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So Familiar a Gleam: Start
JINNJAR CITY
"Welcome to Jinnjar City! A city famed as the central power of all of Diagad, and where the magic happens. It has a big history: the birthplace of the first Heroes Association that led to the creation of the Interstellar Justice Alliance, the protectors of the universe. Compared to other places, Diagad's what many people call a superheroes world, but that isn't true. A lot of us don't have the crazy powers that some of the popular folks have! And people like me? We don't care about saving the world! I'm just trying to make it through school, hang out with friends. Live my life!People tell thousands of stories about us though, and that I can be proud of. When other planets call for help, it's us that comes running to their aid. Our heroes put their lives on the line for anyone who needs a hand, and sure, I don't count myself one of them... but I want to share their story anyway.
Well, I don't need to be telling you about this city, do I? You're a part of it! Always have been, just like me. So I should talk about some funny stuff that's been going on lately instead…”
A TL;DR notes version of days/prompts: (click to show)
EVENT BASICS: Un-apped AU characters were taken 1 week before the event from their own worlds, their minds altered to believe they were always from Jinnjar, Diagad. They have a superpower because of this and a new life either living alone or with family (other NPCs or PCs). Go to the OOC post for more info.
DAYS ONE-TWO:
- Strange streams of colour in the sky have appeared, and looking at them for too long causes strange headaches. At this point you’re not sure what they’re about, but you can investigate them. However, trying to get right close to them is impossible. You will never get high enough. Regardless, let us know if characters will be investigating anything!
- Voidtreckers arrive, be on the lookout. People are excited about finding these infamous criminals, and may be bothering those wearing peculiar watches, or the colours of Blue, Red, Purple, or Orange. You might be one of them: the bothered, or botheree. Many games or movie criminals are some adaptation of these Voidtreckers. A lot of people are worried they’re behind the phoenonem in the sky.
- Nevertheless, people will still have their own lives to deal with, regardless of worrying events. Play around with what job your character has, if they’re in school, what work they do; if they’re drawn to a night life or just hanging around wherever they like. Characters not used to technology in-canon may find themselves having trouble with this world (despite believing they’ve always lived here).
- Some of the Voidtreckers who are most resistant to illusions and mind control will be breaking out by the end of the first day. They will have to lay low and plot in secret, figure out how to make contact with others. The SCA comms do not work.
- Other Voidtreckers might begin having dreams about their past by day 2-3.
DAYS THREE-FOUR:
- Those who have been brought to the world begin to dream of their real and past lives, if just in very small and confusing snippets. Some of those dreams may bleed into reality, and people may start to recognise absolute strangers, but don't quite always know why. This is stronger for Voidtreckers than 4th wallers.
- Random electronics seem to be glitching in odd ways, particularly the training centres, which lock people in together, even random strangers. Mostly it's harmless and more of a pain. People also swear they think they see the tops of buildings 'glitching' or colouring out. People have been speaking about pets going missing on walks, though the zoos and such are mostly fine, save for some of the higher up bird sanctuaries.
- More of the Voidtreckers and some of the more resilient guests will begin realising the reality of the place they find themselves in. That this is not their own world at all.
- The propaganda of the city starts to escalate, warnings about the dangerous voidtreckers and reminding people of how great the city is.
DAYS ONE & TWO: SLICES OF LIFE
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"This is an emergency broadcast to everyone in Jinnjar City. At 08:00 today, a breach into the city was attempted by the invading force known as the Voidtreckers, who have tried countless times before to take over Diagad for themselves. While it's believed the group was resisted, citizen are advised to watch out for anyone acting suspiciously in the city, and to watch out for this emblem. Please call the D-F-O-R-C-E hotline if you see anyone you suspect of being an intruder! Remember to keep low altitudes while we deal with the phenomenon above." |
[ RAINBOW SKIES. ] "Everyone's been speculating about what's been going on up above. About a week ago, these long streams of twisting colours suddenly spread through the purple skies of Diagad, rainbow colours inking the clouds. They've been growing out, like merging with the sky itself, and news broadcasts have been telling people not to worry. But what even are they? They say that looking at them for too long causes headaches, while some swear up and down they've seen things in them! I've heard a couple of friends talking about investigating them, but I dunno..."
▷ Twisting streams of colour are becoming exposed in the sky, and indeed, those who look too long high up will find themselves receiving headaches and dizziness. They’ll fade once you look away, but those who do decide to investigate by getting close will experience a tug, as if something yearns to take them somewhere. There will be patrolling Heroes - this world's equivalent of police - keeping an eye on things. Maybe your character is one of them, or posing as one. Maybe your character wants to learn more about what these are. Regardless, they won’t be able to get significantly close to the streams no matter how high they aim.
[ THE VOIDTRECKERS. ] "Gossip is HOT about these Voidtreckers. I remember seeing a movie about them once, based on something that happened years ago. They tried hacking their way into taking over a dyson sphere being built - like a giant structure around a star. There's other stories about them too, but are they really the ones behind this? Who are we even meant to be on the lookout for? I don't know... I'm kinda spooked. But do they seriously ride around in a flying train?"▷ You've heard about the Voidtreckers, whether you remember stories about them or not. Are you bothered about them? The news broadcasts say they got rid of them - then why are they asking people to look out? And what are you supposed to look out for? On top of the emblem, there's chatter going on about watching out for people wearing strange devices on their wrists, and wearing colours of Blue, Red, Purple, and Orange.
Will you defend your city from these mysterious foes? Be smart about it, or rash? Or maybe you're interested to know more for your own deeds… whether or not they’re the Voidtreckers of tale, they may have resources for furthering your own goals.
Will you defend your city from these mysterious foes? Be smart about it, or rash? Or maybe you're interested to know more for your own deeds… whether or not they’re the Voidtreckers of tale, they may have resources for furthering your own goals.
[ LIVING YOUR LIFE. ] “But nevermind all that! Life’s about having fun and hanging out with your friends too. I work part time, but I’ve got plans after my shift’s done! Doing some shopping, going to see a movie. I can’t stress out about the funny stuff going on. And I heard the new waiter in my favourite cafe is suuuper cute!”
▷ Despite the few anomalies going on, you still have a life part of Jinnjar City. You have a job filled with devices that you’ve been surrounded by all your life, or certainly longer than a week or, so you know how to work a coffee machine, right? You know how to drive an air taxi!
And where would you take one to? To anywhere: to the gym, one of the training centres, a spa, to the movies - normal things that everyone around the city have always been around. Meet up with some friends for fruit smoothies, or watch one of the shadow displays held by the Georgi’s Gang around every street, putting on shows to mesmerise and delight the kids.
Or how about buying your groceries to take back to your apartment or house? You know what all these fruits are! Right? Right?
… … maybe it’s produce from another planet.
And where would you take one to? To anywhere: to the gym, one of the training centres, a spa, to the movies - normal things that everyone around the city have always been around. Meet up with some friends for fruit smoothies, or watch one of the shadow displays held by the Georgi’s Gang around every street, putting on shows to mesmerise and delight the kids.
Or how about buying your groceries to take back to your apartment or house? You know what all these fruits are! Right? Right?
… … maybe it’s produce from another planet.
DAYS THREE & FOUR: JUST ANOTHER NORMAL DAY
[ DREAMS. ] “Dreams are just dreams, but a lot of people have been talking about them. Like, really being disturbed by them? Not in a creepy ohhh a monster’s coming for me! way, but like, they say they see worlds they swear they’ve been to before. Or see people? I wouldn’t really think about it except, there’s this guy… not like a super cute guy, but someone I think I knew…”
▷ Talk about dreams have been popular lately, though not everyone has them - or, not right away. Sometimes people may be at work, in school, doing nothing in particular when a name (important to their real self) appears in their mind, a flash of scenery. Coming as quickly as it goes. They don’t know what it means, if it isn’t just a symptom of the latest weird gossip influencing them.
But it sticks with you, something you can’t completely dismiss. But surely it’s nothing - right?
But it sticks with you, something you can’t completely dismiss. But surely it’s nothing - right?
[ ANOMALIES. ] ”Just what we need! My friend’s dog’s gotten lost! She was taking him for a walk, and then she just says he went running ahead, and poof! Disappeared! Maybe he saw a cat? He’s always been a lazy chubby thing, but even dogs can’t help themselves, I guess…”
▷ The colours in the sky seem brighter today, closer...but it’s difficult to say for some, unless you’re actively studying them. Sometimes when you look above, you might catch - if just for a second - the tops of roofs glitching out, corners or streaks erased, colours meshing with the walls. You think it might be the light or your eyes, as it never lasts long, and even standing around waiting to see it happen again won’t give you what you want.
You may have other things to worry about than tricks of the light. Animals have simply been...disappearing, and always the ones owned, or particularly birds that fly around freely. People will ask you for help, and it’s weird they need to. Most owners have a tracker chip and app, and either apps show a blank map, or show them just standing in place...a place that when you get there, is nothing, no one.
You may have other things to worry about than tricks of the light. Animals have simply been...disappearing, and always the ones owned, or particularly birds that fly around freely. People will ask you for help, and it’s weird they need to. Most owners have a tracker chip and app, and either apps show a blank map, or show them just standing in place...a place that when you get there, is nothing, no one.
[ TRAINING CENTRE. ] “Really though, other than the weird sky business and how jumpy the news has made everyone about the Voidtreckers, the only odd thing that’s been up is some weird stuff happening at the training gyms. Even I saw it! I was just doing my warm-ups for the day when the field I set it to, the sky...these shapes suddenly appeared, dark and looming. It seriously creeped me out. But it’s just a glitch, right?”
▷ Young or old, the training centres around the central district are a popular spot for everyone to give their powers a safe space to be unleashed. While there’s basic simulations that’s free for everyone to use, people can be personal trainers, or even run group sessions in the bigger rooms.
Sessions aren’t always linked, since getting private training is allowed. However, lately, people keep getting jumped into other’s sessions, and can’t get out until they finish the routine. Sometimes they’re simple, where you need to destroy building block-esque cubes, or superspeed through courses twenty times. But then there’s also story modes, such as…
Castle Defence: Help protect the castle of Erna from the tricky Voidtreckers! They’re trying to storm the castle, and the world needs your power to help keep them away. Difficulty is based on the amount of people present, and speed of the individual. Do you turn things green? Then turning a Voidtrecker green will make them pop! Good job!
Kama Aid: Floating spheres have been lured inside a giant 3-tiered labyrinth ball. You must help the spheres - come in optional people-shaped or even cute animals - be released back outside where the air is fresh. Use telekinesis to tilt the tiers like a ball tilting game, or use super-strength to destroy the different tiers!
Dia Mysteries: A theft, vandalism, maybe even a murder. The crime scene is locked down, and something is afoot. Use your telepathy to gain information from the suspects, sneak into a secure area under invisibility... the solution is yours to find in this investigative simulation.
[ A PSA or Six. ] ”Stay vigilant citizens of Diagad. Please report any suspicious behavior to the DFORCE force.”
"Heroes don't keep secrets! If you have suspicions about any dangerous people in our midst, let your local DFORCE force know. Speak the Truth. Save the World."
credits: text box - city banner - city side - coloured sky by benjamin0000
Sessions aren’t always linked, since getting private training is allowed. However, lately, people keep getting jumped into other’s sessions, and can’t get out until they finish the routine. Sometimes they’re simple, where you need to destroy building block-esque cubes, or superspeed through courses twenty times. But then there’s also story modes, such as…
[ A PSA or Six. ] ”Stay vigilant citizens of Diagad. Please report any suspicious behavior to the DFORCE force.”
Announcements blare from speakers on public transport. Adverts pop up as they scroll through Diagnet. All remind citizens to be on their guard, report strange or disturbing behaviour and keep a look out for any of the symbols or colours of the Voidtreckers.
▷ Billboards are plastered with bold posters reminding citizens to keep an eye out for the Voidtreckers or anyone who they might have tried to sway to their side. For those beginning to glimpse that this city might not be what they once had thought, this could be dangerous especially if their families and friends believe the city truly is under threat.
credits: text box - city banner - city side - coloured sky by benjamin0000
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He hesitates as he's looking around behind the bar, trying to find a particular discarded item that he'd removed on previous days, not deeming it important but oh boy was it goddamn important. Momentarily it's forgotten as he glances around the bar contents.
"The usual tenders busy. What can I get ya." He watches him for any sign of recognition. Anything.
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"Uh...how about..." He considered.
"I'm not really sure, but I like sweet drinks. Have any of those?" Unfortunately, Prompto was unaware of the illusion. He didn't have any amulet shards like some Voidtreckers did.
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And for some reason there's enough cocktail knowledge (and a handy guide behind the bar) for him to get a shaker and get to work.
"So what do ya think of this whole 'Void Trecker' thing?" More pointed suggesting, so he can listen to his tone and judge from that, too.
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He wasn't too surprised about the question, after all, all kinds of people were talking about these voidtreckers.
"Uh, well, I'm not sure. It's kinda scary if you ask me." He said with a bit of worrying at his lip. "I'm n-not exactly very strong. If one tried to hurt me, I don't know what I would do."
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"Not real strong? You look it." He brings the glass over and situates it in front of him before searching again for his holster. Where did that thing go?
"Hey, this might seem a little odd of a question, but what are your thoughts on guns?" 'Cause he had some real interesting ones before.
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He tilted his head slightly. "Guns? I..."
Prompto trailed off. Something was nagging at him, he should have an opinion on guns.
"...never had one." He finished, trying to cover for losing his train of thought.
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"Really? Coulda sworn I saw a guy what looked like you with one."
He rubs the back of his neck as he looks over the bar. Then he finds it, a holster tucked under the bar, near the back behind the money drawer in one of the cubbyholes. He'll wait a bit before making sure that it has what he's hoping for. No wanting to set off Prompto's paranoia and ruin the chance of gearing him towards the right mindset.
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He'd been staring at it, he remembered that. He didn't know why.
"I...It must be a mistake. I don't really fight. I'm not like a hero." He explained. "My powers aren't...under control."
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He leans on the bar then, trying to work out how to convince him. He reaches into his leather overcoat pocket and pulls out a pendant, one not on a necklace but he's hooked it to a leather cord. The ones they'd gotten at the last nexus.
"An' have you seen one o' these?"
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The shards came out and he frowned, his head tilted to the side.
"...I..." No. It was on the tip of his tongue, but that wasn't right was it?
"I have...but I don't know where." He pressed his lips together. "We don't know each other, right?" How could he have seen his jewelry?
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He'll, he can't harp on the gun thing, can he? What the shit can he think of? Guy had a buddy, right? But the buddy might be here and all illusion dolled up, too.
"Think of an old city half rubble. After a big war. An' then one that was all neon lights, an' the air was awful. Both of them are places I been before an' mighta seen you."
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A city that was half rubble...neon lights...
He thought about it, frowning. "The air is thick. It's too hot in Lestallum..." Prompto trailed off, although that wasn't tied to Yondu, not at all.
"Insomnia has..." He sucked in a breath. It was coming, slowly.
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Kind of? What's Lestallum... Doesn't matter. It's somethin' that's not here. It's somethin' that's real.
"You knew a guy. You were real loyal, lookin' to protect him an' his fiancee. It was supposed to fix a war, by the sounds of it."
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"Oh! Lady Lunafreya!" He said suddenly, snapping up a little bit.
"I'm...where in Eos am I?" Prompto said, putting a hand to his head, his thoughts were all a jumbled mess.
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"Heeey, you ain't lookin' too hot there, Sport. Let's get you in the back so you can all somebody."
He motions for Prompto to follow him, so he can lead him to the back room. On the way he mutters to another guy clad in leather to take over the bar.
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Prompto doesn't protest, his thoughts are all jumbled and he follows after Yondu without another word.
He can't place him yet, he's still confused, but he's here - wherever here is...Jinnjar. Right. But how did he get to Jinnjar? Was he in Eos? He didn't think he was that bad at geography.
Unless, you know, it was in Niflheim somewhere which would be a whole other problem.
Sorry I was sick all day yesterday
"Alright. You ain't in the right place, no. Someone's messin' with your memories an' who you are."
He reaches out and puts a heavy hand on his shoulder.
"We're all kinda webbed up in personal connections. Somehow we all ended up related. Makes us easier to find, at least."
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"I..nevermind." His brow furrowed.
"Noct is..." He pressed his lips together. "I think there was a train?"
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"Had us thoroughly convinced. I thought this was a picture of someone I used to love." He brings it over, and what's in the middle is a stock photo of a landscape. Not a person at all. But under the illusion? He'd been convinced some imaginary soul in his past still held his heart.
"The only 'why' I can think of is that they're a dick."
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"Yeah, that's really rough." He frowned. "I don't think I remember everything...do I...you know me." He clarified and frowned.
"I can't remember your name."
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At least it looks like things are coming back, and admittedly they didn't exactly know each other well. He just remembered the conversation and the whole political mess he'd described before. And the guns, as that was pretty interesting.
Not having to reload with ballistic weapons? Huge bonus.
"An' yeah, I've known way too many folks like that, too. I guess they found their new home."
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"What do we do?" He couldn't help but ask. He hated enemies he couldn't see, he was a little more basic than that.
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Because Yondu has nothing. Nada. Zilch. His fin is the only extra-sensory item he's got and it does fuck all for magic.
Maybe Prompto's better off.
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"I don't know if he's still...captivated?" He grimaced.
"Maybe I should talk to him."
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"Yeah, I was lucky you told me enough an' showed me enough. I don't know Bo nor Diddly nor the slightest Squat about him, other than he's your buddy." And about that Lunafreya girl.
"You got anyone else you need to go lookin' for?"
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