It is time to make your wish once and for all. We asked for one for a reason. The wooden tokens hang on the persimmon tree, dangling like ripe fruit fresh for the taking by the gods ... if they find your request worthy enough. It is said if the winds blow in the right direction, all the wishes made pure of heart and honestly will come true.
What will you do? Have your wishes changed? Have they remained? Or do you now have the want to shape your own destiny?
Now ... Tell us your wish.
━━ INSTRUCTIONS.
From OCT 15 to OCT 31, send in the wish your character writes down on the tree. That is, if they decided to do so! There is no telling if their request will come true or not, or if the universe can grant their true desire instead, ignoring their new wish token.
When you have decided, send in their wish to the submit blog. You may either come up with a new wish OR state that your character keeps the same one from their application (we'll show you them on request!). If your character does not want to attend that day for whatever reason or does not make a wish, do not send anything in. There is no telling if this will do any good.
You may SUBMIT TO THIS BLOG what your character will do during this encounter based on the information given. This encounter will have a second part that will lead into the next part of the story and reveal new revelations.
Send in a wish from your character’s perspective and whether they do so sincerely. For example, you will send something along the lines of: I wish to have more money OR I wish for better hair. Vague or grandiose wishes can be made as well (ie. wishing to be happy/living peacefully/), but there is no telling whether any of your muse’s requests will be acknowledged by the gods if they lack sincerity.
As a special note, those who received a visit from either Detective Jang or Agent Kikuchi and agreed to have a discussion with them about the seaside incident will be closely monitored by the two and have their testimonies recorded in full. There is no indication what either of the mysterious men intend to do with the information given or if they plan on investigating any further activities by your character. It may be best to keep your secrets safe.
If your character if involved in law enforcement or journalism, they will be receiving contact from a dubious source asking for your help. Keep a close eye out.
What should one expect when a time old ritual fails?
And what will you do when forced to act?
You wonder if this is real or some cruel nightmare. That is, if you decided to return to see this day. But where are you? How will you respond? There are several paths you can go down but none will guarantee your salvation.
━━ encounter.
A fisherman stands at the edge of the harbor, glancing down at his aging pocket watch. A few minutes until 5PM. He glances up at the sky from behind a pair of thick glasses. The clouds are darker than usual for this time, even in the last breaths of summer, gray and foreboding.
The ground shakes. What you could feel on the first day is now rumbling beneath the feet of others. A great downpour rains down on the heads of unsuspecting residents but only those crowded at the beach, it barely reaching the pavement. One woman gazes up, flinching when a drop pummels into the center of her forehead. Her tongue darts to the corner of her mouth━━salty. It is not rain from the sky, but sea water.
Within the blink of an eye, a large tentacle slithers onto the beach. It is covered in a thin veil of slime crafted from bacteria sea foam, strings of seaweed dripping down like whiskers and its width rivaling that of a two men before tapering off, length indescribable. It curls around the ankle of a man too close to the water’s edge. Pain is visible on his face for only a moment before he is pulled under, a trail of blood following where he tried to dig his heels in. Another tentacle emerges on the opposite side, pausing in the air long enough to display the deadly hooks lining its underside. One quick swipe and another is dead, disembowled on the rocky beach.
The sight is gruesome, and the sounds of screams are deafening. People scramble from the beach, panicking, some crawling over each other in their bid to get to safety; while others freeze in utter terror or are driven back by the stampede.
The attack only stops when authorities arrive, pummeling the beast’s tentacle with bullets. It retreats back into the water, bringing its first two casualties with it.
“That was... him. It had to be.”
━━ instructions.
As the event post says, you can choose to attend the second day or not while everyone is at the beach. You may submit to this blog what your character will do during this encounter. Should you decide to do so, the main will send you a prompt in response with what will happen next that you will be expected to reply to in character.
Depending on what they do, they may or may not receive a response or might even get multiple ones as things play out. Think of the potential consequences of their actions! The initial submission from you will not have to be written out in depth. Simply state their action such as: “she will run away without looking back” or “he will throw rocks at it”.
Please note that if your muse decide to take action, there is a risk of them becoming injured. If you’re against something happening to your muse that would harm them, please specify when you submit your character’s response. You will have until 9/15 to submit your response.
You can do threads that take place on the second day if your actions might involve someone else, just make sure that you still submit what your characters will do.
After this, the beach will be completely shut down and off limits for a clean up. However, your characters are free to poke around and investigate the place as they so choose but be warned: the place is crawling with authorities and scientists.
If your character is employed at the research lab or a member of law enforcement, they will be tasked with investigating and monitoring the event and will be receiving a unique assignment from the mayor and their supervisors. It’s expected of them to keep hush about any findings but, of course, people talk.
* Given this is the first encounter of the roleplay, this will be the baseline for how future submits and random encounters will go, even when unrelated to events.
** Do not hesitate to ask question! This is a lot of information and can be a confusing system. Think of it from the angle of DnD player proposing something to the DM or a choose your own adventure!
