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♥ October Event Log
October (Lasohm) Event Log
The last breath of summer leaves along with the month of Ohnir, and now fall has come to Havenwell with Lasohm. The leaves on the trees in the conservatories and botanical gardens are changing, the days are no longer hot but seasonably warm and the nights bring a cool relief. The air turns crisp and sharp and the daylight hours are starting to lose out to the evening dark. Thankfully, Havenwell is well lit even at night, and the dark gloom is chased away now that the city's colors are (mostly) restored to their original glory. Here and there, patches of gray still exist, but thanks to everyone's efforts, things are back to normal.
Hopefully those dreams didn't plague you too much, offworlders. The citizens certainly didn't seem to notice...
❥ PROMPT I: The Havenwell Archives
Lasohm is another month that belongs to Ohma and as such, a small group of citizens decide that it might be great for the offworlders to help with something that might please the feline god. These citizens are marked with a sash with the sign of a quill on it, a decidedly antique symbol considering how technologically advanced the people are. They hand out fliers to any who will take them, offering a small amount of Dora in compensation to any who will help the Havenwell Archives repair and restore their books. The Archives is a large building in the south and its doors, which have been sealed shut until now, are slightly ajar, allowing people entry.
Head to the Archives and you'll be greeted by one of a handful of robotic citizens, all wearing that quill-emblazoned sash, and directed to a small room where you and other offworlders are put to the task of reassembling history texts that have fallen into disrepair. Most of the writing is illegible, but it seems that these books are important to the Archives for more than just the information contained within. As you work, you might notice that talking and sharing information about yourself or engaging in physical contact near these books with the other people in your room makes the text on your pages a little more legible, a little easier to read and understand....
OOC: Those who choose this prompt, please comment to the Mod thread on the OOC Plotting Post. You will be randomized to receive a small blurb that your character will be given to transcribe. This is limited to one blurb per player.
Head to the Archives and you'll be greeted by one of a handful of robotic citizens, all wearing that quill-emblazoned sash, and directed to a small room where you and other offworlders are put to the task of reassembling history texts that have fallen into disrepair. Most of the writing is illegible, but it seems that these books are important to the Archives for more than just the information contained within. As you work, you might notice that talking and sharing information about yourself or engaging in physical contact near these books with the other people in your room makes the text on your pages a little more legible, a little easier to read and understand....
OOC: Those who choose this prompt, please comment to the Mod thread on the OOC Plotting Post. You will be randomized to receive a small blurb that your character will be given to transcribe. This is limited to one blurb per player.
❥ PROMPT II: Chase the Rabbit
Those plagued by the dreams with their strange, indistinct figure will find that they haven't gone away even as the month changes to Lasohm. Not everyone is dreaming about this stranger and they don't come every night, but that might be a small comfort to those who see the figure lurking in their dreams, watching silently. They no longer flit away when you look at them though and instead, start holding their unnaturally long arms out to you. Their outline is like a shadow and it feels like you might fall into their arms if you keep looking at them. It's almost tempting, but the way the figure beckons and approaches without actually moving its legs seems unnatural. Every time you blink, it grows closer and larger and its arms are opened wide for you. You get the distinct feeling that, should you embrace it, it would be like dropping into an endless, dark void, which is wen a sense of vertigo seizes you and wakes you up.
The vertigo plagues you even into the waking hours and out of the corner of your eye, you can see that figure from your dreams, arms outstretched and waiting. The only way to rid yourself of this phantom is to let another character hold you tight, in the same way that figure seems to want to do. Letting another character hug you dispels the dreams entirely this time - the phantom figure dissipates, the dreams stop, and it seems like everything is back to normal for you.
Those who accept the phantom's hug, however....? Well. Let's just say they have very different dreams that night.
The vertigo plagues you even into the waking hours and out of the corner of your eye, you can see that figure from your dreams, arms outstretched and waiting. The only way to rid yourself of this phantom is to let another character hold you tight, in the same way that figure seems to want to do. Letting another character hug you dispels the dreams entirely this time - the phantom figure dissipates, the dreams stop, and it seems like everything is back to normal for you.
Those who accept the phantom's hug, however....? Well. Let's just say they have very different dreams that night.
❥ PROMPT III: Catch the Rabbit
Those who accept the phantom's hug also see it vanish from the daylight and it seems like everything is fine. It's gone, just like everyone else has said, and there's nothing lurking in the shadows anymore. You go to sleep that night and that's when it hits you. That sense of vertigo is awful and the dreams? They're back, but this time, they're a little different.
The White Rabbit: You're not alone in this space. Whether it's by accident or by some bond of fate, someone else is here with you. All around you, the world is empty and pure white, stretching into eternity and blank, like it's waiting for something - and it is. It's waiting for you. Once you recognize one another, the world reforms to take on the appearance of a dream you've had before, or a memory from long ago. The other person in your dream is conscious of this not being real, but you? Well...maybe you're aware and maybe you're not. Whatever the case may be, it seems the dream can end naturally as it's meant to, or your companion can try to wake you up. Because it's not just the two of your in this dream - that long-armed phantom is back and it's getting closer.
The Black Rabbit: The dreams are pitch black. You're floating in the darkness with nothing to tether you, whispers in foreign tongues all around you, words you can't understand. If you linger too long, the whispers grow louder, the sound of claws raking down metal approaching from behind and you know: you need to run. The dream seems to go forever, with you tumbling through the darkness, running on nothing, running to nothing, but definitely running from something. And then suddenly, there's someone with you, also fleeing the unseen horrors. As soon as you see them, the dream shifts and now you're experiencing each other's worst nightmares. Fend the terrors off by working together, holding one another, comforting each other as needed, but don't let them catch you.
Whichever dream you have, it ends when you see a figure suddenly appearing in front of you. The phantom that haunted you in your waking hours is back and you know that it sees you as well. Rather than come after you, however, the figure points to the side causing the walls of Havenwell to appear out of the dark, a bright beacon in the gloom. Then the figure opens a gaping, toothless mouth and wails, a bone deep sadness filling the air until the white walls of Havenwell begin to crumble like dust. You awaken with a jolt, the vision fading but the memories remaining.
The White Rabbit: You're not alone in this space. Whether it's by accident or by some bond of fate, someone else is here with you. All around you, the world is empty and pure white, stretching into eternity and blank, like it's waiting for something - and it is. It's waiting for you. Once you recognize one another, the world reforms to take on the appearance of a dream you've had before, or a memory from long ago. The other person in your dream is conscious of this not being real, but you? Well...maybe you're aware and maybe you're not. Whatever the case may be, it seems the dream can end naturally as it's meant to, or your companion can try to wake you up. Because it's not just the two of your in this dream - that long-armed phantom is back and it's getting closer.
The Black Rabbit: The dreams are pitch black. You're floating in the darkness with nothing to tether you, whispers in foreign tongues all around you, words you can't understand. If you linger too long, the whispers grow louder, the sound of claws raking down metal approaching from behind and you know: you need to run. The dream seems to go forever, with you tumbling through the darkness, running on nothing, running to nothing, but definitely running from something. And then suddenly, there's someone with you, also fleeing the unseen horrors. As soon as you see them, the dream shifts and now you're experiencing each other's worst nightmares. Fend the terrors off by working together, holding one another, comforting each other as needed, but don't let them catch you.
Whichever dream you have, it ends when you see a figure suddenly appearing in front of you. The phantom that haunted you in your waking hours is back and you know that it sees you as well. Rather than come after you, however, the figure points to the side causing the walls of Havenwell to appear out of the dark, a bright beacon in the gloom. Then the figure opens a gaping, toothless mouth and wails, a bone deep sadness filling the air until the white walls of Havenwell begin to crumble like dust. You awaken with a jolt, the vision fading but the memories remaining.
❥ PROMPT IV: It Warned You
Toward the end of the month starting from October 28th, offworlders and natives alike will start hearing noises. A deep, quiet scratching, the sound of something dragging heavily against stone, or a leaden thump that seems to reverberate through the floors. Then a slow rhythmic banging starts up and for the first time, the offworlders will see the natives truly scared. They start retreating from the public, sealing themselves up into their homes or taking to the temples to pray. During this time, all other festivities start to close, the VR cafe still boasting bright advertisements for the Harvest Festival games are deserted, the businesses and streets barely have anyone in them. The only activity to be seen is that of the wall guards and the police who start patrolling the streets, trying to locate the source of the noise, stopping anyone they see to interrogate them.
This continues until noon on October 30th when a loud crack, like glass being broken, splits the quiet across the city. Those outside can look up and see a long spider web of breaks snake out along the blue sky. The crack splits and splinters the sky until it hits the wall to the north where it stops for a brief moment, and then the wall itself cracks. The banging intensifies and the plaster flakes, cracks, and with a horrific boom, it breaks and a thick hairy hand the size of a car reaches in, pulling the stone away to widen it into a hole through which a steady stream of small black spider-like creatures start to spill into the city. An alarm rings shrill and the guard and police take to action, but it's clear they're not prepared for this. Help if you can, offworlders, your home is under attack!
What to do: Fight the monsters that are breaking into the city. Most of them are relatively small, black spider-like creatures that have very basic melee attacks, using their fangs and their sharp legs to bite and claw at people. On occasion a rarer monster might appear that will take more than one person to kill - these might resemble strange versions of monsters from your respective worlds, though nothing larger than a horse is present. The giant hand that punched its way through the wall is gone and won't come back. Clear the city of monsters and find a way to seal the breach. This event will ICly run from October 30-31st with the breach being sealed late on the 31st.
This continues until noon on October 30th when a loud crack, like glass being broken, splits the quiet across the city. Those outside can look up and see a long spider web of breaks snake out along the blue sky. The crack splits and splinters the sky until it hits the wall to the north where it stops for a brief moment, and then the wall itself cracks. The banging intensifies and the plaster flakes, cracks, and with a horrific boom, it breaks and a thick hairy hand the size of a car reaches in, pulling the stone away to widen it into a hole through which a steady stream of small black spider-like creatures start to spill into the city. An alarm rings shrill and the guard and police take to action, but it's clear they're not prepared for this. Help if you can, offworlders, your home is under attack!
What to do: Fight the monsters that are breaking into the city. Most of them are relatively small, black spider-like creatures that have very basic melee attacks, using their fangs and their sharp legs to bite and claw at people. On occasion a rarer monster might appear that will take more than one person to kill - these might resemble strange versions of monsters from your respective worlds, though nothing larger than a horse is present. The giant hand that punched its way through the wall is gone and won't come back. Clear the city of monsters and find a way to seal the breach. This event will ICly run from October 30-31st with the breach being sealed late on the 31st.
This event will run from 09 October to 31 October. Click on each prompt's title to see the text. If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to the FAQ or to the Mod Question thread here.
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Kai took this easing as a good sign, but he didn't make a move to pull his hands away just yet. He did lift his head though, just so he could get a better look at Shinji's face to try and gauge how he was doing.
Probably not, you know, the best. All things considered though? Better. Maybe this was going to follow the logic of touching, and the longer they stayed like this the more likely things would just... stop.
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Hello there.
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Fuck off?
Kai made eye (?) contact with it on accident, his breath catching in his throat. He might have accepted the spook's hug earlier, but this was a different level of threatening when someone else was involved. Keeping his gaze steady on that shadow, Kai slowly drew his hands down to take Shinji by the shoulders and ease him behind Kai. "Easy, easy..."
This would have been a whole lot harder on that catwalk, but they... weren't really on a catwalk anymore, were they? Kai had been so intent with getting himself between the two that he hadn't entirely noticed, but now that one one else was moving. Uh.
... Huh! This sure was a lot of Nothing all over again.
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Don't be rude.
As Kai gingerly swaps their places, it elicits a soft, "huh?" from Shinji, and he looks up and around to find himself staring straight at that spooky figure.
Oh.
Unlike the giant mysterious robot from earlier, and unlike its actions from previous dreams, it mercifully isn't approaching the two of them. Now that it has the attention of both of them, it can follow up startling them by harmlessly pointing off into the darkness.
Darkness? Ah, no, not quite any more. There, in the nothingness, is a sight both Kai and Shinji should be familiar with. The bright, shining walls of Havenwell! That is...? Comforting??
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That would have been a nice thing to do!
If only! It wasn't immediately followed up with that mouth vibrating its way off the phantom's skull as it stretched and contorted and gaped with such a soul-shredding wail.
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Shinji's blood runs cold and his heart sinks impossibly far at that sound. Even if he wanted to bolt, or do anything in the face of this horrifying turn of events, he finds himself helplessly frozen in place by the sheer force of the being's anguish. The sound fills and shakes the air around them, bouncing only off the bright walls in the distance before they begin to crack, give, and quickly crumble and fall. And then...
He sits bolt upright in bed with a loud gasp.
One horrible nightmarescape escaped.
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Just kinda. Past that empty spot where another person had been a while ago. It was even still warm!
Sure was a lot of hoarse breaths coming from the floor.
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Of course, though, who else would be in the same bed as him? Or, uh, would have been, in any case. Sorry for the ruder awakening? Shinji scrambles to look over the other side of the bed, over to where those rasping gasps were coming from.
"Kaito!"
Are you? Alright??
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He startled at the sound of his name, twisting around and turning wide eyes up (...?) towards the bed (..??) at Shinji (???).
"... wh. Why are you up there?"
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"You fell off the bed."
His voice is shaky, his everything is shaky, really, from both the relief of escaping into the waking world and out of any perceived danger, and a good dash of residual terror still sending adrenaline rushing through his veins.
"Here," he holds out a hand to help Kai back up.
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What, was he five? Kai huffed a little, reaching up to take Shinji's hand without a second thought. It sounded like the other boy had had a rough go of it too. At least he was the one that had had a date with the floor.
"Thanks," he mumbled, climbing back up into the bed. Kai settled in next to him, giving Shinjis hand a squeeze. ".. Rough night, huh."
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"Y-yeah... You too?" Sure looked that way, after all.
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It came out as a thin sigh.
"Some weird... guy or something, screaming its face off. God, that sounds stupid."
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He hadn't been planning on sharing any details about his unless prompted to, and even then, he probably would have kept it vague, but that... certainly is A Coincidence.
"That... doesn't sound stupid at all. I had something like that, too, right before I woke up."
One could easily write that off as 'they both heard the same thing that permeated their respective dreams' but. Still.
HM.
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It would have been super easy to do that, yes. There had been some suspicions about all these nightmares for a bit, after all! A spoopy ghostmen would definitely be a prime suspect.
Except. The memories remained.
"Did you."
Kai was looking at him through the dark now. "Cuz you were there too."
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"Really..." Like it almost, almost, isn't completely a surprise. "You... were in mine, too."
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"Really? Huh! Never figured I'd be showing up in anybody's dreams."
For better or worse, Kai was just the kind of guy that was going to roll with the information that was given to him. The contents of Shinji's (?) dreams were probably something that truly warranted some questions, but...
Kai was pretty sure he wasn't supposed to see that.
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As relieving as it may be to not have Kai chase down the same conclusions as Shinji might be, at least not out loud, it doesn't dispel the tiny feeling of dread building up within him. If there is some way that the real Kai had been allowed to actually drift into his dreams, and not just a Kai made of his own memories and experiences, that's... that's what you might call Not Great for Shinji.
If Kai isn't going to confirm that this is the case, though, he can only speculate.
H. m.
"I think... I need some fresh air."
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What was he going to do, say no? Still, Kai tilt his head, giving Shinji’s one last sqeeze before he eased his grip. Not letting go, but loose enough that it wouldn’t take any conscious effort for Shinji to slip free from the touch.
“I can listen, if you wanna talk about whatever. Just to throw that out there.”
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"... Right."
Still, he can offer at least a little scrap of honesty to Kai.
"I don't think I'll be able to fall asleep again," that nightmare was too intense, he is far too ramped up now. "So, if I don't come back tonight, that's why."
'Don't worry,' in fewer words, but also 'Don't wait up if you're tired'.
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He could have really gone for a smoke right about then.
"Alright," he murmured, lifting his hand to pat Shinji's back. "Well... you know where to find me."
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"Thank you," he replies softly. Sincerely, he does appreciate the consideration on some level, even if he just can't bring himself to accept it. He slips out of the bed, and out of Kai's reach. Good contact while it lasted, boys.
"I hope you can get some more rest."
Hopefully without any spooky phantoms this time.
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But then.
Nobody got more rest.
Restless nights for restless boys.