❧ 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

[bit_impossible]

[excitedly] You! I mean, you didn't say anything particularly hilarious, but of all the people I've met over the years, it would be you who'd suddenly and random turn up over the CAT!

[grip_on_reality]

[looks the man up and down, but she doesn't notice anything familiar about him. still, she's used to aliens and their disguises by now, so it's always possible...] Oh yeah? Who might you be, then?

[bit_impossible]

Oh that's right! New face! [points at his face as he says that] Well, there have been a couple others before this one, but you wouldn't recognise those ones, I don't think. [pauses for a moment to run through his memories and mentally shrugs, deciding he'll think on it later]

[grip_on_reality]

[stares at him. new face? there's only one person she's ever had a conversation like that with] ...I don't believe it.

[bit_impossible]

[folds his arms, eagerly leaning forward] So you know who I am, then?

[grip_on_reality]

As if you could ever sound like anyone else...Doctor.

[bit_impossible]

[he smiles, glad to see she's as sharp as he remembers. but as he sits back in his seat in the tea room, his eyes flick to the sides of her image, trying to catch sight of where she is.] Right in one! So, Detective Inspector Patricia Menzies, how have things been in your neck of the universe?

[grip_on_reality]

[she ducked into an empty interview room when she found the CAT, so all the Doctor will see is a plain table and nondescript walls]

Oh, nothing out of the ordinary. Aliens needing problems cleaned up discreetly, death of a fellow whose species is allergic to graphite... Just the usual.

So I take it you're the one who sent this overpowered mobile to the station?

[bit_impossible]

Would you believe me if I said no--and would you continue to believe me if I said I was no longer in our universe and there was no possible way for me to have done that without an exorbitant amount of stamps?

[grip_on_reality]

[raises an eyebrow] You're asking me to believe you're in another universe, and meanwhile somebody else--who you're not connected with at all--just casually dropped a communicator in the station so I would end up having this little chat with you?

[bit_impossible]

[starts rubbing the back of his neck] That sums it up quite nicely--though, well, I didn't exactly plan to meet with you this way.

[grip_on_reality]

Now that's a relief! For a minute there, I thought things were going according to plan. If that were the case, I couldn't've been sure you were telling the truth.

[bit_impossible]

[pulls a face] Oi! I always tell the truth! [he just neglects to say some things]

[grip_on_reality]

[smirks] This from the bloke who said never to trust him.

[bit_impossible]

[wags a finger at her] There's a big difference between telling the truth and trusting someone, Patricia.

[grip_on_reality]

Whatever you say, Doctor.

So, what are you doing outside our universe, then? No, wait; let me guess. It's the best place for a good cuppa?

[bit_impossible]

[he opens his mouth to refute that--but since the tea does happen to be quite good in that little tea shop he's currently in, he instead pulls an annoyed face]

There's always time for a cuppa--and since I'm trapped in this town without my TARDIS, I've got nothing else better to do. [don't mind the touch of sarcasm near the end of that sentence]

[grip_on_reality]

[she smirks a little at his reaction, but the rest of that sounds rather serious, and her expression slips into an intent frown] You're trapped in another universe without your ship?

[bit_impossible]

Yup--well, for the time being, anyway. But I don't plan on being here for long, not this time. [and from his serious expression at the end of that statement, he certainly means it]

[grip_on_reality]

[raises an eyebrow] What've you got in mind? [the question, "And how does it involve Earth and this funny device I've got?" is in her eyes, but she doesn't ask it. best not to give him any ideas]

[bit_impossible]

[his serious demeanour suddenly turns casual] Ohhh, you know, the usual. Save the day by rescuing everyone trapped here--including myself--and putting a stop to this once and for all. That sort of thing.

[grip_on_reality]

Ah, so this is one of your "make up the plan as you go along" days, then.

[bit_impossible]

[he starts to smirk. nice try there, Menzies!] It's more fun that way.

[grip_on_reality]

[smirks back at him] 'Course it is.

So what's step one, then?