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

[antepone]

[ She falls quiet, then lifts one shoulder in a shrug. ]

I'm not sure. But I wanted to, I think.

[postictal]

"No one's ever told you that before she has, hm?"

[The words are quiet, calm, a little melancholy. It's a familiar sort of feeling, is the thing. It can relate.]

[antepone]

No. I think, maybe, I may have heard it when I was really young... but I don't know if that's real or not.

[postictal]

"Is that why you have trouble believing it?"

[Not knowing if the things one heard when they were young are real, or if they're just imagined - that's something that Tim understands all too well. His Lighter side with considerably more clarity, and less invalidation of self.]

[antepone]

... it is.

[ She'd heard just the opposite more times than she can count. Hearing something that much, it buries itself in your heart. She lets out a breath and looks anywhere but at him.

And then she remembers-- ]

I'm sorry. I'm supposed to be helping Tim, but you're helping me instead.

[postictal]

"There's no reason I can't help both of you."

[A flicker of something almost like a smile pulls at the corners of its lips, briefly, and then away again.]

"He cares more than he wants to admit."