villagelogs | 028-029 » the winds of change

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.

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.

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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[ The 'well shit' goes through her mind and is clearly visible on Claire's face, too. Clearly, that's not a level of candor she was expecting.

What do you even say to that? ]

Good to hear. The... changes you made, I mean. Not so much the torture part. I'm an asshole, but not that much of an asshole, I hope.

[ She winces. ]

So... you really plan to play nice with the rest of us, huh?

Yes.

( there is always the capacity for him to go off the rails and lose himself once again but he wants to think that won't happen. he wants to think he has more control over himself and his bloodlust. )

I'm not here to hurt anyone. I'm here to help. I have a family back home just like many people here and I want to get back to them.

( so, he's going to do whatever he has to do to get out of here and if it means banding together with people he doesn't know and maybe don't like him, he'll do it. )

[ For a long moment, Claire merely looks at Elijah. She's not quite sizing him up - not for a fight, anyway. She has no abilities that help her read people, but a lot of her work is pretending to be something she's not, and getting a good enough grasp of people to figure out the approach to take - or to catch them in a lie.

This guy, though...

Yeah she got nothing. Except for his word. ]

Yeah... half of mine ended up here with me, which... that's fucked up for everyone involved. Seems this place makes strange bed fellows, I guess. Good to know you're gonna play nice with the rest of us, gramps. Appreciate the honesty, honestly.

Are you going to call me gramps for the duration of our stay here? I'd just like to prepare myself.

( oddly enough, no one's called him that before. but then again, most people don't really know just how old he is when they meet him or they'd rather not irritate an original.

not that he's irritated. just amused. )

You've nothing to fear from me. I think we should all be more worried about this place.

Very likely, to be honest. Unless another nickname strikes me. Old man is already sort of taken by several people, and I figure you got most people here beat for age, so.

[ Claire nods, though. Odd, to talk shop with a vampire.

But then again, this place is really odd, too. ]

This place sucks. And yeah - I'm more worried about it than anything else. People have disappeared. Some of us have died and just come back. And obviously, I'd like to fucking bail.

I don't think you're the only one who wants to get out of here. I myself have things I'd like to be doing back where I came from but I haven't been able to figure out how to make that happen.

( he thinks the fog has something to do with it and that if he can make it through, he might find a way out but he hasn't managed to get there without someone stopping him. )

I've heard about the disappearances and the deaths. It's troubling to say the least. Something is causing it and I'd like to know what.

You and me both. Would very much like to kick whatever's holding us in its teeth. Or... tentacles, or whatever it's got. Sitting around, being unable to fight back... it sucks.

[ Claire shrugs a shoulder. She's get plenty of clues, but nothing that connects, plenty of theories,but nothing that quite fits. ]

So what's your running theory of this place?

I don't know if I've established one just yet.

( there are a few different things that he's entertaining but he's not sure he's settled on one single thing that he knows is happening. )

I think it's a person or persons, though. I don't know how they've been able to remain hidden as long as they have but I don't think this is solely the work of...a strange place. There has to be powerful magic in place to make it so we cannot leave. And I know very few witches that are able to sustain this type of magic.

Could be a coven.

[ It's not like the thought hasn't crossed her mind. A coven serving a powerful demon could whip up some seriously reality bending shit, or cause a mass hallucination. Get them desperate, feed their souls into the meatgrinder, maybe? Who knows with witches. ]

I've ruled out djinn and grigori. They'd put us into something less... 'oh fuck let's get out of here', y'know?

Yes.

( though he's never dealt with djinn or grigori personally, he knows enough about them to agree. he's still surprised that a coven of witches has been able to sustain this for as long as they have.

if it is indeed witches. he sighs, frowning. )

Then again, it could be something completely new as well. Something none of us have seen. Which is the worst possible scenario since it means we'll have difficulty figuring out how to combat it.

Yeah... and let's just say, you're not the only old and powerful thing this place has snatched up. This is some serious power at play here. Let's hope it is something we can combat, even.

[ She still has to cling to the hope of that, because if it's something she can't kick in the teeth, then where does that leave her? ]

( on that, they can agree. because thus far, he hasn't seen anyone even come close. )

First, I think we should find out what it is and then we can work on combatting it. We can't do anything if we're swinging at air.

( and that's what seems to be happening right now. )

See, you should have been here from the start. Could have helped me punch the storm.

[ It's a light quip, but also just a joke. Claire had been itching to find something to fight, and had sadly not discovered anything as the root cause of the storm.

Things in Mathias, as a result, remain tragically unpunched. ]

I'll keep making the rounds. I won't say 'good to have you in our corner' quite yet, but y'know... gentleman decent vampire is appreciated over murderhobo vampire. Good talk, gramps - I'll see you around later.

( he so looks forward to being called gramps for the duration of his stay here. )

Take care of yourself.

( since that was often difficult to do here. )

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Good place to wrap up I think?

that works!