But as I looked to the door)

[personal profile] dame_tsuna 2016-01-25 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Hie!

[Tsuna squeaks in fright once the piece starts moving. He actually had not been expecting a response.

Especially not a response that... makes no sense?]



A-arp? What does that mean?
vivelarevolution: (lol)

[personal profile] vivelarevolution 2016-01-25 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[and here Sabo joins him on the chorus]

I need a hero!
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

I need a hero!
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life!