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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!
decipere: (3198603 (2))

kokichi ouma / danganronpa v3 / tdm

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-24 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
( option i-a )

[ so... while everyone else seems to be having trouble with their clones, kokichi seems to be handling his clones relatively well? in fact, they're kind of just all wandering around together like a flock of annoying flamingos. it's pretty hard to miss this sight since, in this au, kokichi is a 6'2" asshole who towers over most people and things. ]

[ kokichi has kind of already figured out from watching others with their clones that if he catches up to one and gets relatively close enough to them for a prolonged period of time, they'll just disappear. he doesn't want that. why not have some fun? and also... he's interested in seeing how they all act compared to him. he only recently learnt that he's been somehow ignorant to all the strange things around him so he's trying to catch up as much as possible. so! with him and his... nine clones, they will just be wrecking havoc on anyone who dares to come along... ]


Let's play a game!

"If you can figure out which one of us is fake, you can get to kill the imposter!"

"But if you don't... we'll just get to kill you instead!"

"Nishishi!"

"Good luck!"

( option i-b )

[ if you had the great fortune of not running into the kokichi army the first time, well... your luck is now up because the nine of them have decided to surround you in a circle while the original just decides to watch from afar like the asshole that he is. ]

"Hey hey."

"Don't you know that you're in the presence of decuplets?"

"We're suuuuuper popular, you know!"

"If you get on your knees and beg, we might give you an autograph on your face!"

( option ii )

[ well... as if all the clones weren't strange enough, now time has completely frozen in place. kokichi tucks his phone into his pocket and decides to go exploring. although he's not as obnoxious as his clones (they were a little too exaggerated compared to him), he's still a talkative one and will chat up the first person he sees in this frozen world. ]

Wowww, Recolle has really glitched out, huh? Or maybe we're the ones who are the glitches.

( option iv )

[ kokichi's first post to the network! wow! what is he going to say? maybe it'll be something meaningful and useful! maybe he'll ask the typical newcomer questions! or maybe... ]

owo hewoo?? wats dis

[ ... or that ]

( ooc: feel free to contact me either through pming this account or plurk at [plurk.com profile] northpaws if you'd like to do something else from the above options! )
motiv8: (⚔️ 40)

I-B

[personal profile] motiv8 2019-01-25 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
[How could this happen to him? He's made his mistakes...]

I... I can see that... the decuplet part, at least.

[How does that even happen? How would they grow up so big?]

Um, listen. I'm glad you're popular, I guess? But I've really got somewhere I've got to be, so if you'll excuse me—
decipere: (3198603 (3))

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-26 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ how tall is rean. i actually don't know. i want to know if the nine kokichis (the real one is still watching at a distance) can all close in and loom over him like a bunch of bullies. ]

"Where are you going?"

"It won't be fun if you just run off now!"

"C'mon, why don't you just get down on your knees and beg like an animal?"

[ yeah, these clones are... more aggressive than the real deal and the real kokichi takes a few steps closer to the little circle, though he still keeps his distance. ]

Aaa... If I were you, I'd play along. You don't know what a bunch of fakes will do if they're upset. And I can't be held responsible if something happens, you know!
motiv8: (⚔️ 17)

[personal profile] motiv8 2019-01-28 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[He's 5'8"ish, so yes. Kokichi can definitely loom in on him, as I believe I have read that Kokichi is Hecking Tall in this AU.

So, yeah, uh. This is kind of intimidating? He's really not sure he can fight off nine people at once, and he definitely doesn't want it to go there. But this is feeling more ominous by the second.]


Ah— how about I don't and you guys just find another way to have fun that doesn't involve threatening or humiliating me...?

[Rean, sweetheart. You know that can't possibly work, right?

And peering past the circle (as best as he can) to the real Kokichi, that's just watching pleasantly:]


H-hey! You could at least offer to help!
decipere: (11-129)

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-29 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ you read correctly. kokichi is 6'1" Hecking Tall so while it's not that big of a difference, it might still be enough when there are nine of these giants closing in on rean. they're not even saying anything right now. they just want him to get as uncomfortable as possible. ]

Me? Just what can I do? I'm only one person, you know.
motiv8: (5)

[personal profile] motiv8 2019-01-29 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[It doesn't take that much to make him uncomfortable. He is really not enjoying this? Where is their concept of personal space?]

You look exactly like them! So no matter how you look at it, you have something to do with this!
decipere: (3198603 (1))

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-29 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ > kokichi ouma
> personal space
> choose one ]


Really? What makes you think that? Why should I be responsible for a bunch of fakes? I'm not their owner.
motiv8: (⚔️ 76)

[personal profile] motiv8 2019-01-29 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rean would like to point out that he actually never got a choice, here. He just started getting bullied by nine clones.]

If they're fakes of you, you may as well be!
decipere: (yCyvs1E)

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-30 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh right, sorry, that's my bad. here i'll fix it for you.
> nine kokichi oumas
> no personal space
> don't choose ]


Nope! That sounds like waaaaay too much responsibility. I try to spend my free time relaxing.

[ he already has a huge guild to look after. he doesn't need the stress of leadership outside the guild as well! ]

But you know, if they really annoy you, you can always just kill them. Then they'd never bother you again!
motiv8: (⚔️ 40)

[personal profile] motiv8 2019-01-30 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow, thanks! He hates it!]

H-how are we hopping from "Hey, maybe let that guy go" to murder?! I'm not going to kill them!

[And to the clones proper:]

Seriously, can you please just let me go? I have things I really need to get to, and I don't want to force my way through if I don't have to...

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babysplice: (I can't seem to find myself again)

i-a

[personal profile] babysplice 2019-01-27 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Neat.

[ the girl addressed in this way by the kokichis is around 5'6" (but slouching), has straight ash brown hair falling to around her knees, and has a pair of scissors in each hand...
and without hesitation, she plunges the blades of one of those pairs of scissors straight into the throat of the nearest kokichi! (or at least she tries.) ]


Do I win?
decipere: (04-86)

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-27 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ okay, you know what.................. the real kokichi is really glad that he's all the way back here and not in the circle of fake kokichis because hey..... what the heck........ the real one is pretty stunned and doesn't say anything at all but the fakes seem... unfazed? even as the one that got stabbed disappears right beside them ]

"Woooow, you got it right!"

"How'd you know?"

"But what kind of sociopath just goes around carrying scissors?"

"You must have a lot of problems to stab someone without hesitation like that!"
babysplice: (there's something inside me)

[personal profile] babysplice 2019-01-27 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, these? [ she glances down at her scissors (and notes that there's no blood or anything on them. how convenient!). ]

...I just got them today. They're permanently stuck to my hands.

So.
Should I keep killing?
Or are we done.

[ she doesn't even acknowledge any of the other things the kokichis said..... ]
decipere: (08-15)

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-29 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ permanently stuck to her hands? well, the real kokichi is curious about that but he doesn't know if he should approach. it certainly doesn't seem wise to approach someone who would so willingly stab someone, fake or not! so he just continues to watch from the back. he's fine with his clones getting killed. at least he'd learn something by watching her. ]

"Hey, hey, don't ignore me!"

"Or me!"

"Wowww, all you really care about is killing us, huh?"

"Isn't getting rid of one of us enough for you, murderer?"
babysplice: (controlling)

[personal profile] babysplice 2019-01-30 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
It's your game.
Explain the rules better if you're just going to complain.

[ she makes fleeting eye contact with every kokichi in turn, except for the two who told her not to ignore them! ]
decipere: (A0OtqWE4)

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-30 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess you got us there!"

"But we'll make it a bit harder for you!"

"If you reaaaaally want to kill the other fakes--"

"--you're going to have to catch us first!"

[ and with that, the eight remaining clones all split up running in various different ways. the original just continues to just stand there. he lets out a small huff of air. ]

Ahh, and just when they've all gathered together...
babysplice: (i fear is never ending)

[personal profile] babysplice 2019-01-30 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she watches them go, then swivels her head to look at the original! ]

Hey.
So, I lose if I kill you.
Right?
decipere: (3198603 (2))

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-31 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ welp, now he's stuck with the wacko! time to play it cool. ]

Yep! I'm the real deal! If you kill me, you'll just be looking at a life-long sentence in jail!
babysplice: (I can't seem to find myself again)

[personal profile] babysplice 2019-02-03 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hehh.
You've got a lot of faith in the justice system.

I'm Violet.

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devilsadvocato: (IT'S PART OF MY CHARM)

iv

[personal profile] devilsadvocato 2019-01-27 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
Don't you mean

new phone. who dis?
decipere: (3198603)

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-27 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
hewwo??? mwaybe?? i don't know!

i am so confused. can you pwease hewp wittwe cute me? UwU


[ also... kokichi hasn't entered his real name or put a real photo of him on the app. all foggy can get is the name "0" and a picture of an origami mouse ]
devilsadvocato: (YES EXCUSE ME)

[personal profile] devilsadvocato 2019-01-29 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
Is this a "Help me I'm new to this app!" type of request
or a
"Help me I'm a cute widdle paper mouse!" type?


[Crap it could be both.]
decipere: (09-81)

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-29 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
both!! i don't know what's going on. i was just mwinding mwy own business and suddenwy i'm a cute but vewy smaww and defenewess papew mwouse!!

pwease hewp me. i'm so scawed!!! 。゜゜(´o`) ゜゜。


[ i'm sorry, foggy ]
devilsadvocato: (MMMMHMMMM)

[personal profile] devilsadvocato 2019-01-30 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Foggy groans. He can't dismiss the idea because Retrospec makes it plausible. "Focus on the normal Retrospec stuff," he tells himself.]

Congrats mouse you're on the Retrospec app now. Life is going to get weird even by paper mouse standards. Don't bother trying to delete the app. It will reinstall. You're stuck with the rest of us nonvoluntary users.
decipere: (11-129)

[personal profile] decipere 2019-01-30 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
what about mwy fowm?? am i going to be a wittwe mwouse fowevew?? oh no!! .・゚゚・(/ω\)・゚゚・.