event; a change of...something - part 1

[ateratmods]

EVENT - THE WINDS ARE CHANGING; PART 1

Friday, September 25

It happens in the dead of night, an explosion of energy so fierce the ground quakes. Nothing major, just enough to knock small nicknacks off of shelves and wake people from their slumber. Those who are magically or psychically sensitive, though, will feel the full force of the blast and won’t be able to pinpoint where it came from other than “outside the city”. It seems the newer arrivals aren’t alone in their noticing, either, as as the day progresses, even as they go about their daily activities, the residents are abuzz with talk. What could it have been? Where did it come from? Why are the Aspects silent?

Why, indeed. If anyone attempts to contact them through normal means, there is no answer and no one seems to have seen them for a few days. Even Captain Khannar is at a loss as to what could have happened.

Monday, September 28

This is when the nightmares start. They're normal at first, if frequent. Many will awaken with no memory of the dream itself, but with a sense of great terror that is slow to fade. These dreams continue throughout the week, growing in intensity and vividness.

Those who do remember the dream may notice something in whatever setting the nightmare occurs: a small bear-shaped figurine out of place on a nightstand if the dream occurs in a house, a scribbled bear doodle on a bathroom stall door of a nightmare scape school toilet, a bear on a sign in front of some establishment you may run past in your dream. It can take as varied a form as you can imagine, but one thing is certain: no matter how many nightmares you have, there's always a bear to be found somewhere.

To Be Continued...

Part 2 of the event will be posted on October 8th and will comprise the investigation of and resolution of the cause of these nightmares as well as mark the entry into a permanent change in Aterat's nature!

Use the post below to plot with one another! Ask any questions you might have here! NOTE: While this event does deal with nightmares and can take the form of anything a character fears, it need not be deeply horrific. You can be as mundane or horrifying as you like with the nightmares!

Remember, as the change to Aterat in permanent, I'm still collecting any requests for additions to the world on the previous OOC post!

NAVIGATION

Comments

Arkady, Illyana, & Shalimar

[soulsword]

Arkady

She's psychic so she'll feel the explosion. For the nightmares she'll mostly spend her time checking on the people she cares about. Mostly will just be reacting to things with her.

Illyana

will pick up on the explosion being weird because she can sense magic. She has quite a lot of nightmares and will probably keep herself because she's not very open to discussing her issues. When the bear symbols start showing up she's going to be a bit triggered because Demon Bear was a major thing for her team a long time ago. She will be very curious about why these things are appearing and may even try some scrying spells to see if she can track the explosion or anything like that. She may be more open to talking some later because the bear imagery will cause something to stir in her some. I might do a post with her or something!

Shalimar

The nightmares will probably leave her very very frazzled and more antsy and thus more snappy towards people. If anyone wants to deal with that and her being stressed out good luck haha. Her main fears are fire and being captured by mutant hating people, so her nightmares will deal a lot with that and she'll be really paranoid. She'll probably spend a ton of time at taverns to avoid thinking about her nightmares.