028-029 » the winds of change

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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!

RECOMMENDED ♫ Deadly Avenger "Ikiryo"

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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[fika]

"Sure, why not," Negan's offer receives a crooked, dimpled smile, glass finally running mostly finished. The warm blur of it was starting to set well in, because loathe as he is to admit it, but the tolerance of a thirteen year old body was absolute shit.

A bony ankle is crossed over his knee, and he tosses Negan a contemplative glance. "Yeah. Yeah me too, actually," he agrees. "Not much dinner parties in the apocalypse."

[vampirebats]

He moves to refill the kid's glass at that, lips curling into a wry smile. "Not in mine either. Too much shit to do to just keep people alive, forget sitting down for dinner."

At least most of the time. "Your brother... was he there with you in this apocalypse?"

[fika]

"Thanks," is clipped out, as he slides himself back to sit in the armchair, instead of being folded over the edge of the armrest. He takes a sip of the moonshine, and wonders why the hell he hasn't been cutting it with orange juice.

Maybe that's his way of stopping himself from getting too shitfaced, since this way he couldn't chug this stuff.

"No, he wasn't," he says with a shake of his head, running a palm down his face, and wondering if Negan heard the extent of Klaus' untimely summary. "No one was, actually. Not a single person left. There were some roaches though."

"Sounds like yours was a little more occupied."

[vampirebats]

"Well, I'm trying to keep it that way at least." He's just not sure how well it's gonna keep going, now that a fucking war has broken out. He keeps that one to himself though.

"Don't know how I'd do, being the only single person alive. I think I'd go fucking crazy if I only had myself for company. So you just kinda prove you must have a massive pair of nuts to do it."

You know, despite being pint sized.

[fika]

“Like herding cats, isn’t it?” He might not know that for certain, but he can guess.

There’s plenty of things about their experiences that are left unsaid in this simple exchange.

Negan omits this survivors’ war. Five omits the fact that he found the corpses of his family in the rubble, in that solitary hellscape. There are so many things, split between the both of them.

Technicalities that maybe don’t need to be brought up.

Negan’s comment though, gets him an odd look from the pint sized trouble maker, contemplative and regretful. “You’re giving me a lot more credit than you should.”

Five wouldn’t admit this to a lot of people. But alcohol has a way of making your mouth run a little too honest. “I wasn’t always pleasant company either.”

[vampirebats]

"You're goddamn right about that. They run around like chickens with their heads cut off if you let'em." He doesn't.

Although that admission has him arching a brow. He can tell where the guy is coming from for sure. "Yeah, well, I figure most of us feel that way at one time or another."

At least around these parts. Maybe this place intentionally dragged in miserable assholes, who knows. "But you survived. That's the important part."

[fika]

"Yeah, I get the feeling." There's an infuriating lack of listening involved when it comes to siblings.

Maybe there was something to the lot this place has collected? Just a lot of miserable idiots with enough bullshit waiting for them back home to make at least some of them wonder if finding a way out is even worth it.

It's still a matter of principle for Five, though that is neither here nor there. "Had to get back to my family," said matter-of-factly. "And try and undo the rest. Who knows if we were even successful the second time around."

A beat, and he raises his cup, a half-hearted toast. "To survival, for all its worth."

[vampirebats]

Maybe there was a theme with the people this shithole collected. Felt like it, the more he talked with other people around here. Still, what would that even mean in the end? Doesn't put them any closer to an exit.

They still might just be fun little toys for whoever set this place up. "Well, hopefully you managed it."

He means that. Sounds trippy as all fuck, but who wouldn't appreciate a do-over?

"To survival." He raises his glass up with a tilt of his head. "And figuring out what the hell this freaky place is up to."