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staymods ([personal profile] staymods) wrote in [community profile] staysilent2021-05-08 12:57 pm
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GAME START!



Nightly Visitor


It hasn't been that long since your arrival to this island, and everything is still new. Each day brings new surprises and more questions than answers, and there seems to be no easy way to find out anything about this world. What little outside contact you get from the radio or your Friday visitors certainly isn't helpful in any meaningful way.

Unfortunately, the questions will only continue to pile up. Because eventually, after a week or so of being on the island, anyone who stays out late will start to hear strange sounds outside. They're almost animalistic, in a way, but they will not resemble the cries of any animal that you might be familiar with. This is Something Else.

They're not close to the Town Hall though, and the sounds seem to be coming from the North, but that is about all you can get without further investigation. And investigation may be necessary, as the noises will return night after night, starting right at sunset and tapering off as the sun starts to rise. Whatever is out there, it's nocturnal. And it sounds desperate.

What will you do? Will you talk to others and make a plan? Will you try to search for the source of the strange noises? Will you look at day, or during the night? Or will you use the radio to call for advice?



You can also use this space to play out any prompt from the test drive meme, or anything else you may want to do.

Everyone can do a search and get some plot information once per character. This can be done either solo or in pairs, so there can be some overlap to make sure everyone gets a shot at getting plot information. If A and B form a search party at night, then that will count as both A and B's searching. A could then help C make a radio call and get some information that way, but B and C could not then subsequently do another search (as B and C would have been involved in a search somehow already).

This post will be open to investigating until May 24th, 2021. At that point, no further mod responses will be given. Even characters who app in after game start can come in and investigate, so long as it is before May 24th.
relictus: (18)

[personal profile] relictus 2021-05-24 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I do, but if it's this far away from the islands then it's not our problem. The locals can deal with it if they care to. Let's head back.
relictus: (26)

[personal profile] relictus 2021-05-24 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Success... or something. How convenient that he can just read this now. Not that parsing the language means he knows what the heck tuning a radio means.]

[After glancing inside he dusts it off a bit before bringing it over to Rin.]


I believe this may be what you're looking for.
maidofmistakes: Worried with Batgirl. (I don't think it's food poisoning.)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-05-24 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess if you're sure...

[She takes one last look around and heads back, slow enough that he can follow along.]

It's kinda creepy. Do you think it's those monsters they keep warning about, the zombies?
battling: (15)

[personal profile] battling 2021-05-25 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Eh? Ain't like I can't do part of it.

[He might be a wizard, but he can do more than just cast.]

Looks like ya need a break anyway.
argentlarvae: (12)

[personal profile] argentlarvae 2021-05-26 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cyan nods, seriously.]

We serve the House of Lemuria, and are specially tasked with protecting the people from the Grim Reaper and his larvae.
argentlarvae: (47)

[personal profile] argentlarvae 2021-05-26 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, sorry! [Should he not be playing with this little lever? Is it going to break something???]

I was just trying to figure out how this worked. [It's still day, so there's light coming in through windows and Cyan playing with the lightswitch isn't causing too much of a problem.]
argentlarvae: (73)

[personal profile] argentlarvae 2021-05-26 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really... but it can't be too hard... [Okay, there has to be an easy solution. Or at least a functional solution.]
maidofmistakes: Drawing a horse. (My prof gave me extra credit for)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-05-26 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a lightswitch to turn the lights on and off. I'm kinda surprised they still have electricity here, though I guess they can only get it running in some of the buildings.
argentlarvae: (20)

[personal profile] argentlarvae 2021-05-27 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
... what's electricity?
maidofmistakes: Careful. (So his "Youporn" cam totally caught me)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-05-27 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, um... you know lightning, right? Or when you zap people with static sometimes? Scientists learned how to harness that energy and use it to power stuff like lights and machines. There isn't much of it here, probably because everything's all run down and everyone just has to focus on surviving.
argentlarvae: (73)

[personal profile] argentlarvae 2021-05-27 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
... it's lightning? [He flicks the light on and off again, even more impressed than before.]

I've never heard of magic that could do that before! [he's also never heard of a scientist before]
maidofmistakes: Looking up. (She's asleep in a Fisher-Price toy car.)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-05-27 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
It's not really magic. At least, I'm pretty sure science isn't magic, even if they both take a lot of study when you think of it... then again, I just had to tell someone superpowers aren't magic, so now I'm really confused. Sorry... Anyway, hi! I'm Supergirl. What's your name?
argentlarvae: (73)

[personal profile] argentlarvae 2021-05-27 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, what-- [actually, no, he's not going to ask what superpowers are.]

I'm Cyan. It's nice to meet you... Supergirl? [That's really pretty close to a question because that sounds way more like a title than a real name.]

Do they use electricity for all the lights in your country? We normally use candles where I live.
maidofmistakes: Offering help. (I said "one day")

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-05-27 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods.] It's my super name. Uh, basically it's what everyone calls me. [But he asked something, so --] Where I was living, they do. I guess the dimensions people here were pulled from are all over the map on what kind of technology they have.
argentlarvae: (45)

[personal profile] argentlarvae 2021-05-28 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
It seems like there are a lot of things that are different between the places where people come from.
aono: (46)

MEETING TIME!

[personal profile] aono 2021-05-28 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Cooking over an open fire isn't the easiest, especially when you only have raw ingredients to work with. But somehow, Rin does manage to whip up a decent dinner! It's fish, steamed vegetables, and boiled potatoes, but hey you work with what you have. Rin really is missing rice right about now though.

But when the food is done and everyone who's interested in eating comes over to the outside seating area of the Town Hall to eat, that's when Rin will speak up.
]

You know, we've all been living here nearly a month already and we barely know each other. How about we do some kinda 'get to know you' talk?

[He pauses, and then a bit more sheepishly, he adds.]

If you guys wanna, I mean. Or we could talk about the weird noises outside at night too.
aono: (71)

[personal profile] aono 2021-05-28 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
It's fine, it's fine! I do stuff like this all the time.

[He tries to lift the fencepost again, but this time he faceplants into it when his arms go wobbly.]
aono: (81)

[personal profile] aono 2021-05-28 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I thought, but you know, I don't know how to turn big logs into like. Wood.

[He doesn't know how to describe carpentry either.]
aono: (54)

[personal profile] aono 2021-05-28 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[He will take that book and start to flip through it!

...he has no idea what any of this says!
]

...Okay, plan B: are there any nerds on this island?
battling: ([G] Annoyed 2)

[personal profile] battling 2021-05-28 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Brad grabs the back of his collar and holds him up.]

Take a rest before ya pass out.
aono: (75)

[personal profile] aono 2021-05-28 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
It could be.

[He kicks at the dirt a bit, unsure of what to say. But then he gets an idea and he perks up a bit.]

Say, think there's others having the same problem?
maidofmistakes: Apologizing. (So I literally just wrote "sorry")

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-05-28 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
You're telling me. It looks kinda... hard to get used to.
maidofmistakes: Offering help. (I said "one day")

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-05-28 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe we could ask around. I mean, if it doesn't bother people.
maidofmistakes: Unsure but happy look. (I really want to know why)

[personal profile] maidofmistakes 2021-05-28 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, hi! I'm Supergirl. Uh, that's my super name, since I guess not everyone has supers where they're from. I'm not from Earth, but that's where I was living when I came here, just a less zombie-fied Earth with indoor plumbing. Uh... what do you guys want to know?

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