MASK OR MENACE

WHO: Everyone
WHERE: A beach near Heropa
WHEN: June 13
WHAT: Party party party
WARNINGS: Really bad sunburns

The sun is up, spirits are high, and that means it’s high time for a high tide Swear-In as imPorts find themselves whisked off to a gorgeous stretch of beach, the sand powdery and soft and the water bright blue underneath the Florida sun! While most ordinary people would be content with doing little more than splashing in the water and catching some rays (though don’t forget to apply plenty of sunscreen; your Mama wasn’t joking when she told you to apply it every day!), the organizers of the Swear-In realize that ImPorts aren’t ordinary people and require a bit more excitement.

( Sun and fun )

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Heropa
WHEN: April 19th
WHAT: A plantilicious swear-in
WARNINGS: Maybe some suggestiveness. Mark your threads.

Spring has sprung, and that means it's time for a pleasant, low-key swear-in, don't you think so? The operators of Heropa Botanical Garden certainly think so. ( Free Claritin will be provided to those with allergies )

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: De Chima
WHEN: Feb. 16
WHAT: This month's swear-in!
WARNINGS: Possibly some violence



A spiraling new skyscraper has just completed construction in De Chima and, to celebrate, the owners and several of the businesses renting space in the modern wonder have elected to host this month’s swear-in on the top couple floors. ( Come and join the shindig )

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Jeopardy -> Heropa
WHEN: Nov. 19
WHAT: A resolution and a swear-in
WARNINGS: Please label threads

Somewhere, in a place that is and is not Jeopardy, time has passed. To some, it may have felt like mere hours; to others, days. For time doesn't truly touch this place. Only fate exists here, for imPorts to change or allow to proceed as it will.

Somewhere, the sisters look into the hearts of those with the power to decide the fate of this entire world and know their choice. A blinding light grows, forcing even the strongest to close their eyes, and as they do so, a vision of what could have happened appears in their minds. A world wreathed in flames, fire and screams echoing ceaselessly as they depart; a peaceful world, healed and whole and well—and a certainty that another world has paid a heavy price.

And then there's the sensation of three powerful forces leaving, two taking an unwilling third with them to wherever they are going. This world will be left as it is now, and its future will be whatever the people here make of it.

( The end of one era and the beginning of another )

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Jeopardy?
WHEN: November 12th-18th
WHAT: The sisters have been summoned. What happens now that all three are here?
WARNINGS: Violence

Despite the best efforts of OTO, a determined group of imPorts has gathered at the Altar, a rock formation outside the city once rumored to be a place of sacrifice, to conduct a seance and reach out to Lachesis, who measures the thread of fate, and Clotho, who weaves, in hopes that they will summon and balance the destruction of Atropos, she who cuts the thread.

Minds and wills focused together, powers not of this world wielded in harmony. Many points of light in the darkness become one, strong and then stronger, energy gathering in the air around them. And then the sky lights up in unearthly colors, power from even farther away rushing towards the group and pooling around the two chosen to act as the group's foci, suffusing them with painful energy until it feels as though they might explode.

A clap of thunder nearly as loud as a sonic boom echoes in the sky. The light fades — in seconds, a windstorm descends on the group, obscuring all senses by whipping up the sand. When it lifts, the intended conduits Jessika and Bruce lie unconscious on the ground and will remain so for ten minutes until they awaken, tired but utterly themselves. Layla and Sally Clapp, wherever they were kept at the ceremony, are simply gone.

When the surge of energy and winds die down, imPorts will feel a difference in the quality of the air—something charged, electrical. Something has happened. And as they turn toward Jeopardy proper, they will see a startling change: a thick wall of clouds, roiling and angry, has enveloped much of the city.



The storm wall itself is different than others characters may have seen, made more obvious to those with detection-related abilities. There's power there, enough to engulf this world and others. Do they dare go see what's inside? Can they bring themselves to turn away?

[NOTE: Characters may enter the storm at any time, including those who were not present at the ritual but travel there later, but once inside, they cannot leave and there is no technological communication with the outside world. Time will move differently inside the storm, and no matter what point they entered no one will be able to leave until Nov. 19, at which point the method of their return will be posted.]

( face your fate(s) )