JULY EVENT LOG 2.0

[recollecters]

EVENT

CRASH AND BURN The last day of the ReConvention finds con-goers crowding the convention center for last-minute panels and purchases. The halls fill with attendees bartering for wares, attending autograph sessions and showing off their cosplays. But for a select number of people, time is of the essence. Those who scanned their QR codes at the Retrospec booth will notice that their countdown clock draws closer to zero. With each second ticking closer and closer to the end, a sense of urgency settles around the crowd. But, perhaps you’re one of the ones who will carry on as if nothing is happening. Or maybe you didn’t scan your code at all. It doesn’t matter though. There’s nothing stopping the clock from its descent backwards, and as the timer strikes zero a loud, piercing roar echoes off of every wall of the convention center. I. Those who were brave enough to scan their received QR codes (and even those who didn't but received one regardless) will find that their mobile devices shock them, a quick electric burst that leaves behind a white-hot sort of pain. When you open your eyes after the initial hit, a floating treasure chest appears. While there may be multiple chests surrounding you, it seems you may only open those with your name on them. Another beam of light shines upon opening your prizes, orbs skyrocketing through the air as they circle briefly before settling around you. A surge of energy ignites within, and for some lucky few new companions and items have also been rewarded to those who played Jim's game. But…perhaps they aren't the ones you expected. Perhaps they make no sense at all. Why not give them a try? II. But seeing how the convention center continues to shake, it might be better to find out what’s up. The source of chaos can be traced back to Seto Kaiba's gaming booth as a projector in the wall releases monster after monster that pour out of the projection and come to life. Though the TV above Kaiba’s booth is shattered, the projector keeps rolling and the monsters appear while destroying the booth itself in their haste to be free. Among the rubble left behind the blue glow of the Retrospec symbol shines brightly from a side-panel of the projector. For those in the convention center, there is the option to run and hide. With the building shifting due to the onslaught of attacks, piles of drywall, cracks and crevices and more provide for good hiding spots to give you time to make a new plan. Of course, there's always the fight option. What will it take to bring these beasts down? Maybe it's best to lure them outside instead and away from civilians. III. Or perhaps that was a bad idea. Whether citizens manage to wrangle the monsters outside or not the beasts will make their way out on their own, fighting amongst themselves and chasing people through the city's streets. Even those who didn't attend the convention will find that the infestation spreads to every district of the city itself, and their QR-given items and abilities kick in. They aren't going for the kill, but they will follow any moving target including those who aren't on the Retrospec network. Though these citizens may run, hide or need rescuing, if asked they will simply remark that the city's always had a bit of a monster problem. However, now that the fight's moved outside, it's easier to see the distinct red tint to the monsters' eyes every time they blink. A monster that has to forcibly change direction will flicker for a moment, like an image buffering and loading. Even when a monster unleashes an attack, some fighters may take the full impact while others get away with minor to no damage. In those moments, it's easier to bring them to a halt. When a monster meets its demise though, something strange happens. The flickering is more rapid and faster, and the creature will dissolve into black blocks and spores that evaporate into thin air. What the hell was that? Now probably isn't the best time to ask questions. IV. The fighting rages on but with the sun still hanging in the sky it's impossible to tell what time it is. One of the monsters seems to have knocked out the nearby cell phone tower, too, taking down not only cell phone reception, but the entire Retrospec network as well. It goes on for what feels like hours with the sun beating down from above. Retrospec users battle monsters and fight to reconnect while the network errors out any time someone tries to send a message about the city under attack. It seems as though a new wave of monsters appear just as the last one dies down. It's with a sudden jolt that reception on your mobile device returns, but Retrospec appears to be in a maintenance mode where the network is still inaccessible. A quick glance at the date on your phone reveals that instead of the mere hours you thought, nearly five days have passed by and you realize the date is now August 3rd. Upon that realization everyone's devices begin to chime with several notifications and the monsters all seem to pause for one brief moment. Not long after, Retrospec members will also find themselves frozen in place no matter how hard they struggle. The spell on the monsters breaks as they swoop upon these unfortunate few, picking them up in their claws, hands or mouths. A large swirling portal opens not far away and one by one creatures dive straight through the portal with the Retrospec users. These portals may spit you out anywhere in the city, but several of them send residents to Peach Beach. Strangely, the monsters are nowhere to be found, but way out in the distance appears to be a creature, swallowing up the ocean in a swirl of waves. You can try to run out to fight it, but the moment your feet touch what used to be the ocean floor a forcefield throws you back to the sand allowing the ocean to slip away right before your eyes. The moment the last drop is drained, that monster disappears, too. What happens next? To be continued… And welcome to the wrap-up of the ReConvention! As Prompt IV says, monster attacks will continue through all five days (July 30th, 31st, August 1st, 2nd and 3rd) and the network will not be accessible to anyone in-game from now until August 3rd when a mod-posted Retrospec post goes live! Please feel free to play with the monster attacks as you wish! You can have your characters escape via glitches in the monsters, or you can fight the monsters and and your character can actually take damage for a real battle (though death is not an option at this time.) We leave that up to you! Please do not post any threads in this log or in your inboxes set for after this log just yet! We will be setting up August's event via this log and for plot purposes we ask that you refrain from doing anything prior to our Retrospec post on 8/3. Those who are in Group One or Group Two will learn more about their small-focus teams on August 3rd when your logs goes live. Please direct questions about this log to the mod comment here. Thanks!

Comments

[manufactured]

[..........jaeger.]

Tell them not to - it's not like it's difficult.

[scythegun]

They're not going to listen to me! They're big dogs, ja? They'll just knock me over!

[manufactured]

You have to be forceful about it without yelling at them. They'll listen eventually.

[...]

Honestly, the larger concern is probably with Apollo, given that he bites.

[scythegun]

[THANKS, ASSHOLE]

Why don't you just go deal with the dogs and I'll wait here?

[He'd rather deal with monsters, but at least we're inside now??]

[manufactured]

We really ought to acclimate you to my dogs.

[But fine, fine - they're already going mildly insane now that we're in here, in one of the areas of the house that's further back; just...stay here until he gets them to calm down, all right?]

[scythegun]

Maybe someday.

[Or never, actually. Never sounds good! He'll wait here near the door where he can easily escape if he needs to!!]

[manufactured]

[The dogs do seem to settle after Wesker's been back there for a while; they seem decidedly less loud, anyway, though they do still seem riled as fuck - and with good reason, given everything that's been going on. But this is one of the things Wesker is good at, probably because dogs are better than people as far as he's concerned, and it'll take him awhile but he'll deal with them, and when he returns he seems like he's calmed down a bit from the tension that's been coursing through his system all damn day.]

One of those rabbits got in the house. All five of them decided it would be amusing to corner it.

[They didn't harm it any, from the sound of it, but still.]

[scythegun]

[Jaeger's content waiting for Wesker to get done with the dogs; he's more relaxed by the time Wesker returns since the dogs seem to have calmed down a bit.]

Oh dear. I'm absolutely not surprised, but I do feel a bit bad for the poor thing. Did you manage to get it out of the house?

[manufactured]

It managed.

[...Wesker, please.]

That said, do hurry up in getting dressed; don't think I've forgotten.

[scythegun]

[dammit, he was hoping you'd forget...]

Fine, fine, just give me a moment!

[He'll go find the bathroom to get changed, though he'll take his sweet time doing it. This outfit is so stupid and he really doesn't want to wear it, but now he's got something to prove, so he puts the stupid thing on.

Well, time to act like he can absolutely own this.]

Ta da! Well? What do you think?

[He'll even spin around so you can get a good look at the entire thing!! Isn't it just. wonderful.]

[manufactured]

[.....................................

wow.]

...That manages to be even more insipid-looking on an actual person than it did before.

[he sounds amused, at least?]

[scythegun]

[Jaeger's trying so hard not to let his expression slip but just look at this outfit.]

...It's terrible, isn't it?

[Never mind, he can't manage this. Everything about this outfit is dumb. At least you're amused, asshole.]

[manufactured]

...It's surprisingly not the worst thing I've ever seen, but it's fairly hideous, yes.

[WELL, YOU ASKED.]

[scythegun]

I don't understand why this is what I chose to wear. Though given some of the other outfits I saw, this might be one of the more sane things...

[Cumore's outfit is like, a million times worse than Yeager's.]

[manufactured]

[redd i had to look his outfit up because i'm not familiar with this man and i had to try very hard to not scream in delight is that a boob window]

...I'm not sure I want to know what sort of outfits you were looking at, if that's the case.

[scythegun]

[it's a boob window]

You don't. It's like no one knew how to dress themselves! Just imagine this but somehow worse. It's close enough!

[manufactured]

[WHY IS IT A BOOB WINDOW THAT'S WONDERFUL]

...I'm going to have to ask you to draw this out for me at some point, because I am having trouble visualizing much that's worse than that.

[Like seriously dude.]

Are we leaving, then?

[scythegun]

[Everything about Cumore is wonderful, he's majestic.]

I'll be glad to help you with that, but for now I suppose we should get going.

[He's just accepted his fate, he's wearing this now.]

Shall we head back to the shooting range? Is there anything else we need there?

[manufactured]

[He pauses for a moment before he answers; he wants to leave as well, for some reason he can't really place - presumably a lack of desire to remain in one area for too long - but...]

...This place is likely safe as well, you know. We could afford to stay here for a little while, at least.

[It's been a really fucking long day, Jaeger, maybe we should take a minute.]

[scythegun]

Your house probably is the safest, ja. I take it you'd like to rest for a bit?

[It would definitely be good to rest for awhile, so he has no complaints.]

[manufactured]

[...I mean, when you put it that way, no, but that's because he's fucking stubborn?]

It might be good.

[scythegun]

[goddammit wesker]

Ja, we've been moving almost non-stop since all this started! A break would be really nice!

[manufactured]

...Come on, then.

[We're going to the study to regroup, then, and maybe act like the world isn't going to shit for a while. Because wow, the world is going straight to shit, isn't it.]

[scythegun]

[The study's nice; he's always liked Wesker's study. It's a good place to relax for awhile, especially because monsters probably can't get in here (except for that bunny, apparently). Jaeger takes his usual seat and leans on the arm of the chair.]

Well, today's been exciting, hasn't it?

[It hasn't all been good excitement either...]

[manufactured]

That's one way of putting it.

[He'll join Jaeger in sitting down, though he still seems a little worked up over it. He doesn't really do casual, even on good days; it's just more pronounced now.]