028-029 » the winds of change

[villagemod]

WHO: Everyone.
WHERE: Eastern/Central Mathias.
WHEN: Days 028-029
WHAT: A town meeting is called.
WARNINGS: Will update as necessary. PM this account to have a warning added!
NOTES: Plotting post over here!

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DAY 028
SOMETHING ON THE WIND
Another day dawns in the fair town of Mathias. The sky is a blanket of light grey, tiny specks of snow lightly falling as the hours pass. It makes the town feel almost quaint, the scenery quite peaceful in its winter garb. But beneath the veneer of peace there is a pervasive dread of something approaching. Something inevitable is on the wind, something that has come before and will come again...

Throughout the day, residents will consistently experience feelings of deja vu, that sense of having done or seen or said something before that can never be fully recalled. It happens again and again, tugging at the back of their minds, the memories just frustratingly out of reach.

Residents will also notice a note pinned around town:




The note can be found on the town hall's bulletin board and the front doors of many town establishments, including the Grey Gull, the library, and the boarding house. At the bottom of the note it is specified that the meeting will take place "tomorrow, when the sun is over the town square."


NEW ARRIVALs
The newest arrivals to Mathias will wake on the frozen lawn of the town hall atop a snowdrift. They had best hurry inside and get warmed up before hypothermia sets in.

DAY 029
A GATHERING OF MINDS
In the late afternoon when the sun hangs over the town square, residents will converge upon the Town Hall, where a larger meeting room has been filled with rows of chairs. After most people arrive, John Constantine stands and addresses the room... and then sits again. A grand introduction, truly.

Residents are encouraged to share their experiences and information they have gathered in the town while holding questions until the end. Rather than getting tangled in the intricacies of each person's tale, it seems better to absorb the broad strokes and try to connect the puzzle pieces to get a look at the bigger picture that is the mystery of Mathias Township.


THE INEVITABLE
As the meeting comes to an end and residents begin to converse among themselves, the feeling of something approaching and sense of deja vu begin to build, becoming almost oppressive as night falls. An hour after nightfall, residents learn the reason for these sensations that cease immediately as the earth begins to rumble. The buildings shake, furniture tumbles, and breakables crash to the floor as the earthquake sets in without warning.

The tremors last around a minute, far longer than a normal earthquake, and then the town settles again. There are no aftershocks, which many may note is quite unusual. Residents will find quite a bit of mess in their homes and other locations around town, but there is no structural damage to be found despite the intense shaking.

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CONDITIONS UPDATE

— THE WEATHER is fairly typical of a northern winter. The sky is grey, the temperature hovers just below freezing during the day (colder at night), and a light snow falls during both days. Residents should bundle up when going outside and not venture too far into the dark night...

— 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 with Sherlock Holmes being the latest victim of the town's unsettling whims.

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OOC NOTES

— TOWN MEETING STRUCTURE The town meeting section of the log is designed for characters to share any information they would like to with the other residents in attendance. ICly, characters should "hold questions until the end" with the intent that they can get the Big Picture first and connect any dots they see. OOCly, this means players should post their character's information sharing tag in the Meeting section, but the actual conversation about whatever they share happens after the meeting proper in the Mingle section. That way, these conversations can happen however players prefer, be that one-on-one or in small or large groups.

— HOUSING Please be sure your character's housing arrangements are up to date on our list. We're missing a few people and it really helps to know where everyone is for planning. Frequent updates for wandering characters are perfectly acceptable.

— THE BULLETIN BOARD has been updated. Players should note there is a change to the wall near the board that may be of great interest to some residents.

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Comments

[abrightboy]

There's a symbol they've been finding around here. Do you think that has anything to do with it?

[cholesterol]

The spiral, right? I think it's more about what went on here than what will get us out. That answer's not going to be everywhere. It was on my hand.

[abrightboy]

[Malcolm’s eyebrows went up.]

On your hand? How did it get there?

[cholesterol]

Don't know. Showed up in the model home. Disappeared once we were all sprung.

[abrightboy]

...Did everyone there have one?

[Doc hadn't mentioned it.]

[cholesterol]

No. Just me and Cas. In the trenchcoat over there.

[abrightboy]

[Malcolm glanced over and then looked at Dean again.]

Weird. Why do you think that is?

[cholesterol]

Don't know. Cas didn't watch the same film.

( But, Dean did. And Dean kissed Cas two nights after. It can't be like that, right? Malcom will probably read Dean's thoughts, that that can't be how. Dean does suspect, but can't, because that is a backwards ass way of transmitting something like a symbol. And why would it just disappear after that? )

[abrightboy]

....Watched a ....film?

[cholesterol]

( That's what he said. Thanks for bringing him out of his thought process. )

I talked about it? The film in the movie theatre. With the spiral on the case. I watched it. So did John Con. You can go ask him if he was marked up.

[abrightboy]

I know what you... It just... watching a movie and then waking up with a cryptic mark on your hand just seems a little bit like a horror movie cliche, doesn't it?

[cholesterol]

Clichés are clichés for a reason. Where do you think clichés come from?

[abrightboy]

[Malcolm gave him a faint headshake and shrug.]

People who watch too much TV?

[cholesterol]

Clichés aren't just TV. They're books. Stories. Shakespeare. Earlier. The Greeks. And what I mean, is the clichés and the stories, they all came from somewhere. In our world, they were real. Killed the witch from Hansel and Gretel.

[abrightboy]

Cliches are internalized expectations. Of course they're grounded in reality, but a lot of the time they're embellished. Was she actually a witch, or did she possess some kind of advanced technology that the Brothers Grimm weren't equipped to understand?

[cholesterol]

Actually a witch.

( The flattest of flat looks. Why are you trying to logic your way around this. )

[abrightboy]

[Clarke's Third Law.]

Fair enough. What took so long for someone to deal with her?

[Dean was from hundreds of years after the Brothers Grimm were collecting tales.]

wrap soon!

[cholesterol]

She kept a low profile. She ate children. Stuck to the Black Forest. But, she was called in to deal with another witch and went back to her old child-fattening ways. She was also high up in her coven. Think she was witch royalty.

( He is, yes. And still, they were tales for a reason, Malc. )

sure!

[abrightboy]

Child murder usually compels a response. But I guess if she picked children from marginalized populations, maybe they wouldn't be missed. That's how some serial killers stay active for a long time.

<3

[cholesterol]

You got it. Kids disappear from the Black Forest, no one bats an eye. Kid in the US disappears and there are amber alerts. But, uh, she had Hansel take whatever low-life drunk he could find and turn em back into children. Smart outfit, actually.

( Guess who outsmarted her? )

Maybe this'll give us all some more answers. Be safe, Bright.

( What he means is, good luck with your nightmares. Raylan made the connection between the morning screaming and Malcom's nightmares. )

[abrightboy]

[Malcolm watched him move away.]

Later.