Hello mods! I'm here on behalf of a terrific trio team-up aiming for tier 3!
Crash, Sonic, and new recruit vocalist Yuzu plan on taking their act to the next level! After experimenting with mind-altering sound waves, writing songs, and putting their heads together, they'll come up with a powerful new EP (extended play album). Their goal? To help bring “good” anti-Fog vibes to the peninsula.
In short, their songs will create feelings of positive pro-monster yet aggressive anti-fog sentiment. The pro-monster part is mostly for the humans who hear their music, to help ease tensions between the two populations per the notes about the overarching plot in 2024! But the anti-fog half of their message is directed towards monsterkind. There's also an attempt within their musical spellcasting to wash out the Dyster brainwashing from those affected- because there’s some foggies the band considers friends.
As per usual however, the music, combined with Elias' backing (maybe he provides the instruments/amps/recording equipment etc?) or just those mid-month Murphy’s Law energies… it has a stronger effect than anticipated. Some monsters after hearing the music (either from attending the performance or a live broadcast on the TV or radio) will be so affected by the anti-Fog vibes that they will be physically separated from the Fog magic in their bodies! The effect doesn’t necessarily happen right away- a delayed reaction could occur from characters mulling over the lyrics for too long.
This can result in a spectrum of effects; ranging from their Fog boons (or all their monster magic and related Mana-purchased spells) forced out and manifesting as a ball of mist they have to suck back up, to being split entirely from their form as the cloud of fog energy condenses into how the character mentally visualizes their monster half (normal or fog form).
Mod choice on whether the non-monstered characters are reverted to their human form or their canon form as in Felfri (with or without canon abilities), but basically the monster and the character will be separated. Of course, there's the option of opting out by being mildly inconvenienced at worst or simply being unaffected by the wild magical music.
In order to return to normal, it’s not that characters can’t reunite with their monster half, but if they will or won’t accept it back into themselves… But after no more than three days of separation, characters will grow steadily weaker (fatigue, shortness of breath) as their monster half grows angrier from a desire to be whole again.
Fourth-aligned characters would have an easier time making their expelled fog/monsters follow precise and explicit commands than Neutrals, while Fog-aligned characters compared to Neutrals would have a harder time controlling a more berserk, infuriated monster side.
But this would be up to player discretion. If a Fourth-aligned character has a berserk monster to deal with or a Fog-aligned character knows themselves enough for exactly how to placate their other self, that's fine too!
Near the very end of the event, as the magic starts to fade, characters stubbornly still rejecting their monster side hard enough creates a super persistent predator trying to eat them… Basically, the revival mechanic fixes things if all else fails. Those who opted into their removed fog as just a puff of mist could just have “fun” finding the right cloud before their life energy runs out!
Horror elements include but aren’t limited to: weakness/illness, dread from an inevitable/avoidable death, and potential themes of self-hatred and/or body dysmorphia.
tldr; Half doppelganger event, half His Dark Materials style Daemon event – Magic music works 2 good and causes monsters to be split from most of the fog they’re made of, either in the form of a cloud or by completely separating them out of their monster form. The split would temporarily last a week minimum until the magic wears off, after which point characters must either rejoin with their other selves, or die… and revive back into the status quo. The event can be played for straight horror or horror comedy! There’s a lot of flexibility.
Also, anyone in the middle of a temporary monster change gets a free one-week extension onto their time only if they opt’ed all the way into a full split from their monster form.
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Crash, Sonic, and new recruit vocalist Yuzu plan on taking their act to the next level! After experimenting with mind-altering sound waves, writing songs, and putting their heads together, they'll come up with a powerful new EP (extended play album). Their goal? To help bring “good” anti-Fog vibes to the peninsula.
In short, their songs will create feelings of positive pro-monster yet aggressive anti-fog sentiment. The pro-monster part is mostly for the humans who hear their music, to help ease tensions between the two populations per the notes about the overarching plot in 2024! But the anti-fog half of their message is directed towards monsterkind. There's also an attempt within their musical spellcasting to wash out the Dyster brainwashing from those affected- because there’s some foggies the band considers friends.
As per usual however, the music, combined with Elias' backing (maybe he provides the instruments/amps/recording equipment etc?) or just those mid-month Murphy’s Law energies… it has a stronger effect than anticipated. Some monsters after hearing the music (either from attending the performance or a live broadcast on the TV or radio) will be so affected by the anti-Fog vibes that they will be physically separated from the Fog magic in their bodies! The effect doesn’t necessarily happen right away- a delayed reaction could occur from characters mulling over the lyrics for too long.
This can result in a spectrum of effects; ranging from their Fog boons (or all their monster magic and related Mana-purchased spells) forced out and manifesting as a ball of mist they have to suck back up, to being split entirely from their form as the cloud of fog energy condenses into how the character mentally visualizes their monster half (normal or fog form).
Mod choice on whether the non-monstered characters are reverted to their human form or their canon form as in Felfri (with or without canon abilities), but basically the monster and the character will be separated. Of course, there's the option of opting out by being mildly inconvenienced at worst or simply being unaffected by the wild magical music.
In order to return to normal, it’s not that characters can’t reunite with their monster half, but if they will or won’t accept it back into themselves… But after no more than three days of separation, characters will grow steadily weaker (fatigue, shortness of breath) as their monster half grows angrier from a desire to be whole again.
Fourth-aligned characters would have an easier time making their expelled fog/monsters follow precise and explicit commands than Neutrals, while Fog-aligned characters compared to Neutrals would have a harder time controlling a more berserk, infuriated monster side.
But this would be up to player discretion. If a Fourth-aligned character has a berserk monster to deal with or a Fog-aligned character knows themselves enough for exactly how to placate their other self, that's fine too!
Near the very end of the event, as the magic starts to fade, characters stubbornly still rejecting their monster side hard enough creates a super persistent predator trying to eat them… Basically, the revival mechanic fixes things if all else fails. Those who opted into their removed fog as just a puff of mist could just have “fun” finding the right cloud before their life energy runs out!
Horror elements include but aren’t limited to: weakness/illness, dread from an inevitable/avoidable death, and potential themes of self-hatred and/or body dysmorphia.
tldr; Half doppelganger event, half His Dark Materials style Daemon event – Magic music works 2 good and causes monsters to be split from most of the fog they’re made of, either in the form of a cloud or by completely separating them out of their monster form. The split would temporarily last a week minimum until the magic wears off, after which point characters must either rejoin with their other selves, or die… and revive back into the status quo. The event can be played for straight horror or horror comedy! There’s a lot of flexibility.
Also, anyone in the middle of a temporary monster change gets a free one-week extension onto their time only if they opt’ed all the way into a full split from their monster form.