❧ ...Until someone loses an eye

[luministimods]

[randomly in the southern lawn of the town square, a silver view finder appears. pretty innocent looking, isn't it? and in actuality, it really is! only...what it shows might not be so innocent... nonetheless, observers will notice that the remaining residents who haven't been turned into dolls yet walk past it without noticing it at all. how odd.

a few minutes after its appearance, an unregistered CAT device sends an audio message to only the new residents, but those with keen ears will notice that the voice distortion is pitched a bit higher than normal. strange. the message goes as follows:]

Things are falling apart faster than I expected, so I can finally utilize this device while everyone is distracted. Use those prizes I gave you to get a glimpse of the truth! Thought you'd also like to know that he is safe and at home with his family far, far away from here. But please keep each other safe and beware R--

[the message, unfortunately, cuts off there...]

[ooc: Remember those gold coins embossed with the image of a lion and a sun? It seems someone has had something planned for them this entire time. Good thing you can recover it with your stolen item! Of course, there are some residents who can get one coin and others with two. Those with two will be able to use the view finder twice. Oddly enough, the view finder only will let you look at things in the four cardinal directions, and once you pick the direction, you can't move the view finder. So! Comment here ICly with the direction you wish to look at. Those of you with two coins can comment twice so we can let you know what you will see with your second choice. If you wish to comment/ask a question OOCly, you can as well!

Oh, and as a note, after you have used your coin(s) and return home, you will find that the lion paperweight has moved to a different location in your townhome. How or why that happened, well...you'll see soon enough...]

Comments

[collector]

I meant this thing. [He taps the viewfinder.] I was able to identify something of the cloaking technology in the glasses. I want to see what I can get out of this.

[wind-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Ohh... Cloaking technology? [She tilts her head again, a confused look on her face, then sighs with a grin.]

I'm afraid that it's wholly out of my league. It's all science fiction to me! I suppose I will leave you to it then, but thank you very much for coming out to see this with me. I'm certain that these sketches will be valuable.
...And you'll let me know how things go with getting something more out of this? [points to the view finder]

[collector]

[With a smile.] Of course. The more information we share, the better off we'll do.