Lost Souls

[shimmershimmer]

[You don't wake up, exactly, but at some point you come to. There's something wrong with you, a numbness and translucency. Should you try to touch something, your hand will pass through it. Why, it's as if you were a ghost. So that's the bad news. Sorry about that. The good news is that mentally, you've woken up entirely. You remember the real truth of who you are, your relationship to your so-called "family," and all the other lies you've been fed by the Shimmering Lady.

You can move freely around what you will soon realize to be the village. The reason why it may take moment of realization is simply because it doesn't look anything like you remember it. The sky is black, the grass is dead, and the cottages are run-down and shoddy concrete buildings. The pond is dirty, and there are no animals whatsoever, anywhere.

And the temple. It's more like a storehouse than a temple. The Shimmering Lady is there, or that mass of flesh and tendrils that calls itself the Shimmering Lady...

She doesn't seem to see or hear you. When the others exit their "homes," neither will they. And there's some strange force keeping you within the walls...]

((Popcorn, mingle, curse the Lady, etc! Also! There will be a special thing for you to do here once Night 01 starts. Watch for it~ :>))

Comments

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

...Such was not my intention, but yes. I woke him in hopes that it would prevent him from communicating with his fellows. I did not anticipate that anything like this would happen.

[heartofsnarkness]

And this is how he repays you, huh. Not very nice.

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

He is not a very nice man. That much is certainly apparent.

[heartofsnarkness]

This does imply, though, that we could prevent more people from being taken, if we knew who was likely to be targeted.

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

...Yes, that should be possible. The Lady seems quite irritated that Kimblee is still awake. I wonder if she would feel likewise if the same should happen to one of the faithful.

[heartofsnarkness]

Worth a shot, anyway. She may not be as upset about the faithful sticking around as she is about Kimblee, but I don't think she likes things not going according to her plans in any case.

[ill_hearted_gentleman]

Even that would be worth finding out. It seems the demons are as much in her thrall as the faithful are, and if she allows transgressions from one side and not the other, it should prove at least which side she favors.

[heartofsnarkness]

Good point. Anyway, I say we go for it.