acatalepsy_ooc | world jump # 4 event post: the horologium.

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be careful in the dark.

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WORLD JUMP # 4: THE HOROLOGIUM.
WORLD JUMP # 4: WRAP UP

A NEW SOUND | THE BRIDGE | THE HOROLOGIUM | INFO SUMMARY
MOD QUESTIONS: INTO THE BELLY | THE BRIDGE | GENERAL

SIGNUPS
INTO THE BELLY: GROUP A, GROUP B, GROUP C, DEATHS
THE BRIDGE: GROUP A, GROUP B, GROUP C
The days and nights have started to blur. With the help of your fellow Circle Members there is more access to food, water, and electricity but you are still stuck on a stranded ship in the middle of space. There are only clues and a single voice to tell you what happened. Whether or not you trust your new friend is your decision, but it does seem like she has something to say.

All of your exploration has turned up very little. Most of the doors have been opened, but only a few hold anything of significance. Even then, it feels a lot more like they’ve led to more questions than answers.

And that sound? It's starting to drive you crazy-- if it hasn't already. Where is it coming from? Why is it so far away? What could it be?

You might have an answer, soon.

A NEW SOUND.

There is no warning. One moment you are hearing the same distant rumble and feeling the same sense of fear and uncertainty. Oh, I know this, just give it a few moments and it will end, but that isn't the case this time. The rumbling happens, then the ship goes quiet, and then - suddenly - there is a loud explosion of sounds from the depths of the open lift shaft.

Anyone near that hallway will be able to distinguish the sound as one of the doors, a long way down the shaft, being blown open. The explosion is enough to send a shuddering through the entire floor.

A new opening has been discovered. What will you do?

➜ SIGN UP TO EXPLORE if you want to venture down into the ship. There will be a few teams allowed to go and explore. You will be assigned a location on the log itself. Full descriptions of the locations will also be provided on the log itself. For now, it's a mystery!

That being said, be aware of the following when signing your character up for this portion of the event:
➜ The network will not be working.

➜ Your powers may be affected in the belly of the ship. This could involve the negation of Astoria-given powers, a return of your canon powers, or an improvement to your Astoria-given powers. You will find out before the log goes up, so you will be able to plan accordingly.

➜ There will be elements of horror in this part of the event. If there is something you would like the mods to be aware of regarding triggers, aspects you would rather avoid, etc. please let us know! These elements could involve body horror, death, psychological horror, etc.

➜ If you do not want to encounter these themes, do not sign up for this portion of the event.

➜ SIGN UP FOR CHARACTER DEATH if you would like your character to be considered for death. Death will be randomized, but we will only be choosing out of the characters whose players have consented to having their character die.

➜ Please be aware that character death will take your character out of commission for a certain amount of time. Character death may involve some later plot relevant information. You just won’t know unless your character is the one to die.

➜ As per the FAQ, all characters have one freebie character death without consequence. If your character has already died once (in this particular instance, this includes all robots who have been ‘fried’ as well), please make the mods aware in your post.

➜ You will be packing enough clothing/food/etc to take with you. And unless your team decides to cut your exploration short, you will be gone for the whole week.

THE BRIDGE.

Thanks to a few very determined individuals in the circle (HERE and HERE) electricity has been restored to the ship and a room has been uncovered that appears to be the Bridge. It has been a process to get this up and running, and conspicuously around the same time as the explosive noise erupts from the lifts, the Bridge systems come to life.

It is in a language that the Circle Members do not understand, and for some reason the bracelets cannot translate it. Luckily, there is enough information to get started. A few helpful individuals can teach other Circle members to decipher what they find, and how they can search through all of this information.

There is a wealth of recordings, logs, images, and other files to be uncovered. It will be impossible for one, or even a couple, people to do it alone.

For those less inclined to head down into the lifts and hunt down whatever is causing the sound, there is plenty of work to be done.
➜ SIGN UP TO DECIPHER, this section of the event will also include teams. Please list out anything you think would be helpful for other Circle members to know. For example: are you super intelligent? Will your powers help? Are you from a puzzle game and therefore created to be good at something like this?

➜ These teams will not be randomized. You are open to build teams based on other characters who are joining this aspect of the event. Please reach out to other kids signing up to help build your group! Team up! Find some new CR!

➜ Characters will remain on the Bridge for the rest of the time. They will be working with others within the Bridge to uncover messages, information, translate videos, and find hidden meanings within the things they find. (Yay puzzle games!)

➜ There are three major messages to be deciphered on the Bridge. Deciphering all three will grant the Circle a lot of clues. Sign up wisely. Characters cannot sign up for more than one group.

THE HOROLOGIUM.

Regardless whether you decide to go hunting down into the belly of the ship, stay on the Bridge to help decipher messages, or go your own way: there is still something off about the ship. You might already know this, because everything about this ship is wrong in some way. This is different. This is worse.

In fact, you may start to see, hear, or feel things that aren't really there. You might experience dark thoughts you didn't think you had. More than the captivity, strange food, and lack of a day/night - something is getting to the people on the ship. Something you can't quite pin down.
➜ There will be psychological effects in this plot that will be described in further detail on the log. It is up to you as a player if you wish to partake. These effects will be more intense for those in the belly of the ship, but will reach all levels, and all characters.

➜ Some effects may include: auditory and visual hallucinations, rampant paranoia, feeling as if people are watching you, feeling as if people are out to get you, and disorientation.

➜ Character on character violence may occur in any area of the ship. Character death may also occur in any area of the ship. You do not need to sign up for character death if your character is killed by another character.

➜ Please keep in mind all of the rules associated with death if you choose to go that route.

IN SUMMATION:

➜ There is an opening in the lift of the ship, where something is lurking. It's making that noise.

➜ In addition, the Bridge is now fully functioning, and seems to have a wealth of messages that the Circle can now access and/or translate, if they decide to take the time.

➜ This is an event with horror-like themes. The whispers you have been hearing, the unease you have been feeling, it is going to get a lot worse. Psychological effects will start to take place all over the ship, no matter what aspect of this log you decide/do not decide to take part in.

➜ Please be respectful of others, and utilize TW/CW in threads as needed.

➜ There is no way off the ship. You're stuck.

➜ Character on character violence due to the Horologium playing tricks of the mind is acceptable and may occur regardless of which area of the ship you are on.

➜ MOD QUESTIONS is where you can comment to ask specific questions about what your character would do on either aspect of the plot.

➜ INTO THE BELLY OF THE SHIP is where you will sign up to take the plunge into the darkness. :)

➜ THE BRIDGE is where you will sign up to decipher what in the hell is going on.

➜ And, a reminder . . . some worlds fail. Maybe the Circle will be more fortunate this time around. If you survive the night.

mod note.

This is your world to explore. Ask questions, get involved. Some of the places above has specified the need for player exploration in order to uncover, so please touch on everything you'd like to touch on. We as mods are giving you a setting to play with as you'd like! What happens here in Horologium is entirely based on your character's involvement. There will be plenty to interact with, little background plots to get mixed up in, and a new location to explore. Ask questions! Pull one of us aside for some cool plotting! Figure out what you want to do and how you want to do it, and go.

We are aware that there will most likely be characters who are more inclined to a "space/sci fi" setting than others, but please know that us mods are here and we are prepared to help find ways for characters of all kinds to get involved! Do not hesitate to reach out.

Reminder: the log for this event will be posted March 8th at 9:00 PM EST. This post is purely for plotting, and there's a place below for questions and for the world interactions! Otherwise, feel free to leave a plotting comment below! Find some other Circle Members to explore with!

Be careful in the dark.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Hunk has wanted to get the bridge up for awhile. So he'll stay there thanks. He's got a lot of technical know-how and while he might not be Pidge-level intelligent he is certainly the second most intelligent Paladin on his team I would argue.

But he knows tech and mechanics and systems so he should be useful.

world jump # 4 event post: the horologium.

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