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C E R E A L I A ★ M O D S。 ([personal profile] reparator) wrote in [community profile] estoria2015-12-15 05:00 pm

//EVENT023.EXE

Who: Everyone + the ghosts of Christmas past the ghosts who aren't the ghosts of Christmas past
When: OOC: 12/16 to 12/23 ; IC: 4/22 to 4/26
Where: All around Cerealia
What: We have some new friends visiting.
Rating/Warning: PG-13 for violent and dangerous situations; please let the mods know if the rating needs to go up or the log needs to be locked!




//event023.EXE



The metaphorical sun is shining today -- until it isn't. All of a sudden, there's a creeping sensation up your spine, and the sense that something bad is coming. The day seems a little darker. And those closer to the source who are in their homes in the residential district will understand that sensation better than anyone.

The pure of heart throughout the city who have been feeling under the weather lately will suddenly feel a terrible sense of all-encompassing dread overcome them. A loud metal groan will echo throughout the city as once again, the city undergoes surprise renovations. But today it is not what has been keeping the residents in – but rather some surprise visitors who have wanted out.

And there's a message on the wind, one that might be heard for anyone who listens hard enough...


Murderers.

Murderers.

Murderersmurderersmurderers.

//SCENARIOS.EXE


PHASE I

[ 9:00 ] The peace of the morning in the Residential District shatters just as the wall caves through. It’s a small segment of wall -- no more than five feet across at most. And yet the crash and groan of the metal being stretched is ominously accompanied by the distinct piercing screech of metal and another sound. A raucous noise, a combination of ungodly wailing and sharp, victorious laughter spills forth from the hole left in the wall as a myriad of ghosts and spirits erupt from the newly created exit. Characters with any type of spiritual sense will find themselves nearly overwhelmed by the amount of negative ghostly energy that suddenly floods Cerealia and characters with no sense of preservation will find any attempt to enter the hole blocked by the fiercest of ghosts, met with deadly force if they try to pass, as the ghosts won’t hesitate to do things such as reach straight into your body to try to stop your heart.

These ghosts are out for blood, and they don’t seem to stop no matter how you try to talk to them -- they just hiss out, over and over again, “Murderersmurderersmurderers.

From there, the ghosts move on. Their true target, after all, is CERES… but to them, there’s no difference between the character players and CERES. They’ll go for whoever gets in their way, phasing through walls and becoming tangible long enough to reach for characters before fading away again. Characters with special abilities will find themselves in a similar state. Their abilities may increase and decrease in power sporadically, or be completely gone. They may attempt to cast a spell only to find that the wrong spell is cast instead, or an attempt at healing may end up a more dangerous spell. Be careful with your own magical skills!

Those with items or powers specifically intended to ward off spirits will still fulfill their intended purposes when used – unless malicious spiritual energy gets to them first.

PHASE II

[ 14:00 ] It seems the ghosts have more tricks up their sleeves. It seems that a not-so-friendly ghost has decided to play a game with you. It doesn't matter where you are, or what you're doing, because a moment later a voice calls out -- Hey. Can you see me? -- and once you turn your head, you’ll come face to face with a surprise.

Who is it in this world (or your world, or any world) that you have managed to disappoint the most? A family member? A friend? Yourself? They face you now, eyes full of sadness, and they say, “I need you to do something for me.” Without another word, they’ll turn away and begin to walk. Your vision grows foggy, focused solely on the need to do whatever this person wants – they need you, after all. Your legs move to follow them, unless you manage to somehow resist.

But you apparently don’t seem to notice that you’re the only one who can see this person – or that they’re leading you stray toward that monorail track with the sound of the train coming closer, or that busy intersection, or right off the sky bridge.

PHASE III

[ 6:00 ] Other ghosts don’t feel like borrowing faces in order to inflict damage. No, they’ll inflict their damage on a far more personal level. They manifest suddenly and without warning – then all it takes is a simple touch. A ghostly hand reaches out to you and it feels like the cold wraps around your heart, and your vision skews, and then... they leave just as suddenly as they came.

Those who have been around for awhile may very well recognize the ghosts, at that.

But the damage has already been done. Depending on a character’s assigned sense, they will feel one of the following changes:

Sight: Hopefully you aren’t in the habit of bending the truth. Dead men tell no tales, they say. But what happens to a living person unable to tell lies? Any attempt at telling any lie or falsehood will cause the character to feel as though their throat has closed off, and they can do nothing more than choke.

Smell: The cold passes, but in some way that it never really leaves. And then everything seems perfectly normal. Nothing has changed, right? You're fine -- except that in a short period of time with how crazy things are, it becomes apparent that you're unable to feel pain. The damage to your body is the same as ever, but dangerously, you can't feel a thing.

Taste: It would appear as though the ghosts have a sense of humor. From those who rest in eternal slumber, try a few days of being unable to sleep. Everything seems fine at first... but slowly but surely, that lack of sleep will start to take its toll.

Hearing: Most others would feel relief once the ghosts left, finally a moment of peace. But you? You don’t feel anything – nothing kind, anyway. Rather, you have been left unable to feel joy. Everything seems either bleak or as though it simply has no emotional impact at all.

Touch: How many deaths have been caused in the name of heroics? Apparently in an attempt to keep future casualties down (or perhaps for their own laughter), the ghosts have left you unable to be brave. Suddenly, a situation you'd face fearlessly is one that has sent you running, panic sharp in your chest.

These effects will last throughout the event, if a character is caught by them.

PHASE IV

[ 10:00 ] While chaos erupts throughout the city, some of the more misguided ghosts (but still bloodthirsty, so very bloodthirsty) just happened to run into the wrong part of town and don’t know how to give a proper scaring. One ghost seems to think that it was a great idea to possess a masseusebot from the Spa. You’re grabbed suddenly! You fight for your life but can’t seem to get yourself out of its metal grip! With expert precision that only a robot can mange, it finds your pressure points – and releases all that tension from this Incredibly Bad Day. The ghost inside the robot is confused, distressed -- why is this human suddenly so relaxed? It only wants to murder. But the only illegal thing happening here is how good this massage makes you feel.

Maybe later you’ll walk down the street and get stopped by the ghost that possessed a balloon dispenser. Perhaps a ghost has possessed the friendly McCERES mascot, and is now handing out coupons with murderous intent. And of course, there are always the hug bots...

Look, they tried really hard, okay.

Of course... they might end up possessing technology a little closer to home as well, at which point it's not so funny.

BONUS

[ xx:xx ] Hopefully you have friends who have ghost-fighting skills. Or ghost-taming skills. Or ghost-bellydancing skills, who knows, we won't judge them if you don't. But what of those poor people who come from worlds where the supernatural is some weird television show?

Worry not, poor souls, for CERES is here to provide! Some time after the ruckus begins, characters will find what looks to be a hand-held vacuum cleaner situated innocuously in their rooms (only one per person, you greedy gus). The logo on the side will helpfully inform you that this is of CERES make, because the paper pamphlet beside your new device? Well, it's more like a picture book. Observe Stick-Man Sully as he uses his vacuum cleaner to capture ghosts! Learn from his stellar example! Do not stick the hose in your mouth or attempt to give the vacuum CPR, there's a big X over that picture. Also of the one where Stick-Man Sully sets his captive ghosts free once more, we don't want that, do we?

Your new ghost vacuum should prove effective against any ghastly ghoul that shoots your way, but beware! Should you capture a ghost and not turn in your vacuum to CERES for weekly ghost disposal, your ghost will serenade you in the wee hours of the morning with its song of choice. If you capture a whole horde of ghosts, well, congratulations. You have a boy band living in your vacuum.


[ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with sensitive or inappropriate material and do let a mod know if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so we can lock the log. ]

//RUN.EXE

Welcome to Cerealia's DECEMBER event! Please visit the OOC information here, and should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! You can also check the FAQ for more general inquiries. This event will last from 12/16 to 12/23, or IC 4/22 to 4/26. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you!

psycholawgy: (we gun run this mothfucka down)

bonus b

[personal profile] psycholawgy 2015-12-16 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ athena just wanted to investigate what all of this was, and she's a bit surprised to see dipper just there. the normal athena would be more concerned about what a young boy is doing out when there's dangers running about, but this isn't the normal athena. she's a bit less... intense, but it's not like anybody could tell. ]

Alright, you can teach me.

[ what she would usually say excitedly is spiced with nothing - not even an exclamation point. why does she sound like she's dead? ah, maybe because she was just, and she's also incapable of any positive emotions at the moment.

her eyes move from left to right before looking back at dipper. ]


I guess you should hurry up, [ said with no sense of urgency at all. ]
Edited (oops) 2015-12-16 10:26 (UTC)
cryptologic: (▲ throughout england and france)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-17 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ In contrast, Dipper's glad to see a friend at the door of his base - even if she sounds...tired? no, that's not quite it. He seems like his normal self, if perhaps in even better spirits (pun intended) thanks to his sense of accomplishment of fighting off the ghosts. ]

Oh, uh, right. I don't want to leave you hanging out there. Okay - the handshake goes like this. Don't teach it to anyone else unless you're absolutely positive it's really them.

[ He holds out his hand. Are you ready for this, Athena? It might not be quite as complicated as it could be, but like a good cipher, a good secret handshake is a bit tricky! ]
psycholawgy: (how can you resist this face?!)

[personal profile] psycholawgy 2015-12-17 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Alright.

[ did you just pat her butt, dipper. hopefully not! she gets awfully violent when men give her unwanted physical contact... (aka she might just totally judo flip you and throw you back inside.) ]

That was totally elaborate, wasn't it.
cryptologic: (▲ but terror takes the sound)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-17 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ He wouldn't dare touch her butt. No, he definitely leaves that part out, for the sake of his body and soul and general wellbeing. ]

Very. [ It's great, isn't it? ] Do you think you've got it down, or should we run through it again?
psycholawgy: (myyyy precious)

[personal profile] psycholawgy 2015-12-17 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ wow EXCUSE??? athena may be apathetic as hell right now, but it doesn't mean she can't be insulted by that comment! this genius only needs to see it once to know how to do it.

and that's what she does, demonstrating the handshake perfectly to dipper. ]


Well?
cryptologic: (▲ waiting for an invitation to arrive)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-17 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Look, he's just being straight with her. kind of...painfully honest, actually. It's been an awkward couple of days. ]

Alright, you've got it down. Come on in. [ He steps aside so she can enter the shop - it looks like it might have once been a diner, with old metal tables and vinyl seats. ]
psycholawgy: (someone said psychology)

[personal profile] psycholawgy 2015-12-17 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ she steps in slowly, looking around before turning to face dipper. ]

You've been here by yourself?

[ that's no good... not like she cares or anything. ]
cryptologic: (▲ the ghosts are bad)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-18 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ A light shrug. ] Yeah. I mean, I've been a little lonely, but other people have stopped by. The ropes have been blessed to keep out the spirits, so it's kind of like home base.

[ Because this ghost this is just like a big, bad game of tag, right. ]
psycholawgy: (all i ask of you)

[personal profile] psycholawgy 2015-12-18 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she crosses her arms and pouts. ]

You should have gone to some other place. Being alone isn't safe.

[ so she says, but she was definitely alone earlier, too. ]

Is there any way to move all these wards and stuff elsewhere? Like, someone's apartment or something. Just so you aren't in the middle of nowhere.
cryptologic: (▲ and i'm known)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-20 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He gives her a bit of a look. He might've been overconfident in the jungle, but not here. ]

I know what I'm doing. This is what I do back home. [ More or less, anyway. ] I picked this place because it's in the middle of nowhere. Like an oasis, you know? Aren't you glad it was here instead of all the way back at the apartments?
psycholawgy: (aw shit son)

[personal profile] psycholawgy 2015-12-21 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ she looks around, judging dipper's life decisions. this sure isn't an oasis - nothing paradisal about this place at all. ]

Okay, you might be right. [ though nothing in her voice sounds entirely convinced. ] I wouldn't have found you if you were in the apartments.
cryptologic: (▲ whenever candlelight flickers)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-21 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wowwwww thanks, Athena, he's doing his best!!! He's only a delivery boy! ]

Wait, were you looking for me, or something?
psycholawgy: (all i ask of you)

[personal profile] psycholawgy 2015-12-21 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ flatly: ]

Not really. I was trying to investigate the place.
cryptologic: (▲ waiting for an invitation to arrive)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-22 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
...Oh.

[ WELL FINE. ]

Well, uh, here you are. Investigate away.