❧ Don't Stop Me Now

[luministimods]

[With everyone's efforts, the life support systems start back up again, and all flashing red lights go away to warn another day. Soon, the air levels return to normal, breathable levels, and the food replicators begin bringing in fresh foods once more to the spacestation kitchens and all the restaurants in town. And yes, there is hot water for everyone now!]

[In the maintenance area, Proctor lets out a loud sigh of relief and turns on his CAT while he checks over the read-outs on the terminals before him]

Very, very good! I...had my doubts we'd be able to do this in time. But--[he smiles faintly for the first]--you did it. You all did. I'm seeing more and more why Filippo failed so badly last--

[But he cuts off right then, his face going pale.] What is...how was that system activated?! It was turned off months ago! [He turns suddenly when he hears a groaning, shuffling noise behind him. If possible, his face goes even more pale.]

No...NO, you get away from m--

[Proctor accidentally shuts his CAT off. What happens to him...who knows.]


Plot Details: Don't Stop Me Now

Congratulations, everyone, for surviving our first quick-time event of the season! You have NO idea how pleased I am that every goal was accomplished! There was a slim chance we might not have made it, but I had confidence in you all ♥

That said...the terminals weren't exactly helpful, were they? A...or B. I do have to admit that there were right and wrong answers to every single one of these terminals. I had a system for each objective, like I used the blue arrows from this to decide on which ones were correct for the life support-related terminals, for example, and I tried to be as objective as I could with the others. The food replicators and the hot water all had corresponding buttons to be pressed, and that last terminal...well, the correct answer was actually chosen by a majority. (i.e. The highest amount of numbers chosen was the right answer, and the odds = A, and evens = B.) And there weren't any hints that could have been had through conversation. It really was just a simple choice.

I can now reveal how everyone did! A green checkmark will be next to those who guessed correctly, and a red cross-out thingy next to those who guessed incorrectly:



Terminals!
Life Support: Mayor's House || Flynn and Meru ✘
Life Support: Osculia's Office || Croix and Fuu ✓
Life Support: Clinic || Mu and Ten ✘
Life Support: White Rabbit Pub || Hawk and Willis ✓
Life Support: Malt Shop || Sophie ✘
Life Support: Sheriff's Office || Terezi and Leaf ✓
Food Replicator: Lab #1 || Jamie ✘
Food Replicator: Botanical Gardens || Conner and Luke ✘
Hot Water: Town Square/Fountain || Kanaya ✘
Hot Water: Lab #4 || Washington ✓
[UNKNOWN]: Outside the Palm House || Vriska and Natsuo ✘
Master Switch: Bridge || Ichijou (and Proctor) ✓



When the messages said that if you chose incorrectly, you might not live long enough to regret it, it wasn't...exactly talking about whether or not you'd live if the systems were reset. It was actually talking about something very, very different.

See...the systems were reset, which brought everything back online as I said before--but there were other systems that had been turned off before. There used to be townspeople who wandered the streets and one could occasionally chat with them about the town, though they had no idea the town was just a fake. To them, the town was real, and the people themselves, while only mere duplicates, were real in a sense as well. During the last season, the townspeople went away, sadly, in...a somewhat violent way that was kind of glossed over, and eerily, it mirrors what just happened with the life support systems--or rather, it almost did. But when the life support systems were shut off in the town last time, none of the townspeople were able to leave--but they were gone by the end of things last season with no bodies or anything left behind.

Well, now those townspeople are back. The terminal that Vriska and Natsuo found (or rather, the terminal that found them) controlled the townspeople. Had they chosen correctly, the townspeople would have been brought back as though nothing had happened to them. But since this choice was made, the townspeople were still brought back...but as zombies.

Yep. Zombies.

Now...there are many kinds of zombies out there, so I'll make some basic rules, then you guys can go wild:


• They range from slow to fast in motion.
  
• Super loud noises like gun fire and explosions will draw them towards you--
  
• --However, if you pretend to be one of them? They'll be fooled and leave you alone.
  
• They're not super strong, so they won't like...knock down brick walls, but if enough of them are pressing in on glass? They'll eventually break through because the glass will give in to the weight and pressure being applied.


And...well. With zombies about, it means there's a high risk that one might become infected. For the sake of the event, only those who are bitten by a zombie will eventually turn into one after a single day. (Symptoms include: a bite mark, high fever, then later on, a sudden desire for human flesh, and slurred, unintelligible speech.) After that, zombified characters will remain zombies until the end of the plot--but with one exception. If zombified characters are killed, they can come back to life as normal people once again. They'll wake up in their townhomes like nothing had happened (and their zombie bodies will disappear.) However, if your character is one of the few out in the spacestation, you'll wake up in one of the beds in the crew quarters. If...you want them to remember what it was like as a zombie or not, that's up to you.

Now, I will say that if anyone does decide to go on a zombie-killing spree that includes other players' zombified characters, please ask them for permission about what they want done. Also, if things get...really graphic, I would suggest leaving a warning just to be on the safe side.

Oh yes...for those of you who chose wrong? The zombies will...find you to be more attractive meal options than the others, and you will have a harder time deceiving them. Sorry about that...

Oh, and the zombies are also in the spacestation. They just got out somehow... And some of these zombies will be familiar to some of the characters as NPCs they've seen in the past: a favorite waitress in the Malt Shop, the sweet old lady who ran the tea shop, even duplicates of Miss Osculia and the others--including the Mayor. It seems the only thing he can be bothered to show up for is this.

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I do have one quick note of business! The Activity Check is still set for the 23rd, but I will be reducing the requirements just for this month to one post and one thread, or three threads/log threads. And characters who just came into the game after the 9th of June are exempt from the check. I'll put this info up again when I put the AC up in the OOC comm, but I thought I'd give you guys a heads-up!

And I believe that is it! If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask! Go ahead and use this space for plotting or throw someone a line via any of the modes of contact listed here!

Comments

[desertdaggers]

…oh, huh! Well, that's interesting to know about the townspeople. :|a

Also SHRIEK but. Good times! Iiiiii am not so sure this will end well for Hawk since canonical enemies that can be taken down… but on the other hand resemblances and all that… idk we'll see!

[terezi_pyrope]

watch out for the hardmode mutating zombies
those are a bitch to take down
and some

[notsot8rri8le]

awww, Hawk, if you ever need help, your pal Vriska is here!

[chainsawspistice]

If anyone needs her, Kanaya will be changing her name to Kbnbyb Mbrybm.

She'll probably be hacking away at zombies with her chainsaw once things start looking bad, especially if it looks like people need the help. But since the zombies will be attracted by loud noises, that means there is a 90% chance of her being bitten eventually. Great!!

Until then, if anyone would like to do rescue type things (or anything, really!!), feel free to hit me up. Kanaya as either savior or damsel would be fine with me, because she will probably get in over her head at some point.

[luke_triton]

B was just as wrong, don't feel bad.

[notsot8rri8le]

YOU SHOULD HAVE PICKED B LIKE ALL THE WINNERS DID

[desertdaggers]

…oh, Kanaya. (pffff, though.) Man, how's anyone going to pronounce that ever again :|a

[notsot8rri8le]

LMFAO WHOOPS :') HAVE FUN GUYS

Vriska will be flying around, taking out hoards of zombies here and there when she's bored. she'll be very disappointed you don't get any loot for killing zombies, but that's real life! you work 8 times harder, and you get less rewards for it. anyway, the chances of her getting infected is very low, unfortunately! (because how many of you want to kill her for triggering a zombie attack, teehee!)

UM THAT SAID, maybe we should start organizing clinics or some barricaded safe place? idk, open a disco!! distract the zombies with dancing!! and like Boba/Kbnbyb says, a rescue player plot sounds really fun, I am all for it

[terezi_pyrope]

woah disco




sounds like a








colorful idea

[bonnypiperlad]

GOOD JOB VRISKA. Way to not listen to your leader there.

[chainsawspistice]

I'm sure you can find some sort of loot. Old bones, rotted teeth. Maybe she can find some organs that are still functioning. Maybe someone will need a liver transplant some day, you can never be too prepared!

Also that disco idea sounds oddly plausible

[luke_triton]

Never ever let him find out it was you.

At least until well after he knows you better. Poor Kbnbyb.

[tactilekonesis]

VRISKAAAAAA

May Kon never find out about this 8( But he'll be flying around town too, so they can have competitions to see who's better at killing zombies?? idek?

[manicurious]

... Does lying on the floor slowly digesting a massive food-baby and occasionally moaning pleasurably count as a zombie disguise

Because if it does Ichijou should be just peachy for a day or two :V

[terezi_pyrope]

ROFLMASGKSLMHLS ICHIJOU....

a++++

[chainsawspistice]

while still managing to be the most fabulous thing around, i gather

[luke_triton]

The moaning might just do it.

[vengefulagent]

Poor Ichijou...

I do so enjoy trolling him, not even gonna lie

[bonnypiperlad]

Hey hey spacestation people, anyone want zombie fun times? And possibly to explain what a zombie is to Jamie before he gets himself deaded?

Sword, sword, where did he put that sword...

[notsot8rri8le]

icon says it all

[luke_triton]

Luke is going to be under his bed where proper gentlemen go during zombie invasions.

Even if one of them gets hold of his hat.

[notsot8rri8le]

Luke do you

need

to

be

rescued

[painlessfighter]

.... whoa. XD!

So, Croix will be fighting. More speciically, he will protect anyone who needs it. So! Anyone want soldier boy on their side?

Natsuo will also be fighting. Either on his own, or following Vriska around. The way his magic works, and the way he chooses to use it, there will likely be a lot of collateral damage. ^^; Eheh.

I AM CONSIDERING having Natsuo get bitten and not notice. Lol not feeling pain... That said, anyone want to do something with it? If so, I'mma totally do this.

[luke_triton]

Thank you I am now hearing "soulja boy" as Croix's theme song.

All is right wit the world.

[gothelproof]

I go to sleep for a few hours and this is what happens. XD oh gods. Flynn doesn't even know what a zombie is, but once he finds out he'll arm himself with a trusty iron skillet and go out to protect those in need! Or completely freak out and hide out on his roof. He hasn't quite decided!

[luke_triton]

Roof hiding. He would never have thought of that! They can't get you up there can they, Puzzleproof Guy?

[rainbow_breath]

So...just realized. Meru will see the zombies ONLY as monsters that need bashing. If someone doesn't explain to her the consequences of taking damage/being bitten by them, she'll just bumrush them with her hammer... and probably get bitten somewhere. 1. Because she's barely covered. 2. Because it's melee combat...

However, she'd be ALL FOR a rescue team. And if she knows the true nature of them, she might have to reveal her Wingly magic if it comes to it (which will be so awkward for her to try to explain to anyone who finds out - yay for a difficult situations!) But...yeah, that would allow her to fly and play golf with zombie heads or she could do ranged attacks with her ancient magic. ^^

[notsot8rri8le]

sounds awesome! maybe we can do a big player plot where a group of us are trapped and another group will need to come in and rescue them? :)

[tactilekonesis]

Holy crap, this is what I wake up to? XD Poor Kon just wanted to be able to eat food again...

I am tempted to have him be bitten and possibly killed, though that can't be accomplished without kryptonite. Would it be possible to find some within the town for him? :|a If not, I'll just have him fend off zombies for the duration.

[vengefulagent]

You know...I think some kryptonite could be arranged~! o/ Many things came over in the last plot, after all. We could say there's a small chunk on display in the library or town hall. Or heck, maybe in one of the various areas of the botanical gardens. Lots of rocky places there~ But I'll leave the placement of it up to you~

[lamb_of_gold]

Belatedly, Mu's bit from home? A 5 story tower with no doors and windows don't start until the 2nd floor. He can get in via teleportation, but unless the zombies can do that? Probably a good safehouse.

Any takers?

[chainsawspistice]

You know what would be great? If a bunch of people holed up in here... including one or two people who were bitten without noticing it. :')

If you just wanted it to be legit safehouse though, then ignore me, hehe. But now I have the mental image of zombies catapulting themselves in or flying in via huge birds(???).