I Do Not Know You (the_stranger_) wrote in wildhuntthreads, @ 2020-10-30 21:20:00 |
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Entry tags: | !post: group event, alphonse elric, lawless, lock, the stranger |
Who: Everyone!
What: Stopping the Unknowing
When: HALLOWEEN!
Where: A circus in the Kilaga Mountains
Status: Ongoing, Open
Warnings: TBD, violence, potential death, injury, battle scenes, clowns, mentions of skin, mannequins, spooky times
Inside the circus tent, the ritual had begun.
Nikola stood in the center of the ring, garbed in the red outfit of a ringmaster topped with a glittering leather shawl. A spotlight shone down on her and the other abominations at the center of the ritual. Mannequins, monstrous clowns, and captive townspeople writhed and shrieked in the audience.
“Come one, come all, to the Great Unknowing! Prepare to witness the final act of reality with your very own eyes!” Nikola threw her arms wide with triumphant glee and gestured towards the fighters. “Can the audience please take their seats and silence their cellphones for the performance! You’re about to see a once-in-a-lifetime show!”
She tipped her hat towards a pipe organ at the edge of the ring. As fighters entered the tent, the lights dimmed and the organ began to play a dizzying circus tune. Reality itself seemed to sway with the melody as the monsters began to chant and dance to the music. As the performance started, something else began to seep through the new rip in reality, intent to make the world its own...
(OOC: Start your own threads to attack the Unknowing! Feel free to reference other fighters in your replies, and mix it up! But most of all, have fun! Only threads directly attacking Nikola will invoke replies. All other monsters and parts of the circus can be considered destructible NPCs.)
Goal: Disrupt the Unknowing ritual and stop the fear apocalypse.
The Unknowing:
A nightmare circus in the Kilaga Mountains that is serving as the location for the Ritual. Attacking the participants or the ritual grounds might derail the Unknowing. Once participants set foot into the Unknowing, they may temporarily lose their sense of understanding, self, and recognition. Reality is fluid here, so there are no wrong answers. Have fun with it! Below is a description of the battle ground and enemies, as well as a list of effects that the Unknowing may or may not have on participants.
Location effects: The Unknowing is confusing and hallucinogenic by nature. Characters may become confused and disoriented by the Stranger’s psychic influence. Effects may include mild hallucinations, confusion, inability to recognize people, places, and things, temporary amnesia, and turning on allies. Some characters (particularly but not limited to those with strong resolve, high wisdom, or natural magical resistance) may be less affected or unaffected by the location effects.
Mannequins: Moving mannequins. They may or may not have the right parts in the right places. They are in the audience of the Ritual.
Attacks: The mannequins will engage people in hand-to-hand combat.
Clowns: Nightmarish monsters resembling clowns with rows of sharp teeth. They are the audience of the Ritual.
Attacks: Will attempt to eat enemies.
The Pipe Organ: A disorienting self-playing pipe organ playing a jaunty and discordant circus tune. Destroying it will stop the music. It is helping with the Ritual.
Attacks: Its music will attempt to make its attacker supernaturally confused by invoking Location Effects.
The Anglerfish: A hollow, four-legged monster resembling an anglerfish made of sewn together skin. It dangles a human corpse in front of it and appears to be using the skins of the missing people in the Ritual. It is helping with the Ritual.
Attacks: It will try to skin anything that gets too close to the rows of blades in its mouth.
Special note: NPC. Player-versus-player thread available on request but not required.
Breekon and Hope: Two identical-looking deliverymen. They are unusually sturdy. They are protecting the Ritual.
Attacks: Breekon and Hope will throw punches at anything that attacks them.
Special note: NPC. Player-versus-player thread available on request but not required.
Sarah Baldwin: Sentient sawdust that once inhabited a cicada, and is now inhabiting the skin of a human. Sarah is protecting The Unknowing.
Attacks: Sarah will shoot at enemies with her shotgun.
Special note:NPC. Player-versus-player thread available on request but not required.
Nikola Orsinov: Part-mannequin, part-flesh; the Ringmaster and lead dancer of the Unknowing.
Attacks: Hand-to-hand combat, supernatural confusion
Special notes: Death reserved for Lock.
***EXCEPTION*** Player-versus-player ONLY. (Contact Riddo)
Victims: Assorted townsfolk who have been kidnapped over the course of the month. They are still alive, and their fear is feeding the Unknowing. They are tied into seats in the audience.