October Event: Feeling Like a Ghost (Part I)

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OCTOBER EVENT: FEELING LIKE A GHOST

Who: Anyone and everyone
What: Your past returns to haunt you
When: October 10th and onward
Where: All over!
Warnings: Character death, as well as potential for discussion of trauma and suicide ideation - please mark as you go!

Try and Hear Me, Then I'm Done

You can find most of the information you need in the OOC info post! In the meantime, feel free to use this log as a catch-all for the duration of the event. While this log will focus on the past portion, you're free to use it for the future portion. As always, you can also make your own logs if that's your preference! Come the 21st, however, we'll likely get an additional log up for those who want to play around with their future echoes as well. Remember also that the present portion will be played out in Mu, during this month's Storytelling.

Remember to let us know if your character dies during this event. Bear in mind, however: death penalties will NOT be reduced for this event.

Event Timeline

[ ♆ ] October 10th: The ghosts of the past appear.
[ ♆ ] October 20th: The warped Storytelling occurs, the Storyteller returns, and those who have died are revived.
[ ♆ ] October 21st: Future echoes replace the ghosts of the past.
[ ♆ ] October 25th: With equilibrium restored, all visions vanish, and life returns to how it was.

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LOGS ● OOC ● STORIES ● MAIN NAVIGATION

( CODED BY BOOTYCALL )

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[want_to_belong]

"Nooo..."

He dragged out the syllable, clearly still thinking about it. Maybe this time was a bit different, but it couldn't be that Noct wasn't here. He was right there.

"Maybe he's, like, having trouble showing up totally right now? There are a lot of dreamlike things that happen here, and the glitches that happened before."

The glitches in particular made it seem more possible. He held up his camera a bit, showing it to Jules to ease his worries.

"Just going to take some pics."

[suspecteverything]

"You do realize you're proving my point, right? Dreams, glitches. This place is damn good at stuff like that, and almost none of it turns out well for us."

Jules hadn't been there that long, so maybe there had been times when something had actually worked out, but so far that hasn't happened to him. Everything was just trying to hurt him or kill him. Not really much different from his normal life, really, except here it was easier to see it coming.

[want_to_belong]

"It's okay. Noct would never hurt me, even if he can act like a dick once in a while."

All harmless fun. He and Noct teased, they never tried to really hurt the other.

"He and I are like family." Wait, Jules didn't have a good family. "Uh... Like the kind of family that would never let something happen to each other."

Better? Explained? It was good enough for him, anyway. He'd missed Noct so much, he just wanted to have some time with him again. And that was why he kept walking with some extra pep to his step.

[suspecteverything]

That family comment gave Jules' mother some ammunition about how they were family too. He just shot her a death glare in response.

"You're family by the blood definition only. Not shut the minsid hell up."

The delay was enough that Jules had to take a few jogging steps to catch up.

"You and Noct might but, but whatever you're seeing isn't your friend."

[want_to_belong]

"But who else would care about me that much? It's not like I'm super important or anything. 'sides Noct, the guys are the only ones who really hang out with me, and they're both here already."

It seemed completely pointless for someone to bother haunting him when he was just a pleb. He glanced back, sure Jules was making more out of this than necessary, but he wasn't about to get mad at him for worrying. He just wanted to ease his mind.

[suspecteverything]

"Someone doesn't have to care about you to do this stuff. They can absolutely despise you and do it simply as a tool to hurt or kill you. Trust me. That's a game I know well, and it works to amazing effect. You're getting suckered, kid, and I don't want to see you get hurt because of it."

He didn't really know how else to explain betrayal. Most of the time nobody truly believed it until they experienced it.

[want_to_belong]

Jules was really worried. Thinking for a moment, he turned to Noct.

"Hey, Noct. Remember when we were in high school and we used to go to the arcade? What was the name of the arcade?"

A small silence, and then he glanced back towards Jules with a smile. "It's cool."

[suspecteverything]

It might sound cool until Jules spit out the exact same answer. When someone asked a question that they already had the answer for, the answer is right in the front of their mind. It's incredibly easy to pick it out that way.

"If that doesn't show you that your test isn't isn't valid, I don't know what will. This place pulls these things out of our heads as a way to torment us."

[want_to_belong]

Prompto sighed, thinking again.

"Well, then..." He glanced back over at the air. "Okay, tell me something only you and Iggy would know, and then I can just ask Iggy if it's true later."

Seemed fair enough. If he didn't know the answer himself, then no one could read his mind for it. Of course, he wasn't planning on telling any of Iggy's deep secrets, so he just listened quietly as the phantom told a story of how Ignis used to sneak him some chocobo-egg sweets when he was feeling down. With a small nod, he glanced back at Jules.

"I can talk to Iggy later about it and we'll see for sure."

[suspecteverything]

Jules wasn't going to be able to convince Prompto of any of this. He could tell that at this point. There was no reason to keep trying even though it pissed him off. Bad things were going to happen. The only question was when.

"Try not to get yourself killed. Following blindly is a great way to do that."

He looked down, obviously upset.

"And consider what I've been trying to tell you."

[want_to_belong]

He did feel bad that Jules was worrying. It was rough - he just wanted to hang out with Noct. He hadn't seen him in so long, and last time he even did see him Noct was way old. Taking a step closer to Jules, he punched him gently on the arm.

"We'll stick close to the islets. I've gotta take care of the birds, anyway. It'll be fine."

Surely if Prompto wasn't going very far he wouldn't worry so much. He could see for himself that things were okay.

[suspecteverything]

"That doesn't mean you're going to be fine."

The last time something crazy had happened none of them had needed to go anywhere to be effected. Some of them had been effected so much they'd nearly died. This time couldn't be all that much different.

[want_to_belong]

He paused in place, turning towards Jules with a soft sigh. He wasn't mad. Prompto had never really been prone to anger. He was more concerned about making everything okay. He'd been there for all the terrible things, and he remembered back with the monkeys that the islet had been attacked. He knew the illnesses and everything else. It had been constantly dangerous and he was wary.

But he was also weary. He just wanted to hold onto his friend and be hang with the person he cared for most in the universe. Noctis had always meant so much to him, as his first and, for most of his life, only friend.

Didn't mean he didn't care about other people or their feelings, though. Jules was fearful, and he couldn't blame him for that. If anything, he felt sort of grateful that he actually cared, even if he was sort of 'getting in the way' of him and Noct time.

So he resorted less to arguing and more to bargaining. "What would make you feel better?"

[suspecteverything]

Jules laughed outright.

"I'm a paranoid bastard. There's nothing you can do that will make me feel better."

Because he literally trusted nothing. At all. His paranoia was even worse here.

[want_to_belong]

With a little bounce to his movement, he playfully punched Jules' arm.

"We'll be around the islets, and if not we'll be nearby the mana pool on Nuidan or Enso. If you're worried, you can see for yourself."

His gaze turned.

"It's fine Noct. He's just worried."

[suspecteverything]

Jules scowled at that punch. Andarians weren't a huge fan of physical touch, and Jules disliked it more than the average Andarian. He wasn't feeling good about the situation either. Unfortunately he can't come up with a way to make it better.

"Just take everything he tells you with a grain of salt. Or a damn big helping of salt. There's more than just the face value."

His expression completely closed off and he looked down. Prompto was going to do whatever he wanted.

[want_to_belong]

Had he punched too hard? That usually wasn't a problem he had, but he tried to blow it off.

"I'll be careful. See you around. We're gonna hang by the ocean and get some fishing in."

Which Prompto didn't typically do, but it was still something that could be useful.

He wasn't sure what else he could do, short of completely ignoring Noct and he... just couldn't do that. Not when it had been so long. With some time, he figured Jules' worries would be eased, and it wouldn't kill him to stay nearby. Despite other problems, he felt relatively safe as long as he had quick access to home.