Event: Reminiscence, End

[snowblindmods]

REMINISCENCE

Early in the morning of day 083, before the town unlocks its doors, a message comes across every tablet from @ADMIN. We apologize for the inconvenience. Adjustments will be made to correct errors. For those who ran Winter's program, nothing beyond that happens--so they may be a little confused. For those who haven't run the program, they will find themselves immobilized immediately. No injection happens; instead, warmth seeps into the minds of each immobilized person, as if they were standing in front of a warm fire. It alights on a memory--it's a good memory of something that relates to someone the character is close to, but not the person the monster is based on. It may be someone who's here currently, or someone they met here, or it may be someone back home, but that fond memory catches on fire and burns to ashes. It doesn't return. Still, the monsters melt away into the snow. It seems like things have calmed down again. Of course, there may still be a few changes in the anomalies that have yet to be discovered...

Comments

QUESTIONS

[snowblindmods]

[swatsflies]

How long will the people be paralyzed for?

[snowblindmods]

Fifteen minutes.

[swatsflies]

Thank you.

[warriorscribe]

Enoch here was slated to revive morning 83 - does this happen just after he revives? Or uh, just as he's waking up in the body bag? Just to get a sense of the revival timing here.

[snowblindmods]

It will be around when he's waking up in the body bag.

[warriorscribe]

Lovely, thank you!

[warriorscribe]

OH WAIT I just realized would Enoch's monster have returned while he was dead? If not, would this effect be any different in relation to him? I assume not but considering the fact that this is about the monsters...

EDIT: Also minor question about the warmth - if the character perceives their "mind" to be somewhere other than their head (Enoch actually has no idea what the brain even does...), do they perceive this warmth there, or is any physical interpretation always in the head?

[snowblindmods]

Enoch's monster would have returned, yes, and been waiting for him outside until lockdown ended. Luckily for him this coincides with the end of the event, so the monster will go away shortly after.

Enoch would perceive the sensation where he thinks his mind is. Also, maybe he should ask Clayton what the brain does, gosh Enoch.

[warriorscribe]

Well maybe English needs to stop validating his misinformation with all its heart metaphors!

Thanks for the answer!

Re: QUESTIONS

[0thingsonmymind]

so brian has a lot of holes in his memory. is it fair to say that after a few days this new hole becomes indistinguishable from the rest (which will mean he won't care/notice that it's gone unless someone brings it up), or will it always be obvious that something's missing because of this?

[snowblindmods]

It would be fairly easy to ignore unless he was actively trying to remember, when it would stand out.

[silverfuller]

with Winter's program it had to be an important memory. Is the same true here or are more casual memories allowed.

[snowblindmods]

It has to be important enough that the character would notice its absence, but it could be fairly mundane as long as it's a memory the character cares about.