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

[suspecteverything]

Jules happily takes that pole and keeps it dead steady while Prompto works. He likes being helpful, especially when nobody is complaining about him of accusing him of things that aren't remotely true.

"Do I not get out enough?"

Truly, he gets out and interacts with people far more here than he ever did back on Andaria or any of the other planets he survived on.

[want_to_belong]

"I dunno. You usually seem to try and stay away from people? I guess it makes sense if our thoughts bother you... But it's still good to hang with friends. You could always come over more if you'd like. I think the guys would be cool with it."

Not that he kept a daily log of Jules' activities or anything.

And Gladio would be proud of him, at he managed to put together a decent square outline for a gazebo thing, going to each corner to strap it together and reinforce it.

"Aaaand this goes over the anvil." A nice 200 pound one, which he hoped to protect from some of the weather and he started pulling one side towards it.

[suspecteverything]

"Solitude is the life that I lead, true enough. It is one that I have always led, even around other people. There were many times in my life where I wished the fake solitude of being around others and yet still alone had actually been true solitude. There is far less pain involved in true solitude."

Jules' eyes flick from the outline to the anvil Prompto was talking about. It is a decent distance away.

"And this needs to go over it now?"

Which seemed like the logical answer given moving the gazebo once it was fully constructed would be so difficult. If the answer is an affirmative, Jules will simply pick the structure up and carry it over there himself. It shouldn't bee too hard except for the awkward size.

[want_to_belong]

"I know what it's like to be alone. It was a lot better when I found a friend who finally understood me."

Which was luck, almost. Just because he'd obsessively worked hard to try and become Noctis' friend hadn't meant that Noctis would be a good person. He just happened to be.

"Yeah, hold on, I'll hold this part to keep it steady."

Not that it was that heavy. He just didn't want too much pressure on one side. "I spent a lot to get this thing, I don't want it to get destroyed by the weather or something. I'm not sure exactly what kinda setup blacksmiths used to have but they probably had to protect them."

[suspecteverything]

"I still prefer my solitude."

Even among his friends there are times when he simply wants to be left alone. People can be very overwhelming, even those who mean well.

Jules hoists the structure up like it weighs nothing at all and carries it over to where Prompto wants it. He plops it down and looks at it. It should certainly keep out the elements if nothing else once it's built up.

"Blacksmiths aren't something we have where I am from."