voidtreckerooc | Mission: So Familiar a Gleam Ongoing

The next part of the missions is here. Since characters are beginning to break out of their AUs and beginning to try and solve the problem they have found themselves in here is another plotting post! The other one was pretty crowded!

Please continue to ask any questions here and if there are any shenanigans you want to run past mods in terms of investigating let us know here

Happy plotting!

Details of the environment going forward:

For those who can read energy/see through illusions, they will find borders between the different sections of the city. They will be able to gauge it looks more like this.

They will see people 'trapped' in these border parts - specifically, those walking by foot to another section of the city, or those taking air taxis. They can be taken out, but would need to be done so by people who won't be pulled into the strength of the illusion/hypnotism.

While most areas are starting to fall apart, the political/educational sector (the centre of the city) is doing better. People may be taken around there in spare buildings.

Food: It will still be around, but some people will realise - who can see through illusions - that everything has a viscous quality. Shaped to be what it's mimicking, watery if it's a drink. This will become more obvious to everyone by Day 8. It's safe to consume.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

During 23:00 of Day Six (M09), a group attempted to destroy a border of the city that acts an area of transport. It makes the city appear larger than it is, as the area inside it isn't one that people can interact with, but are made to believe they can. Everyone has to move through these to get to one point of the city to another.

This attempt to damage/dispel the border caught the Entity's attention, who had already been alerted to people awakening out of its tricks before this. Angered, the people within the trapped border were killed as a result of being antagonised, and the group taken.

The results of this to the event going forward from Day 7, are:

- People in the city will be randomly re-brainwashed, or will no longer have doubts about this being their city. They will believe everything bad happening is because of the Voidtreckers, and they are causing this. This can include your characters or not. However, there will be an overall larger hostility towards the Voidtreckers than before.

- Those working as part of the D-Force have especially undergone this. Now they want nothing more than to take down the Voidtreckers, any means necessary. They will not negotiate with Voidtreckers, and are willing to harm anyone to apprehend them. They also have people volunteering as part of them to help take down the Voidtreckers.

- Core lights are appearing around the city by mid-day 7. For those unaware of these, they are light small yellow lights that were used to cause illusions in the previous mission. They will start following people around. Those who have made a scene previous will especially be tracked and watched. They will need to be destroyed, as if they are around during any suspicious activity, they will alert authorities to them - and more.

- As the D-Force and certain individuals in the city become more erratic about taking out the Voidtreckers, a portion of the city's 'civilians' will become less okay with the core lights and what's going on, especially with innocent people also being stalked. These people may be willing to help with Voidtreckers and/or hide them.

- The city will noticeably be breaking down quicker, sooner. There are no attempts to patch this up by the entity as it becomes more crazed about taking out the Voidtreckers.

Please feel free to ask any questions about this here, or to plot with those of the group.

Edited 2021-07-19 17:51 (UTC)

I assume that destroying small parts of the illusion will get the core lights' attention in droves. What about destroying the ones that gather? Will that bring more out? Or will they stop coming and then you can take out the whole bunch without raising more alarms?

If it's only small, it depends on where it is being targeted, as just a small part of a building won't draw attention, and usually the spot will reform - it depends on what your idea of small is.

But in Loki's case re: the core lights, he will have attention drawn to him in terms of the D-Force knowing where he is, and as well as nearby civilians.

Also, a large amount being destroyed at once will draw attention, yes.

My idea was like making street signs disappear, and specifically to attract attention so he can take out a bunch at once. But if that only gets him even more attention, he probably won't do it more than once.

What if he (or anyone being followed by one or a couple) lured them out of sight and then took them out with conventional means or magic that doesn't threaten the greater illusion? Would that be doable and free someone from their attention (until the next time they do something suspicious)?

Remember that if we're speaking about Loki also, it's not only the core lights he will need to worry about - there are people around who will know his face. Disappearing street signs won't get notice in the way he and Sunset got notice before, but it will still by any passing D-Force due to vandalism.

Your best bet if a core light is tracking you, is to get rid of the core light before another can arrive where it was destroyed - destroying one attracts another, but there may be chance to get away before another can arrive. However, for Loki in particular, he will attract a lot of attention the moment he's found by a core light, as well as anyone who is considered suspicious/dangerous.

Make it easier for him to be a decoy, why not~ Now he doesn't even need to use his magic, just let his illusions slip.

Can core lights be distracted from whoever they're following? Like, say, someone notices a core light following a random person and attacks but doesn't destroy it. Will that core light follow the new suspicious person, or will it summon a new core light and continue following its original target?

Re: your second question, the latter. There is no limited supply of core light fun for everyone to enjoy.

Late question, but would people be able to sense the deaths of the people trapped in the border if they have access to their original powers?

Yes.

Thanks! Wanted to double check before mentioning anything in a tag

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