Event Post: Silent Hill

[hadrielmods]

THE RUNDOWN

Delight's poll has closed, and Sorrow is the winner, a decision that we're sure no one will regret! But before the gods quite have a chance to get anything rolling this month - resurrection or a run-of-the-mill event - they have it taken out of their hands.

Sharon Da Silva (unitas) has had her fill of god nonsense, and on June 15th she will be handling her anger and fear in a healthy and constructive way. Yes, bits and pieces of Silent Hill will be affecting the city of Hadriel, summoned via her connection and powers. The gods, not expecting this at all, are going to need a bit of time before they can figure out how to fix it, so until then, well - we hope you like fog.

The city will be shrouded in it most of the time, the light above dim and somber. There may be one or two monsters in the fog, but generally it's pretty safe. Just creepy and kind of depressing, that's all! But stay alert. Intermittently, you'll hear the sound of an air raid siren - and that's when you want to maybe think about running. The city will temporarily change to a darker version of itself, staying that way for anything from a few minutes to a few hours before changing back again. You might see sigils on the walls of buildings, blood and bodies, rust and scorch marks, a twisted reflection of the usual Hadriel. And, of course, monsters.

THE DETAILS

When Hadriel changes, the barriers Hope uses to keep the monsters in the caves simply stop working. Anything from the bestiary can be found roaming the city, free to cause damage and stalk their prey and make life worse. As if that and the new Satanic aesthetic weren't enough, there's also the chance that you could have your own personal monster stalking the streets looking for you. These creature will be disturbing reflections of your subconscious - fears, regrets, and desires given twisted, uncomfortable form. This part of the event is opt-in, you don't have to have your own special monster if you don't want to!

When the sirens go off and the city changes, the only safe places in Hadriel are the god temples. No monsters can pass through the doors, although that does mean you'll be affected by the emotion of whichever temple you might choose to hide in. Still, you'll be safe. Unfortunately, there's no way to predict when the sirens will go off, and the temples have no food or other conveniences inside them. If you want to camp out there for the whole event, you can, but it's not gonna be easy, and hopefully you'll have some braver friends willing to go out and get you food, you weenie.

If you would like to try to talk Sharon down or stop the Silent Hillification of Hadriel some other way, feel free to plot with Lunare! But if no one else manages, the gods will finally figure out how to shut that shit down on June 20th. The fog will lift, the monsters will be safely locked away again, and the gods will be left with one hell of a headache.

THE OVERVIEW

► June 15th: The city gets foggy and weird. What is weather?
► June 15th-20th: Fog, intermittent cave monsters, freaky too-personal monsters, good times for all!
► June 20th: Everything goes back to normal and you can all leave those shitty temples

Comments

Gren

[murderpotato]

So Gren is going to be getting a monster in the form of his dead friend Lily. For those unfamiliar with the plot of The Wolf Among Us, Lily was a troll prostitute and sister to Gren's BFF Holly, and she gets murdered and her head is put on the Woodlands' front porch, glamoured up to look like Snow White. The body was dumped in the East River with cinderblocks tied to her ankles. It's pretty fucked up.

The Lily-monster will be a fairly passive monster, dragging herself out of any body of water large enough to hold an approximately human-sized body (don't leave the bathtub full) and holding out her hands as though asking for help. She'll ignore everyone else if Gren is around, and will even start to drag herself towards him if he doesn't approach her. She's very slow, thankfully, and can't stand.

It's probably pretty obvious, but helping the monster is a poor life decision. If someone comes within arm's reach, she'll grab them, pull them to the ground, and try to strangle them with her purple ribbon. Lily is extremely strong and it would be very difficult to get out of her grip once she's got you. She will drag any unfortunate victims into the water if there's enough, and, fun fact: if you take the ribbon off of the corpse, their head comes off!

(This is because the purple ribbon, required as part of the contract for the strip club that she worked at, is based off the story The Girl With the Ribbon Around Her Neck. In the story, when it's removed, the girl's head falls off.)

Additional fun fact: Lily can't be killed. She's already dead. She can be driven off, though, and will retreat back into the water.

I haven't decided if Gren's actually going to get killed by Lily, but he is going to get attacked at least once. Someone may need to, like. Help him.

I'll also put up a plotting post on plurk, so hit me up there if you'd like to plot as well! Or here. Either works.

[tongueamok]

If Gren doesn't die, but wants some healing, or a guy who actually can handle things that are already dead, I know someone completely insufferable who'd do it.

Re: Gren

[cashlin]

siiiiiits here

whether or not gren's dying I'm still down for Lilith to reluctantly help out!!

[synthedick]

BOY HOWDY HEY. I know it's months later, but the Case of the Missing Roommate is still on!

Question: is there any sign at Gren and Rhys' house of where he might have headed? Because I assume they're headed for a body that's been strangled, drowned, or both, but getting them there is the tricky part.

[murderpotato]

He would have headed for the river, and he does hang around there fairly frequently, so there might be like some river scummy clothes in his hamper or something?

[tongueamok]

Sounds good to me! Thanks for the quick reply. :D