interstellar5555 | ☆TRACK IV: COME TOO FAR

Who: Everyone!
What: Something explodes in the distance. In a figurative sense.
When: November 6th.
Where: Anywhere you are.
Warnings: ???

“Like the legend of the Phoenix,
All ends with beginnings,
What keeps the planets spinning,
The force from the beginning.”

☆COME TOO FAR

On November 6th, the sudden lockdown of Pride Records and Virgo Entertainment finally ends. But not before some unseen actions have their consequences.

Due to the nature of the conflict, none of you can be there to see it, but that doesn't mean it can't be felt. In the morning of the 6th, something cries out to you spiritually - like the voice of a guardian angel, or a haunting ghost. Something, somewhere, is calling on you for aid. Pleading for you to lend it your power.

Whether or not you consciously agree, you'll feel a connection stronger than anything you've felt up till this point, like whatever this creature is is somehow in the room with you, or maybe like you're with it. What happens next depends on your alignment.

► LOVE & HOPE: All at once, characters with these alignments will feel as if they have taken a deep, spiritual blow - much like having someone clasp their hand around your "soul" and attempt to snuff it out. The attack itself will be brutal but brief. It's the after effects that linger, which may be any of the following:

1) Lingering spiritual pain that triggers symptoms akin to a fever in the body. It may also trigger effects such as nosebleeds and other signs of intense stress.

2) Forgetting everything except the memories you've regained.

3) A feeling of being desperately alone. How your character reacts to this feeling can vary, but the most common response will be seeking comfort from anyone nearby, even if you are not usually the sort of person to do that.

These effects will last from anywhere as short at 15 minutes to as long as 5 hours. You can pick more than one of these effects for a character, but try to balance the potency of each if you take more than one, so you aren't completely kicking the shit out of them. Vestiges of these effects can linger throughout the rest of the day, but in a significantly reduced capacity.

► DUTY & PASSION: All at once, characters with these alignments will feel an intense sense of fear and grief, as if they have lost something extremely precious to them. Generally speaking, this will manifest as a sort of panic or desperation to save whatever that thing is - but not being entirely clear on where they have to go or what they have to do to accomplish it. This can very well trigger some brash and irrational actions as they sort out this abrupt feeling of urgency.

1) Soon after the feeling begins, affected characters will feel empathically drawn to the characters suffering from the effects listed for Hope & Love, even if they are not normally the sort to be so concerned for others. This can go as far as having them be aggressively protective to the point that they will conflict with each other over it.

2) Along with that feeling of being drawn to protect them, all characters will feel an intensified kinship with all the other player characters - from both labels. This feeling of kinship won't cause them to know anything more about each other than they did before, but it will cause them to feel like much closer friends than they actually are.

These effects will last from anywhere as short at 15 minutes to as long as 5 hours. After that period has ended, all these empathetic effects will fade off on their own.

Any network posts made in the chaos will be deleted by the execs after the 5 hours period has closed, if not sooner. By the end of the day, Lesedi Santiago and Edward Blanche will announce their return, and bans from leaving HQ will be lifted.

They will not acknowledge the events of the morning unless someone goes to ask them about it.

“We've come too far 
to give up who we are.
So, let's raise the bar 
and our cups to the stars.”

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[That's all that needs to be said for Sora to climb up and over Maxxie, finding a spot to curl up behind him on the couch, and ending up with his head resting against Maxxie's back. Then he reaches a hand out to grab Jamie's, to hold it but also to pull him a little closer so he's not so far away.]

You get over here, too. [...it would possibly sound like a demand, if there wasn't such sadness and almost desperation in it.]

[Jamie hesitates, just a little, partly out of habit but also because he's not sure Maxxie wants him any closer when things are still so strained between them. He can't resist Sora's beseeching tone, though, and slinks up nearer to them on the couch, positioning himself so that he's sort of lying half on Sora's legs and half on Maxxie's.]

...is this okay?

It's fine.

[Maxxie's voice sounds melancholy, but he thinks he'll only feels worse if he goes on and on about how awful he feels, so he remains silent. With a sigh, he closes his eyes and curls up a little tighter, clinging to the couch. This is better, having his bandmates here with him.]

[B has spent most of the day... well, pacing, mostly. He's not sure what else to do. Something is wrong, he's got to fix it, but he doesn't know what it is, let alone what to do about it.

His wandering finally takes him to the room where his bandmates are lying on the couch, and he doesn't waste any time in heading over, leaning toward them worriedly.]

Hey. You guys alright?

[It's now that Yosuke walks into the room. He looks shaken, more so than he's ever been in his whole life. He doesn't know what's wrong, it almost feels as if he'd lost something. Like the girl in his visions, the one that he can't figure out who she was or why she was so important. He stops in the doorway, casting a glance over the three boys on the couch.

He has mixed feelings. They all looked horrible, every single one of them, but at the same time...

It's getting a little gay in here.

His words catch in his throat, as it's obvious that he wants to do something to help them, or keep them from being harmed...but...at the same time...]

Yeah...I was wondering the same thing. Because this is seriously awkward...

[Sora had closed his eyes once Jamie had come closer to him and Maxxie like he wanted, feeling comfort in the proximity of both of them. He opens his eyes though at the sound of B's and Yosuke's voices, and blinks at them over Maxxie's shoulder. His eyes are tired and a little puffy around the edges.]

...why is it awkward? This morning just... really, really sucks.

[He nestles in the warmth of the cuddlepile they've made and closes his eyes again, with a sigh, though it still sounds more melancholy than peaceful. Practically in a whisper, he adds:] I just wanted to not be alone.

[Jamie's eyes flick between Yosuke and B as he lies there draped over his other two bandmates. Whereas before desperation had outweighed his hesitation, his usual stand-offishness and everything else, now he just looks increasingly like he's been caught in the middle of something he'd rather not have other people see. Finally he speaks.]

...it was Maxxie's idea. He was being emo.

[Excellent. Nice save.]

[B stands there for a moment, looking over his miserable-looking bandmates with a frown. Then he heads over and drops down onto a semi-open spot on the couch. His friends are clearly upset, and if this has a chance of making them feel better, he's gonna go for it.]

Seems like a pretty good idea to me.

You too...?

[He walks over, but stands in front of the couch instead of sitting with the rest of them. He's not totally buying Jamie's excuse, even if it was Maxxie's idea. Because as far as he's concerned, they were all being emo- including Yosuke. He sighs, and his eyes soften.]

Yeah. Today really has been pretty shitty, huh.

[Maxxie kicks Jamie. Not hard enough to push him off the couch, but hard enough.]

I'm sick, jerk.

[To illustrate the point, he shivers a bit violently, as if the energy of berating Jamie threw off his carefully maintained body temperature.]

[Sora shifts to take hold of B's arm with his free one, since he's refusing to let go of Jamie's hand with the other. Apparently he's determined to be in contact with as many of them as possible. All of them would be nice but Yosuke is too far away.]

Hey, no kicking. And be nice, Jamie. Just... No fighting right now. [This... comes off as slightly whiny but he feels like crap so forgive him.]

Am I going to have to separate you guys?

[He will too. He really doesn't want them to fight, not right now. Even more so than usual.]

[Jamie makes a little whining noise as Maxxie kicks him, lets himself be scolded by Sora and Yosuke, and heaves a quiet little sigh.] Sorry.

[He twists to look over his shoulder at B.] So how're you guys holding up?

Yeah, c'mon - not now, guys. [Everyone's already miserable, and the last thing he wants is for them to make each other feel worse.

He just gives a slight shrug in response.] Could be worse, I guess. Mostly just... kind of on-edge.

☆TRACK IV: COME TOO FAR

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