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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.”
sponsorigami: icon of Ivan flustered (漫画 Why am I the fandom bicycle?)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-26 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Okay. So, if he's not dreaming or completely losing it after all the vision-memories he's starting to see (including a major bombshell of one from playing with Rarity and co.), then at least this one seems to like the shamisen.

Ivan follows along with his playing, and when he stops, he asks,
]

... You're not going to make me break this against a speaker, are you?
sponsorigami: Ivan with his eyes closed (ゲーム Sleep time now? Sleep time now)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-27 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ The presence feels familiar, only it's gentler and more... asking?

Ivan takes a deep breath and goes still. And like when his power wants to activate, Ivan relaxes and lets it happen.

There's so much he wants to know and understand. Who is he? Who exactly is that version of himself that is both a hero and a failure? And... he knows what he did, or rather didn't do, that ruined Edward's life. He didn't act. He did nothing. Edward paid the price for Ivan not helping him.

He never wants to feel that pain and regret or cause the people he cared about that kind of suffering again.
]
sponsorigami: icon of Ivan flustered (漫画 Why am I the fandom bicycle?)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-29 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's easier to think of this like when Doctor is talking into his head, even though he isn't so fond of that either. Ivan doesn't move and speaks softly aloud, afraid to do much more than that lest something happen. ]

Yeah... I'm here.
sponsorigami: Ivan looking shocked and worried (最初 The tea leaves foretell my death...)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-29 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
I-I wasn't entirely sure...

[ He's not going to comment about it being weird. He feels that is more obvious. ]

Um... Sorry about the salt... I wasn't sure if you were a nice or harmful ghost.
sponsorigami: Ivan looking upward without helmet (漫画 I feel they'll both turn out wrong)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-29 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ It didn't?! Oh no... he's... going to need to do some major apologies to the cleaning staff for the senseless mess. ]

My real... what I see sometimes, that's not a past life or something else. That's... me...?

[ He doesn't say it, but he's inclined to believe the ghost because it feels... right? But how? ]
sponsorigami: Ivan in a kimono with Pao-Lin's hairpin and origami crane (dnt) (映美 Thinking of you always)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-29 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Something in his heart skips. Wait, if he's seeing his currently life--assuming it is true, which it feels right--then that means Edward

Is Edward okay? Ivan wants to ask, but he's also afraid of the answer.
]

I don't. Not after what I heard they did at that party. I-I didn't see it, but I trust those who did.
sponsorigami: icon of Ivan looking upset (漫画 I am my own worst enemy)

Welp! Ivan's in

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-29 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's easy to image how the ghost must feel. Ivan has felt it before. Once he failed. The other time... he still doesn't know what became of Edward. ]

What can I do?

... And, um, what's your name? I'm Ivan Karelin... If that's actually my real name...
sponsorigami: No helmet Ivan in a spiked room (忍 Spikes are instant death)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-29 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
I can imagine. I remember going down there, and I think I could try to find my way back.

[ He feels partially responsible for the wards. He probably unknowingly helped Virgo with them somehow. ]
sponsorigami: icon of Ivan flustered (漫画 Why am I the fandom bicycle?)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-01-29 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't gotten the hang of it fully, but I think I can squeeze into small spaces if I need to.

[ Read: I can turn into a tiny fox among other things. ]