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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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[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.]
katzenpfote: (taunting)

[personal profile] katzenpfote 2020-02-29 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Caleb walks into the room and surveys it. It's not obvious what they're supposed to do other than sit down.]

[So he keeps standing, leaning against the wall. It's tempting to lean right in front of the hosts, but nah.]
carryabigstick: (pic#13592504)

[personal profile] carryabigstick 2020-02-29 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Estelle shivers, but pulls herself together as she clutches the files she brought with her from the office she investigated.]

It's clear this... not this moment, but all the ones that we experienced here... wasn't the start of all this. "Games" like this have been happening all over the place.

[She spreads out the files.]

The "United States", "Cartesio", "InterGal"... a lot of places have seen them. And IT is interested in a number of them. Rebooting old ones or learning the technology they used to create a virtual reality town... IT isn't planning on stopping here.
relieable: (at least be safe and use a spork)

[personal profile] relieable 2020-02-29 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[hm. a new place. Osomatsu is completely on guard as he makes his way to his chair. he pulls out each file that he brought, carefully unfolding them and setting them on the table in front of him. he heard Estelle mention something about Cartesio in her findings, so he may need to open that whole can of worms. but for now, he's just going to focus on what he has]

Okay. So I've got a few files here. The first one is talking about a "game" where the world was deliberately kept destroyed. It also mentions there was a search for some sisters. This file is called RESTART-T. I think it goes with the other files that Estelle and Ambrosine found.
relieable: (all dressed in satin)

[personal profile] relieable 2020-02-29 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Another file I have mentioned attempts to trigger games that would ultimately fail in the end. There are a lot of failed attempts, most of the ones on this doc seem... kind of dumb. Animatronics, Angels and Underwear, "I Am Thou." This file is just labeled RESTART.
poorlovefool: (yan)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-29 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Eric still has the hope letter and the files on Charles N' Pals, but ... well, for once the hosts are visible, and what's in his vision is making him mad.

He's lining up his shotgun with that boombox through the glass. Fuck off, IT!!!]
carryabigstick: (pic#13791448)

[personal profile] carryabigstick 2020-02-29 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
There was one I had too that said something about a failed stage show... that had some weird talk about assassination, sacrifices and murders too.

But why would they want it to fail? Although... with names like that... maybe they were destined to fail....
katzenpfote: (hurt)

[personal profile] katzenpfote 2020-02-29 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Despair. Desperation. Giving up hope.

IT wants people to be open to brainwashing, and the best methods for doing that are either making someone completely broken or making them feel special, and I don't think IT is game for the latter.

[His voice sounds strangely hollow as he comes over and leans against the back of 'his' chair, not sitting down yet.]
mermaidkin: (Swish)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-29 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hiyori is very slow to react to this. But at the last second, he winks at Eric from behind the glass.

Then the reprogramming kicks back in UNBREAKABLE FUTILE USELESS STAY AWAY STAY AWAY STAY AWAY]
poorlovefool: (2)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-29 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Angels and underwear.............. [if he was not so brainwashed he'd be thinking of his wife's lingerie. alas] .....What, are they trapping people inside of Victoria's Secret?
incendiarize: (A hero's not afraid to give his life)

[personal profile] incendiarize 2020-02-29 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Arthur finds himself in the building, and his first instinct is panic - but he doesn't. He grounds himself, resting a hand on the whip at his side. Vampire Killer.]

You're watching, right? And not just you, all of you. We're gonna get out of here. All of us.

["Remember what hope is", right? And "Defy it!"... And Eric's report on what he found mentioned love, too. These words sing in his heart as he takes a seat at the table - in the seat that would be Kurama's were he (un)alive, for the record - and slings his legs over the armrest to lounge at an entirely improper angle.]

Well. You all know what I found already.
Edited 2020-02-29 18:01 (UTC)
unwittingking: (It's too hard to choose one though)

[personal profile] unwittingking 2020-02-29 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[King gets a bad feeling just walking in here. Like, something's crawling on his back, when nothing's really there. It's creepy, and he wants this over with as soon as possible now. They have things to do, people to see, dead to raise if they can. No time to waste, as far as he's concerned.

So, he lays out his evidence on the table, and let's Lisa take his seat while he keeps standing.]


They've had files on everyone. Files on everyone that was in these things, anyway. Snagged one from each game, two from one on accident.

[Everyone, say hello to Papyrus, Killua, Joey, Toushiro, Ace, Akko, RGB, and Rantaro.]

Also found a photo of a kid on the wall. Don't know how they factor into this, but I figured I should bring it.

[He's not sure what gender they are, or where they are, but they have to be of some importance, right?]
relieable: i am fighting the urge to send him a "sorry for your loss" card (he sent me a dick pic)

[personal profile] relieable 2020-02-29 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, the last file I have outright says "despair". There was a specialized virus in Junko Enoshima's world that caused despair. This file is called RESTART-HPA.
relieable: (and ladies by the score)

[personal profile] relieable 2020-02-29 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no idea. These were just some failed attempts, I guess. They were probably getting desperate.
poorlovefool: (trigger)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-29 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Hhhhhhhieeee!!

[Hiyori is the worst at flirting!!! Eric repels backwards, lowering the shotgun and pressing his hand to his forehead. He is practically hyperventilating, but he'll try to breathe. In, out. Tick, tock. Shit.]
carryabigstick: (pic#13724153)

[personal profile] carryabigstick 2020-02-29 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe breaking people down... brainwashing them... was part of their plan to find someone to run more of their games they were trying to plan. Like... recycling...
relieable: (i really thought we had something)

[personal profile] relieable 2020-02-29 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Akko..........
katzenpfote: (Default)

[personal profile] katzenpfote 2020-02-29 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. Fearful and desperate people are easy to manipulate. You keep the weak underfoot by making them fear you and slowly you make them come over to your way of thinking.

... That's what my mentor taught us, anyway.
carryabigstick: (pic#13591196)

[personal profile] carryabigstick 2020-02-29 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
You said they were looking for some people... do you think Junko Enoshima might have been one of them? I mean... if she had such a big impact, it sounds like she was someone of interest to them...
katzenpfote: (sad)

[personal profile] katzenpfote 2020-02-29 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Caleb doesn't say anything, but just gestures to the glass wall that the Hosts are sitting behind.]

Who knows how long it took them to break, but they did. And now look at what's going on with them.
katzenpfote: (gentle smile)

[personal profile] katzenpfote 2020-02-29 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds like a book Jester would read.
relieable: (this town is a penis wasteland)

[personal profile] relieable 2020-02-29 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. Her name appears a lot. Actually, the file mentions that this virus was one of the first instances of the, er. Meme. Which Kyuubey told me was something that can be introduced, imitated, and spread from person to person, world to world.
katzenpfote: (gazing up)

[personal profile] katzenpfote 2020-02-29 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Caleb immediately walks over to him, putting a hand on his shoulder.]

You're here. You're with us. It's all right. We've got you.
carryabigstick: (pic#13592504)

[personal profile] carryabigstick 2020-02-29 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... They might intend to do the same to us. Those that survive get used to continue their work.....
unwittingking: (It's too hard to choose one though)

[personal profile] unwittingking 2020-02-29 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah...he doesn't like seeing that either.]

I'm sorry for what happened. Even if I couldn't exactly do anything...you have my sympathy.

[And he's not sure what else to say. Anything else might just make it worse, so it might be best to stay silent after that.]

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