hadriel_ooc | Event Post: Senses Fail

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

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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.

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