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recolle2017-05-03 08:57 pm
recollecters) wrote in recolle2017-05-03 08:57 pm
May Event Log
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RISE AND SHINE Spring is upon the city of Recollé now. The rainy season is starting to pass and the last of the winter chill has officially shaken off. The weather is perfectly spring-like with flowers blooming all over the city and the local wildlife rousing from their hiding places. People everywhere find themselves awakening to the sound of birds tweeting and the sun shining peacefully on them as they're drawn from the world of dreaming. Too bad that's about where the peace ends today. I. It’s a leisurely morning when you first wake up. The sun’s rising and peeking in through the curtains of your room, birds are chirping happily, and you find yourself drowning in your sheets with the floor much, much further down than you recall. Wait, what? You don’t think that you’ve shrunken at all. After all, your clothing still fits perfectly fine. The trouble with it all is that all of your furniture has enlarged several times its usual size and the walls tower over you more than before. Getting ready for your day is going to be a challenge, but the outside world can’t be that bad, can it? Think again. Buildings skyrocket dozens of stories higher than they originally were. The button for the crosswalk dangles over your head tauntingly. The tires for your school bus are coming dangerously close as you try to cross the street. Be careful out there! Is there a safe path to avoid further incidents? As the days go on, citizens will find that if they look down a series of lit-up circles appear under their feet. Stepping on one will cause the Retrospec app to open, and a song will begin to play. How long will this go on? Unfortunately, Retrospec seems to be working just fine and will autoloop until your path of lights meets someone new. After all, isn't social media about bringing people together? Best get to exploring and seeing what’s out there…or, maybe, who’s out there. II. Speaking of exploring, it's much easier to see the wear and tear of the city at this size. With everything much larger you may notice that everything about your nice city isn't quite so nice. Cracks in the sidewalk present a hazard when walking everywhere and there are fractures in the buildings themselves. You may wish to avoid them entirely for your own safety. But for the more curious residents (or anyone accidentally finding themselves falling into these cracks) a venture into these spaces will reveal something a little mysterious. Swirls of black float through space, occasionally punctuated by flashes of images and words. Presented almost like a movie, you may not be able to pinpoint what exactly you’re seeing but it seems to be calling your name to draw you further in. At first, the interior space in these cracks seems to expand and the images become clear. It’s…space? No. It’s stars, lots of stars and there’s a rumbling sound that seems to echo through the cracks along with voices becoming more persistent as they cry out for help. The swirls and mist become thicker with each step. Will you turn back? Or will you press on and risk getting lost in the echoes of voices you don't recognize and images you can't identify? Those who turn back will find themselves on another path of light, resetting their device and urging them onwards to find someone new. Those who continue forward though and wish to seek the truth will find themselves assaulted either with a whirlwind of memories they’ve already obtained since they’ve received the Retrospec app or blacked out by the darkness as the mist becomes impenetrable. How will you find your way back? It may be wise to work together on this one to retrace your steps. III. Despite the fact the city's experiencing some sizing issues, responsibilities are still important and these problems won't stop your boss from demanding you show up to work on time. Did you get lost on your way to school? What a bummer that this is the day your professors spring a pop quiz on you. The challenges of every day life are even more challenging and as per usual, many people don't even realize there's something wrong. Though your pencil may be taller than you are, you won't be allotted extra time to write things down. Even worse, navigating past shopping carts and down grocery aisles is nearly impossible, especially in larger, more crowded places like Freshens. Outside isn't much better. Beginning on the fifth of May, clouds begin to loom overhead as the rainy season reminds citizens it's not over yet. All around you critters begin to jump into action to prepare for the inevitable storm. From this level of the ground it's easier to see ants hard at work hauling items 30 times their body weight. That caterpillar might be good for hitching a ride back home. Watch out for the furry four-legged beast running your way! Speaking of beasts...well. Just because you're no longer your original size doesn't mean your furry and feathered friends won't be. Maybe you're lucky enough to have a companion you can hitch a ride with. Or maybe you aren't so lucky after all. Your pets may like you just fine, but other people's pets and even the insects will give in to their animal instincts, prone to chasing and sometimes outright attacking citizens (Retrospec users and non-Retrospec users alike.) Can you fight? Guess you'll have to find out. Oh, and you better hurry...the rain that begins later in the afternoon is most unforgiving. At this size? It's quite easy to be swept away in a flood. IV. Do you hear that? Everything seems to be amplified now and with the rain pounding down around you for the next five days the echoes are even louder. This time, however, the words are much more distinguishable. Above the din of a hauntingly beautiful song, you may find yourself being coaxed to come out into the Apprassage Woods, whispered promises of your most sacred desire filling your ears. Perhaps it's irrational, like scoring well on college entrance exams. Perhaps it's something much bigger like seeing a loved one again long after their passing. Whatever it may be, the song is almost overpowering and tempting. Along the way, bright, towering flowers serve as a guiding light deeper and deeper into the woods. The further you travel, the louder they echo those desires back at you, even louder than the song itself. Strangely, for those who have been gifted with a supernatural sense or the ability to see ghosts, you may find that there are figments flickering through the trees encouraging you onward. You want their help, don't you? There are ways to break out of the song's trance, but it will take teamwork and effort to ground each other back to reality. It seems as though the rain itself may very well be the culprit. Will you seek to find shelter? Maybe you're lucky and happen to have a pair of ear plugs in your pocket. Do your best to guide each other home. The woods aren't very friendly after dark even with the fluorescent glow of the flowers. BONUS. The nice thing about being pint-sized is that it's much easier to go where you probably shouldn't. Should you find yourself back in Tisse and in front of the Retrospec building, you may notice it's much easier to slip under the cracks of the front door. Several of you may have been in this lobby before. Like usual, the lights are on. At this size, however, it's easier to hear the echoes of footsteps somewhere above you. But don't worry about them. Being this size means that it's more possible now to enter some the previously locked rooms. Some rooms don't have enough space to crawl under, of course, but the two rooms that do will reveal something quite interesting. There isn't much in the way of furniture in these two rooms, but every inch of the walls and ceiling remains covered in maps. Not all of these maps are blank. Some of them appear to have small splashes of color varying in size and shape, like an incomplete picture. Some of them also appear to have images on them, such as a Chocobo, or an apple with a smileyface, or a strange die. Furthermore, after the fifth of May, citizens may notice one of the maps now has a picture of those strange glowing flowers from the woods. Should anyone be ambitious enough to count in these two rooms (though really, that will certainly take time), they will come to find that there are roughly 110 maps in all. And with a little digging, they can explore and attempt to open drawers and closets in these rooms. Together, they will discover there are an additional 30 maps, including one with a picture of a strange-looking doll. So you want to learn more about these maps, huh? For anyone who tries to draw or write on the maps, they will find that whatever they deface the maps with stays there! However, the moment you exit the room anything you drew on the map will appear on any surface of your skin that's available. Tearing the maps doesn't seem to work either. The maps can only be removed from the wall in one whole piece. If one were to take a map from the rooms, they would only be able to get to the doorway before it dissolves into ash and creates a miniature dust storm for everyone nearby. Strangely, the map will reappear on the wall and the cycle will repeat itself for days on end. The maps really, really don't like being touched. What does this all mean? What a great question. Welcome to recolle's May event! All characters will be begin in-game AU'd as Recollé residents. You may use any of the above prompts for ideas or make up your own depicting your Recollé AU! Prompts do not have to be set in the districts listed above. You can review our list of locations for what's available and be as creative as you'd like.
As another note, by participating in this log in a thread with five or more comments from you with a character you have not tagged previously, you are eligible for one free memory regain! This means you can claim a memory without a trigger required; we ask that it be low-impact for newer characters, while characters who have been here longer can scale upwards. However please be sure to submit this regain to the regains page and just specify "May Freebie" in the explanation portion of the form. Please see our monthly plotting post for more details. If you would like to explore parts of the city in their enlarged state, please contact the mod team so we can get you a write-up of what your characters may or may not find! This also goes for if your character has regained any supernatural sensing and you'd like for them to interact with the figments in the woods! Starting on 5/5, the Echo Flower from Undertale will act as your newest world change! Once the event wraps 5/10, the echoing of desires will stop and they will return to providing white noise and echoing the last thing they heard. These flowers will only remain in the woods. Any questions you have regarding this event may be directed to the mod comment here. |
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Wait. Don't tell me - it's Retrospec again?
[ though she has an eyebrow quirked, she seems apologetic rather than annoyed now. ]
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Did you deal with it too?
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[ as she speaks, she's rummaging around in her purse - and, after a second or two of that, she retrieves her own phone. Which - as luck would have it - is also playing the exact same song. It had been so muffled in her bag that she'd assumed she was hearing someone else's ringtone. ]
I guess mine's been going off this whole time. What the hell...
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Retrospec, I guess. It's not enough to shrink everybody, they had to add an extra annoyance.
[It hasn't even been a week and already he's fed up.]
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It seems like annoying us is all they want to do. Even though they must have so much money and power... somehow. [ another sigh; she crosses her arms. ] Sorry for snapping at you like that. I just got the app a few days ago.
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I don't know where they're getting the power from. Isn't this place supposed to be normal?
[He nods slightly, his quiet version of 'It's fine.']
I got it recently too.
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[ the ghost of a wry smile appears on her face at that. Not so boring anymore. She'd wanted to move away for a while to find something new and exciting in the world - now, she just wants everything to stay exactly as it was. This is a nightmare. ]
I guess we're both newbies, then... What's your name?
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[He can't believe he has to question his ordinary everyday life now. He looks annoyed, but he told himself he had to adjust. It's not like there's much he can actually do about it right now.
A soft huff of a sigh.]
At least there's company. Shouto Todoroki.
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Chiyuki. It's nice to meet you. And to answer your question, I guess we just didn't notice... That's weird to think about.
[ there were just giant bugs walking around the entire time and she somehow thought it was normal?!? ]
-- I'm pretty sure we weren't always tiny like this, though!
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Mom acted like this was totally normal. But everything's giant sized now.
If it were normal before my bed would've been matchbox sized.
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[ no surprise there... on either count, really. ]
It's creepy. The idea that we were that clueless before, I mean.
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[Hard same, Chiyuki.]
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[ a pause; she blinks, seeming to notice something. ]
Hey. I think it stopped.
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[Ah, sweet peace and quiet. He missed this.]
Do you think there was some kind of trigger?
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I don't know. I didn't notice anything different... I mean, unless they sent us a message or something?
[ she fishes out her phone once again (it is, indeed, silent) to check, but finds nothing new there. ]
I don't have anything, though.
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He'll pull out his own, nope. Nothing.]
Our best bet is to wander around and hope it stops on its own.
... They could've given instructions, but it looks like everything has to be difficult.
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[ a sigh, and she once again tucks her phone back into her purse. ]
Where are you going...? We can go together. If a bird tries to fly off with one of us or something, our chances will be a little better, right?
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[He'll leave his phone in his hand for now.]
I was going to high school, but I'm going to be late no matter what. It's probably best to stay in a group either way.
I don't how threatening an action figure sized human is, but two's better than one.
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[ on the other hand, nobody else seems to know anything is off... so maybe not. ]
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Doubt it. I'll be lucky if I make it to third period.
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But anyone would have a hard time with... Urgh. [ she sighs heavily. ] I wonder how the people without the app did it. Maybe they all woke up really early.
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... Somehow.
[He's getting a headache thinking about it.]
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[ so is she. Maybe all of their non-innoculated friends also had their memories altered along with reality itself. The idea is scary - but what's scarier is that it doesn't sound impossible, all things considered. ]
Well, whatever. I was absent a lot in high school. You'll be fine.
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[Wow, rude.]
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Of course I did! I studied really hard and everything. I was just... busy.
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