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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[She wraps her arms around Trucy's shoulder to hold her still.]

Yeah. [A beat.] Want to wait until you can walk, or should I carry you? [She already did it with Tiger.]

Just... give me a minute. It's been.... it comes and goes.

[She means the dizziness and fever.]

Are you... okay?

[Trucy's seen a number of sick people today.]

[Kido's face somehow falls further.] I'm fine. I'm more worried about you guys.

[That plural gets a worried frown.]

What else happened? Are Tiger and Pinkie okay?

I think Tiger's sick. I got him in bed...

Oh... Poor Tiger...

[Her brow furrows in concern.]

I wonder if we caught the same thing...

[It would make sense because they live together.]

I don't think so. His is a little different.

[She looks at Trucy with a frown.] You know who I am, at least. For now.

Wh- what?

[Trucy is pretty sure she heard that wrong.]

Of course I know who you are...

[Could she be saying Tiger didn't know? That he didn;t recognize her?]

It isn't much of an "of course" today.

[She shakes her head.] Need me to carry you?

[Trucy shakes her head.]

I think... I can walk. Just let me lean on you, okay?

[She pushes herself back to a shaky standing position.]

[Kido wraps her arm around Trucy, holding on tightly.] If you can't, it's okay.

I'll be fine...

[She does manage to walk, but she's leaning on Kido pretty heavily. Still, at least they can get back up to penthouse this way.]

We're really... making things tough on you, huh?

[The whole band sick and Kido trying help them all out... Trucy feels bad.]

No, we're a family. This is the kinda stuff we do. If I was sick, you'd do the same, right?

[She actually says that all with sincerity.

[Even as bad as she feels, Trucy can't help but smile at that.]

Yeah. We are...

[Trucy feels closer to her surrogate family than she ever has to any of her actual relatives. ~~Which sadly is not entirely an effect of her brainwashing.~~ ]

[Kido's in the same boat.]

Oh, good. I'm not exactly an authority on family. I didn't know if that was the right way to put it. Are you sure you don't want me to carry you? I've carried heavier before.

I'll make it. I think the dizziness is already passing.

[She does feel a little steadier. Maybe this won't be as bad as she thought.]

And you don't have to be an authority on anything. Family is about feelings. That's what matters. I'm so lucky to have you guys.

[She smiles at that.] We're the lucky ones. You're not feeling good and you're still keeping your chin up. How many people can do that?

Well... that's my job, I guess. Someone has stay positive, right?

[And she'll keep that up as long as she needs to. As long as they need her too.]

It's... really all I can do.

That's not true. You're damn good when you play, and I don't know anyone else who can do magic. You do a lot for us.

[She'd nudge Trucy if she was on her own two feet, but for now she just tries to keep a smile on her face.]

I can put on a good show. I'm good on stage. But you're the one who supports us. Keeps us going. I can do a lot for our band, but....

[She closes her eyes, a wistful smile on her face.]

I wish I could do more. For our family.

You do a hell of a lot and you know it. I'm shit on stage, and I'm not good with people. Tiger's a force to be reckoned with, Pinkie's great at making connections. You keep everybody from falling apart.

We all do stuff. That's why we work together. That's how we got here. You're talking like you're tired and I think you need to get in bed.

[She is tired. And feeling lonely and sad and very unlike herself. Trucy usually has an easy time reaching through any pain she's in to find an optimistic smile. But not today. Today it's just.... too hard. She should rest. And just have faith that she'll feel better in the morning.]

You're right. We got here together.

[And they had to stick together. They had to support each other and believe in each other and believe in themselves too.]

Sorry... it's just.... been a rough day. I'll feel better tomorrow.

If not, I'll keep looking out for you. [She sighs, heavily. Why is her ENTIRE BAND a mess?]

So just worry about you.

I know...

[Trucy leans a little more on Kido, as much for comfort as support.]

Let's get back to the penthouse. I'll be okay tomorrow.

[She's determined. She won't be any more of a burden if she can help it.]

[Kido's arm around her tightens and she nods. She'll help her onto the elevator?]

At least we don't have to take the stairs.

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