happy halloween :)

[realitymods]

Are You Afraid of the Dark?
October 31st - November 7

Starting on Halloween, the Plane is having another power shortage. As a last-ditch effort to prevent people from falling into the darkness between time and space, everyone will be transported to the Plane.

The Beginning
Welcome to total darkness. Much like blackouts before, even the stars and galaxies have gone out. The only light you'll be able to find is what you can conjure yourself, either with magic, a flashlight in your purse, or by lighting a candle. Even the auras around characters have dimmed and faded.

Your character will not be able to leave the Plane for the duration of the plot.

The Problem
A few new areas of water have appeared on the Plane, and they're more than leaks. There's water at the beach, a small lake in the middle of the forest, and one more pond in the vicinity of the old black hole.

And the water has attracted... something. Sensitive to light, these new humanoids are few in number but incredibly strong. About eight feet tall, they are pale and lightning fast. While they may not have magic powers, they could arm-wrestle a superhero. They usually attack by surprise, then either drown the victim or kill by snapping the neck. They also have a penchant for clawing out eyeballs, so that's a thing. They are solo predators, preferring to ambush stragglers rather than face groups head-on.

There's one good thing: they really hate light. So if the area is well-lit and dry, you're probably all right.

Characters traveling alone and without a light source will probably die. Characters traveling alone with a candle still run the risk of being attacked. Characters carrying around a battery-powered spotlight are your best friends (at least until the battery runs out).

If you are going to have your character killed off, please remember to fill out the death form!

If you play a super godmode character, you are free to attack and try to kill one for SCIENCE!!!!!! If one of these creatures is seriously injured, they will flee toward the nearest body of water, so you must be quick.

Your Options
This is a game-wide plot. There is no opt-out.

However, you are free to sit out the nastiness by having them hide in the library or the movie theater until the stars turn back on. These places have small energy backups from the last time the Plane lost power, mostly in the form of torches and candles, but it's enough to keep the monsters out.

The bar and the kitchen are not safe, however. We suggest you don't go out alone if you want to bring back dinner, rather than become it.

Some Resolution
After about a week, the stars will flicker and turn back on. At this point, the monsters will flee into the black hole, and your characters will be free to move around as usual.

If you have any questions, go ahead and ask below!

Comments

[lamb_of_gold]

Anyone need a walking glowstick?

[vengeance_driven]

Yes please. And a hot dog.

[lamb_of_gold]

I'm afraid Niko's on his own for that.

[desertdaggers]

Yes please.

[behisequal]

Oh ho, I like this~ I think some of mine will fight these things--okay, three of the four will. Yes, definitely.

Question! How susceptible to bullets and grenades are these things? And can the water be frozen?

[riku]

They can be shot and exploded, and yes, the water can be frozen.

[behisequal]

Ohhh nice~ Will they die from being shot/blown up? Or will that just wound 'em?

[riku]

A couple shots to the head ought to do it. Short of like blowing off a leg, they'll run to cover ASAP, so you gotta be quick.

[bit_impossible]

Gotcha!

Another question! In the new post, will we be able to interact with the Brit kicking things, or no?

[riku]

You can call out to him, but he's unfortunately tied up at the moment. Possibly literally. Or maybe he fell into the hole.

[most_feared]

Kay's probably going to want to get a group of people together and alternate light sources to conserve power, as I'm sure food treks will be necessary to those without magic tummies.

[desertdaggers]

…does anyone have one of those? But yeah sounds like a plan.

[timesbureaucrat]

Narvin will want to run and hide. I do not want him to. So he will be looking for the people with the most light and/or the largest guns.

[dododo]

Well, Two's got a flashlight.

But he'll want to figure out what's going on so if you want to huddle in one area or something and make it safe... probably not the best idea to stick with him. Not that he won't help anyone who wants it.

[grip_on_reality]

I am going to be reeeeally super-slow, so feel free to say no if that'll put you off. But Menzies wants to figure out what's going on, too, so maybe they could explore together? She has a torch, too.

[dododo]

I don't mind slow at all, sounds fun to me!

[grip_on_reality]

Great! How should we set it up?

[dododo]

Haha welllll do you have a thread up? I still need to make one for this guy and I'll probably do that tomorrow, otherwise, so you could just tag into that one.

[grip_on_reality]

I don't... I'm trying to limit threads right now while my job is being a jerk. I'll tag into yours, though!

[dododo]

Excellent! I will link you as soon as it's up.

[grip_on_reality]

I'll look forward to it!

[dododo]

I've got two whole options for you!

This and this c:

[grip_on_reality]

Awesome! I will get on that in the next day or two :)

[dododo]

/o/ Sweetness.

[bonnypiperlad]

Pah, who needs to be safe?

Plus Jamie has firework powers so that should make some extra light. If he can get them to work.

[dododo]

The Doctor will help let's go find trouble, Jamie.

[bonnypiperlad]

Oh, yes, of course. Annnnd there may already be a tag in on your post. >>

[dododo]

Eeeexcellent.

[beagoodman]

Cap's always here to act as bodyguard and fight off weird creatures...! Yyyyeah.

Also Gabe can magic and Hiccup is... small and fast...? :D

[grip_on_reality]

Suuuuuuz! Are you back???

[beagoodman]

I-- think I am, yes but I'm slow as hell because of Nano again gah. Everything happens all at once. XD

[grip_on_reality]

Haha, of course it does. Well, welcome back! Think I could PM you about past things?

[bit_impossible]

/pounces!!! What would you like to do, hun? Cap and Loki working together fighting things~? I've got Wash and North available for things as well.

[beagoodman]

Fighting things, hunting zombies the family business, i am so sorry, ok.


Sorry for slow, I'm doing NanoWriMo this year and it's kicking my ass. XD

Also! I'm so up for Cap and Loki team-ups! Steve can get protective, but he still need someone to watch his back!

[behisequal]

/giggles!

No problem! I...elected not to do NaNo this year. I can never do the 1666 a day word thing, so I just write when I want to. (And I'd totally cheat and count RP responses anyway so /cough >.>;;; )

Also rawr! And man Steve, trusting Loki to have your back... It's a good thing he's willing to right now. Would you like me to set up a log for them? And would you like it in action-tag or prose format?

[crimson_spark]

Hi Suz here being lazy to log out sorry--

This is my first year of nano and I'm really enjoying it~ though I set 2000words a day and sometimes it gets more and then I die at the end of the day.xD

Oh yay log yes please! I'm alright with both formats, but maybe prose then? Is that ok?

[behisequal]

Hee Stiles~ (Though I take it that's an alpha AU, huh? I may have caught up completely in TW by the way~)

/cheers you on!!! That's awesome~

And I went with prose! Hopefully this works!

[beagoodman]

Yes~~ XD Eee niiiice~ *-* how was it? XD

It's perfect, thank you! and sorry for being the slowest of the slow. @_@;;

[behisequal]

It was quite the ride, especially season 3! THE GIFS ONLY PREPARED ME FOR LIKE HALF OF THE FEELS OMG.

No problem! And don't worry about being slow, okay? We'll get to play through things <3

[beagoodman]

Hheee~~ season 3 is totally different than the first 2. @_@;;; NO ONE WAS PREPARED.

<3~

[desertdaggers]

More for knowing than anything, what would happen if someone was ghostly during this?

[riku]

If you mean ghostly as in ... incorporeal, then they'd probably be immune to everything. Maybe not the trauma, but if you can't touch someone, you can't kill them.

[bonnypiperlad]

IF Jamie can get his powers that he doesn't know about yet to work there will be large flashy light things that could be useful here.

It'd just be a matter of getting them to go off. :D