Event: Noisy White; Part Two

[snowblindmods]

NOISY WHITE

Winter's post vanishes with the appearance of the prophet's eye symbol on the tablet. At the same time, some of the shadows that wander the town film over with static until they're only barely human-shaped. Their bodies pulse in time with unknown signals, and they begin moving, gathering around travelers. They pay special attention to those who have the prophet symbol on their person--even those who took steps to remove it. Unlike the other shadows, these can travel into buildings, though they cannot go through walls or doors. As more of these things gather around, the travelers will begin to feel their effects. First is the dizziness, nosebleeds, and disorientation familiar to anomalies, but as more and more collect near them, the disorientation grows. They can feel the pulse that the static shadows flicker to--their hearts stutter in time to this pulsation. The more static-covered shadows surround you, the more you forget you were ever anywhere except here--the more you forget you ever did anything else except wander the snowy, abandoned town.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[snowblindmods]

Re: QUESTIONS

[equal_shots]

When you say prophet symbol on their person, my presumption is that you're referring to House and co., correct?

But will the shadowy shapes eventually just crowd around everyone?

[snowblindmods]

I'm referring to House and co., yes. They will crowd around everyone, though--it just happens to the carving brigade more quickly and is harder for them to avoid.

[holmesice]

Is the network fully functional at this time?

Can this static shadow things be filmed?

[snowblindmods]

The network is fully functional. The shadows can be filmed but there is heavy distortion in the recording.

Re: QUESTIONS

[0thingsonmymind]

I expect nothing can really be done to shoo them off for long, correct?
what if someone touches them?

[snowblindmods]

It's possible to hide indoors away from them as long as you can get all the entrances closed quickly enough to keep them from coming in, though hanging out near walls, doors, and windows will cause the effects to take place.

Someone touching them will be immediately hit with the extreme levels of disorientation that follows someone having a lot of them following them.

[warriorscribe]

If their only goal is to surround them, do the shadows move out of the way of someone moving forward and crowd in their wake?

If so, can they be kept away (sort of) from a single person by other people in their traveling group lingering close and moving into thick pockets of them to disperse them? Or will they never move away far enough for this to be any good even if it works as intended?

EDIT: and can they open interior doors if they already got inside a building?

[snowblindmods]

It's possible to attach them to a different person that way--some of them would follow after whoever had moved through them. It's difficult to do this without touching them, though, so that person would have to be careful.

They can open doors that aren't locked or blocked.

[warriorscribe]

Do they only affect the individual they're following, then? Or everyone in range?

[snowblindmods]

They'll effect everyone in range but they're only following a specific person, so it's possible to lead some away from someone that way.

Re: QUESTIONS

[jumpthegun]

What will happen if the Eye App is turned on the static creatures? Will they back off? Just crowd in more?

Do they respond to verbal commands at all? Such as 'sod off' or 'kill the Prophet' or someone singing the Lavender's Blue song?

[snowblindmods]

They glow under the eye app. They don't respond to verbal commands.

Re: QUESTIONS

[cosmicwords]

-I know they do not respond to commands at all but if someone were to just start talking to them conversationally and asking them questions like "What do you want? Are you trying to tell me something? Do you want me to go somewhere etc?" will they react in any way?

-If some clown threw rubble at them would that do anything?

-Are the pulsations morse or do they occur in any sort of noticeable pattern? If so is it more like a heart beat or something electronic?

[snowblindmods]

1) They don't react.

2) It would just go right through them. They may hilariously strike people behind them!

3) It's like something electronic.