☆TRACK IV: COME TOO FAR

[interdimanagers]

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.”

Comments

[magic_to_do]

[Sitting sounds like good advice, and she nods distractedly and slumps back onto the couch. Once seated again, she attempts a weak smile.]

We sure do... A lot of people are sick today. Something must.... be going around.

[She shivers a little, wishing she had a blanket. But getting up to get one seems.... ambitious. Too ambitious right now.]

[tigermillionaire]

[His face flushes. It isn't just feeling sick, for him, but he's scared to tell her the truth. He wraps his arms around himself, shrinking down against his knees.]

It...Something...Something is really wrong. With me.

[He doesn't know how to say it.]

[magic_to_do]

[Getting up for the blanket was far too ambitious, but getting up to comfort Tiger is apparently not. Trucy pulls herself up with effort and stumbles across the room, gingerly lowering herself down next to him. And then she very gently puts an arm around him, pulling him into a weak hug.]

It'll... it'll be okay. Whatever's wrong, we'll figure it out.

[tigermillionaire]

[He looks at her cautiously but miraculously doesn't actually pull away. He feels bad. Really bad.]

You...You remember everything, right? You didn't forget?

[magic_to_do]

No, I didn't forget...


[She shakes her head and tries not to look as worried as she is, but...]

But Kido said you were having trouble remembering stuff. Is it really bad?

[tigermillionaire]

[He's quiet for a moment, and then he nods. She already knows, then. At least there's that.]

Yeah. I'm...I'm sorry that I don't...know you.

[magic_to_do]

Oh...

[Well that... hurts. She can't deny that. But it must be even harder on Tiger, so she musters up a smile anyway.]

It's... okay. I remember you. I'll just have to remember enough for both of us. Until you're better.

[tigermillionaire]

...

[It's nice of her, anyway. Like this, Tiger doesn't seem to have the same edges that he does otherwise - there's no anger in his distress, only fear and sadness.]

I don't really...know what I'm doing. Kido said my dad isn't around, and...he's the only thing I remember.

[magic_to_do]

Your dad...?

[Well, she's not going to lie to him.]

Yeah. Kido was right. Sorry... If there was anything I could do to help you find him...

[Missing father is resonating on a level she didn't expect. Suddenly, an image flashes through her head of a little girl sitting and waiting in the office of someone she barely knew. Waiting to find out if they had found her father yet. They didn't. They never found him. But... that never happened to her. So why does it... feel so real? She hasn't noticed the tears rolling down her cheeks yet.]

[tigermillionaire]

[He looks at her, and there is a kind of compassion in his eyes that Tiger himself has never shown before. Like her crying alone is enough to cause him acute distress. He leans towards her, frowning.]

Are...are you okay? You don't have to be sorry, it's not your fault...

[magic_to_do]

[She hurriedly wipes at her eyes and shakes her head.]

I'm okay. I'm just tired. We all are.

[It takes more effort than it ever has before, but she manages a weak smile. She doesn't want him to worry about her.]

Things... things will be better tomorrow.

[They have to be.]