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Entry tags:
- *overview log,
- callisto (xena warrior princess),
- doc holliday (wynonna earp),
- dorian pavus (dragon age),
- elena gilbert (the vampire diaries),
- elijah mikaelson (the vampire diaries),
- eliot spencer (leverage),
- ellie (the last of us),
- john carter (er),
- klaus hargreeves (the umbrella academy),
- malcolm bright (prodigal son),
- parker (leverage),
- raylan givens (justified),
- the darkling (grishaverse),
- tim gutterson (justified),
- wynonna earp (wynonna earp),
- ~ bucky barnes (marvel live action),
- ~ daisy johnson (marvel live action),
- ~ jeff calhoun (original),
- ~ neal caffrey (white collar),
- ~ tai (star wars)
065-071 » assign to oblivion / part iii
WHO: Everyone
WHERE: Mathias Township proper
WHEN: Days 065-071
WHAT: The residents of Mathias reunite under unnerving conditions.
WARNINGS: (PM this account to have a warning added!)
NOTES: Plotting post over here!
RECOMMENDED ♫ Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross "Outside"
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WHERE: Mathias Township proper
WHEN: Days 065-071
WHAT: The residents of Mathias reunite under unnerving conditions.
WARNINGS: (PM this account to have a warning added!)
NOTES: Plotting post over here!
RECOMMENDED ♫ Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross "Outside"
DAY 065-071
ASSIGN TO OBLIVION“No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes
place in the interim, there are some things we can never
assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.”
— Haruki Murakami
Only two days have passed since the town was fractured, leaving residents cut off from those they'd come to know and even care for. A mere two days of wandering the new streets, uncovering more secrets that continue to make little sense of this strange place. Two days with sunrises, sunsets, and nights that seem like any other.
And yet.
When residents wake on this third day, they will find that much has changed. All around them, wherever they may be, there are signs that time has passed without them. Dust covers everything, indoors and out, even areas that were spotlessly clean seemingly hours ago. The residents themselves are covered as well, dust clinging to their hair, skin, and clothing—
Clothing that they may not have been wearing when they went to sleep. Each resident, regardless of the state they were in previously, is now clad in a pair of white pajamas, with long pants and button-up shirts. Those who thoroughly explored Baneberry Hall will easily recognize these articles as identical to those well-stocked in the decaying great house. On top of this, the clothes they wore from home have disappeared, along with anything else they may have brought with them when they arrived or items from home that have been found within the borders of Mathias.
There is no sign that anyone has entered their place of shelter, nor is there any sign of what may have been done with these items or how they came to be wearing these clothes. The dust all around them is undisturbed, almost as if they had been sleeping there for quite some time, though it seems impossible for such a thing to have occurred naturally.THE NEW ARRIVALS
The newest arrivals to Mathias will wake up on the lawn of Town Hall, at the center of the little town square. They, too, are bereft of any items from home and clothed in the identical white pajamas. There are shops all around them, with houses just beyond, and at first glance, everything seems almost picturesque. Except for the silence that is at times so complete as to be maddening... Welcome to Mathias.
SUMMERTIME
— When summer arrives, so too does an outdoor stand in front of the General Store. Sporting a handpainted sign proclaiming Whateley Farm, the stand is overflowing with a variety of produce: berries, plums, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, green beans, leeks, onions, peppers, potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes, and garlic bulbs. These do not replace the produce offerings normally found inside the market, but they do behave strangely. The stand replenishes sporadically, sometimes every other day or every five days. There is no discernible pattern to when it replenishes, nor is there any sign of how it came to be there at all.
— With the now-complete reverse change of season, much of the autumn debris has cleared from around town. Only a few stray leaves and fallen branches remain, their crisp colors at odds with the warm summer days. The forest has also cleared of much of the fall detritus, making it easier to both follow the paths and potentially spy things that might be out of the ordinary.CONDITIONS UPDATE — THE WEATHER Summer has arrived in Mathias, bringing with it warm days that average 70°F and comfortably cool nights. The skies are clear throughout the week save for Day 68 when a light rain falls from a grey sky throughout the day.
— THE FOG has maintained its new boundaries.— 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 from the western section of town entirely.
— 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 AND DEATHS continue! Max Guevara and Liz Brundy have disappeared, and now that everyone is back together, residents will notice that Yennefer, Number Five, and Tony Stark have also vanished.
— 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.OOC NOTES — 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 My non-RP life is busy and chaotic and I continue to ask for your forgiveness and understanding as game things continue to be slower, as I cannot promise timely mod responses beyond weekends and even that is not wholly guaranteed.
— ITEMS FROM HOME All items from home that characters would normally possess have vanished for this log and will return in the next. This includes clothing and possessions they had when they arrived in Mathias, items that were found in the rain, and items that were found in Baneberry Hall and removed from the property. Items from home that were left behind by other characters no longer in the game have also vanished. (All other items and clothing still remain, it is only items from characters' homes that have disappeared.)
— BANEBERRY ITEMS The items from home that were not removed from Baneberry Hall in the last log have vanished from the property. These items will not reappear in the next log. (Please be sure to comment in the appropriate spot on those logs about the state of your character's item for inventory purposes, ie whether they were removed from the property or left behind.)
— ACTIVITY CHECK Beginning with June's AC (posted at the start of July), all tags that consist of only dialogue will count as 0.5 points, not just those that occur in an inbox thread — this applies to both AC and AP totals. This adjustment is an extension of what has been in place since the start of the game: that all dialogue-only inbox tags counted for a half-point. Since such tags have occurred regularly in log threads as well, the half-point status is simply being extended to all tags regardless of location in order to be fairer in point distribution. (Examples will be provided in the AC post to assist with proper counting.)
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“We still can’t get to the Lodge, but the house Doc got stuck in that time we were stuck at the Boarding House is here. I haven’t been yet. We could go,” he offers. “They say there are shadow people in the mirrors there.”
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“Shadow people in the mirrors? Creepy. Do they actually do anything?” Either way, of course she’s down.
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“Fucking bullshit fog,” she says. But she turns and follows.
“All right. We can surely take some creepy shadow people. What else did I miss?”
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"See that place? It's some kind of abandoned insane asylum."
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“Gross, what the fuck. What kind of creepy shit did you guys find in there?”
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“Fucking hell, those pjs were asylum pjs?” That’s worse than she imagined. Does that mean they were all in that place? Of course she doesn’t remember that, but…well, it’s already apparent she’s been out awhile. She tries not to be too upset, but it’s hard.
“Do you know what happened to those people? Other than just the same thing that happened to everyone in this stupid ass town?”
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“There was no trace of anyone. But a bunch of us… items that belonged to us were in there and if someone touched them, they saw our memory.”
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But that other thing makes her just stop in her tracks. She’s sure Malcolm wouldn’t bullshit her about something like that.
“You saw each other’s memory? What kind of memory?”
Whatever he says probably won’t matter; she won’t like the answer. Maybe it’s better she somehow apparently slept through it or…whatever.
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What a terrible time it sounds like. It's chilling, though. Invasive.
"I'm glad none of you had to see any of my stupid memories," she says, and she tries to sound the way she normally does, like she can just throw it away, like it doesn't matter. But instead, she sounds like what she is: a girl who's had way too many bad memories before the age of 20.
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She thinks maybe Malcolm could have handled some of it, that last terrible day of Joel's life, the last day that Ellie remembers feeling like a human being. Malcolm deals with serial killers. She thinks it would have broken Doc's heart, because he cares too much. Some of the others, she's not sure. But it's not anyone's goddamn business being in someone else's close memories like that. Man, fuck this town all over again.
Either way, maybe missing out was the best she could have asked for.
She steps through the door and whistles.
"Man. Bet whoever lived here wishes they'd stayed. Worth the trade off, y'know? Crazy shadow people but at least you get a mansion." Joking is one of the ways she deals with the horrors of being alive in general.
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"You mean...like the shadow guy? That one really creepy fucker we've seen? This is his house?"
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"Do you think that guy is, like, actually alive? Sometimes I think those shadow people are ghosts or some shit, but that one...I dunno. I think he's different."
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