The Void

A world At the beginning of it's end, or the end of it's beginning, depending on your perspective.

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Posted by WaterInMilk, 4 days, 15 hours ago. Permalink

38 people dead, many more injured after mass murder at Mob owned nightclub. perpetrator missing.

Authorities are shocked this morning as a night club in down town Miami was attacked by a John Doe. Video from the even shows a man shooting electricity from a guitar into the crowd before throwing a knife into a waitress. in the ensuing panic 35 people lost their lives due to being trampled. The suspect claims a "Ranger Dan" coerced him into doing it and he appeared to be having a mental episode.

Police are still conducting a full investigation into the matter however we have gotten reports from a anonymous trusted source that the suspect escaped police custody and a nationwide manhunt is underway. The parks and wildlife service are conducting an internal investigation for this "Ranger Dan" though nothing has been reported so far. more after this break.
 

Posted by SeedofEntropy, 3 weeks, 6 days ago. Permalink

Breaking news!

A wave of disappearances and brutal deaths in the eastern Colorado have police concerned. While the the incidents seem to be isolated to the rural regions, the frequency seems to be escalating, as is the brutality of the crimes when victims are found. Government officials suspect a rabid mountain lion. Residents are strongly advised to remain in their homes after dark, with doors locked. 

In other news, Laxentry Corporation is under investigation for their unauthorized use of an old abandoned railroad. While it has been found that the super Corp did buy the rights to the track, no one involved, including the DOT, was informed. The only reason this oversight was discovered was due to the second investigation involved here, which involves the possible abduction of 4 people. These four people woke up on the train with no memory of how they got there. After escaping the train, they phoned police, and were rescued unharmed. 

Latest Journals

1 day, 6 hours ago: Bubba Score wrote a Downtime Journal for Pick Your Poison

Strumming them strings

So after that last gig, Big Red stops by for another tune up.  I was practicing my guitar and he flames in like he usually does.  He said he thinks I'm ready for the next step.  He takes the Uber Axe and starts fiddling with it, replacing a string.

Big Red tells me that people will really love my music now, they won't be able to turn away.  I'll be able to start a real fan club of my own.  I'll be able to tell who's really a fan of mine and who I want to chase off.

I just need to play the correct notes.  He shows me the cords I need to play, and how to play them, and he's gone.  The Uber Axe is really starting to become something now.  A real force for something.  Whatever that is.  This Axe is metal as hell, and I'm not going to give it up.

3 weeks, 6 days ago: Mel wrote a Downtime Journal for The Snow Wight Express

Investigation cover and Investigation Notes 2: Seems like this is going to be a repeating thing.

Cover note.

Hey Ali,

I imagine if anyone reads this it will be you.

I’m proud of my work, and the connections I’ve made. But of all my accomplishments, you are the one I am the most proud of. 

So, I’m going to lay out here, and in my other notes everything I learn. Because apparently the world is ending, and I nearly died 2 months in a row.

 

Something chose me. And now the intuition I have had my whole life is… changing. I can see more things, know things. Talk to the dead. 

I know it sounds crazy. But trust me.

Notes 2:

Something was being moved towards Denver. I don’t know what. I called the police, but I’m not sure if they can handle it.

 

im going to take a few days then take some time off work to do some investigation. Try out this new ability of mine. 

Alices parents are nowhere to be found. But I have their names. I can talk to them. Get a lead on what happened to her.

 

if I can find something with the remains of the soldiers, figure out their names, I can question them.

2 months, 1 week ago: Mel wrote a Downtime Journal for Fantastic Land!

Investigation notes #1

Something has changed against me. Happened since that meeting after fantastic land. I'm more aware of things around me. Almost like I am seeing things before they happen.

I'm not sure what to make of this. The woman I talked to Grace, clearly had abilities of some sort which were... more than I thought could exist. Maybe some of that is impacting me as well.

I don't think this can all be in my head.

I looked into what happened with Alice. There is a coverup of some kind. Not sure who or what, but this 'world government' is my biggest suspect right now.

Not sure what my next steps for the investigation are. If this is a large conspiracy. Large enough to endanger the world, then poking around carelessly will get me killed. 

I'm gonna check in with Alice, see if there is anything information she can share. And poke around how I can. 

One way or another, things are getting serious. I need to get back in shape.

1 year, 5 months ago: Grace Cyanide wrote a Downtime Journal for Veterans Day

The Other Side

The hat guy was supposed to put me close to where I needed to go for the next Seal... Not like the animal, like the biblical seven seals, that's what the Breaker said, that he's the first out of the box, and I'm glad that I know that there's only six left if he was telling the truth but apparently everyone's lying to me because hat guy didn't put me where he said he would either. He put me in the middle of  Colarado in a cemetery called Lee Cemetery where there were a bunch of graves of pioneers. Hope didn't have any idea where we were and was all quiet cause maybe she didn't know what to say about all the other dead people and the ghosts we met that weren't like Obedience or The Breaker, just more like the memory kind of ghosts, like they were doing things over and over again, walking and playing along the trail and we walked it forever and the sun never came up and it was all the kids that died on that trail and some of the adults. They didn't notice me and I guess I didn't want their attention for awhile. I could just walk and watch the stars move really slowly while more and more... I guess I'd call them shades, more and more shades joined us. Nobody bothered me and I don't think that if anyone saw us they'd actually see us. Especially in my burqa in the dark, but I took that off for awhile until I got nervous. 

 

Eventually we got to this big river and it made sense why there were shades with unfinished business in the first place: they couldn't cross it. Or I guess that's why most of them were there, I couldn't ask. I had to actually try by then. Sally didn't have anything to ask and I did find some tools but digging a bunch of random holes wasn't gonna be a good idea and probably wouldn't get me anywhere. But I could come back and work on it eventually, so it's good I'm writing it down. Obedience couldn't touch them and it seemed like they couldn't hear either of us very well, like we were calling at them from way across a field. The gauntlet definitely worked, but they did what I was worried about and just started reaching and crowding and not actually paying attention so I had to go up and across the big river and leave them. I think they forgot really quickly.

 

I went back to a farmhouse that I'd seen in the distance awhile ago and they have lights and wifi I guess and a dog that barked at me and power lines, so I took an old bike that had rust and spiderwebs and I've been following the power lines. I can't tell if it's lights or still stars in the distance but I think it's people lights, I just need to stop for a minute until my legs stop hurting.

 

(-A winding river curls through the paragraphs and margins of this page, scattered with dismembered hands and cow faces.-)

2 years, 3 months ago: Angelo wrote a Downtime Journal for Mall Rats 2: The great outdoors

Further Training

After my encounter in that 'forest' or whatever it was in the end, against the tree, I found myself powerless, incapable of doing anything to aid the others in combating it. Whatever could be the reason, I knew in myself, I needed to better my own capabilities in order to never be met with such a situation again. And so I set out and took to training with many tools, knives, swords, axes, guns, guns and more guns. It all seemed to be the same until I placed my hand on an innocent looking bow. The ink spread from the tips of fingers onto it. The ink spread and enveloped it entirely. As I began to use that bow, firing an arrow, I could see an immediate change.

As I drew back the arrow, it too started to be covered in ink, transforming into a dark, black shade. When I released it, the arrow moved with speed and intensity I could never produce before, as it cut through the air and finally hit the target head on....And just as it did, it started to fade, a transient bringer of the end, disappearing in the starless night, just as soon as it had done its work. Simple and effecient.

I could see now that the Bow was my call to arms. And what a better weapon for an assassin to use? The bow and the arrows it fired seemed to be imbued with ink that could allow me perfect shots no matter what the conditions, be it rain, untoward terrain, nothing seemed to be capable of throwing me off my aim. And with it, I'm sure, my fate will be secure.

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Much like our own basic mundane life, with one exception. a shadowy organization has made advances beyond what we know today. Nothing is known of this group, or what they have accomplished, both good and ill.

Supernaturals Do Exist, but are mostly hidden, both out of fear of discovery, or because they have been captured or killed by this secret government.

Many things are slowly progressing the world into an untimely end, and depending on the actions (or inactions) of the chosen few, there may not be a tomorrow to look forward to.

House Rules

Contractors from The Void Are NOT portable, and may NOT visit other Playgroups to participate in Contracts.
The Void grants 6 Experience points to GMs who achieve the Golden Ratio.

A full Write up in progress

Full Setting Description

The pictures of Nessy, the rumors of the Jersy Devil, and Sightings of big foot are all true, But just like in our world, these "Mythical" Cryptids stay hidden. the vast majority of humanity shrugs them off as myths. Corporate tycoons and Governments are the real monsters!

The contractors are Chosen as potential pawns in the guiding of the end times. Whether they know the end is near or not is irrelevant. They may believe they can stop it from coming they may believe it is inevitable and are simply trying to soften the blow. They may be trying to end it themselves. 

 

Known Organizations that have impact and can be used in character creation Beyond what is in out real life world.

 

the Laxentry Foundation: a corporation that seems to have bottomless pockets, and a need to have their fingers in everything. From cloning, to computers. From burrowing into the center of the earth, to C.E.R.N. research into ripping holes into other dimensions. In almost any form of research, you will see the (L) brand as a sponsor. 

 

Eden Reseach: An environmental research group looking into ways to right the corruption humans have spread upon the earth, as well as developing cures for diseases and natural remedies in attempt to retake the market from Pharmaceuticals. 

 

World Events

Posted by WaterInMilk, 4 days, 15 hours ago. Permalink

38 people dead, many more injured after mass murder at Mob owned nightclub. perpetrator missing.

Authorities are shocked this morning as a night club in down town Miami was attacked by a John Doe. Video from the even shows a man shooting electricity from a guitar into the crowd before throwing a knife into a waitress. in the ensuing panic 35 people lost their lives due to being trampled. The suspect claims a "Ranger Dan" coerced him into doing it and he appeared to be having a mental episode.

Police are still conducting a full investigation into the matter however we have gotten reports from a anonymous trusted source that the suspect escaped police custody and a nationwide manhunt is underway. The parks and wildlife service are conducting an internal investigation for this "Ranger Dan" though nothing has been reported so far. more after this break.
 

Posted by SeedofEntropy, 3 weeks, 6 days ago. Permalink

Breaking news!

A wave of disappearances and brutal deaths in the eastern Colorado have police concerned. While the the incidents seem to be isolated to the rural regions, the frequency seems to be escalating, as is the brutality of the crimes when victims are found. Government officials suspect a rabid mountain lion. Residents are strongly advised to remain in their homes after dark, with doors locked. 

In other news, Laxentry Corporation is under investigation for their unauthorized use of an old abandoned railroad. While it has been found that the super Corp did buy the rights to the track, no one involved, including the DOT, was informed. The only reason this oversight was discovered was due to the second investigation involved here, which involves the possible abduction of 4 people. These four people woke up on the train with no memory of how they got there. After escaping the train, they phoned police, and were rescued unharmed. 

Posted by RNGrant, 1 month, 3 weeks ago. Permalink

More mysterious disapearances.

A short news clip

"CEO Justine Holly disappeared yesterday. Her wife said she was picking out some new rugs and decorations from IKEA. Her car was found untouched in the parking lot."

Just one person. Not enough to notice as an individual.

Unless you look at the pattern.

All around the world. Bit by bit. People going missing. Sometimes important people. Ones that kept the plates spinning. Gone without a trace. Never an explanation. Always similar situations.

When pulling bits out of an engine, a car will break pretty quickly

How many critical people need to be pulled out of society before it breaks?

Posted by SeedofEntropy, 2 months, 3 weeks ago. Permalink

Hurricane Sadie Racks Florida: Tragedy at FantasticLand Theme Park

Last month, a hurricane more powerful than any in history fully broadsided the eastern coast of Florida. The effects of the hurricane, dubbed Hurricane Sadie, were felt along the totality of the Florida shoreline. The wind and subsequent flooding destroyed power grids, battered inland businesses, and left hundred of thousands homeless. Local authorities were instantly outmatched. The National Guard was dispatched but we’re in over their heads. The Red Cross could only help so much. Two weeks later, thousands of people had died, not of drowning or the direct effects of the storm, but of neglect, exposure, and a lack of fresh water. Some smaller communities were not contacted until almost a month after the storm, in most cases far too late to do any good. Before the FantasticLand story broke, the phrase "America's Shame" had been attached to the response effort and was gaining traction.

It was only when the situation came under a reasonable amount of control, and billions in federal government aid had been disbursed, that the story of FantasticLand hit with a crash that shattered all other news stories about the disaster. It sounded like an urban legend at first--far too "out there" to be real. Only after the ruins of the once mighty amusement park appear in online video footage did it become clear that the worst stories were true. Shockingly true, unbelievably true, but undeniable.

Of the 326 employees who stayed behind in the park, 207 were eventually evacuated. The fate of the 119 missing souls may never be known, but evidence of death and slaughter was immediately apparent. Photos soon emerged: heads on spikes outside of rides, corpses floating in detention cells, and viscera decaying in the humid Florida sun. FantasticLand, where "Fun Is Guaranteed!", was covered in blood. There were human bones littering the gift shops. It was all the country could talk about. The coverage crossed all media, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares.

The most indelible images, the one most of the public saw first, is among the most haunting photos of the past fifty years. Captured by photojournalist Ophir Bouhouche, the photo shows the seventy-five-foot-tall FantasticLand logo, a bright red Exclamation Point at the center of the 2,200-acre amusement park, shattered into thousands of jagged pieces on the ground. In its place, a crude yardarm stretches between support towers that once held the Exclamation Point in place. Hanging from the plank are five bodies, strung by their necks. Two nooses are empty, the bodies visible on the ground. One has simply fallen. The other has been decapitated. Behind the bodies, a sign boasts in bright red letters, FUN IS GUARANTEED!

Reinforcements were called immediately. By the time employees broke their silence and began telling their stories, the media were scrambling and desperate to get on the scene. Unfortunately for FantasticFun Inc., the legal owner of the park, an uploaded video showed National Guard troops entering the park the very day a press conference downplaying the carnage was held. The footage aired side by side on most networks. Details began to emerge, bringing with them a flood of unanswerable, terrible questions.

How could a group of survivors, mostly children, commit such terrible acts? How could survivors with the best possible circumstances in which to weather the storm and its aftermath produce the worst possible result? What does this say about our children? Ourselves? Is every American teenager just a few short steps away from bloodthirsty savagery? How do we prevent this in the future? Was an American institution that had provided joy to children since the 1970s fatally harmed by this incident, or is redemption possible?"

 

This event was even more remarkable by the fact that there was no warning about this hurricane. Like many other weather Phenomenon in the news lately, This storm appeared over night, Right off the coast. Nothing like this has happened in recorded history. 

Posted by SeedofEntropy, 1 year, 7 months ago. Permalink

RIFTS!!!

Texarkana within Pilos, Maelstrom, and ****** now have portals ripped into Texarkana Texas. 

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