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∎ ETRAYA MODS ∎ ([personal profile] etrayamods) wrote in [community profile] etrayalogs2024-03-29 09:40 am

MISSION 001

WHO: Everyone!
WHEN: March 29th-April 20th
WHERE: Everywhere on Etraya
WHAT: Mission 001!
NOTES\WARNINGS: Potential violence, death.




⏵ mission prep ⏴

On the morning of the 29th, characters will receive a notification from Aurora to come to the hospital’s ground floor to prepare for their first mission. On this floor, pairs will be given slips of paper with matching numbers. If characters have chosen their partners, they too will receive small slips of paper with matching numbers, as these numbers match the room assignment they will be asked to please step inside.

The rooms themselves are bare. There’s a cot, two chairs pushed up against a small table, a miniature fridge set up below a sink, and a television that only plays static. On the table is a note, which simply reads:

Welcome. To prepare you for your first mission, we are giving you time to get to know your partner. You have a twelve-hour time limit to discuss your lives together. We recommend talking about moments throughout your life that have defined the person you have become. In addition, we have included several ingredients inside the miniature refrigerator. You must, without telling your partner specifically what it is, create their favorite drink using the ingredients within and above the refrigerator.

Do not attempt to cheat. Do not make your own drink.

If you pass, you will both be given two points and the door will unlock. If you fail, you may try again with the same partner or a new partner may be reassigned to you.

Good luck.
Within the mini fridge will be numerous ingredients - these ingredients could be anything, from Bantha milk to dragon fruit - whatever their favorite drinks are, they will find all the correct ingredients to make them. There will also be numerous extra ingredients. Maybe a character’s favorite drink is a nice cup of peppermint tea. The kettle, and the tea bags, will be present on top of the mini fridge, but there may also be soda bottles inside the fridge and various milk substitutes. Cheating by making their own drink will result in the game being reset, and a new partner being assigned or no partner at all being assigned and they will simply be removed from this part of the exercise.



⏵ the secret's out⏴

Numerous notes can be found throughout Etraya’s populated areas - falling from the sky, taped to doors, slid under them, or perhaps being handed out by a few of the companion bots who will eagerly note how these are meant to help, but a quick read may show that they’re not things anyone wants to be given out so freely.

After all, on the notes are secrets, untold truths, things that were never meant to be shared nor wanted out in the open. Some of these aren’t notes at all, but small packages that are not addressed to anyone in particular, or addressed to the incorrect party. Inside the packages are items that may be associated with a particular event: a knife that had been used to betray a friend still stained with blood, a mask meant to conceal identity, a picture featuring a moment in time that had best been left forgotten.

The goal of the game becomes clear by the notes written on the back or thin slips within the packages: match the secret to the person. You could simply ignore them, but the note also includes an addendum: more notes will continue to be sent until the person is matched to their secret.



⏵ cracked reflection ⏴


Every person is an intricate mosaic, composed of numerous facets that shape what makes them - themselves.

After all, one person is not simply one picture, but rather, a puzzle comprised of myriad pieces. These pieces may shape their strengths, their sense of humor, the influences of their upbringing, and who they admired in their formative years. Together, these fragments coalesce into a singular form: you.

But what if those pieces were rearranged? What if the fundamental aspects that define who you are simply… didn’t exist? What if, rather than being a courageous hero, you were cast as a formidable villain? What if, instead of pursuing the path that led you to greatness, you veered in a different direction?

A new dawn breaks over Etraya. The artificial sun rises over the horizon, accompanied by the melodic chirping of birds. As the denizens of Etraya awaken, they sense... a shift in the air - a feeling of dissonance, as if a piece of themselves has suddenly gone missing. Because it has.

Doubles of every current inhabitant of Etraya roam the corridors of the apartment building and the surrounding facilities. They let themselves into Roxx to get a few new outfits, get themselves a meal at the hospital cafeteria, or maybe they’re raiding the snack shelves at Kwik Trip. They may bear a striking resemblance to their counterpart and act very similarly, but there is something off about them. A quality that sets them apart. Remember that step you took, that led you to your current career? The step you’ve kept secret for so long, that has defined your actions ever since? They didn’t take it. They went down a different path, something darker, or perhaps something lighter. They took the path you most feared, the one you knew would turn out terribly. And they in turn - turned out for the worst.

Characters will find they are facing one of their worst fears: themselves, but their worst selves. The version of them that they fought so hard not to become, that they strove against rather than towards. And the mission? They need to take out their worst selves.

But there’s a twist: interaction with their doubles isn’t possible. Both halves are cognizant of each other’s existence, yet they are incapable of verbally or physically interacting with each other. And while the double understands what they are, the original? Well… how do you truly know you are who you’re supposed to be? What if you were the double all along? What if you are your own worst self?

There is one way to be sure: the color of the copies’ blood is slightly darker than what it should be. Running closer to a red-black than the red you would anticipate. Or for some, perhaps their blood is red where it should be running black. While they feel and look real, driving a unique blade straight through where their heart would be will cause doubles to dissipate into nothing once the knife penetrates deep enough. As for the genuine articles, well, the blade is sharp—and it’s going to hurt.

A blade is provided for every authentic copy. Those who were sleeping through the night will find it beside them upon awakening. As for those who remain vigilant throughout the night, the blade will manifest beside them in the early hours of April 2nd.

Guess someone is going to have to kill your double.



⏵ quicksilver has no sense of tact ⏴


Aurora’s announcement left out several crucial details: the existence of the doubles, for one. But also the looming deadline to take care of the mess that has been dropped onto Etraya. Inside the characters’ wrists, they will discover a timer gradually counting down. The timers are only visible for the person who dons it, as is the amount of time given. Every person is given an individual time limit, but it cannot be longer than two weeks. As the numbers dwindle, more black marks appear going up the inside of their arms toward the inside of their elbow. And what are the black marks?

With each additional black mark, they begin to feel… less like themselves, and more like their doppelgangers. In the beginning, maybe they barely notice the change. Maybe it’s a favorite food they loved that they now hate, or perhaps it’s an event that has shifted: something small but important - a decision to save a life changed to taking one. Maybe they’ll feel like a piece of themselves is no longer the same, replaced with another feeling or sensation. Where something would have usually made them empathetic to another's blight, now they find their suffering funny. Regardless, the longer their doubles are around, the longer they slowly begin to become their doubles - and their doubles begin to become just like them.

If their doppelganger is not taken out at the end of their provided time, it will simply dissipate and the original will remain changed. The only way to return to normal is to kill the original. After death, the character will remain dead for twenty-four hours before returning to their normal selves as if the death had never occurred. While killing them to return them to normal is information Aurora will readily share, no one will inform them that they will simply return to normal by April 20th.



⏵ OOC ⏴

Welcome to the first mission! For any questions relating to this mission please reply below. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ.

Please note that while ICly, characters are not given a choice, players can choose which missions they wish for their characters to participate in. They may have missed receiving room assignments, or their secrets may not have been dropped, or a copy may not have shown up for them. This may not always be an option in future missions!


FULL NAVIGATION

shabuir: (wary)

[personal profile] shabuir 2024-04-19 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Still no response. Jessica might as well be talking to a brick wall. Or a gun. There's none of that curiosity or testing her that there was during their first fight. Instead, this version of Fett is pure, hateful focus.

In a sudden burst of movement, he lunges forward, the staff in his hand flashing up and then sideways to slash straight at Jessica's head. ]
ebrius: (jj102_0077)

[personal profile] ebrius 2024-04-20 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, shit.

[ She doesn't want to deal with this. She already has a headache and she just does not want to deal with this.

But, it looks like she doesn't have a choice. Grunting, Jessica hits the ground hard, trying to avoid the blow. She scrambles away and gets to her feet, holding her hands up. ]


The hell is your problem?
shabuir: (watching)

[personal profile] shabuir 2024-04-22 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ The gesture and words still have no effect. He keeps coming, flipping the staff effortlessly and then driving the blunt end hard at Jessica's chest.

So that's one thing to be said for him: he isn't trying to skewer her.

Something else she might notice, in between fighting for her life: the Fett she'd sparred with those days ago had had some very noticeable battle damage to his otherwise pristine green armor: a blackened scar left by the slash of a lightsaber down the front of his chest and stomach plates. This version, for all that his armor is covered in a myriad of smaller scuffs and dents, lacks that distinct black brushstroke of damage. ]
ebrius: (gfdfver)

[personal profile] ebrius 2024-04-22 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He might not be trying to run her through but that still hurts. She'll heal but it's fucking painful and she gasps, stumbling backwards. It takes Jessica a moment or two to get her breath back and then she charges forward.

If this is how it's going to go, fine. Jessica's punched this tin can of a man once, she'll do it again. And that's exactly what she tries to do when she gets close enough, swinging with every bit of strength she has at his head.

It's going to sting her knuckles but after what he just tried to do, she doesn't care. ]
shabuir: (crouched)

[personal profile] shabuir 2024-04-25 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ For all that Jessica's problems right now may stem from the fact that this isn't the Fett she met before, in this moment, it's her saving grace. Because this version of Fett doesn't have his memories of their last fight; as far as he's concerned, he's fighting a normal Human woman, one who's swinging at him out of sheer desperation rather than any true conviction that she'll be able to do any damage against durasteel and beskar armor. So when she swings at his head, he doesn't dodge fully—just turns enough to make it into a glancing blow to the side of his helmet rather than a direct hit at his visor.

But a glancing blow from Jessica Jones is still plenty strong, strong enough that he staggers back from the force of it, caught off-guard and disoriented, his own counter-strike momentarily forgotten. He raises his staff in front of him to fend off any follow-up blows, but now might still be a good opportunity to press the attack—or else to flee before he fully regains his bearings. ]
ebrius: (wfsdcd)

[personal profile] ebrius 2024-04-25 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Jessica is absolutely going to press because, for some reason, it looks like Fett hadn't anticipated that. It's almost like he's surprised by what she's done and while that gives her pause, she doesn't have time to think on it too much.

Instead, she surges forward again, sidesteps any blows from that staff and drives her fist hard into his side. ]


The fuck is your problem? Didn't we already do this?
shabuir: (crouched)

[personal profile] shabuir 2024-05-01 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ The follow-up blow sends him staggering back and for an instant, it looks as if she might have actually injured him. The real Fett had done his best to avoid taking any direct hits, but the ones Jessica had landed, he'd managed to tank without seeming too much worse for wear. This version, though, doesn't seem quite as hardy. He's already breathing hard, and there's a raggedness to each breath that wasn't there before.

Jessica will only have a brief moment to even notice. The next, he launches forward again, unleashing a furious barrage of strikes with his staff, trying to drive her back. Super-strength or not, if he can get her onto her back foot, he might be able to turn the battle back in his favor. ]
ebrius: (Xn90oBZ)

[personal profile] ebrius 2024-05-01 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't answer with words but he does try and take her out with this fucking staff. She's able to get her hands up so the staff smashes against her wrists for the most part.

It's going to hurt but it's better than getting her face caved in by the goddamn thing. She still doesn't know why he's doing this but it doesn't look like he's going to tell her either.

Jessica does take a few steps back but she doesn't go down. When he swings the lance at her, she actually tries to catch it and pull hard in an attempt to tug him off balance. ]
shabuir: (Default)

[personal profile] shabuir 2024-05-03 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's only natural that he doesn't tell her. This version of Fett hasn't spoken to anyone in a very long time and he's not about to start now.

He sees her hand close around the staff, but he doesn't try to her fight her for it. Instead, he simply lets go—

—and the staff turns back into a damn snake.

The creature immediately begins to writhe in Jessica's grasp, jaws snapping as it attempts to drive its venomous fangs into her skin. Meanwhile, Fett's double is reaching for a blaster at his side... Whether he's still attempting to take Jessica alive is anyone's guess. ]
ebrius: (jj102_0948)

[personal profile] ebrius 2024-05-03 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Jesus fuck!

[ That is definitely a snake in her hands and she flings it away as quickly as she can. She's never tested her healing abilities with a snakebite and she's not about to start now.

She has just enough time to look to see what he's doing next before diving behind the first thing that might shield her that she can find. And that happens to be a not too thick tree.

But it's something. ]


Goddammit, I'm going to rip your head off!