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Entry tags:
- !mission log,
- dc comics: damian wayne,
- dc comics: tim drake,
- final fantasy vii: rufus shinra,
- star wars — legends: mal durrish,
- supernatural: dean winchester,
- the 100: octavia blake,
- the untamed: xiao xingchen,
- the untamed: xue yang,
- ✘ avatar the last airbender | aang,
- ✘ blade of the immortal: asano rin,
- ✘ dc comics | jason todd,
- ✘ final fantasy vii | tseng,
- ✘ final fantasy vii | vincent valentine,
- ✘ hazbin hotel | angel dust,
- ✘ marvel comics | kate bishop,
- ✘ marvel — tv | daisy johnson,
- ✘ marvel — tv | jessica jones,
- ✘ original | joric,
- ✘ original | sylvie gallard,
- ✘ original | willa lisieux,
- ✘ shiki | natsuno yuuki,
- ✘ star wars | anakin skywalker,
- ✘ star wars | padmé amidala,
- ✘ star wars — legends | boba fett,
- ✘ tales of vesperia | rita mordio,
- ✘ the 100 | clarke griffin,
- ✘ unholy blood | hayan park,
- ✘ worm: francis krouse
MISSION 001
WHO: Everyone!
WHEN: March 29th-April 20th
WHERE: Everywhere on Etraya
WHAT: Mission 001!
NOTES\WARNINGS: Potential violence, death.
WHEN: March 29th-April 20th
WHERE: Everywhere on Etraya
WHAT: Mission 001!
NOTES\WARNINGS: Potential violence, death.
 ⏵ mission prep ⏴ On the morning of the 29th, characters will receive a notification from Aurora to come to the hospital’s ground floor to prepare for their first mission. On this floor, pairs will be given slips of paper with matching numbers. If characters have chosen their partners, they too will receive small slips of paper with matching numbers, as these numbers match the room assignment they will be asked to please step inside. The rooms themselves are bare. There’s a cot, two chairs pushed up against a small table, a miniature fridge set up below a sink, and a television that only plays static. On the table is a note, which simply reads: Welcome. To prepare you for your first mission, we are giving you time to get to know your partner. You have a twelve-hour time limit to discuss your lives together. We recommend talking about moments throughout your life that have defined the person you have become. In addition, we have included several ingredients inside the miniature refrigerator. You must, without telling your partner specifically what it is, create their favorite drink using the ingredients within and above the refrigerator.Within the mini fridge will be numerous ingredients - these ingredients could be anything, from Bantha milk to dragon fruit - whatever their favorite drinks are, they will find all the correct ingredients to make them. There will also be numerous extra ingredients. Maybe a character’s favorite drink is a nice cup of peppermint tea. The kettle, and the tea bags, will be present on top of the mini fridge, but there may also be soda bottles inside the fridge and various milk substitutes. Cheating by making their own drink will result in the game being reset, and a new partner being assigned or no partner at all being assigned and they will simply be removed from this part of the exercise.  ⏵ the secret's out⏴ Numerous notes can be found throughout Etraya’s populated areas - falling from the sky, taped to doors, slid under them, or perhaps being handed out by a few of the companion bots who will eagerly note how these are meant to help, but a quick read may show that they’re not things anyone wants to be given out so freely. After all, on the notes are secrets, untold truths, things that were never meant to be shared nor wanted out in the open. Some of these aren’t notes at all, but small packages that are not addressed to anyone in particular, or addressed to the incorrect party. Inside the packages are items that may be associated with a particular event: a knife that had been used to betray a friend still stained with blood, a mask meant to conceal identity, a picture featuring a moment in time that had best been left forgotten. The goal of the game becomes clear by the notes written on the back or thin slips within the packages: match the secret to the person. You could simply ignore them, but the note also includes an addendum: more notes will continue to be sent until the person is matched to their secret.  ⏵ cracked reflection ⏴ Every person is an intricate mosaic, composed of numerous facets that shape what makes them - themselves. After all, one person is not simply one picture, but rather, a puzzle comprised of myriad pieces. These pieces may shape their strengths, their sense of humor, the influences of their upbringing, and who they admired in their formative years. Together, these fragments coalesce into a singular form: you. But what if those pieces were rearranged? What if the fundamental aspects that define who you are simply… didn’t exist? What if, rather than being a courageous hero, you were cast as a formidable villain? What if, instead of pursuing the path that led you to greatness, you veered in a different direction? A new dawn breaks over Etraya. The artificial sun rises over the horizon, accompanied by the melodic chirping of birds. As the denizens of Etraya awaken, they sense... a shift in the air - a feeling of dissonance, as if a piece of themselves has suddenly gone missing. Because it has. Doubles of every current inhabitant of Etraya roam the corridors of the apartment building and the surrounding facilities. They let themselves into Roxx to get a few new outfits, get themselves a meal at the hospital cafeteria, or maybe they’re raiding the snack shelves at Kwik Trip. They may bear a striking resemblance to their counterpart and act very similarly, but there is something off about them. A quality that sets them apart. Remember that step you took, that led you to your current career? The step you’ve kept secret for so long, that has defined your actions ever since? They didn’t take it. They went down a different path, something darker, or perhaps something lighter. They took the path you most feared, the one you knew would turn out terribly. And they in turn - turned out for the worst. Characters will find they are facing one of their worst fears: themselves, but their worst selves. The version of them that they fought so hard not to become, that they strove against rather than towards. And the mission? They need to take out their worst selves. But there’s a twist: interaction with their doubles isn’t possible. Both halves are cognizant of each other’s existence, yet they are incapable of verbally or physically interacting with each other. And while the double understands what they are, the original? Well… how do you truly know you are who you’re supposed to be? What if you were the double all along? What if you are your own worst self? There is one way to be sure: the color of the copies’ blood is slightly darker than what it should be. Running closer to a red-black than the red you would anticipate. Or for some, perhaps their blood is red where it should be running black. While they feel and look real, driving a unique blade straight through where their heart would be will cause doubles to dissipate into nothing once the knife penetrates deep enough. As for the genuine articles, well, the blade is sharp—and it’s going to hurt. A blade is provided for every authentic copy. Those who were sleeping through the night will find it beside them upon awakening. As for those who remain vigilant throughout the night, the blade will manifest beside them in the early hours of April 2nd. Guess someone is going to have to kill your double.  ⏵ quicksilver has no sense of tact ⏴ Aurora’s announcement left out several crucial details: the existence of the doubles, for one. But also the looming deadline to take care of the mess that has been dropped onto Etraya. Inside the characters’ wrists, they will discover a timer gradually counting down. The timers are only visible for the person who dons it, as is the amount of time given. Every person is given an individual time limit, but it cannot be longer than two weeks. As the numbers dwindle, more black marks appear going up the inside of their arms toward the inside of their elbow. And what are the black marks? With each additional black mark, they begin to feel… less like themselves, and more like their doppelgangers. In the beginning, maybe they barely notice the change. Maybe it’s a favorite food they loved that they now hate, or perhaps it’s an event that has shifted: something small but important - a decision to save a life changed to taking one. Maybe they’ll feel like a piece of themselves is no longer the same, replaced with another feeling or sensation. Where something would have usually made them empathetic to another's blight, now they find their suffering funny. Regardless, the longer their doubles are around, the longer they slowly begin to become their doubles - and their doubles begin to become just like them. If their doppelganger is not taken out at the end of their provided time, it will simply dissipate and the original will remain changed. The only way to return to normal is to kill the original. After death, the character will remain dead for twenty-four hours before returning to their normal selves as if the death had never occurred. While killing them to return them to normal is information Aurora will readily share, no one will inform them that they will simply return to normal by April 20th. Welcome to the first mission! For any questions relating to this mission please reply below. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ. Please note that while ICly, characters are not given a choice, players can choose which missions they wish for their characters to participate in. They may have missed receiving room assignments, or their secrets may not have been dropped, or a copy may not have shown up for them. This may not always be an option in future missions! |
natsuno's secret is out
Many victims' bodies were found decapitated or with trauma to the heart area. One of the most disturbing discoveries was a ravine turned into a mass grave full of staked corpses. Seems like it has been sealed off with an explosion in at attempt to hide it.
A resident from a nearby town is claiming that Sotoba's villagers have been dying from a mysterious illness the entire summer, yet official records show there haven't been deaths at all. The surviving villagers have scattered around the country, and they all refuse to talk...
On the back side of the article, there's a note, saying simply: He helped.]
does natsuno is kill?
She doesn't realize she's holding her breath until some noise somewhere nearby makes her start. All she can think of for a moment is Yohan Seo stand amidst the flames in the market, the bodies and blood ... the overwhelming blood in the air ...
Hastily she adjusts the crown of thorns caught up in her hair, pressing her hands against it as if to remind herself not to lose her cool. Don't think to much about him but instead ...
He helped. He? This was another of those mysterious letters, packages and whatnot that she'd been gathering up, yes? So whoever it was must be around.
Time to start snooping around.]
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He's lost in thought, but Hayan's scent is so distinct, it snaps him out of his stupor. Oh, her. Pureblood vampire. She seemed... okay.]
...hi.
[Maybe a fellow vampire would be a good place to start asking?]
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He seems to be lost in thought though and she's a little loathe to bother him. Still he might have some sort of idea who else to ask if he'd met someone she hadn't. So she pauses some steps away from him just so she doesn't crowd him in or anything before she squats down for a moment.]
I found this newspaper clipping ... you know, all the things showing up around here? Anyhow this one didn't have a name and it doesn't really fit anyone I've met so far.
[She offers the clipping out to him.]
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The plan seems to have worked perfectly, after all. Natsuno notes this without a shred of satisfaction. He looks up at Hayan, his expression calm and flat as the surface of a mirror.]
It's about the village I used to live in.
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Ah. Okay. Um.
[... Should she ask? It can't hurt, could it? He seems pretty blank about it but that could just be a good cover for emotions. Hayan sure knows about that.]
Were there vampires in the town then?
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They wanted to make a vampire village. That place was always secluded, and people still buried their dead instead of cremating them. They thought they can kill and turn everyone, and no one would ever know.
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... There's a pureblood I need to make it back home to kill. He wants to do the same thing ... except with all of Korea if he can manage it.
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That's ambitious. [The Kirishiki's plan was grand enough, cunning and cruel, and it was just one tiny village.] Why the entire country?
[Natsuno never knew why Sunako Kirishiki did what she did. He's never even met her, let alone understood the depths of her selfish, desperate loneliness.]
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You know. That's a really good question.
[Why the entire country...?]
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Guess he didn't explain? Back home, they always had some bullshit sales pitch ready. That you're their "friend" now, that humans will never accept you, that you have no choice but kill and no reason to feel bad about it.
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Yohan definitely doesn't consider anyone a friend.
[So he does actually but Hayan doesn't allow him that much humanity. She can't for fear of dissolving that bloodthirst of hers.]
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[Friends don't terrorize the weaker to keep them in line. Friends don't force you to kill one loved one to spare another.]
Is he a pureblood like you?
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Well ... yes and no. I don't really get it, my parents didn't live long enough to explain this sort of stuff to me. He was human and my parents turned him and I think that usually makes someone a pureblood but it didn't with him.
[She shifts a little, her heart heavy.]
And after -- [she hesitates a moment, not knowing how far she ought to go] -- my parents died ... he didn't fully change, I think.
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So the process failed. [Tatsumi said something similar. That they were the true peak of evolution while regular shiki were just failures.] You should kill him. He shouldn't get to make everyone else like him.
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[She hadn't even told Euntae about half of this, not yet anyhow.]
When he killed my father he ate his heart. He couldn't eat my mother's so he couldn't fully change into a pureblood.
[She quirks a slightly sad smile there.]
That's my plan, yes. There's no coming back from that. I have to be the one to do it.
[Because inadvertently she's the one who made him, right?]