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The Village Mod ([personal profile] villagemod) wrote in [community profile] villagelogs2021-01-02 02:21 am

024-027 » neither reward nor punishment

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.






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.





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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40seconds: (pic#14431715)

bring on all the sledgehammers

[personal profile] 40seconds 2021-01-18 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ He grins widely, not bothering to conceal how glad he is to see John in one piece, as far as he can tell. ]

Either you're just that happy to see me, or you need someone to partner up with for your wall destruction.

[ He's just going to sit in that chair with a big sigh; don't mind him, it's been a long handful of days, and he didn't even get good whiskey for his trouble! ]

You suppose correctly. It was a house, ordinary from the look of it, but it was the mirrors that were strange.

[ He raises an eyebrow at the mention of a mansion, but he continues on anyway. ] Have you ever hit a mirror and had it hit you back?
hellblaze: <lj user="synthnights">. (look 🔥 doesn't want me.)

[personal profile] hellblaze 2021-01-18 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
Well, one of our newest members to our budding community pointed out this was a load bearing wall. So, ah, I'll take whatever suggestions you've got, mate. I figured we could use proper offices if we're camping out in Town Hall so often.

Oh, that reminds me. We need to do something about that tunnel beneath us...

[ Honestly, he's just trying to feel like he's doing something in this town. ]

Any idea where this new house might be? [ Mirrors... ] Can't say that I have. Usually, though, I don't go about breaking mirror. Bad lucky for seven years on top of what I've got? Think I'll pass.

[ He raises a hand and points at Coulson. ] But, you, you went and broke one, didn't you? You silly sod. Why'd you do that?
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[personal profile] 40seconds 2021-01-18 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Load-bearing, huh? [ He turns just slightly so he can get a better look at it. ] Never really got into architectural design, but I think the trick is finding the vulnerable point and focusing on that. Could be wrong, though. Do you want to chance it on a hunch?

[ He chuckles, then. ] You're just raring to go, huh? The wall, and now the tunnel. Well, whatever it is, count me in, although I might not be much use because- [ He waves the hand that Helen stitched up. ]

Not a clue, unfortunately. Opening a door or a window wasn't an option; all I know is I appeared there randomly, along with some other people.

But these mirrors weren't ordinary ones; there were shadowy figures in them, and even if a mirror was covered up, when you came back to look at it, the cover was on the floor.

A guy there- Carter, I think he said his name was. He tried appeasing them with a- well, what looked like a blood sacrifice. Except he said he learned how to do that from watching TV, so you might want to take that with a grain of salt.

[ Coulson shrugs and finally answers John properly. ] I broke the mirror because all the tests and experiments I did with them got me nowhere, so I got angry.

[ What? It happens sometimes. ]
hellblaze: <lj user="synthnights">. (body 🔥 they're winding.)

[personal profile] hellblaze 2021-01-20 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
My hunches haven't been as good as they usually are. [ There's an odd tone that comes from him at the admission. His lips press together, hands on his hips, as he looks up at the wall and frowns.

He sighs and looks back at Coulson. ]
I'm not quite desperate yet, mate, but, getting there.

[ He scratches the back of his head and listens. So, another house locked up tightly like the mansion was. People woke up there without a clue as to why. Mirrors... mirrors. He frowns. ]

Mirrors and reflective surfaces can be entrances to other realms and planes if you know the right magic and ways to do it. Sounds like we've got a bit of that going on here in Mathias. Oh, brilliant.

[ His face scrunches up and he rolls his eyes over toward Coulson. Really. ]

Oh, unless he knew what he was doing, it was probably just a big show and doin' what he's seen on telly. Blood magic is dark magic, mate. Very dark. These knob-heads are going to end up summoning something if they're not careful enough.

[ Then he gives an expression that says Coulson is a giant knob-head. ]

You broke a bloody mirror.
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[personal profile] 40seconds 2021-01-22 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? [ Coulson gives him a look then, not wanting to really pry because he gets the feeling that John doesn't appreciate it when people stick their noses into his business. But then again, he considers the other man a friend, and friends look out for each other. ] Well, when you do, drop me a line, if you want.

[ Because whenever John does reach that point, Coulson at least wants to be there in whatever way he'll allow. ]

I've been thinking about that. When I broke the mirror, maybe something got out. [ Except there's no maybe about it; Coulson's not 100% sure what came out of the mirror, but he believes something did. ]

If it helps, in this case, all he got for his trouble was a cut hand and a bloody peanut bar. [ Coulson half-smirks then, because he'd be lying if some of John's mannerisms weren't rubbing off on him, but in this case, it's just an expression. ]

You didn't see the way the shadows inside the mirror kept moving around.

[ It's not an excuse, just him trying to explain why it felt so unnerving. ]

They responded to light or the absence of it, and if you turned around, they would move closer or further away.

[ And now that he's explained a little, he does feel slightly abashed for going with his gut reaction, but hey, this isn't his area of expertise. ]
hellblaze: <lj user="synthnights">. (look 🔥 singing songs of pain and sin.)

[personal profile] hellblaze 2021-01-24 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Given we're occupying some offices? I think that ring might not be as hard as you'd think.

[ Coulson might regret that. John does stupid things when he's desperate. Summoning a demon to shred another demon? Summoning a demon into himself to heal a fatal wound? It goes on and on... ]

That's why you don't go around breaking bloody mirrors, you git. [ Despite the condescending tone? There's a gentleness in it. ] That we know of so far. You don't go around tempting things in mirrors with a bit of play of sacrifice. Carter, you said? Got a first name to go along with it?

[ Oh, he's going to go off. ]

Shadow creatures are usually beings of pure darkness. Either never had or went about casting out the spark that all creatures of God have. It's a choice, really, for beings like us. Any form of light might send them scurrying off. Especially if it's the righteous sort.