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041-044 » the ghosts of the living
WHO: Everyone.
WHERE: Eastern/Central Mathias
WHEN: Day 041-044
WHAT: Something is in the fog.
WARNINGS: (PM this account to have a warning added!)
NOTES: Plotting post over here!
RECOMMENDED ♫ John Carpenter "Antonio Bay"
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WHERE: Eastern/Central Mathias
WHEN: Day 041-044
WHAT: Something is in the fog.
WARNINGS: (PM this account to have a warning added!)
NOTES: Plotting post over here!
RECOMMENDED ♫ John Carpenter "Antonio Bay"
DAY 041-044
THE GHOSTS OF THE LIVING“Maybe before you die, it's your ghosts you see.”
—Lauren Oliver
The fog remains within the town, a cloyingly stagnant blanket turning the world a soft white that is the opposite of comforting. It has, at least, dissipated slightly since its initial entry into the town: residents can now see roughly twenty feet in any direction around them before the mist blots out the world again. Progress, perhaps, but at what cost?
Residents who venture into the fog will find that prolonged exposure still leaves them disoriented and eventually ill with dizziness, lightheadedness, or nausea. But with this new level of visibility, some may find the tradeoff worthwhile in exchange for being able to move about the town without getting too terribly lost.
But that's not all they find in the fog.
Beginning the morning of Day 41 and continuing until the night of Day 44, residents will begin to see Others in the fog. Appearing almost wraithlike and startlingly recognizable, these figures even feel a bit like ghosts to those who can sense such things, though everyone will feel that there is something wrong about them. Truly, there are many things wrong that residents will begin to notice as they encounter more and more of the apparitions that do not acknowledge their presence in any way. They simply exist, silent and subtly terrifying like so many things in this town.THE NEW ARRIVALS
The newest arrivals to Mathias will wake up on the beach near The Grey Gull. It's quite chilly out with their wet clothes, but surely there's something to help warm them inside the restaurant. They may even find some alcohol within — and not just the cowboys' homemade moonshine.
ABOUT THE OTHERS
The figures encountered in the fog over these four days will be unnervingly familiar to the unwilling residents of Mathias Township. They are like misty ghosts of those who have been in the town at one point or another, specifically those who have died or disappeared and even, perhaps, themselves. The likeness is truly uncanny, to the point of being completely terrifying.
There is no way to communicate with the Others. They do not acknowledge anyone's presence nor anything said to them. At times, they may be only one in an area, or there may be a dozen existing in the same space. There is no limit to how many people can see them — if they are there, they are seen by all.
The Others do not enter buildings and cannot be contained in any way. They can appear at one moment and be gone in the next, or they can exist in one place for hours on end. Whether standing stationary or slowly wandering throughout the town, there is no discernible purpose to them. There is something absent and distant in the way they hold themselves, the way they walk, and their expressions, as if even they cannot grasp what is happening.
— THE WEATHER conditions are fairly typical for mid fall: cool days and chilly "sweater weather" nights. It's getting warmer like spring but the leaves still look like fall...
— THE FOG remains stagnant in the town while also blocking the paths in the forest. Beginning a few dozen yards past the treeline, this section of fog will urge residents to stay huddled within the town proper by inducing a physical reaction of panic and fear. This type of fog also blocks the western section of town, beginning just past Hill Lane, before where residents know the chasm in the earth to be between Hill and Stine Road. Venturing into the fog blocking these areas is ill-advised.
— DISAPPEARANCES continue. Tony Stark, Neal Caffrey, Quentin Coldwater, Melanie King, Jaime Lannister, Yennifer, and Number Five have vanished without a trace.
— ALCOHOL is still in Mathias! (Unless they drank it all already.) A small stock of beer and cheap wine may be found at the General Store, and some homes may have a small store of alcohol in the fridge or pantry. The Grey Gull was also restocked with its lower-end offerings of a variety of alcohol types. Alcohol is not replenishing in the same way as food.
— PAGES that have been recently updated: deaths/disappearances, locations, madnesses, housing. Please give these a look and make sure any character information is correct and up-to-date.
— REWARD REDEMPTION has a new option now! Anyone looking to spend big AP and learn a bit more of the lore of the town may now redeem History Revealed for a cost of 10 AP and 1 Sanity Point. This is an advance redemption — dreams about the past in Mathias will occur in the following log to allow for proper planning and utilization of any plot or lore elements revealed. Note: This reward may be gifted to another character than the one claiming the reward.
— MOD STATUS The usual reminder that it's just Amy steering this ship for now, so things will probably be pretty slow for a while. Apologies in advance, and please don't feel shy about pinging me if you're stuck waiting for something.
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"Did you just get here? Thank god Raylan found you," he said practically in one breath. "Where did you wake up? Was it on the beach?" He looked at Raylan. "They really like the beach lately."
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Sort of.
Mostly.
She doesn't want to break the spell of the reunion, so she won't turn the conversation to the things she spoke to Raylan about just yet.
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"They really do." Raylan kept his lifted eyebrows, chin lifting inquisitively at Ainsley as she chose her word, honestly a little surprised she didn't come out with something stronger.
"I already offered her a drink, but she didn't take it. You might wanna get somethin' warm in her." Malcolm would remember how bone deep cold Raylan was after waking up in it. He nodded at Ainsley as he continued. "You can leave the coat most anywhere in here when you're done with it. We can also find a place for you here tonight, if you want." He didn't want to assume, after all.
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At ‘get something warm in her’, his eyebrows shot up. “I just made coffee!” he exclaimed. That was what he was going to tell Raylan when he thought it was just the cowboy coming back from the Gull. “Enough for everyone.” He tilted his head towards the island, then scooted around it to grab mugs from the cupboard. Turning to set them on the counter, he spotted Ainsley’s pants and gestured.
“...What is that? What happened?”
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Her stomach feels like it absolutely bottoms out when he asks about the stains on her slacks. If not for the lawman standing right there, already managing to get a solid impossible ramble out of her about it earlier? She'd lie. Claim it was paint, that it was anything but what it really is.
"I was hoping you could clear that part up for me." she says, voice shaking. "At Mom's. With Endicott... something happened, and I don't- I don't remember."
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