{ Player Event } What's true of all the evils in the world is true of the plague as well

[quizpersona]

Who: You. (Open to all)
Where: All over Aldrip.
What: This is the log for what we’ve been affectionately dubbing The Organ Player Plot. Various places around Aldrip are facing dangerous supernatural occurrences. It’s a scavenger hunt in some way.
Warnings: MANY SNAKES, Body Horror, Organ Trafficking, Horror Themes, Violence, and we will be updating this as we go along.



A waking scream in the darkness is the first unheard omen.

Snakes, hundreds if not thousands, slither forth from the depths of Lorentia Cave and swiftly invade Aldrip. They are the heralds of the terrible things to come, and there are no corners safe from their encroachment. The serpents come in all shape and sizes, venomous or not, and are quick to become agitated if approached. Their readiness to strike and unwillingness to back off once provoked indicates the lack of survival instinct to flee. They are on the search for what's missing, and they will put up a fight.

An invisible haze sets upon the city , filled with anguish and fury, afflicting residents as it washes through the air and buildings. Children, the elderly, and the sickly are the first to complain of ailment. Within the next few days, patients begin to flood the doors of any hospital or clinic with more serious conditions-- fevers burning from them inside out and excruciating phantom pains that make them writhe in bed.

The longer what's stolen is not returned, the worse things get. Who knows how many bodies will pile high from these plagues if nothing gets done...





ooc//
[ Dara is currently locked behind a barrier in Lorentia Cave to stave off the further spread of deadly miasma. Please retrieve a protection talisman from Seimei and retrieve what she’s lost (and hopefully return it…) !

How This Works–
To begin the search for the supernatural sources a participant can select a number that corresponds to one of the squares on the map (seen below). To go on a route head on down to the numbered top levels in the comments and reply to it. This is your character kicking off their investigation. Some routes will lead to nowhere, some to something, and others to ;)? You’ll find out.

During exploration you will receive responses from either quizpersona or cursegod. This is not an interaction with that particular character unless indicated otherwise.

This event will handwave wrap up by the 20th if no conclusion is reached before then because Dara needs her poor organs back. ]

The Map


Happy Belated Easter lol

Comments

QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/CONCERNS

[quizpersona]

[melnik]

Hello! Thank you so much for putting this cool event together. Would it be kosher to have multiple investigation threads? Obviously one (or both if it goes that way lol!) could result in nothing to make sure the plot is distributed evenly!

[bonobos]

Is it possible to stumble into one of these routes by accident? Could someone just be having a Bad Day or would you have to make the choice to investigate?

ROUTE 1

[quizpersona]

[bonobos]

[ makin’ my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass…

it’s a perfectly average day. sha-ming is not a part of this hunt; not willingly. on the contrary, his objective to stay as far away as possible from it. hence why he’s dwelling in the outskirts of the city, far, far away from this nonsense.

except the luck is not in his cards. he peers over his own shoulder — paranoia is getting the better of him. there’s this bad feeling roiling in his stomach, and he can’t quite parse why. ]

ROUTE 2

[quizpersona]

[emet_sulk]

[ Emet-Selch isn't necessarily altruistic but neither is he a fool - leaving this matter alone isn't good for anyone and, if nothing else, he wants to return to a quiet, peaceful life.

Since his home is on the outskirts of the residential area anyway (well, more suburban now with the city layout change), he ventures out to see if he can hunt down the woman's missing...parts. ]

ROUTE 3

[quizpersona]

[melnik]

[ Miller figured the announcement about an unknown organ thief leaving poisoned body parts all around the city was as good a time to check in with Toph as any, now that they're more or less back in their own heads. The two of them have settled on helping in the search together and, after receiving some talismans, have subsequently set out to the northern part of Aldrip. He isn't sure it will make any significant difference given the very supernatural feeling the whole issue exudes, but Miller has decided to make use of the few filters he arrived with and is wearing his gas mask just in case.

Here's hoping something useful comes of this—or at least that they're able to keep their minds clear. ]

( ooc: any tag order works for me! o/ )

ROUTE 4

[quizpersona]

[garbagecanned]

[of course, they'd called each other when the post went up. when they found out there was shit going down... again!!

so what remains of the Investigation team ends up on the outskirts of the residential district, and he looks around to see which direction to go into first.

but he grins, as morbid as everything is right now.]

Alright. Time for us to do what we do best, huh?

[ooc: yosuke > yu > naoto > gogol/whoever???]

ROUTE 5

[quizpersona]

[heroondecku]

[Izuku reached out to Todoroki as soon as he'd set his mind to joining the search. It's always better to tackle this kind of situation with a partner, for the extra eyes and to make sure nothing gets missed just because he wouldn't have thought of checking somewhere that someone else might go to first.

He keeps them in the residential areas -- higher risk of people getting exposed if a...piece is where they live, and it's a better fit with their training anyway. Which might not be a very Plus Ultra mindset, but this whole situation is far enough out of his comfort zone as it is. It's not like UA teaches a class on organ retrieval.

As far as he knows.

...Izuku's going to focus on the task at hand now! That feels wise!]

Probably best to go block by block, right...?

[He really wishes he had his costume. Maybe that would make this feel less weird.]

((OOC: I'm fine with any tag order but idk if Cytes has a preference))

ROUTE 6

[quizpersona]

[ WARNING: by tagging this prompt you opt in fully to potential full force of The Overcoat in a potential combat scenario. ]

just fuck me up

[heartstopping]

[After fetching the talismans and delivering one to Lelouch, Rolo will join the hunt. He's not exactly in the best mental state right now, and a large part of him doesn't want to acknowledge that he has a decent skillset for this kind of thing at all, but fuck it. The world is on fire and he could use the distraction.

He focused on the most commercial area first. It's easier to check the inside of buildings out when they're open to the public, after all.]

ROUTE 7

[quizpersona]

[ Prolonged exposure to miasma can have detrimental effects on any living creature, including but not limited to fatigue, soreness and pain, heaviness, feelings of anxiety, aggression, or despair, violent urges, and eventually death.

Seimei is parked about halfway between the inn and the library making and giving out talismans to stave off the miasma's effects and giving unsolicited advice on how to survive. ]

PROTECTION / CLEANSING

[foxphorus]

[ Seimei has, as advertised, set up shop on the side of the road about halfway between the new inn and library. He's got a mat laid out for him and his sizeable stack of papers which you can watch him fold and tear into long strips and brush strong, confident characters onto while chanting under his breath before leaving them aside to dry. Those must be the talismans he mentioned.

Despite how dire the situation is the process is calm, careful--a rushed talisman might not work as well, after all, and he intends for each and every one of these things to do their jobs.

Even so, there will be plenty of chances to approach him. Maybe you need the promised protection, or cleansing from having set foot in a nasty area. Maybe you just want to chill out with this guy, his nice smelling incense, and calligraphy asmr. He won't stop you, he's got work to do. ]

ROUTE 8

[quizpersona]

[solitarysoul]

[This whole thing was macabre and weird and that left Levi on edge. Well, that and he hadn't really relaxed since the world shifted into this new city. So while it won't likely help with organ finding he's got his rifle with him. Maybe they'll run into whoever did it, or just snakes. Maybe it makes him feel better to have it on him. He's not really sure what he's looking for, so Levi is just walking the streets keeping an eye out for anything weird or snakes. At least he remembered to get a protection talisman.]

ROUTE 9

[quizpersona]

aldrip's favorite power couple tag-teams a route

[orphne]

[After getting their talismans from Seimei, Kotone and Scott will head toward the docks. She's outfitted in her old SEES uniform, complete with naginata strapped to her back and Evoker holstered at her hip. You know, just in case! Assuming most people will have the center of town covered, either intentionally or by accident, she'll lead them both closer to the outskirts. The docks have been more dangerous as of late, so best that it's the two of them who take that area, plus the area nearby.

ooc: we're not too worried about tag order; either Scott or Kotone can respond!]

ROUTE 10

[quizpersona]

[feintofhart]

[ If there's any place that ought to be cleansed of this horror that's descended upon them, Claude thinks, it's the residential areas. Some of the citizens are sure to evacuate, especially at the urging of their local healers, but more still are likely to stay in their own homes, stubborn as can be. In all honesty, all of this has Claude spooked. This is unlike anything he's ever dealt with before, and the clamminess that has descended upon his skin, the ache in his chest, is as unfamiliar as it is unwelcome. He likes to deal with facts, logic, reason.

Some horrific murderer going around hiding viscera like some sort of macabre treasure hunt has absolutely nothing to do with logic and reason. But here and now, sword in hand, Claude is trying his damnedest not to show his apprehension for one reason and one reason only: a teenaged girl had decided to accompany him on this particular journey.

He's against it, frankly. But he knows that Ange can't be dissuaded once her mind's been made up about something, and he'd much rather she stay by his side than go it alone. ]

Okay. You're a deranged murderer. Where do you hide organs? [ He sighs. ] I think we may need to do some light breaking-in-and-entering.

[ For all the levity to his voice, his concern is clear; he won't let Ange more than a metre away from him, always dogging at her heels in case some beast descends upon them. ]

ROUTE 11

[quizpersona]

[grappler]

[she hadn't wasted much time in responding to the network post. knowing Dara, and even having had Dara help her... she had to return the favor.

even if it was a creepy as fuck sort of mission that they were on right now. she doesn't really know how the dominoes fell the way they did, but she's not going to question it.

of course, she's going to drag Caitlyn along. not that it takes the other woman much convincing, because this kind of shit is right up her alley.]

Come on. [she says, as she enters the commercial district.] We gotta find Dara's...

[whatever. she waves her hand around.]

[ooc: vi > cait > gogol/whoever????]

ROUTE 12

[quizpersona]

William + Kotetsu

[strength_of_will]

[ With everything else accounted for, William volunteers to take this last area, on the outskirts of the city. He ends up paired with one other man, someone he hasn't met before. But that's fine. William just needs to understand how they fight so he can compensate accordingly. ]

So you're more of a close-range fighter, is that right?

ROUTE ??? - SETTING: LORENTIA CAVE

[cursegod]

[[ WARNING: by tagging this prompt you opt in fully to a high probability of your character being afflicted with hallucinations of body horror/mutilation elements such as dismemberment, disembowelment, and flaying.

For the purposes of following through with the plot of this event, if your character engages in any physical altercations with Dara, they will be at an extreme disadvantage. Consider her as a unwinnable storyline boss battle in an RPG.

If your character aims to release Dara from her "prison", please PM this account directly.]]

RESONANCE

[cursegod]

[The source of all the chaos sits in the dark depths of the cave.

Anyone without Seimei's talisman will not be able to make it more than a few feet into the den before passing out from the wave of pain that washes over them. Thankfully, they do not meet their end there, but they may not enjoy waking up outside covered in a pile of snakes. For those who do follow appropriate procedure, they will be met at the cavern's mouth by a snake which all the others seem to avoid as they migrate towards the city. This one in particular stares at its guest before guiding them into the depths. Any light source struggles to pierce the unnatural darkness beyond a few feet, and the temperature drops with each step. Breathing feels like a slow smothering process; not outright suffocating but enough of a struggle that most people would start to feel the touch of panic. Following the snake feels like years passing by, but a turn in the tunnel reveals a distant light reflecting off the rock walls.

Along with the soft sound of a woman crying.

The source of the light is the curse god's prison. It does a far better job illuminating the cavern, but there's even a point inside the barrier where the black haze of miasma is too thick. And Dara lays at the edge of that darkness, whimpering. Her hair acting as a curtain for her face even as she lays on her stomach against the ground, the same ground that is splattered and drenched with tar-like blood. The snake guardian by the guest's side looks up at them expectantly, and the crying settles down before Dara lets out out a raspy plea:]

Help me...It hurts...Help me...I need to get out of here...