❧ Whispers From Different Worlds

[luministimods]

[any and all conversations being held on the CATs suddenly cease all at once, and in the next instant, a little alarm begins to sound. none of the townspeople appear fazed by the strange happening, writing if off as yet another malfunction that has plagued the communications systems in town for the past week.

however, appearing only to the residents' CATs is a video transmission featuring someone whose face is obscured in the shadows, but from the timbre of the voice, it's a young man.]

Please be patient! We're going to help you, but we need a little more time. Keep an eye out for a message from--!

[the transmission cuts out suddenly and is replaced with a picture of a blue screen that simply reads: "Signal Lost." it takes a few moments for that screen to go away, but what--or who--appears next may surprise the residents...]


❧ Plot Details: Whispers From Different Worlds

Welcome to Luministi's Fourth Wall event! As you might have guessed from the above IC portion of this entry, this event will be part of the game's canon and it's all thanks to those malfunctioning CAT devices! However, visiting characters will not appear in the town itself. They will appear in video transmissions alone.

For this entry alone, the vidscreens are still down and most of the CAT functions are down as well with the exception of the video function, enabling residents to communicate with visiting characters, and visitor can also communicate with other visitors as well. Think of it like signals being crossed. And to make things a little easier for everyone, the video transmissions are clear and normal as they would be any other day and don't feature the strange solarised/flipped quirk that they have had for the past week. In any entries made after this one on until the end of the plot, the CATs functions will return to what they were like at the start of the plot.

For those of you new to the game, the CATs, or Communications Audiovisual Transmitters, are personalized communication devices about the size of your palm, and for this day only, visiting characters will have this device. From a video broadcast standpoint, you'll be able to see the the immediate surroundings of the person you're talking to. More information about the CATs can be found on the FAQ page.

In-game time, this event lasts a day, but you can tag for however long you want!

Ah, one more thing! If visiting characters app into the game following this entry's events, memories about what was said and who you spoke to will be able to come to you upon proper entry into the town, but not before then. Characters in-game already will be able to remember their time talking to the visitors and will be able to react to them after the fact.

So yes! Tag in and threadhop in this entry as much as you like! If you have any questions, please feel free to leave an OOC comment here or PM me.

Hope you all have fun and welcome again~

Comments

[fortune_sought]

[gasps at the sight of another person on the CAT] Oh! Oh my! I'm sorry; you aren't the one I was speaking to. [peers at him curiously] Have you just arrived in town?

[seizethehorizon.livejournal.com]

[Jack takes a moment to furtively look to either side of him. Nobody. Who was she speaking to, then, if not him?

...no matter.]

A town, yes, but not the town you seem to be showing me, love.

[After all, there's the sea around him as he's standing on the docks, the screams of birds and the shouts of shipmen and drunks nearby. That doesn't seem to be the sort of place this woman's in, if her choice in clothing didn't already clue him in to that. Jack's smile could -almost- be termed "wicked," if you squinted at it close enough.]

And what manner of witchery is it that lets you and I talk in the here and now, then, mm?

[fortune_sought]

[Sophie, on the other hand, is walking past the pavilion into the park. there are a few of the normal townspeople nearby, talking cheerfully as they enjoy a walk in the nice weather] Oh, I see. You're near the sea! [she wishes she were in that town rather than this one, not only because there are many places she would rather be, but also because she's had very few opportunities to see the sea]

It isn't witchcraft, I assure you. It's science. [which, by her tone, is a rather unsavory thing] This town has technology that allows us to see and speak to each other even when we aren't nearby, and not a hint of magic in it!