Event Post: Senses Fail

[hadrielmods]

THE RUNDOWN

Sorrow already let you guys know that it's just about time to move the city again, so we're sure you also know what that means. Who moves the city? Fear. What does he need in order to get that done? Yep, you got it. Fear. So it's time for you to feel just a bit - or maybe a lot - terrified. And Fear doesn't do things by halves.

He's changing the game a little this time, and taking something from you. Rather than an object, this is a part of you: a sense, and ability, a limb. Something you use every day, something that seems vital to you, and now it's gone. Will it come back? Probably, but... well, you can't be sure, and even if it does, you've still got to figure out how to live without it for awhile. Or maybe forever.

Vulnerability can be the most terrifying thing of all.

THE DETAILS

What will your character lose? Well, that's pretty much up to you, as long as it falls under the general idea of a sense, power, or ability. They could lose a sense, or part of one - going half-blind, being unable to taste. They could lose a power - their magic, their ability to stay in human form. Or they could lose an entire limb - an arm or a leg, or maybe just a finger. They could even have more than one thing taken from them, if you really want to be mean. One eye gone at the beginning of the event, and just as you're getting used to it, the other disappears? Yikes.

Fear won't take anything that will cause them to die instantly, however. No vital organs, no ability to breathe. He also won't take physical objects or memories. He's interested in causing fear, and dead people can't feel fear. Though, of course, he won't much care if you happen to, say, stumble into the river and drown because you suddenly can't see. That's really your fault, after all.

All missing things will be restored at the end of the event, and please remember that this event is optional - your character doesn't have to be affected if you don't want them to be. Have fun!

THE OVERVIEW

► May 14th: Your senses begin to fail
► May 20th: Luckily, they come back in the end

Comments

[hot_mes]

I'm sure Law would be all up in blood transfusions so long as it's before he gets taken down by Lup as well. He only has so much...

[puzzlingly]

Aw! Yes, this is excellent! That touching part in particular is so very important! It'd be the thing that would scare Atem the most, being unable to touch people again would be terrifying. So, yes Nico, please talk to him because this will be bad ;;

Poor Mokuba tho, he and his bro are so getting haunted, I'm guessing he will find a way to communicate to them at some point, because apparently his bro is gonna be all grumpy Atem left him again!


ahhh so excited about this!

[hasadoctorsnote]

I am so up for Nico dealing with spectral ghost Lup, he doesn't get to use that ability hardly ever here due to people being resurrected after they die! He can fight her too if you wanted but I don't want to step on any toes because he's physically able to interact with ghosts too.

[hasadoctorsnote]

I am definitely up for doing anything with Nico and Ravine. Not sure if he'd be able to do anything for Rey, but haha, it takes a lot to scare Nico spooky wise so I'm just picturing Ravine trying to haunt and scare Nico and him just being like, completely straight faced and dead pan "Ooooh, I'm so terrified." I'm pretty much like "Yes, try and scare the crap out of Nico, bring it, this'll be great."

[whip_poor_will]

Hahaha yeah, Shedim do a lot more than just spoop, they can do actual physical harm which is what really makes them a threat (her visualocities has a lot of the kinda imagery that she'd be futzing around with). But I'm totally down with her doing haunty horror movie stuff at Nico!

[sciencelizard]

depression and anxiety free, can you imagine

she has the potential to be really dangerous so let's hope no one convinces her to start building weapons ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

[sciencelizard]

alphys, who's been trying to find the door for like, a year, screaming in the bg

[odinbolt]

Alphyyyys you wanna be walking by the place when she finds it? (:

[sciencelizard]

so she will like... Technically have a soul, it'll just sort of be a different soul than she usually does?? because monster bodies are made entirely of magic from their soul aaaaand I didn't want to kill her LOL. I'm not sure if she could be possessed but it might be super freaky for em both O:

[pocketspa]

I DONT KNOW ACTUALLY IF HES GONNA HAVE ONE a lot of his stuff is with other people this event so he Might just have tagouts????? either or let's fuckin Do it

[sciencelizard]

G OD THAT'D BE INCREDIBLE

im laughing my ass off bc alphys is essentially losing her emotions for this event and im almost sad bc i cant have her losing her absolute garbage mind

she'll just get out of this event, get every feeling back at once, and text kate at like 2 am a very panicked "WHAT THE FUCK"

[odinbolt]

Dude no you totally can. She won't be finding it until after the event ends. But like *directly* after as in she walks out of the clinic with her eyes back and goes and finds it, it'll be magnificent.

[abbatis]

omg yes! we can date it before Law's encounter with Lup to make it work out :)

Re: kate & serah

[lifetothefullest]

I have nothing to say here except OMG KATE FINDING THE DOOR IS GLORIOUS.

[odinbolt]

I HAVE BEEN SAT ON THESE DEETS FOREVER it's why I was like "BUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOOR" on the voting lmao

[hot_mes]

Can do!

[lifetothefullest]

Ahahaha omg I know this feeling re: plot stuff. But yes good. ♥

[odinbolt]

It's a beautiful feeling

Like destroying the clinic in the invasion. :')

[demonsional]

Hayden will, similarly to Alphys, be losing what makes him not act like what he is: a demon. Without a human heart, he'll become an instrument of chaos and destruction, detached and delighted to the suffering of others. One can only imagine that with the level of energy that this child has, how much trouble he can get into when he doesn't care who or what he hurts. He can still feel fear if he's threatened, but the fear associated to what's happening to him won't be hitting him until he gets it back again, and at that point he'll be spiraling. Hayden won't know if he can trust himself or if he can ever be someone who belongs in a better place; he didn't think that he was capable of behaving this way. It's not a reality he ever wanted to face.

But, for the time being, he'll be jumping and running around about as much as ever, but this time seem to be actively trying to tear things down, break objects, and in general cause people trouble. Acting much like a rabid animal, he'll try and bite anyone who gets too close or tries to touch him when he doesn't want to be touched.

If you want to discuss anything in private, feel free to contact me at ddsapphire!

[lifetothefullest]

At least he sort of knows it's coming? He knows it's going to be a Fear event so there's... That...

[abbatis]

gosh this sounds such awesome mess that I do want in!

Edgar is not much for medical help (he's usually cause of death) but he does have experience with somewhat similar struggle (giving up something in exchange for his life, questions about life and death in other cases too etcetc). If anything he could be there to stop him mutilating himself.. or alternatively help him?

[northerndragon]

Jon Snow is going to be losing two things, maybe not all at the same time:

• All memory of how to handle edged/puncture weapons (I'd say "how to fight" but he'll still be ok at punching): if you're canon-familiar, his sword-fighting abilities are going down to "Jaime, post-amputation." He can still bash with a shield, but he won't be able to handle a sword, spear, or bow. He'll carry a dagger but won't have any skill with using it other than anyone else would have at a desperate moment.
• All memory of how he got the scars on his chest and the related desire to hide them: this is probably more relevant to his housemates, since he's still not likely to go shirtless around town unless he goes for a swim, but he will not remember the who or why of getting stabbed, or indeed getting fatally wounded at all.

Jon has been in weapons training since he could walk, and at his canon point, he's considered an impressive swordsman; it's a huge part of his identity in a society where he's gained a lot of respect on the basis of these skills. He's killed some formidable opponents and is a pretty good teacher himself. All of that will be gone, and he'll feel pretty vulnerable.

The scars on his chest are from a successful assassination attempt: he was raised from the dead, has a lot of issues about it, and doesn't really like discussing it if he can get around it. The scar over his heart looks like the wound would probably have been fatal, but there are also a bunch of scars lower on his abdomen, seven in all, and they're pretty nasty, twisted and raised and half-healed-looking. While he probably won't agree to discuss this in detail once his memory returns, it opens the door to him potentially discussing it in more detail a little down the line.

My main intentions are for him to look after his housemates, or at least try to. Outside of that, he may need help out of scrapes.

Also, he's recently joined the Guard and will be utterly useless to them for the duration of the event.

[dragonsgrasp]

Since Kain considers his legs to be the absolute most important thing ever, he's going to gradually lose the proper use of them! What's a dragoon without the use of his legs, after all? On the first day of the event, he'll find his power is completely gone, which will mean he's unable to jump. Over the following days, his legs will get increasingly difficult to move, so he'll be hobbling a lot to get around, and end up essentially paralyzed for the later part of the event. He may need to get dragged somewhere safe to stay at some point!

[abyssalarcana]

I am SO READY for this. Caedra definitely won't be a hero but she will absolutely retaliate if attacked - except she's losing a bunch of her own abilities and overconfidence is clearly her downfall so I volunteer to have her beaten up before she bails for safety.

[abyssalarcana]

Caedra here is losing her pact boon and invocations - not all of her magic, but specifically the magic she most closely associates with the gifts Amamot has given her throughout her lifetime. She will end up being fairly cautious due to this, once she realizes what she's missing, and after she helps walk poor Semiyon home on the first day, she will likely spiral deep into paranoia.

She will try to avoid people but despite her loss she may be more likely to attack unprovoked, to try and head off anyone who she sees as a problem. If anyone wants their character to experience the spells Hex (which makes you bad at a class of abilities of Caedra's choice - think physical strength, interpersonal skills, general awareness of surroundings, etc) or Dream (where she enters and manipulates someone's dreams, usually to frightening results) then this would be the time she's especially likely to use those as they let her harm people without it being obviously connected to her.

Let me know! Also as a heads up, I will be on hiatus starting May 18 so anything that isn't finished by then will be on hold for a couple weeks until I have wifi again.