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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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[personal profile] intrusivethot 2018-07-17 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Just stay here.

[ "Here" is a lot of places. Physically here letting Ren shoujo-cling to the best immediate remedy that's available to him. The "here" that is on this station, in his life, By His Side, any and all of what Ren could have and still can continue living with if Ryuji can. That's always been the proviso, and the longer he lays himself into Ryuji and lets the distress of the moment drain it becomes easier to recall that this is how it works with them, being one another's best keepers.

It was Ren's mistake to think that that meant Ryuji'd want the same things as him, is all. He's not interested in Ren. So that's that.

They're gonna be okay. It doesn't feel like it now but things always are between them. Ren will cry for a long while and trust Ryuji to protect the vulnerable parts of him, even if he's the one who was empowered to inadvertently use that blind spot against Ren in this horribly narrow angle. Strangely it's one of the moments that he's felt closest to Ryuji, in spilling his heart even if it did get punished.

Space, probably. Time, yeah. Time here, wherever "here" is. And when he feels like he's done crying and ready to let go (respectively: yesterday and never) he does, pulling back to sit facing on another, the outsides of their thighs pressed together.

Ren's better with words than Ryuji is, but at the same time it's important to speak someone else's language from time to time to reinforce a bond, to convey what might otherwise be misinterpreted. Ren wouldn't hurt him. He can reach up to thumb away the wetness on Ryuji's cheeks, a mixture of guilt and empathy in Ren's stinging red eyes, but what's more is the hand moving from there to the back of Ryuji's head, mussing the overgrowth on its way to tugging him forward.

The contact of Ren's lips to Ryuji's forehead is solid, something he hasn't done before and may never do again. But he hopes that he knows what Ren is saying.

We'll be okay no matter what.
]
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[personal profile] ryuji 2018-07-18 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Alright, you got a deal.

[He may be kind of dull at times, but when it comes to this particular dual layered context, he senses it out just well enough to know that it means more than just being there for him. It... kind of always goes without saying, because, really? Ren, do you think he'd go anywhere without you? You have to be out of your mind. If he's about to toss himself out the airlock to brave space travel, you better bet your ass that he'll be right there, suiting up with you. And, you know, if you just want to look out into space and be quiet for a bit; well, he'll ruin the quiet, but he'll stargaze with you like a nerd.

He stands (sits) still as Ren goes and does his Ren thing, not caring at the slightest for the closeness; he's so greedy to be touched all the damn time, it's almost a completely shameful kind of thing. He doesn't expect the forehead kiss, however, that's definitely a new thing, but he also doesn't freak out or feel like he has to front and tell him that it's weird. It just is. It's them. Whatever, they can weird and not weird and fill out all the spaces in between with the days to come.

They'll be okay.]