PLOT DROP #001
Time: 3:00 A.M Place: Various locations on Le Troadec's campus
The night before the students leave for fall break, a series of eerie happenings take place. Click the "Read More" to learn about them.
Acacia and Emmett - On an abnormally cold evening for Lucrece, Acacia and Emmett wake on separate ends of campus at 3am. Above them looms a smiling blonde woman who they can’t help but feel as if they’ve met before. Her presence is soothing, but there’s something strange behind her eyes. They wake again in the morning to find she was nothing but a dream, but they can’t shake how real she had seemed or how badly they wanted to see her again.
(Motivation: Virginia didn’t seek these two out. As she attempts to make her way back to the mortal realm on the fifth anniversary of her death, she is drawn to them like a moth to a flame. A High Priestess needs her coven, and power recognizes power.)
Tillie - Retreating from St. Joan’s and her roommate, Tillie camps out on DuPont Hall’s lawn with her newly acquired transistor radio. The only channel it seems to be able to reach in the middle of the night is on a Dave Clark Five marathon, and she’s almost grateful when the music shuts off before the machine starts talking to her. “Hello Charlotte,” a voice, warm like honey, calls out to her. In a moment of fear, Tillie shuts the radio off. It turns itself back on and the voice doesn’t sound quite as warm.
(Motivation: Virginia sees a bit of herself in Charlotte, the two both committed to their own greatness. Virginia knows just how seductive, and corrupting, power can be. What she’s really looking for in this endeavor is a new right hand (wo)man.)
Natalia - It was late and Natalia couldn’t sleep. Restless to move but unwilling to put on shoes, she takes to pacing the floors of St Joan’s and ends up following the overwhelming, nearly cloying, scent of lilacs and petrichor to the far-end of the fourth floor, to a single window inexplicably covered in fog. Before her eyes, a large circle is drawn in the pane. Something, someone, screams her name and the window shatters. With the fog cleared, she can see now that whatever it was wanted her attention on Dr. König’s cottage in the far distance.
(Motivation: Virginia is smart enough to know that she cannot explicitly direct any of the students to Dom’s house, or tell them what it is that she wants that’s inside. Virginia is reliant on Natalia’s audacity to get her, and the others, inside of the cottage.)
Dae - Dae had made a mistake. As smart as he was, the excitement of recent weeks had led him to forget an upcoming essay on German philosophers … which was due when the sun came up. He had expected the cramped basement of the library to be empty, certainly at this hour everyone else had already realized they’d forgotten about the essay. Instead, where he went looking for Kant, he found a towering, nearly translucent blonde woman who seemed to have been waiting for him.
(Motivation: Virginia is something of a predatory spirit and she can smell the grief on Dae, and she seeks to use that to her advantage. After all, Dae has questions and she has answers.)
Eve - Eve, once again aggravated with her roommate, goes to write her 20th diary entry about the fact. What should’ve been a blank page is instead filled with a nearly illegible message, warning Eve to stay away from her French professor, lest she suffer the consequence of getting too close. To make matters worse, it seems no one else can see the writing on the page … or the next one as the entries keep coming.
(Motivation: Eve is obsessed with her man. Virginia doesn’t believe death annuls a marriage. While Virginia may be seeking to turn the others into followers, Eve has already landed herself on her bad side.)
Meredith - Meredith had returned to her dorm late, with the sound of her roommate’s snores filling the dark room. Satisfied with the light of the moon, she made her way to her bed, dropping her shoes, bag, and clothes behind her. She had expected her mattress to be soft, instead something had been buried under her blanket. Retrieving the object, she found a strange book in what appeared to be a fictitious language. What was most strange was that Meredith could read it, finding its contents concerned with communicating with the dead.
(Motivation: This is a bit of power transference from Virginia to Meredith, because the eventual object they’re stealing from Dom’s house is written in the same language. Virginia senses an overconfidence in Meredith that will keep her from being too interested in this book’s warning section.)
OOC: HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE FUCKING PLOT. As mentioned in this post, the events of the early morning take place just before they go on fall break (March 26-28th OOC). Please feel free to do a self para or interact with your character's visit as you see fit. With the motivations listed, you should be able to write some actions and/or dialogue for Virginia. Please note: she’s supposed to come off as charming but imposing. The only rule is that she’s not going to reveal her name or connection to Dom, both things will be revealed in due time. Please read these ( X and X ) to refresh your memory on Virginia's character/ importance to the story. Happy Haunting!