MOD LOG #2

[bequiet]

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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kamala khan (ms. marvel) | marvel 616 | open

[morphogenia]

will you stay or will you go?

[Kamala is visibly distraught by all this. She has held out hope that if she's patient enough, the way home should present itself or one of the geniuses will figure out how to cross dimensions or something along those lines. The fact that this has been going on for generations already doesn't bode well for any of them. Still, she already knows her choice. She could never abandon hope of reuniting with her family. She can't join them even while still considering everyone a community.

That doesn't stop her from asking anyone (unless for some reason they were banned from talking to children!) what they think.]

What are you going to do?

wildcard;

[Open to anything! Just pm if you need to discuss it first.]

[beeped]

I dunno.

[Everything he's heard is definitely unsettling, but so much of it feels out of his control. Finding every single sound eater and hitting it with a baseball bat isn't going to get rid of them; they don't have a 'rest' cycle. Any sane person would not want to commit to staying here indefinitely and have to deal with that.]

I don't want to go back to where I'm from, but if there was a way to go somewhere better than here and there, I'd wanna do that. Are you going to stay?

[morphogenia]

[Kamala shakes her head. That's an easy thing to answer.] I can't stay. I have a family back home. I can't give up on going back to them even if the odds seem against me.

[She pauses here because hasn't forgotten what he said. It breaks her heart that's how he feels.] My world is really weird, but you're welcome there if we ever figure things out. My parents would help you.

[beeped]

[He doesn't know if he could actually go to someone else's world--but he likes the idea. It'd be an adventure, and maybe one that It can't get to.]

Really? [He can't help but smile. Even just a hypothetical alternative is nice one.] How is your world weird? Do you have old universe demon things too?

[morphogenia]

Really! They totally did it for my best friend once. Plus my mosque would totally hook us with resources and stuff. [She nods sagely. This isn't a big deal in her mind. Kamala visibly takes a minute to explain the rest.]

Uh... sort of, but not? How do I explain? [She hums thoughtfully.] Okay so superheroes and villains are totally a thing. Sometimes magic gets involved and that's where demons could kind of maybe get involved? But, Doctor Strange would totally handle it! That's the fun part about having superheroes. They rescue us all the time!

[beeped]

Oh wow. The people you know are really nice.

[He can't help but feel a twinge of envy; the people in Derry were apathetic at best, and ill-intended at worst. That was all he knew when it came to adults, and despite having met a lot of people outside of Derry at this point, it's still surprising.]

Your world sounds so cool. It's like something right out of a comic book. I had a bunch of those back home and always thought it'd be way more interesting to live in one of the comic books than back in Derry. It's just awful there, you wouldn't like it.

[list_maker]

[Arya will never stop fighting to return to Westeros. To Winterfell. She simply cannot let herself get complacent in this place. She has her sister and brothers to return home to. She needs to kill Cersei and the Mountain. She can't stay here. She can't think about settling in with the natives and becoming a part of the team.

The other teenage girl comes over to her and Arya is still staring ahead of them, watching Constance curiously. A leader. Openly giving up her power to someone else. And letting the people decide? This isn't familiar to Arya in the slightest. Perhaps its simply that there's not much power to be had in this place that giving it up isn't so hard a thing.] This place will never be my home.

[morphogenia]

[Kamala nods in response, looking oddly reassured. Everyone is jumping on board. It's nice to know some are holding out like her.] It can't be my home either. I have to get back to my family. What about you?

[list_maker]

[She nods in agreement. Her reasons are similar, in part.] I have to get back to my family, yes. There's a war and I need to be there to help fight it.

I also have other things left to do there too. [People to kill.]

[morphogenia]

[She thinks her duties as Ms. Marvel and feels less alone. It isn't a war. Kamala knows Jersey City is better with a protector than without. She has to go back for their sakes too.] Sounds like you have important things to do.

[list_maker]

[She nods in agreement. Looking out at the crowd.] Yes. And I was... [Arya's expression falters from the serious one to something softer and longing (with a touch of fear?)] I was about to see my brother. He was coming home. I haven't seen him in years...

[And now she's stuck here. In this place. It can't be like this. She needs to see Jon. And needs to get back to Bran and Sansa.]

team eight task

[poodlemom]

[after being approached by the locals over creating an app for the devices, Victor was sent to another community member to brain storm what might be desired or useful. Victor's mind immediately went far more to the former than the latter, not exactly a practical man himself. He should see what the other person might think, no problem with making more friends!]

Hi, hi! The locals pointed me your way. Do you have any ideas for an app you'd like on these devices? All I can think is how much I miss Instagram!

[morphogenia]

[Kamala waves at him. At least this isn't totally on her. She does find it funny they're on the same wavelength desire-wise.] Honestly that's where my brain is going too. I MISS SNAPCHAT SO MUCH. But idk is that selfish?

[poodlemom]

omg me too [a fellow social media junkie, yes good, this is who he needs to be partnered with. Great minds, thinking alike.]

We could try to justify it somehow? Maybe it could double as a tracking device? Like, take a selfie and it would tag your location!

Do these things have GPS, I wonder?

[morphogenia]

[They really do! She looks instantly relieved he didn't think she was being selfish.] OH that's a good idea! IDK we'd have to ask someone who took this thing apart I guess.

Do you think we should put it to a poll or just suggest it outright and bypass democracy??

[poodlemom]

I don't care all that much for democracy here. I voted for a dog. [he doesn't regret his decision one bit, but he found it difficult to take any of the participants seriously when he knew nothing about them. May as well choose the dog that let him hug it once...]

Let's get a photo app made! It's useful, if anybody is annoyed, they can make there own thing. [that's how it works, right? Something something free market?

Victor is selfish.]

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara smiles softly at Kamala. She hates seeing the sadness all over Kamala's face. She gets it, though. She wants to go home so badly it hurts. And yet...]

I'm joining them, at least for now. Until we can figure out a way home that will keep everyone safe.

[morphogenia]

[Kamala frowns at her. That makes sense and yet she's not sure it's alright. At least for her.] Does that feel... dishonest to you?

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara tilts her head, confused.] Dishonest?

[morphogenia]

[Kamala shakes her head. That sounds kind of mean.] Sorry that didn't come out right! What I meant was does it count if you're willing to jump ship at the first opportunity?

[iisupergirlii]

I don't want to jump ship, not at all. I just want to be available to help everyone here, us and the natives, and then as soon as possible, rescue everyone out of Reims. No one should be left here to have to deal with the Sound Eaters and everything else.

cw alcoholism

[underachievement]

[ There's no law against open containers, 'cause she hasn't made one, so Jess attends with her plus one in tow: a full bottle of Wild Fowl. Somehow this civic meeting is important enough to wheel out a certain someone. By the time the local community gets around to asking their opinion for the first time that she can recall, she's drained a quarter of it. It would be more but she overslept. Or underslept, factoring in when she eventually crashed. Probably not that long ago but what kinda nerd knows the hour? If she even has a body clock it can only look like a Dalí forgery someone left in a dump.

Jess sticks around, overtly eavesdropping on other peoples' answers. "Constance" and her throng can't seriously not know what hers will be but then some idiots are so thick there's no getting through to them. Kamala's raw display of emotion, however grown-up she's trying to be about it, sets her apart from them easily. Sitting crosslegged on some surface that is not meant for sitting, Jess tucks her whiskey behind her thigh without losing an ounce of integrity to her slouch. ]

Ask them if they ever tried nuking the Room.

[morphogenia]

[Kamala will give Jessica this: that isn't the answer she expected. It isn't because of preconceived notions this time around. She genuinely surprised anyone would even go there. The thought of it should be horrifying right? Mix the noise in with the fact it could prevent them all from going home again possibly, why would anyone consider it? Unless of course this place was somehow better than their world or you thought it'd destroy the soundeaters for good. Which wow. Those are actually some important things to consider, huh?

There is a few second pause as Kamala thinks this over carefully.] That's... actually a really good question. Why ask that now?

[underachievement]

[ Jess stares distantly forward while Kamala chews it over, finding a focal point on the floor when she responds. ]

You guys. [ she drones, then drags her gaze over to Kamala under a heavy blink. Jess had her suspicions that the natives weren't always such. Now it's clear they're the descendants of the cowards who stayed behind to circle the drain. And Constance sounds like the leader of a cult that forbids the taking of personal responsibility (so, like, all cults). ] This shouldn't keep happening.

[morphogenia]

[Maybe she shouldn't be taking her all that seriously since Jessica is clearly been drinking, but Kamala does. She finally introduced a thought aloud that was lurking in the back of her head: none of this is right. Are they seriously going to watch this happen over and over again? This has happened for so long that someone actually been her age and grown old here.

It's a scary thought to think she could live an entire lifetime away from her family. There's of course the other scary thought that she has no idea how long she could live with her healing powers so what? Is she going to spend many decades, maybe even a century or more here watching people suffer?]

You're right. We can't keep allowing people to come into this situation. [Even if they lose their chance to go home in the process. Maybe especially so since doing the right thing always has a cost.] It'd be selfish of us not to at least try even if they failed in the past.

[Something tells Kamala they never even bothered though. Everyone seems so content to live like this.]