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As some of you might already know, we have a big, Institute-wide event planned for tonight. And, as some of you might have guessed from the ominous weather and the steadily increasing rain, as well as the warning about difficulty with moving around your character, the event is none other than….
THE PORTALS EVENT!
...Although your character will get soggy if they end up outside. Poor soggy patients. :(
PREMISE
Each time your character opens a door tonight, they will discover that it does not, in fact, lead to the area that they originally thought. Instead, each group going through a door will be suddenly transported to a completely random area, never knowing where, exactly, they might end up in the Institute… or perhaps even outside of it. This might work out very well for them or very poorly, but one thing's for sure: they'll go through the night very, very confused.
For some of the patients, the scope of the event might end here, but some might get a little (un)luckier during their travels. In fact, each time a group goes through a portal, there will be a 1/8 chance that the group will end up in the home world of a group member. Of course, it won't be permanent, and there will be enough limitations to assure the characters that they are still very far from escaping, but that hopefully won't make the experience any less shaking.
( DETAILS. ALL PLAYERS MUST READ IN FULL. )
REGARDING SPECIAL COUNSELING TONIGHT:
We know that tonight was supposed to be a Special Counseling night, but we realized fairly quickly as we were planning the event that it would be unfair to SCers, as there'd be no telling whether or not any groups of characters would show up in areas long enough to actually be viable victims. For that reason, we're going to be switching to M-U for this Nightshift if any of the people who are eligible would like to take part in it despite the event going on. The players currently eligible are: E, Korii, Tim, Acacia, Shira, and Stefan. If any of you would like to do M-U this Nightshift (with a character who was not accepted during this most recent cycle), please let us know! In the event that we do not get all five slots filled, we will open up a poll for other players to offer up their characters.
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I… think that's pretty much all the important stuff! Given the nature of the event and all the logistics that we'll be dealing with, we're sure that we haven't yet covered quite everything that could realistically come up during the night. As such, please feel free to ask any questions you might have and we will try our best to answer them! However, please try to keep them to issues that you are relatively sure would occur and be relevant to your character or to the player body in general, as we unfortunately have limited time in which to answer questions. ;;
NPC MODS: We will be posting a mod-specific information post to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
damned_mods shortly, so please hold on until then to ask any clarifying questions about what you'll be doing or anything that might contain event spoilers. :X
SO! That's the event, and we hope that you guys have fun with it and are looking forward to some surprises! Thanks for your patience in reading everything and we hope to tackle any problems that may arise!
Also, we can't remember who originally suggested an event like this, but er... CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE? |D
ALSO SORRY FOR TYPOS OR GENERAL FAIL I'M TIRED K
ETA: Given how we'd like to give NPC Mods a chance to acclimate to the system and players a chance to rework their plans for the night, (as well as give players some more time to wrap up Doyleton backthreads) I AM MAKING THE EXECUTIVE DECISION to delay the shift change for one more day. ...PLEASE DON'T KILL ME COURT UM if a bunch of you want the change, though, lemme know and I can do it in a few hours. 8D;
...Although your character will get soggy if they end up outside. Poor soggy patients. :(
PREMISE
Each time your character opens a door tonight, they will discover that it does not, in fact, lead to the area that they originally thought. Instead, each group going through a door will be suddenly transported to a completely random area, never knowing where, exactly, they might end up in the Institute… or perhaps even outside of it. This might work out very well for them or very poorly, but one thing's for sure: they'll go through the night very, very confused.
For some of the patients, the scope of the event might end here, but some might get a little (un)luckier during their travels. In fact, each time a group goes through a portal, there will be a 1/8 chance that the group will end up in the home world of a group member. Of course, it won't be permanent, and there will be enough limitations to assure the characters that they are still very far from escaping, but that hopefully won't make the experience any less shaking.
( DETAILS. ALL PLAYERS MUST READ IN FULL. )
REGARDING SPECIAL COUNSELING TONIGHT:
We know that tonight was supposed to be a Special Counseling night, but we realized fairly quickly as we were planning the event that it would be unfair to SCers, as there'd be no telling whether or not any groups of characters would show up in areas long enough to actually be viable victims. For that reason, we're going to be switching to M-U for this Nightshift if any of the people who are eligible would like to take part in it despite the event going on. The players currently eligible are: E, Korii, Tim, Acacia, Shira, and Stefan. If any of you would like to do M-U this Nightshift (with a character who was not accepted during this most recent cycle), please let us know! In the event that we do not get all five slots filled, we will open up a poll for other players to offer up their characters.
----
I… think that's pretty much all the important stuff! Given the nature of the event and all the logistics that we'll be dealing with, we're sure that we haven't yet covered quite everything that could realistically come up during the night. As such, please feel free to ask any questions you might have and we will try our best to answer them! However, please try to keep them to issues that you are relatively sure would occur and be relevant to your character or to the player body in general, as we unfortunately have limited time in which to answer questions. ;;
NPC MODS: We will be posting a mod-specific information post to
damned_mods shortly, so please hold on until then to ask any clarifying questions about what you'll be doing or anything that might contain event spoilers. :XSO! That's the event, and we hope that you guys have fun with it and are looking forward to some surprises! Thanks for your patience in reading everything and we hope to tackle any problems that may arise!
Also, we can't remember who originally suggested an event like this, but er... CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE? |D
ALSO SORRY FOR TYPOS OR GENERAL FAIL I'M TIRED K
ETA: Given how we'd like to give NPC Mods a chance to acclimate to the system and players a chance to rework their plans for the night, (as well as give players some more time to wrap up Doyleton backthreads) I AM MAKING THE EXECUTIVE DECISION to delay the shift change for one more day. ...PLEASE DON'T KILL ME COURT UM if a bunch of you want the change, though, lemme know and I can do it in a few hours. 8D;
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