☆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

[sponsorigami]

The whole penthouse. Something we can't see is messing with us, and if it's ghost or spirit related, this might help drive them away.

[trustme]

Spirits? Are you refering to the little light sprites that were down in the basement? -I mean. Right you- you weren't there, Juno went off with you...

[ He taps his fingers on his mug and starts over with a smile. ]

What do you know? There were floating lights in the basement that night. Sorry you missed it.

[sponsorigami]

I saw them. There weren't so many when I came back. I know they can be dangerous.

[ And some spirits can possess people. Like him. Ivan pauses with his salt pouring. ]

Would you like some tea when you're done with that?

[ He's planning on keeping the Doctor here and as calm as possible. ]

[trustme]

Oh yes more tea would be excellent.

[ But back to the truly interesting topic! ] What's so dangerous about the lights? Did Juno say something about them?

[sponsorigami]

[ He freezes for a moment. Juno had told him not to worry his band too much about that and what they talked about. Then he quickly resumes making a cup of tea for the Doctor. ]

She didn't really tell me much, but me acting like I did then wasn't supposed to happen.

[trustme]

Have any of the others told you what happened after you left the scene? You weren't the only one who was feeling unwell.

Funny thing, them leaving us alone with the 'dangerous' lights by ourselves for several hours.

[ Doctor takes a long sip from his mug, watching closely for Ivan's reaction. ]

[sponsorigami]

Even if there weren't as many, I saw what the lights were doing when I came back.

[ He's going to purposely not talk about being left there to sort things out as he's trying to figure out what might be the reasoning for that. There has to be something, right? ]

[trustme]

What the lights were doing? You mean... Giving people more visions and improving their moods?

[ That was Doctor's experience any how. ]

[sponsorigami]

Yeah, well... not all of them improved their moods. Some did.

[ Ivan practically flipped out when he got his memory back because his next one caused him to have a panic attack. ]