brushoff: (jesus fuck look at those eyes)
Dorian Gray ([personal profile] brushoff) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2017-03-03 10:19 pm

weep not for the memories

WHO: Everybody!
WHERE: all cities
WHEN: March 4 - March 6
WHAT: it's a catch-all log, sucka! Tag here and thread around for the Dorian Ruins Everything Guilt Extravaganza part of the overall March plot. Please check out this ooc post for details!
WARNINGS: Traumatic memories. Possible talk of murder, death, blood, other nasty things. I'll try to update if the warnings needed but please use content warnings if it gets super nasty!

It starts off on March 4th, the early morning before the sun's even risen. You know those weird mirages that were hanging around the day before? Well now it's getting a little personal.

These mirages come and go seemingly for no reason. They might stay for a minute, they might stay for an hour. The images vary between person but the unifying factor is that the mirages consist of people the player characters have hurt, whether people in-game or from their homes. Whether they murdered them, slandered them, or even had a petty little argument, the unifying factor is the guilt each character feels towards or about this mirage. After all, you know you hurt them somehow. You know their existence somehow makes you feel guilty.

Another unifying factor? The creepy way these mirages just seem to stick to you. They'll follow you if you try to leave, staring you down with their creepy unblinking mirage eyes. And whoops: everybody can see said mirages. Hopefully you're not being stalked by someone you and somebody else both know, wouldn't that be awkward?

Have fun confronting your traumatizing past and/or wondering why your buddy's got some creepy ghost guy following him, imPorts!

( ooc: this is a catch-all log! Make starters of your characters getting haunted by their creepy mirages, have other people react to said creepy mirages, ???, profit. Hit me up on the ooc post if you have any questions! )
pyrogue: (mi casa es su casa)

[personal profile] pyrogue 2017-03-07 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Between that expression and that new arrival, Mick's grin fades quickly. Something is definitely off.

"Everything alright?"

Something ain't right, that much is obvious. He's also trying hard not to obviously glance between Jacob and the person following him, but Mick isn't the most subtle of people.
darkpants_warmfeeling: (Regret)

[personal profile] darkpants_warmfeeling 2017-03-07 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Jacob just sighs, and looks over his shoulder at Ronald.

"He's been following me for days. Comes and goes like a bad dream. I've been trying to lose him through the Porters, but..."

He heaves a shrug. It's very obviously not working.
pyrogue: (temperature rising)

[personal profile] pyrogue 2017-03-08 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
"What is he? Who is he?"

The way Jacob's talking doesn't make it sound like it's a stalker so much as... something else. Creepy. Mick's got his back, though.

In theory.
darkpants_warmfeeling: (Sorrow)

[personal profile] darkpants_warmfeeling 2017-03-09 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
"As far as I can tell? Some kind of illusion. There's nobody actually there. But he..."

Jacob's eyes fall downward, becoming intensely interested in the floor of the Porter base for a moment. But then he forces them upward to look at Mick. Why deny it? Why hide it? Why give the bastard's memory more power over him?

"He looks like Ronald Taylor," he finishes. "A man who used to be my father."
pyrogue: (everything is combustible)

[personal profile] pyrogue 2017-03-09 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh."

Understanding spreads on Mick's face in increments. First, that there's an illusion of Jacob's dad following him around. Then, the way Jacob phrased it.

Mick loved his parents. Unlike many of his supervillainous peers, that was never a problem. But because of said brethren, he's well aware he's one of the lucky ones. Cold's father comes to mind. So while he doesn't get it, he understands almost immediately.

"Shit, that's rough."
darkpants_warmfeeling: (Default)

[personal profile] darkpants_warmfeeling 2017-03-10 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah... yeah, no kidding." Jacob stifles another sigh, rubs the back of his head with his hand. He doesn't want to talk about the whole story, especially right here in the middle of a military base. But it still counts for something that Mitch looks like he understands.

After a moment, Jacob remembers that they're basically blocking access to the Porter platform for whichever travellers want to use it next. He steps aside. 'Ronald' follows right with him. "They've been popping up the last couple days," he says as he moves. "These... ghosts. I hope they've left you alone."
pyrogue: (burny mcburnface)

[personal profile] pyrogue 2017-03-10 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I haven't seen 'em." Though when he says that, he glances back behind him, just in case. It's a relief when there's no one there.

Mick moves away too, trying not to stare at Ronald. "Other people been getting the ghosts?"
darkpants_warmfeeling: (Outdoors)

[personal profile] darkpants_warmfeeling 2017-03-12 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah." Jacob nods, grateful to talk about something that is not his father or the thing currently impersonating his father. "I ran into a friend of mine who was being followed by his superior from back home. But it wasn't real. I saw him take a swing at it- it just went right through."

Jacob came disturbingly close to trying to shoot his ghost in the middle of his kitchen when it first manifested. He's glad he held back on that, and not just because it would have been pointless.
pyrogue: (weird shit happens at cadmus)

[personal profile] pyrogue 2017-04-02 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds like the person that ends up following you around ain't someone you're on good terms with. Wonder who's behind this one."

Because that's how these things go, isn't it? There's always someone doing it to screw with people.