reverieooc | October Plotting

Hello, Reverie Operators!

This is an OOC post regarding our upcoming player plot, which is kicking off on October 1st. Your characters have probably had a stressful few months, what with living on a hostile and possibly sentient station that seems to be actively trying to kill you. Why not relax... with some music?

Shortly before the event, Venus will find an old radio from back home. With Erika Mishima's help, she'll then wire it into the station's communications system for everyone to hear. Don't worry: she's a considerate DJ! She'll keep broadcasting to public areas, and she'll even turn down the volume past midnight. Your character's health comes first!

Don't worry, though - there's more to the event than space Spotify. See, radios have a certain significance where Venus is from. They aren't just for music, or broadcasts, or weather reports; they're for fighting, and casting spells, and communing with the divine. It's a radio that lets teens like Venus hear God's voice if they need guidance, and it's a radio that lets those same misunderstood teens hear the devil's words. With a radio and a willing soul, you can let the devil into your heart - shedding your old, fallible body and becoming something greater. With a radio, and enough people, you could practically flood a place with newborn devils. You could make Hell right where you stood, if you really wanted.

And that's exactly what Venus plans to do to the station.

At midnight - right as October 1st rolls in - Venus will make a brief announcement to the station before hooking in the radio and tuning in. For the next weeks, characters will hear the devil's voice whenever they pass through communal areas - the bar, the mess hall, the outer ring of the observation deck, and so on. The devil sounds like smoke and honey; she is kind, and speaks softly. She will tell your character how much she has missed them - them, specifically - and how much it hurts to watch them suffer. And she offers them a choice: to let her help them, or to push her away.

From here, your character can take one of two major paths:

If your character chooses to let the devil in, the devil will speak to them privately and directly. What she says here will differ from character to character (and you are free to play it out!), but it will always boil down to the same thing: she will identify a source of pain or inner conflict for your character, and do what she can to help. This will result in two major changes: a mental one, and a physical one.

Mentally, your character will mostly be the same as before! However, even if the problem isn't fixed, the devil will make them more able to address the problem and work it out. A character with trust issues might not immediately trust everyone, but they certainly would be capable of acknowledging the problem and working with others to fix it. Similarly, a character stuck on a trauma from the past might feel the distance they need to process it and work through it.

Physically? Your character's got a big storm coming. Their body will change into a new, devilish form, one that reflects their issues to some extent. For a few examples, Venus becomes a being of light and eyes because she wants people to see her as she is; Jupiter grows "a hand for every kind of touch" because of a lifetime spent denying her urges for physical contact. You are free to go as wild as you want with this: the world's your oyster! Do you want a few simple changes reflecting the change? That's fine! Do you want a full on, gory body horror transformation with a massive redesign? That's fine too! However, one important thing should be noted: past the initial pain of transformation, your new devil probably shouldn't dislike their form. The devil is doing this for them, not herself!

Finally, after their "deal" with the devil, her voice will no longer come through the radio. Instead, they will hear music. What your character hears is up to you, but it's something they would find personally beautiful!

Notably, as this plot has been mod approved, these do not have to be temporary; you are free to keep any number of changes as permanent for your character! Please err on the side of caution and choose design aspects on an aesthetic basis rather than a power-based one.

If your character chooses to rebuke the devil, however, things will go very differently. The moment they take an actual stand, they will stop hearing the devil's voice - permanently. Instead, they will hear deafening static mixed with other sounds: screams, sobs, and general panic. Notably, this group will later have the opportunity to make a major impact to how the plot resolves! This will be addressed in a subsequent writeup.

Characters who consciously avoid making a decision will continue to hear her voice throughout these two weeks, until either the event ends or they make a decision. If a character asks for time to think, or is simply hesitant, she will wait patiently for them before asking the next day. If you choose this path the whole way through, your character will not be directly impacted in any way outside of other characters.

Part one will last for two weeks, ending on October 14th. Part two’s OOC writeup, concerning the corruption of the station and subsequent fight to “cleanse” it, will be posted a few days before then. Stay ready, and stay sharp - hell's not meant for humans!

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A place for brainstorming, art and anything else relating to devil design.

Sup I've got Ideas here, and also art!!!

I'm still trying to piece together how I want to put the design, but I know a few things I really like:

-Kinstukuroi(Making Jun have cracks in his skin that are sealed together with gold)
-Stars!
-Flowers
-Hermes
-Clocks???

I've got two designs right now: [1] [2]

I'm kinda leaning toward the second one but I'd love some input if anyone has any ideas. I am pretty sure I'm going to stick with the stars for his hands and feet, and the kintsukuroi. He's going to be succumbing to the devil to get over his guilt for becoming a puppet of Nyarlathotep, and for his self-loathing which comes from his parents fighting and his mother's disdain for him.

I think I really love the second one more! And man those gold cracks look so GOOD.

I love the both of them, but I'm still UNSURE! I think I'd at least like him to usually have skin-colored skin, but he'll probably be able to become intangible(since the stars are meant to represent not being able to be manipulated)

the second one is dope as hell and gives me a stronger wktd devil design than the first

I did design that one not long after playing WKTD! And the idea of just. Jun is stars, he's everywhere. It's very WKTD :3c

seconding (heh) the second!! although the first might be fun if you're wanting to only keep partial changes after the event??

That might be a good way to do it too. I'll have to see, since just walking around as a galaxy might be rough but also it's so nice to look at.(Tatsuya can look at the stars every night)

HELP WANTED

prax's ic nickname is "plant guy" bc he's a botanist and loves plants (esp soy beans but he likes all plants okok) and he says about himself that he's better with plants than with people

I WANT HIM TO TURN INTO ACTUAL PLANT GUY but i am uncreative what would be a good plant guy design

something something greenish hue to his skin and maybe something with photosynthesis and that's about as far as i've gotten really

HMMMM. the thing about this is that the devil's transformations are often aesthetically related to the character (neptune and water, for instance) but also related to that character's problems. i think plant guy is definitely a good option for prax, and maybe a fun design bit to fold in would be giving him a way to "connect" with people?

SO, here's my personal take on it: theme his general body around plants, green skin with maybe flowers/buds if you want a more "beautiful" take and mushrooms if you want a more "grody" one? BUT: add on the theming of "roots!" he grows and trails roots behind/around him, like tails or feelers, and when talking to people they could nestle up against their feet to create a "connection" between them :3c

ohhh i love the idea of the roots for connection asldfkjh and also to ground him bc at his canon point, he's been forcibly removed from an environment he's been in for his whole life and is floundering a bit

THANK YOU also i love those visual refs!! i'm probably gonna go with something quite subtle for lasting changes but maybe for the duration of the event ACTUAL TREE PERSON who knows

(i should know, but i don't yet)

dropping a few visual refs off here too in case you want them:

tree person! the small, thin branches coming off are similar to what i envisioned for the roots, or something like ivy/honeysuckle.

a more cutesy idea involving leaves/vegetation for hair, and green skin. if you're wanting less horror-ish and more fun, this might be nice!

contrast with this, where many part of the body have ceased being recognizably "human" - like the arms and hands!

October Plotting

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visual refs!