024-027 » neither reward nor punishment

[villagemod]

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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[fika]

[ Five makes a mental note to search for one later, in that case. Studies and secret compartments tended to go hand in hand.

Yeah, the frustration was certainly building, the tried keys becoming more of a collection in his hands. he sighs, figuring he has enough to start trying to door a few feet away. There's a snort. ] A dry town might explain some of it, but what's up with all the knives missing? Or anything that's a viable weapon, unless you wanted to get creative?

[ there's a swear, under his breath, when the first two keys he tries also yield nothing, irritation sparking high. ] What the fuck's the point of a skeleton key if it doesn't open shit?!

((ooc; ooooh excellent! a great set up :) thanks for the link! ))

[endlessflask]

In the town's defense, if it wasn't for the moonshine, I'd have probably started stabbing people because I had no alcohol, either.

[ Ok, so it's not a perfect joke, but he's trying.

He finishes up on his own set of keys, rubbing his eyes before handing them over. ]

They have to open something.

[fika]

Yeah, you know what, that's fair.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have the urge, before the gaggle of cowboys set up their production. [ said with love, honestly.

in his fumble of keys, and distraction in piecing out the ones he's tried with the ones Eliot gives him, a single key clatters to the ground. ] Shit.

[ he's bending down to swipe it up when something catches his eye at the crack between the door and floor. ] Huh - that's weird. Look at this.

[endlessflask]

What?

[ Eliot moves over and crouches down on all fours, stooping to peer under the door. He's not really sure what he's expecting, maybe something shocking or horrifying, but another hall? It seems a little anticlimactic.

Frowning, Eliot glances around at the hall they're in, then back under the door. ]

Well, at least whoever designed this place was consistent. Do you think they all lead to more halls?

[fika]

[ it's anticlimactic, yeah. but it's a mirror image, and that's a little too much symmetry. it also means this house is twice as big as he thought. at least.

five is dusting his slacks off by the time Eliot is done with his observations.

on one hand, he's been ejected mid-jump before. on the other, habit dies hard, and it's the first thing he thinks to do, because this was worth a look. ] Well, let's see if we can find out, shall we?

[ he doesn't actually...wait for the confirmation before he's blinking out from this side of the hall to, what he hopes will be the other side of the door.

he's genuinely surprised that it works, as he reaches for the door latch on the door. ] You know, I'm surprised that worked.

[endlessflask]

[ Before Eliot can even respond, Five is just - Gone. Like, there one second and the next not, except that Eliot sees the shadow of his feet under the door.

He's just getting up when the door opens for him. ]

Cool party trick.

[ Like, he's seen it done before, so it's not mindblowingly awesome, but it's still very cool. And useful. ]

I'm surprised it worked, too. I'm starting to feel like we're in some sort of funhouse.