#iity event 004

[itistheyouth]

when is the nightmare event over? and when can character outside of it move forward in time and plotting?

Today’s the last day of the Nightmare Potion event, so those within the event should start wrapping up their threads -- they’ll wake up in the morning with no clear memories of the actual nightmares, but just a vague sense of unease.

Characters outside the event are free to move forward in time as they need to!

[mother-weasel-blog]

The Bodies | Molly & Dirk

Molly had been feeling slightly off ever since she’d arrived at Pandora Lovegood’s party. First, the feeling had been concentrated in her stomach, as if she’d eaten some bad food, but it began to spread. The room would spin when she turned too quickly, and her vision had started to blur, making her see things that weren’t really there. She had almost decided to give up and go home when she experienced the strangest thing of all:

The room had gone black.

The reception hall, which had previously been full of people and lights, talking and drinking and dancing... it was all gone. There was nothing but darkness, no beginning and no end. And she was all alone.

Terrified, Molly cried out. She groped inside her pockets, hoping to find her wand, but it was gone. She had given it up at the door. She began to feel the panic creeping up on her, threatening to engulf her, when a bright spot appeared in the darkness - it was another human, and she recognized him. Dirk Cresswell.

Suddenly, it all made sense to her. She was on a mission. Of course she was. How could she have forgotten? Dumbledore had asked her and Dirk to find a very important object... an enchanted ring! Yes, it was all coming back to her know. Feeling somewhat calmer, she approached Dirk, smiling politely. “ Do you know where we’re going, then? ”

[ dirkthegoblinwhisperer ]

[itistheyouth]

partners for event 004: the nightmare potion

     Andromeda Tonks and Ted Tonks (( Crucio ))      Anastasia Travers and Hestia Jones (( the labyrinth ))      Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew (( the aftermath ))      Alastor Moody and Imogen Bell (( the bargain ))      Molly Weasley and Dirk Cresswell (( the bodies ))      Octavius Yaxley and Antonin Dolohov (( the choice ))      Rabastan Lestrange and Barty Crouch Jr (( the trial ))      Mary MacDonald and Jasper Greengrass (( detention ))      Caro Macnair and Alice Fortescue (( the tomb ))      Ellison Grant (( the morgue ))

[itistheyouth]

Hello everyone!

We are going to start sending out the nightmare scenarios soon. Hopefully all of them will be out by midnight EST. They will arrive as an anonymous message. When you get yours, save it for reference but do not post it. You should contact your thread partner as soon as you can to begin planning!

Once they have all been sent out, the partner list will be posted and the event will begin. Feel free to post open starters for threads that take place before the machine has been turned on if you would like it! 

[itistheyouth]

event 004: the nightmare potion

schedule of events

9:00pm – guests begin arriving at the Lovegood Laboratory. Every guest is asked to check their wand at the door for the evening, and is told that this no rivalries, feuds, or qualms from the outside world are allowed to enter the room. 

9:40pm – the party officially beings, and Pandora Lovegood makes a brief speech explaining the process she used to create the Bliss Potion and it’s muggle-influenced invention.

9:45pm – Pandora Lovegood turns on the machine, explaining that it may take a few minutes for it to begin to effect people. Guests return to mingling.

10:00pm – the people closest to the machine begin to feel the effects of the Nightmare Potion. Those farther away are confused as to why they are acting so strangely. They try to help, but those already effected by the potion are unresponsive or hostile.

10:15pm – by this time, nearly everyone has succumbed to the effects of the potion. Chaos ensues as the guests are trapped in their hallucinations.

6:35am – the sun begins to rise and the potion begins to wear off.

nightmare rules

How does the Nightmare Potion work?

The Nightmare Potion works in much the same way that the Scarecrow’s fear toxin works in Batman. That is, your character is not asleep, but is experiencing their nightmare as a hallucination triggered by actual things happening in real time. If they turn and see someone, their brain will interpret that stimuli in the most frightening way – a friend reaching out to them may turn into a dementor, or an open doorway may become a void.

However, any spells cast while under the influence of the potion will not have any real-life effect, as your character does not have their wand. If your character casts Avada Kedavra, for example, they will not actually kill anyone. If your character is being tortured or injured, pain sensors in their brain will cause them to experience pain, but it will have no lasting effects once the potion has worn off. 

A word on Godmodding:

These hallucinations pose a problem when it comes to interacting with other characters. While we still want to avoid directly controlling what another player’s character is doing, there’s a little more leeway within the hallucinations.

For example, other characters who are not being played in the thread may appear as a figment of your characters imagination. Obviously for NPCs such as Voldemort, family members, or anyone else you are welcome to control them as you usually would. 

For characters who are taken in the rp but are either not participating in the event or are not your thread partner, a hallucination of this character can appear and be controlled within your thread. For example, if I want James to appear in my thread with Remus, I can write him in as I would normally write an NPC. This does not count as godmodding, as the other character is not actually there.

While you cannot control what your thread partner’s character is doing, you can have your character see them doing something other than what they are actually doing. 

If your character is mishearing something another character is saying, you are welcome to re-write the other character’s line within your reply. For example, if my partner says “I want to help you,” I can begin my post with “I’ll never help you” and have my character react as if that is what they’ve heard. Be sure to set apart these misheard statements in some way – with italics or bold or some other marker so that it’s easy to see what it means. 

If you have any questions about whether or not something is okay, feel free to ask, but we trust your discretion on this matter. When in doubt, ask your partner if what you’re doing is okay with them. 

Please remember to tag for any triggers on the trigger list, and anything else that your discretion advises might need a tag.