(may event) sudden recall

[officialnotice]

Hello, dearest Pinecones, and welcome to our May event! This month's happening is a little more... psychological than investigatory, but it should still provide plenty for characters to think about and discuss nervously amongst themselves in the relative 'privacy' of their own homes. Enjoy the reprieve, citizens of Wayward Pines, because after this it's about to get a lot more dangerous in our sleepy little town.




SUDDEN RECALL


MEMORY EVENT: Sudden Recall
EVENT DATE: May 15th - 19th

Wayward Pines has seen its fair share of showers this month, but on the 15th the clouds have for the most part drifted across the southern cliffs and allowed the sun to lend a little spring warmth to the day — a great day to hear from your government officials about how our recovery from last month's flood is progressing. Instead of taking to the podium, residents will be able to catch the address on the phone network's seldom-used channel 0, where it rings in like a particularly incessant phone call until somebody picks up to hear it.

It's odd, though. This is no scripted message asking for your vote in the next election (whenever that's ever gonna happen)... It delivers the expected information, but under the bare modicum of political professionalism, the delivery is erratic, scattered, almost a little dazed. And as you listen — or maybe a bit later, when you're doing the laundry, or meeting a friend for a drink — it hits you. A vision... Could it even be a memory?

It's not from your life before, but it doesn't fit into the cozy memories of life in Wayward Pines, either. But it feels real, maybe all the more so for the way it blurs on the far edge of coherency, so unlike your crisp, vivid memories of either one of your supposed lives.

However, a few things might still stick out in your mind: Your surroundings, clean and clinical. The chill of metal against your bare back, cutting through a little of the fog in your head. A bustle of men and women around you, like a churning tide of movement you couldn't keep up with if you tried. Their voices a steady drone of clipped conversation around you, but the words slipped by you like sand through your fingers. They might have been dressed in white, or maybe the glare from the flourescents had you temporarily blinded. And they were touching you, you remember the occasional touch of a hand or just a few fingers. At the time, you likely struggled to connect the fact that it was you they were touching.

If you woke up with injuries in the hospital, you probably remember them here too, and they were downright debilitating in this memory. Either way, you remember being painfully stiff and sore — having difficulty even moving your neck to groggily take in these surroundings. If you managed it and looked to your side, you saw a door with a viewing window in the top that opened every so often. The room beyond the door was low-lit and hard to make out, full of indiscernible movement and large, dim shapes.

Then, finally, you managed to scrape together the coherency to parse some of the chatter around you. "— are clear. Haptic tests are clear." Then, a pinch just inside your elbow. "Proceeding to —" And then unconsciousness claimed you once more.

OUT OF CHARACTER

THE BREAKDOWN

Just a few notes on this one:

This event is, as always, entirely opt-in. Though all residents are expected to listen to the message, it won't necessarily trigger any memory at all in your character. Maybe it simply strikes them as unusual instead. We encourage players who do opt in to decide how much your character remembers from the details given above, since not everyone will necessarily have the same experience! Maybe they remember some parts, but not others. The memories may be as vivid as described, or maybe they're even hazier. That said, all characters who regain the memory will have universally heard the dialogue quoted at the end.

There will be both an audio network post and a catch-all log going up for this event on the 15th for your convenience.

Comments

Rachel, Junyoung, Bruce

[thingsfall]

All my people are going to remember this:

Bruce will be confused and immediately want to get to the bottom of it, more so when he realizes he's not the only person who had this vision/recall. Expect him to try to figure out how many people are affected and to try to figure out what was being done in these memories. Also: protective papa bear instincts, activate.

Rachel specializes in gathering information and trying to solve mysteries. She is gonna put her investigative reporter skills to good use poking around places: city hall, the hospital, coffee shops and restaurants. Mostly listening in for information, but some snooping will be had if anyone's down for joining her in that.

Junyoung is gonna be so mad, you guys. Being a doctor, he took an oath, you don't mess with people like this, etc etc. He is gonna want answers, now, and will do whatever he can to get information at the hospital or explain things or help figure things out. He can also examine any old injuries, things like that.

[dragoness]

hey papa bruce

hey hey

[thingsfall]

MY RANDOM WARD DID YOU ALSO HAVE THIS MEMORY i stg i will punch somebody for you ok

[unweaving]

Forgive my lateness here, but! Aranea has a vial of some kind of serum that she gathered from the wreckage -- this memory will probably light a fire under her ass about getting someone to look at it. Any interest in having her get Junyoung to take a peek at it? I make this offer with the disclaimer that I have no idea what's in there and we'll have to hit up the mods. It was in a briefcase that had been handcuffed to a seat, but it's possible someone was just real worried about losing their insulin or something.

[naneunyulyeongibnida]

i would love to get in on this! thank you!

I'm totally down for taking this to the mods and working on it together.

[unweaving]

Sweetbix! I've fired a question their way here, so please feel free to give any additional info or ask any questions!