062 » that moment of experience / part i

[villagemod]

WHO: Everyone.
WHERE: Eastern/Central/Southern/Western Mathias
WHEN: Day 062
WHAT: A storm rains destruction upon the town.
WARNINGS: (PM this account to have a warning added!)
NOTES: Plotting post over here! Part II details are below.

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DAY 062
THAT MOMENT OF EXPERIENCE
“A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one
chooses that moment of experience from which to
look back or from which to look ahead.”
— Graham Greene
The day begins like any other might. The clouds occasionally part to give glimpses of the sun, offering a bit of hope that the hours might pass without incident. It is a hope that is soon dashed, however, for midday brings with it a suddenly darkening sky. Those near the beach will be able to see the ocean churning as all light seems to be bled from the day, the sky darkening into a purplish-black more quickly than is natural, the process taking a mere ten minutes from start to finish.

And then it begins.

The rain is so heavy and pouring so fast that the ground cannot take it all in, sending rivers down streets and leaving lawns as lakes. The winds blow in gusts so strong that they could knock someone over, and the lightning that arcs brightly through the sky is immediately followed by thunder that shakes the town to its core, the tremors almost reminiscent of the earthquakes that plagued the town only days ago.

For some, the storm will be another nuisance of mother nature, forcing them to remain wherever they were before its sudden approach. But for others, it will be far more than that, for this storm is seeking revenge on those who sought to destroy the town. Destruction will rain down and it will not stop until its vengeance is satisfied.




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. If nothing else, the cowboys' homemade moonshine should do the trick.

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ABOUT THE STORM
The storm will begin at midday and last until late into the night, only calming in the early hours of the morning. The heavy rain will flood the streets, though it will not be enough to flood the buildings themselves (except as noted below), and the winds and thunder will shake the town with such strength that it will almost seem as if the town is trying to tear itself apart.

But this is not a simple storm. For those residents who took part in any way in the destruction of the Town Hall, History Museum, or Stoker Park house, they will find the storm will destroy their shelter in some fashion. This can include broken windows, caved-in roofs, flooding from the rain, or even lightning striking the building. The details are up to player choice but something will be damaged by the storm.

— All damage to buildings will be repaired by the dawn of the following day as if it never happened at all. There is no way to witness this process taking place.
— If a resident is sheltering in a shared living space with others who did not take part in the destruction of the town, you may choose to have only your character's section of that location damaged. However...
— The storm's focus will follow the resident if they move to another area or location, meaning that the new location will also suffer damage in some way.
— Only those who took part in the town destruction in some way will be targeted by the storm, but innocent bystanders can be caught up in the situation as well.

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CONDITIONS UPDATE

— 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.

— DISAPPEARANCES continue! Ellie has vanished while others have returned.

— ALCOHOL supplies have run dry, save for any dregs that have been squirreled away by individual residents. Moonshine can still be acquired by those in desperate need.

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OOC NOTES

— NEW MAP Thanks so much to Scy for this amazing new map of Mathias!

— PROJECT HELP Your mod needs help with some projects!

— PART II The next part of the log series will be have characters divided up (by OOC choice, not IC) into groups, so be sure to sign up for one asap. Anyone who doesn't make the deadline will be automatically assigned to an available spot.

— UPDATES Don't forget to report updates as they come up! Changes to locations (like toppling a few bookshelves in the library), big plots you have coming up that will affect the game (parties, major property destruction, etc), or exciting discoveries that may tie into the game's mythology (even the things provided by the mod) are very helpful to have in one place so relevant page updates can be made. IC events are also helpful to know about in advance so they can be included in the log write-ups.

— MOD STATUS The usual reminder that it's just Amy steering this ship, so things will are going to be pretty slow for a while. Apologies in advance, and please don't feel shy about pestering me if you're stuck waiting for something. (All outstanding matters will be taken care of in the next few days!)

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[chuju]

Registration does sound a lot like that. Even the Index had been painfully reminiscent of that horrible period of human history, and Daisy hates all of it even after having years to get used to the idea. Inhumans and other enhanced individuals have a right to a normal life just like other humans; it's something she'll fight for to her dying breath if that's what it takes.

"Glad to hear it," she says softly with a nod, all the fire going out of her at those words. It didn't stand much of a chance anyway when she's so tired and so damn cold.

"So," she continues, opting for a change of subject, "any advice for the new girl in town?"

Typo in the last tag - her posture change wasn't hard to miss

[tinstar]

The threat of a wildfire now someone dim in the horizon, Raylan slowly lowered his hands back down to hang at his sides. If he knew the arguments and full context, he'd still land directly on her side of it all.

"Mainly? Don't stay out after dark, don't be alone if you can help it and if some spooky ass voice tells you to do something, do it. It's a real shit welcome card. You were headed that way, right?" He nodded in that direction and started to walk, willing to fall an easy, unhurried step with her.

"Gonna follow all that up with the weird ass question of, 'So, what year you comin' from'?"

I didn't even notice!

[chuju]

The more she finds out about this place, the more she feels like she's been dropped into a horror movie. She hasn't heard of any ghosts yet, thankfully, but there are apparently monsters somewhere out there that killed the Other Her. That's a bit of history she hopes doesn't repeat itself...

"I was just traveling through time, so it's really not that weird," she counters easily, grateful for the casual pace as they walk. She's not eager to get anywhere in particular just yet. "But I came from 2019."

[tinstar]

Raylan's eyebrows lifted almost comically. "Oh just.. A casual jaunt through time?" As he moved through the statement, so too did his eyebrows, ending in a confused pinch. "You wouldn't happen to have.. Big purple assholes snappin' people outta existence in your reality would you?"

[chuju]

A casual jaunt. She wishes. Sure, there had been a few fun moments early on, but as time had progressed (quite literally), things had gotten... bad. Really bad. It's his second question that leaves Daisy frowning, though.

"You mean Thanos. Yeah, that happened a year ago for me." Another thing she feels guilty for. If she'd stayed on Earth a little longer, maybe she could have done something to stop him.

"I'm guessing Bucky told you about it?" Unless there was someone else here from their universe.

[tinstar]

"He did. First couple of days he was here. Didn't mention you or SHIELD though, so it's a guess payin' off." With as close as they were - had been? Would be again? What were tenses, in this situation.

Part of him wanted to ask if that's why she was time traveling, but the whole it being ahead of her by a year would suggest not.

"So. Time Travel. Are we talkin' like.. Jules Verne or.. portals or some shit? How's that work? You foldin' time?"

Yea, he's read a book or two.

[chuju]

Daisy doesn't want to think about that first part. It's too soon, too messy and complicated, and she doesn't want to know how the other man would look at her if he knew. So she focuses on the easy part — the stuff she'd lived and breathed for who knows how long.

"Honestly, I couldn't tell you the specifics," she admits, shaking her head. "FitzSimmons and Enoch were behind the technical side of things and it's all way above me. But it involved stealing tech from the alien robots we were trying to stop; they wanted to make Earth their new homeworld and were going back in time to get rid of SHIELD so we couldn't stop them in the present. So, suddenly, our spaceship had a time drive on it and we had to follow them through the decades."

Not so suddenly for those three, though. She still can't wrap her head around just how much time had passed for her friends, all the years they'd spent in space preparing for this mission without anyone knowing.

[tinstar]

He didn't need specifics, he was just looking for a general case for it.

"Wait - your.. Your spaceship? In 2019, we got spaceships." And they're just handin' 'em out to agencies? He's calling foul, that's more unfair then magic and powers. "When'd the government get hands on alien tech?"

Moreover, what else had they applied it to? Raylan might wear a federal badge and swagger himself around with that authority, but it was a Job and there was still a whole ass hillbilly underneath it. Sometimes that was half his problem.

[chuju]

Okay, she can't help but smile at that. Conspiracy Her had been so right and it still feels so damn good.

"Please, the government has had alien tech for decades," she counters with an air of 'you seriously didn't know that?' that cannot be stopped. "And that was before New York was invaded. I broke into Area 51 in 1955 and the place was full of it."

As for the spaceship part... Well, maybe she'll let him have that Back to the Future-esque dream of the future being a lot cooler than it really is. SHIELD had a spaceship. Singular. And she'd been in charge of it for the past year.

[tinstar]

"Have, yeah, but understandin' enough to utilize?" Shit. As a regular ass person, that concerned him a little.

Everyone knew about Area 51 and anyone who knew the Government, knew that Top Secret could cover a crazy large branch of topics, not all of them good in any kinda way. But all that aside, he had to immediately remind himself that she'd just said 'Time Travel'; of course that's why she was in 1955.

A lot to chew over.

"You're gonna be bored to death here." Possibly quite literally.

found this buried in my inbox

[chuju]

Daisy raises her eyebrows at the statement, watching him for a moment until she realizes he's serious. Sighing heavily, she crosses her arms and mutters with a mountain of sarcasm, "Oh, great. I'm so glad to hear it."

It's not just the being bored part that worries her, though that's certainly something she never does well with. If there's time to be bored at all, that means no one here has found anything that might lead to their leaving this place. It means there aren't any solid leads to follow or bad guys to interrogate. That changes her estimation of things drastically and she doesn't like it one bit.

[tinstar]

Raylan shrugged. It was going to be boring until it wasn't anymore. Being bored was the easiest part of all this. That's how Mathis did things, he was learning. Ebbs and flows, like life on crack or something.

"Don't worry. When she gives you something do to, it'll be enough for you to chew over for days. And in the interim, we got plenty of buildings that don't tell us shit."

[chuju]

Everything Raylan says just makes her more worried about the situation at hand. She'd been thinking she could buckle down and solve this thing, get everyone home before too long, but now...

"How long have you been trapped here?" she asks quietly, her grip on the blanket around her shoulders tightening.

[tinstar]

"Roughly two months. Give or take a few days. We're keepin' track best we can on one of the walls in the house. Good news is that we've got food and supplies. Just nothin' fun. Unless you count moonshine as fun but, it's an acquired taste. We won't die of starvation."

Just the aforementioned boredom, except when it wasn't around.