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In the Night Moderators ([personal profile] inthenightmods) wrote in [community profile] oocinthenight2019-11-12 06:16 pm
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EVENT INFO: ENTER MR. SANDMAN (DEFENDERS)


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:



the defenders

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

[personal profile] mind_blown 2019-11-14 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
WE WILL FIND TIME. I'm really excited for this event! Maybe Jason helping him get out of a jam? So he can continue to make his way to the invincible?
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-14 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Tentative timeline, let me know if this works - also I'll be copying link to this comment to everyone who wants to help: Most of you are willing to help short term / no group, so that's what I'm aiming for. If this is shit, let me know and everything can be rearranged!

Nov 16 - Dreamers fall asleep at midnight.

Nov 17 - Quentin can't wake Eliot up, freaks out, spirits might attack? Jon Snow is this us finding each other and protecting our sleeping cabin mates?

Nov 18/19 - Plans about staying in the cabin(s) not being the best choice. Maybe there's call for help on the network, maybe Jon and Quentin want to move locations to more people since keeping guard all day long with just two people are impossible? Anyone want to come to them by the cabins?

Nov 19/20 - Slowly moving from point A to safer location B. Quentin will want the Armory. Jon? Maybe split up? Since the attacks keep coming - anyone want to tag in and help move two sleepers? Jason? He's good at planning stuff!

Nov 20/21 - on the road. The distance in miles isn't long, but if there's near constant attacks, it's going to take more than a day to move. I'm okay with getting caught on the road and being forced to stay for a while. Anyone want in? Cao Pi? Trapped, backs against the trees and ice attacks?

Nov 21/22/23 - Moving past the bonfire square on the way to the Armory. Maybe temp refuge at general store? Stock up on food and arrows / weapon? Ambrose? Wanna meet up and figure out how to get past the mess and to the armory? Stay for a while, help defend everyone else? Use the power of Taylor Swift to keep morals up? Anyone want to help here?

Nov 24/25/26 - On the road again. There's a long dark road between the bon fire square and the Armory. M.K.? Want to help carry Eliot? Smash and pound some spirits with me? Quentin has a magical shield! That will run low on juice pretty fast, but...

26/27/ end of event - At the armory. Riku? Want to make a last stand with Quentin here and with everyone else that's been gathering up by the invisible building and the weapons?
Edited 2019-11-14 15:15 (UTC)
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[personal profile] itselbitch 2019-11-14 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
q please don't force tswift on people
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-14 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ambrose already agreed! It's a done deal now! Yay!
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[personal profile] necromantiae 2019-11-14 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
HE LIKES A GOOD TIME.

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[personal profile] mind_blown 2019-11-14 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
That works for me! Let me check the map. Jason has Peter (time shared?) and Bruce. So he could have been leading monsters away.
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-14 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
How the hell is he lugging those two around? On a wheelbarrow?

... this gives me an idea
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[personal profile] mind_blown 2019-11-15 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
SO HE'S PRETTY STRONG

honestly i haven't thought that far ahead, and i think peter is timeshared
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-16 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
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
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[personal profile] pure_havoc 2019-11-14 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
actually yeah that's a good timeline, because by then they'll know if anyone is in the village and needs an escort to the Invincible or backup or whatever. Sign me up.
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-14 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! And yes, and also, there could be some kind of coordination taking place over the network, assuming it works during all of this. Cao Pi to the rescue!
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[personal profile] equinoctials 2019-11-14 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
With the recent discovery of the bike shop, it opens the possibility of making a cart to transport dreamers to the armory, that would turn a few hours trek into a much easier journey.

This timeline looks good, the location of our last stand could be wherever the most people are or what needs protecting (if it's the armory, cool!) This assumes Riku survives that long (I have no idea what injuries Riku might get) but other than the various unpredictable parts I'm down for this!

EDIT SORRY it does look like a lot of people are interested in sticking to the Invincible, so that might throw a slight wrench in that Riku will prioritize defense in order of: where most of his friends are, followed by where most of the people are.
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-14 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I know about the Invincible, but also, the mods asked us to keep all groups under 4? So, that's why I picked the Armory. Yeah, big thoughts went in to that one.

Bikes! I just saw! And depending on what date they're going to say it was discovered on, that might change things? But if they put it out on the 14th or 15th, not that maybe characters will have time to go get bikes before the Event happens.

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[personal profile] equinoctials 2019-11-14 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Makes sense on all counts! There are a lot of unknowns right now about what kind of condition Riku might or might not be in by the end of the event, so this is my hard yes with the possibility that something might change if like........ Riku dies or can't fight or whatever!
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-15 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
I think there's a lot of in-the-air about all of them? Because Quentin could end up dying so many times before he even makes it to the bonfire, nevermind all the way out to the armory. Or be too injured to move?

Do we know if the Dreamers can be injured during any of this?

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[personal profile] darkeyed 2019-11-15 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
OOH, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, it looks great. My only concern is that kind of like what Dubs said, unless the majority of his CR make the trip and sway him into going or the town gets overrun, M.K. would argue staying in town is strategically better than travelling out in the open to the armory.

If we're flexible with location, though, once we see what shakes out a little more we can totally figure out a way to get the boys together one way or another!
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-15 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
But the problem with everyone at the Invincible, is that the mods asked for groups of no more than 4 characters at a time? Unless everyone is on board with organizing everyone in to small groups and each defending one part of the Inn? And a lot of people seemed to want to rush in and out of groups / situations and not be bogged down.

Also, a lot of this place is -insert hand flail- because all of them can die, all of them can be too injured to go on or the spirits themselves can do something unexpected. Like, we all read about the fire-snatchers, right? If the spirits go for the bonfire, more people might elect to stay close to keep it safe. If they go for the lanterns, that would be a concern as well.

There's also the question about food and water, which would have to be carried out to the armory unless someone has stocked it in case of emergency. The Inn could fall, like, blow apart or get demolished.

So many unknown factors here, but I had to make some kind of timeline just to know what the hell I'm getting Quentin in to and because everyone has so many plans, it's easier to get a heads up to see if a character is kind of/maybe available at a given time? But M.K. is more than welcome to join the fray at any time! Quentin is on the road a lot, so they can met up just about anywhere, as long as we're never more than four at any given time.
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[personal profile] darkeyed 2019-11-16 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
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!

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[personal profile] techtype 2019-11-16 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
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.

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[personal profile] evulsed 2019-11-17 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
tentatively sliding vanitas in between 19 - 21, somewhere in there. he'd most likely be circling these areas of beacon and will be probably of most use here with his mini army
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-17 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
You can slide him tentatively in anywhere! I'll go look at your toplevel and see if anything fits, or you can see mine once it's up and see if anything really needs a Vanitas?
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[personal profile] song_of_ice 2019-11-18 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
This works great! We can split them up by the 19th since Jon doesn't need the armory.
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-19 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
lol, because he has his big sword? Also, how pissed would Jon get, if someone (cough cough Quentin?) suggested that they bleed Elena a little to use her blood as first aid? Just, asking for a friend.
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[personal profile] song_of_ice 2019-11-20 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That sword has gotten him far. He'd be really pissed at the suggestion, so I say make it. It will be hilarious.

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