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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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moderatelymaladjusted: (104)

[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.
darkeyed: (⚔ 92)

[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] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-17 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I think a lot is playing by ear - for now I'm thinking about tagging in to toplevels on the Event post and then make my own for the rest of it?

I should have it up by tonight (erh, in the next few hours) and we'll see how it goes.

Knuckling down - Quentin doesn't have a bike, so the trek from the cabin to town is going to take a while and be very dangerous? There's always that? Or, anywhere really.
darkeyed: (⚔ 46)

[personal profile] darkeyed 2019-11-17 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm probably not doing a tl for M.K., but eyyyy, if you're doing one for Q we can always figure out a thing and I can tag into that. FINGER GUNS.

M.K. also has a cabin! Village team-ups could absolutely be a thing. *__*
moderatelymaladjusted: (18)

[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-18 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Quentin has a tl? here if you want to tag in somewhere?
darkeyed: (⚔ 166)

[personal profile] darkeyed 2019-11-18 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Tabs this. 👀 Given the nature of the green-eyed spirits to prey on characters' fears, I'mmmm not even 100% sure M.K. will even still be in commission by the end of the event, so I might hedge my bests and slam into this somewhere mid-event if that's cool!
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-19 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure! Tap in anywhere! Come help by the bonfire, or Quentin gets stuck in the woods a couple of times? And I kind of want him to pick up Villanelle, too? But he's not really that strong and magic wears out faster here - so, help from a strong person?
darkeyed: (⚔ 157)

[personal profile] darkeyed 2019-11-20 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my god, Q just picking up all the psychos...

But SALUTES, I'll slam in there!!
moderatelymaladjusted: (16)

[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-21 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, some of his best friends are psychos!
darkeyed: (⚔ 10)

[personal profile] darkeyed 2019-11-22 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
PLEASE DON'T BEFRIEND THE PSYCHO ASSASSIN, BUDDY............................
moderatelymaladjusted: (103)

[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-24 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
THIS CAN ONLY END WELL! Everyone needs a friend! Maybe this can change her!
darkeyed: (⚔ 07)

[personal profile] darkeyed 2019-11-24 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
/S.... WEATS.........
moderatelymaladjusted: (78)

[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-25 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
... have a little faith! And everyone needs a friend, even pretty murderers in pink.
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[personal profile] itselbitch 2019-11-25 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
why are you like this q
moderatelymaladjusted: (02)

[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-25 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Having a friend changes you!
itselbitch: (just. why.)

[personal profile] itselbitch 2019-11-25 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
that's the worst excuse in the world

how does eliot get a refund. he would like a replacement for this defective model
moderatelymaladjusted: (13)

[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-25 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the best!

Nah uh, no takes-backies! Eliot is stuck with him now
itselbitch: (fuck's sake)

[personal profile] itselbitch 2019-11-25 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
woe.
darkeyed: (⚔ 164)

[personal profile] darkeyed 2019-11-27 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
You should know better by now, Q, you should know better...

Also, I hope that (late as balls) tag works for you!! Eeeeeee, time for some magicians in my life, I'm excite.
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[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-27 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
... don't knock the optimism, dude! Just look at her! She looks harmless!

It does! But did you mean at bonfire square? Because in "1" Quentin is still at the cabin?
darkeyed: (⚔ 92)

[personal profile] darkeyed 2019-11-27 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oops, now looking at it I actually typoed the date, I meant the hideously backdated 16th if that's okay with you, lmao.

But yeah, M.K.'s in bonfire square when shit goes down! And he's returning to the village to arm up.
moderatelymaladjusted: (103)

[personal profile] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-27 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
That is completely fine with me! Hideously back dated it is!
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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] moderatelymaladjusted 2019-11-17 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Hammerspace would help SO much! Maybe ask Dubs about Riku, or they could met up in town and Quentin could mention his worries about running out of supplies out there in the forest / armory?