logsinthenight | EVENT LOG: BURY A FRIEND

characters: everyone.
location: around town.
date/time: october 9-17.
content: the hallucinations begin...
warnings: psychological horror. please cw tags appropriately.

it's probably something that shouldn't be said out loud

October 9 feels like a normal day at first, save for the red lighthouse beam cutting through the darkness overhead. You know by now—or you've heard—that the lighthouse is only active during ferry arrivals and events... And there's definitely no ferry docked at the, er. Beach. The town is quiet, the forest spirits behave business-as-usual, Rastus doesn't know what's up. Whatever's going on, you'll have to figure it out for yourself.

And you will, though the hallucinations are subtle at first: objects moving when they shouldn't, people's proportions looking just a bit off, voices in an empty room, and so on. Is it just your mind playing tricks in the darkness? Might be! Will did warn you all about the effects of living without a sun and a proper day/night cycle.

As the days go on, the hallucinations are harder to ignore, no matter how much you may wish to wave them off as flukes. What's wrong with everyone's faces? When did all the howling start? Who do you hold onto when the world drops out from under you? And those hands...

While you might know it can't be real, it certainly feels real. But at least it can't last forever!

...Right?

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I've not seen any spiders. Nor cobwebs.

[Which is actually really strange now that he thinks about it. No cobwebs or dust, like there's nothing living to make such things. Though he has heard the crickets and cicadas in the forest - but he's never been able to find them.]

Have you noticed ...

[Hm. How to phrase this. Have you been hearing people from your past - sounds more delirious than he wants to admit.]

Are the forest spirits being louder than normal?

Odd... [because he was sure he's seen some, right in the corners. They are gone now but still...

In any case, Ignis now fully focuses on Kuai, frowning a bit in thought as he thinks about the question. Loud spirits?]

I did notice their increased whisperings and general shuffling, yes. But- not right now.

[It's oddly silent, now that he thinks about it.]

I wonder what has them acting so oddly. Did they attack you?

No, but whatever they're doing does not seem friendly. I keep seeing them on the periphery of my vision and they scurry away when I turn to look.

[To the point that he's not 100% sure he's even seeing them. But it's happened so many times it can't be coincidence.]

Is that so?

[Ignis is now curious. He didn't notice spirits wandering that close recently. Is it the weather? It got colder, so maybe they are trying to warm up near bonfire or in some of the empty houses.]

That really is quite unusual, since they tend to keep to themselves most of the time.

[Unless certain Keeper is ordering them around.]

It seems foreboding. There's simply something...

[He trails off because he can't really articulate what he's feeling, just that there's this sense of things being not right.]

Have you had any odd occurrences lately? Perhaps it's me. They may be upset with me for forcing them inside during the party. I was keeping them from harm, but I'm not sure if they realize that.

Weird in the air? [Ignis offers a finished sentence. Then sighs.]

No, it is not just you. I should have realized this sooner, [Ignis scowls up at the windows.] Something strange has been going on and I cannot pinpoint what it is.

[And it's almost driving him mad.]

It's hard to tell when everything else is just as strange. I would have thought after months I'd be used to this place, but then something else happens and I feel as if I'm starting over relearning it.

[Events are not good for his need for structure and routine.]

While we jump the gun and blame the spirits most of the time for what happens, I cannot deny that they are... odd. Still, if they wanted attention, playing mind tricks is not a way to go.

[Perhaps this is how the other groups went crazy...]

Could it be something else then? Maybe something further into the forest? Or to do with the lighthouse?

[When in doubt, blame the keeper.]

Perhaps... we don't know if there is anyone or anything else dwelling in the forests. And without daylight it's hard to go exploring safely.

[They can get lost in ten minutes.]

The Lighthouse... it could be. Last time, the Keeper blew horn to "help" us, but it turned Spirits against us. We cannot write her off either.

This seems like something she may have done as a test of sorts. To see how we would react and if she should reset us or not.

[He says it with a sneer, not pleased that she seemed to view the prospect of killing them all as some sort of game.]

I went into the forest with a small group for about a week and there are definitely things in there that are not making themselves known. A large howling creature was keeping pace with us but we never saw it. And one night there was the sound of a woman singing that came from the river.

[Ignis thinks carefully about it. Unknown creatures- unseen, potentially extremely dangerous. The reason why they can't explore further than the Beacon. If it were daylight, it would be so much easier.]

I am glad you returned safely. The things that wander deep in the forest are the ones stopping us from exploring further. I am genuinely wondering if this really is the only town in this world. It seems impossible. And yet, we have no way of proving it.

[That, and the fact that the Keeper is holding back some important maps too.]

It cannot be the only one. Where is Rastus getting the goods that arrive on the ferry? It must be from another town. Unless it is coming from differing realms like the people do.

An entire world with a few dozen people in it seems highly unlikely. But without delving deeper into the forest we would never know. We do seem to keep finding places that have been lost in previous resets - the armory, the village. It would not surprise me to find that this place is far larger than we expect.

I hope so. If more people keep coming every month, the Invincible and the Village won't be able to offer homes to everyone. November is at our doorstep so I wonder how winter will be in this place...

There's been weather changes, I can only assume that there's seasons as well. Personally I'd welcome winter, but it may be detrimental to everyone else.

[He can feel the cold, but it doesn't affect him the way it would anyone else. Heat on the other hand... he'd already practically melted during the heat wave a few months ago.]

I thought at first it was keeping even. The same amount came in as those who died, but that doesn't seem to be the case at all.

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