EVENT INFO: ENTER MR. SANDMAN (DEFENDERS)

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EVENT INFO: ENTER MR. SANDMAN
DEFENDERS

the basics

So the spirits decided to throw you a party; a feast, in fact. Cool! But then everyone who ate it suddenly collapsed, and now it's just you and a bunch of other confused (and probably still hungry) people with no idea what's happening. Are the feasters dead, or just unconscious? And what was in that food? Unfortunately, there's no time to stop and figure it out.

Almost immediately after the mass-fainting, a sharp rustling begins to echo from all around. Spirits, an army of them, creep purposefully out of the trees. And they aren't the friendly ones who made you all this dinner, either; instead it's those infamous green-eyed spirits, but more than just the one that plagued the last big feast in Beacon— (maybe you guys just shouldn't have parties? just saying)— this time there's more of them. A lot more.

Their exact intentions are unclear, but one thing's for sure: they do not come in peace. Over the next two weeks, these spirits will attack the town and everyone in it, using an arsenal of potent psychic abilities and the spirits' particularly unsettling flavor of physical violence. So grab that comatose body next to you and book it to the nearest safe space, or grab a weapon and get to fighting. It's time to defend the town!

the details

Starting on November 16th, the green-eyed spirits will launch an all-out assault on the citizens of Beacon. Their tactics will include not only their trademark induced hallucinations and general mind games, but physical violence as well. They seem to have recruited— or otherwise coerced— some of the forest's more dangerous inhabitants to their cause, and as a whole they will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal. Whatever that might be. Are they trying to kill you all? Just trying to scare you and going too far? Or is there something else sinister going on? Whatever the case may be, here are a few things you should know about the event itself:

• The attacking spirits will not be frightened away or otherwise diverted from their onslaught of their own free will. As a result, the attack will last the entire duration of the event. Get ready for the long haul, everybody!


• Characters may form groups to fight together (and, in practice, thread together against the spirits). These groups can consist of no more than 4 members, as any higher number would make threads unwieldy.


• Outside of the threads against spirits, characters are welcome to thread with those not in their chosen groups at their leisure.


• Characters can also go solo, naturally.


• Please report any formed groups in the appropriate place below. Your character won't have to spend every waking moment with these folks, but they will be fighting alongside them, so choose wisely!


• Mod responses (playing the attacking spirits) will come readily to threads that request it or that are obviously geared toward fighting the spirits, but beware: the attacking spirits may appear suddenly in any thread on the event log.


• Characters may alter the setting by building structures to better defend the town. Report any defenses constructed in the appropriate place below.


• Additional things to report include any property destruction, permanent injuries, or deaths.


• The reporting threads on this post will be used throughout the event! Anything not reported here will NOT count as game canon.

Additionally, players are welcome to use this post for OOC event plotting! In fact, please do, as not everyone in the game has access to each other's plurks! If you'd like, you can use the small form below to kickstart your plotting plans:

<b>player:</b> (feel free to put your contact info here if you like!) <b>character(s):</b> <b>plans:</b> (have any plans already? or do you have plans you'd like to make? let the world know! this includes any groups you've joined, if you're going solo, or if you'd like to be part of a group!) <b>notes:</b> (anything else worth mentioning, like permissions/opt-outs/hiatuses/etc.?)

the defenders

Rosinante	callada
Zihuan Cao Pi	pure_havoc
Xayah	featherknives
Vanitas	evulsed
Jason Todd	mind_blown
Akira Kurusu	survivaltricks
Masaomi Kida	mellowyellow
Bucky Barnes	worthallthis
Crowley	sauntered_downward
Javert	policier
Jason Grace	notthatjason
Misty Day	shadowsran
Riku	equinoctials
Ellever Brandt	antiwhat
Kuai Liang	paletteswap
Prompto Argentum	techtype
Eleven	savingthrows
Nancy Wheeler	keenely
Jon Snow	song_of_ice
Ambrose Spellman	necromantiae
Steve Harrington	fawcetted
Quentin Coldwater	moderatelymaladjusted
Hope Mikaelson	tribridfreakshow
Noob Saibot	saibot
Dana Scully	paraskeptic
Klaes Ashford	patriotnow
Rosalind Lutece	originallutece
Remington Swann	axegirlfriend
Allie Pressman	mayorly
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret	luxoraculi
M.K.	darkeyed
Nyx Ulric	nyxulric

the tl;dr

• November 16: the green-eyed spirit assault begins


• November 29: whether they succeed in their mysterious goals or are defeated, the spirits retreat

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Comments

[pure_havoc]

Yes plz. Cao Pi will hate it but it's a good experience for him. Also Masaomi gets to watch him actually kick ass?

[mellowyellow]

Haha, yes! Respect? For an adult??? What is this madness?

Also: "If you keep us alive, I will lose to you in Go as many times as you want!!1!"

[moderatelymaladjusted]

Thank you!

[moderatelymaladjusted]

And of course, as I wrote to Shira, a lot of the plan is pending on just what the spirits will do. Are they going to hit everywhere at once? In waves? Residential areas first or hardest (cabins and the inn)? Are they going to know enough to destroy our supplies and will hit the general store? Are they going to go after the fire/ lanterns? Are they clever enough to attack hard for periods of time, and then pull back to let the adrenalin fade and leave everyone exhausted and trembling?

So, it's a veeeery lose plan, but I kind of needed a way to figure out just where the hell Quentin is going to be at and I want to play with everyone!

[mind_blown]

SO HE'S PRETTY STRONG

honestly i haven't thought that far ahead, and i think peter is timeshared

[shadowsran]

Buck

Oddly touching stalking is oddly touching and she appreciates you more by the week, Soldat, but she feels pretty good about her ability to not die - please take care of yourself

YOU KNOW
LIKE SLEEPING
THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU

[worthallthis]

it's fine, he's fine, he's eating a lot and you can skip sleep if you keep eating, around here, right?

[shadowsran]

That's for stubborn people who think they can afford to run on less than 100%! And those people are wrong and foolish!!!!

sleep

[tribridfreakshow]

abso-fucking-lutely *_*

[mellowyellow]

OH GOOD.

Then I am so here for this. Bring on the shenanigans.

Anything specific that sounds like it'd be cool to play on your end? As long as Masaomi gets to charge in like an idiot and I get some new cr, I am happy.

[darkeyed]

I'm guessing what they're really getting at is just no more than 4 characters per thread so NPCing monsters in the threads is streamlined. For organization's sake, if everyone does cram into the Invincible at once, it could work to do what the dreamer teams are doing and spread group threads out by location. I've done similar events where people made top level headers for spots inside a building--i.e. "Invincible: third floor," "Invincible: bar"--and organized time and place from there, allowing for group switching.

That's just one way I've seen it done, though!

AND LMAO, BOY, I FEEL YA. It's hard to cement plans with so much in the air, but half the fun is not knowing what's going to happen... 👀 If worst comes to worse, we can play it by ear! Even if ollying out on town doesn't happen, I'd be happy to have M.K. help Q out with Eliot somewhere within town, or end up knuckling down together for a time!

/wrong account, too lazy

[dadandgone]

Yes. I am collecting the teens who didn't take the dream food route and we're going to FUCK SHIT UP! Please join. :3

/too lazy to switch to proper journal atm

[dadandgone]

Yes, good. I loved what we have so far and would love to continue forward. Especially if it involves SMASHING ALL THE THINGS AND TRYING NOT TO DIE!

pffft. s'all good.

[mellowyellow]

SMASH ALL THE THINGS, INDEED. THERE IS NO TIME TO DISCRIMINATE RIGHT NOW.

Also, this means they'll get to see each other fight for real, and I am very down for that. Screw knives, Jason, Masaomi's got a crowbar.

[techtype]

Prompto might be able to help with transporting at least some food and water. He has (limited) access to a form of hammerspace that he can store and retrieve just about anything (except living things and vechicles). He usually stores things like his camera and tablet in there, but he can probably stick provisions inside for easier transport.

Just my two cents.

[tribridfreakshow]

lmao both of those things should be easy peasy.

it probably depends on what they're going up against when he does that. she can always shield him, toss some offensive magic over his shoulder, turn into a wolf, etc...

or he can get hurt and she can heal him with her blood lmao

whatever pings you is fine by me.

[mellowyellow]

Haha, same here. Pretty much any of those sound fun, so whatever they end up fighting, definitely go for it.

Even if it doesn't happen during the event, I would definitely love for some blood healing after the chaos dies down. Way to equal parts fascinate and wig the guy out. "You terrify me, and that's hot."

[moderatelymaladjusted]

HE IS! Just toss one over each shoulder and run around town like it’s nothing.

Lol, time sharing dreamers because dude, there’s fighting going on and someone has to babysit. We’ll figure something out

[darkeyed]

Accidentally is still better than his... purposely trying to end the world when he kicked it, aHEM... The bad thing about treating the misfits poorly is that sometimes they form an army and try to cover the world in darkness, but. You know. These things happen.

sdflkjfg black-eyed disaster club now in session!!!

[unpredict]

THAT'S HIS NIECE, MASAOMI. He knows what you're like!!!

[mellowyellow]

No, but. Please to leave his heart where it is. He needs it to give to cute girls like your niece.

ATTENTION DEFENDERS

[mind_blown]

Please use this sheet to put where you and your respective Dreamers will be, that way we can identify which dreamers aren't being defended!

Heads up for dreamers!

[mellowyellow]

For any dreamers who don't have a defender to keep an eye on them, I can offer up Masaomi to drag them back to his room at the Invincible or any other location of your choosing! He's not interested in staying in one place, and he fancies himself a knight in shining armor, so he would do this for literally anyone!

The CR that could come from complete strangers waking up in his room could be fun too, so. Let me know if you're interested.

[unpredict]

Does he give his eyes to cute girls? Asking for a friend.

[mellowyellow]

...............................Is the friend hot?