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SHARON DA SILVA ([personal profile] fogsong) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-12-10 06:41 pm

Otherworld Log

Who: Anyone & Everyone
What: Open Log for those who want to participate in the Otherworld Player Plot (though you're free to use the player plot in your own logs)
When
: December's Log
Where
: All over Trench (and ever a ways outside of it)


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It doesn't matter where you are or what you're doing, whether or not you're among friends or strangers, it comes for you: the fog. It rolls in so thick it muffles every sound and obscures your vision until you can see nothing but white. And then the siren begins to sound, a split-second of warning before darkness begins to descend upon you and swallow the world. You can feel the change in the air, the hairs on the back of your neck raising up, and can taste it on your lips. It tastes like rust and rot and ash.

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Should you be lucky enough to have a light upon you, or see in the dark, you get to witness the world shift and corrupt right before your very eyes. Everything you see begins to fall apart. The paint on the walls chips and cracks and yellows. The wallpaper peels up, floating upward before it dissolves into nothing, revealing the bones of buildings. The carpet or the wood beneath your feet rots away and it doesn't matter what once was hidden beneath those layers, what lies beneath now is grated flooring, old tiles, battered cement, or just sheets or rusted metal. It's over in seconds and the darkness lifts and you're confronted with a Trench you've never seen before. A Trench that's been devoured and tainted.

Some may open their eyes to this place alone, others with friends or strangers by their side, but it doesn't matter who you're with, what matters is how you're going to find your way back to the Trench you know.

Exploration will prove dangerous and difficult. This Other Trench has fallen apart. The streets you're familiar with may have collapsed, forcing you to find another way around, and the buildings and shops and homes you're used to may prove impassable, doors locked or jammed or somehow blocked. Home won't be home now and might not be safe. It's the monsters, though, that make this world dangerous. They roam the streets and haunt the buildings and are drawn to every little sound you might make.

Walk fast, move quietly, and you may very well get through this.

Welcome to your Otherworld.
[ ooc: Feel free to hit up the Otherworld Plotting for more information, plotting, monsters, and more! Or DM here or add me on plurk [plurk.com profile] lobselvith ]
hachitaro: (suspicious.)

[personal profile] hachitaro 2023-01-18 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
He leans back and drops his head against her. "I mean they weren't... exactly alive anymore so it's not like I killed them, but..." Someone did. "... It did. But it wasn't worth it in the end. It wasn't something that was so important I needed... that."

A rough burglary job, that's all it was. But he has that stain on his conscience from now until whenever he's permanently dead. Maybe past that, he has no idea.
hachitaro: (uh oh.)

[personal profile] hachitaro 2023-01-22 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"... I know. I know it is, I just... feel guilty." He sighs and pats her leg gently.

She's so young, but she's been through so much. "... If you ever need to talk, you can come to me, okay? I'm not going to judge you. You're a... a good friend. I know you didn't intend to get me hurt. And I want you to be able to at least go to someone when times are tough..."
hachitaro: (unsure.)

[personal profile] hachitaro 2023-01-25 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"You still... need to have connection. Maybe not human connection, though that's good too. But if you don't have people around you... it's a lot harder." He's had enough breakdowns in his life to not want to wish that on a friend.

He lets out a long breath, nuzzling into her shoulder. "I'm just glad you're safe. ... That's what I was worried about more, when I wasn't freaking out. Not me, but you."
hachitaro: (tch.)

[personal profile] hachitaro 2023-01-28 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey..." He pats her leg gently. "It's okay. I'm just... glad you're all right, really. I just... I'm used to escaping and surviving. I don't... I don't have a lot of people I really worry about. But you're... a lot like me. Even if our powers aren't remotely the same, we're both... lonely."

He's just tired now. The adrenaline has drained away, and he just kind of wants a nap.
hachitaro: (huh?)

[personal profile] hachitaro 2023-01-31 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"... Yeah. Don't think I have the energy to head out tonight."

He blinks slowly and pulls away slightly, looking at her.

"You don't go anywhere, okay? You need to sleep too. Don't make me turn into a big dog and pin you down."