Event Post: Dazed and Confused

[hadrielmods]

THE RUNDOWN

After the vote earlier this month, Hope has been storing up his power to resurrect another god - and as requested, this time the new arrival will be Confusion. As one might expect, that isn't exactly going to mean smooth sailing for the residents of Hadriel - but then, you did get yourselves into this. Hope is sure you'll all prepared for the consequences of your choice!

Confusion will be brought back to life on September 24th, and the moment she awakens, things in the cave go a little topsy-turvy. Confusion is a bit more subtle an emotion than some of the others, and that's reflected in the effects brought about by her resurrection. Nothing is obviously wrong in Hadriel - nothing even seems to be wrong with you, at least at first. But you knew it couldn't be that easy.

Walk outside, and you'll discover that something about the city seems off. You walked down this road just yesterday, and Fear's temple was at the end - but now the library is there. You try to go home, and you end up outside the wrong apartment. What the hell? On top of that, if you have powers, they could be going haywire. Nothing seems to work the way it's supposed to, and even if you don't have powers, you can't quite seem to do anything right.

Are we sure Confusion isn't actually the goddess of being really annoying?

THE DETAILS

From September 24th-October 2nd, it will be nearly impossible to find your way around the city. The layout has not actually changed, but each character's sense of direction and memory of where things are is hopelessly broken. You might walk the same path you've walked a million times before, but somehow end up on the opposite side of the city. This isn't too troublesome - until you find yourself walking into the caves, or the Silent Hill zone, or the river. On top of that, unless you're very careful about what you're doing, it's entirely possible you might end up walking right into the wrong dwelling, thinking it's your own. Hello, new friends!

Hadriel is a reasonably large city, which means you might end up having to spend a few nights away from home until you can find your way back. Or maybe you'll find somewhere familiar and decide not to leave at all, hunkering down with whatever new friends you've stumbled upon. It isn't impossible to find your way, just very difficult, so with effort and time you can find what you're looking for - if you don't end up somewhere dangerous first. Oh, and that GPS Confusion promised? It won't be added to your phone until October 1st, giving you just enough time to find your way home before the event ends. Awesome, so helpful.

In addition, people's powers are on the fritz. They might not work at all, or they might work too well. You can usually light things on fire? Cool beans, hopefully you were going for a giant bonfire this time. You can fly? Well, maybe don't go too high, your powers might stop working right in the middle of your flight. And those without powers can be affected too, in similar ways based on their skills. Great at knitting? That orange scarf you were trying to make definitely came out as a sparkly purple sweater instead. Good at stitching people up? Uh... well, make sure you don't accidentally amputate a limb, all right?

On October 2nd, everything goes back to normal. Say hello to Confusion, everybody, we're sure you're overjoyed she's here.

THE OVERVIEW

► September 24th: The city gets confusing as shit and your powers all break
► October 1st: The GPS appears on everyone's phone.
► October 2nd: Everything goes back to normal and we have all learned an important lesson.

Comments

rey

[circumitus]

WOO OKAY so Rey's abilities primarily involve her being able to manipulate heat to the point where she can create fire. She herself is practically a walking bomb waiting to go off. Contact with Kate would only amplify this, which could result in some rather... explosive effects.

(Considering that she once became a living WMD and accidentally destroyed an entire city population, I'm sure there won't be any trauma sparked by this at all.)

On a smaller scale, she'll be completely on fire sometimes (burning through some of those clothes at probably inappropriate locations, oops), coughing and spitting up smoke and embers, heatwaves that affect the environment (surprise sauna!), causing things - and possibly people - to spontaneously combust.

Godspeed on not getting killed or grievously injured just by being in the same vicinity with her.

In addition to that, she will at times be secreting an excess of samandrine. This means that she'll occasionally be either completely or partially covered in a black substance that is also toxic. That's if she secretes a lot of it, though. Small doses aren't even visible. So just don't put it in any recipes or lick her like you would a frog and you should be fine.

She will also suffer from severe memory lapses. This would be a good time to toy around with her previous lives as she'll find herself getting her timelines mixed up, and at times seem like someone else, or maybe mistake you for someone else. I'm still toying with the details on this, but something to do with her memories could be fun. She's got some doozies.

[avephoenix]

Oh god even if we don't thread it, we really need to have Rey and Faith be on fire together.

[circumitus]

YES PLEASE at least we know they can't kill each other with fire.

(insert appropriate music here)

[avephoenix]

Yes perfect :3