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Recollé Mods ([personal profile] recollecters) wrote in [community profile] repeter2019-01-17 05:32 pm
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EVENT + TDM


I. - CURRENT PLAYERS + TDMERS
It's been days since the firewall took over the city of Recollé. The heat is still present even in mid-January and though the wall has consumed much of the outer edges of the city, the buildings and innerworkings of each district are unaffected and still standing tall. Firefighters are working endlessly to try and put out the flames and combat the issue, but the flames only begin to lessen as Retrospec users work together to curb the fire and stop it from spreadng.

This might be the time to jump in and help. Previously, you may have tried to help and found your efforts futile. Those new to the app may even have found themselves thinking the flames were best left to the professionals once the assessment was made that there would be minimal damage. However, there seems to be a power tied to that new app on your phone. Should you attempt to help put out the flames, your efforts shall be rewarded and a pathway will open into a tunnel of fire with a series of doors spread before you.

With many of you finding your way through the firewall and unlocking the doors within, progress is being made to wear down the security measures. Points in the wall will begin to crumble under touch alone and rows and rows of doors begin to appear. The flames are starting to die down outside, but it becomes clear that it's not just a few chambers you must explore. Several thousands of doors are scattered amongst the flames waiting for you to approach. Luckily you won't have to open all of them. The silver doors loom in the distance, but thanks to the efforts of the last two weeks, identifying the doors is much easier than before.

While several of the doors that have been opened are easy to navigate, users will come to find that as they approach a new door an error message will appear and block the path to the door. These messages will not appear on doors that do not contain keys, though this pattern may not be obvious at first. Sometimes the messages will appear just by walking in any of the cardinal directions inside the fire tunnel, popping up right in front of your face and forcing you to walk straight into them. These pop-ups can be dismantled via physical force or magic, though you may wish to be careful. Anyone who directly touches these messages will find themselves…multiplying? Oh dear. Two, three, or even four copies of yourself will appear and begin to wander off not only in the tunnels but back through the wall and out in the city of Recollé. Users who are split apart will have to round up all versions of themselves to become whole again, and the clones themselves will be more than happy to wander as they please, posing as you and attempting to deter others from progressing. Good luck getting them to stop.
II. - CURRENT PLAYERS + TDMERS
The pop-ups aren't the only issue users will begin to experience the longer they linger in the wall. As Retrospec users continue navigating these routes and clearing the paths needed to break down the firewall, things begin to grow a little more difficult to manage. Though the passages of the doors appear to be fine and users can enter new areas to obtain keys, it seems as though there's something bigger that wants to stop the progress occurring.

Users with Retrospec-given abilities will find difficulty in using their powers in ways they've never experienced before. Superstrength gives out after two seconds while shapeshifting will leave you stuck in that form for three days. Magic is on the fritz and spells will backfire, kicking back and damaging yourself for every spell you attempt to use. A small ball of light will escape your fingertips, draining you of your abilities and gifting them to someone else temporarily (though they won't know how to control them the way you do.) The trouble with it all is that no method is the same, and even if you experience a glitch once an outside force will change the consequences so they do not repeat.

You may think to check your phone for answers. Can you Google how to fix your own powers? While a search engine won't be of any use, users will find that the Retrospec app's logo has a new, upgraded appearance. Five of the eight inner petals have will appear gray in color while the remaining three are untouched. A sixth petal is colored halfway in. Should a user activate the app while in the city, they will find that everything around them will pause in a freezeframe. Birds will stop mid-flight, cars will be stopped in the middle of intersections, firehoses will have frozen arches of water aimed to the flames…everything is perfectly still save for other users.

As for those who activate the app inside the firewall, time will become fluid and change around you. Everything seems to move at hyperspeed, actions on fast-forward and time skipping ahead. Your actions will also be at the speed of light, and should you manage to accomplish your goals inside the wall and beyond the doors, a return to the city will show that much more time has passed than you anticipated. Hours or even days have escaped you even if it felt like no time at all.

With some trial and error, users can discover that a hard reset of their phone and re-opening the app will undo these effects. However, it may not be so easy seeing how the app will appear and disappear intermittently. Be quick; you may miss it if you blink.
III. - CURRENT PLAYERS ONLY
It seems a bit suspicious that Retrospec's gone quiet throughout all of this, doesn't it. There hasn't been word from the company since Joanne's last message about the firewall, and as usual any attempt to contact the company is futile. The message from delta#02018329 on the 13th was the last form of communication from anyone tied to Retrospec and since then all has been quiet. The animal guides from before are hard at work helping users discover new paths and find the keys, knowing they need to work quickly.

On the 24th, the firewall begins coming down in large chunks, falling away and shattering into embers when destroyed by an established user. The wall reveals the lines of doors surrounding the city and as of this date the temperature begins to drop again. Good job, users. You've almost fully dismantled the blockade. However, the wall isn't finished yet.

Beginning on this day as well, established users will become public enemy number one for the operator of the wall. A string of bad luck begins to follow you in an attempt to deter you from finishing your task of destroying this wall. Ranging from small feats such as misplacing your phone to larger feats such as removing all doors and windows from a building you're in, these attempts can be easily broken with enough willpower or simply waiting it out. For the truly unlucky, even NPCs will grow suspicious of you and begin to question you, asking you what's changed about you and why you and only you are the one who can put out the flames when the fire department has been working so hard.

Most importantly, however, are the small showers of green sparks that will appear over the city, sprinkling on you from overhead and dousing you in an invisible sheen. An equally invisible force feels as though it's pulling you down quickly despite standing in one place, and when the feeling passes…well. You may wonder what this strange app is on your phone and why you have it. It's new, isn't it? Wonder what it could be. You've never heard of Retrospec before, you think, but it can't be that interesting.

Perhaps you haven't slipped that far. You may be one of those who finds yourself with gaps in your memory, or items on-hand you don't quite recall having before. Images will flash through your mind even if you can't pinpoint where you've experienced these things before. And, of course, there's the fact that you may even literally slip between layers in the city, entering a door in the firewall and falling down into a plain white room. This washed-out castle-esque hall will make navigation difficult as the doorway to return blends into the walls. It only takes a trick of jogging your memory and recalling your true purpose to outline the door. What does it mean to jog your memory? This can be anything from sharing a memory you don't understand to showing off an item or ability and brainstorming its purpose. You will only understand the truth and remember everything upon leaving this castle, but until then? Time to brainstorm.
IV. - TDMERS ONLY
It's a little alarming to suddenly wake up and have a brand new app on your phone that connects you to a special group of people, isn't it? This may not be what you were expecting, but the Retrospec app seems harmless even if it's a bit unusual. With the power necessary to help combat the flames, perhaps you're the type who isn't even worried about what's happening. There's a job to do, after all.

Upon opening the app for the first time though you'll receive a message from a user named Z.C.

You're probably confused right now and I get it, this is really confusing. I was confused, too. But you have to be on-guard. Looks like you're a fresh target.

That's an ominous warning, and yet nothing comes from it for several days. In fact, it isn't until the 25th that those words hold some weight. It seems that there's someone out there who doesn't feel like you belong. No matter where you stand or what's happening for you at that given moment, at the stroke of midnight a large crater will open beneath you and swallow you whole, sending you straight down. The fall feels endless but as you land you'll find yourself standing on barren, gray ground surrounded by a black night sky, spiderweb cracks spreading from the center and moving outward. The world around you is dark and above you you can hear the sounds of the city and the people in it. The sounds of your fellow app-users combatting the wall of fire and even some of the ongoings of what's happening to them beyond the doors echo in this dark chamber.

The space around you is dead. There isn't a single sign of life sans what looks like a large, 80-foot whale skeleton. Even that appears abandoned, though there are footprints in the dirt near the creature's mouth. You aren't the first to arrive, but getting back will be the trick of it all. Someone wants you hidden away, but finding a clever way to reach out to those in the layer beyond will grant you an exit. Shouting, throwing items on hand, anything you can think of to create a diversion and draw attention to yourself may help. The louder you are, the thicker the cracks in the sky grow. It'll take a combination of people working below and people working above to break this barrier. Don't be afraid to reach out. It may be your only way back home.
BONUS.
The firewall gave a good effort, but in the end the power behind the Retrospec users was too much to sustain it for long…or was it? On the 31st the rest of the firewall seems to crumble and turn into smoke and ash as though the force holding it up cut its losses and quit. Several wolf-shaped figures appear from the smoke and surround the city, spreading ash as far as the eye can see before running off in the direction of Magatus. A sharp crackling noise like glass shattering rings through your ears and the wall and the layer below disappear for good. Congratulations, users. It seems as though you've broken down the barriers standing in your way.

However…there's still the matter of all of this ash and dust to take care of. Grab a broom, a dustbuster or a friend. It's time to do some major clean-up on the city and get it back to normal.

For those who venture to Tisse though, looking up to the very top of the towers will show a set of windows that have been dark and dimmed for several months. As the night wears on, however, the lights begin to flicker on until the entire floor is lit. There isn't any way up to the top of the building just yet, but for every light that comes on it seems that the amount of ash lessens. Is there a correlation? Or is it just someone from above helping you out? Only time will tell.
NOTES.
Welcome to [community profile] recolle's January event part two!

All characters who are TDMing will be begin in-game AU'd as Recollé residents. You may use any of the above prompts for ideas or make up your own depicting your Recollé AU! Prompts do not have to be set in the districts listed above. You can review our list of locations for what's available. Please note that TDM threads can be used as samples, can be kept as game canon, and can also be used for bonus points for future item regains. Share a few minor details of your AU, tag around, and have fun!

If you are TDMing this round, please indicate this by including TDM in your subject line! This will help the playerbase know who is who.

As indicated in the link above for prompt 2, if you would like us to generate a key-tracking scenario for you please sign up at the comment on the first event log!

-For current players, you may claim multiple freebies from this log! These include:
-One freebie memory for threading with a character that is test-driving.
-One freebie memory for combatting the issues occurring in prompts 2+3
-One freebie memory for helping someone else combat the issues occurring in prompts 2+3
All of these threads must have at least five comments from you to be eligible. To submit for your freebie memories, please link us the appropriate thread with the trigger explanation of "freebie."

TDM characters who app in and are accepted before February are also eligible to claim this log's memory freebies! Like current players, please be sure to submit your freebie regain threads before the end of the AC period.

As a special note, we will also allow current players to use a thread from this event/TDM for their AC proofs! As this ties into a game-event, we are making an exception. However, your other proof(s) (at least ten comments) must come from sources outside of this log. Likewise, as this is an event log instead of just a standard TDM, you may use this log to trigger regains as normal.

Finally, be sure to check out January's AU workshop if you haven't yet! Any questions you have regarding this event may be directed to the mod comment here. Be sure to review the mods' question thread on the plotting post for additional information as well!
sleepingknight: ([Fail] guides me)

[personal profile] sleepingknight 2019-01-23 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[There are some small blessings to be had in this world, and that is having a world that is not completely broken. Just a little.]

Whew. I know I play a lot of games, but I wasn't expecting to use those skills to unfreeze time.

[This is ridiculous? Everything is ridiculous.]
sleepingknight: ([Hurt] like we'll be separated)

[personal profile] sleepingknight 2019-01-23 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Ohhhh good job cloneself, you went and grabbed a creep.

For once, both clone and original are in agreement when they look over to each other, giving a brief nod.

And then the one that clung to him just moments ago throws a handful of glitter in his face and they both begin to book it. Best to dodge or get your spells on, Derek - that stuff doesn't come out very easily.
]
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[personal profile] dereban 2019-01-23 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
"... Schwarzer. I don't usually go by my last name, so if you want to call me that to differentiate the two of us, I'll take it."

[ The copy isn't wrong, so she can take that as an answer, sighing. ]

At this rate, I'm more in disbelief. Any more panic than I have done about having sudden copies of myself the month I transferred into the city, and it wouldn't help anyone any.
servileness: (0.20 sec)

[personal profile] servileness 2019-01-23 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Forty-three is way over the hill. Clover will never say it, but she'll think it. She also doesn't know what the light does, but all she knows is something isn't working and hopes it stays not working.

Well.

It's not exactly the best experiment that she's about to try, but she needs to test out a theory. ]


Will you please drop that full bucket on my foot?

[ She may regret this, but if it doesn't heal in day, she'll live with it. ]
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[personal profile] flametheif40 2019-01-23 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
It's a strange time for all of us Schwarzer, I do hope we all get out of this and laugh about it later...well, maybe not literally laugh, but you get my point.


And I suppose I could call you by your first name then?

Mine is Albert, but I go by Al.

and yeah, your right, it wouldn't help much, almost anything would have been fair game though.

So then, how are we going to put you guys together?

[Because he seriously doesn't like the alternative thought of wasting people, He is trying to be warm to them both, just because one is a clone doesn't make them any less of a person.

He is just suspicious of Schwarzer's intentions earlier, and for now, it's easier to just go with his gut, hopefully more evidence will present itself, but it's an easy enough arrangement either way.
]
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[personal profile] flametheif40 2019-01-23 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Your calmer then I was when I started.

and...I don't really know how to say it but...

It gets stranger...but it eventually makes some sort of sense.

There are dangerous and strange things, but there can be good things too.
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[personal profile] flametheif40 2019-01-23 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Al feels the strength in his limbs, but he wants his magic, how it flowed through him like the force he feels so empty without it.

Most importantly, he doesn't want his dear friend feeling so horrible.
]

I know you're not responsible, and we will figure out how to get our powers back to their rightful place. I promise we will...and...I was trying to say that to make you feel better, sort of.

Look, I hate how they are making you feel, okay? I don't like people screwing with my friends, especially friends like you.

But there is a practical concern here, you have to learn to control my magic, otherwise, it will kill you.

So if you don't mind, I want to teach you to use my magic, so you don't almost burn a neighbourhood down...like I may or may not have done the first time I used it.

[Despite how hollow he feels, he keeps a fake smile and says the last bit a little light-heartedly to try to lighten the mood a bit.]
Edited 2019-01-23 03:47 (UTC)
frostythehitman: (the dark center of the universe)

[personal profile] frostythehitman 2019-01-23 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ He crosses his arms. ]

I walked in through a door and it was just this empty black corridor. After a while, I ran into some error message, like from a computer but right in front of my face. I tried going past it, but I started getting sucked into this...black hole or something. I only barely made it out.

Now I'm trying to keep other people from getting sucked in too.

[ A good half of that story is a complete bullshit lie. But not unrealistic, given the sort of BS that's happened in Recolle before. ]
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[personal profile] servileness 2019-01-23 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ "Clover" smiles, but her concern doesn't abate. Her brows furrow, and she shakes her head in return. ]

No one would be able to sit still in this situation, but labor laws mandate breaks for a reason. Please, at least rest for a short while away from the heat. You'll dehydrate yourself.

[ Even with the water bottle she gave him is the implication in her tone. ]
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[personal profile] dereban 2019-01-23 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I guess that's fine. It's Raina, by the way. Anyway, usually in shows, you'd have to kill the copy...

"Except I doubt either of us are here for a fight to the death, unless it's a debate. Even if you did punch me earlier."

Oh, for the love of-- give it a fucking rest already, that isn't going to solve our problems.
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[personal profile] godcards 2019-01-23 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
It means King.

All the same... it's harder to avoid people on this app than not, so I'm sure we will cross paths again. Whether it's intentional remains to be seen.
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[personal profile] flametheif40 2019-01-23 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
I doubt they would make you two fight to the death, too boring for them.

Sides, if they wanted another death match they would have brought an unreality bubble and gave everyone superpowers or changed people's magic to make it interesting.

I wasn't there for it but people I knew were.
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[personal profile] frostythehitman 2019-01-23 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ The single tiny poke sends a fake James flying backwards onto the ground in a heap. The other fake realizes now what sort of a threat he's dealing with and decides to stop joking around. No more amateur hour. Instead of directly attacking her from the front, he instead decides on a slightly less predictable approach. He launches into an impressive flip overhead (because you're never too busy for some sick flip trickz) and reaches out to grasp at Lina's hair while he's passing over so that he can try and yank her to the ground as he lands.

The real James, meanwhile, no longer being watched by the fakes, takes his chance to scramble up to the fake that Lina hit earlier. He checks him for any weapons he can grab, and sure enough, there's some knives and garotte wire there. James calls out to her: ]


Watch out, they're armed!
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[personal profile] brushy 2019-01-23 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
My word, the moon! And how did you breathe?
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[personal profile] brushy 2019-01-23 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ no magic beyond the mind and soul, powerful things put together when they’re at their best (not that ahmi thinks she is, she’s always open to improvement). she stares and blinks for quite a few moments with what she’s just seen, a boy changing right before her eyes and too tired to even realize.

too worn and covered in layers of what could make any person like her have their hearts drop right to their stomachs.

maybe she should pray a lot after this. she still can’t believe it. alas, she can’t just stand there and gawk! instead she gently ushers him inside, and greets anyone who equally gawks with a simple wave. nothing to see here but a miracle! the door slides cleanly behind them, and the young man is met with a waiting room, only a few or so chairs, next to a desk and a computer, but their background music is low and serene. potted bamboo plants and bonsais pepper the room, along with zen decor and statues of buddha, and lotus blossoms. above them hangs the outer skeleton of a pyramid, and below, a carpet that paints the symbol of reiki.

it’s a very, very quiet place with infectious, calming energy to those who believe it. ]


You didn’t waste your trip. [ he gestures for him to follow her, to one of the work rooms. ]

What’s your name, dear?
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[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-23 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ THESE LONG LEGS ARE NOT ABSURD, they are normal and he loves them and will throw a fit when they shrink :'( anyway, the clone can try to run but kokichi also has long arms in this au! he'll just step forward and try to grab the back of her shirt. ]

Where are you running off? It's not fun if you try to escape, you know!
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[personal profile] sleepingknight 2019-01-23 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[And grabbed! But she'll keep trying to get out of his grasp, trying to reach back and pry his hand off.]

"Kokichi, I'm serious, we have to run before she attacks us!"

[Meanwhile, the other Yuuki sighs a breath of relief before walking up to them both, hands on her hips.]

Thank you. [...A beat.] Actually, now that we've caught her, I'm not sure how we're supposed to make her go away.
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[personal profile] flametheif40 2019-01-23 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Al had no idea what to expect from her or this place that's supposed to be tranquil and peaceful. He is nervous and his energy is all over the place.

His magic is tied to his life energy, so he feels there is something different about this place but the energy in his heart is nowhere near in sync enough to really feel the harmony.

But he just got here and he wanted to come because he wanted to be a good person, or maybe just feel better, honestly, he has no idea what to do, there is torment in his heart and he just wants that pain gone, and he practically hates social workers and the like, so this is the next best thing in his mind.
]

Albert Matthews, I go by Al.

I...I'm just in a lot of pain and I want to change...I'm not exactly a good person...but I wasn't always this way...

[Said meekly and sadly, almost like a hurt child, he has been practicing opening up, but still...for those to be the first words out of his mouth. It was a big step for him, his heart is usually in the right place but he is unstable, he carries a lot of pain with him and sometimes lashes out, almost unpredictably at times.

He looks at her, filled with sadness and loss, his eyes have seen death and have cried so much, and anger over a tragedy he blames himself for, that he tries to use as a shield.
]
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[personal profile] brushy 2019-01-23 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Plenty are using their water bottles to douse the fire wall, James Barnes, not too many offer theirs to drink, or even remember to do so with themselves.

You do not like scented candles?
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[personal profile] dereban 2019-01-23 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know how I feel about the concept of "fight to the death is boring", because that sort of thing isn't uncommon, not to mention that there are ways to make the concept interesting, but having it utilized in reality is bullshit.

[ She rolls her eyes at him, looking a little expaserated. ]
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[personal profile] usurpers 2019-01-23 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
You’ll think about being in more places at once so you’ll go to goddamn Catmosphere to pet the cats except your clones would think about the same dumbass thing and all of you would go to Catmosphere instead of working.

Want me to keep going or
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[personal profile] dereban 2019-01-23 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . Thanks?

[ Is that a compliment or is that an insult but she takes it as a compliment. ]

And I figured. I don't really know that many people here yet.
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[personal profile] flametheif40 2019-01-23 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
We are dealing with people that screw with soul energy, play with magic and screw around with life and death for breakfast.

But the point is, I don't think wasting your other selves is the answer.

For all we know, when you touched it, you split your soul into that many pieces.
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[personal profile] dereban 2019-01-23 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's a bit of a heavy sigh as she runs her fingers through her bangs. ]

Even if we're dealing with those sort of people, that doesn't necessarily mean that a certain thing isn't what they want. Making assumptions about things is stupid.

[ Straightening herself out, arms fold over her chest, knowing that she'll have to do quite a bit of research on all of this later. ]

Anyway, we should focus on the bigger picture here. If what caused it was that thing, maybe going back to it might fix it...

"That's a huge 'might', though. It could make things worse, too."
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[personal profile] morgrim 2019-01-23 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Both Shigures look back toward Cleo at the mew, and they both nod at Rean's words.]

Yeah, 'course. Between the three of us, it shouldn't be too difficult to get her out.

She's not gonna like it, but it'll be worth it if we can return her home.

[And then without any further delay, both of them move at the same time; one parts the bushes and the other dives in and obtains the poor girl, who is clearly not happy with this. It's not like the Shigure with the cat in his arms minds, and he's able to keep a steady hold on her until she calms a little.]

Ready to go?

[...he asks, like all of this is a completely normal occurrence... though to him it really is.]