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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!

playboyknight: (02)

[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-18 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Dipper please. Angelo himself is fairly good at putting on airs, so he could lie through his teeth and you'd be none the wiser. Nevertheless, he goes on answering.]

Something that looked like an old village. It reminded me a bit of where I come from.
cryptologic: (▲ here in my garden of shadows)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-20 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a little vague. Can you be more specific?

[ That's along the correct lines, but he just has to make sure. ]
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[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-20 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering I thought I was in an entirely new world and not a game, I don't remember all the details. Plus most of it I didn't bother paying attention to, I was simply trying to figure everything out. But if you must have details, I remember some scroll with people's names saying we had to do something, there was a large market in the town, and at one point when I touched my bow, it turned into a giant piece of fruit.

[Yeah, that's about as much as Dipper is getting.]
cryptologic: (▲ with nowhere to go)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-21 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...Well, that last thing basically clinches it. ]

Okay, okay, you pass. Not possessed. Good work. [ Or something. ]
playboyknight: (02)

[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-21 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's not done with you yet, Dipper.]

What even brought you to the conclusion that I could possibly be possessed? Please tell me, I'd very much like to hear.
cryptologic: (▲ the ghosts and banshees)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-22 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ He gestures vaguely to the city around them. ]

Um, I don't know, maybe it's the army of ghosts flying around?
playboyknight: (03)

[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-22 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[He shrugs.]

Ghosts don't usually possess people, that's all folklore and nonsense. If you want to meet a real evil that possesses people, look for a demon.
cryptologic: (▲ you didn't see me)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-22 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe not where you come from, they don't. Trust me, ghosts, demons, and a whole host of other unearthly beings can potentially be responsible for possessions.

[ He is a self-proclaimed expert on the subject. ]
playboyknight: (13)

[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-22 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
... Right. Next you're going to tell me the bogeyman is real.

[He doesn't believe Dipper is an expert of anything except making things up.]
cryptologic: (▲ restless bones etherealize)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-23 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Considering that thoughtfully (and earnestly): ]

There's nothing in the journal about the bogeyman, though there is the hide-behind, who is kind of along the same lines. Plus, there's plenty of other spirits that terrorize children out there. You could call any of them the bogeyman.

[ !00% more ironic since there actually is a bogeyman in Cerealia. ]
playboyknight: (03)

[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-23 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He raises an eyebrow.]

Journal? What journal? Do you actually keep records of monsters you encounter?

[He's suddenly reminded of King Trode and oh goddess help, he doesn't want to be around another person like him.]
cryptologic: (▲ where spirits dwell)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-23 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...Oops. A tight frown. ]

I make notes on the things I encounter, yeah. It'd be stupid not to.
playboyknight: (14)

[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-23 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no need to frown, I only asked as your attitude reminds me of someone from home in that regard. I'm sure the two of you would get along.

[Angelo would gladly introduce Dipper to King Trode, though he's not sure how Dipper would react to meeting a small toad-like troll who has a very kingly but huffy attitude.]
cryptologic: (▲ but the joint will still be haunted)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-23 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Dipper would probably find him fascinating, though the attitude would be off-putting. He hadn't gotten along well with gnomes, so trolls... ]

It's a good habit to form. [ A shrug. ] Anyway, I'm Dipper. Iiii don't think we've met before.
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[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-23 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sooner or later Angelo might tell Dipper about King Trode and the curse he's under that made him a toad-like troll, but he'll save it for now. Though an eyebrow is raised when Dipper introduces himself, wow what a weird name he has.]

... We haven't, the name's Angelo. Though I have to ask, do you always ask people odd questions when you meet them?
cryptologic: (▲ i saw a werewolf)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-24 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nonchalantly: ] Not always, but most of the time.
playboyknight: (02)

[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-24 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Take my advice then, you'd best stop before you annoy someone to the point of infuriating them.

[He has your best interests in mind, Dipper. He really does.]
cryptologic: (▲ and i want you one and all)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-24 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ A look. ] Oh, believe me, I know that. But you don't get far in my line of work without infuriating a few people.

[ ...Or something like that. ]
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[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-24 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
I'll let you in on something then. Where I'm from, you'd be punished for that type of thinking.

[He's not joking either. In his world, they'd gladly lock someone up for any type of crime then torture said person until they confessed to doing it.]
cryptologic: (▲ through all the pain)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-25 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ His mouth thins into a flat frown. ]

Then I'm glad I'm not from wherever you're from. No offense, but that sounds like a pretty terrible society.
playboyknight: (02)

[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-25 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
[He shrugs his shoulders.]

Some would call it archaic, especially considering we live our lives around the church and its rule.
cryptologic: (▲ may sit by your side)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-26 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Not the Catholic church back in, like, Renaissance times, is it? Though I guess it probably wouldn't be called the Renaissance by you.

[ He's more of a math and science guy, but he still knows his history well enough. ]
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[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-26 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
From what I remember of my studies that is what our religion is called basically, though most don't use that name anymore. You're also correct about the Renaissance term, I've never heard of that before.

[His world is basically a fantasy medieval period with a lot loosely based on real world things such as the Catholic church. So give yourself a pat on the back, Dipper. You guessed mostly correct.]
cryptologic: (▲ start to shriek and harmonize)

[personal profile] cryptologic 2015-12-26 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
It's what we call the time period around the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Europe. In the future, or whatever, though I get the feeling we're not from the same world to begin with.

[ Not just a hat rack, my friend. ]
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[personal profile] playboyknight 2015-12-26 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Seeing as the term Europe is another thing I've never heard of, you're once again correct.

[Someone needs to give this boy a prize.]

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