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

[enduresurvive]

Ellie is skeptical, but what does she know?

"I hope you're right," she says. "I've been here, like, a month. That's how long those of us who first woke up here have been here. I mean...the ones who are still alive." They've lost at least two permanently. "Something's gotta give eventually." That's as close to hope as she can get.

[ghosthuntuk]

"A month... bet it feels longer. I know I feel like I've been here for ages already and it hasn't been very long." Something about never-ending trauma just really makes the time drag out.

She nods a bit. "That's the hope, innit? I s'pose time will tell, all the same." She doesn't like being so cynical, but experience says she should be.

[enduresurvive]

"It definitely feels longer, especially when we get that crazy shit where there's no sun or no nighttime or something? And the thing with clocks and whatever. I dunno, it's like this place just exists in whatever the fuck time it wants," she says. That also sounds crazy, but in Mathias, almost nothing is actually crazier than the town itself.

She shrugs again at the cynicism. "Hard to shake that feeling someone's just fucking with us."

no worries, friend <3

[ghosthuntuk]

"No sun? Interesting." Sounds like The Dark at work, and no night... what would that be? The Lightless Flame, perhaps? Doesn't matter. None of them are showing their hand at this point if they are here. "Has that happened more than once?" "Yeah, I can understand that."

[enduresurvive]

"Oh, right...I guess you can't tell, sorry." Ellie isn't used to interacting with blind people, so she isn't entirely considerate about it. It's not that she doesn't care.

"Uh...I don't think it's happened more than once. But the clocks and shit don't work, so it's hard to say how long it stretched on for, if that makes sense? It's like the bullshit weather here. Things just happen for days and then they're over."

[ghosthuntuk]

She shakes her head a bit. "You're fine." She knows it's not the most natural thing in the world, and while Melanie lives with anger firmly attached to under under the surface at all times, she won't take offense to the easily forgotten point of that, especially with someone who sounds like she might be at the end of her teen years.

"Makes it impossible to make sense of time, or seasons either one, doesn't it?" None of the Entities particular fit weird weather, but maybe something new has emerged in this place. She can't sure.