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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.”
hanginginthere: (dig that hole forget the sun)

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2016-02-05 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[this is definitely good. Shen is more than happy to - cuddle? - in to that arm, leaning his head on Ryouta's form.]

What kind?
hanginginthere: (get things right)

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2016-02-05 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh.
that's good.

Shen doesn't seem inclined to question it, eyes only partly open now. there's something almost animalistic to it, and the pose- catlike, even. but that's silly, isn't it?]


Promise?
losingherhead: (Got no ears but I get what you're saying)

[personal profile] losingherhead 2016-02-05 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[She finds herself rubbing his cheek comfortingly. She's not sure why she's doing it, she just wants to make her affection for him even more apparent.]

Promise.
hanginginthere: (don't sit down)

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2016-02-05 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[that's not a purr, but it is a rather contented sound.]

Can I keep you safe, too?
losingherhead: (Aliens are nervewracking)

[personal profile] losingherhead 2016-02-05 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[A warm chuckles escapes the helmet.]

Course.
hanginginthere: (think i need a devil to help me)

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2016-02-05 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[good, now he doesn't feel so much like this is one sided. he makes another sound, opening his eyes and looking up at her with a smile.]

Thanks.

[beat]

And...thanks for letting me show you, too.
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[personal profile] faithfulflame 2016-02-05 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[She shrugs, but...well, actually, that doesn't work. Frowning, she shakes her head a few times and taps her pencil.] No, no that's...really stupid. I mean, every single play and story about that sort of thing with a happy ending involves the power of love returning them to life.

[A light comes on upstairs.]

What if it was a cycle like with the Norse Gods? Where everything repeats every so often. Like...maybe the death is the opening, and the buildup comes as they meet each other again. And that would make the climax...breaking the cycle?
losingherhead: (Either angry or excited)

[personal profile] losingherhead 2016-02-05 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm always here if you need me.
hanginginthere: (dig that hole forget the sun)

[personal profile] hanginginthere 2016-02-05 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too.

[he smiles, promise made. and, unbidden, something comes to mind and comes out before he can think of it-]

All for one and one for all.
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[personal profile] consocius 2016-02-05 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Indeed, speaking of creepy. The lights that had previously been out in the hall, making it dark, flicker briefly now, almost as if to answer Sabo's question.]

Er... yeah. But things are always kind of weird. I guess you get used to it.

[Sort of. As much as one can.]

I'm Sora, by the way. I'm with Flashstep.
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[personal profile] consocius 2016-02-06 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
But if I lose everything that means I'll lose all the photos of friends too... And probably all my old text messages and stuff.

[He frowns down at his phone, looking melancholy, and eventually eased it in his pocket carefully, like he's afraid to disturb it. At least if it takes pictures there it's not a big deal.]

Maybe if I just leave it alone for now?
consocius: ([up]; beginning of hope)

[personal profile] consocius 2016-02-06 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Me too. So really all we gotta do is make sure the sounds go well together into a song, right? And I guess make sure the lyrics make sense?
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[personal profile] agains 2016-02-06 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ As one might lift up a drunk friend to help him over to the toilet -- something the brainwashed Keith is no stranger to -- he rushes to Dino's side so that he'll collapse into him when he ricochets off the wall. ]

Up, up! [ Keith is tired too, but a bandmate in need is a bandmate indeed? just as important. With all of the strange things going on lately, Hue & Cry has only Hue & Cry to count on. ] There must be something in the air today.
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[personal profile] consocius 2016-02-06 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's similar to the guitar. String instruments and all. Here--

[He shifts, then stands and puts the ukulele in Jamie's lap, taking his hands to adjust them on the instrument. He returns to sit on the other side of him, his head sort of resting on his shoulder so he can see where Jamie's hands are, and so he can move them easily as long as the other teen lets him.]

Okay, so the major chords first, this is A. [Repositioning Jamie's fingers on the chords, and he gives a strum of the instrument with his own hand.] Okay, then the B's kinda hard: you use four fingers-- [Repositioning again.] But from what I can tell it's not used a lot in songs anyway.
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[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-02-06 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
"And I bet it'll get me some cred, too." With a shit eating grin, he keeps his shirt up for a moment longer to let B look as much as he wants before finally dropping it. His expression flickers for a moment.

"Wish I could say the same about the actual fight, but... Eh."
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[personal profile] killerbeep 2016-02-06 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
He straightens up again, studying Artolo's face with a slight frown.

"...Hey, man, it's not like every one's gonna be a winner, right? Besides, nobody can really blame you for getting stabbed. Or, if they do, I could kick their asses."

He isn't even joking.
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[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-02-06 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
No one's ever really offered to kick the shit out of someone if they were shitty at him. It's kind of a novel experience, really, and Artolo's first reaction is to blink for a second. After a moment he grins, trying not to seem too happy about this and kind of failing.

"I'm honored, man." Going over to one of the chairs, he sprawls in it. "But nah, I mean, more like... I'm sure the scar will come out cool as shit, but the whole thing didn't feel worth it when he was limping away. That make sense?"
consocius: ([what]; paopu?)

[personal profile] consocius 2016-02-06 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Sora pauses when Marty mentions the apps thing, and does a double check just to make sure he hadn't caused it to break somehow just by having more things running than he was supposed to. Somehow closing some stuff has either fixed the volume issue or it's just a very big coincidence. Either way, at least all eardrums in the nearby vicinity are no longer in danger.

However, while trying to close out of his music app, the screen freezes again and Sora groans. Back to the battery idea, then.
]

Nah, I think it just snaps out. [To demonstrate, he pops open the casing on the back and pulls out the battery, silently hoping this doesn't screw things up on his phone too bad but, then again, how could it get worse?

Removing the power source seems to be successful, as the music stops completely and the screen goes black. Sora frowns still though, holding his phone in one hand and its battery in the other. What now?
] Well, it did stop.
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the salt is cast

[personal profile] agains 2016-02-06 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
The coffee machine. The television. [ He pulls his phone out and gives it a long, hard look. ] Misfired messages.

[ it's honesty, ah-- he hums, partially to the tune of the music and partially to a song only he can hear. he thinks those are the lyrics, but he doesn't want to mess it up. his voice lends itself well to creating the quiet beat, at least.

As draining as it is to stand, it's more draining not to think about music. And as the ascend to higher floors, Keith knows he ought to be even higher. Had he perhaps forgotten a dream of being a pilot? ]


Are we really from rival samurai clans, Mr. Karelin? Is that how we know each other?
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[personal profile] consocius 2016-02-06 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Sora idly strums the ukulele in his lap again, the chords more random than last time but still strung together in a way that's pleasant to the ear.]

I guess that could be it... [Suddenly he grins.] You know there's a way to check for that, though.
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[personal profile] killerbeep 2016-02-06 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
B nods and plops into a chair next to Artolo's. "Yeah, I get that. Losing a fight sucks, badass scars or not."
Edited 2016-02-06 02:41 (UTC)
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[personal profile] killerbeep 2016-02-06 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah? What would that be?

[Okay, now you've definitely got his attention.]
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A salt beginning makes a salt ending

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-02-06 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ There is something so absurd about that question that breaks Ivan completely out of his ghost induced worried state. He laughs, though he's trying not to by covering his mouth and turning away from Keith. ]

Please don't tell me you believe the tabloids.

[ He tries again to stifle his laughter. He's sorry. It's just so random. ]
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[personal profile] consocius 2016-02-06 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Sora hurries in after.]

Suddenly? Things are kinda weird all the time now... [Though...] Come to think of it, I guess I've felt kinda weird today too, though.
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[personal profile] liarmonstersnappydresser 2016-02-06 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Can't argue with that.]

"One of the great perks of being me!"

[No one ever knows what is in Bill's head besides Bill!... At least one would hope Bill himself at least understands his own head.]

"Least you're honest, kid."

[If Shen looks at the pages he will see sections upon sections of feverishly scribbled music; like Bill they're probably a bit unintelligible until you really stare at them long enough to wrap your head around them and then second-guess the result multiple times.]

"Little somethin' I've been working on."

[Suddenly drumming his fingers on the countertop isn't enough, he's tapping his foot now too.]
Edited 2016-02-06 03:54 (UTC)