{ 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...





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[ 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

[quizpersona]

[ As the mass of snakes gets restless the density of the miasma seems to sky rocket like the movement has stirred up more. The unwieldy amount begins to put a strain on the talisman; comparable to receiving above 1000 mSv on a geiger counter. It begs the question: what exactly would have happened to them if they had gone in without the protection? As it is it's oh so hard to breathe properly, and short breaths can only get you so far.

Some of the snakes begin to slither towards them curiously. Perhaps sluggish after being awoken. There are others that others that adopt a more hostile posture-- coiled like a cable tight with unreleased tension as if they're waiting to see if Levi will make good on that idea that he can simply move them with a shovel. The soft hisses rise into a constant jarring hum. ]

[solitarysoul]

[Levi takes the shovel and moves closer to the snakes but stops when they start staring at him. He's not sure if these are just snakes or something more, given the whole situation.]

I just wanna, uh, s-see what you've got there. I won't hurt you if you don't hurt me. Okay?

[God he feels so stupid talking to snakes like they can understand him and care. He lowers the shovel before him and takes a few more steps towards the snakes. He just wants to push them aside as carefully as he can. Maybe things will actually work out nicely this time?
He's tense, though, ready to jump back in the more likely event that shit happens.]

[conflictresolution]

[Years of living in the poisoned air of the mines allow him to cope even with the rising miasma, and he took short measured breathes. He also moved less of his body to conserve the oxygen he managed to take in with the choking air. He was thick enough to get in their eyes, and this might well be the first reminder of home that he had experienced in a long time.

They were out here for a reason, and it seemed the combination was to protect or shield something of importance. Of course.

He took a few steps forwards, his hands remaining at his sides as he regarded the nest of snakes without taking himself into striking distance. Levi was still technically his shield at this point. As the curious ones came forward, he eased deeper into the miasma with a crouch so they could more easily smell him.]

We aren't a threat; we will be helping in the end.

[quizpersona]

[ From the vantage point Levi has gained by approaching the writhing mass he will spot a fleshy mass being curled around and jostled by the various coiling bodies. They will both learn shortly that the curiosity some the snakes were displaying does not equate to friendliness. Levi will be able to jump back in time from the majority of the snakes that jolt forward to curl around his legs save for one.

While its brothers and sister mistake one another for the leg and coil around each other in a way that looks irrational and insensate the one triumphant snake curls tighter and tighter around Levi's shin like a vice grip. Constricting. Quite predictably for one that's the size of a ball python. ]

Okay imma do something real stupid

[solitarysoul]

[That mass had to be an organ but before he can get a better look the snakes move. He jumps back avoiding most of them, swinging the shovel like a golf club as he does.]

[conflictresolution]

[Silco watched the slithering mass of snakes, his blue eye narrow at the split second view of flesh. That had to be it, be why they had come here. It made it obvious why the snakes and the toxic miasma had twisted up together in a space like this. And Levi was gracious enough to steal attention of many snakes along with one another.

Protective. And why not?

He moved forward slowly and carefully, keeping Levi between him and the writhing mass of snakes as much as he could. Those to the sides and behind he could do nothing about, but the goal was forward where he had spied that flash of flesh.]

Use the shovel to move the snakes away from that area.

[He pointed with a hand. Would he be willing to reach in and grab it? Maybe. The risk remained high, but death also wasn't permanent apparently. Still, success needed to be measured carefully.]

[quizpersona]

[ When a living creature is hit with metal it often produces a muffled thumping sound, or akin to wet splat. When Levi swings the shovel like a golf club it clips something that's bloated. It's one of the snakes, as it turns out, and it bursts into a splatter of viscera and miasma.

Silco, the man of strategy that he is, well... he has a human shield doesn't he? Less of that gruesome material comes his way. Levi on the other hand is right in the blast zone—he will bare the brunt of it. Some of the snakes on the path do scatter—

In any case if the material makes contact it will be responsible for some horrifying hallucinations. There's no real danger, right? But it comes in variations: the hallucinatory sensation of their breath being taken away by strong hands at their throats. Hallucinations that makes it feel like one's heartbeat has dropped dangerously low like a morphine overdose.

None of that is real, even though it may feel real... But the path ahead is. Will they stagnate or will they progress? There, on the ground, a pair of kidneys await retrieval.]

[solitarysoul]

[His leg is probably broken, or will be soon, and gods only know what just exploded all over him, but Levi is a soldier at his core. He was given an order, so he grits his teeth and uses the shovel to push the snakes away. He feels like he's unable to breathe, or that his--oh wait, low heartbeat like a morphine overdose is actually pleasant to the heroin addict, and he'd really want to go with it...but he has a job to do.

He moves a shovelful or two of the snakes away from the mass. Normally he'd let Silco get it since it seemed like that was the plan, but since that snake exploded he's pretty sure its not safe. He has enough presence of mind to tear the scarf from his face and uses it to attempt to pick up the organ. He has to get that. He's not sure he can remember why its important, but he needs to get it.

He can die afterwards. (Except hopefully not!)]

[conflictresolution]

[Silco was morbidly fascinated by the explosion of the snake, and the fact that it was both viscera and miasma. As he took less of a brunt of it, he felt a whisper of fingers around his throat but given his history of being nearly choked to death, there was a sharp inhale from him in response. He shook his head lightly to dispel the illusion, unable to discern if it was because of the light misting he received or his own past.

He indeed had full intention of retrieving the organ while Levi held the snakes at bay; there were certain risks he was willing to take when it came to being rewarded on a mission, and this happened to fit into that. Yet, he also wasn't about to make a fuss when his new little bodyguard took the full measure of risk in his stead and went for the organ. He waited nearby watching the snakes on what they would do, willing to pull Levi back from crippling harm if necessary. One didn't build loyalty expecting complete sacrifices.]

The reason we have come... excellent.