MASK OR MENACE

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) )

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: The Smithsonian's National Zoo, Washington, D.C.
WHEN: July 14, late afternoon/evening
WHAT: Swear-In
WARNINGS: The call of the wild