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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.”
blindfoldcode: (if you're lonely)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-25 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[She just as instinctively pulls him close, putting herself between him and them if they somehow should bump her to see her, or if it doesn't work on them. God, she really half-expects it not to work on them. She tugs her hood down over her eyes.]

Can't be anything good. Let them pass.
tigermillionaire: (ohhhh no no noooo)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2016-01-26 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[They don't look straight at them as they stand huddled there and waiting, but to Tiger's dread, they do slow down nearby, looking around as if they heard something strange. He doesn't know what it could be. But they linger.]

Maybe...maybe we should just go, before they...

[Find them? Is that even possible?]
blindfoldcode: (isn't enoguh)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-26 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[She pulls Tiger closer as they slow down, almost frozen in fear. If they're caught, she's so fucked and Tiger is so fucked probably just from being near her. But then she nods.]

Yeah. Stay close. [She tries to give them a wide berth...]
blindfoldcode: (isn't enoguh)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-30 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[She swallows hard as she clutches Tiger to her.]

What the hell is mana?
tigermillionaire: (THINKIN ABOUT STUFF)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2016-01-30 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Tiger seems like he isn't sure if he should speak right now, but after a moment, he answers in a soft and shaky voice:]

Um...I...I dunno. Something they can feel, I guess...
blindfoldcode: (we live a dying dream)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-30 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Let's get out of here quick before they turn around.
tigermillionaire: (doki doki artichoki)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2016-01-30 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods and squeezes her hand tight before beginning to shuffle down the hall again, as quickly as he can while remaining silent.]
blindfoldcode: (all that i've ever known)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-30 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
All right. You're the guide. Where do we go? [Aside from to the elevator.]
tigermillionaire: (eh...)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2016-01-30 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[He falls silent for a while, guiding her forward by her hand while staring forward, as if in a daze. There's been that music, all night. That feeling in his head, where music just felt so much closer.

He starts singing, seemingly unknowing, at first almost too quiet to hear.]


Never knew, I could feel like this...
Like I've never seen the sky before...
Wanted to vanish in this abyss...
I don't want it to be like that anymore...

[He's not even paying enough attention to be embarrassed.]
blindfoldcode: (in defense of our dreams)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-30 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[She listens to him, not wanting to interrupt his song. Besides, she wants to know what he's going to sing next. It's something special to see his feelings, she thinks anyway.]
tigermillionaire: (no fighting shakira shakira)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2016-01-31 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Listen to that voice, can you hear it sing?

[He pauses in his step to look back to her, as if he's really asking her the question even though he's singing the whole thing. It just feels so natural, right now, he doesn't even really notice he's doing it.]

I hope that you can forgive everything...

[He moves back towards her, and wraps his arms around her waist in a hug. He feels so strange about who he is, and how he's been all these month. He closes his eyes and keeps singing, his voice becoming soft again.]

Seasons may change from winter to spring...
But I'll love you no matter who we are.
blindfoldcode: (makes no sound)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-31 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[This is very new, but... Kido stops in her walk. No one can see them, no one is near, and she can pick up the tune, she thinks, as she crouches in front of him so it doesn't have to be her waist he's holding onto.

Her voice is soft but confident, and she holds onto his arms. She's trying to be gentle, comforting.]


It's not as if our world has been a perfect place
And I know that it's love you've been trying to chase
It won't matter who we are, in any case
You should know I feel it too.

[She runs her hand over his hair as comfortingly as she can. It's affectionate. Even though she knows not to mess with his hair. She as a human being just doesn't know how to say that she loves him too, so please take the vague agreement to the sentiment.]
tigermillionaire: (doki doki artichoki)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2016-01-31 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[It's okay. He used to hate that touch - anyone messing his hair, with his clothes. He didn't want to be touched. He didn't want to be messed with my anyone, ever. But now...now it seems okay. It's been a long time.

They continue to sing together, the power of the music between them seeming to grow. Unknowing, feelings of Tiger's affection mingle into the empathic vibe of the words.]


And there's no mountain too high, no river too wide.
Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side.
Storm clouds may gather,
And stars may collide...

[For a moment, the music softens again. And Tiger finished, in gentle words:]

But I'll love you...no matter what you hide.

[They are both bathed in the warm pink light of Steven's gem.]
blindfoldcode: (until i grasp your hand)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-31 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Kido never really feels calm, but this is close to what she assumes it might be. Her chest feels as warm as her eyes (though a small part of her is still concerned those red eyes might frighten him.

Kido pulls him close to her in that second. Tiger is precious to her. And something inside of her needs to keep what's precious near her, keep him safe. There's a fear deep inside her that can't be erased that if she lets go, she's going to lose him too.]
tigermillionaire: (AWKWARD LAUGH HA HA?)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2016-01-31 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[The light fades.

They've felt this before. Or...he has felt this before? They haven't. Or they sort of have, but only part of them. But functionally all of them? Eugh. They steady themselves, suddenly without another person to lean on - lifting themselves to their full height which is much taller than they are accustomed to.

Their feel their waist. Their bare arms. The long, fluffy ringlets of green and yellow. Oh. Um.

It's different, but the same. This is all they've ever been, but they've only been around for a few rare moments.]


Whoa...sorry?

[They feel like they should apologize to...someone? Who, though?]
Edited 2016-01-31 02:22 (UTC)
blindfoldcode: (to no avail)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-31 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
No it's--

[Who are they talking to? They blink, pausing as their fingers catch in their hair. It seems wrong in a way--right in a way, but... does it normally tangle? They look from side to side, to see if anyone's around, if anyone might have seen. But the hall is still clear.

Their heart thuds in their chest. This is strange. But not a bad strange. Just... strange. Kind of warm, maybe.]


What's happening?
tigermillionaire: (uh...?!)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2016-01-31 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
I've done this before...right?

[They think about explaining, and then realize it isn't really necessary.]

It was...Greg.

[They tug on their hood in a moment of confusion, and then shake it off. What do they do now? Can they still feel it? They pause for a moment to see if those feelings drawing them towards the music are still there - they are.]

Can we - yeah.

[They take a step towards their destination - but can they still stay hidden?]
blindfoldcode: (between heaven and hell)

[personal profile] blindfoldcode 2016-01-31 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
[It takes concentration, but without overwhelming fear being the driving force in them, it's not so bad keeping up the concealment. Almost like it's natural and comforting.

Still, those first few steps are a little weird. Wobbily as they come to terms with being together and whole and one.

But the feeling is important. The feeling is new but it's not. Like part of them understands. But all of them wants to follow.]