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

QUESTIONS

[hadrielmods]

[puzzlingly]

Atem is going to be losing his body, and since he wasn't exactly alive to begin with more than bound to it, that means he's gonna be a ghost/spirit again. Dead people can feel fear.

This is a call for the people who can see or communicate with ghosts and/or spirits so he can actually talk to someone (or run away from them) as he freaks out big time, otherwise he'll probably do all he can to communicate to his friends, via haunting of course, because what else can he do? That should give Fear more power anyway. Alive normal people wouldn't be able to see him, at least not as a defined form, and since he hasn't quite transcended yet, he's gonna be one pretty normal spirit with basic ghostly rules:

• cannot pick up things (nor his cards omg.... Dx)
• can affect the temperature of small areas depending on their mood (i c ded peopleee)
• can affect electrical currents (that flickering light...)
• can inflict physical harm on the living without realizing they are doing so (when too upset/angry)
• can feel the thoughts of the living (not the same as reading thoughts)
• can be visible in photographs (TAKE PICS OF HIM OMG)
• animals (particularly dogs) can sense the presence of a ghost
• can communicate through 'white noise' (not that anyone has a recorder here?)
• can appear as a subtle aura

As per usual, those who can actually see him will see him as his pharaoh self, you know how I love abusing of those opportunities.

On top of that, as the event passes, Ravine will try to consume him due losing control, nice, huh? In an very desperate attempt to avoid that fate and other dangers (like idk Caedra), he will do the unthinkable and enter the body or a living person, aka. possess them for a while, a few minutes or a couple of hours tops, and for that I need some volunteers :D I'm not sure if anyone would remember what they'd do while he's in control, not that he'd go to town with their body I mean... But we can always talk it out!

That's pretty much it, let us plot!

cecily trevelyan and daenerys targaryen

[closerift]

cecily will be losing her whole left arm, taking away two major pieces of who she is: her ability to use a bow, and the anchor, which made her herald/inquisitor. she'll wake up in a panic and will privately be filled with despair, but her experiences thus far will assure her that it will return... eventually. in the meantime, she'll be trying to repress The Sadness and will instead be stubbornly trying to go about her day with just her right arm.

dany is losing her memories! since her memories and experiences, etc. are what makes her the person she is today, losing all that will reverse a lot of her character growth. she won't quite be the innocent and carefree girl that she was when aged down, and will instead seem a little more fearful, a lot confused, and wary of most everyone in hadriel. after all, she has no information about herself except what others tell her...

so. plot with me!!

[hot_mes]

A+ and please possess Law

[ex_matricide319]

Kiran is losing his equilibrioception, aka his sense of balance. This means that he will not be able to stand, walk, or run without stumbling around, falling over, or running into things. Moreover, he'll be unable to use his magic to fly like normally - not unless he wants to put his life in serious risk by crashing into things or falling to the ground!

He will be extremely upset and terrified by this, and will probably have some very not nice things to say on the network after this happens. He'll also need one or two Good Samaritans to help him to the Clinic, where he will most likely be forced to stay until the end of the event because he basically can't take care of himself on his own.

I'd love to have some threads with other miserable characters stuck at the clinic or characters who work at the clinic, or people trying to help out with those affected by the event, or just his friends that he's met so far. If you're interested let me know! my plurk is lazdo.

Lup

[restinglichface]

Lup is gonna have a super fun event.

Waking on the 14th, she will come to without her body, leaving Lup in her spectral lich form, which for those who haven't seen it yet, is basically a skeletal ghost floating around in a red cloak. At first, she'll be just fine, same ol' Lup just without a physical form. But then after a little trigger early into the event, she's going to lose one of her emotional anchors and quickly lose her stability as a lich right after.

Which basically means a murderous lich is going to be flying around the city, shooting off magic and looking for some victims.

If anyone wants to fight her or is looking for their character to get injured during the event, I AM HERE FOR YOU. Come be a big damn hero and get your ass kicked! She will be immune to physical attacks and her offensive magic will be incredibly powerful, but I am up to plot all kinds of fighting scenarios! This will be made all the better by Taako having lost his magic during the event, leaving him to watch his sister go nuts without being able to stop her.

Near the end of the event, Kravitz is going to be stepping in to take her out, so Lup will be dead for the very end of the event and a few days after before reviving back in her body like nothing at all happened.

Come plot with me, folks!!!! I’m over here meyggy if you want to chat!

[puzzlingly]

dsfsdf

too tall... will hit his head on things........ sorry Law

kate & serah

[dedikated]

Kate is losing her sight, both the natural kind and her power. She'll probably spend most of this event at the clinic incredibly jumpy and... well, unfortunately for anyone who comes by, she also has Fear's blessing which means she might accidentally trigger it in response to being caught off guard. You know, these things happen. (:

I want to keep this kind of low-key, however, so I'd like to limit that to a couple of threads.

Lastly... When she gets her sight back, she's gonna make a little, tiny, totally inconsequential discovery of the location of The Door. Again, these things happen. (:

Serah, on the other hand, is getting off scot free and will be available to help anyone who is terrified by their losses and those who aren't she'll be happy to sit and chat and try to unwind with.

As ever, I'm at forethought if you want to hit me up there.

[hot_mes]

I'm getting creative, Law is going to lose his ability to use his ability. That is, he'll still have his Devil Fruit and all the drawbacks thereof, but he won't be able to use it. What's the difference? Law won't know until he does something stupid.

I'm going for a slow-burn fear for him, as he slowly realizes how much he actually relies on his ability, but to get him to even notice I need two things: people who need his power to fix them up, and fights in which he would use his ability. For the first, anyone who has lost a physical sense or limb will do, since normally he would be able to do something about that but without use of Amputate or Mes, not this time! But I would also be cool with fights, whether against someone or teamed up with someone against any of those shitty flying monkeys who can't get their asses out past the barrier fast enough.

At the halfway point, Law is going to experiment to see if the Ope-Ope has actually been removed from his body by doing the one thing he really shouldn't: trying to swim. It'll be in one of the temple pools, since they're still bodies of water and that counts even if it's not seawater. He'll almost drown, so I'm looking for a rescuer. This isn't going to be an open prompt, so if more than one person is interested I'll RNG for the savior. So! Plot with me here, volunteer or any/all opportunities!

[hot_mes]

OMG YES experience being tall for once Atem it'll be swell

can they have mental chats a la Yugi and Yami?

[wonderland_vogue]

HI, I'M CURRENTLY BEING SICK.

Anyway, this is what I'm coming back for, so let's have a little rundown of how I'm going to be mean and rude to Lydia once again other than her having gotten her butt destroyed before I ran out of country.

So! It's going to start with her losing her magic, that's... that's the whole thing of it, really. Which, hilariously enough, also brings about her lich form since magic was kind of what gave everyone the illusion of ridiculous vogue elf to everyone around! Meaning skeleton in a black cloak being irritated and just kind of floating about.

But that's not all, folks, mind you before she was a necromancer she was also an illusionist. Meaning that any kind of offensive or defensive tactics she has was all magic based. So she's disugstingly and extremely vulnerable.

Which might not be a great thing while another lich is going full murder mode and the only differences between them is one is in red and one is in black and not using fire magic.

I sense this might be an easy thing to mix up.

Feel free to hit me up here or over at starshiranui for more plotty things.

[hot_mes]

oh my god perfect...Law won't be able to use his Devil Fruit so he would have to fight her like a normal human and that will suuuuuck

I mean he's still pretty strong and a good swordsman but I'm guessing without his ability he's not going to win.

[allthecards]

Experience the sensation of looking down at Kaiba for the first and last time XD

[circumitus]

Rey will be losing her soul. This will basically answer a very old question of hers whether or not she, as a synthetically made creation, even has one, so it'll both be great for long-term development and potential threads with a soulless Rey.

I don't plan on her going fully violent and attacking people willy nilly, but she will probably just be more like an empty machine who doesn't feel or care about anything. To her, that is pretty scary on its own, as well as probably to her friends/fam when they see her this way. I'm thinking maybe Rey will try to leave the city to try and get her soul back, but she might not do that willingly. If anyone wants/can drag her out, then A+ to that.

Meanwhile Ravine will be, for lack of a better phrasing, losing her control over her reaper abilities and be turning into a demonic force known as a Shedim (more details on them here).

During the first few days she will be fine, but later on Ravine will be more or less be amping up the spook factor by haunting the crap out of people. Think hardcore J-horror shit, like Ju-On or The Ring. Some people she might make more of a living hell out of than others, depending on the severity of the haunting you'd like. She could do something as minor as calling someone and making scary gutteral noises on the other end to her crawling out of your closet and chasing you around your apartment building. That sounds like fun, right?! Fear should be so happy. Who doesn't love a good supernatural spook?

This also means that she will be a risk to other spirit types as well -- such as Atem who she will attempt to get her ghostly mits on and devour like a tiny delicious spectral cupcake.

I have a lot of ideas for haunting scares, but I'm open to suggestions as well!

[lifetothefullest]

Lance is going to be losing his voice, which is kind of simple but has a few really deep-seated fears related to it and so it's the best fit for him this event.

When he first arrived in Hadriel he had some serious injuries that he pretty much tried to hide from anyone and everyone including damage to his throat that he was very concerned would end up permanent and affect his voice, including the possibility of losing it entirely. Considering he really needs to be able to talk for his profession (and, on a more personal side he also hasn't told many people about, he's actually a very good singer) this was an even more distressing prospect than it would normally be.

So, while this is going on, he's either going to be doing a lot of texting or, alternatively, annoying people with the text to voice function on the phones. Probably the latter if you're a friend. Sorry everyone who puts up with him.

It also means that although he'll be available for counseling other people affected, it'll have to be in written form, and that might as well be over the phones since he has terrible handwriting.

But yeah, I'm available for plotting whatever! 8D

[restinglichface]

Get this GOOD mix up in

[wonderland_vogue]

CLEARLY THE ANSWER IS TO MISTAKE LYDIA AS BEING AWFUL AGAIN. Even if the awful thing isn't even her fault this time. Dammit, Lup.

[puzzlingly]

he'll hate it, lmao

I'm afraid not, since he doesn't have the Puzzle to allow that kind of power, which is also why he's gonna be scared shitless. But maybe they can find a way to communicate in some way... maybe like in Your Name? hahaha

[barold]

a little trigger early into the event, u say.

hmmmmmm.

[puzzlingly]

OMG! this is ...gonna be so weird

[hot_mes]

Hmm! We shall have to contemplate that one.

either way it's going to be epic.

[restinglichface]

HMMM SO VAGUE

[restinglichface]

Oh gosh I am absolutely down for this

[puzzlingly]

Must someone physically pick him up out of the water or would possessing his body work, since Atem would know how to swim and force it? I'm assuming it wouldn't work but thought I would ask anyway.

[hot_mes]

Consider this fight a go, then. :D