EVENT: Too Much of a Good Thing...

[soul_mods]

First off: SORRY THIS POST COMES SO LATE. There were some details that needed to be ironed out before this post was made. So, many apologies for that!

Now, without further ado...

On August 22 in-game, BREW brings in a new batch of Guests, for some odd reason, rather late in the evening. It's different, but Shibusen just shrugs and rolls with it, contacting potential tour guides to come and greet the newbies.

However things don't go exactly as planned when one of the newcomers attacks and injures one of the tour guides (and does some property damage in the process). Within the hour, the local authorities, the Watch and the Agency will be contacted informing them of this event. The public will be told of a dangerous individual with four arms as well.

Of course (because when it rains it pours), the Guests will find that they don't have time to chase down this man. Unfortunately, some Witches have been thinking about other ways to deal with Meisters with Soul Perception and they've come up with an idea that one of them will be testing out in Death City around midnight.

It's a machine that amplifies Meister abilities.

While that may sound like something that would actually help, it amplifies them to the point where they become too strong to control.

That means powers will sometimes flare up or may even be working constantly in ways that characters aren't used to them doing. It also means that Meisters will feel drained more often. Beyond that, players are free to decide what that means, exactly, for their character's ability, but here are some examples:

Meisters with abilities that sacrifice resonance to use might find it extremely difficult to resonate as the ability is almost permanently in use or working with such intensity everytime it can burn through even the best resonance in a very short amount of time.

Abilities that grant the Meister extrasensory abilities will find it near impossible to focus with these abilites, probably because they see/hear/sense too many things or because they just can't control what they're sensing only that when they do sense it, they sense it with a freakish kind of clarity.

For abilities that affect the state of others, it might affect them too well. For example someone with Calming Wavelength may find that everyone around them is acting...well. Too calm. Maybe even listless and unworried about potentially being eaten by a Kishin Egg.

Because, of course, the Witches aren't just going to sit around doing nothing. Once the machine is activated, an attack will be launched on the city. There will be Kishin Eggs and also a witch in the fight.

For this event you can choose to fight a Witch. So if you want to do that, remember to fill out the appropriate section when signing up for the mission.


Rewards:
► 7 Meister points / souls (for Meisters and Weapons, respectively.)
► 950D$ per person
► Weapons may choose not to eat their souls, but they cannot be traded amongst each other.
► Sign ups for the missions go here. In order for your characters to receive the rewards, you must at least provide a summary of what happened. If you don't have a planned partner just put N/A.

Feel free to use this post to co-ordinate with each other!

Any questions or concerns you might have should be directed here.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[soul_mods]

[cardfortress]

It's way past my bedtime so I apologize for any typos, but I wanted to leave this here before sleeping!

Re: that troublesome guest, would you like Near to be the one to alert the Watch + local authorities that someone's stirring up trouble city-wide? It just seems like a waste not to use the surveillance network in a plot like this, especially given that Near could snap a pic of that guest through his cameras.

Not that it would make much of a difference during this event because, welp, invasion, but still! Just thought I'd ask/offer his services.

[jutsu]

would destroying a building or two maybe be
a thing

that could happen?

[prosecutory]

A clarification because I am liable to run away with this event because Edgeworth's ability going haywire would be the most amazing thing ever...

The mission is done on the 23rd, according to the mission board. Meister abilities going haywire starts on midnight of the 23rd. The guest attack is on the 22nd. Sorry if this seems like a painfully obvious question, just making absolutely sure because we have a mission on the 22nd.

Re: QUESTIONS

[scatterflower]

So... how exactly would this thing affect a Meister with Soul BFF? It's a passive ability that makes resonate easier, so I'm not sure if it can really do anything to make it go out of control for Chika unless she ends up resonating with like every weapon within a certain radiance without physical contact, anyway.

Is that something that's allowed, or will her resonance just be ridiculously strong for this event to levels that she's not used to having?

[motherofthesun]

I actually have a curious question. I don't really have any plans to have them encounter each other at this time (can't say, the amplifier might do it), but how do Calming Wavelength and Terror Wavelength interact with each other? Does it make the people caught in-between catatonic like Blue Screen of Death or does one override the other?

[tauborn]

Takuto will be teaming up with Shinji. However, he is always willing to dual wield with another weapon! Just ask if you want to join the fun.

ALSO, HE WILL BE DAZZLING OUT OF CONTROL. His Dazzling Soul attracts the attention of everyone, including the baddies. So I kind of foresee him attracting Witch attention, BUT HE IS NOT READY TO FIGHT A WITCH. So if someone who wants to fight a Witch wants to coordinate with me and rescue Takuto + Shinji (+ unknown), I would love you forever.

And for everyone else, Takuto is literally a glowing target so feel free to threadjack and help him!!

[itaidakimasu]

Hey so Yako's out a Meister......

[haruno]

Sakura is a healer and stuff!!! p handy during these events. not sure what her partnership status is right now, but plot with me anyway for cuties needing healing assistance? c:

[pishirogane]

Do I even need to say where Naoto will be? Her and Kanji will be in the fight. Just... people may have to beware of Soul Descent.

Amaterasu will be with Psii and protecting Neji and Lee still. Of course, her Calming Wavelength may be... well, making people way too relaxed for the situation.

Rosalia will want to wear gloves, but whoever wants to team up with her to protect the clinic. Also, Kyubey will be free to fight with any Meister seeking a weapon.

[holdmydumbbell]

Mind if I have Mondo snatch Kyubey up as a partner for the event?

[00110010_00110011]

A way-too-chilled-out Psii is going to be something to behold! Any place in particular you'd like them to meet up?

UPDATE - Butterflies

[bloodinbloom]

So, Rosalia will be working suddenly with new arrival D. Unaware of how dangerous Soul Abilities have become, she'll be creating incense butterflies with her virus. Since she's still a rookie ranked, the boost will only get things to stage two.

Stage two symptoms include - Dark bruises appearing where butterfly contacts, auditory and visual hallucinations, increased aggression, loss of sanity, and vomiting blood occasionally. Technically, this is part of its 'Dark Stage' where tumor colonies are forming rapidly inside the body. However, they will not take long to burst in the event (especially if contacted by multiple smoke insects).

So, any characters who want to be infected by accident, treatment will be administered following the conclusion of events by NPCs. Kishin eggs will not survive and... some innocent bystanders might not either. All a heads up and warning what's going on.

[terrorunleashed]

Diablo will be running around causing all types of trouble and destruction both before and during the attack on the city. There are no good guys and bad guys to him, everyone is a target as much as the next guy.

I would love for people to run into his wavelength during the invasion as well. Word of warning though, it will screw up your character because he will be drawing out your character's worst fear inside of them and making it a reality. It doesn't matter how locked away that fear is, or even if the character realises they have it or not, his wavelength will latch onto it like a dying man to water and draw it out of their very soul to make it a horrible reality for them.

If you are happy for this to happen to your character, please comment here indicating both your interest, if you want them to get injured, and what their absolute worst fear is so that I can work it into the thread.

Thanks!

[dead_black_eyes]

Neat. L's worst fear is being devoured/eaten, and I am totally OK with light to moderate injury.

[jutsu]

UGLY LAUGHTER oh god

Uh, Naruto is going to be a hot mess. His meister ability sacrifices his resonance anyway and turns him into a tiny battle-hungry rage monster. SO HE WON'T BE OF MUCH HELP AT ALL and will probably try to fight you, so if you want to be berserker-ed on, come at me bro.

He'll need to be restrained by the end, since he just won't even be able to make words anymore. So that's. Also a thing.

[sharingan]

team 7 bondage

[topgun_textiles]

Kanji has Soul Descent. He basically uses his soul wavelength to blast people away.

...worst Dovahkiin, man

But he and Naoto are armed and ready for witch-battle! So they can totally come in and bail folks out if you want an encounter but don't wanna get messed up. As for the machine, I wouldn't mind getting a crack at that thing unless there are prior-made plans involved in that.

Lezard is not a Meister, but will be available for medical aid if folks need it.

[tauborn]

Kanji and Naoto, you should please at some point rescue Takuto from the angry swarm of Kishin eggs he is going to attract. Also excuse him if he doesn't see the problem with owning the night like the fourth of July, either....

He's going to be with Shinji, who is waaaaaaaaaay not ready for a Witch battle, and Yako, who has never done a three way resonance before, so basically this team is so not going to be able to handle a Witch and Takuto knows that super duper well.

[de_faulty_hero]

Cloud will be moving around trying to save people as best he can. He is a meister with Soul Apathy, so with it spinning out of control, he will not actually be able to feel anything: no pain, no wavelengths, no emotions with a possible wild lack of sense of himself in time and space... so he'll act like a flailing drunk a lot of the time. ._.;;;

[terrorunleashed]

Do you want Sephiroth elsewhere or with Cloud when the attack hits?

[scatterflower]

Okay. So... Chika's Soul BFF is going to go completely nuts, and instead of just giving her awesome resonance with one weapon, it's going to make her try to resonate with a ton of weapons all at once.

So yeah, she's going to have a massive headache, and probably a hard time actually resonating because she's trying to do it with so many people.

[vintage_magic]

Lily will be with Lezard for this and her ability lets her sense things from clothes. With it going out of control, she’ll have difficulty concentrating if she touches anyone’s clothes, getting lots of jumbled up memories of their owner. And she’ll be running around in a makeshift dress made out of curtains or bedsheets or something because she’ll have a problem even with her own clothes since she wears vintage so much. XD;

Morgan is a Meister and available for this. Her ability is Soul Excitement, which is normally supposed to lift the Weapon’s spirits and improve resonance when she’s excited. But with abilities going haywire, I’m thinking it could possibly make people overly hyper or happy instead, so much so that they can’t focus on fighting very well. So, anyone interested in having that happen to their character?

Count D is brand new and would have just come in with the batch of newbies and will be pretty lost with all of this. He’s a Weapon and turns into an incense burner that lets the Meister create animals to attack. With all of the chaos going on, he might end up transforming for a first time as a defense mechanism and if anyone’s interested, your character can stumble on him and try to use him!

[prosecutory]

This is the single greatest thing that will happen to Edgeworth.

His ability is Soul Talk and he can basically convince others to believe him or do what he says. Now, anyone - anyone - within earshot will be compelled to obey or believe anything that comes out of his mouth. Think Geass, only without the creepy sigil eyes and with words. Normally strong-willed people and those who can concentrate well can throw the effects off, but this time? The entire city could very well be in Edgeworth's hand with this going on.

...plot with me if you're okay with your character becoming Edgeworth's pawn. Not that he'll do it on purpose but once he figures this out he will try to use it to organize the forces and keep people from breaking things. And uh he'll have to figure out how to un-Soul Talk innocent bystanders who hear him yelling at kishin/crazy guests/etc.

LAST NOTE: This is going to be very god-moddy so I won't jump into threads unless you give me permission to. Alternately, let me know if you're not at all good with Edgeworth ordering your characters around unintentionally.

LAST LAST NOTE I PROMISE: Toward the latter part of the battle anyway he will have realized that anyone who hears him will obey, so he will resort to speaking in whispers, miming, or bugging Genesis to be his mouthpiece.

[recitings]

HALP YOUR PARTNER FIRST? 8U He's got plans to meet Diablo.

[lavenderglasses]

Saralegui's got Soul Ritual which works very much like his canon ability a.k.a. creepy hypno-eyes! And as that's a thing that can very easily get all Bloodstained Euphie on us, he'll be keeping his eyes shut and seeking out the amazing human blindfold a.k.a. sasuke as soon as he realizes what's up so he risk anything particularly terrible happening because he had a nasty thought or something.

Of course, it'll take an incident or two for him to realize what's going on, so if there's anyone who wants to be geass'd then let me know. Whatever you want to be forced to do, we can probably figure out a way to make it happen.

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Shinji will be teaming up with Takuto and Yako for the event and basically in a giant clusteruck of DAZZLE and Kishin eggs and oh shit why won't they stop coming???? and basically it will be a thing of beauty no that's a lie it will probably end poorly all things considered

Mondo's will be teaming up with Kyubey, and his ability, Soul Leader, will be giving him a crazy out-of-control stat buff with the ability amplifier, but it's one of those silly passive abilities that only takes effect when he's in charge of other people. With the event going on, the sensitivity of it should be upped so that it will be effecting him whenever he's around other people at all. Fantastic.

Kyoko and Mami will also be out and around fighting off some Kishin eggs. Anyone's free to bump into them I suppose, Mami's Soul Empathy should make for some... fun... times. 9_9

[neverlied]

Hehe, so how shall we begin this? I have a feeling Kyubey would be outside and watching despite being told to go inside for safety.

[recitings]

Here are plans for two of my muses in the game!

Genesis is going to get trapped into his worst fear thanks to Diablo. So he'll be trapped in a hallucination of him degrading and watching everyone he cared for abandon him. So far, I've tapped Edgeworth to talk him out of his state, but I've got no solid plans for him yet. Let me know if you want your character to help him or something.

Karina (Blue Rose) will be practically like Elsa in Frozen in this event, with her Icy Soul powers going haywire. She'll find it awesome at first that she can use her ice powers without a weapon, but when she realizes that she can't stop freezing whatever she touches/steps on/gestures to, she'll be pretty freaked out.

[heavenly_earth]

So far the plan is..

Neji will be pairing up with Lee in an ostensible effort to defend the clinic.. until Team 7 runs into trouble with a Witch and is in need of rescuing ahaha. They'll jump in to cover them, but as for getting out, well, that'll be a bit tricky. Once their initial burst of power fades and Neji's healing injuries catch up to him, they won't be doing so great |D; Lee might be able to get them out in a desperate burst of speed and a call for backup, but up for other plans too!

[bloodinbloom]

Rose will really really appreciate the help... but then, Neji, you're not supposed to be fighting.

Ammy would totally come help out, buuuut Calming Wavelength will be the equivalent of becoming stoned right now. If you're all good with that, she could get them to safety.