January Event: Fade to Black

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JANUARY EVENT: FADE TO BLACK

Who: Anyone and everyone!
What: Your true self comes to roost
When: January 21st - 23rd; January 25th - 28th
Where: All over!
Warnings: Dark subjects such as violence and self-destruction are likely to come to the forefront - please mark your content accordingly!

Down in that Darkness

This log is primarily for the Shadow and Light portions of the event, for ease and convenience. Your Shadow can be either the Persona-inspired sort - a "brutal, bitterly honest recreation of a character's worst flaws, darkest fears, and deepest secrets" - or the edgier, more laughable variant. The Lights, on the other hand, will do their utmost to convince their real selves of their best qualities, no matter how little they want to hear them.

Remember that the Shadows will be present from January 21st to January 23rd, and the Lights will be present from January 25th to January 28th.

On January 25th, we will post a separate log for Rejection Rooms!

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Some useful links, for reference:

[ ♆ ] OOC Event Post
[ ♆ ] Rejection Room Sign-Ups; remember to note your interest in these as soon as possible!
[ ♆ ] Deaths Page; death penalties have been reduced for the duration of this event, but still do let us know if your character dies regardless!

Event Timeline

[ ♆ ] January 20th: The monthly Storytelling occurs.
[ ♆ ] January 21st: Shadows of both initial variants appear.
[ ♆ ] January 23rd: Shadows of both initial variants disappear.
[ ♆ ] January 25th Lights and Rejection Rooms appear.
[ ♆ ] January 28th: Lights and Rejection Rooms dissipate. Those still trapped in their Rejection Rooms by the event's end will suffer a character death.

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Comments

[catpiper]

[The unnerving way they talk and their vague request is difficult to manage. Not that she would help them, at this point. It sounds like they might need her friend and she doesn't want to find them.

If they're hiding, she hopes it's in a good spot. She can think of a few that would easily fit their tiny form for hours. No one would see them, especially not this tall version of them.]

Regrets?

[lightlessfuture]

Truth most tragic...great shame sealed away.

The Wyrm's legacy. Vessel...Child. Born of God.

Regret...of creation.

[ The parts of the Knight that hurt them, that they turn away from. The parts they don't want to accept.

Their guilt, their fear about what they might grow up to be. All of it is made manifest in this distorted darkness. ]

[catpiper]

You don't need to 'regret' something like that.

[It's easier said than done and that all encompassing sensation of guilt can surge to life, even when you're happiest.

Especially those times.

And while she's too afraid to reach out to them-unsure of the consequences or how far removed this apathetic figure is from their counterpart, she tries to talk. To make sense of their weird, cryptic words.]

It's okay to be alive.

[lightlessfuture]

[ They stare at her for a long, long moment.

It's okay to be alive. Have they ever heard that? Have they--

(She has always had the power to draw unexpected reactions, unexpected warmth, from them.)

There's a low, dissatisfied whispering, but after a moment of what seems to be thought, the Shadow lowers its head to stare, searchingly.

There's a hint, a flicker, of confusion in those empty sockets. They don't know how to respond. ]

[catpiper]

[As far as reactions go, she prefers this to the erratic ones of the shadows she's met prior. Silence and whispering, eerie as it is, that's fine. Even if she's not sure they heard her or if they understand. It can be hard to get that and there are moments where she fluctuates on that belief, when it comes to herself.

But she is irrevocably convinced that they shouldn't feel that way. That there has to be a way to help them get it.]

Are you happy here?