Event

[havenmods]

Hello Havenites! It's event time once again.

This month residents of West will not themselves be affected by any experiments. However, things in West are going to seem very different. Between March 6th and March 11th, Haven West is going to experience a peculiar shift and suddenly rebuild itself overnight. The ruins will appear like completely new buildings, the streets will be rebuilt and paved in stone, and even that annoying billboard will mysteriously vanish. There will be stores full of supplies (though nothing that can't already be found in Haven West normally), writing of any sort will not vanish and there will be plant life all around. It'll look positively normal! If people go by the Church and Clinic and look closely, they'll see what looks like the ruins of a previous building sitting underneath it - as if the new has filled up the existence of the old. Long-term residents may remember something similar to this happening back during May 2013's event, but this time there won't be any destruction over the course of the days.

However that's not all that is reverting.

The subway station is in much better condition too and the tunnels are fully lit inside providing safe and visible passage through. North and East will both be open to go to during this time, though none of the changes in West will affect those areas. What about the monsters, you ask? They're still there, but even they are behaving strangely. The once rabid and uncontrollable creatures will be oddly docile, avoiding confrontation with the residents (unless hunted or attacked first) and even venturing out of the tunnels during the daylight and trying to take a look around. If you don't scare them off, you might even find them to be good company and maybe a one-way conversation partner. As if even they too are reverting to a previous stage, though not enough that they can speak or have their sounds be understood even by other animals.

This all sounds just lovely doesn't it? Well it keeps getting better: there are suddenly an influx of people in West! You can see them all around, going about their daily life activities. Talking into the phone with an address to the network, going into the stores and complaining about a lack of supplies, telling stories about their homes to keep their mind off the dreary situation, speculating over the next bullshit experiment Yao will put them through, arguing about traitors going over to Yao's side and more. Why, they don't sound much different from the current residents at all when you boil right down to it. If you look around you may even recognize some of these people as being from your home world. Oddly enough the monsters will be more naturally drawn to these new people than any of the current West residents. If you try to talk to them though, they won't actually respond to you or even acknowledge your existence. In fact, upon further inspection, trying to touch them will lead to your hand phasing through their body and leaving you with a cold chill.

But wait, there's more! Even your phones seem a little more fuller than before with the contact list. You're going to see a whole lot of unfamiliar faces and even a lot of familiar faces -- all of people who have either never been in West or were here once before. Why, some of the pictures might even be of people not from your world that you got to know in Haven or people you know from home. If you try to contact any of these people however, you'll only get a distorted reply from the other side that sounds exactly like them. While how they phrase it might be different, the message will ultimately be the same:

"Oh finally, I managed to reach you! Look, listen, we were all wrong about what happens when people vanish. Leave it to Yao to-- *kzzzt* --put us somewhere even worse. I don't wa-- *kzzzt* --side of there! There are so man-- *kzzzt* --the amount only keeps growing! Even dying woul-- *kzzzt* --oh dammit they found me! Please, hurry, we're in--*kzzzzt* "

A cry for help, distorted by poor signals and cut off before the person sending the distress call finishes.

These changes to Haven West will be in stable between March 6th and March 11th. A single mingle log is up for the entirety of the event. On March 12th the majority of the changes will begin to revert: buildings will slowly decay and crumble to what they once were, the monsters will retreat back to the tunnels before they revert to their animalistic aggression, the ghostly people and phone contacts will disappear as well. By March 13th, Haven West will be just as it was before the event. The supplies characters find within the stores won't fade away, since they're the same supplies that can be normally found in West.

This post can be used for OOC plotting and there will be a toplevel where all your questions can be directed. As an advance note, feel free to NPC the monsters and ghostly residents while keeping in mind what was outlined in this post. The main thing to keep in mind is both monsters and ghost people were once trapped in Haven West, just as your characters are now.

As a final note the Warned List is up for Activity Check. If you see yourself or someone you know on it, please be aware that there's only 24 hours left to submit AC to it and the Ejected List will be put up tomorrow at this time (7pm EST.)

Comments

QUESTIONS

[havenmods]

Submit all questions about the event here.

Re: QUESTIONS

[raavashing]

do items obtained from nice pristine Haven West disappear when the town degrades at the end of the event?

[hasitsthorns]

Can the people seen around Haven West be deceased in a character's canon or is it living characters only?

[twiceinhabited]

Can characters sense anything off about the ghostly characters, or they're like normal residents (don't sense anything off until you literally try to touch them)?

[braavado]

Will the specters just be of humans or could there possibly be specters of animal companions from people's home worlds, as well?

[afflictive]

Can a person call the same person repeatedly on the phone?

And thank you for your work, mods!

[pixieboots]

Would it be possible to pet and/or befriend a tunnel monster for the duration of the event.....

[unetrustworthy]

Can characters who were never seen in canon, but referred to existing (father, brothers, etc) appear?

re: the supplies

[enshields]

Is there a surplus of supplies available in case characters want to hoard stuff, or is it more like... all the available supplies in Haven West have just been gathered up and dropped off in the stores?

... does that even make sense. IS THERE EXTRA OR IS IT JUST THE SAME AMOUNT AS USUAL IN ONE SPOT there we go.

(I'm a little brainfried right now hi.)

Re: QUESTIONS

[stringmealong]

How about alternate versions of characters who are currently in Haven? E.g. 17-year-old Jotaro from part 3 is here, so could 41-year old Jotaro from part 6 show up?

Re: QUESTIONS

[ewbaths]

so do these ghostly characters have any scents? do they smell like they normally would, nothing at all or something else entirely?

Re: QUESTIONS

[weaselshot]

Similar to Vector's question above regarding Jotaro, would Dante be able to see DmC Vergil as well as the one from his universe?

Re: QUESTIONS

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

1) Phone calls: if the message is heard by one, you mentioned that it can't be heard again. But can it be heard on another phone? (IE: Sherlock hears the message, then hears static. Sherlock goes to someone else and asks them to call that number, will the second person hear the message or still just static.)

2) I presume they are unable to trace the calls, but Sherlock lives in hope. Would he be able to learn anything?

3) You said writing will remain during the event. Will writing remain after things revert?

(I'm sure I have more questions if they don't get answered elsewhere, I'll post when I think of them.)

Great Event idea, thanks!

[verinumeri]

Normally all the electronics and furniture are broken. ...:3 can you tell where I'm going with this?

[skald]

Just to double check-- would dropped characters who died in Haven (and weren't revived/died after the revival machine broke) also be hanging around, or would they not apply for this?

[hairflowers]

Sorry, odd sort of question!

If the trees and flowers are in bloom, will there be insect life too-- like bees, flies?

Re: QUESTIONS

[verinumeri]

....Here's another fun one.

What would happen if they tried to blow up/set fire to/etc a "restored" store or house?

Re: QUESTIONS

[borntochoose]

I feel like I always ask the same questions but:

a) what if a character punches one of the new West residents, repeatedly? will they just keep feeling the cold chill?

b) is there something Clark could notice about them in any spectrum? like if they are holograms, pure energy, something like that

[skald]

Exciting new question, can the people also appear in the houses/housing spiral or do they keep clear of the pit?

Re: QUESTIONS

[memlost]

If followed around, would the ghosts eventually go to assigned living quarters somewhere?

[rubbernecking]

Still sort of reeling from the revelation that the subway tunnel monsters may or may not have been actually people, after Luffy ate a massive amount of stew made of monster meat. orz

So uh!

Who... wants to do a thing?! It's kind of a given that he'll be stuffing his face with any verifiable 'real' food while it lasts, but I'm new and want your delicious CR.

[dhaosu]

When you mean by thing, do you mean by you having something in mind? Although it could be funny if Dhaos just straight on encounters the guy stuffing his face throughout this mess and we can take it from there lolol

[dhaosu]

This event sounds interesting.

And going to be kind of fun, as it will definitely make my muse p much more grumptastic than before. So there is that if someone wants to deal with such fun times, pft

[thunderbeast]

How are the animals that can normally be found like the hawks and rabbits? Are they easier to get right now if you capture them?

[havenmods]

The hawks and rabbits in the desert areas are unchanged in their frequency and behave just like normal animals.

(Also as a note: if you have any additional questions, please direct them to the Question toplevel since I don't get notifs on the main post.)

Plotting

[highfunctioning_sociopath]

So here are my initial thoughts:

1) Holy Smokes! "ghosts" - way to screw with the tiny bit of sanity Sherlock has left. I'm thinking this might be very bad for him. He works in logic and reality. (Pretty much everything that Haven Ain't.) But, now that he's told John what he's done/hinted at what happened when he was away, I'm thinking f playing with the possibility that he has a bit PTSD. (I find it explains some of the odd things that happened in S3.)

2) Phone call. Well, Sherlock isn't using his device right now, so he either needs to be told to check it, or overhear a conversation about it. (I can hand-wave that, if needed)A part of Sherlock will want to start a rescue mission. and/or try to trace the call. Because :(

I'm still debating between Mycroft (brother) and Mary (John's Wife) for these. (One will be a "ghost", the other will be the phone call.) But either his mum or dad showing up somehow would be pretty traumatic as well. Or maybe the phone call being from "The other brother"... anyway, lots of ideas for which person these things should happen to.

Beyond that. Sherlock is going to be his sciency/doubting self and wonder what the hell are the Yao are going to do to them next. Because this is all very very wrong :(

If I can organize these into a top thread, I'll post that, otherwise, I might just tag people, but these are just ideas, so you know what might be coming if Sherlock tags in.

I'm open to suggestions as well, if others have ideas.

[for_redemption]

A few questions! Can the characters see people maybe younger versions of themselves and do the people who appear be former characters or just people from their respective canon? Second is the monster who come out of the tunnels, is it possible to capture and trap one above ground before they go back?

[havenmods]

Younger versions of themselves: no, unless it's an alternate. For example, a younger AU Ritcher can be seen, but Ritcher won't see himself as he was back when he was six. Former characters and characters from respective canons are both acceptable.

It is possible to trap one if someone wishes, but once the event ends they will become savage again and won't hesitate to attack as normal. They aren't capable of being domesticated either.

(Also as a note: if you have any additional questions, please direct them to the Question toplevel since I don't get notifs on the main post.)