Event: Noisy Black; Part Two

[snowblindmods]

NOISY BLACK

Some of those brought to this place may be worried about torture, but as day turns into night, they'll see it's nothing so disturbing as that: no, instead, the converted don the cloaks of the followers of the prophet and perform medical therapy on the sinners to teach them the error of their ways. That means surgery, of course. Sinners Sinners will be gathered up one by one over the course of the night by their assigned converted, which should be listed in your PM. They will find themselves unable to really fight back against the converted: oh, they can kick and scream a bit, but their bodies feel sluggish and weak and they don't do any real damage even to the smallest among the ranks of the converted. After each surgery, the sinners are cleaned up (unless otherwise noted in your PM) and changed from their hospital gown to a black cloak. It's simpler than the cloaks the converted wear and lacks a hood. They will be left to themselves for the rest of the night, but the next day, it's possible they'll receive visitors... The converted may stop by, and they have the sinners' tablets. Get on their good side, and maybe you'll be able to communicate with someone outside of this place. Converted During the night, all converted will don long hooded cloaks and go down three flights to the cells where the sinners are held. They may speak with the sinners, but only while doing what they came for: gathering up their assigned surgical patient and taking them down, down, down to the basement where a crude operating room awaits. There, they will perform the surgery. They will then take the patient back to their cell, gather up their second patient, and repeat the process. During the night, it's fine. But then night dies away and morning comes--and, well, you're a bit more yourself, like you were before nightfall. You remember what you did. Maybe you can still feel the warmth of their insides on your hands. During the day, you could even go out and visit the sinners--their tablets are on a table in the converted floor, so you could even bring it to them! But as soon as you leave the room you become a follower again, and the only way you'll give up a tablet is if whoever the tablet belongs to performs some act of self-betrayal to who they were before they became new potential acolytes, if you judge them to honor the prophet enough, or--well, maybe there's something in you that remembers them enough. If your CR is close enough to one of the sinners, or if you and a sinner can build a rapport, you may give them their tablet and not quite understand why. The mingle log for this portion of the event is here. The surgery log is here; please use and heed warnings. But what of everyone else? Well, maybe you remember that video feed Quark found--it's available now, and it provides a view of the surgery room. Enjoy.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[snowblindmods]

[quadrangle]

Are the sinners still going to be naked under the cloaks. Also, um. How much do the cloaks cover, exactly. Like, lengthwise and such.

[snowblindmods]

1) Yes.
2) They're something like this. Length is tailored to each person/alien/cat.

[quadrangle]

Okay. Okay now I just have one really important question:

Can the cat keep the cloak LOOK I KNOW IT'S NOT MY CHARACTER AND THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY NO BUT I NEED THIS, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

[snowblindmods]

We'll see.

[quadrangle]

why must you make this creepy, you are ruining my happy bubble of reluctant kitty in adorable catwear no I love you it's okay please continue

[absentconstellation]

HE COULD REALLY USE THE COVER TBH

[warriorscribe]

1: How aware are the converted of the identities of the sinners while in follower mode? Like say they're friends, would they acknowledge this?

2: They might be asked what the cult of the Prophet is all about - what's its ideological center, what are its core concepts, etc. How would they answer questions like this?

3: ...my character is already wearing a cloak in place of a shirt, does follower!Enoch just remove what he's got on or put on the follower cloak over his own like an oblivious idiot? Clearly this is important.

[snowblindmods]

1) They would acknowledge this, though it would be filtered through the follower thing. For example, "we're friends so I know you'd make a great follower!"
2) They would answer with things like the prophet is the one who saw when we did not, the prophet tests us and we must rise to the occasion, and all who can be converted must be converted.
3) He'll put it on over his other cloak to double cloak up.

[warriorscribe]

That's what I was hoping, thank you!

...Please tell me the follower cloaks are floor-length too so it's total overkill on the dramatic cloak thing

[snowblindmods]

They are indeed.

[warriorscribe]

Yesss. One is dramatic. Two? Is ridiculous.

Love you guys. <3

Re: QUESTIONS

[rattlingthestars]

Not sure i'm reading this right.

For converts visiting sinners - will only the convert who performed the surgery have access to give the sinners back their tablets, or could it be any of the converts?

[snowblindmods]

Any of the converts!

cw: suicide

[jumpthegun]

Just to be double-sure, sinners can talk to the converted during their surgery, yes? At least until such time as they might be rendered speechless... one way or the other.

And just because it may well come up as a consideration, can sinners further injure themselves to induce death? Is there anything preventing them from doing that?

[snowblindmods]

1) Correct.

2) They will be unable to do that. It's like something in their brains is stopping them.

[holmesice]

Can the cloaks be torn? For example, a long strip to tie around the head and eyes for a certain someone who can't close their eyes?

[snowblindmods]

They cannot.

[0thingsonmymind]

what about the converted's tablets? and if they aren't around, do the characters even have the desire to find/use them?

[snowblindmods]

Their tablets aren't around. They don't have any urge to find them, the same with the rest of their things.

[warriorscribe]

Hey so...if a converted leaves the dorms and goes follower mode and they've removed their cloak, do they go back and put it back on or just continue downstairs without it?

[snowblindmods]

They'd go back and put it on.

[warriorscribe]

Now that's a mental image. Thank you!

[mrcreamsicles]

One last question! Would Davesprite's prophet symbol sense extend to things like the eye brands certain characters received (edit: including surgical modifications involving it for the event) or eye symbols drawn by characters?

[snowblindmods]

Yes!

[standing_waters]

can we work our character's own religious beliefs into the prophet delusion or are those completely overwritten?

also is it fair to let them feel that their "anomalies" still being nullified is a test of faith?

[snowblindmods]

1) You can work your own character's religious beliefs in it, the Prophet just has to be at the top of whatever religious overtones exist.

2) Sure!

[rubikscomplex]

Can sinners injure Prophet people after their surgeries/during visiting hours? Like if, say, someone came by and tried to give House water again, would he be able to, like, bite their fingers and injure them that way? Or is there some mental block stopping them from doing that?

[snowblindmods]

He could do that but he would be mentally blocked before causing serious damage or before actually escaping.

[rubikscomplex]

Well, I don't think he'll be escaping... But good to know! \o/

[snowblindmods]

I don't trust House not to try to stop drop and roll his way to the elevator.

[rubikscomplex]

/does the worm right out the door

[equal_shots]

Please know I giggled at this comment

[darkincrement]

When the converts are feeling more themselves, would they be able to press the elevator button? Mess with anything that they didn't have the will or desire to before?

[snowblindmods]

Not for the moment.

[thewarningafter]

Do sinners who lost their lights and never got them back still have their faces staticked out on the network? What about in the live feed of the surgeries?

[snowblindmods]

Yes in both cases.

[0thingsonmymind]

are the surgery videos just a live feed or are they saved for later viewing like stuff on the network?

[snowblindmods]

Just a live feed. It would be possible for someone to record them on their own tablet, if they're that kind of person...

[0thingsonmymind]

thankfully not even brian would do that!

[0thingsonmymind]

actually, what does the feed show when there aren't any surgeries going on?

[snowblindmods]

The empty surgery room.

[equal_shots]

Cloak question!

1. Do the convert cloaks have Prophet eyes on them?

2. Do the sinner cloaks have Prophet eyes on them?

[snowblindmods]

Nope to both!

[rubikscomplex]

And another question: House is trying to get Quark to live broadcast a walk from the cell area up to the where the converts are hanging out with his active tablet. Would this work? Would Quark be able to do this or would something compel him not to/switch off the tablet mid-way?

[snowblindmods]

It's against the rules--even if he took a tablet up there, he would be compelled not to.

[equal_shots]

I have a question! While being brainwashed/mind controlled/whatever-you-want-to-call-it, Kid is also under the influence of his death price. Short version is that it's madness of order, but to the degree at which Kid is like "well, that's hard so maybe DESTROYING EVERYTHING IS BETTER."

The thing is, House is basically hellbent on goading Kid. He's trying to get Kid to lose his cool, but I know that's not a thing that could happen. I've kind of played it off as Kid occasionally snapping at him, but I wanted to make sure it was okay since House keeps doing it.

I know that there's no desire to hurt the sinners, but that's basically Kid's death price--that he really feels that if he can't have symmetry, nothing is the best order he can arrange. And House is really trying his patience... Thus far I've assumed that the brainwashing/mind control/whatever-you-call-it is keeping him compelled to Not Lose It, but is there a point at which that might not happen?

[snowblindmods]

At the point where the brainwashing is straining to control Kid's desire to hurt House, House will be forced into silence until Kid calms down enough. It is a sign that the brainwashing isn't perfect, though.