Aterat; Out of Character Community

The weather continues to be oppressive with excessive humidity, the beach remains (along with the sand sharks), and things have been relatively peaceful.

But when does peace ever last? Not long in a place like Aterat, with its constant shifting and its two, lately absent, and inexperienced demigods trying to make things better for everyone and getting it wrong. Again. But first, a bit of OOC information:

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It begins innocuously enough. On one innocent if hot night in early August, the night of the 10th to be exact, a wave of nausea seems to strike everyone in the city, or at least everyone who came from another world to this place. Your individual constitution will suggest whether or not you're able to save your dinner from waste, but there's no denying the disorientation.

A few hours pass with no explanation forthcoming, until a strange message, halting and jittery, video too dark to discern any details, plays across everyone's Tell Phone at once. It's a voice many haven't heard over the network in some time, Halcyn, and she utters one, strange entreaty: Find the mirrors; please help me, then the line goes dead.

The mirrors, it seems, are not difficult to find. In each living room of each apartment, the common room of the House of Solace, and every individual home in Aterat has appeared a floor length and stately mirror. Visible in this mirror, rather than a reflection of the room in which it stands, seems to be a view of a weathered and dimly lit street, not unlike those in Aterat, though mired in a gloom like none you have ever seen.

More striking, though, is the figure standing before you where your reflection should be, or perhaps it is your reflection. Do you really look like that? This MirrorSelf that stands before, possibly identical and possibly not, smiles at you, and reaches their hand out, pressing their hand against the glass, a look of earnest need in their eyes. A thought crosses your mind, in your mental voice, "place your hand on the looking glass". Those who do will be in Aterat no longer.

If you do choose to listen to that voice in your head that sounds so much like you, you will swap places with your MirrorSelf for the duration of the event, which will last two weeks, from August 12th to the 26th. That means you are free to play this MirrorSelf in the main game setting for the duration of the event!

The MirrorSelf can be as like the character of which it is a reflection as you like, or as different. It can have different motivations, personality traits, and even skillsets from its original, and it is a full person. Think of it as an AU of your current character (or the OU version, if your character is an AU). Note: these mirrors and the MirrorVerse itself will be a permenant facet of the game going forward, and as such, you are welcome to have a separate MirrorVerse journal for your character if you so choose. If you do, please respond to the THREAD below with the journal name, then request membership with it to aterat to allow you to post with it to the main comm. I'll respond letting you know the character's MirrorVerse tag as well as add the username to the Taken Page for your character.

Please read the information on the MirrorVerse here for details on how the MirrorVerse works and the general descriptions of the area. Once characters arrive, they will have two weeks to find Halcyn and bring her to a mirror on that side to return her to Aterat proper. She could be anywhere in that mirror city, and I'm going to leave it to RNG who finds her and is able to bring her home. The denizens of the MirrorVerse will try to stop you. They are emotional vampires and will attempt to feed on your character in various ways as they make their way. Halcyn, a being of power rather than flesh, is at her weakest in this place and won't be of much help and will be mostly unconscious for the journey.

If you'd like to have your character put in the RNG list for possibly finding Halcyn, respond here. NOTE: Characters are free to party up to look for her. You only need to leave one comment in the RNG request thread for finding her, just list the characters joining forces in the search in the comment. There may be a reward from Halcyn, Athony, or both of them for the successful rescue of the errant Aspect.

RNG SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED: The Winner of the RNG roll was Yusuke Kitagawa! His award will be one of the follow of his choosing:

1. Random power augmentation, compliments of Halcyn
2. Invulnerability to one otherwise lethal event
3. A favor owed by the Aspects, to be cashed in a time of his choosing

If you have any questions about the plot, the new additions, or anything else, please respond here.

Please use this post for plotting purposes just to keep everything centralized as not everyone uses either Discord or Plurk, and most importantly, have fun!