Event Post: Dead Ringers

[hadrielmods]

THE RUNDOWN

Seeing as to how Confusion and Fear are both glorified internet trolls, it's no surprise that they would team up so quickly to snag a little extra power here and there. Unfortunately, this extra power is going to be at the expense of you all, and it'll probably look pretty familiar...

On January 16th, the city will be flooded with doubles of each (opting-in) character. These doubles aren't a fighting army or anything like that- instead, they're sneaky, duplicitous, and out to ruin the lives of the original. They have all the same memories and abilities as their originals, but their purpose will be to cause hardship and ruin the lives of their originals. They'll do this in any way possible- from simple things like fighting with their best friend, to more drastic things, like hurting someone or destroying something that the original loves.

While they don't necessarily have to be violent, it only makes sense that they would try to remove their original from the picture through murder or imprisoning them somewhere. The more the doubles can give off the impression that nothing out of the ordinary is going on, the more effective they can be- and so any confrontation with their original is ideally going to be alone, where others can't see them. Due to this, it may take some time before the ordinary citizens realize that anything is going on... and by then, it might be too late.

Can you kill someone who looks identical to you? Can you trust anyone, when your best friend may actually be out to kill you and your roommate might be secretly planning to set your bed on fire?

THE DETAILS

Each player will play both their own character and their double for the event. If the double kills the original, then they will have the pleasure of playing an evil clone until the event is over! Doubles will not have network access on their own, but after they've... taken care of the originals, they can use their phones and network ID to continue sowing discord that way.

Additionally, all doubles will be able to recognize one another. Whether they use this to plot among themselves or simply to easier isolate the non-doubled targets is up to you!

Hope will be unable to resurrect the originals (if they die) until January 25th, which signals the end of the event. If the original managed to kill their clone, then they have nothing to worry about- if the original wasn't quite so lucky and the double lived on until Confusion's disbanding, then the originals may come back to live with the memories of what their double had done, though that's up to the player!

THE OVERVIEW

► January 16th: The doubles infiltrate the city, intent on taking the place of their originals or ruining their lives some other way.
► January 20th: By now, it's fairly obvious that Hope isn't resurrecting any of the dead originals!
► January 25th: Confusion finally sends the clones away, leaving Hope free to resurrect the dead remaining in the city. The event is over, and the originals may gain the memories of what their clones did in their absence.

Comments

Re: SANS

[circumitus]

We sure could use a thing, can't we? :3

[circumitus]

You know, given that Rey isn't human I've always wondered what the effects of a vamp drinking her blood would be. While her skeleton is metal and her brain and heart are cybernetic, the rest of her is very organic and contains an immortal cell line that helps preserve her body as well as result in advanced healing.

Otherwise, idk she can set Armand on fire if you'd like, lol. Unless he'd just avoid her entirely since he knows she can do that.

[skelebro]

YES. VERY MUCH YES.

PLEASE.

[dedikated]

lmao evil faith (and kate?) is (are) probably... gonna attempt that already... |D;

[avephoenix]

>:D

[avephoenix]

/grabby hands. So what if evil!Nick injures Emily (or Wolfie) and then real!Nick heals whoever got injured. Would that work, given their CR? If she'd be more likely to help Wolfie than Em, I'm down for that.

[justice_from_above]

She will have it! Unless it's her doppleganger she runs into >.>

[infinite1up]

Sato is getting an evil double for the event. How will you know the difference? WELL... that's a good question, isn't it? They are going to act very very similar, with two small differences: evil double is out to ruin the little bit of positive CR he has AND will steal and break his Vita. RIP Vita, you had a good run.

Unfortunately Sato can't kill his double, and his double can't kill him, resulting in a bit of a cat and mousecat hunt across the city, with Regular Sato trying to keep an eye on his double, and Sato #2 trying to kill regular Sato enough to steal his phone and make things even harder on him. So basically, they'll have their hands full with each other -- but if anyone wants to run into this madness and try to tell them apart, that could get pretty wild.

[tongueamok]

They get to have all the fun. :<

Let me know if you want to hit up Carlisle or his double at any point!

[prazerbutterfly]

I'm waffling a little on whether I should or shouldn't have a double of Tyki. One, he's already sort of evil and two, he won't be able to kill his double and his double won't be able to kill him. Not to mention he's not exactly going to try to restrain it at all. He's out to impress no one at the moment. A lot of his CR left. The only one that will be capable of it is currently Kanda Yu.

Besides, it would take far too much effort on his part to try to stop it.... orz

His double will be far more aggressive, act less human than Tyki does seeing as Tyki still doesn't give into his Noah entirely. It'll want to kill and kill for pleasure without any restraint on who or what they are.

[hadrielmods]

That would be entirely up to you and the other player involved! Doubles are physically identical in every way, and they have all the memories of their original. They will generally have the same mannerisms and quirks, or will be aware of them and able to duplicate them if necessary. So it's difficult to tell doubles and originals apart - but it's not impossible. If a double does something their original would never do, or says something sketchy, a friend could easily realize something's up, especially once it becomes public knowledge that evil doubles are running around. Even something as simple as 'hey, you weren't wearing that shirt when I saw you five minutes ago' could potentially tip off a suspicious friend.

So it's a plotting decision for the players, really! Have fun.

[so_dark_a_road]

We will. Thanks!

[ushahin]

So Kylo isn't getting a double for this event, because let's face it, would anyone be able to actually tell?

Ushahin is getting one, who is basically him minus all the warmth, and with a lot more of the contempt Ellyl tend to have for all other races. He's basically going to think he's better than everyone else and decide that destroying every positive relationship and making the bad ones even worse is a splendid idea, because the little people don't really matter anyway.

At first, he'll ignore the original, and when Ushahin becomes too much of a pain because he's trying to stop the double, the double is going to gut stab him, thinking that's going to kill him. Since Ushahin is made of tougher stuff than that, he'll rally his strength one last time, and put every bit of his power into frying the double's brain, killing him to protect his friends. Alas, the stab wound is too much, and he bleeds out, dying in a very painful manner.

If anyone would like to hurt him, be my guest, because Nick is going to heal him at some point during the event.

On another note, Ushahin's psychic, so I leave it up to you guys with doubles as to whether you want him to notice they're not quite right. If not, he'll just be unable to because the minds are too similar. If so, he's probably gonna freak out.

[so_dark_a_road]

Uh-oh. That pleasant, good conversationalist of a skelly guy whom Curufin met while blowing up parts of the Colosseum is going to turn out to be NOT A NICE GUY? XD

Can they meet?

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin and Yukari will definitely meet! We can figure out the details in next few days?

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin is one of the guardsmen now. He isn't actually a law-abiding type, but he joined because his son is is in the Guard. So, now he's obligated to stand with his coworkers, especially if their own leaders have apparently turned against them.

He won't initially realize that some of them might not exactly be reliable, either! But once he does, he'll try to band with any of them who are alive and not their Evil Twins.

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin has just joined the Guard. He was a bit of a murdering psychopath in his own world, though he became a reformed character before he came to Hadriel. He'll be trying to defend others from injury during this event.

But the murderous rage is still a part of his personality, and he feels the pull when he meets anybody who has anything like it.

Maybe he and Rey or Evil Twin Rey could meet?

[fracturedbeauty]

Oh, absolutely! I'll write up something tonight and link it to you on Plurk later, and you can tell me what you think ^^

[mismanagement]

They would! Currently we've got someone scheduled to take out Maketh's double, but someone should definitely rally the remaining guardsmen.

[mismanagement]

Sure! Maketh's double will only be too happy to encourage that.

[so_dark_a_road]

I'll be on the lookout for your plurk. XD

[so_dark_a_road]

Curufin will be happy to do so. XD

[foundafamily]

I'd love to have Firo run into one or both of the twin Satos, if you're up for it! As if one of him wasn't already a handful...

Re: Will Graham

[survivethis]

Do I have to even say YES OF COURSE??

Jill Valentine

[survivethis]

Jill's double will be her persona from Resident Evil 5. Sometimes referred to as the 'bird woman'. She won't be showing her identity all the time, preferring to move about with a hooded cloak and mask, but expect to see her creeping about. I don't have specific plans for this, but I can hopefully throw both Jill and her double at some people!