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The Quiet Place Mods ([personal profile] bequiet) wrote in [community profile] quietplacelogs2018-01-15 08:09 pm

INTRO LOG #1



INTRO LOG #1

Muzzle and Mute
Content Warnings: Disorientation, memory loss, confusion
Themes: Arrival, survival, exploration, horror

You wake, standing. A thick, muddy red dust coats your skin and clothes - it sticks to your tongue and blocks your vision. Inhale and it chokes you, exhale and your breath puffs out in front of your face in a transparent maroon cloud. It tastes of copper, tangy and harsh. Movement is difficult, every limb tingles and aches. Look to your left, your right. Evenly spaced in each direction stands another person indistinguishable in every way from the next. You're disoriented and lethargic, unable to grasp onto a single thought. A pinprick of light blooms ahead and grows steadily larger; a door has opened.

Hands grip your wrists, push at the small of your back and guide you out of the darkness into a room with four walls and a thin, sagging ceiling. The plaster is peeling, the air is musty, and the floor is slick. White plastic piping juts up from the center and curves into multiple spouts, clean water flowing in uneven streams. Those hands pull your clothes off and clear the dust from your body, redress you in handsewn jumpsuits. By the time they’re through, you will have begun to come back to yourself.

A finger is pressed to your lips. Kind eyes meet your own and a single word is whispered - hush.

Led out of the room in a line, you’re taken down a short hallway and into another, much larger room. There’s a woman waiting for you there, a child hugging her leg, and a cloth bag in her hands. She reaches in and pulls out a device, passes one to each of you. Once finished, she begins to move both hands in graceful gestures, a language. One of the people who helped you lifts their device and the screen lights up, tracks the woman’s hands. Letters appear on the screen and you understand the device’s purpose. She tells you what she knows and it’s not much.

This world is haunted. Noise attracts them, so it is not allowed. Communication is through body language, soundless writing, and the device. She tells you that your feet must be light and your mouth never used. There is a community outside these doors, where you can survive together, but only if you agree to one thing: complete and total silence. You'll have time to talk it over. You may ask one question and receive one answer.

Acceptance allows you to journey outside. The ground is marked in pathways of sand, lining the paths to each building and everywhere in-between. You notice that the locals hold their devices always, aloft and glance to it often. It will not vibrate or make a sound to signal a message. Notices appear. Rules. Guidelines. Feet on the sand and never anywhere else. To open a door you brush your fingers along the hinges - oiled and you may enter. If not, take the brush from the can sitting nearby and coat the metal with the dark liquid.

Now, you're to settle into your new home.

The Man in the Hat
Content Warnings: Heavy lifting, following the rules, alcoholism
Themes: Moving in, survival, exploration, horror

Once you’ve claimed a room for yourself, it’s time to acclimate to the community. Natives will ask what you need and take you along the sandpaths to different areas in the city to gather supplies - furniture and the like. Heavier items will require assistance and will take longer. Houses are mostly empty so if you and your housemates need something, you’ll have to carry it and put it inside the home. Do not make any noise or the natives will refuse to help you. Getting to know your housemates is key to a smooth transition. They are going through what you are right now; take the time to get to know them. Make house rules.

As the first day gives way to night, the natives can be seen moving at a faster pace outside. They’re hurried, though not frightened. Some even smile at you. When the sun sets behind the ruins of what was once picturesque Reims, your device will signal that it’s time to meet at the center of the community. There, natives will stop each person and give them a small gift - a trinket, a token to show that they are trying their best to make all the new arrivals feel at home. These are all items from the character’s home or from another character's home (they will not be anything that belongs to anyone else). Small, soundless and either something taken during the application process or something brand new. They will have no powers to speak of and are meant to be a momento. If asked, the natives found them the same way they found each of you.

Then the party starts. Sort of. A soundless, stitled kind of celebration. Fun is meant to be had, but it’s not an overly joyous occasion. The natives simply don’t know how to cut loose. There will be extra food in the form of one and two; Phillipa even brought some of her homemade bread. If you stumble across a man wearing a hat, the only man in town who does, and agree to go with him when he offers to show you his house - he’ll gift you with a jar of hooch; it’ll burn on the way down.

Sound Eaters
Content Warnings: Threat, danger
Themes: Survival, exploration, horror, game plot

It’s the second day of your stay, and the natives call for an emergency meeting at the Town Hall. Everyone is paired off (see below) and are asked to walk the perimeter looking for anything out of place and patching any areas that might have been affected by weather. Once finished, the same is done on the inside, and when the community leader is satisfied, the main hall is opened up so that everyone can congregate. Characters, during this time only, are allowed to make sound. This is so that the natives can explain why silence is so necessary...

The Sound Eaters.

In an effort not to frighten everyone, the natives won’t go into the history just yet, but they will warn that when someone makes a sound, it attracts them. They don’t know what they look like because they are so fast. If you’re too loud, then in the blink of an eye, you’ll go through a room reset. This is because either the natives ‘silenced’ you or the Sound Eaters have. They will explain that the room came at the same time the Sound Eaters did and that it doesn’t work for the natives. Sometimes, it doesn’t work on new arrivals. Death, for those born in this world, is permanent. If you attract them, you’ll get someone killed. Hence the need for no noise. During the meeting, the natives will tell each character of their own experiences. Their losses. The families they have left and how they’d do anything to keep them alive. They don’t know if you’ll be reset, but is that a risk you’re willing to take? The meeting will last a few hours and will end on a somber, ominous note - at the end of the month, they are taking everyone to meet them.

OOC
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NAVIGATION



thinhammer: (oh....i didnt think of that)

[personal profile] thinhammer 2018-01-21 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Naruto is ridiculously easy to distract but also - somehow - manages to be quite perceptive of his surroundings and the people nearby. He's busying himself peering at a root sprouting randomly from the ground that looks like it's been trampled quite recently, probably by the first shift of patrols before theirs; it's definitely nothing of great importance to anyone, but never let it be said that Naruto can't be thorough when he wants to be.

He turns at Akira's wave, squinting in the direction he's pointing like his eyesight isn't almost perfect. He makes this kind of wh shape with his mouth. ]


what do ya think it is?
should i climb up there an look??
beguiledcard: (armor up)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-01-25 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Looks like a tiny branch that got stuck. Maybe it got blown there by the wind.

[ And then decided to just. Hang around?

In any case, he's giving a gentle, thoughtful frown. Is it safe to have this guy just climb right on up there, when they're supposed to be super quiet? (IT'S LIKE. EIGHT FEET IN THE AIR, MAN.)

It seems kind of dangerous, but... ]


You could stand on my shoulders.
Edited 2018-01-25 04:25 (UTC)
thinhammer: (lets do it!!)

[personal profile] thinhammer 2018-01-26 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Naruto gives him a look, like he's offended, and straightens his back a bit like he's trying to make himself taller. Clearly he thinks Akira is making a different suggestion because he thinks Naruto is short, which apparently pisses him off a bit and only makes him want to climb the house even more. ]

nah
im gonna climb up there
one sec


[ He holds up his hands in a strange sign, which starts a faint blue glow around the soles of his shoes for a few moments... and then he takes his first step against the side of the building. Surprisingly he seems to stick, and at his second and then his third he's standing horizontal, feet seemingly bonded to the wall he's walking up, a determined grin on his face despite the fact that Akira won't be able to see how proud he is of himself. ]
beguiledcard: (no - we won't hesitate)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-01-29 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
Are you sure that's safe?

[ UZUMAKI HOW'S HE SUPPOSED TO KNOW YOU CAN JUST...

... that. Do that.

How the hell is he even?? Sticking to the house???

Well, uh... don't mind him as he just. Watches. Also, at least the stick is very simple to remove? As long as it's carefully done, it should be an easy and quiet enough to be safe! ]
thinhammer: (lmfao)

[personal profile] thinhammer 2018-02-03 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Naruto treads carefully so that he doesn't make much noise against the house, and finally makes it to where the stick is lodged and prizes it free. A good thing too, he thinks, since if it had loosened any more it would have been in danger of smacking against the side of the house in a strong wind. He keeps it with him as he turns, then starts retreating back toward the ground.

When he's back upright again, his feet no longer glowing, he gives Akira a beaming smile. He's apparently thoroughly enjoying the look Akira is giving him - even if it's not all that different from his usual look. He understands enough about this world now to know that not everyone has chakra, and is taking a wild guess when he assumes that therefore a very small portion of them can walk up walls like he can. ]


see, totally safe! im fine! and the problems solved!!
beguiledcard: (breakin' somebody's hand)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-02-04 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Maybe he'll prefer the next look Akira gives, once Uzumaki is safely on the ground.

There's relief, but there's something much more impressed resting there.

And then he lets the approving grin flash over his face for a moment as he nods. ]


That was amazing. How did you do it?
thinhammer: (whaaat? no that wasnt me)

[personal profile] thinhammer 2018-02-04 10:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ The fact that Akira is showing that he's impressed combined with that smile encourages a similar one in Naruto, his features lighting up to the point where he's starting to really curse the fact that he can't talk. It would have been better to hear Akira call him amazing, but... he'll take this, he supposes. ]

i'm a ninja!!

[ That seems to be the only part of his explanation that people seem to be understanding. Naruto is doing this cool guy pose, with his arms behind his head, like he's absolutely not a puppy who's tail is wagging at the possibility of compliments. ]

so i use chakra in my feet and i can walk on anything
...
i can do way cooler stuff than that though
beguiledcard: (one more war to take the cup)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-02-07 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well, if robots, people from the past, and people from the future, why not... ninja, too?

Akira's eyebrows lift a bit as he gives a soft blink of surprise. This isn't what he'd imagine ninja being like? He would expect them to be more... way-too-serious type or solemn and quiet and...

... boring?

So this is actually pretty great in his opinion, if the gently, almost fondly amused look is anything to go off of. ]


That sounds like the best way to use chakra.

Cooler stuff like what?
thinhammer: and then i'll kick your butt (alright let me just warm up)

[personal profile] thinhammer 2018-02-07 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, Akira has just shot up in Naruto's estimations. He's pretty much got a friend for life in Naruto by this point, since a friend who recognises his talent and appreciates them for how great they are is definitely a person he wants to keep around.

There's also the fact that Akira seems like a genuinely nice, decent guy. That helps. ]


well for a start i can make big balls of chakra that can cut through almost anythin and i can make big shurikens in the air!!! and i even made my own jutsu one time

[ Don't ask, Akira, for your own sake. Do not engage. ]
beguiledcard: (face-to-face)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-02-10 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ BIG BALLS OF CHAKRA AND SHURIKEN SOUND GREAT... interesting, really.

And yet...

... this is Akira Kurusu, person of immense curiosity, and there's only one that's been left hanging just right, and just shiny enough to capture the cat's guy's interest.

So he asks: ]


Your own jutsu?
thinhammer: (wolf whistles obnoxiously)

[personal profile] thinhammer 2018-02-11 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ Naruto grins, and if he weren't such a cute kid the smile might even look a little evil, like Akira's just fallen into some trap Naruto has been orchestrating right from the beginning. ]

yeah
wanna see?
i probably shouldnt be doing it out in public like this but....


[ But he's going to anyway.

Without the slightest bit of hesitation and without waiting for any kind of response, Naruto jams his fingers together with a speed and accuracy that's obviously well learned, giving Akira a small smile before a plume of smoke seems to explode from the hand sign and shrouds him completely from sight.

When it clears, Naruto has disappeared. In his place stands a very naked girl with long blonde twin tales that conveniently cover her decency (though only just, her ample features so ideal and dramatised that she's almost a caricature of a real person). It's clear to tell what Naruto has done here, though, as she still has Naruto's telltale blue eyes and whisker marks, and smile. The reason as to why he knows how to do this, however, is a little harder to figure out.

She blows Akira a kiss. If they could make noise safely, she'd probably giggle. ]
beguiledcard: (well i can tell the wires pull)

1/2

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-02-19 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Err...

He starts to ask what he means, but it seems Uzumaki is just going to. Do it right away??

Akira blinks a couple of times, and then-- ]


!?

[ Holy shit?? No amount of practice in remaining composed saves him - he blinks hard, his eyes briefly traveling the opposite form just enough to confirm that-... yep. YEP. She's (he's?????) completely naked...

And he sure is blushing a little as he works to keep his focus on the face, and not.... everywhere else... ]
beguiledcard: (fight to stay alive)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-02-19 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... Ahem.

This is.

Fine.

He can regain composure just fine!! Watch!!!!

Akira adjusts his glasses a bit, and then: ]


Impressive.




[ Nailed it. ]
thinhammer: (wolf whistles obnoxiously)

[personal profile] thinhammer 2018-02-21 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Naruto might miss a lot of tell tale clues as he's not the most perceptive of his kind, but... reactions like this are a little harder to hide, and therefore more appealing in their truth. Naruto loves watching people respond to this jutsu, and watches with something like pride even though crafting the jutsu itself was a pretty simplistic effort. ]

right??? :D

[ Naruto brings the device forward, crossing her?? arms over her chest to amplify that already amplified bosom of hers. Sorry Akira, but Naruto fails to see any of the danger or strangeness of this situation through the sheer hilarity of it all. ]