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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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intrusivethot: (byobpixiv31824983wpTFWp)

[personal profile] intrusivethot 2018-07-13 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Motion is part of a dance, but it serves another purpose in Ren's mind. Keeping him moving past all those nasty hurdles and lurking doubts, stepping cleanly over the awkward trappings of - god, both of them are way too young and they're living in a modern age, they can't call it courtship. Call it flirtation, mutually assured affection, or simply some badly needed contact for touch-starved kids.

Ren in this moment is deft in how quickly he goes past implications, young and alive and able to seize the moment with one of his closest and most beautiful friends. And he can let it be that.

He doesn't even know what's happening in the music, at a point is simply feels right to swoop Yusuke down into a dip, somewhat hampered by the fact that Yusuke is moderately taller than him. It's the thrill of the thing that makes it worth doing, Ren's heart surging forward into his throat as he grins confidently down at Yusuke and then pulls him back up, tucked in close again.

He can't shake the sense of the dance winding down, threads slipping from between their fingers. Still, Ren holds the threads tight and tugs carefully, reckless only in what it might mean rather than the gentleness with which Ren's cheek slides against Yusuke's and his lips are pressed at the furthest reaches of what might be called Yusuke's mouth.

Just the indentation of skin that suggests its beginning, just for a fraction of a second, and then it's gone and so is Ren, fingers grazing Yusuke's side as he retreats to a friendly distance and bows slightly.
]

I do believe you're a pretty good dancer there, Fox.
artisticliberty: pixiv id: 1562684 please do not take! (venus of urbino)

[personal profile] artisticliberty 2018-07-13 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Oh--

[yusuke's breath comes out in a rush, a quiet exhale of surprise when ren suddenly dips him, his legs threatening to give out from under him for a split second, but he's not so uncoordinated he can't catch himself... and even if he couldn't, ren has him in his arms so securely, it wouldn't even matter. yusuke's expression in that moment is completely unguarded, raw, eyes wide and breath caught in his throat, a trail of pink smattered across his cheeks and neck and the tips of his ears.

is this what swooning feels like? he thinks for a moment before ren rights him, and he feels dizzy, breathless and strangely limp. what is this feeling? yusuke asks himself, almost panicked, until ren's lips gently kiss his cheek near the corner of his mouth.

yusuke's stops thinking, then. he can't form words in his mind anymore, can only think in bursts of color. red, yellow, pink, orange, white--shades of heat, of the sun, of fire. when ren pulls away from him, suddenly every inch of his body aches, cool air where ren's body should be. he doesn't understand what he's feeling, doesn't understand what just happened, but he knows he's suddenly terribly, terribly hungry for it.

something in him has changed, that's for certain.]

... you're quite skilled yourself, Joker.