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maskormenacelogs2017-03-03 10:19 pm
brushoff) wrote in maskormenacelogs2017-03-03 10:19 pm
Entry tags:
- !event log,
- abigail hobbs | n/a,
- john constantine | con man,
- wanda maximoff | scarlet witch,
- † cordelia naismith vorkosigan | n/a,
- † count dooku | darth tyranus,
- † daisy johnson | quake,
- † han solo | n/a,
- † jacob taylor | the protector,
- † jang junseo | n/a,
- † jesse pinkman | diesel,
- † john watson | n/a,
- † jon snow | lord snow,
- † jorah mormont | jorah the andal,
- † julian day | calendar man,
- † kanaya maryam-lalonde | psychopomp,
- † kidou yuuto | playmaker,
- † laura wilson | persephone,
- † mick rory | heat wave,
- † pablo arjona | n/a,
- † petyr baelish | littlefinger,
- † reggie mantle | n/a,
- † riku | darkeater,
- † robbie reyes | ghost rider,
- † sadie doyle | n/a,
- † sansa stark | little bird,
- † sarah manning | n/a,
- † sarissa theron | n/a,
- † sherlock holmes | n/a,
- † the (twelfth) doctor | n/a,
- † theon greyjoy | turncloak,
- † veera suominen | mk,
- † viktor nikiforov | n/a,
- † viserys targaryen | the dragon
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! )
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! )
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[ They could use all the help they can get. He's not sure whether or not the others would be on-board, but hell, after all those dead people, they should pull out all the stops. Maybe short of killing the guy, but --
But sometimes, they don't have a choice. The Negotiator is right there, proof of that very fact, even if Jaime does wonder how differently he could have handled things. ]
How... do you do it? How do you track people like this down when the rest of the world thinks you're insane, and they've got all the resources you don't?
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You have to chase a lot of leads. Most of which don't go anywhere, most of which won't allow you access. But you'll find people are generally trusting, especially if you act with authority.
[ Not to mention the pile of dead bodies Erik left after threatening them... ]
Talking to people is always the easiest way to get what you want.
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[ Public speaking, speaking with authority, learning to accept what he's told -- Wally beat that into his head when he was here, how important they were as symbols as opposed to just people who happen to do some good. What Erik is talking about isn't remotely the same thing, but the same end goal is there: to speak with confidence and authority.
It's something Jaime's always been bad at. He's too shy, too timid, too uncertain of himself. He finds it difficult to even let his voice be heard amongst friends and colleagues, let alone distrustful strangers. ]
And I guess that's how you find out who to talk to, too, right? By talking?
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[ Revealing the big secrets here, sorry Jaime. ]
It's not always fast... The fastest way is... pretty destructive.
[ He assumes Jaime wants to avoid something like that. ]
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[ It was a lot easier when they were just openly malicious, like the Reach were. You can take care of people like that easily. Give them a pop on the jaw, do what you have to do. People like this? Who are just being taken advantage of? They know as little as the JLI does. All they can do is dance around the subject, get context clues instead of asking after Max directly. ]
It's a lot harder doing it this way, huh?
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[ He won't lie about that or mince words, like yeah, they could just start attacking everything. Erik's done that once or twice. It's usually an overreaction, he usually regrets it later.
And he's been lucky sometimes to have a later. ]
Who are your leads?
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[ He leans back a little, frowning a little, an expression that's a little too old on his face, but this whole thing is above his paygrade. He's fallen into taking care of the small stuff, or working as a part of a team, nothing like this, where the heroes most equipped to deal with this have nothing to do. ]
He's been one step ahead of us this whole time. He's leading us, not the other way around.
[ He wanted to get the JLI back together. ]
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[ Though he knows it was probably just a case of... this guy's clearly been at it a lot longer than Jaime, and has more resources and less scruples at his disposal. That's alright. It's not checkmate. ]
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He used to work for the JLI - Justice League International? That's what the guys I've been working with used to go by, before they split. He was their friend, their leader in some ways, like - he really got to know these people before he went off the deep end. We figured out that he created chaos around the members that were still alive to push them together.
But he couldn't put the full team together, because - well, he killed the last Blue Beetle. But he still had access to files on every metahuman out there, which means he had a file on me, sent his cyborg army to my house, and the JLI went chasing after them. He's known what he was doing from day one.
[ He doesn't think Max wants to kill them. He doesn't know what Max is thinking, only that he needs to end up in jail, and soon. ]
He knows everything about us. From there, it's not hard to guess how we'll react, I guess. Everyone but me, that is.
[ That's one thing they have on Max: he doesn't know Jaime. The files that Bruce has are incomplete, Jaime figures, because he's never done half the crap he's capable of, and while Jaime was busy figuring out how to be a hero, Max was still dead. He's a non-entity, a kid along for the ride, but he doesn't intend for it to stay that way. He just needs to come up with a plan of his own. ]
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[ Erik likes to think he has a good read on people, but even then he's not 100% at predicting what they're going to do. Even his telepathic friends have trouble sometimes. People aren't quite as linear as imagined. He supposes unless someone is a Fate. ]
And how accessible is the data? You might want to erase what's still there.
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Pretty detailed. [ It's Batman's. He's not going to rat Bats out or anything, but he knows how anal he gets about the small details. He's not sure if Max still has access to his files - considering Batman doesn't think Max exists, it sure isn't out of the question - but he's equally as sure that Batman didn't do the right thing and erase all of his files after Ted's death. ] It at least lists our weaknesses and our civilian identities, which means he'd have access to anything that's public knowledge. When it comes to our families, our homes... that can mean a lot.
[ And, of course, he's got knowledge of everyone's tragic backstories in the JLI. They were teammates. That stuff comes up. ]
We're talking some of the least accessible files out there - more on lock-down than some government files, I'd bet, but... I bet I could get in there. It'd be worth it, even if I'd get into - man, I don't even want to think about how much trouble I'd be in.
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I'll help you.
[ Hopefully before Tony gets into it and then gets into the business of outing everyone, too. ]
And your secret is safe with me.
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He'll still worry, but here, he can at least try to get back to normal - and sharpen up his techniques for when he inevitably has to go back. ]
Thanks, Erik, [ he says, and there's no hiding that genuine tone in his voice. ] I really appreciate it. Especially 'cause I, uh, kind of sprung it on you.
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Keep me updated.
[ And let him know if you run into a wall trying to chase down leads. Because if anyone's done that and driven himself crazy with feeling completely alone and stuck in his own head, it's this guy. ]
If it helps, I'm glad you told me all this.
MUTANT DAD MENTORING HIS META CHILDREN A+++ CONTENT
Honestly, I am too! [ He says with a sheepish sort of smile. ] We should probably get back to work though, huh?
IT'S TOO CUTE
[ Another pat on the back, and then he lets Jaime go. ]
Ready to go work on that ugly orange van? I think it hasn't been repainted since the seventies...