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In the Night Moderators ([personal profile] inthenightmods) wrote in [community profile] logsinthenight2019-07-12 01:00 pm

EVENT LOG: GRAVES


EVENT LOG:
GRAVES


characters: everyone.
location: Bonfire Square.
date/time: July 12-19.
content: mysterious shrines appear and bring visions of death.
warnings: likely violence and potentially gore.

time to pay your respects.

It happens when no one is looking, when most of the town is asleep and the rest are inside. A makeshift cemetery has come to Beacon, taking up residence in the middle of Bonfire Square. Each monument, shrine, and altar is dedicated to someone who now resides here, a memorial of their previous life.

Some may be drawn by curiosity, others by fear, and some may simply have to pass through this strange graveyard to get to the Bonfire itself. Whenever a person gets near, the altars beckon with a mysterious urge— an urge to approach, and an urge to leave something behind. They will feel compelled to make offerings at the various shrines, but doing so has a curious effect; it causes one to experience the death of the person whose grave they've honored.

Whether you resist the compulsion or give in willingly (or something in between), you'll also have to wrestle with the fact that a grave exists for you. Will you let your death be known, or try your best to keep it secret? Destroying it sure won't work, as it will return— with a duplicate somewhere else in town.

However you choose to deal with this, one thing is hard to ignore— this a tangible reminder of your death, and the fact that it's probably permanent.

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fogey: (i do not go to my happy place.)

cw: child abuse

[personal profile] fogey 2019-07-13 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he can't, of course, even begin to guess at the kind of things mary's been through. she's mentioned the fire, but that's all; nothing of the circumstances she's so afraid of, what could bring on this kind of reaction.

but she says, she's scared of doing something bad. she says, she's scared of being hated.

number five was, of course, raised by reginald hargreeves. the man had no love to give his children, no warmth, no support. and didn't they all wonder, at some point or another, if they'd done something wrong? vanya most of all, naturally, treated like the outsider in ways that had made him angry even as a child. but not a single one of them benefitted from hargreeve's affection, and all had to wonder, if they'd just been better, or done the right thing, would he have loved them?

it's been a long, long time since five was a child in that house, but it'd take a lot longer for him to forget. ]


That's not going to happen.
withsadness: <user name="ebii-tan" site="livejournal.com"> (i am locked in this present day.)

[personal profile] withsadness 2019-07-13 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mary doesn't think to thank him for the sentiment, even if it's thanks that she feels. She hiccups, a bubble of frantic laughter escaping her. He says it with such conviction, its hard not to feel just a little assured. She hasn't scared him yet. He hasn't run away or cursed her. He's right here, right in front of her.]

I'll never hate you, either.
fogey: (☄097.)

[personal profile] fogey 2019-07-17 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ he wants to say: don't make promises you can't keep. but this isn't about him.

sighs. ]


Now are you going to put that thing down?

[ the blade, or whatever. ]
withsadness: (053)

[personal profile] withsadness 2019-07-17 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Sniffling, Mary rubs her eyes and considers the palette knife in her hand. A part of her feels afraid to put it away, even if it's only Five. But after a moment, she stuffs it back in her pocket.]

Is that better?
fogey: (☄ 010.)

[personal profile] fogey 2019-07-20 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
Just try not to hurt yourself with that thing.

[ grumpily! not that he cares or anything, etc. ]
withsadness: <user name="ebii-tan" site="livejournal.com"> (056)

[personal profile] withsadness 2019-07-20 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't get hurt by something like this, Five.

[C'mon, what does she look like? A small girl?!]
fogey: (that's a crazy idea.)

[personal profile] fogey 2019-07-20 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ yes??? ]

You sound like my brother. He likes knives too.
withsadness: (099)

[personal profile] withsadness 2019-07-20 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
...do you think...

[It's odd. She's never thought about anyone liking the same things as her. Well, other than drawing.]

If I ever met him, would he be my friend, too?
fogey: (☄056.)

[personal profile] fogey 2019-07-20 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ he shrugs, considering that thought. diego's a lot of things, but he has a big heart. five would expect that'd extend to children, too. ]

Maybe. [ he has to hope they never meet, of course, but hypothetically. ] He's nice, Diego.
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[personal profile] withsadness 2019-07-21 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
[I'm glad we have a Diego reserved so this can become a reality.]

Diego...okay! I'll remember to be very nice to him, too, if I ever meet him.