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Soulgemmed Mods ([personal profile] soulmods) wrote in [community profile] griefseeded2016-02-03 10:57 pm
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February Event Details / Plotting

February Event Details

A month has gone by, and characters have now gotten the chance to settle into their new life. Friendships are made, and strong camaraderies are forged on the battlefield as magi stand together and fight together against a common foe. Perhaps, for some, even love has begun to bloom.

At least, if that isn't the case yet, it's about to be.

The Arrival of a Mysterious Package...

...is what signals the beginning of this event. Not all characters will receive one, but for those who find one at their doorstep one day, their life is about to change drastically.

The package is an unassuming little thing; heart-shaped, wrapped with red ribbons. There's a sender's name written on it, and perhaps the name is familiar to its recipient. When they open the package, however, they'll find that it's empty.

A pleasant odor fills the air. This signals the change in them.

The First Day.

Maybe the change will be subtle at first, but increasingly, the supposed sender of the package will be all that the affected characters can think about. They'll want to be with this person all the time, and they'll be distressed and angered at the thought of having to spend time apart from them.

If it just so happens that the character they're enamored with received a package of their own, then one can only pray that a perfect match-up occurs. Otherwise, the situation may become perilous.

The Week Continues.

As the week goes by, affected characters find themselves more and more obsessed. This obsession will lead them to become jealous, possessive, and maybe worse. It's possible that the obsession will lead them to take drastic steps in order to keep their beloved safe - ridiculous acts of unnecessary self-sacrifice, vicious threatening of any one of their supposedly "harmful" relationships, you name it.

Valentine's Day.

At the height of the ruckus, a Nightmare is born. It immediately takes notice of the negative emotions teeming in the hearts of the affected magi, and it seeks to prey on them. They will be the first to be lured into the nightmarescape.

Once the unaffected magi take notice of their absence, rescue efforts might commence. The nightmarescape is not a terribly large or confusing one, and the journey to the center does not take long. Upon arriving, though, the rescuers will find that the Nightmare itself may not be the biggest problem that they'll face.

The Nightmare they're confronted with this time is an illusionist with no coherent face or form. To the unaffected magi, it may seem like a being made of light, shimmering as it cycles through endless differing facial features. To the affected magi, however, it will look like the object of their obsession, and they will fight to the death to protect it.

THIS PORTION OF THE EVENT IS TIME-SENSITIVE. IT WILL GO UP ON THE 14TH AT 12:00 AM EST AND WILL END, AT THE EARLIEST, ON THE 17TH AT 11:59 PM EST.


In Summation...

» Characters will receive a mysterious package at their doorstep. These packages will be labeled as being from a sender that the character will recognize as being one of their fellow magi.
» Characters who open this package will then become enamored with the "sender."
» Not all characters will receive a package. Characters who do not receive a package will be unaffected. The choice is up to the individual player.
» On Valentine's Day, a Nightmare will appear. It will use its familiars to lure all enamored characters into its nightmarescape.
» Unaffected characters will realize that their friends are missing sometime later in the day, at which point exploration into the nightmarescape opens up.
» Upon arriving at the center of the nightmarescape, unaffected characters will find that the enamored characters have chosen to fight on the side of the Nightmare, and will not respond to reason.

If you have any further questions about this event, please leave them here.
onceandfuturemascot: (Default)

[personal profile] onceandfuturemascot 2016-02-04 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Let's ask this to get it out of the way: can characters with powers that prevent mental influence ignore the compulsion or the illusion even if they open the package?
joylesslove: (14. It's got a pretty mouth)

[personal profile] joylesslove 2016-02-04 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
The Plain Doll will be getting a package and as such will be affected by the love magic within.

Here's the thing, though: She already loves everyone around her - it's what she was created to do and how she was made to feel. So, really, this event amounts to little more than white noise to the Doll. She might be inclined to spend a little more time around the person whose name was on her package, but that's as exaggerated as her reaction will be. Her love is already pretty much maxed out as it is.

I don't have any ideas as to who her package will be labelled from, so if anyone would like to be the Plain Doll's valentine please let me know. She'll probably just thank them for the package (even if she's not entirely sure why they'd send her an empty package, she's pleased to be thought of at all) and maybe want to spend a little more time with them than usual.

Alternatively, if anyone would like their characters to fall in love with the Plain Doll, that's entirely welcome as well! She'll welcome the attention from her beloved Magi - at least until it leads to other magi being hurt out of jealousy.

Also, if you'd like your character to realize that the Doll got a package too and didn't lose her fucking mind over it, I would love enjoy that as well! It'd be neat to have someone realize how serious the Doll is when she says she loves everyone and be weirded out by it.
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[personal profile] mightmakesright 2016-02-04 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Vergil is absolutely getting a package, Hell yes. Considering how he refuses to open up that much to someone, it's only gonna do wonders for his development. Chances are he'll be angry about it until he settles in on the idea and goes with it...and then gets overly protective of whoever's unfortunate enough to be stuck with him.

But that's not the best part. One of Vergil's starting powers is getting stronger by being around people he loves and it's only based on his feelings for others; not everyone else's. Basically whoever's stuck with him is gonna have a pretty damn strong Vergil on their side...until the boss fight, anyway. That's when shit's gonna get weird and...complicated. He may attack all other magi, even other mind controlled ones, during that fight, hard to say

ANYWAY anyone who wants to put their characters through this trainwreck is absolutely welcome to super glue themselves to Vergil. I can't promise he'll react positively towards any/everyone who falls for him, but this is all gonna go down in a blaze of glory anyway.
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[personal profile] miasmajesty 2016-02-04 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
IF YOU ARE OPEN TO THIS i am open to this, i was planning on having Dirk be unaffected and this sounds like a hilarious trainwreck waiting to happen.
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[personal profile] onceandfuturemascot 2016-02-04 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Saber is actually immune to the package's effects, although I might still have her receive one just for confusion's sake.

However, I am more than willing to have her be the object of someone else's affections (trust me, you cannot be creepier than her canon stalkers). Even if it's magically induced, it would be a good way to get her to start considering how she interacts, or doesn't interact, with others. I mean it might make her more withdrawn if you're a jerk about it, but.
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[personal profile] onceandfuturemascot 2016-02-04 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
As discussed on plurk, I can volunteer Saber as a "sender" and they can eventually get to talking about what love means to them as everyone else starts going nuts.
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[personal profile] joylesslove 2016-02-04 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
YEP! I'm totally down for this. I've wanted to these two to hang out outside of battle anyway
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[personal profile] joylesslove 2016-02-04 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Two questions:

First, since the Plain Doll is going to be getting a package with Saber's name, would you like for Saber to get one with 'The Doll' written on it? They'll both be unaffected by the magic within the box, of course, but it might make for a cute misunderstanding where they each think that the other has an interest in them?

Second: Would you like the Doll's package to say 'Saber' or 'Arturia Pendragon? ' Im not sure how often Saber gives out her original name so I figured I'd ask
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[personal profile] orchid_horror 2016-02-04 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm planning on having Rose get a package!

There is a slight catch, though - Rose comes equipped with an alien girlfriend (Kanaya) who will probably not be very happy about Rose obsessing over somebody new. So not only will the lucky package giver have to put up with a creepy, hyper-observant teenager watching their every move, there will also be a jealous alien to tag along in the fun.

If anybody would like to volunteer as tribute, then please let me know!
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[personal profile] joylesslove 2016-02-04 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I would like to volunteer the Doll as future chainsaw fodder.

Honestly she won't know what to do about a creepy obsessive teenager being in love with her but she'll probably be pleased with the attention no matter how unhealthy it gets. No one has ever loved her in return, after all, so this would be a pretty big deal to her.
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[personal profile] wounds 2016-02-04 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm going to volunteer Genos for this! Oh how the tables have turned. Genos, Mr. Steal-Your-Fries, being watched makes me laugh.

That said, I'm planning on Genos not receiving a package.
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[personal profile] onceandfuturemascot 2016-02-04 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
First: That'd be cute, so let's go for it.

Second: Saber has deliberately not spoken her birth name since she got here (considering that her wish was essentially to give up being both King Arthur and the heir to Uther Pendragon, it makes sense in her mind). Nightmare shenanigans might be able to cheat, but for the sake of consistency it'd probably be "Saber".
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[personal profile] cyclicalconcept 2016-02-04 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I absolutely volunteer Madoka for this, because she won't be getting a package and she will have no idea wtf is happening.
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[personal profile] cyclicalconcept 2016-02-04 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
OK, SO.

Madoka is not getting a package, but that being said, I volunteer her for being the love interest of anyone who gets a package and doesn't have a sender yet. Because nothing says Madoka like random, strange people she probably doesn't know, proclaiming they will protect her forever and ever until the day they die.
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[personal profile] ceasetoexist 2016-02-04 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
So here we go.

At the moment, I'm torn about whether Pokey will be getting a package or not. I hadn't been planning on giving him one, but if for some reason someone would want the weird dumbass teen to be yandere over someone, I sure wouldn't mind it. Alternatively, if someone wants to for some reason go yandere over/stalk him, I'd be up for that too.
wounds: (Sulky)

[personal profile] wounds 2016-02-04 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Genos is not getting a package.

But I do volunteer him be a sender to anybody. If only because in canon, he's (eventually) the weird stalker who steals fries, moves in, and then does all the housework he can manage. If he doesn't care about you already though, he'll probably just throw out all your gifts because he's rude. He's so rude.
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[personal profile] relaxfriend 2016-02-05 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Gary will be getting a package and thus going crazy psycho on some poor soul.

The thing is Gary is already obsessive by nature. He just usually focuses said obsession with making people miserable and/or trying to obtain power to rule over everyone around him. He tends to go through dangerous methods of getting what he wants without thinking of the consequences so I imagine with this magic in place he'll be...significantly worse. So heads up?

Charon will also be getting a package but because he has a natural resistance to mental influence it wont be affecting him. I just thought it would be fun for him to get one anyway.

I'm open to both of them being the object of someone's affection. Gary will likely take advantage of it though (even if he's obsessing over someone else) and Charon will just grumble and and frown if someone starts following him around. If they get dangerous towards someone else he, uh...likely wouldn't hesitate to take action? SO YEAH.
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[personal profile] screwballkoopa 2016-02-05 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Lemmy is getting a package because I'm awful. His attempts at flirting and romance will be... interesting at best. Also he's incapable of being subtle so any attempts at stalking will be really obvious. Like, rainbow mohawk clearly sticking out of the bushes obvious. Sooo... who wants the world's worst stalker?
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[personal profile] mightmakesright 2016-02-05 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
I always love a good trainwreck, it's true.

Also Dirk has the power of suggestion, doesn't he? I just remembered this and realized "He could tell Vergil to go the fuck away and he'd have no choice but to do it." Lucks out from awkward while Vergil slams his fist in something.

The potential for terrible is high.
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[personal profile] scythersergeant 2016-02-05 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Shinoa will not be getting a package. She's open to being a sender! But I'm going to be overseas during the event so maybe it's better not to make arrangements until I update with whether I've got wifi over there.......

She may in fact be going into hiding a while out of jealousy at seeing so much love in the air while no one appears to like her enough to send anything. (Oh, if only she knew)- so if you want your muse to freak out at their crush not being around, that's one way to go that can still be done even if I'm not online!

Alternatively her soul gem is going to suffer a lot out of this and it's going to show in her nightmare-fighting abilities, but this is up in the air until I find out what the wifi is like where I'm at.
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[personal profile] loveedition 2016-02-05 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
B.B. Hood is definitely getting a package and that part has already been sorta taken care of. She'll definitely be having a fun ol' time, harassing a certain so-and-so when the time comes.

Ryoko on the other hand, I've decided won't be receiving a package and she's completely open to being a 'sender'. She'll definitely be flustered and flattered at the beginning, but goodness help both of you once things start getting real. She'll do her best to start actively avoiding whoever's crushing hardcore on her.

Good luck!
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[personal profile] yolouat 2016-02-05 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
Briar will not be getting a package so she's open to being a sender. She's going to be rather confused at first and flattered but she's going to turn them down. And if the going gets tough, Briar will just NOPE on out of there.
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[personal profile] chainsawstick 2016-02-05 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Hi hi! Kanaya here will not be getting a package. Because Rose will be getting one instead. Rose, her girlfriend, someone she basically yelled at then proceeded to ignore and duck calls from instead of trying to figure out their issues. Her girlfriend who she is still very much interested in and will not be happy that she is suddenly entranced by someone new. Especially in a flush (read: romantic) sort.

So basically expect Kanaya to find whoever gave Rose the package and end up on their doorstep with a chainsaw in hand looking less than forgiving. Not that she is likely to actually hurt someone, just scare them a little bit.

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