EVENT INFO: SHIVERS (I'VE GOT 'EM)

[nextnightmods]

EVENT INFO: SHIVERS (I'VE GOT 'EM)

the basics

The weather has been getting steadily colder and snow has begun to fall, but you didn't expect the temperature to drop as suddenly as it just has. Winds and blinding snow whip around you, completely obscuring your vision and leaving you disoriented.

When the blizzard clears, you are no longer where you were a moment ago. There are footprints in the snow a few feet away and they aren't yours. Are you alone? How do you get back home?

the details

From December 12-17, the weather turns strange as it sometimes does in Beacon, and snowy, icy whirlwinds are prone to kidnapping you and depositing you somewhere else. It's possible to end up in a place you recognize, but given the expanse of dark forest within and around Beacon, it's far more likely you'll find yourself in the middle of the woods, or at the edge of the lake with no lights in sight.

If you're an excellent navigator, if you have a compass or at least one familiar landmark, getting back might be simple. But the forest is as full of hazards as it ever has been, for some spirits still remain "wild" and therefore dangerous; the Parade is still, well, parading; and most concerning is that the green-eyed spirits remain a persistent threat, especially with the one large seven-eyed creature lurking and waiting just out of sight. Stuck in an awkward spot, or injured, or just want to make sure everyone knows you're on your own and in need of help? This might be a good time to run that SAFE OR NOT app.

For the most part, this event will be open for you all to use however you like - feel free to drop your characters in whichever horrible spot you want to drop them on the map, and NPC your own threatening spirits and green-eye-induced hallucinations as you wish. Characters may get stranded together in pairs - so if you want to have two people bumble their way back together rather than someone trying to find the other, feel free!

Below in the comments you'll see an RNG OPT-IN header. Drop your character's name under the header, and you will receive a comment that describes something unique about where your character ends up being transported to, or what they find when the snow settles. Only one or two of these will be potentially deadly or near-deadly but if you absolutely do not want to risk death just let us know in your comment!

While ICly this event runs from Dec. 12-17, there is no real deadline on opting in for a mod comment so long as you do so in December. This is intentionally a plot-light event given we know how busy December can be. Questions? Let us know in the comments!

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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!) <b>notes:</b> (anything else worth mentioning, like permissions/opt-outs/hiatuses/etc.?)

the tl;dr

• December 12: The weather mysteriously starts taking people on some unwanted adventures.


• December 18: Snow falls normally again.

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Comments

[policier]

no death option for javert this time.

[nextnightmods]

The harsh winds and blinding snow sweep Javert into their hold, then dump him heavily against something very solid and very cold. Metal digs into his back until he manages to roll away, and while nothing is broken, that's sure going to leave a painful bruise for a while.

There's a thick blanket of snow over the ground, but where he landed and compressed the flakes he can just make out dry, gray husks of forgotten grain. The building beside him creaks in the wind and as he lifts his lantern he can see it's about the size of a small house, made of sagging wood and whining metal. Where a house might have a front door, though, this just has a large loading bay, with more piles of decomposed grain that crumbles to dust when he tries to inspect it closer.

Further searching doesn't yield much. It looks like the building stands alone, but with the dense forest on all sides, it would probably take some thorough investigation to really know what else is out here. As Javert considers the pros and cons of doing so alone, a piercing howl rings out from the woods, and it's soon echoed by another. Maybe this isn't a great place to hang out for too much longer.