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

damien

[inthewar]

Damien will be losing his sight at the start of the event. With the canon he comes from, he has to deal with so much chaos going on around him that he can't really control so he has to think and react quickly. The only thing he can control is what he does in that moment to counteract something terrible that's about to happen. So much of what he does everyday is completely dependent on his ability to see what's coming. So when he wakes up and just can't see at all, panic will definitely set in. Because he's Damien, he'll try to just roll with it the best that he can, but when he loses his fine motor skills a few more days into the event, he'll be pretty well tested psychologically.

His salvation will be his ability to at least reach out via his device, although that will be a struggle, fumbling around with that. But he'll want and need to connect with the people he knows and has started to trust a little so far. Or even just well-intentioned strangers. Although, on the reverse side, it's also a perfect opportunity for someone to mess with him badly if they wanted, he'll be so much more vulnerable, and once he loses his fine motor skills, he'll be even less capable of defending himself. More than anything else, he'll be upset that he's fairly well thwarted in being able to help others. If they need him, he'll feel pretty useless. So yes, fun times ahead as this all messes with him psychologically. :|

If there's a way he could be of use/help to your character, he'll do his utmost. It's in his nature to want to protect others, especially anyone vulnerable (and that's basically everyone right now). The first day, he probably won't want to leave his room much, but he's a survivor and pretty damn stubborn, so by day two, he'll be up and out of there, trying to just go about life as usual. And failing pretty hard, but hey he's out there trying. Open to anything really!

[abyssalarcana]

Damien, Damien, Damien. Presuming he walks away from our current thread (which I think is what's planned?) then Caedra is absolutely not above kicking him when he's down. It will sort of depend on how things go in the other thread though, I think, as to just how quickly and dramatically she wants to do this. But from what she learned during the Sorrow event, she has plenty of information about how to set him up with one horrible hell of an interactive too-real nightmare at some point during the event - if that sounds like something you want to do! It would be pretty awful to be thrown into something like that and not be able to open your eyes and see the real world to reassure yourself of what reality is.

[inthewar]

Yes, I'm thinking he walks away from the current thread and yes I'm totally down for this angst. It would honestly be amazing and terrible all at once, but I'm so down for this!! What haunts him the most is that kid he accidentally killed, for sure, so it's like a constant fear of his to think of ever accidentally hurting someone else/an innocent person being caught in the crossfire. Let me know what you think with how she could play on all of that. Caedra, you're so good at being awful. XD

[abyssalarcana]

I think what I'll do is keep an eye out for your toplevel (if you do one) or you can hit up mine, either way she won't do anything at first until she discovers he's been blinded.

After that, depending on how much time we have before I go on hiatus on the 18th either we can thread it out since she can alter the dream in response to however his dream-self reacts to things, or if it's looking like a bit of a crunch I'll write up a general summary for you with their previous conversation and that information you've just said there in mind, since that's the sort of thing she would absolutely take advantage of.

[evocation]

Kyna will be losing her sight, too! They should definitely talk about it!

[inthewar]

They should! Mutually complaining and trying to pretend like there's no reason to be unsettled. Well at least Damien lol, who will basically be like EVERYTHING IS FINE NO WORRIES I AM CALM. :|

[evocation]

kyna will be pretending she doesn't care while obviously being SUPER FREAKED so rip they're both nerds