DARK ALLIES FINALE LOG

[afterlifer]

WHO: Anyone and everyone!
WHAT: Dark Allies Finale
WHEN: March 22nd-24th
WHERE: Anywhere and everywhere in this afterlife
WARNINGS: Potential violence, loss of sense of self, fighting, cussing. If you have anything else let a mod know to add it!
SUMMARY: The Programmer and Fantoche have increased the number of shadows in order to pursue the NPC, Ai, who has been trying to hide but cannot continue to stand by and do nothing. Meanwhile, many of the afterlife's residents have been turned into NPCs.. is there a way to reason with them or get their memories back? There are 3 parts to this log!

MARCH 22: SHADOWS
Shadows are difficult to deal with, and you've just been surrounded. It seems like the number of shadows have raised up well beyond half of the NPC population. Team up, fight off the shadows, try to follow them to find the NPC first! Ai will be around throughout this log and will reveal her Guard Skill abilities in a comment here. Feel free to attempt to apprehend her.

MARCH 23: THE NORM
A few people have been turned into NPCs. The shadows seem not to bother them-- the shadows ignore them and those turned into NPCs don't even seem to see the shadows. They can see you, even if they can't remember. Try to talk some sense into them or take whatever measures you think are necessary? Try to keep them company or say goodbye because if Ai isn't turned in, there's no known way to turn them back?

MARCH 24: CAPTURED AI
Ai's identity has been revealed since the 22nd, but she's been avoiding capture up until now. Come up with a plan, decide what to do. It might be a good idea to have a meeting and talk to her. She's surprisingly cooperative. The OOC poll revealed that Ai will be kept away from Fantoche and the Programmer, so if any characters have the intent to do otherwise they will not be able to be the ones to find her. Of those who comment, on the 24th the mods will RNG one character to have successfully captured Ai and she will reply to that thread. Other characters or teams may jump in based on what you as the players have decided to do.

Comments

[likeacrow]

[As soon as he sees her, he starts having second thoughts. She's so bright and enthusiastic, he's not used to having that kind of attention from girls directed toward him, he's embarrassed!! His cheeks are slightly pink as he makes his way over, and he might have difficulty making eye contact with her.]

H-hey. Where're we headed?

[extraordinarily]

Anywhere but here is fine. ... Ah, but I was thinking of calling a meeting. So maybe the student council room?

[likeacrow]

That's upstairs, right? [Or is it... He has no idea, he doesn't know the school that well.] C'mon, let's get going, then.

[extraordinarily]

We have to get out of the school building and head towards the administration building since that's where the room is.

[likeacrow]

Yeah, yeah, that's what I meant. [No, it wasn't! Either way, he starts walking.] You ever fight these things before?

[extraordinarily]

This is the third time for me.

[ She says this in a nonchalant tone, even though she didn’t exactly fight them the first time. And the eerie thing was that now the NPCs can’t even see the shadows. It’s… annoying, but at the same time, a relief. ]

Though this is the first time it’s been so… [ She’s hesitant to say anything, but: ] … serious.

[likeacrow]

So it's not always like this? [That was probably a good thing, but...] Guess they really aren't messing around this time.

[extraordinarily]

... No, it's not always this bad.

[likeacrow]

Any idea how they got rid of them before?

[He's not sure if she'll know, but it couldn't hurt to ask.]

[extraordinarily]

The first time, someone found the Angel Player and took it. Or at least, a copy of it. That got rid of them and made them disappear. The second time was just by sheer accident.

[likeacrow]

[By accident? Great. He's not going to just hope for another accident, though—that's not his style. So Yata will just focus on the part that makes more sense, the part that they might actually be able to control.]

Well, where's this "Angel Player" thing now?

[extraordinarily]

We don't know for sure. But we do know that the Angel Player is probably with the Programmer, so it'll probably be in an area with a lot of computers. But it's probably in an area that's currently inaccessible to us. Or a place that we simply haven't found yet.

[likeacrow]

[When they reach the door, Yata decides to take the lead, carefully opening it to get a glimpse outside before opening the door completely.]

This place ain't that big. [So how could there be places they haven't found yet? ...ah, wait.] Unless you mean it's probably somewhere outside.

[The world looped, he knew that, but maybe there was something outside of it, in that area they couldn't reach? Huh...]

[extraordinarily]

I think it's a possibility. To be honest, what I really believe is that the "looping" is due to the Angel Player's programming and does not allow certain people to go outside of a certain area, enclosing them in there. Does that make sense?