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

[paragonbrosca]

Welcome to the lost-my-arm club, we have unhealthy coping mechanisms.

[northerndragon]

Sansa's good-natured and trustworthy brother can't protect anyone and is going to try anyway. He can also provide some information from a different perspective.

Also, Dany can see his scars. So that's going to be a good time.

Re: cecily trevelyan and daenerys targaryen

[zen_en_vert]

WHAT Cecily is still here? I have no plot stuff yet but please let Bruce be there and helpful.

[onlyanautomaton]

Oscar will lose his hands. This will be the second time this has happened to him; the first time was when a shady Director trespassed on his train and attacked him. So on top of this event bringing up all kinds of bad feelings about that again, Oscar will also lose his ability to work for the Fire Brigade and the Clinic. He may or may not go for replacement hands (really depends on what's on offer), but this should finally mean that he will properly focus on the fact that his body has been in bad shape since the Null attack and is now in even worse shape due to the Sorrow event that just happened. He'll acknowledge that he really needs to approach someone about maintenance soon. For this and possibly maybe replacement hands, he will more than likely seek out Alphys!

Since he won't be going about his daily business without hands, there won't be much opportunity to talk to him while he's in that state unless you see him between his apartment and the Lab or inside the Lab itself, where he might end up just sitting looking like a sad sack. He'll be calling Nick for assistance initially.

[ghostlocked]

OKAY so my plans for NEWT have changed a little from what i've been talking about on plurk? he's going to be losing coordination in his hands. they'll still work; he'll be able to do like basic... idk hand-related things, but anything that requires dexterity (dissecting monster corpses, tinkering with electronics, playing his keyboard, EVERYTHING HE LOVES) is right out. he'll be a hot lil potato for this event so if anyone wants to deal with Anger Nerd, please come at me. he does not deal with sustained fear very well!

HARLAN, on the other hand... he's going to lose his magic, which will be a pretty big tipping point for his mental health. he's gonna be in a real bad headspace for this event, and probably for a little while afterward as he recovers. so! my plan right now is to do a big network post for him during the event to serve as a distraction, but i think i'll just do closed starters for the actual event log.

that said, if you'd like to do a log thing with hh during the event, we totally can! buuut, a warning: he's going to be self harming and suicidal and his ocd will be ramped up to 11... and he'll be struggling to cope with his homicidal urges. SO. if you're down for that, by all means let's do something. if you want cr with him but don't want to deal with all that, hit up his network post! i plan to keep all his heavy mental health stuff out of that.

you can find me on plurk at mippins if you'd like!

[puzzlingly]

Oh no, bro! That's sad :c can't help you this time

[nowherewolf]

Rubs hands together like the dramatic gremlin I am. OKAY!!!

TUCKER is going to wake up without the ability to switch forms. Which is really inconvenient since he sleeps as a wolf! That's right, he'll be stuck in wolf form for the entirety of the event. He won't be able to communicate verbally, and he won't have thumbs, but he might be able to nose out messages on his tablet with more spelling errors than usual.

MICHAEL is losing his ability to distinguish the Visitor from himself. They are, after all, the same person, even if he doesn't know it. So, throughout the event, he will mistake the monster's thoughts for his own, think he wants to do the things it wants to do, and in general just think he's losing his goddamn mind. This doesn't mean he'll necessarily act on the Visitor's impulses, but jut thinking he thought something like "wow I could really go for a bloody violent murder right now" will mess him up something good. Also prepare for him to say some pretty frightening stuff. He's never been good at not saying things he's thinking, after all.

Anyway, hit me up here or plurk me at leucrotta!

[drabsolutelynot]

@_@

Plotting for all the boops!

[drabsolutelynot]

Whistler

he will be losing his hearing so he'll essentially be locked in, so to speak, blind and deaf. This will absolutely push him over. If you are in the same spire you might hear loud banging and crashing and calling for help, and it is Whistler pounding at the doors and walls and throwing whatever he can get his hands on and proceeding to freak out more when he can't hear them crash.

Delmar

Delmar will be losing his ability to emote: both facial expressions and tone of voice

Semiyon

Semiyon is losing his ability to walk

Rosen

Rosen will be spared but is available for plotting

I'm up for anything so come at me, peeps!

[puzzlingly]

oh man i forgot that part! probably not, we don't want to break alphys!

[nowherewolf]

Please hex Tucker lmfao. If you hex off his dexterity he'll just be a drunk dog, but of course, dealer's choice.

[abyssalarcana]

DRUNK DOG oh man yes this sounds like a hilarious option to me. I'll just find an opportune moment to tag in and then you can play with that for an hour or two or whatever you want lmao she'll move it to someone else eventually.

[aroundthecoroner]

gimme some o dat sweet sweet body horror

we need more cr with these two anyway, might as well make it disturbing!

[aroundthecoroner]

Michael knows how to swim, if you don't have anyone else up to the task. He... is significantly smaller than Law, but it's probably fine, right?

[nowherewolf]

Good, yes, an excellent plan.

[proselytise]

finger guns at u

yesssss yes yes yes. definitely. because you know, the item event wasn't weird enough for them :')

[lifetothefullest]

c:

[drabsolutelynot]

I am up for delmar trying and failing to help if you are. i'm not 100% sure how this would manifest....

And throw hot potato nerd mah way.

[evocation]

hey tucker be kyna's guide dog thanks

[nowherewolf]

if you feed him maybe

[evocation]

WOW FINE SO MUCH FOR FRIENDSHIP

[hardwearing]

Pell is going to be losing his ability to heal and will have to fall back on his mundane medical training, most of which was learned in Hadriel and he's not super familiar with because. Magic. So if anyone's planning on getting injured this event and heading to the clinic, hit me up because it's not the kind of thing he'd notice without a potential patient. And then.... crap. He'll still patch you up well, though!

Drake was a toughie, his worst fear is losing his humanity but that's impossible to play so he's going to be losing his self-control. Which is something he worked on long before becoming a zombie because of a particularly violent break, but will now also manifest in an inability to control zombie mode. He's not going hungry, so nobody's at risk of actually losing their brains, but if anyone would like to piss him off (intentionally or accidentally) or pick a fight for whatever reason, that'd be awesome. I do have some plans (loss of self control also means he's going to sleep with Rita, for one thing) which include being pretty dramatically injured trying to save Edgar from Lup, which will take him out late in the event, but he'll be around plenty at the start.

Wash is losing a leg, because like 95% of his self worth is derived from being able to fight/train/protect his people. He'll be immobile most of the event unless his teammates are willing to carry him around, so logs might be difficult outside of close CR, but he's going to reluctantly network post asking if anyone can make him crutches so if your character could help with that, he and I would appreciate it! Also teammates willing to carry him, I haven't actually poked anyone about that. Volunteers?

[aroundthecoroner]

It definitely wasn't. We have to go weirder.

[proselytise]

i think this just...might....be adequately weird

[nowherewolf]

friendship is a two way street K!!!