Event Post: Silent Hill

[hadrielmods]

THE RUNDOWN

Delight's poll has closed, and Sorrow is the winner, a decision that we're sure no one will regret! But before the gods quite have a chance to get anything rolling this month - resurrection or a run-of-the-mill event - they have it taken out of their hands.

Sharon Da Silva (unitas) has had her fill of god nonsense, and on June 15th she will be handling her anger and fear in a healthy and constructive way. Yes, bits and pieces of Silent Hill will be affecting the city of Hadriel, summoned via her connection and powers. The gods, not expecting this at all, are going to need a bit of time before they can figure out how to fix it, so until then, well - we hope you like fog.

The city will be shrouded in it most of the time, the light above dim and somber. There may be one or two monsters in the fog, but generally it's pretty safe. Just creepy and kind of depressing, that's all! But stay alert. Intermittently, you'll hear the sound of an air raid siren - and that's when you want to maybe think about running. The city will temporarily change to a darker version of itself, staying that way for anything from a few minutes to a few hours before changing back again. You might see sigils on the walls of buildings, blood and bodies, rust and scorch marks, a twisted reflection of the usual Hadriel. And, of course, monsters.

THE DETAILS

When Hadriel changes, the barriers Hope uses to keep the monsters in the caves simply stop working. Anything from the bestiary can be found roaming the city, free to cause damage and stalk their prey and make life worse. As if that and the new Satanic aesthetic weren't enough, there's also the chance that you could have your own personal monster stalking the streets looking for you. These creature will be disturbing reflections of your subconscious - fears, regrets, and desires given twisted, uncomfortable form. This part of the event is opt-in, you don't have to have your own special monster if you don't want to!

When the sirens go off and the city changes, the only safe places in Hadriel are the god temples. No monsters can pass through the doors, although that does mean you'll be affected by the emotion of whichever temple you might choose to hide in. Still, you'll be safe. Unfortunately, there's no way to predict when the sirens will go off, and the temples have no food or other conveniences inside them. If you want to camp out there for the whole event, you can, but it's not gonna be easy, and hopefully you'll have some braver friends willing to go out and get you food, you weenie.

If you would like to try to talk Sharon down or stop the Silent Hillification of Hadriel some other way, feel free to plot with Lunare! But if no one else manages, the gods will finally figure out how to shut that shit down on June 20th. The fog will lift, the monsters will be safely locked away again, and the gods will be left with one hell of a headache.

THE OVERVIEW

► June 15th: The city gets foggy and weird. What is weather?
► June 15th-20th: Fog, intermittent cave monsters, freaky too-personal monsters, good times for all!
► June 20th: Everything goes back to normal and you can all leave those shitty temples

Comments

QUESTIONS

[hadrielmods]

[cashlin]

Will there be multiples of personal monsters, or will it be a Pyramid Head kind of thing where there's just one of that personal monster? until that one boss fight but you know

lilith

[cashlin]

IVE BEEN WAITING ALL MONTH FOR THIS....

Lilith's monster is gonna look a little something like this (cw funky sh-brand body horror). It'll be fireproof and nigh-unkillable, so that'll be fun for a chick whose strategy is "set it on fire and kill it", haha whoops??

She'll be open to doing supply runs during the event and chaperoning less combat-ready weenies, but will likely be spending a lot of time camping out at Delight's temple once she figures out it's safe at god temples. I have a couple things planned out right now, but nothing that'll interfere with even more plotting! :9 Hit me with your best shot. I'm available in this thread, via PM, or on plurk at smithsyndicate.

[hotspurred]

Now that RL has settled for me, let's finally have these two actually exchange words... and make sure that Maketh doesn't get herself killed/nearly killed this event, considering her track record

rey.

[circumitus]

Surprisingly, Rey's monster will appear to be non-violent. Not so much attacking you as she is stalking you. I present the Creeping Lady. Think of her more as something of a Valtiel-type creature. She is mostly bald with the exception of a patch of long, blonde hair on the back of her head, a bar code on the side of her thigh, and something like a hospital bracelet on her ankle. Does it present any hints as to who this strange creature is and where she came from? I don't know, maybe! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

In addition to being stalkery, she can also be sometimes seen hauling body bags around, seemingly containing an actual body inside. Who is it, you wonder? Unzip one to find out. (B That is, if you can get to one. Creeping Lady tends to appear in what seems like inaccessible places (also kinda like Valtiel). She is more of a looming, haunting presence than anything else.

As for the event itself, it'll probably take some convincing to get her to seek safety in one of the temples, because Rey doesn't love herself. Oh well. She will, on the other hand, be doing what she can to help others, be it fighting monsters or supply runs. Need someone to Escort Mission™ your character to safety? Rey is your gal.

If you need to get a hold of me for plotting purposes or anything, hit me up here, PM, plurk (citygrit), or AIM (ReverieWulfram).

[unitas]

I would love for Sharon and Rey to do something in this event. Maybe beat the shit out of a couple of monsters together, or something?

steve

[prespangled]

Silent Hill events, my forever favorites!

Steve's monster will actually look pretty similar to actual Silent Hill nurses, shambling and creepy and maybe a little jabby with a needle. The only difference is it will bear a strong resemblance to his mother, who was a nurse herself.

He'll be out doing what he can, looking for others and trying to get them to go to the temples. If you have anything in particular you'd like to do with him, count me in and hit me up here or at legions!

Glacius

[glacius]

As far as the event itself goes, Glacius is going to be very, very unnerved by the appearance of the Otherworld... but luckily for the citizens of Hadriel, he isn't the type to cower. As soon as he figures out there is danger present he will likely begin patrolling the city trying to deal with the influx of monsters, and once it is established that the temples are safe zones, he will do what he can to bring people to them, defend them, and keep them well-supplied. This will provide plenty of opportunities for characters to encounter the normally reclusive alien. Want to fight monsters with him? Sure! Will your character need help getting to safety? He's your guy! Want to approach him as he returns to the temple with supplies and show some appreciation for everything he's been doing? That would be wonderful! I'm up for anything, really, so hit me up and let's plot it up!

As far as his monster goes, I will have some art up for it by the time the event rolls around... but it's going to be an anguished, writhing mass of three bodies: one representing the fiery convict he was forced to kill to win his freedom from Ultratech, one representing the grief and sorrow that act caused in him, and one representing his fear of what that deed potentially makes him. If he comes face to face with it, he'll likely have a hard time galvanizing himself to fight back, so if anyone wants to help him deal with it that would be swell... and could potentially open the door to helping him actually come to terms with what the monster represents, too, if your character is the type to try and offer continued support.

Basically this is like one of his dreams: an inside look at some of the darker shit that occupies his mind and the chance to directly effect how he deals with it, which is pretty exciting because opportunities like this do not come up with Glacius often given how tight-lipped (gilled?) he can be about his past! So if this interests you, hit me up via comment, PM, or Plurk and let's work some stuff out!

[synthedick]

I'd loooooove for either Nick or Carlisle to help out with this. Maybe Carlisle, given how cagey Glacius is about himself.

(At some point, they need to talk about dream stuff in a non-dream setting, too. SO MUCH CR, SO LITTLE TIME.)

emily

[unfollowing]

Ahaha how perfect, this event starts when I come back from hiatus!

So I'm the biggest weenie in the world (ok not really but still), and after how badly I overdid it during the dreamwalker event, I'm not giving Emily a monster. She will, instead, be hiding out in Delight's temple y'all are invited for this event but not for the Sorrow event because you fuckers brought that on yourselves.

Emily made her way through scary mines on her own, sure, but she's not actually a fighter, so she will be avoiding going outside at all. That said, I wouldn't mind it if she got caught outside during the sirens once and someone had to come save her (or run with her, lord knows anything's possible).

She will bribe ask people to get her food and water and probably some of her sewing projects to keep busy with. Her usual grumpiness will be tempered by being in Delight's temple, so if you want to try and get some half decent non-negative CR with Emily, this is as good a chance as any. (She will, of course, still be herself, which means I guarantee nothing and I give a blanket apology for her in advance.)

[torrefied]

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE NICK RESCUE EM and see her monster form in person

mello + nick.

[torrefied]

YAAASSSSS i'm so hype for this

i do not as of now have plans for either of mine to have their own personal monsters but uh definitely planning to do things for this event.

nick will probably end up in whichever temple her close cr ends up, ideally after showing off her monster form to lots of people.

mello is gonna probs just hover around near. >:c

... i actually don't have a whole lot planned period, come to think of it. COME AT ME WITH YOUR IDEAS PALS.

[bekommen]

UPD8: mello and near are gonna end up at fear's temple because yes, that is the best option for those two assholes to keep from killing and/or giving away each other's weaknesses.

krieg + sans

[skelebro]

ho ho ho hoooOLY SHIT

Krieg's biggest flaw is rage and self-hatred, so his personal monster is gonna reflect that accordingly. It'll be a hulking mass of misshapen flesh and axe-throwing rage. Krieg's personal demons aren't complex, but boy do they pack a punch! In response, Krieg is likely to handle this event exactly the same way he handles every other event, which is to around killing shit and keeping it off people's backs. If you need a screaming, overly violent savior, Krieg is your guy!

Sans will have a personal monster modeled after his worst flaw which is, unsurprisingly, his own laziness. More specifically, it's the fact that through his constant inaction, he indirectly contributes to the deaths of everyone he knows and loves time and time again. The end result is a whole lot of helplessness, some grade-a depression, and a hefty dose of bottled-up guilt. Oh right, and he's also incredibly emotionally dependent on his brother Papyrus, who is at Sans's current canonpoint dead and also not in the city with him. Which means his monster is gonna look...well, it'll look something like this (warning for body horror in the image). He'll mostly wanna keep moving between the various temples because Feeling Things is Hard and He Doesn't Want It. Anyone want a weird teleportation ride to a temple? Provided you don't make him too suspicious, Sans might be willing to oblige.

[synthedick]

That monster for Sans is legit terrifying, holy cow.

ciri

[ichaer]

Ciri's monster will be highly based around the idea of harpies ( 1, 2, 3 ) with other noticeable body horror. She will be highly aggressive to anyone that gets in her line of sight. A lot of time will be spent perched on the high rooftops before swooping down, screeching and trying to dig her talons into people. Despite her diminutive size, she could lift the average human male into the air with ease in order to try dropping them from high heights. She'll also try to eat your face, fun stuff. Perhaps her biggest offensive is her scream, it's high pitched and used in an effort to disorientate her targets.

Meanwhile, she'll be living up to her monster slayer title and hunting the streets to try culling the menaces. Although she'll lead anyone that isn't capable of fighting to the temples once it becomes known that they offer protection, she'll firmly decline actually going into any of them because fuck off, cave gods. Long story short, she'll be teleporting around and stabbing monsters with her sword. She'll also likely be trying to get supplies to the temples for our squishy folks.

Feel free to hit me up in this thread, through PM or at kaldwin for plotting purposes!

[hotspurred]

Fancy killing a monster together? And Henry can try to convince Ciri to join the city guard all the while, since he wants all the able warriors in their ranks.

[sisterincrime]

AIGHTY

Bigby will dedicate his time to being out in the fog after sirens hit to try and find people who need help, because what the heck kind of monster can take him on and win? Oh wait - this thing.

While Bigby tries to be a good person, he is neither a good nor a person and this monster reflects both of this as well as the struggle he has with his own temper: this monster will rush at people in straight lines in an attempt to severely fuck them up and/or try (and by design, fail) to eat them. Until it spots Bigby, at which point it will ignore it's previous target and go for him, and it will absolutely fuck him up because Bigby's first response is always to fight and he cannot win against this alone.

Fiona's monster is more subtle: an amalgamation of exes and ex-marks all wrapped up in a skin suit and stalking her from the fog. While its mouth is also covered, it can be heard from a short distance as it mumbles to itself along the lines of "don't leave me, don't do this to me, you won't like me when I'm upset" etc. Very much a creepy obsessive stalker.

So fingers crossed I don't burn myself out on all this 8'D HMU!

[keep_smiling]

Elmer doesn't really have much that's ever going to scare/bother him in the way of personal demons or monsters, so please don't mind him as he follows after you and tries to help you deal with yours!! Very ineffectually!! He'll be making sure morale is kept up and everyone is smiling even when things get really scary. That's the important thing. So if he can tag along after you and bother you, let me know!

[federalbureauofimmortals]

What a great time for Victor to find out he's here.

Gansey + Damen

[quaerit]

Gansey will probably end up in Hope's temple, partly because he thinks now is a bad time to be focusing on any other emotion, and partly because he actually kind of likes Hope. His monster is going to be a very large hornet, which will split apart into thousands of regular-sized hornet every time he's in its sight. As Gansey is actually deathly allergic to hornets, this will make him panic, and go very still. Which actually will not help to save him from these hornets in the least. Once he realises the temples are the only safe place to be, he will pretty much stay inside Hope's, and only leave if either: they are in desperate need of something from the outside, OR, one of his friends is outside and he wants to go after them.

Damen will spend a decent amount of time on the streets, fighting off the cave monsters and trying to keep people safe. If you would like him to guard you, or help you get somewhere, he'll be game! He'll also go along with anyone looking to find food, and protect them while they do so. He will eventually treat the Temples with a kind of siege mentality; he'll advocate everyone who can't fight locking in and rationing provisions, leaving only when they need more. He will also try to rally those who are able to fight into protecting the others. His personal monster will be a large, heavyweight brute built of metal, which comes complete with chains, whips and flails which try to grab hold of him and flay him to death.

If you would like to plot with either of them for this, please lmk here, or I am halfbloodly on plurk.

[hotspurred]

All I know is Hotspur needs to see Damen fight. Professional appreciation B)

blue

[ampliat]

Blue's monster looks like a creepy, ass tree. Essentially it's going to be all about making more creepy trees like itself. When it finds a victim, it's branches will try to surround them and grow to engulf the person entirely and plant them as another tree statue. It'll be very determined to grab and people and drag them back close to it to keep them there as it assimilates them. And once caught, it can be hella hard to get out of. It doesn't feel pleasant, as it doesn't kill you. Instead it just imprisons you inside it, and the longer you're in it the more your body merges with the bark. It's cold and empty and makes a person a prison in their own selves. Once imprisoned, the creature will plant the roots in the ground and leave the victim to slow assimilation in the new tree statue. Blue will be terrified of this, and doing her best to actively avoid going anywhere near monsters. So she'll try to stay at Hope's temple with Gansey, but being the hard-head she is she will go out and try to get supplies to bring back. I'd really like her to get swallowed up by this thing once and have to be pried out of the tree if anyone's willing!

arya and johanna

[whichend]

Arya's monster will be him of many faces, a creepy, rotting, zombie-like creature with multiple flopping, decaying heads. Each head will bear the face of someone Arya has killed or seen die -- her father, mother, etc. they'll be repeating their last words in a throaty, gross sort of moan. In addition to stabbing the shit out of her monster, Arya will also volunteer to go on supply runs, especially if she's interacted with your character before. She'll still be pretty upset by her monster, though.

Johanna will be taking advantage of the mood fog and telling horror stories in delight's temple! What could be more fun? Cue a campfire on the altar and everything.

I'm always game for plotting. Feel free to respond to this comment or hit me up on plurk @ canofspams.

[themightykamina]

I think this would be an excellent time for Kamina and Arya to run into each other, stabbing the shit out of monsters. He needs to meet the tiny sword-lady.

Noah

[casperdisaster]

Noah is going to have his own monster of course. Like dead!Noah, dressed eternally in the Aglionby uniform, a decayed corpse that's mostly skeleton now held together by fraying bits of wispy soul smoke, one cheek bashed in. It'll shamble on its merry way about Hadriel, and while of course Noah's the focus it is eternally coming after, it won't hesitate to latch on to anyone else who gets in the way of that pursuit. Kinda like It Follows.

Good news it won't actually kill you! It needs energy and warmth, so it just grapples and slowly sucks out body heat and energy to leave you cold, exhausted, and helpless to any other monsters that happen by. What an asshole.

Noah for his part will have prefered to stay in Delight's temple but his friends are making Hope's their base of operations and he's a sheep so he'll be sticking with them and only venturing out on supply runs if he's got someone with him. Other than that he's happy to be a shameless coward about this.

[hollowly]

so i think this might be a good opportunity for noah and sam to meet up again. what say you? not-noah can latch onto him?

IDK I'm up for anything, i would just really like some more noah interaction in my life. it's been forever.

sam.

[hollowly]

okay so i have only been waiting since this event was announced to really get into plotting stuff SO LET'S DO THIS.

sam is definitely getting his own monster - and courtesy of danni, it's gonna look something like this. very strong, very resilient to things like regular gunfire even though it looks emaciated enough that a strong wind could blow it over. i think both dean and kate are going to end up getting hurt by it trying to help him kick its ass into submission, for which sam is going to feel so incredibly guilty about, so if you want your character to help out or just see the thing for themselves, by all means. S H R U G.

he'll also be randomly running around trying to keep people safe that happen to encounter the monsters and baddies that are coming through the barriers, and ultimately he'll be running in and out of hope's temple doing supply runs and things, sticking around to try to keep everyone calm, etc. basically trying to be a big ol' helpy-helper.

so let's do stuff! hit me up here, or you can find me over at boldly as always. c: I AM SO EXCITED YOU GUYS HAVE NO FREAKING IDEA.

[thechoiceisyours]

Wrong account but I feel like we should totally have a Ruby and Sam teamup against Sam's monster. She probably can't do it too much damage but she wouldn't want to fight it anyway, so she could help Sam get out of being cornered by it or something?

Not that she CARES or anything, ugh.

[themightykamina]

I REMAIN FOREVER EXCITED ABOUT SILENT HILL GOSH.

Okay so now that that's out of the way, Kamina! He has been way too dang well-adjusted for this place. Probably comes from living all but the last month of his life underground in a pit only slightly less awful than this one. At least this one has fun monsters to fight SO! He's getting his own personal monster made of his fear of failure and dying without purpose. A plurk link where I talk about it is here, and if we aren't friends yet please request! I want all of you in my life. If you don't wanna, a short description of monster and motivations can be found in this journal entry here!

Kamina is, as tends to be his way, gonna be making regular runs out into the city to slay some monsters, rescue people, and collect supplies. Seems like a lot of other people are doing this too, so it'd be a great time to establish some on-the-run CR! Please come at me, I would love CR of any flavor. I am not opposed to negative CR, or to anyone trying to murder the shouty one waving a sword wildly about. He's also probably going to be hanging in Rage's temple when he's not out in the city, because when in doubt, shout your way out! That's the Team Gurren motto. Sort of. Shhh.

[dedikated]

/slides on in. On the run CR you say?

[solvethepuzzle]

Okay, so. After some deliberation, I've finally got some things figured out.

Near will be getting a monster, modeled after something he experienced in his previous game. It will take thin, wraithlike form, eyes the only discernible feature on its face and will be walking around draped in an indigo cloak. And will have an assortment of creepy-ass powers, such as temporary possession (it will mostly be seeking out Near for this, but may also feel inclined toward particularly intelligent, magically-inclined individuals if it gets more desperate; more details can be worked out if anyone is interested in this), and the ability to drive people insane or reduce them to animal intelligence. Also, it can counter spells and is highly resistant to magic in general. Best bet is to take it down through physical means.

Now, Near himself is a cautious little marshmallow who would like nothing to do with this thing, so yeah he'll be holing up in a temple. Since Mello is insisting on hovering around him he's going to wind up at . . . Fear's temple, probably. Because with Mello around, that's actually what he would consider the least terrible option because he's weird and the relationship these two have is fucked up.

I should have him get caught up in the fog at some point, since he's really not going to be doing things like venturing out on supply runs and junk and it would be nice to score him some additional CR. So I game to work with that, too.

[bekommen]

OH JESUS you're gonna have your work cut out explaining that monster to mello :[

i'm also potentially up for him getting hit by it, even though he's not a magical boy in this game anyway

Ushahin

[ushahin]

Ushahin's monster looks like a tall, lean, raven-headed man with very bright, reflective mirrors where his eyes should be. Should a character look into the eyes, they will see themselves reflected, but parts of them shall be...wrong. Missing limbs, blood on their hands, distorted features. The longer they stare, the more their reflections will change. Stand for too long and he will try to grab them and then stab them with talon-like fingers.

Ushahin himself, well, he's fascinated by nightmares and the like, so he's going to be spending as much time outside soaking in the atmosphere until a monster tries to attack him. Even then, it's probably better if someone drags his crazy ass into the nearest temple before he gets into deep trouble.

Lucifer

[retiredfromhell]

Lucifer

So asides from being butt hurt about this new aesthetic being called satanic (please his tastes are so much better than this!) Lucifer is at least not going to be adding to the monster population.

I have been wavering back and forth on introducing a personal monster for Luci but since canon appears to be going in that direction but that is going to be Season 2 I didn't want to go too far down that rabbit hole.

Instead! Luci is just going to have arrived back in Hadriel from a canon update. He is now canon compliant through the end of Season One of Lucifer, which means he is aware that he's got his immortality so long as the Detective isn't around. He is also a lot less relaxed about being back in Hadriel since he owes his father a debt and Lucifer DOES NOT go back on his debts!

This means he is probably going to be mowing through some monsters. He is available for protection detail, helping to tackle your personal monster and just generally in and around town looking for a way out working off some anxious aggression.

I am up for any and all encounters! Even if Luci can't help characters with their personal monsters I am up for encounters! Come to meeeeeee.

[torrefied]

i don't know how but i definitely want more cr with lucifer!! for both mello and nick.

doctorrrrrrrrrr gottlieb

[verinumeri]

Alas, I cannot draw, so please forgive a hodgepodge of links. And a way too long physical description? Orz.

SO why not welcome a newbie properly with his own personal monster? The general form is something like this. Only, shorter. About a foot taller than he is. There are other differences. Instead of much of its face, there is a flickering screen, scrolling code. (It's unlikely anyone will recognize lines from the Jaeger coding, but that's what it is.) The back of its head is open, brain exposed, and it looks swollen, inflamed. The screen's not the only mechanical bit -- here and there the skin's torn open, revealing mechanical parts, as if it was a Precursor-android(or cyborg). Some scattered bits of this.

It teeters when it walks, as if it's perpetually off balance, stumbling. Its wings are also ripped, so if it were to try to fly, it would only get three feet off the ground before falling.

It's M.O.? Attack anyone who gets within seven feet of Dr. "impulse to maintain controlling distance." But, you know, don't worry. It's not very good at it. Hasn't got a jaw to bite, its claws aren't much. It's clearly pretty weak and very slow, so, mostly just a problem for him.

Plus something else but I'll let Nikki handle that, since I've already typed too much lol. There's a thing coming out of the brain, it's a thing.

But uh!!! Since he's also pretty weak and slow, you know, help's cool. (And he'd be... of marginal use to anyone else, depending.) Hit me up! scuttles

PLUS NEWT GEISZLER STUFF

[fortunefavored]

Jules needs to go to bed, so I'm taking over!!!

Newt, like many people here, has a host of Issues. The foremost in this event being his abandonment complex, kaiju obsession, and his mental tie to both the Kaiju and Hermann, and how that's negatively affecting the latter.

So Newt's monster is a mix of Leatherback and Otachi. It's about six feet tall and has Leatherback's basic body shape with Otachi's head and tongue and tail. In addition, it's got a set of very long, hooked claws. It will try and sink these claws into pretty much anyone Newt has spoken to in a mildly friendly way so far and hold on for as long as possible. The only way you can get those claws out is by ripping them out or painstakingly unhooking them, I'm so sorry. Fortunately, it's very clumsy and can't move that quickly because of those claws and it's body mass? So it's fairly easy to run away from.

Additionally, Newt's monster and Hermann's monster are attached together by an umbilical-chord-looking-thing at the back of their "heads." Think this grossness. This will prevent them from getting much further than ten feet away from each other. These two monsters, when not focused on attacking someone else, will do this strange sort of dance where Newt's monster will keep trying to get closer to Hermann's monster, and the latter will then try and maintain distance and fly away. This also means, however, that if Newt's monster tries to go after someone that it will drag Hermann's monster along behind it, probably to said monster's detriment.

I'm over at nikkernoodle for questions and also plotting!!! Because Newt is not a very good fighter at all oops and is gonna need a hand.

Bucky

[wipedclean]

OH BOY okay so Bucky's going to be killing stuff. Lots of stuff. A lot of this will have to do with his own monster, which will be a very gross weird small tentacled Zola creature that will drop on him and attach itself to his back, neck, and spine, and talk to him and tell him to do things and be generally awful.

FOR THE MOST PART he will be keeping his killing to monsters, but goddamn he will be killing a lot of monsters. If you are interested in Bucky for some reason going after your character or being a general menace, LET'S TALK, because the fun part of all of this is that the Zola monster is essentially combining with Bucky to make him into a monster. Because symbolism. /jazz hands

When the city is normal, he'll be mostly normal, and will be trying to keep away from people because he's ~dangerous~

[amos_moses]

Hi yes I need more Bucky in my life

AKA would you like to scare Amos or fight him or have Amos go "OH YAY FIGHTER TYPE" and lead a monster right into Bucky?

SLIDES ON IN WITH WINE FOR EVERYONE

[dedikated]

So, I am opting out of giving Kate a monster because her monster would be really terrible and I would rather not play out the angst of that fallout! SO NOPE. NO TORTUREDEMONS HERE.

Instead, Kate will be doing what she does best: worrying about everyone and everything else. She will probably be avoiding going to the temples for as long as possible too because she's an idiot.

Things she can help with: escorting, providing your character weapons, an abundance of flammable liquid from the clinic.

She'll also probably outfit the clinic with weapons after the first night and prep a stash of fire-starting things for extra defence. And get injured seven times over.

She has concrete stuff planned with Sam and Carlisle (and vaguely with Lili) but if you want to do anything else, let me know here or via plurk: windlicht

NOTE: sometime back during the dreamwalker event, Kate asked Delight a favour and had to paint the temple for her trouble. Feel free to notice any artwork going on on the walls.

[synthedick]

Carlisle is still in for this. >:)

Gren

[murderpotato]

So Gren is going to be getting a monster in the form of his dead friend Lily. For those unfamiliar with the plot of The Wolf Among Us, Lily was a troll prostitute and sister to Gren's BFF Holly, and she gets murdered and her head is put on the Woodlands' front porch, glamoured up to look like Snow White. The body was dumped in the East River with cinderblocks tied to her ankles. It's pretty fucked up.

The Lily-monster will be a fairly passive monster, dragging herself out of any body of water large enough to hold an approximately human-sized body (don't leave the bathtub full) and holding out her hands as though asking for help. She'll ignore everyone else if Gren is around, and will even start to drag herself towards him if he doesn't approach her. She's very slow, thankfully, and can't stand.

It's probably pretty obvious, but helping the monster is a poor life decision. If someone comes within arm's reach, she'll grab them, pull them to the ground, and try to strangle them with her purple ribbon. Lily is extremely strong and it would be very difficult to get out of her grip once she's got you. She will drag any unfortunate victims into the water if there's enough, and, fun fact: if you take the ribbon off of the corpse, their head comes off!

(This is because the purple ribbon, required as part of the contract for the strip club that she worked at, is based off the story The Girl With the Ribbon Around Her Neck. In the story, when it's removed, the girl's head falls off.)

Additional fun fact: Lily can't be killed. She's already dead. She can be driven off, though, and will retreat back into the water.

I haven't decided if Gren's actually going to get killed by Lily, but he is going to get attacked at least once. Someone may need to, like. Help him.

I'll also put up a plotting post on plurk, so hit me up there if you'd like to plot as well! Or here. Either works.

[tongueamok]

If Gren doesn't die, but wants some healing, or a guy who actually can handle things that are already dead, I know someone completely insufferable who'd do it.

Carlisle Longinmouth

[tongueamok]

Carlisle's monster is an inky abomination that isn't terribly aggressive until it gets big enough to be a threat. It lurks in the shadows until then, seeping in through corners of the room, cracks in the walls, and any other space it can slide through. It feeds on guilt, so when it's around, characters might hear constant whispers encouraging them to rethink and relive their worst moments. It might trickle down the walls, encasing an entire room, or occasionally shift in shape to resemble some image from the guilt it's feeding on.

The more it manifests, the more of a threat it is, its whispers reaching further and further. While it'll mostly hunting Carlisle, it won't be afraid to lash out at anyone nearby, and might even be drawn to someone who seems more guilt-laden than Carlisle himself is. It'll try to drag anyone it catches into its body to trap them, keeping them alive in an air pocket and feeding off their woes until they suffocate or go mad, like most of the twice-cursed.

In good news, it moves fairly slowly, oozing like a thick, inky liquid. In bad news, that means it can creep into pretty much any place imaginable, and it hides well in the darkness that'll be hitting the town. And given Carlisle's tendency to blame himself for everything, it'll have a healthy diet to start with. :<

Hit me up here to plot, or on Plurk at grimmhooke! I know he'll be pounding on Kate's door at the start of the event, but I'm always down for more threads. o7