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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Comments

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara laughs too, after Faith. She's never heard Faith laugh before. It's a great sound, and it makes Kara's face warm as she stares endearingly at her.]

I want to tell you that you're doing a great job and you're super strong, you know, emotionally. But I feel like you'll just call me mom again, sooooo...

[she rolls her eyes playfully.]

[rockypath]

[It's good that they can both still laugh after everything. And that they have these opportunities to make any sound at all.] Mmm... yeah then you better not tell me, then. Because I definitely will call you that if you do. [Faith ducks her head, because there is a slight flush to her cheeks. She's not supposed to be the one who blushes here! It's meant to be Kara. How'd she manage that?]

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara bites her lip, her face a delightfully embarrassing shade of pink, true to form. She's struck with a warm feeling in her chest, happy and light, and it's all because of Faith. She just looks so pretty right now. Kara sucks in a breath. Wow, that is a lot to take in at once. She licks her lips nervously.]

Fine, you're not doing a great job and you're actually pretty weak. You need to get it together, Faith, come on. [she pauses and then winks cheesily as she adds out loud:] Wink.

[rockypath]

[There's a softer laugh this time from Faith, finally glancing up at Kara through lashes. She's smirking a bit, watching Kara fake berate her. Her eyes are focusing on Kara's mouth, biting her own lip a bit when Kara licks her own. Perhaps she's thinking back to last month, when they'd both been under the influence of that drink. She can still remember it clearly. She thinks about it often, but doesn't quite know what to do with the feelings that spring up because of it. ]

That's better. Now call me a mean name. Make me cry. [Only please don't. They've shed enough tears, haven't they?]

[iisupergirlii]

[it's the same for Kara - at least, she's definitely looking from the pink in Faith's cheeks to the pink of her lips. She knows what it's like to kiss Faith, which in and of itself is a weird thought to process. Her fingertips tap against her thigh as she remembers how warm Faith's skin was, too. Sure, she'd only barely grazed Faith's back, but it had all been so much...

But that had all been because of the drink, right? Faith... Faith is a great friend, and Kara should probably stop leering at her, oh geez. She reaches up, twists a tendril of her hair over her shoulder, and plays with it, something to do with her hands even as she huffs out another quiet laugh at what Faith is saying, shaking her head.]

No way, can't do it, sorry. Though, one time, me and my friend Winn watched so many kitten videos in a row that we started crying together. We could do that sometime, if we ever escape this place. He did swear me to secrecy, though, so if you ever meet him, don't tell him I told you about that.

[rockypath]

[Faith assumes the drink incident had been a one off, an accident of hormones, that Kara really has no interest in that with her. It doesn't stop the thoughts from lingering, ever present. But she assumes it will never be anything other than a passing memory that she can't yet let go of. That Kara here now is only because she's being friendly. Because that's what they are. Friends. Friends out of shared tragedy. Friends who fought over what was right and what was wrong. Over staking vampires or redeeming them. Or stupid pointless shit to avoid thinking about what they really needed to deal with but weren't ready for.

Kara's so strong, but it's easy to forget that with how she's acting now, fingers fiddling in her hair like a school girl.] Oh, it'll be the first thing I tell him. Just you wait. I'd shout if from the rooftaps if I could. And how many kitten videos did you have to watch before you cried, anyway?

[iisupergirlii]

Faith. [it's a fond chastisement, and Kara's shaking her head. She pushes herself off the wall, just to... stand up straighter, to make sure Faith can hear her. the noise in the room is rising as more and more people start debating over everything the natives just told them. Kara ignores how her heart starts racing as she takes a step closer to Faith before she answers her. There's still plenty of space between them anyway, like a middle school dance, only worse.]

Like... fifteen, at least. [it's an obvious lie. divide it in half and then subtract a few more, Faith, and you'd have the right answer. In Kara's defense, the kittens were fluffy little yelling clouds, and that's really easy to cry at.]

[rockypath]

[The way she says her name causes Faith's chest to flop in a very embarrassing way. And she's moving closer now and Faith stays where she is, leaning against the wall, wondering just how close she'll get. She's wondering too if maybe she's imagining that Kara seems to be looking at her in a certain way right now that's not entirely on the friendship level. Perhaps it's all just wishful thinking...]

15? Shit, that's some commitment to kittens you must have. Or to kitten tears. One of the other. [God, what are they even talking about right now?]

[iisupergirlii]

[someone yells, and really, Kara should probably be paying attention to that, but right now, all her attention is on Faith, at the rushing, swooping feeling of excitement going on inside of her. She bites her lip nervously and leans in a little more, to keep talking about... complete nonsense with Faith in their own quiet bubble amidst the chaos.]

There was one where someone brought food and, like, eight tiny baby kittens climbed up their pants legs all at once and yelled. It was the cutest thing in the world. [she grins softly, looking up at Faith through her lashes, bashful.]

[rockypath]

[Faith is starting to suspect that... no she's not imagining what's happening here. Kara is most certainly getting closer. Should they be doing this right now? She can't quite seem to get it in her mind to care about whatever important business is going on around them. No what's happening now right in front of her seems far more important.]

That does sound pretty dang cute. Not sure I'd be crying though. But I've got thicker skin... figuratively. It'll take more than a couple kittens to make me break down. Maybe you'd have to throw some puppies in the mix to. Corgis. [She finds herself wetting her lips as she smiles, eyelids heavy as she considers Kara.]

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara can't help the loud and obnoxious thought that goes through her mind that Faith has soft skin!!!! above all else. and wouldn't it be nice to touch it again? and more of it?

as a feminist, she's a little appalled at herself right now.

thankfully, she doesn't voice any of that out loud, smiling slow and happy at Faith and biting her lip.] Corgis, huh? I'll have to keep that in mind.

[Kara glances again at Faith's mouth right as someone's device angrily hurls at Faith's head. Kara's hand darts out to grab it, faster than lightning, and that startles Kara out of her inappropriate reverie to look around at the Town Hall.

It's a mess. There's people arguing, some stomping angrily toward the natives, everyone looking really peeved about the revelation that - what? So there was some minimal evidence about the Sound Eaters, but the natives were scared. Literally, for generations, they had been scared silent. Kara's heart ached for them.

She glances back at Faith, holding the stranger's device up and sighing.]

We should... we should help calm this down. [she fights really hard not to sound like she immediately regrets that decision.]

[rockypath]

[Faith is startled out of their temporary reprieve from the shit show of the real world. Her hand goes up instinctively too, but long after Kara has already snatched the device out of the air.

What the hell is even going on? Blinking, Faith takes a step back from Kara, disappointed that they couldn't continue whatever this is. But yes- they really should do something about what's happening right now.] Right, yes. Let's save the corgis for later. [She answers awkwardly, clearing her throat. And she's off, trying to stop one of the arrivals from attacking one of the natives.

By the time everything's calmed down again, Faith's really got no idea where Kara is. So she gets pulled into other conversations, other people wishing to talk to her, but her thoughts are lingering on those things she's sure weren't her overactive imagination.]

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara, meanwhile, has been reduced to hell. Again. In a Town Hall crammed full of arrivals and natives alike, Kara had managed to be caught by Kilgrave, with no vaccine able to be given to her, so any little thing he said? she unhesitatingly has to follow. At least he didn't reschedule their 7pm meet-ups to regain control. She's figured that out well enough - if he dies or she doesn't run into him for a whole day, she'll be done.

Not that that matters right now because all Kara can think about, all Kilgrave has made it possible to think about, is the fact that she's failed everyone. So many bad things have happened since they arrived here. She's a protector, an actual, literal superhero, like those comic books Mike and Max read. Her job is to save the day until they can figure out a way to permanently escape this place.

But she hasn't done that. And now, after panicking in a corner of Town Hall for long enough, Kara is speed-walking down the sandpath from Town Hall to her own home, her arms wrapped tight around her, hair bouncing with each step and some strands getting caught in the wet tracks of tears down her cheeks.]

[rockypath]

[Faith had run into Kilgrave too in the town hall, but her encounter hadn't been nearly so trying. It seems Faith has always been a bit luckier than Kara when it came to him. That's not to say the meeting hadn't come with it's own complications.

Once the meeting is over, Faith still can't get what happened between her and Kara out of her head. It's still there. The potential of it. What it meant? Perhaps she's just being crazy? So finally she determines she'll just find Kara. Confront her. Maybe not ask anything at all... just pull her in close and- wait, but that's her up ahead!

No, Something's wrong. She can tell by the way Kara's walking, arms around her waist. Something's happened.

Faith moves as quickly as she can to catch her and still remain quiet. But she's moving quite fast and is already some distance away. But she knows where it is Kara's probably going. Her house.]

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara's brain is ringing with alarm bells, her heartbeat thumping a loud staccato in her ears, so she doesn't even notice Faith or anyone else around her. There's a moment reprieve of relief when she reaches her house, eases the door open, and then slips inside, placing the chair she's kept near the door back under the handle. With Kilgrave still able to use his powers, and with all the natives too busy with an angry mob of a crowd to even think about finishing up her house today, she feels safer with the chair there.

She heads down the hall to her room and crawls up into her bed, thankful that she has her sunshiney, yellow and blue blankets from home to wrap around her. she sits near the headboard, curls her comforter around her shoulders, and wraps it around herself, drawing her knees up close.

She's a failure. How many people died on the camping trip? How many have died since then? She's a killer, and a useless mind control victim. She's not even strong enough to attempt to resist Kilgrave. How ridiculous is that?]

[rockypath]

[Kara beats her home, no big surprise there. All thoughts of what Faith might say or do when she finally finds her are lost now. Clearly something is wrong and she means to find out what.

Reaching for the door to open it. But it doesn't open... she jingles the handle slowly. It's turning. It's not locked. Barricaded somehow? Shit. What the fuck is she supposed to do now? Normally she'd have no problem just breaking down the door and whatever's behind it, but the amount of noise that will cause makes it a bad play.

Wandering outside the exterior, she checks each window, giving them a tentative push to see if they'll slide up and open. She's giving up hope until she gets to a window that's Kara's room. The curtains are mostly closed but she can see in just a bit through the cracks. Kara's in there, on her bed, curled up. Faith looks around trying to figure out how to get her attention. Finally, she gives the window the faintest of taps. Silent enough that the natives aren't likely to come by and give her any nasty looks but enough that Kara will hear it easily.]

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara's head jerks up at the taps. Her eyes are wide, she looks scared. What if it's Kilgrave? She can't handle anything else, knowing she failed him, knowing she ruined everything here...

Through the tattered lace of the curtains, curtains that were here long before Kara was, she sees Faith, though. And that hurts too - she cares about Faith so much, but didn't she fail her too? Over and over again. Faith suffered at Kilgrave's hand too, and Kara could have prevented that. She should have. Rao's sake.

She shouldn't let Faith in, shouldn't make her have to put up with this right now. Faith doesn't deserve that. But a very selfish part of Kara wants Faith around, so much, so she crawls forward on her bed to the window and carefully slides the pane up to let Faith climb in.]

[rockypath]

[For her part, Faith feels like she's failed her too. The thoughts come and go. That maybe if she'd been able to warn her on the first day they met and Faith had been under Kilgrave's control. If she'd just been able to clue her in on the fact that she'd been forced to be there and Kilgrave wasn't to be trusted... but she hadn't been able to.

She watches as Kara comes over to let her in, trying to search the other woman's face to work out the problem. She's crying, that's clear enough. But why? She can take a few guesses, but can't be sure.

The window open, Faith crawls inside with a lithe movement, reaching for hand holds on the window sill and sliding inside feet first. She moves to close the window behind her, before turning back to Kara. Only now she's no idea what to do. She chances a whisper, since they're inside.] What's wrong?

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara scoots over some, giving Faith room on the bed, and shakes her head, more tears falling. Luckily, her house has pretty much been entirely soundproofed (the guest bedrooms upstairs and the stairs themselves are still lacking), so the small hiccuping sounds of her crying aren't dangerous to them.

Maybe she won't get Faith killed too, today at least.]

I'm... I've failed everyone. No one is safe here and I'm supposed to make them safe. What good am I? The kids look up to me and they absolutely shouldn't, I'm terrible, I'm just -

[she cuts off her self-pitying babble with another choked sob, pressing her forehead against her knees and crying quietly. sorry, Faith.]

[rockypath]

[She comes over, sitting down next to Kara. There's a tension to Faith being faced with Kara like this. It was easier when it had been over their devices, when they were both suffering. But faced with it head on. She hates it. Wants her to stop. Kara shouldn't have to feel like this. She feels a strong impulse to protect Kara, even if it's a ridiculous notion with how much stronger she is than Faith.

Her head starts shaking at every word Kara's speaking.] You're not terrible. Don't you dare say that... you're the best person I know. [Like, annoyingly so. At least at first. There's a tentative moment and then Faith reaches out, a hand reaching to rest on Kara's shoulder. Providing comfort to people isn't something she's used to but she'll try. For Kara.]

[iisupergirlii]

content warning: panic and game canon deaths and sadness galore for last five tags above and continuing on (SORRY)

[Kara's heart hurts when Faith says that. Some subconscious part of her locks it away for better times because right now, all she can think is how she doesn't deserve that. She's not the best person - she's not even a good person.

She looks up at Faith and scoots closer the second Faith reaches out to touch her, laying her head on Faith's shoulder. She shouldn't take this comfort, but she wants it.]

I'm sorry, I know... oh Rao, you've been through so much, and I just couldn't. I should have helped you, I should have been there. I'm too late for everything and everyone. I'm sorry.

[Jessica dying. Frank dying. Faith being strapped to a chair, trapped by her friends so that she couldn't be controlled by Kilgrave. The cuts and scars on her arms from the zip ties. All the posts in the network since then - Akira dying, Aaron dying, the native falling to her death on the trip. So much pain and death. She could have saved them all. She's fast, she's strong, and the panic claws inside of her, choking her.]

CW: panic, death talk, general sadtimes

[rockypath]

[Kara's head on her shoulder makes her stomach do a ridiculous flop. She's really not used to feeling this way, so used to pushing everyone away, to avoid being truly close to anyone. This place is changing her. There are so many people she cares for here. Especially her, whose somehow found her way around Faith's walls. Fighting back tears of her own, her arm moved to drape over Kara's shoulder to tug her closer. She clearly needed it, so Faith can't help herself but oblige.] Kara... it's not like that. What could you have done?

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara's response is instant, she scoots over, curled up and tilted towards Faith, her knees resting on Faith's thigh. It's a calming presence, and it has a good affect on her - her breathing levels out and she calms some, taking a few more shuddery breaths and wiping her eyes. She's exhausted from all the panic, the despair. Geez Louise. Still, she shakes her head, and when she answers, her voice is low and sad, and if she was on the outside looking in, she would even laugh at how ridiculously sad she sounds.]

I don't know. Punched Kilgrave in his stupid face. [she uses her blanket then to wipe her eyes, sighing.]

[rockypath]

[Perhaps it's not an appropriate time for it considering how upset Kara is, but Faith lets out a soft laugh at Kara's words.] I would have liked to see that. But you didn't know, Kara.

[It's become a theme really, Faith blaming herself so easily but forgiving those she cares for everything. But she doesn't view it as hypocrisy. But she's never been very kind to herself. She's trying, but some habits are hard to break.]

[iisupergirlii]

One day I'm going to make it happen. [she raises her fist weakly.] Right on the nose.

[Faith's quiet laugh brings her back from the edge a little more, a few more steps backwards back to safety, calmness. She sniffles before sighing hard again, leaning heavily on Faith.]

You should try acting when we escape here. I never knew he was... you know. Doing his stuff to you, that first night. [she drags her teeth over her lip, guilt welling up anew inside her.] I should have known.