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The Fifteen Strangers Mods ([personal profile] strangerpeople) wrote in [community profile] 15strangers2020-02-28 09:22 pm
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F̎̋̀͝I͋ͦ̿ͦ̇̈́N̷̏́̊̽̔̍͒A̶ͧ̂͒̍L̛ͧ̃͜ ̶̛̐̀́ͪ̈́̐ͤT̒͘͠R̨͐͊̀̕ĬA̢͊̓͌͗͢Ļ̋͞

F̶̡̯̻̠̤̻͔͋͊ͬͦͤ̊ͯ̆Ḭ͙̜̺͇̽͟ͅN̷̰̥̥̹̱̐͛̎͞A̮͋̎͛͊L̛͚̱̯͈̄ͧ̿̂̋́͡ ̵͓̜͑͊͐ͨ̎̀̚͡Ț̸̢̥̥̲̼͔̻̟̣͂R̦̭̥͇̓ͧͣ̉͠Į̮̻̪͙̺̘͈̰͉̋ͮ̆ͩ́̔̉͌Aͩ̒ͤ͏̖̼̣L̫̥̰͉ͥ̂̐͐̓͑̑̚͢


[It is time.

Though there was no timer, the time was clearly nearing its end. The darkness that encompasses this place becomes even darker as the hours dragged forward, until even the lights of the City's skyline seems to darken along with it. You can almost feel the Noise watching, an infinity set of eyes in the void beyond staring back, as everyone pulls together again to proceed down the street.

The brightest building in the sky is the dome, now. There's no barrier preventing you from going beyond the Central Building now. There's no need for it-the City is completely empty, its streets devoid of life, as everyone inevitably finds their feet bringing them to the dome.







There's no turning back now. Whatever you have, that is what you will bring on this final journey. Not just in items, but in mind, in spirit, and in soul. IT, the avatar of the Thing and orchestrator of your game, will not relent. IT knows it has bent you, but not broken you. Now IT intends to finish the job.

As you round the corner to the dome, you feel the rhythm suddenly take control of you. You feel a sucking sensation grab onto you, and try as you might you cannot fight. You are pulled in. And when you manage to clear your head and eyes, you are inside the building. It is massive, domed, and-





you are only in one corner of it. There is a small table with chairs, with everyone's name on little dot matrix displays in front of chairs. Not all of them, of course. There are 15 chairs, and where the survivors' chairs are white, the chairs of the dead are black, their dot matrixes empty and lifeless.

A glass panel separates this little set up from the rest of the building, which is concealed in red fog. Despite this, a worryingly slack-jawed Link and Hiyori are sitting in chairs on a raised step just behind the glass, their suits still impeccable and their irises swirling more intensely than before. They do not react when everyone comes in; they do not respond if someone tries to greet them. Next to Hiyori is a briefcase and a boombox, which even through the glass it is quite clear the static, pulsing rhythm coming from it is very, very loud. Kyuubey sits in its own chair, meanwhile, its eyes watching and its expression unchanging; a fourth chair sits empty next to them.

There is no visible sign of IT. But IT is there, just beyond the glass, just waiting to unleash ITs full might. It's almost mocking the Strangers, as if to say go ahead, draw your conclusions. You won't win. You can't escape.

Fifteen Strangers, from scattered multiverses. They were brought together once more to kill. Now, they must solve the final riddle. All of the knowledge and experiences they've had have led to this, and their newest evidence may help as well. The survivors have one chance to make this right and stop IT for good. Failure cannot be an option. If it is...no. Don't think about it. Just do it.


The trial for the future of all existence has now begun.]







[It's time!! The Strangers' objective here is simple, but all-important: they must pull all of the evidence you have together, unlock the answers they seek in full, and at last confront IT, the Mastermind.

This is it. There is no turning back. The blight curls ever-further from the darkness between the clusters. Can there be a cure?

Have fun, good luck, and may the right prevail.]
relieable: (please shut up)

[personal profile] relieable 2020-03-01 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[thanks to the message from Franciscus, Osomatsu has found new vigor. he sees that Arthur is down, and he is livid]

Karma. We can protect ourselves as long as we remind IT that we can love. I think just hearing the word love weakens it.
cuteandinnocentpet: (kyuu...)

[personal profile] cuteandinnocentpet 2020-03-01 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Surely you remember, that the potential of human emotions defies logic.

Unfortunate, but we did consider this as a possibility, given our own experiences, did we not?
carryabigstick: (pic#13724140)

[personal profile] carryabigstick 2020-03-01 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Do I need a reason to want to believe in someone? You've never given me a reason not to trust you. You've been honest and supportive of everyone, gone out of your way to protect us and help us prepare for the worst. You've looked out for us in so many ways, just being yourself.

Sure you may have a dark past but-- your future right now is bright.

Caleb... you're a good guy. And I'm glad I met you. So-- come back to us. Back where you belong.
15unknowns: (Default)

[personal profile] 15unknowns 2020-03-01 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[The brain writhes at this.]
poorlovefool: (sweating)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-03-01 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Eric's officially covering him so he'll send a few deterring pewpews while he does this. Don't even think of messing with the ambulink, bitch!!!]
unwittingking: (I don't know what I'd do)

[personal profile] unwittingking 2020-03-01 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
You're not...a monster.

You made...mistakes, but who...the Hell…doesn't?

Look at me, Caleb. Think about...the shit I've done. If you can...accept me, then why...why can't I accept you?!

You're family is us. And everyone from the train. And the Nein-the Nein were your family before I knew you!

You have family. I promise.
katzenpfote: (intense)

[personal profile] katzenpfote 2020-03-01 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
I thought you were supposed to be Bright.

[He cracks half a smile, taking in deep breaths to the rhythm. His head is pounding, but IT is still there. His eyes are still dark.]

I just... hurt.
15unknowns: (Default)

[personal profile] 15unknowns 2020-03-01 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[There's not much one variation one can do when describing an angry screaming psychic brain being hit by zombie-killing lasers.

So the above sentence describing the action will just have to be enough.]
cuteandinnocentpet: (Default)

[personal profile] cuteandinnocentpet 2020-03-01 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm, indeed.

And yet we didn't plan for it.

incendiarize: (And if it kills me tonight)

[personal profile] incendiarize 2020-03-01 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He is far, far too light, Link. At least that'll make getting away quickly easier? His breathing is ragged and shallow.]

I....can still...
katzenpfote: (battle)

[personal profile] katzenpfote 2020-03-01 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He's trying. He really is. It's weak, but it's there. He's trying to push the positive thoughts up. But there's still a lot of dark there. Still too much.]

[But at least he's not attacking right now.]
comesaround: (▷ a cacophony of violence)

[personal profile] comesaround 2020-03-01 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
You have a point.

[ A laugh. Was that... writhing?! ]

Oh no. Does that HURT?

[ He's almost manically grinning now, even as he turned and started forwards, twirling the scythe and waiting for the attack that could come, but also.. ]

So when I say that I LOVE Nagisa Shiota, how does that make you feel?
mermaidkin: (Devastated)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-03-01 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Hiyori just staring into space like WHAT THE FUCK WAS ANY OF THIS]

Okay, guess I'm glad I tabled transforming into some crazy monster this trial, since another guy did it for me! Good to know!

You are okay, right?
carryabigstick: (pic#13592505)

[personal profile] carryabigstick 2020-03-01 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah well... maybe I rubbed off on you a little.

[That half a smile is a great sign. No letting up now.]

I know. And the pain might not be over yet. But... that pain is worth a heck of a lot more than anything IT can give you. If something has the power to hurt you, it's because there's something you care about there.

But no matter what happens, we're going to be here with you. We gotta stick together. That means every single one of us. We need you Caleb. We're not "us" without you.
unwittingking: (It's too hard to choose one though)

[personal profile] unwittingking 2020-03-01 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Caleb...

[He doesn't bother walking-he's running to Caleb's side, dropping far enough to hug him again.]

I'm here.

[And to return the favor of earlier, he's giving him a kiss to the forehead. Give him all the shit you want-he won't care. He needs to do something, and this is the best way to show his love right now.]
15unknowns: (Default)

[personal profile] 15unknowns 2020-03-01 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[The brain starts screaming.]

W̟̰̠̦͇ͣH͔̘̙̰̘͎͕ͥͣ͌̓̃̚Y̡̟̖̱͇̥͓̦͒ͦ̋!̢͍̻̏͒ͮ̊̓ͅ?̘̯̗̖͗͌̓̊̍ͅ ͍̹͈̤W͟H̝̠̞̯̓̑͂͛ͤͤY̠̊ ̧̮ͬ́D̜̦͍͊ͮ̀O͎̦͓̥̠ ͐̈́́͋̎Y͉͙̮̅̂͒͌̾̓O̝̤̙̮̥̠ͯ̉̎ͦǗ̟͐ͧͦ̈́͌ ҉͚R͕̦̳̼̹̺E͈͎͍͖͊̍͡J̧̠̄ͯ́̆̚Ẻ͙̇͑̅͊ͬC̦͉̜̼ͣ͐ͧͯ͋̊̉̀T͋ͫ́̓̒͝ ̨̬̈́S͇̫̺͓̝̈̄͢Ť͔̝̪͈̺̠̌R̛̳̞̝ͯ̋ͦͅE̫͚ͤ̉͌̎̄͆̂N̟̟̜͓̦̽G͓̹̲͓͖͗̈̆ͨT̨̼̱̮͙̠ͤͤ̀̃͛H̭͉̩̝ͤ̓ͪ̋̕!͎̩̠̣͇͂̔̾̒̓̚ ̻̘͈̑ͯ̑̿̽̏ͪW͉̲͉͈̯͉͓̋ͫͣͪ̿̾͋H͕̞͉̭͛ͭ̓͒͡Y͇̺ͭ́ ̛̼͖̹̞̭̈ͬD͈̟́Ò͇̱͚̪̜͛̚ ̟̼̱̩̙̹̈̄Y̥͙̺̫Ơ̠̹̞̟̫ͩͥͬÛ̥̯͕̭͙̹ͤͫ́ͅ ̝͍͓̤̪̽ͤ̋R̤͚̘̄E̞̼̗J͉̞̤͉̤ͥ͂͐ͬ͗E̛̘̪̦͙̖̳Ĉ̯̰͇͎̹̙̇̂̀̊ͧ͝T͎͍̲͕̗̱̀͑͢ͅ ͍͙ͨͯͭ̐̀P͋̎͐̀̽̿҉̞͓̠͔̗̖Ė̦͚͓̦̝ͥͩ͜A̢̰͚C̴̖̝̠̩͍͎̓Eͥͩ̿̑!̣̮̼͇̈́́

C̱̼̯̤̼͈ͭͩ͆́̚I͍͆͗ṼͪĪ̱̟̪̟̞͕͐͊ͫL̻ͮ͊͛ͤ̓͛͝Ì͙̱͂͌Z̧̍̊͒̏A̡̞̰̒T̄Ì̧̜̌̊̆ͧ̈́̅Ő̡̮̋N̩̼̳͓͖̰̻̿̃ ̡̗͓̤̺̺̄̉̄I͍̲̽͋S̩̥̦͇̙̍̔ ̡̝̯̰͖͍̙ͦ̓͌̆͋̏̒D̡̖̞̭̫̠͎̃͌E̩̼̣͊͑̏̾̀͋ͭA̭ͯ͆D̖̝̜́ͧ!̰͎̹̘̦̘̒ͯ̒̒̽̐ ̫̫͓͔̜̘̪T̬ͨ̉͊͋̅̚H͈̬̼̠̝̟͉̔̓͂E̸ͯ͂̐̄͒̈́̋ͅ ̺̜͕ͦ̔̓ͭC̲̺ͧ̒͛̈ͨḶ͔͔͟ͅỨ̹̖͈́ͦ́S̖̯͙̤̠T̨͚ͨ̈́ͥ̒̏̊̈́E̲̗͍͛̄ͥ̓̈́Ȓ̺̭̹͎̹̪̣̽͌̓ͤS̸̪͚͇̉ ̴̮͈Ằ̺̰̝̞̬ͭ̚R̒͐͗͂̀̚E͖̝̯̓͐̚ ̝̱̳͔̫͈ͣR͖̱̔ͪ͊ËN̹͎̗̮͓̬̫͐T̮̠̫̹̖͈!̣̱̪̰͖̯̄ͧͧ͑͗̉ ͨT̵͎̹̖H̬̩̜͈͕͌ͩ̓ͬ̚ͅÉ̖̟͚̯͔̼̞̍̀ͭ̐ͫ ̢̺̰̝̰̺̇͂̈́ͫͅͅD̮͌̉̑͒A͑͐̆̀R̮̻̹̝̟̫Ǩ͏̫̲͉̞͙͔̯N̦̲̘̖̹ͬ̎ͦ̿Ȩ̦͔̩̦͍̱͍̌̇ͣ̊̇̚S̍͂S̈́ͯͦͦͥ͂̈ ̖̬̻̬͔̳̩̊̏ͪ̂͌͂B̴̲̖̹̙̖̰͉̐ͨ̾Ě͆̊̂ͪͤͪT͎̜̗̫̈́W͒ͥͤ̎͆̂̀E͕̮̘̪̗͎̩ͪ̃͞E̠̖͍͓̬͕̙̐ͥ͞N̸̔ͨ͗̾ͥͫ̽ ̸͍̭͈̒ͬͬͪS̡̼̯̥̝̤̣ͅC̱̺̝͈̜̉ͪ͛̾̎ͦͧ͟R̨̖͍̠̣̘E̠̮͚̳ͣ͢A̭̜͉̭͋̃͛ͬM̭̠̞̖̗̽́̆ͣͭ̇Sͦͣ̇͌͐͆͜ ̮͚̈́ͥͮ̽ͬ̋̇I̧̫ͣ̑̑̓͒̾̔N͕̳͕̥̺̭̏̄̐ͨ ̪͙̘͉̿O͚͖͉̮ͯ̀̅̀U̲͔̺R͈͉̟͎̖͈͔ͮ̄̚ ̶͌ͫṆͦ̽̊́ͅẠ̢͚̜̫̯̘͑̾̃ͩ̂͊̐M͖͕͈͚ͯEͯͣ̓ͣ̄!̉͌̎͌


T̬̂̅ͮ͠H̬ͥͯ̽̋ͩ̍ͪ͟E̅̉ͭ̔͌̑̅Ỳ̳̯͉͍̫̦͗̈́̃ ̱̬̳̣̥̱̩̂̇̍͐A̦̜͈͖̪͖ͬͅR̹̹̜̼̯͈͞E̍ͫ͒̂ͥͣ ̱̤̬͍̫̲͓̌̑ͭͯͥ̇A͇̼̠̪̞̩ͯ̈́͌̈ͧͦͅL͉̺͓͂ͩͫ̐͟L͖͚͈͚͍͎̉̔̇ ͇̞̝̈́͌͟ͅM͓͉͔̺̰̊ͯ̉̿̂ͧI̴̫̤̮ͥͦͯ̔ͧ̎Ņ͓̞͖̺̖̯́ͤͭͣ̓̑Ẻ̪̑ͬ,̵̠͇͍͕͍ͯ ̛̥̲̇̀T̷̻̣H̼̟͚̘̆ͧE̜̦͚̺Y̺̖͉̙̣̹͑̍ͪͫ͢ ͂ͭ̐͑͆̈́ͮ͠M̹̫̞̾̌Ṷ̤͉̈́̂̏̚S̖͎̠̫͕̟̐T̝̣̟̝̪̂͋̓̈ͦ ̧ͧ̄̆ͣB̤̦͎̼ͨ̋Ę͖͎̼ͨ̃͛̾̓͌ͧͅL̀O͋̃͆ͭ̚͏̠̼̘͈̤N̷̘̤͕͚̟ͣͤ͒ͯ̐͗G̨͉͇͇̣̭̪ͩ͆͆́̍ ͏̼̥̬̲Ṫ̹̟̼͈̯̣̦ͯ̋͢O̓ͮ̂̔̑ ̦͖̭͙̣͙̙ͤ̏̆̂̌̕Į̟̺̩̬̩̯͐Ṭ͔́,̙̲̰̿ͦͭͤ̄ͮ͜ ̟̜̺̝ͭ͒̌͋̽́͊I̡̥͍̬͇̝̯̍ͣ̉ͤͅ ̞̮̳̻ͫͪÁ̴̺̻̦͇ͫͅM̬̻̼̣̺͓ ̡̥̟ͅT͍͗ͭ͊̿͝H̦̳ͭ͗̑͗͞Ē̖̦ͣ̍̃ ̵̗̖̲̒ͭ̌ͯA̱̹̠̜̰̎̑̐́͒͞V̖̠̫̭̓̈́̉̚A̳͈̝̩͖̥̘͊̈̈̎ͮͩ̓T̍̎AR̘̫̥̞̽͗ͭͦͯͩ ̨̆͛̍̄ͥͦ͂C̱̻̱̲̠̦̓̊ͨ̋H̦̖̦̣̹͕̜ͬͫ̌̃͠O͉̝͓͖͐͋̋ͨ͛ͧ͂ͅS̭̱̻̦̦̦͎͜E̺̎N̸͓̞̤̠ͨ,̝̖ͣ̊͑͐ ͔̺̙ͫͭ̔̀Ť̢͎̘͓̖̪͋Ḫ̫͊ͤ͝Ę͇̫̹͚̬͓͚̀̉̎̐́ ̧̯̩͖͈͕C̖͔͂͑ͯO͎̭͎̒͌ͣͅM̖̏ͫ͒ͨ̆̐͞I̦̣̖͉̰͗͊̈ͧ̃͞N̷͇͓͓̰̲ͯ̔G͕̹͂ͬ̕ ̰͂O͎͕̠̝̖͉͈̓̄̏̈F̨̫͓̘̜̖̲̅͆ͥ̂͐̔ T̴̥̠̫̞̫͈̤̏̆Ḩ̺̬̼͈͇͎̥̃̽̌̇E͕̼̓̇ͮͭ̄͢ͅ ̤̯N̞̗̼̙͊̑E̯͈̋̂W̷̙̦̭͓̎͂̉͂ ̼̲ͨͅÈ̟̯͔̤̀ͩ̓X͇̂͐Ḭ̮̪̭̏͆̅̇ͨ̑Ş̟̮͍͒̔͑̃ͬT̮̽̄ͯ̆E̻̭͔͙͓ͮ͂̍Nͯ̓̎ͨ̓̚C͙̩ͫ̐ͦ͐ͅE̕.̰ͧ̋̽̈̔̈̉͞.̬͚̳̝͎̣̗̏.̬̼͈͖̦̝ͬ̓ͭ̓̉̎!̖̪͚̭̹̕
Edited 2020-03-01 05:35 (UTC)
cuteandinnocentpet: (kyuu.)

[personal profile] cuteandinnocentpet 2020-03-01 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
'Greater than hope, and deeper than despair'. Even we couldn't anticipate this devilish power.

Even so. If this means IT is defeated, then our task won't change-simply the parameters.
carryabigstick: (pic#13724143)

[personal profile] carryabigstick 2020-03-01 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Hey!!

[Estelle is rushing over with something in her hand. It's the healing potion that Caleb gave her.]

Here! Take this and give it to him, it should help. He might need more than just one.
katzenpfote: (hurt)

[personal profile] katzenpfote 2020-03-01 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
[He's shaking. He's not used to this. To emotion. The red fog in his brain is still clouding things, but there's an unexpected explosion of feeling from him.His chest feels like it's on fire, and his head pounds. He stumbles.]
carryabigstick: (pic#13717266)

[personal profile] carryabigstick 2020-03-01 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[She's gonna rush over to support him. The knife has already been tucked away and her bo staff attached to her back so she has both hands ready.]

Hang in there... I got you...
cuteandinnocentpet: (kyuu...)

[personal profile] cuteandinnocentpet 2020-03-01 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps.

[Oh, it's feeling weird now.]

Well now, it seems my time is about up. I have done what I was sent to do.
pi_face: (the world is garbage.)

[personal profile] pi_face 2020-03-01 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Noise form. One of my Reaper abilities.

[He looks back and up at Hiyori before sighing and pushing himself to his feet.]

Yeah. Better than okay. I can actually hear myself think for the first time in... I don't even want to think how long. Let's go with "a decillion seconds" and call it.
mermaidkin: (Suffering)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-03-01 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[MORE??? QUESTION MARKS???

Hiyori just holds up the piece of paper he has yet to relinquish this ENTIRE time, it's getting seriously crumpled between his fingers.]


I take it that means wait for another one of your actually good letters!!

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