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Luministi Mods ([personal profile] luministimods) wrote in [community profile] luministi2012-01-17 04:49 pm
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❧ Off-Season 2

[For a long time now, he has remained silent, moving quietly from place to place, and observing. Always observing. He is the one who watches the watchers and knows, somehow, when things do not go the way he wishes them to. And he has gotten angry many times in the past, oh yes, but has yet to raise his voice even once. He doesn't need to. His associates' guilt and fear of him has kept them in check for a long time, but after too many disappointments and loss, he has no choice but to do everything himself. As he should have done from the beginning.]

[His presence, however, has not gone unnoticed. The other has been careful to mask its own presence, but has been hasty in past months. Then again, who else could break what he has created? This added difficulty has made him cautious and slow to make repairs, but now...he's almost ready. A test is what he needs now. He smiles, awaiting their reactions, and using a system he helped create, he sends two lines of text to those whose lives he can still touch, even from afar...]

[So, no matter where you are or what you are doing, a familiar device will chime. Perhaps you didn't even know you had such a thing on you, but for some reason, kept it on you at all times. Or you might be one of the lucky few to retain ready access to your memories in exchange for not being able to return home yet. Nevertheless, everyone with a CAT receives the same message at the same instant across the various worlds and universes:]


Soon, you will be returned to me. You will not escape again.


[The text remains on the CAT's screen before it saves itself to the device's text directory and replaces the top screen with the Town of Luministi directory, a list of familiar names and pictures suddenly displayed before you. What will you do now?]


❧ Plot Details: Off-Season 2
    And so, we meet...well, perhaps some of you know who this might be, or might have an inkling--or might have no clue at all. You will be seeing more of him in the future and in the proper season, so think of this as his way of saying, "Hello!" Which is fitting since we're saying "hello" to Dreamwidth!Luministi! I hope everyone is settling in okay. It's gonna feel a bit weird for a bit, but hopefully, things will feel right again soon~ (And if anyone needs help with things like layouts and stuff, I can see what I can dig up.)

    But like the cut text said, this is open to all game members. Anyone who is still on the taken list can participate. Those who weren't active in the end, we'll say you went home at the end and kept the CAT (more end-game information from the second season can be found here.) Also, I...was a silly thing and through weird and stupid circumstances, managed to make the previous Off-Season entry disappear from the listing, BUT! It still exists! Just...not in the normal list for some really weird reason. It can be found here, and lays out Nathan's plans and what the others will be doing. (And provides a snapshot of the universe surrounding the Luministi Labs.) Hopefully my mistake can be fixed...

    Anyway, in this open post, most of you won't be able to do in-person threads with each other (unless you're in the two teams doing off-world stuff), but the video, audio, and text functions all work perfectly, so you can communicate with anyone and ask what the hell is going on, etc.

    Oh...and two more things. For those who went home, as of now, you have full access to your memories of Luministi at any time, dreaming or awake. How your character deals with the sudden set of memories (or confirmation that hey, those dreams were a little too vivid) is up to you. Also, the CATs will only be able to connect for a "day" to those in other worlds--but don't think this entry is only open for a literal day; I only mean ICly, in-game terms.

    Let's see what else... Oh, keep an eye on the OOC comm for more updates regarding things I will need from you all to update the mod journal (I still have quite a bit of work to do updating all links/coding and such), as well as the dates of the open 4th wall event in March. I haven't quite settled on one yet, but I expect it'll be at least a month before I open apps/reserves in April.

    In the meantime, have fun! And if you have any questions, you know how to reach me~ ♥
fortune_sought: (What?)

[personal profile] fortune_sought 2012-03-06 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Sophie scowls] If I could, I'd tell them exactly what I think of what they're doing! For all of your work, you deserve a bit of peace at least. Why, they should be ashamed-

[but she is cut off abruptly as a door slams open elsewhere in the room, and the CAT picks up the sound of a man shouting angrily and not at all politely. he's actually swearing in Welsh, but unfortunately, the CAT translates it for Jamie's benefit. and then abruptly he cries:] Calcifer!

[the green flames flare up behind Sophie] I see it, too. About half a day away, and coming fast.

[Sophie's eyes widen, and she turns away from the CAT] What is it? [but after seeing the look on Howl's face, she turns back and says quickly to Jamie:] I'm very sorry, Jamie. I do hope you're able to get away from those awful women! But we'll have to talk later. Good-bye! [and as the Welshman starts to speak again behind her, she reaches out and shuts off the CAT]
bonnypiperlad: (serious)

[voice]

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-06 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Aye, well, we'll see, but thank ye all the same. And...I know you'll be able to fight this and stay where ye are, but it's been good talking with ye again, Hawk.
bonnypiperlad: (worried)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-06 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Sophie? What's going on? Sophie!!!! [He's tempted to shake the CAT again to try and get her back, but he knows this time it'll do no good. Instead, he lays his hand on the screen for a moment and looks at it worriedly. When he speaks to the empty air one last time, his voice is quite soft.]

I hope she and the bairn will be all right.
wind_of_reason: (reading)

[personal profile] wind_of_reason 2012-03-06 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
[At once she blushes, a little surprised herself that she'd come to that level of familiarity with him. But he seemed so happy - even happier than when she'd first changed from calling him 'Mister McCrimmon'?
She didn't understand it, but she was glad to see him happy.]


Ah, good idea! I could start that again, even now. I still have the journals from the last two times here- well, here somewhere.

[The journals has been something of a blind spot, she realized now, like the CAT had been. But she knew the books must also still be nearby.]
desertdaggers: (and a clear blue sky)

[voice]

[personal profile] desertdaggers 2012-03-06 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I feel the same way. I look forward to talking to you when we've both got a bit less on our minds!
bonnypiperlad: (curious)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-07 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Aye. That way ye could - hey, wait a minute. Ye have the journals from before there with ye? They'd not stayed behind in the town?
bonnypiperlad: (talking2)

[voice]

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-07 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Aye, me as well. Good luck, Hawk.

[And with that, there's a click and the connection goes silent.]
wind_of_reason: (serious thought)

[personal profile] wind_of_reason 2012-03-07 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I do! Come to think of it- [She glances off screen, and sees a hair comb on her dresser. She hadn't been sure where she'd gotten it from, but now she knew. Miss Sophie's gift.] I think I got to keep all thing things I'd brought with me from there. The journals, everyone's gifts...

How strange! The first time, I think everything stayed there. But when we came back, the food we'd made was still fresh as when we'd left...

[She tilts her head, thinking carefully. After a moment she shakes it sadly.] I can't think of what it could possibly mean, but I'll start writing things down.
bonnypiperlad: (Hey?)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-09 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
Hey? [That sounds a wee bit odd to him.] Why would they go through the trouble of recreating the food that was there when they brought ye back? Unless they brought ye back through time as well as space that second time around.
wind_of_reason: (fuji erupted)

[personal profile] wind_of_reason 2012-03-11 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods]

As strange as it may seem, I think time travel is the more likely option. Hawk and I tasted the food, and there was no mistaking it as our own cooking.

I'm a bit familiar with time 'flowing' at different rates in different places, but this seems to be on a whole other scale!
bonnypiperlad: (tardis2)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-12 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Well, maybe not so strange as all that. [Jamie's an old hand at it, after all. He just didn't remember about it for awhile.]

I mean, they've pulled people in from different worlds, so why not different times. Odd, though, that they wanted it to be exactly the same time when they brought ye back, even though ye could remember everything that happened before.
wind_of_reason: (oro)

[personal profile] wind_of_reason 2012-03-12 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it seems we were returned to our own worlds at the exact moment we left, so... why not being pulled back to Luministi the same way? It is odd though - why should it matter when they bring us back?

[All this time travel talk - it feels like she's in a science fiction movie or something. It's a bit dizzying.]
bonnypiperlad: (hmm)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-13 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Aye. Ye would think it shouldn't, but there must be some reason for it. Hey! Maybe the Doctor could figure it out. He knows more about that sort of thing than I do.
wind_of_reason: (fuji erupted)

[personal profile] wind_of_reason 2012-03-14 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes! Please do ask him when you have the chance. I'm sure that proper time travellers would have a much better chance of thinking of something than I would!
bonnypiperlad: (hrmph)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-17 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Hey! I'm a time traveler too, ye know. [Just one that doesn't understand...well, most of about how it works.]

But I will. Actually...I think I might be able to get out this window, come to think about it. I wonder if I shouldn't go try and find him now, while I've a chance to.
wind_of_reason: (oro)

[personal profile] wind_of_reason 2012-03-17 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Then you're also much more likely to think of something than I am!

[She looks at him curiously. It doesn't look like he's in a window?]

Oh, you got separated from him?
bonnypiperlad: (tardis2)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-18 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Not completely. I'm just in one of the rooms in this resort we're looking into. [He turns the CAT around so she can see the room - and the window, which had previously been outside of the range of the device.]

Thought I might have a wee bit of a lie down before we go and look further, but I'd not taken the lassies outside into consideration.
wind_of_reason: (fuji erupted)

[personal profile] wind_of_reason 2012-03-19 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! And now you need to escape out the window to meet up with the Doctor because the fangirls are blocking the door? ...Are you very high up?
bonnypiperlad: (looking2)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-19 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
Ah...a wee bit. [Read: yes.]

There's a pipe here, though, and I should be able to make my way down it until I can get to the fire escape.
Edited 2012-03-19 07:16 (UTC)
wind_of_reason: (oh dear)

[personal profile] wind_of_reason 2012-03-20 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
A pipe. ... [She pictures Mister Jamie shimmying down a pipe in his kilt and immediately blushes.]

You're sure that'll be okay?
bonnypiperlad: (So...)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-21 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Blush? What blush? Jamie doesn't seem to have noticed.]

Och, it can't be any worse than the time I had to climb up that ladder to get in the...

[He makes a circular gesture with his finger, trying to get across the idea of blades whirling above his head.]

The helly-copter. They had to fly away before I could get all the way up the thing.
Edited 2012-03-21 07:06 (UTC)
wind_of_reason: (happy ohhohoho)

[personal profile] wind_of_reason 2012-03-22 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
That's amazing! Like you're a true stunt-man! I've heard it's really quite difficult to climb a ladder like that while moving.
bonnypiperlad: (tardis2)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-24 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Aye, well, I'll not say it's easy. [But he puffs up a little all the same. Keep it up, Fuu, and he'll get a swelled head.]

But ye can do so if you put your mind to it. it'll be a lot easier to shimmy down yon pipe then that, though. Look, once I'm able to get away and let the Doctor know, I'll try and get in touch with ye again. Maybe I could tell ye a bit more about it at that point.
wind_of_reason: (tricky who me)

[personal profile] wind_of_reason 2012-03-26 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds good, Mister Jamie! Good luck with the pipe then. And the fan girls. And finding the Doctor.
I hope to talk to you again later!
bonnypiperlad: (sideprofile)

[personal profile] bonnypiperlad 2012-03-29 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Aye, same here. [Jamie gives her a brief smile, then - just as he's about to climb out the window - ends the transmission.]

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