abduxel: (until we close our eyes for good)
abduxel ([personal profile] abduxel) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2015-03-26 11:15 am

well I made amends, in the general sense, but the devil's in the details

WHO: Abduxel and sometimes Nysrog and YOU!
WHERE: Anywhere!
WHEN: During the first half of the age plot. Specifically Wednesday, March 25th to Friday the 28th - feel free to back-tag if you miss this window though.
WHAT: At random time-intervals, older-and-stronger-Abduxel is wandering around all of the accessible cities as a rat, bat, or cat, staying hidden & using demonic magic to force people to re-live shameful, painful, or sinful memories. Sometimes, Nysrog comes with him to see, unhidden, chatting with the affected.
WARNINGS: I'll edit this as I go. Anything involving Abduxel's powers always deals with blood, usually his own. Given that he is bringing up peoples' shameful, violent, traumatic memories it's just probably a big walking trigger warning so yeah.



HOW THIS WORKS: There are two starters that you can reply to, (A) where Abduxel is alone and hidden, and (B) where Nysrog is there, unhidden, to talk to (good thing her presence makes people feel sadness and melancholy!!) Most of the time, Abduxel might not directly interact with your character in this log. Yes, this means I'm enthusiastically inviting you to just vomit character exposition on me, and please do take advantage. He is using blood-magic to force your character to re-live a memory under some specific emotional criteria. He will look for one of shame, regret, or trauma (extreme sadness counts). He might also look for the cardinal sins but only so long as there is some scrap of remorse, regret etc around the memory: wrath, greed, envy, lust, sloth, pride, gluttony. So in your tag, pick a location & pick a theme and run with the memory your character re-lives. Your character will be well-aware it's just a memory and not a literal re-living but they will feel the emotions (and/or physical sensations if you want) that they felt then. It's absolutely possible that some characters will be immune or be able to resist/stop the event. It will be only a single memory, or a couple of related ones. It can be as serious as you want, or it can be that time your character said something embarrassing to their crush in 8th grade; it doesn't have to be the most severe experience. Abduxel will also see the memory your character experiences. If you have questions feel free to contact me about it.

Feel free for your character to come in pairs/groups and to have a back-and-forth log with someone else, and/or to set your reply to "open to all," or to just do a stand-alone exposition on your character's feelings if that's what you want! You can treat this like a mingle log.

FOR POWERFUL CHARACTERS: If your character is going to detect Abduxel and act on it, maybe drop me a line at [plurk.com profile] notforked so we can discuss logistics, because we might need a special starter for it, depending on circumstances. :)
hubris: (i will never disappear)

STARTER B : Demon Dream Team

[personal profile] hubris 2015-03-26 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Most humans will hear Nysrog before they notice her, though the low, humming sound she emits is difficult to place. Still, the observant may look around, pause in the midst of their walk to try and find the source of the noise, and in the process recognize Nysrog from the swear-in or just about town. She is dressed all in nondescript, black clothing, in a military-issue (foreign military, however, it is obvious) oversized coat.

She will be lingering in multiple places in the cities throughout the day, often sitting or standing a little away from everyone else, but her eyes piercing. Standing near her makes the pain of Abduxel's meddling more acute: melancholy seeps into your thoughts, and you have trouble pushing away the dark thoughts brought to the front of your mind.

"Are you alright?" she asks, approaching.
Edited 2015-03-26 15:32 (UTC)