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ioduanlogs2019-04-08 11:50 pm
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[EVENT] ARCH RIVALS
Characters: Open
Date: April 8th - 28th
Location: Aifaran
Situation: The mysterious ships emit mysterious toots
Warnings/Rating: Strange noises may cause headaches, dizziness, and fatigue. Please consult your doctor should you experience any of these side effects.
After the arches arose from the decks of the two strange ships in the harbor last month, they've been quiet, exhibiting no other odd behavior, until suddenly on the morning of April 8th, they let out a low noise, at the very bottom edge of human hearing. Those with more sensitive ears like Arybar can hear it halfway across the city. The noise - a low, reverberating tone - lasts for one minute. Twelve hours later, it happens again, for another minute. Exactly twelve hours apart for the next few days, it happens for progressively longer periods of time - two minutes, three, five, eight, thirteen, twenty-one, thirty-four, fifty-five, eighty-nine...the final noise lasts for one hundred and forty four minutes, and causes mass headaches across the city. Some residents are so affected by the noise that they collapse.
The city of Aifaran has fallen into a sense of ill ease over the most recent guests. Many citizens are concerned about the secrecy over the other two ships and Melias's dodgy behaviour. Turning to leaders has yielded nothing, and rumour and speculation runs rampant on the networks. Some of it is easily dismissed as it sounds like some people might need to tighten their tinfoil hats, but there are others speculating that they may have had something to do with the recent storm - and also possibly the Narrakra.
If one were to dig deeper into these rumours, they would find that many of the progenitor accounts have been deleted. And for the particularly tech savvy, that they don't seem to link back to actual people at all...
Researchers at the Aisling Tower are in an uproar. Many are trying to discern what the sounds are and why the ships are emitting them. They aren't being secretive about this either - they say that these noises have had detrimental effects, causing those with sensitive hearing or psychic abilities to grow disoriented and pass out. Small plants that were seemingly healthy have withered.
They've handed out small devices they call Thaumatic Resonance Percepters (or, as they affectionately nickname them; TheRePes). They're fairly cheap and easy-to-make devices, partially mechanical and partially organic. They're compact and store and send the data automatically every hour so anyone who can simply just keep one on their person can collect the results. When the noises emit, they measure various frequencies including both the mundane and metaphysical effects of the peculiar noises.
After the high-pitched wail from the ships, all is silent. Well, from Melias's side anyway. After every flower at the festival has withered, there has been no sign of her or her compatriots. The ships are silent and utterly inert - even the waters around them seem unnaturally still.
While rumours and speculations had died down prior to the festival, they've returned with a vengeance, with many brave souls hanging around the docks as close to the ships as the Sentry will permit, taking notes and photographs and other footage in hopes of shedding light on anything. Other inhabitants of the city have started making a move further inland.
Some have noticed some unusual fissures in the landscape, albeit small. They're chalking it up to soil erosion from the storm.
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OOC Notes: Melias will be available for threading upon request. Also please note if you want to investigate the rumours on the Xaxa Network!
Date: April 8th - 28th
Location: Aifaran
Situation: The mysterious ships emit mysterious toots
Warnings/Rating: Strange noises may cause headaches, dizziness, and fatigue. Please consult your doctor should you experience any of these side effects.
After the arches arose from the decks of the two strange ships in the harbor last month, they've been quiet, exhibiting no other odd behavior, until suddenly on the morning of April 8th, they let out a low noise, at the very bottom edge of human hearing. Those with more sensitive ears like Arybar can hear it halfway across the city. The noise - a low, reverberating tone - lasts for one minute. Twelve hours later, it happens again, for another minute. Exactly twelve hours apart for the next few days, it happens for progressively longer periods of time - two minutes, three, five, eight, thirteen, twenty-one, thirty-four, fifty-five, eighty-nine...the final noise lasts for one hundred and forty four minutes, and causes mass headaches across the city. Some residents are so affected by the noise that they collapse.
I. CHAOS AND CONFUSION
The city of Aifaran has fallen into a sense of ill ease over the most recent guests. Many citizens are concerned about the secrecy over the other two ships and Melias's dodgy behaviour. Turning to leaders has yielded nothing, and rumour and speculation runs rampant on the networks. Some of it is easily dismissed as it sounds like some people might need to tighten their tinfoil hats, but there are others speculating that they may have had something to do with the recent storm - and also possibly the Narrakra.
If one were to dig deeper into these rumours, they would find that many of the progenitor accounts have been deleted. And for the particularly tech savvy, that they don't seem to link back to actual people at all...
II. AISLING UNLEASHED
Researchers at the Aisling Tower are in an uproar. Many are trying to discern what the sounds are and why the ships are emitting them. They aren't being secretive about this either - they say that these noises have had detrimental effects, causing those with sensitive hearing or psychic abilities to grow disoriented and pass out. Small plants that were seemingly healthy have withered.
They've handed out small devices they call Thaumatic Resonance Percepters (or, as they affectionately nickname them; TheRePes). They're fairly cheap and easy-to-make devices, partially mechanical and partially organic. They're compact and store and send the data automatically every hour so anyone who can simply just keep one on their person can collect the results. When the noises emit, they measure various frequencies including both the mundane and metaphysical effects of the peculiar noises.
III. FALTERED FESTIVITIES
After the high-pitched wail from the ships, all is silent. Well, from Melias's side anyway. After every flower at the festival has withered, there has been no sign of her or her compatriots. The ships are silent and utterly inert - even the waters around them seem unnaturally still.
While rumours and speculations had died down prior to the festival, they've returned with a vengeance, with many brave souls hanging around the docks as close to the ships as the Sentry will permit, taking notes and photographs and other footage in hopes of shedding light on anything. Other inhabitants of the city have started making a move further inland.
Some have noticed some unusual fissures in the landscape, albeit small. They're chalking it up to soil erosion from the storm.
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OOC Notes: Melias will be available for threading upon request. Also please note if you want to investigate the rumours on the Xaxa Network!
Re: III
"Yeah. Isn't there a frequency of sound that can crack even rock? I've been trying to graph if the cracks are spreading out from the boats or it's just at random."
It shouldn't have been at random, but Nita wasn't discounting anything just yet.
Re: III
Nita's question turns her expression thoughtful before she nods.
"Gnome doesn't do things that way, but I believe so. I mean, I've seen sound shatter glass--so why can't there be something stronger for rocks?"
Sheena may not be the brightest bulb in the pack, but things just seem to make sense, you know?
Re: III
"... Gnome?"
Still, Nita's glad for Sheena's agreement.
"And yeah, everything's got its resonance frequency. But the power behind it - not sure what was supplying it."
Re: III
"Hmmm? Oh. Gnome is the Summon Spirit of Earth back home, but I can call upon him here. In fact, if you saw a huge rodent with a propeller that looks like a bow on its head helping with the farms--that's him."
He's definitely the expert on the ground at home, but would he be able to help here after examining things? She may have to wait to ask him about that.
Sheena looks towards the ground then the water before turning back to Nita, her expression slightly confused--as though what she's about to say is kind of strange. Which it is.
"Maybe the world and the people themselves?"
Re: III
"I'll be sure to say hello when I see him, then. But, does he have any trouble getting here?"
Maybe this could help explain why wizardry worked here, even if she couldn't hear the peridexis or get any useful updates on her situation out of her Manual.
"I- transforming energy from one kind to another, maybe? Using ambient heat and kinetic energy..."
She'll have to think on that one, but Sheena may well be right.
Re: III
"He's pretty informal, so 'hi' would probably work best. And don't be upset if he says 'Bleh!' It's what he says when he doesn't like something. Besides, I'm there with him, so if he gets too out of line, I can talk to him." She tilts her head. "Actually, no, I haven't had any trouble Summoning any of the Spirits. I wonder if I should start being concerned with all the weird things going on."
She thinks about what Nita's said, trying to put it into terms she can understand. "You mean like using mana for magic? Or using Lightning for electricity?"
How's she doing?
Re: III
"Sounds like a being of few words, that one," Nita comments.
Still, she'd bet Sheena's right about the weirdness impacting future Summonings, so that smile drops away for a little bit.
"Sort of, in that it's one form of energy being used as fuel for another. If the mana and lightning aren't doing anything on their own, though, that's something different. Lightning is heat as well as light, but electricity can be used for lots more than that, even something as mundane as kinetic energy in a toaster!"
Re: III
Confused the heck out of her when they first met since he was so informal. But, like the others, he lets her know when things are going wrong, so she's going to have to talk to all of the Spirits at some point.
"Hmmm. Mana is the source of all life and magic on my world, so it's basically always doing something, isn't it?" She tilts her head, confused. "And what's 'kinetic energy'? I don't think I've ever heard that word before."
Re: III
Still, she takes the correction in good grace.
"I think I know what you mean, then. 'Life energy' definitely counts. And kinetics is motion, like this," she explains, adding a little arm-joint motion as emphasis.
Re: III
Sheena wouldn't consider it a correction--more of a clarification since "mana" seems to mean different things on other worlds.
She tilts her head and listens intently to Nita's explanation. "So, when you say 'kinetic energy in a toaster', you're talking about the electricity moving through it, right?"
And surely not the toaster itself moving.
Re: III
"Not quite," Nita explains.
"With toasters, you push a lever down on the side, and when it's done heating the bread the lever pops back up - that's kinetic energy."
At least the toaster didn't walk around...?