024-027 » neither reward nor punishment

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WHO: Everyone.
WHERE: Eastern/Central/Western Mathias + ???
WHEN: Days 024-027
WHAT: The consequences of their actions.
WARNINGS: Will update as necessary. PM this account to have a warning added!
NOTES: Plotting post over here! The next log will be posted January 23rd.

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DAYS 024-025
CONSEQUENCES
“There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments —
there are consequences.”
— Robert G. Ingersoll
When the unwilling residents of Mathias Township wake on the morning of the 24th day, they will find themselves in yet another set of frustratingly unnerving circumstances. None of them are where they last remember being, and some of them have strange marks on the palms of their left hands. It's all incredibly unsettling, but truthfully they should be used to it by now. No one will remember traveling to their new location.

Residents can wake up anywhere within their new location and in any position. Curled up in a bed, sprawled on a couch, huddled beneath a coffee table, propped against a wall... Wherever they are, they will themselves to be in quite an unusual state. While they are wearing whatever clothing items they went to sleep in, plus their shoes and a coat. The newest arrivals to Mathias Township will perhaps stand out for being slightly more appropriately dressed than their new neighbors. They are all a bit damp, physically worn out, and half-frozen from their apparent walk through a blizzard.

Each of the four locations is inescapable — residents are trapped, with exterior doors and windows being shut tight and a blizzard raging outside. The locations are stocked with fresh food and water and a large pile of firewood for the fireplaces in each building. The circumstances residents will face, however, may vary wildly between locations as the forces at work in Mathias respond to the recent actions of certain individuals.


BOARDING HOUSE | GREY GULL
NEW HOUSE | MYSTERY MANSION

These residents will wake with a mark on their left hand palms, a spiraling black symbol similar to those some may have seen around town. All marks are identical and cannot be removed, but will have seemingly vanished from their skin on the morning of the 26th day.

Castiel, Daisy Johnson, Dean Winchester
Elena Gilbert, Elijah Mikaelson, Helen Magnus
Phil Coulson, Quentin Coldwater, Sherlock Holmes

DAYS 026-027
IN THE AFTERMATH
After their ordeals of the past two days, the unfortunate residents of Mathias Township will be grateful to find that they were back where they are supposed to be, a chill still clinging to their clothes in whatever place they went to sleep the night of the 23rd day. New arrivals will wake in the living room of the boarding house. None of the residents will wake with anything in their possession from the locations in which they were previously trapped, including any notes or documentation they may have made during their time there.

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CONDITIONS UPDATE

— SNOW continues to fall heavily on Days 024-025, resulting in white out conditions from the wind that blows in gusts of over 35 mph; the temperature also drops drastically, making conditions extremely dangerous for residents. The blizzard clears on Day 26 and residents are left with a cold, calm world covered in white.

— THE FOG remains blocking the paths in the forest, urging residents to stay huddled within the town proper, and it also now blocks the northern section of town, beginning just before where residents know the chasm in the earth to be. Venturing into the fog is... ill-advised.

— DISAPPEARANCES continue to plague the town. Kylo Ren and Thomas Richardson have vanished without a trace.

— NO NEW DEATHS have occurred in town, but there is a new "grave" in the small makeshift graveyard near the schoolhouse. Rey's corpse has been moved and covered with stones to wait for the ground to thaw enough for a proper burial.

— THE LANTERNS will be gone from the morning of Day 024. No trace of them remains.

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OOC UPDATES

— A GIFT for everyone! As a thank you for being part of this spooky little game, every character in the game is being gifted 2 Activity Points. These may be banked over here — instead of linking to an AC post, you may put "New Year gift" in that field. Happy 2021, friends!

— NEW LAYOUTS have been installed for our communities! Huge thanks to our Eldritch Librarian Stars for putting in the time to get this place looking shiny. (You may have also noticed some new page layouts being installed — these are also our Librarian's handiwork!)

— DISCOVERIES have been collected and collated for your review. Please note that this is OOC information only, put together for the purpose of helping you as players see connections and possibilities for CR and your own character's potential avenues of exploration and investigation. (If we are missing something, please report it so we can add it to the list.)

— REMINDERS — Don't forget about the bulletin board. Please continue reporting your updates to locations, plots, and discoveries. The map of Mathias has been added to the locations page for ease of reference. Make sure your character's sanity level is kept updated. Prospective players are still joining the TDM, so it's recommended to track new top-levels so you don't miss them.

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[conning]

[ Neal knows when a subject's been closed. He lets go of Daisy as soon as she starts to ease away, deciding to stay sat. He hasn't fallen over yet, but he doesn't want to push his luck. Just scooting out from under the bed and hanging on to Daisy is more movement than he was capable of pretty much the entirety of yesterday. He puts his hand to the bandage on his neck. ]

I auditioned for the part of breakfast smoothie in Lestat. [ A pause. ] There was a vampire.

[chuju]

[ She hadn't noticed the bandage before. Shit. How completely out of it is she that she hadn't noticed? But also... What. Staring at him in disbelief is all she can manage for a few moments because how the hell is he so calm about it? ]

For a guy whose definition of weird is good coffee at the office, you seem to be taking the whole vampires existing thing awfully well. [ Looking around, her hands in the air as if grasping for words that won't come, she feels like she can barely form a coherent sentence. ] I was fighting alien robots before I was brought here and I'm having trouble processing this.

[conning]

[ Another small, huffed laugh. ] I can either accept that this is happening or break down pretending it's not. I prefer the option that leaves me functional.

[ Neal shrugs. ] Also, I'm probably in shock.

[chuju]

[ Okay, mild freakout over. This really isn't the weirdest thing she's ever encountered, so get it together, Johnson. Focus on the much more important matter at hand — which means both hands end up on her hips while she stares him down with a concerned frown. ]

How long ago did it happen?

[conning]

Yesterday. Again, provided we haven't lost more time than assumed.

[ He gestures vaguely at the air. ] Given the whole world goes faintly gray at the edges when I stand up, I'm thinking we probably haven't lost that much.

[chuju]

Yester— [ Daisy glares at him for a moment, clearly not okay with any of the above. 1000% not okay with it. But what's done is done and they're stuck here thanks to the storm, which means he's stuck with her. ]

Okay. You need to rest. Stay hydrated. Eat something. [ She points a finger at him the same way a mother would scold a child. ] And no arguing. I was in your position when I got here, so I know how bad major blood loss is.

[conning]

[ Neal holds his hands up in surrender. ] No arguing.

[ He's more tired than he wants to admit. The shock of being somewhere new is wearing off. The need to take care of someone else isn't distracting him, at the moment. He's not sure if the ringing in his ears is left over from that screaming or if it's come on since then.

Neal braces his hands on the edge of the bed, glancing toward the room's exit. ] We should see if there's anyone else here, though.

[chuju]

Well, luckily this place isn't that big and everything is on the way to the kitchen. Come on, let's get you downstairs. [ She steps closer, stopping beside him and leaning down slightly. ] My shoulder's fine, so you can use me for leverage.

[ It's less a suggestion and more a command. She's used to being in charge these days. ]

[conning]

Yes ma'am. [ He knows better than to argue, particularly after he just said he wouldn't. She reminds him of Diana in a lot of ways.

Neal braces himself, puts a hand up on her shoulder, and hoists himself upright.

Yeah, the world definitely goes gray for a second there. He hangs on, fighting queasiness, until color washes back in. ]

Is it ma'am? Agent? Do you have a rank I should be using? [ He's teasing, but also genuinely curious. ]

[chuju]

[ Oh yeah, she remembers that. Though she'd probably had it a bit better than him thanks to those hours in the healing chamber. Without them... Well, she'd never have made it up the beach that day. ]

Don't call me ma'am, it makes me feel old. [ There's a lightness to the words; she appreciates his teasing and that he's able to do it at all in his condition. She loops her arm around his back, offering him further support because she's having doubts he'll make it down the stairs in one piece without it. ] It's Agent. Agent Daisy Johnson.

[conning]

Agent Johnson. [ Neal lets himself lean on her, though he tries not to too much. As shaky as he is, he still doesn't want to put more pressure on her fractures. ] It's Caffrey, by the way. Not agent or anything. Just Neal Caffrey.

[ He contemplates the stairs and takes a deep breath. ] Shall we?