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EVENT INFO: THE NIGHT WE MET
EVENT INFO: THE NIGHT WE MET
the lore part
For most of the day on February 16, all of the town's forest spirits can be found along the stretch of road between downtown and the harbor, clearly setting up for, uh, something. They're piling snow onto the pathway, creating a miles long sled trail that starts outside the Landmark Inn and ends at the very end of the harbor's dock. Not only that, but the forest spirits are also not super willing to explain what they're up to! They're busy, you lantern-havers.
By the time evening rolls around, the spirits have set up wooden railings alongside the snowy path, as well as a warming tent, hot chocolate booth, and announcer stand outside of the Landmark. Oh, and a starting banner for the race! It's dogsled time!
Throughout the event, Beacon's downtown and harbor areas will be completely overrun with forest spirits, all there to bear witness to this holiday celebration—this holiday is for them, though, not you weirdos with your naked faces. Point is, none of the spirits will be hostile at this time! They're more interested in interacting with each other than with Beacon's residents, though if pressed, a kind spirit might be willing to explain what's going on:
The aurora arrives in Beacon for about a week each year, and the forest spirits believe it to be "friends in the sky". The lights are old friends of theirs, it seems! And each night while the aurora shines above the town, the forest spirits send off a handful of friends to join the aurora! The spirits ready to join the aurora build sleds of their own and assemble mighty sled teams, sometimes comprised of dog spirits and sometimes... other stuff. Then, when the aurora is at its peak in the wee hours of the night, the sled teams will ride off one by one, racing down the snow-covered path all the way down to the harbor, where they'll finally rocket off the dock and out over the lake, picking up more and more speed as each team gallops wildly over the water before arcing up into the sky. Once the spirits are barely a speck, they'll hit the aurora and burst into a shower of light. Beautiful stuff!
See, since the aurora is made of light, forest spirits launched into it are killed on impact! Isn't that wonderful! The forest spirits seem to think so! What is death to a dead thing!
All of this information can be learned through handwaved/played-led interactions with the forest spirits during the event. They'll all be focused on saying goodbye to their friends and cheering them on as they stream through the sky, but they're happy to welcome lantern-havers to join in the celebrations. The hot chocolate is free and only tastes a little bit like mud, so. Enjoy!
Even if you're not interested in the forest spirits' holiday, the arrival of the aurora will give you plenty to celebrate on your own. This is the most light Beacon has had since the game opened in July, as the green glow of the aurora is nearly as bright as an overcast day. Bask in the constant near-daylight for those six days, everyone!
...Oh, and it's a memory sharing event!
the memshare part
As the aurora dances over Beacon and forest spirits explode into shooting stars overhead, meteorites will rain down from the aurora. They're not technically meteorites, but you get the picture. They're opals! If a person closes their hand around one of these rocks, they'll experience the memory locked inside...
According to the forest spirits, the aurora is made up of their old friends, friends that have moved on to another stage in their existence and have had to leave them behind. The memories dropped by the aurora will focus on a person or people that each character has left behind by ending up in Beacon. You are free to interpret this stipulation however you like! The person left behind can be a friend or enemy, alive or dead, etc. The idea is that this event will remind characters of those they have left behind in death, in whatever way that most resonates with them.
Opals can look however you like, and they'll be turning up at random all over town! There's no way to determine the "owner" of the opal without peeking at the memory inside, unfortunately, and on top of that, while the aurora is active, the opals are bit tetchier than usual. During the event, touching an opal in any way might trigger the memory sharing. If your character wouldn't ICly partake in memories but you still want them to share stuff/see other people's stuff, there you go! There's your excuse!
When the event ends and the aurora fades, the opals will stick around, and they'll continue to be functional! Feel free to stock up on memory opals to do memory sharing stuff down the road. They're multi-use, and there aren't any drawbacks to using them.•••
For those of you interested in plot stuff, we'll be doling out random events throughout the week, so sign up below if you'd like a chance to receive one! These random events will include things like forest spirit encounters and happening upon opals belonging to NPCs. There's nothing dangerous about it—we're just doing sign-ups so we know who's interested in having us bug them! These random events will be posted either to characters' inboxes or to their toplevels on the event page. You're welcome to sign up even if you aren't planning to toplevel at the event.
Check out the header below and fill out the form to sign up! We'll be prioritizing new players and players who haven't yet had a shot at neat plot stuff, but everyone is welcome to toss their hat in the ring.•••
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 tl;dr
- February 16-21: The forest spirits send off their pals on dogsled journeys into the aurora! Memory opals rain down throughout Beacon.
- The town is super bright (by Beacon standards) throughout the event! It's like overcast levels of light.
- Each memory opal contains a memory belonging to someone in Beacon, and the memory is focused on a person they have left behind by dying.
- The opals will stick around after the event ends! They can be reused to your heart's content.
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Castiel
Castiel's opals are black lightning ridge opals, that look near transluscent at the edges and like they're filled with black and blue nebulas
plans: Castiel will be in good spirits initially - with the light illuminating more of Beacon, he can make better use of his wings and will happy teleport around at greater distances than before. However, once memories start dropping and he realizes that some of his closely bottled up trauma and guilt is on display to people who find his opals, he will absolutely make himself rare as his shame and guilt overwhelm him, causing him to avoid people. They're welcome to seek him out or, if they have close CR with him and know to do it, pray to him even when he fails to answer messages on his tablet.
Various Memories of emotional importance of his family in heaven and on earth as well as humanity at large, whom he failed and feels he could never redeem himself to now that he's in Beacon. This includes some people who have recently arrived in Beacon with him. (cw for graphic torture, mind control, mind alteration, mass murder, depression, suicidal ideation, religious themes, murder, mentions of prostitution and soooo much guilt)
A long, long time ago
- Standing with several of his older siblings and observing the first fish crawl onto land. An older angel holds Castiel back gently and tells him 'Be careful, Castiel. Big plans for that fish.
- Flying and observing the world his Father created in all its beauty and glory. Yet through the ages seeing so much pain and suffering that for a long time, he almost doesn't see the good and the beauty that is still there.
Before the Apocalypse
- Anna, his former leader and general turned fallen angel and traitor, touching his hand and assuring him that it's alright to doubt Heaven, to think for himself, to make his own choices and decide for himself what's right and wrong. Castiel pulling away from her and coldly telling her that he's nothing like her - yet continuing to let her encourage his path towards free will
- Uriel, his partner and ally, who reveals himself a traitor who no longer believes in Heaven, and nearly kills Castiel until Anna interferes - leaving Castiel to wonder if Uriel failed him or if somewhere along the line he failed Uriel.
- Dean confronting Castiel in Heaven's Green Room, knowing that Castiel has begun to question his superiors, trying to make him see that letting the Apocalypse happen is wrong, that Heaven is wrong, that humanity is worth defending... and Castiel shortly after deciding to stand with Dean for what is right, for Dean's cause, for humanity, defying his superiors, and becoming a traitor to his own kind, ready to lay down his billion year long life to defend humanity's right to exist
- Castiel asking Jimmy Novak, a devout Christian, for permission to use his body as a vessel. This memory pack includes confirmation that this body used to belong to a regular normal man with a family, the fact that Castiel briefly had to relocate into Jimmy's 9 year old daughter Claire, who agrees to let Castiel use her to save her father, who then begs Castiel to let his daughter go and take him back as a vessel. When Castiel dies for the first time, so does Jimmy, who now rests in Heaven, and the body is restored without its human soul for Castiel to keep using. Includes memories of previous vessels that Castiel used, but always let go after completing the mission for which he needed a vessel, and a sense of regret and guilt for Jimmy's death making that a moot point with this body. Includes memories of 9 year old Claire praying to Castiel throughout the years to keep her father safe. Castiel has not returned to her in order to tell her that Jimmy has died.
During the Apocalypse
- Various Angels (Hunted and Rebelled): After eventually choosing to decide for himself what he considers right and wrong, defying Heaven's plans and helping the Winchesters in their attempts to stop the Apocalypse and save humanity, being exiled from Heaven and hunted by his brothers and sisters as a traitor and rebel, begging several of them to stand down and not force his hand. They do not stand down, and he defends himself against them, kills them, and subsequently feels guilt and remorse for turning his back on Heaven and defying his siblings, even though he's doing what he believes is right.
- After plotting to summon the archangel Raphael and believing that Castiel will likely end up dead, Dean and Castiel embark on a last night on earth mission in which Dean brings Castiel to a brothel and tries to get Castiel to lose his virginity. Castiel lets a prostitute lead him away at Dean's insistence and assures her that it wasn't her fault her father left but rather his hatred for his job at the post office, which ends up offending her and leads to Dean and Castiel having to make a hasty retreat. In the ally behind the brothel, Dean puts an arm around and Castiel's shoulder and just laughs, causing Castiel to smile. It's a strange memory - but a happy one.
- Various memories of sitting in the back seat of Dean's car, with Sam and Dean in the front, rock music blaring, the world falling to pieces around them, Castiel's brothers and sisters hunting them, and Castiel still feeling like there's something right in the world, at least, right here with these people. The memories have a wistful air to them, like a sense of feeling homesick. Castiel, at this stage in his life, doesn't quite yet know that he considers these humans not just his charges, but his family, and associates their presence with 'home'. The feeling is there, even if at the time he wasn't yet aware of it.
- Trapped in a ring of holy fire, Castiel nearly steps into the flames just to defiantly get into Lucifer's face to tell him: "You are not taking Sam Winchester. I won't let you.", along with the rest of that conversation.
During Heaven's Civil War
- After the archangel Raphael threatens to kill Castiel and restart the Apocalypse heand the Winchesters fought so hard to prevent, various angels rally around Castiel, seeking guidance and leadership from him as the angel who gained free will and stopped the Plan, leaving nothing but choice and freedom in its wake. Fuelled by wanting to protect his loved ones and humanity, but also driven by a growing spark of pride and hubris, Castiel accepts leadership over them, and subsequently starting a civil war in Heaven to defy Raphael's plans. He is continuously forced to abandon his human allies for the war, and his brothers and sisters in heaven for his human allies.
- Praying to God and begging for guidance from his Father, because Castiel feels like he's on a dark path, but sees no other options in order to save everything he holds dear, even if this past is going to cost him the very people he's seeking to protect. Receiving no answer, Castiel concludes that free will is a length of rope, and that his Father must want him to hang himself with it. Feeling alone and backed into a corner of his own making, he doubles down on his path.
- After making a deal with the King of Hell and allowing his own lies and dealings to drive away his friends and allies, Castiel corrupts himself by ingesting thousands of monster souls from Purgatory to finally gain enough power to kill Raphael and put a stop the archangels plan to subjugate Heaven and re-start the Apocalypse. Subsequently, he is overtaken by the sheer power of thousands of ancient, monstrous souls inside of him, and in one fell strike vanquishes every single one of Raphael's supporters, laying waste to half of Heaven's population, killing thousands of angels without giving them a chance to yield.
After the Civil War, Naomi & her Mind-Control:
- Choosing to let Dean escape Purgatory alone in order to stay behind by himself, surrounded by monsters that are relentlessly hunting him, drawn like moths to the light of his grace - thinking that this is where he belongs, that he deserves it in punishment for everything he did wrong, fully believing himself beyond redemption, causing Dean survivor's guilt in the process
- Confessing to Dean that he doesn't want to return to Heaven, not because he's afraid of other angels killing him, but because he's afraid that if confronted with what he did to his own kind, he might just kill himself
- Deciding to find his path to redemption by traveling the world, trying to do good in whatever capacity Castiel can. The opal contains several memories of healing the sick, helping people in need and answering prayers - bringing down a baby's fever, ensuring the survival of a rescue kitten a little girl is praying for, guiding a ship through a storm, steadying a doctor's hand in surgery... and eventually, Heaven catches up to Castiel and drags him back into its fold and away from his chosen path.
- Various memories of being strapped down with the angel Naomi standing over him, inserting a drill into his mind and rearranging it under excruciating pain, trying to 'reset' him to 'factory settings' and turn him back into a mindless soldier, once again stripped of free will
- Wanting to save Samandriel, an angel captured and tortured by demons, but under Naomi's mind control and orders killing him despite begging not to be made to do this, as killing more angels is the last thing that Castiel wants to do
- Being taken back to Heaven to kill life-like copies of Dean Winchester until he breaks and can do it without feeling, without remorse, without caring, like the mindless soldier he's meant to be. It takes hundreds of copies before his mind breaks to her control in the desired way.
- Being forced to try and kill the real Dean by Naomi, pleading with her, trying to refuse her will because he doesn't want to hurt Dean, and yet beating down on his best friend relentlessly while Dean is trying to reach him, remind him of who he is, while Naomi makes him choose: "Us or them." And Castiel chooses, once again, one family over the other. Castiel finally drops his weapon and breaks free of Naomi's control, but not of the guilt he has over how close he came.
- Memories of his last conversation with Naomi, shortly before his death and a while after he's broken through her mind control and was on the run from her: Naomi tells him "You came off the line with a crack in your chassis" and "You don't even die right", plus confirms that she's meddled with his mind "too many times to count", that even though he doesn't remember being involved in atrocities like the massacre of the innocents, he was there, but had to undergo re-indoctrination again... and again... and again... as he 'never quite did as he was told', leaving behind a mind that for billions of years was never his own, filled with holes that he doesn't know about, unable to trust his memories.
Meg
- The following is a bundle of memories about a demon turned reluctant ally turned Castiel's caretaker turned Castiel's love interest, who grew sweet on him as he grew sweet on her, who made him her cause, and who died to ensure his and the Winchester's safe escape from the demon Crowley - a sacrifice that was in vain, because not long after, Cowley eventually deals him the killing blow that ends with Castiel in Beacon.
- The flicker of doubt in her eyes when he tells her Lucifer is only using her and the other demons and doesn't care about her
- Their first and only kiss a long time later as Castiel witnesses her willingness to sacrifice herself to give him and the Winchesters a shot at taking down the demon Crowley
- After she watches over him for weeks while he's broken in a mental hospital, finding comfort in her patience for his state, calling her 'thorny and beautiful' just to see her exasperation while she fights a smile.
- Her declaration that he's just a little bit bad, which is all kinds of hot, and she's just a little bit good (she calls that yuck), including her suggesting that after their current mission the two of them move some furniture and see where things go from there between them. His feeling of fondness for this demon who has decided he's a worthy cause, whose flirtations over the years turned from aiming to vex him to something sweeter
- The ache of feeling her die, a sacrifice made to allow Sam, Dean and Castiel to escape, feeling her death to be another loss he's responsible for, and feeling like she died for nothing because he dies shortly after and ends up in Beacon, a feeling of loss he's kept buried and bottled up along with everyone else he's lost along the way, because he's billions of years old and yet never quite learned how to cope with loss, or how to share the pain of losing siblings and loved ones no one else appears to care about.
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After making a deal with the King of Hell and allowing his own lies and dealings to drive away his friends and allies, Castiel corrupts himself by ingesting thousands of monster souls from Purgatory to finally gain enough power to kill Raphael and put a stop the archangels plan to subjugate Heaven and re-start the Apocalypse. Subsequently, he is overtaken by the sheer power of thousands of ancient, monstrous souls inside of him, and in one fell strike vanquishes every single one of Raphael's supporters, laying waste to half of Heaven's population, killing thousands of angels without giving them a chance to yield.
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Castiel's greatest shame and core of his suicidal guilt and depression.
FUN... :3
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I'd be up for Jo finding anything but Meg memories
sorry SHE DOESN'T LIKE MEGooooor he could find something from her childhood or something! Anything lol