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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.”
wounds: (Tiny smile)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-02-09 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I have been too. I've been writing a ton of lyrics.
psyvampexperiment: (Rose)

[personal profile] psyvampexperiment 2016-02-09 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll fetch a couple of glasses and rummage amongst the bottles for a long moment.]

Ahh, a Victorian decadent? Sometimes, yes, though I veer toward Post-Modern Romantic, depending on my frame of mind: some days, I'm keener on Byron and M.R. James and open-collared shirts with billowy sleeves, while other days, I'm more into Anne Rice and H.P. Lovecraft and black leather.

[Clinking around some more...]
giglio_madonna: (Other people are born with stars at)

[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-02-09 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
...The visions.

[Her voice is very very quiet as she broaches the subject. Talking about it so plainly without Doctor as a middleman puts her on edge.]

Do you have an idea of what they are?
stylistic_disloyalty: (043)

[personal profile] stylistic_disloyalty 2016-02-09 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
"...I won't tell if you won't."

Luci also looks like she's losing her grip on life a little bit. Her eyes dart around the room when she thinks she hears something. She's almost afraid that one time she's going to turn around and something is going to be there.

"Here, let's clean this up before Camilla sees it and starts asking dumb questions."
blindfoldcode: (i cried the rain)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-02-09 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
THAT'LL BE REALLY HARD CONSIDERING YOU KEEP SAYING GHOSTS DON'T EXIST, YOU SMARTASS.
consocius: ([neutral]; ping!)

[personal profile] consocius 2016-02-09 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm... Okay, I'll try.

[He's not sure it will work, since his phone seems to be doing such random stuff and ignoring his touch anyway. But he has to keep up hope. Lifting his phone back out of his pocket, he begins what Yosuke has suggested. Surprisingly, the device remains relatively calm besides occasionally making odd noises at him that seem to be short snippets of different songs.]

Geez, I had more pictures in here than I thought I did.
variaboss: (pretty)

[personal profile] variaboss 2016-02-09 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
That means a lot to him. He even almost smiles, though he knows it's probably the smile of a man who thinks he really has lost his damn mind. The way she keeps looking around helps none. It just makes him paranoid on top of delusional.

"Never. Your secrets are always safe with me." He really means that. "And you're right. Don't need the chimney all up in my grill." He stiffly heads towards the broken radio. When he gets close enough to it, it actually sparks to life again briefly. Regardless of how broken it is, it still manages to hiss out another cryptic unintelligible demand.
stylistic_disloyalty: (065)

[personal profile] stylistic_disloyalty 2016-02-09 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Luci purses her lips and stares at Squalo mid-offer to carry some of the bottles.]

That's some Exorcist shit and justifiably piss-worthy.

...but you're not alone. A lot of weird shit has happened to me and Xanxus too. He's destroyed a radio that was talking to him already.
iitrebel: (askthestargazers) (I feel like the Devil slapped me in)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-02-09 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Well you should player her something.

Or are you too busy trying to murder random people with whatever object fits in your hand at the time?
iitrebel: (askthestargazers) (I feel like the Devil slapped me in)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-02-09 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, probably. [Getting up from his spot, he makes his way over to the fridge.] So, you actually know anyone else from the band, or just the chick whose ass you're tapping?
panspermia: (★ Never coming back)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-02-09 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Hmmm. How about you hook me up with a good dance beat, huh? I'll treat you to the greatest headbanging display this side of Americana!" By his standards, throwing hair around makes up for lack of dancing ability.
panspermia: (★ Let's count that a success)

[personal profile] panspermia 2016-02-09 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
For just a moment, Greg stares at Doctor. Then, that weak little smile grows a bit more. "Giving Blanche trouble and bagels? This plan is getting better all the time." He doesn't get how the man's mind works, but he likes the methodic madness all the same.
iitrebel: (askthestargazers) (Good night I hope you dream about)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-02-09 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
Aye aye.

[Because this is clearly a matter of Serious Importance, Artolo sets off with his stride a little longer than what's actually necessary here. It takes him around fifteen minutes- and only because only shit is this many floors really necessary- but eventually he comes back.]

[Where did he get the shopping cart from to store all the vegetable oil he could find?]

[Listen it's not important.]
snapcrackleburn: (smile smirk)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-09 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
The initiation ceremony made it clear Genos is the tamest. All I had to do for his challenge was get my ears pierced. That same night I was punched, searched through dirty laundry, and had to kiss a fish.

He hasn't baked. I had no idea he does. I'll have to bother him about that. Squalo has been doing most of the cooking out of us.
iitrebel: (askthestargazers) (I feel like the Devil slapped me in)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-02-09 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
Just... You know. I guess the power is acting weird, or there's tech problems. I'd look into it more, but... Y'know. Not my area of expertise. S'just stressing everyone out.

But anyway, balloons and shit. Got a preference?
snapcrackleburn: (listening)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-09 11:32 am (UTC)(link)
Roy shuffles between sprinkle bottles, stopping to hold up and examine each one. "I had no idea there was such variety! Different flavors, colors, sizes, shapes... This bottle looks like it's filled with glitter- is this really a type of sprinkle?" He holds one of the bottles out toward her.
iitrebel: (askthestargazers) (I feel like the Devil slapped me in)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-02-09 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
"We're both getting cats," he drawls, because clearly this was obvious. It really wasn't, but no one said that Artolo followed straight paths even with people who were sober.

"And I dunno. Dick Helmet, maybe." Label this as one of many things Tamara will probably try to talk him out of because no.
iitrebel: (sassybird) (Sorry for trying to baptize you)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-02-09 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. Sounds like quite a conundrum. It's not really one Artolo thinks he's suited to handle, either, cooking not exactly being any area of expertise he's in. He continues to eat the cupcake, wadding up the paper when he's done.

"Do you remember anything special about it?"
iitrebel: (sassybird) (Troll Jesus was obviously not given)

[personal profile] iitrebel 2016-02-09 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thank god for the shrink, more like," Artolo snarks back. His mouth runs on autopilot. There's no stopping it, especially when he feels too jittery to care. Anyway, his thoughts are elsewhere.

"I keep the cats in a separate apartment, since my manager still throws a fit at the idea of the staying in the penthouse..." He hops from one foot to another, brain going back through everything. "I've been trying to work on a camera system to watch over them, but it's been bugging on me all day... Ghosts hate tech shit, right?"
giglio_madonna: (Other people are born with stars at)

[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-02-09 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a dilemma Luce is quite familiar with. Thoughts like this haven't been uncommon for her ever since the Solstice Incident. Trying to leave Virgo, she knows, will mean more than just having lost an amazing job and potentially struggling to find work. She saw a woman die that night. There's no telling what could happen.

"There's no premade safe space for any of us," she says slowly, shifting and with her arms loosely wrapped about her. "Pride is openly a questionable place, but Virgo isn't much better, I suspect. If there's anywhere we could be safe... It's something we'd have to make ourselves."
snapcrackleburn: (smile smirk)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-09 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I won't call it strange if you don't. [ Roy suggests it with a smirk. ]

Perhaps this is what other artists meant when they said they were inspired by a muse.
notahobby: (maxxie057)

[personal profile] notahobby 2016-02-09 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maxxie's completely distracted by the music, totally unaware that they're now filling up the whole cafe with their improvised song. It's a good song at least - full of energy and soft at the same time.]
blindfoldcode: (is all that i've ever known)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-02-09 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
What, no! I thought you knew! I promised him I wouldn't tell--don't bring it up.
traumatizing: (pic#605215)

[personal profile] traumatizing 2016-02-09 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess that's true.

[He chews his lip for a moment-- Sabo's right, even if Terry's perfectionism kinda makes him stress about every little thing. But hey, enough about all his failures.]

What about you? Been working on anything?
thelittlemerman: (sad//it takes ten times as long)

[personal profile] thelittlemerman 2016-02-09 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He is not put off by the scoff! You can't get rid of him that easily, Johanna.]

What, you don't want any friends?