quietplacelogs | MOD LOG #2

MOD LOG #2
Now we're back to the beginning
Content Warnings: Death, apocalypse, a shit storm generally, pigeon death
Themes: Survival, plot

As noted on the ooc plotting post, this prompt is in the form of a Network Post via the native who runs the Bulletin Board. The post can be found here. Out of the five separate teams, all groups decided to share the footage they found. On the morning of the first, the footage will go live as a compilation in order of oldest to newest. Character's devices will update at the same time. The weather is overcast and sullen, befitting the news, and characters can talk to each other on the network post or play out their reactions on the log here.

Will you stay or will you go
Content Warnings: NONE
Themes: Survival, plot

On the morning of the second, the locals will call a meeting at town hall. All soundproofing and partnering rules apply - find a person and help soundproof the area. This is so that everyone can speak during the meeting. The found footage has unsettled the natives and after the community takes a seat, Constance will share some interesting backstory. As one of the oldest members of the community, Constance wasn't alive when the Sound Eaters first came but she heard stories from her great grandmother. The 'tales' have taken twists and turns over time, leaving the survivors with a watered down version of events that amounts to - they came and everyone had to be quiet.

An elderly native will come forward and admit that they arrived through the Reset Room when they were a teenager and have been living there ever since. They tried to get home and they could never find away. Most interestingly, to those that listen closely to his story, is that he came with a sibling who was killed by a Sound Eater and wasn't Reset. Yet, he's known people to come through the Reset Room, die, and come back. Piping up from the background, another local mentions that those born in the world they're in now (natives) aren't reset when they die. It's not something they have any real understanding of. Arrivals tend to disappear at random times, stay in the community, or leave; those that choose to depart and explore the world never make it very far. Whether this is from Sound Eaters alone or someone or something else, the natives don't know. It's obvious they are frightened and don't go beyond what they know is safe.

The natives will now ask the characters if they will stay as permanent members of the community. If they choose to, they will be given the option to take on an apartment that is completely soundproofed, furnished, and will be accepted completely by the natives. This can open up doors for characters to become important parts of the community. No character has to agree to become permanent members. If a character chooses not to, the arrangement they're in will stay the same until a few months from now when the natives ask again. Arrivals are given the chance to talk to one another so that they can decide and digest the new information. There is also a comment below to ask the natives questions 'in front of' the entire community.

ooc: Players have until apps close this upcoming round to comment to the housing page saying that their character chose to be permanent members and are taking an apartment. The apartment is located closer to the Reset Room and are either one or two bedrooms; please note which one your character is taking.

Therefore I lie with her
Content Warnings: NONE
Themes: Survival, plot

The native Constance, who hands out the devices, has decided to step back from a leadership role and has submitted the names of those that she believes could lead the group better than she has. Please vote responsibly. During dinner, a group meal prepared and served in the town hall, slips of paper will be passed around with a pencil for everyone to vote. They will be anonymous unless the person chooses to share out loud who they voted for. There won't be much time for campaigning, but candidates are allowed to do so if they'd like - either handwaved or through their own posts/top-levels.

THE CANDIDATES:

- Frank Castle
- Erik Lehnsherr
- Teddy Upsilon
- Richie Tozier
- Akira Kurusu
- Merlan O'Keefe

OOC
From your mods:

Please be mindful of content - if something triggery comes up or if it goes up a rating to say, something sexy, mark your threads in the subject line. We're very flexible and allow any material; we just want our players to be respectful of each other. If you have questions, pp the mod account, use the faq or comment to the appropriate post below. Have fun! The OOC Plotting Post.

NAVIGATION

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[So much for the idea of "making people feel calm". Emily stares back at the man with a calm face and only just barely resists the urge to shrug. She might not have drugged the food herself, but it's not like she isn't culpable. She passed the food out without even asking what "it'll make everyone calm" really meant. It doesn't mean she feels guilty for it. She's done a lot worse.]

I didn't put drugs into anything. But I'd say you were likely hit with something.

i'm telling you, it's drugs

[ okay, wow, this feels really nice though. sweet and calm. you could almost hear the total absence of plants swaying in the wind, the lack of insects chirping... ]

why is your face like that

[Her eyebrows shoot up. Oh yeah, he's definitely feeling it now.]

Genetics, mostly. But maybe you want to be more specific?

[ he's not laughing, but he might as well be from the way his face lights up at her acknowledgment. ]

i'm just saying they look really angry, ya know?
like fuzzy caterpulliers.
pillars.
those things.

[This is so rude. Why is this happening to her?]

You aren't the first person to tell me that.

[Her brow furrows, raises again, and then waggles. Because why not. If her "caterpillars" are going to be a focal point, she's going to play into it.]

[ oh no

tetora starts making shushing gestures, like it's the end of the world depending on this. ]

don't do that it's too funny
i don't wanna die just yet!!

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[oh yes

Emily manages to not grin as he tries to quiet her... eyebrows?]

I've never killed anyone from laughter before,
that'd be an interesting skill. [But she does stop moving them.]

[ tetora calms at the calmed eyebrows, though. thank you for your consideration. ]

this is a good place to try it
but please don't try it on me
i have too many people to murder back home
i need to finish the list

[look, she just doesn't want to be responsible for his death if she doesn't need to be.

also that's a... rather disconcerting confession, buddy.]

A murder list?

[ blame the drugs on this one. or don't, because he's this candid normally, too. ]

of people who have hurt me deeply
you know, the usual

[She's starting to get the impression that a lot of people who show up here are just real casual about shit like this, her being kind of one of those people.]

Some people kill for the fun of it.

murder isn't fun.
it gets blood all over you even if you're really good at it.

[ it's a little too honest than he'd normally be, but he's feeling more and more loose as the seconds tick by. ]

There are people who would disagree, but blood is an annoyance.

Do you want to sit? [She indicates a chair behind him.]

[ tetora nods, doesn't move, and then with owlish eyes that seem to say oh, slowly makes his way to the offered seat. his steps take on a bit of a wobble, though. ]

whoah.

[Emily doesn't want to catch him if he happens to fall at some point, but that doesn't stop her from standing close enough if she really has to. It is, technically, her fault.] Do you need water?

i would appreciate it thanks

[ yeah he's just gonna wobble on, wobble on, wibble wobble... ]

[Life would easier if you just stuck to yourself, Emily Kaldwin. This is what you deserve.

But she does go in search of water and brings it back to him in short time.] Try to not spill it everywhere.

[ this is so nice. free food, free highs, free water... something about this is tickling the back of tetora's mind as uncool but he's just going to ride this feeling. it feels so good.

he accepts the water, even going so far as mouth a quiet thank you (what the fuck). ]

you're a good guy, lady.
even with your eyebrows.

[Well, for what she assumes is probably a crazy guy, he's not so bad himself. She's known a lot of crazy people.]

Don't remind me, or I might start them up again.
It's Emily, by the way.

tetora
you can call me tet for short if you can't pronounce it

[ with the glass still in his hands, tetora gives emily the

finger guns ]

Just correct me if I can't say it.
I'm a fast learner.

[That's mighty impressive. She just shakes her head.]

[ everyone should appreciate his coolness, wow. ]

so hey, miss em, you hand out drugs often?

[Miss Em. Dear lord, the look on her face right now is somewhere between shock and outrage.]

It's not really part of my skillset. Why?

[ don't look at him like that, he's trying his best here. ]

it would've been a great skillset. lots of people would wanna get on your good side.

like me, for one.

[Is he though? Is he really trying?]

Lots of people? I doubt that many are going to be lining outside of my room to demand I give them more sedatives.

Addiction?

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