059-061 » the place where you stop the story

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WHO: Everyone.
WHERE: Eastern/Central/Southern Mathias
WHEN: Day 059-061
WHAT: Time returns to "normal" and Mathias grants a reprieve.
WARNINGS: (PM this account to have a warning added!)
NOTES: Plotting post over here! The next log will be posted the weekend of May 15th May 22nd.

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DAY 059-061
A BRIEF REPRIEVE
“There is no real ending. It’s just
the place where you stop the story.”
— Frank Herbert
Residents awake to a peaceful morning with the sun shining and earth remaining still. There is no unsettling shaking to rouse them at dawn, and time has continued moving onward as they slept. Whatever state they were in the night before, they remain that way now, for good or for bad.

On the surface, there seems to be little lasting effect on the tiny town from that strange series of days, save for the memories of any traumatic experiences residents may have faced — but there are always consequences within Mathias. The perpetrators of acts against the town are tormented by nightmares of those acts being used against them, and those who did not raise a hand to stop those acts of destruction may yet face consequences of their own. For now, however, the unwilling townspeople should do their best to rest and recover from the disturbing ordeals of late, for this reprieve from the madness shall surely be shortlived.




THE NEW ARRIVALS
The newest arrivals to Mathias will wake up on the beach near The Grey Gull. It's a bit 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.

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CONDITIONS UPDATE

— THE HISTORY MUSEUM has not fared well with the return of "normal" time. The once esteemed wooden building is now a charred ruin, the recent fire leaving behind little of the contents within for study. The structure is unstable and it is not wise to venture into the ruins for long.

— THE WEATHER conditions remain fairly typical for early fall: warm days and cool nights. It feels almost like spring arriving except that there fewer red and orange leaves on the ground and more of them oddly returning to the trees and slowly fading to green. It's like watching one of those nature documentaries that have a timelapse of the seasons, only it's going in reverse.

— THE FOG has retreated from some areas!

— Residents may now wander the southern stretch of the forest surrounding Mathias Township — it is possible to leave the paths but potentially unwise to do so.
— The fog has also retreated farther into the western section of town, now stretching across town between Stine Road and Shelley Drive. This has revealed the Chasm in the earth that stretches from one side of town to the other between Stine and Hill Lane.
— Access to the northern section of the forest is still blocked 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.

— DEATHS & DISAPPEARANCES continue! Max Guevara has vanished into the fog. Claire Novak's body can be spotted on Day 059 facedown at the bottom of the Chasm between Hill and Stine, near Phillips Drive; by the morning of Day 060, her body will be gone. (Attempts may be made to reach her body but will likely not end well for those involved. Such attempts should be reported under Exploration.)

— ALCOHOL is still in Mathias! Just barely. (Supply is running very low after recent town events.) 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 does not replenish as food does.)

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Comments

[bardish]

It's too quiet out on the porch. The house is full of warm, lively sounds, but it's like a little oasis of life plopped down in the middle of a fucking graveyard.

Ambient sounds, that's what they're missing. Cars or bikes passing in the streets, birds chirping, bugs buzzing, dogs barking...

Fucking eerie. He'd come out for some fresh air, but the longer he's out here, the more unsettled he is by the absence of life in this town. He's about ready to turn around and head back inside when he hears footsteps and practically jumps out of his skin.

"Jesus!" Jeff looks behind him and sees a woman-- 'Jessica Rabbit,' he remembers Klaus calling her-- and quickly tries to cover up his surprise with a smile. "Sorry. Guess I got lost in my thoughts. You know, took a left turn, then a right, then another left, got turned around, couldn't find my way out..." Jeff makes a face. "I feel like this metaphor's getting away from me..."

[trigeminalheadache]

There's a stark contrast, moving from the interior of the house to the porch. Inside, there's voices and laughter and people everywhere and it feels just a bit too much at the moment. Caitlin likes being social, she does, but sometimes it can be overwhelming. She needs a break from it. It wouldn't be polite to just wander upstairs at a house that isn't her own, and it would feel a bit final to leave for the house she's claimed as her own next door.

The porch it is. The quietness feels a bit overexaggerated out here. Maybe it was just from her moving out of the noisy interior, but... no. It isn't. There's too much missing outside, and it isn't just because she's used to living in a big city. Her eyes fall on the man already out here, the man who jumps and swears as he looks back at her. His face. That face. She knows she saw Raylan inside. Whoever this is, he lacks the hat and the twang and that particular stance. She's probably better equipped than others here for this sort of thing.

She smiles gently, softly shaking her head. "No, no, I can follow you. As someone who gets lost in thought enough that it could be a profession, I know the feeling. And out here..." She trails off a moment. "Easy to get lost when there's nothing else to cut through."

No engines, no birds, no barking, no car alarms blaring.

Caitlin offers her hand as she moves closer. "I'm Caitlin, though you might have heard Klaus call me 'Jessica Rabbit.'"

[bardish]

Jeff lets out a breath, like it's just a relief to talk to someone who gets where he's coming from, who'll follow his rambling without raising a 'what the fuck is wrong with you' brow.

"Yeah..." He nods, letting out a soft and only slightly anxious laugh as he glances back out the porch. "Exactly."

He looks at her again, smiling, and shakes the offered hand. "I did, but something told me that might not have been your real name. And Jeff-- me, I mean. My name's Jeff. I'm Jeff. Hi."