Hello there, Havenites!
May I first apologize that this is going up 13 hours late, as it should have gone up at 7pm EST last night. Unfortunately, I had complete internet failure last night and was unable to even get on plurk to alert anyone I wouldn't be around. I am truly sorry, and hope you can forgive me, it won't happen again as I have now bought myself a pre-paid internet dongle in the event that my net fails again.
It's event time again, and this event was chosen for you all by Aki (player of Charles Fei-Ong and Gilbert Nightray), as part of the Secret Santa challenge.
It's really
shaking things up this time (okay, no more puns). But the event
is starting with an excessively big earthquake ripping through Haven West. The foundations of the elementary school will crack open during it, to reveal something horrible underneath...
This month's event will be in three stages, with the middle part of the event taking up the bulk of the time. So here is a run down of what is happening and when. Please note, due to not wanting to spoil event surprises, this is mostly a calendar list of
when things will be happening.
Monday 20th January (or now Tuesday 21st am)There is an IC mingle post
here for the characters to react to ICly. The foundations of the elementary school have been ripped open by a strong earthquake, and underneath is a secret classroom that had obviously been sealed with concrete from the outside. There are wooden desks with shackles at the ankles and black sacks on chains at the back of each chair. Sitting at each of the twenty four desks is the skeleton of a child, judging by the size of bones they are all somewhere between ten and thirteen years old.
Some of the bodies have not decomposed enough to be skeletons, and there is the smell of rot and decay strong in the air. Any characters who are sensitive to death or psychic, may be able to hear faint echoes of children screaming and the sound of fingernails against doors and windows that won't open. Empathic characters can sense a deep fear and an even deeper anger, which seems to pulse now that the hidden room has been exposed again.
For the next two days, the sense of that pulsing will grow stronger by the hour, until it can be felt through the whole of the town and not just by empathic characters. It will also draw characters towards the school, weakly at first, until it grows to be nearly irresistible by
Wednesday 22nd, 7PM EST.Wednesday 22nd JanuaryWednesday will begin the bulk of the event. In order not to spoil the surprise completely, the exact details will be given on Wednesday's post. I can tell you that there will be an
OOC Post for the Wednesday section of the plot.
This section of the plot will involve changes which will evolve over the course of the week until
Sunday 26th at 7PM EST.. However, these changes will
not be mandatory for every character and may manifest differently for some.
Sunday 26th JanuaryAn
OOC Post and
IC Post will be made to bring the events of the week towards a conclusion. This will come together with an
IC vote, which will influence the longer running ramifications of the event.
Tuesday 28th JanuaryAn
OOC Post will close the event. The further ramifications of the event will be explained, along with the results of the IC vote.
If you have any questions at all, please ask them on this post!