☆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

[faithfulflame]

Yes.

[Rei says that simply.]

But not sick. Just...like something's missing. Like I should be doing something but I don't know what it is. It's really strange, but it's like I've lost something and just can't quite remember what, if that makes sense.

[trustme]

I've felt something more than sickness too. When it all started it felt like something was calling to me at first. Like I needed to go somewhere or find someone. And then it hurt. Like the moment you find out something terrible has happened. You can't breathe for a moment because your heart hurts that badly.

Then I was on the floor all fevery and heart poundy.

[faithfulflame]

Ah...no I haven't had quite that feeling yet. But I just felt like I'd been robbed. No fever, thankfully.

[Sitting, she puts a hand to his forehead.]

Goodness you are warm. Should I get a cool cloth? [Nevermind that sitting, she gets up and walks back...] I'll get a cool cloth.

[trustme]

[ Doctor waits on the couch for her return. Had he been more energetic he'd go with her or at least move around more. For the time, he's left drinking and kicking his feet restlessly.

When Rei is in sight again he immediately launches into conversation. ]

I hope Virgo explains things to us or at least sends some medical advice out. I have music to compose! Especially now when I'm trying to prove a point to that bugger, Yan.

[faithfulflame]

[Wandering back, Rei sits and applies the cloth directly to forehead.]

Yan? Who's that?

[trustme]

He's the bloat playing bass for the Old Dirt Road. I met him in the basement and he seemed fine then but we recently had an unpleasant conversation. It all started out with him sneering at my taste in entertainment and from there it raveled into a bigger mess. By the end of the conversation he had told me that he doesn't think music has the power to change people's lives. He thinks of it simply as a product.

[faithfulflame]

Then...he's a moron.

[What else do you say to that, dad?]

[trustme]

[ Doctor bites his lip and gives a look on the level of a guilty dog. ]

I've been stay... open-hearted and understanding towards him. So I haven't called him a moron but...

[ It's on his mind now that you mention it. ]

[faithfulflame]

But you've thought it. It's alright. Some people are morons.

haha oh man you can tell that last reply was written quickly late at night

[trustme]

[ Doctor bobs his head up and down. Guilty as charged. ]

He's smart in other ways I'm sure. He just has a terrible philosophy and way about approaching music. I feel a little bad for his band.