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dunwich mod (dunwichmod) wrote in dunwichgame,
@ 2023-02-15 13:30:00

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!ic/ooc event, buffyverse: spike, hannibal: abigail hobbs, stephen king: eddie kaspbrak, ∙ plot: 001 welcome to dunwich, ◌ inactive: addie larue, ◌ inactive: azuma kazuma, ◌ inactive: bail organa (au), ◌ inactive: belphegor, ◌ inactive: bucky barnes, ◌ inactive: carol danvers, ◌ inactive: chrissy cunningham, ◌ inactive: clint barton, ◌ inactive: delirium, ◌ inactive: diana bishop, ◌ inactive: eddie munson (au), ◌ inactive: jake pentecost, ◌ inactive: natasha romanoff, ◌ inactive: okoye, ◌ inactive: robin buckley, ◌ inactive: rupert giles, ◌ inactive: sam wilson (au), ◌ inactive: shaun gilmore, ◌ inactive: zoe hange

welcome to dunwich?

CHAOS, FOG and a PARADE

A STARTING IC/OOC EVENT

ARRIVAL OF THE NEW PEOPLE / THE PARADE The fog has cleared and you find yourself standing in the downtown streets of an unfamiliar town. And you’re not alone. There are dozens of people lining the sidewalks on either side of Main Street, cheering. At first you think they’re excited that the fog has finally lifted, but then you realize that a parade is heading towards you.

But it’s not just any normal parade. This is an all out affair that appears to involve most of the town and its residents. If you’re familiar with Earth history there might even be a kind of nostalgic vibe to the event. The closer you look at the parade, however, the more peculiar it appears. The marching band majorettes, for example, are waving flags with an image of a mutated lobster on it. And the drum corp is dressed like lobsters, banging away at the snare with hands sticking out of their large claws.

There’s a float that rolls by afterwards featuring a teenage girl in a bright pink dress sitting atop a decorative throne. She waves to everyone on the side of the street. “Wow! The pig farm sure crowned a beauty for the pageant this year!” one of the locals says. Sure enough, around the throne are four large swine, devouring slop at the girl’s feet.

A bright blue Cadillac slowly drives after the float. The logo for Dolan’s Auto Shop is written on the side and a man with a wide smile honks toots on the horn which lets out an eerie jingle. After that a group of mimes dance around the crowd. One in front holds up a sign for The Tommyknocker Theatre Troupe.

And so on.

Everyone you try to talk to is friendly. The street vendors offer you free hotdogs and ice cream.

All of it is completely normal.

But then why does it make you feel so uneasy?

NOTES You know the drill! Get in the comments! (Insert Brennan Lee Mulligan gif here.)

If you don't know the drill, that's okay! IC/OOC events can be a little overwhelming when just starting out. I wrote an essay about it here if you want to know what's up.

SPECIAL THANKS Round of applause to our very own Marty McChaa for writing up this lovely event for us and finding the images.

The coding can be found at Tess's patreon if you want to have it on hand for your very own. ♥ We're Tess stans here.

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Re: IC/OOC Sam Wilson + Natasha Romanoff

blackwidowed
2023-02-18 03:58 am UTC (link)

She was already looking at her phone. Map apps were a lot of help when dropped into situations like this, even if she preferred to be offline or heavily encrypted when dropped into an area.

"I'm going to head toward Town Hall, there's a park across the street. The parade started there, so it should be ending soon. It'll give us cover so no one will notice us while being a place to gather." While explaining, she pulled her earpiece out of one of her many pockets. She jammed it in her ear. "So it's been a year; these still work?"

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Re: IC/OOC Sam Wilson + Natasha Romanoff

dothework
2023-02-18 04:12 am UTC (link)

Straight to business. That was so typical of their lives, really - they never did get time to process things as they happened. "Should do. There wasn't anything on our old channels when I checked mine so we won't be gatecrashing anything and you know how long those batteries last." Though, whether the battery knew it had been a year was a whole different question. Did she exist for the whole last year, like Steve had before they'd fished him out of the Atlantic, or was this a time travel thing? He hated that none of it was a priority. There were too many questions right now and only a few scattered half-answers. "I'll canvass the crowds some more, see if I can find anyone else who shouldn't be here. I'll direct anyone I find that way."

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