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reveriemod ([personal profile] reveriemod) wrote in [community profile] reverielogs2018-07-01 07:57 pm

( 003 » ENSEMBLE ) party time.

» WHO? Everyone
» WHEN? July 1 to July 8
» WHERE? Entire Station
» WHAT? 168 hours of being forced to listen to cheesy music on repeat…
» WARNINGS? the mundane and slightly ridiculous becoming terrible, cheesy pop music, forced sleep deprivation, anger, loss of control, emotions, potential for stabbing, hallucinations, mania, memory loss, confusion, seizures, depression.





0 0 1 » LET’S GET THIS PARTY STARTED


It starts in the mess hall and it starts slowly. At first, it can barely be heard over the conversations that are happening but as the volume increases, it becomes apparent that music is playing. Not just any music: characters from Earth will recognise these pop hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s. They’re the kind of hits one might find on a Spotify playlist titled “Top 100 Cheesy Hits” or “Songs To Sing To In The Shower”. Power ballads. Boy bands. Girl bands. Woodstock.

Soon, the music can be heard all across the station, blasting from every speaker, audible in every room. Characters who were asleep in their quarters will be woken by the music’s volume, characters under the shower might want to start singing along (but remember, the walls might just be thin enough for the neighbours to hear) and if characters clear some chairs, there’s enough space in the bar for an impromptu dance floor.

Some characters have been working on improving the replicators, too, so while the alcohol supplies at the bar are dwindling and all but gone, the replicators are now capable of making something that’s palatable, even if it’s not quite up to scratch.

What’s the harm in having some fun? It’s just a little music, right?

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0 0 2 » I WANT OFF THIS RIDE


It’s just a little music, right? And it is — but it just won’t seem to stop. The first few hours may have been entertaining, at least for those who did not get woken up by the sound of decades (centuries, even) in the past, but the music keeps going long past the point of entertainment.

After two hours, the songs start repeating. After six hours, they’re still playing. After twelve? Still playing. Twenty-four? Still playing.

Sleep becomes all but impossible as the music keeps playing loudly in every room and every corridor of the station. Attempts to shut it down prove unsuccessful.

Forty-eight hours later, the music is still playing.

Characters will begin to suffer the effects of sleep deprivation, in addition to the general irritation that might come from hearing the same two hours worth of cheesy pop songs on a loop: headaches, exhaustion, tremors, irritability and confusion to begin with, followed by lapses in memory, muscle aches, malaise, violent behaviour, hallucinations or mania as cognitive effects set in, possibly also seizures and depression.

And still, the music keeps playing.

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0 0 3 » THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE WATER


The music and the sleep deprivation it causes are the reason for many of the symptoms people are feeling, but something is happening that goes even beyond the music, beyond the lack of sleep: something has changed about the food replicators.

The food is slowly getting better, for one, thanks to a group of individuals who’ve been working on improving them. Beyond that, however, imperceptible, the composition of the food comes with something extra -- namely heightened emotions. Whatever causes it, it’s in the water, too.

Those who are already angry feel angrier and have a harder time controlling that anger. Those who are already sad feel sadder and have a harder time not bursting into tears. Those who are already apathetic feel more apathetic and have a harder time prompting themselves to so much as move. The effect holds for all emotions, heightening them, making them harder to control or counteract. Impulses become action far more quickly than usual. Irritation at the music may become anger at the person singing along under their breath and that, in turn, may lead to someone getting stabbed with a plastic fork.

It’s nearly impossible to keep a cool head, though some people seem more affected than others.

OOC: This part of the plot is completely opt-in. Whatever characters are feeling will be heightened and strengthened and their impulse control lowered. Make sure to get ooc permission for any stabby action of comparable deeds, and keep in mind that non-con is prohibited in game.

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0 0 4 » AFTERMATH


After 168 hours, the music stops. Whatever was in the water and the food is gone again, meaning characters may never know it was there in the first place. After all, some of the effects of it could have been down to the sleep deprivation as well…

Still, there’s something off about the whole thing. It might seem like someone is watching them. Toying with them. But surely that’s just paranoia, right?

In the aftermath of sleep deprivation and poor impulse control, characters might want to get some sleep or try to mend those relationships that were damaged by careless words or people getting creative with the cutlery.

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Please remember to put warnings in subject lines if so required.
floriographys: (p9)

Jun Kurosu | OTA

[personal profile] floriographys 2018-07-02 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
I.

[Jun doesn't even notice the music at first. Not until he is woken up in the middle of 'the night'(whatever that means in space) by how loudly it is blaring. He is disoriented and startled into thinking he's being attacked at first until he just realizes... it's music.

That doesn't make him particularly happy though. It sounds like a mean prank, and he doesn't need his emotions to be heightened to leave his room in a huff. He pulls on his jumpsuit, not bothering to zip it up or put on boots before leaving his room, glaring down the hallway.]


Just who...

[Jun doesn't like confrontation. He doesn't like to get angry at anyone or have anyone get angry at him, but he really is not comfortable when it is loud, and so without even fixing his bedhead, he leaves his room to look for the control room.]

Can we turn it down please? Some of us actually do want to sleep.

II.

This is all my fault.

[Jun had had a cup of coffee. He hadn't been able to eat, especially after that cup of coffee, his disgust at the food amplified enough to just... lose his appetite. Eventually he would need to force himself to stomach it, but between the anxiety from the constant loud noise, the sleep deprivation, and the self-loathing amplified by the coffee, he was just not up to it.]

If I had just. Been a better son... Maybe I wouldn't have... and then he couldn't have...

And then we wouldn't be here. We could be at home, eating real food and getting to go outside and see the sun, smell the air, feel the grass beneath our feet.

[He was holding onto Tatsuya, his fingers loose on his hand, simply unable to summon the energy to cling any tighter, but he seemed to be addressing himself more than anyone else. He does stop to look at anyone who passes by, giving them an apologetic frown.]

I'm sorry. I-I promise... I'll fix it.

[He couldn't say Tatsuya would help him, he couldn't promise anything like that. He wasn't the one at fault, after all. Jun would do it. He didn't have the first idea of how, though.]

I think I can, if I can just find the control room again. I forgot where it was. What deck are we on right now?

[OOC: Tatsuya will be joining him on this adventure(at least until he wants to duck out I GUESS???) so anyone responding to this second prompt will get Jun and Tatsuya both.]
veristitalian: (Default)

I

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-07-02 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know who turned it on.

[Answers Jasnah, irate and in complete agreement. She's trying to hassle her long hair into a hasty tail, obviously disturbed from her rest by the sound.]

We should check that control room. It's still open.

[It might have access to the speaker system.]
floriographys: (x08)

[personal profile] floriographys 2018-07-03 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Jun nods at the woman. At least this means there will probably be something done about it rather than just Jun glaring and getting passive-aggressive. Maybe? Who knows.]

Agreed. At least turn this racket off.

[He is not even charmed by the style of music. It's not really his thing??? Too pop for him. It was tolerable when quiet but if they're going to be an ass about it, it was getting turned off.]

I don't believe I've been to the control room yet...
veristitalian: (blanched with shock)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-07-03 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
I can show you where it is.

[She agrees, and rests her hands on the small of her back, arching to stress the pain out. She's getting extremely tense with all this.]

Follow me.

[Jasnah sets off at a march, and can't help but falling into crisp step with the beat of the song.]
floriographys: (p7)

[personal profile] floriographys 2018-07-10 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jun follows suit... including walking tho the beat subconsciously. It's hard not to! Especially considering how tired he was, the teen rubbing at his eyes and trying to smooth out his bedhead to no avail.]

Has anyone ever turned the music on before...?
veristitalian: (squaring up to the challenge)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-07-11 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
No. This is the first time it's played since I arrived, and I was among the first to wake up here, in that initial confused wave.

[Her hands rub her ears, for the millionth time, like she can somehow stuff her fingers in them and block it out.]
floriographys: (p27)

[personal profile] floriographys 2018-07-12 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
I see...

[Well, that was a pain. If only because it meant that he wasn't sure that anyone would know HOW to turn it on. Or off, for that matter. Or if someone had figured it out, it was not widespread knowledge, otherwise he was certain that someone would have gotten to it before them.]

It would almost be pleasant if it were not so raucous. The silence certainly wasn't doing me any favors, but this is much worse.
veristitalian: (squaring up to the challenge)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-07-12 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
I envy the machines.

[She says, not for the first time.]

To be able to simply turn auditory perception off-
holyhalone: (Aymeric12 Upset)

i.

[personal profile] holyhalone 2018-07-10 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Aymeric had simply been poking his head around the corner as well, trying to figure out where in the world all that noise was coming from and who had started it. He knew it'd been playing in the mess hall earlier, he did not expect it to suddenly start playing here.

And when a young teen directed his frustration down his way, Aymeric had to hold up his hands defensively.]


Believe me when I say I haven't even the vaguest idea how to have started playing it, let alone how to make it stop. I heard it in the mess hall earlier today, though not nearly this loud.