stringmods: (Velvet Room)
Destiny Strings Mods ([personal profile] stringmods) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2012-10-22 02:39 am

In Times of Need [Velvet Room Open Log]

Who: EVERYONE
Where: Velvet Room
Summary: The blue door appears and it's time for a little field trip
Warnings: No Scorpios allowed

It was said that the Velvet Room appears during times of need.

They couldn't be more right. In the mist of the policemen and WAND operatives protecting the door, the rendezvous point was well guarded.

As they stepped in, the group weren't given much information as to what exactly you were heading into. Unless you've been a guest before, this entire experience will be completely new...and even if you've been here, the experience is still new.



As you enter, the music is more somber than usual, the urgent beats different from the slow song of before. The sound is louder too, and looking to the left, a ,grand dark blue piano it placed where it was not before, a man busy playing. His eyes are covered in cloth. Despite the song, the music is oddly calming; as if all the troubles of the city and the strange feeling of dread have melted away. Those who know earth's music will recognize it as Beethoven's Pathetique. A multitude of blue butterflies are flying on the ceiling overhead. The pianist speaks.

"It has been over 90,000 and 999 nights that I have been in this room, confronting my heart to write music. Yet here I am unsure of the count and not understanding why...Perhaps I should begin anew to one night starting now?" There is a certain amount of frustration in his voice, as it appears that numbers are clearly important to him.

The music swells, and a singer speaks next to him, lending her powerful voice to his music.

My duty here
Is to calm the hearts of the visitors
Your skills will be needed
For the upcoming task at hand

To aid you I must hear
My heart's music
Thought my ears
Block out the world's sound
Your words will reach me clearly

A voice speaks up in the farthest corner. While there are many of you, his voice seems to almost come from everywhere, and even in a low tone, carries enough that you can understand everything.

"Welcome again to the Velvet Room. My name is Igor... and this is Caroline, my assistant. Unfortunately, William is still preoccupied. Tonight, we are being joined by Nameless, and Belladonna. They have come to aid you on your journey. We all reside in this Velvet Room."

"It is good to see you all again."

"This place exists between mind and matter... A room for those who gave forged a contract... For those who are here for the first time, you now must know that in awakening to the power of Persona granted to you by Philemon, you are bound to a contract. You are all now guests of the Velvet Room. You all have the ability to hold multiple Personas and wield their powers...a wildcard ability. However the rules of this world are rather...unique. Even if you were a wielder before, the bridge between this place and your old universe is currently...fragile at best. Those who have the ability to see the Strings will understand exactly what I mean."

"As you continue to live here longer and aid this ailing world, the connection and bonds you forge will reinforce your Destiny String, and allow you to truly unlock your full potential."

"As stipulated by the contact, we will aid you to the best of our abilities."

"There is a storm coming, and while we cannot and do not know what it truly is, we are here to aid you in the troubled times, to hopefully calm your nerves and prepare you for the difficult tasks ahead."

Caroline then goes behind the bar and awaits for those who might wish to talk with her.

[OOC : Welcome to the Velvet Room. There but a few instructions here:
▶ Go to the [PERSONA UPDATE LIST] and fill out the information for your character.
▶ To get a new Persona, you go to [HERE] and then fill out a request [HERE]. Remember you cannot get persona that belongs to someone else! You can request a Persona (or two if you are a previous Persona user) until the 23nd of October. This is a short time, but it is for this event only. There will be another Velvet Room visit after the event.
▶ Requests to Caroline can be posted [HERE] and remember you only get one request per month. You can request a Quest until the 29th of October, or wait until next month.
▶ You can talk with Igor, Caroline, Nameless, Belladonna, hang around, have a drink (what is in that drink anyway?) or just talk between yourselves.
Scorpios cannot enter the Velvet Room. If you are a Scorpio there is something quite different that will happen...they will find themselves in the Aramid room. However, their memory of it will only come back once the event is over. Ergo, the log for that will be put later since it will include interesting information...HOWEVER You can request Persona, just in the Aramid Room and THEY CAN BE A LEVEL ABOVE YOUR CURRENT CHARACTER'S. They will stop working once the event is over.]
gforceinmyfaaaace: (she's huge!)

[personal profile] gforceinmyfaaaace 2012-10-22 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Pit is p r e t t y sure the law restricts people (who look) like him from places like these; yet he's found himself here, anyway, and is just waiting for someone to throw him out.

'cause, uh. He has no idea how to leave.

And he kind of doesn't want to leave... Those drinks look way appealing...
a_pirate_meant_to_be: (Oh well that's all right then)

CAROLINE

[personal profile] a_pirate_meant_to_be 2012-10-22 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. Well, this is nice. The creepy notion of a LeChuck Persona notwithstanding. Boy, he does NOT want to have to be the one to explain THAT to Elaine. Anyway, makes him wonder why he was expecting the demon pirate army to break down his door any second.

Well, as long as he's here. He waves down Caroline. "Heya! Remember that quest you gave me? Well prepared to be dazzled by plaidy... goodness, or something." He whips out the shirt he managed to get after some effort.

...honestly, he's not sure ANY plaid shirt would pass the requirements. Is she really going to think this is fashionable?
Edited 2012-10-22 07:05 (UTC)
sweetquests: (Normal)

[personal profile] sweetquests 2012-10-22 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
That's right! Caroline pushes a drink at him that is non-alcoholic.
electricyousei: (Ruri worried)

OPEN, but package is for Caroline

[personal profile] electricyousei 2012-10-22 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ruri sits at the bar near the piano and singer with a small package under her arm looking at all the various colored bottles while rubbing her left hand]

This is an ordeal that will probably require our persona, isn't it?
Edited 2012-10-22 12:15 (UTC)
deathof4thwall: (is the melon ripe yet?)

[personal profile] deathof4thwall 2012-10-22 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
The door in is dramatically flung open as Minato bursts in, landing in a sort of 'tah-daah!' pose. A deep bow, and he heads directly for Igor, flinging himself loosely onto a nearby couch.

"Igor, babe, I love what you've done with the place! It's faaaa-bulous!"

As he sits up straighter, peering at you, he brushes his bangs out of his face, revealing an already-fading black eye.

"So, uh...listen. I never had the chance to ask this before, so Imma get it out of the way now."

All of a sudden, his relaxed attitude vanishes and all traces of merriment disappear from his voice.

"Those thousand years of torture where I was forbidden free will - did you know about them?"
greyerrant: (helmet)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2012-10-22 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Loken moves stiffly to address Caroline.

"I feel this storm in my marrow. Why?"

The space marine who knows no fear due to psycho-conditioning and genetic manipulation doesn't understand his feelings. At all.
nofairy: (eh?!)

Caroline

[personal profile] nofairy 2012-10-22 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Link is extremely nervous as he moves, but he has something clutched tightly in his hands as he looks for Caroline. Any movement seems to be making him jump, and he's shaking a bit.

Triforce of Courage, you can kick in at any time now...
canteachyoumore: ([viii. justice])

them musicians baby

[personal profile] canteachyoumore 2012-10-22 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[EEEEEEE IT'S NAMELESS AND BELLADONNA

how does a former attendant act around such relics!!

Ahem!!! Yes. A nod to Caroline - good luck, newbie, there's a ton more this time - and he will approach the singer and her pianist counterpart. He's still more unsure how to speak to Igor heheheh....]


It is an honor to meet you two, as you were gone by the time I had come into the Velvet Room as an assistant to a guest. I am Theodore.

[eeeeeeee]
gforceinmyfaaaace: (say it a third time)

[personal profile] gforceinmyfaaaace 2012-10-22 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Are you sure this is OK?"

He's an angel. He doesn't want to get into trouble.
demifemme: (Shura - Fiend neutral)

OPEN

[personal profile] demifemme 2012-10-22 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Whoa..." Shura is slowly making her way forward, trying to take in everything in this place: the decor, the music, the people. She had never seen anything like this before. Was this the Persona equivalent of the Cathedral of Shadows?
sweetquests: (Smile eyes closed)

[personal profile] sweetquests 2012-10-22 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a Velvet Room attendant, it should not be exactly questioned if she'd like something or not it's almost like some crazy adventure game. With a grin, she takes the shirt and inspects it.

"My! The fabric feels delightful under my fingers! And the colors!"

...she might have gone off for a few minutes, before looking back at him and placing the shirt away from view, before taking out something and pushing it on the bar's table.

"A pirate like youself could use an additional outfit?"
sweetquests: (Default)

[personal profile] sweetquests 2012-10-22 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not know what the future has in store, but there must be a reason why the door appeared again.

[She pours her a drink and pushes it up to Ruri.]
velvet_nose: (Hello)

[personal profile] velvet_nose 2012-10-22 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
If Igor found this behavior odd, he wasn't showing it.

"It is not something that I am aware of," he explains casually. "If there is such a cycle in your universe, then we are bound by it as much as you are, as Residents of the Velvet Room."
sweetquests: (Sad eyes closed)

[personal profile] sweetquests 2012-10-22 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
And asking the person least qualified for this question.

"Oh my! Perhaps you have a...ahh what was the word...ah yes! Thoracic Back Pain?"

She was trying, at least.
sweetquests: (Default)

[personal profile] sweetquests 2012-10-22 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
She looks surprised at the mask for a moment, before taking it with her hands and twirling it around.

"Oh! Did you make this yourself?"
nofairy: (huh?!)

[personal profile] nofairy 2012-10-22 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Link nods at the question.

"Y... yeah. I couldn't find the mask you asked me for, so I thought I'd make you one myself. It's probably not as good, but... I hope you like it."
electricyousei: (Ruri Kimono)

[personal profile] electricyousei 2012-10-22 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks at the drink and pushes the package towards Caroline]

I wanted to apologize to you for not being able to accomplish your request either. So I brought a package of brownies.

So the door is related to an emergency. I see.
therooms: (Belladonna)

1/2

[personal profile] therooms 2012-10-22 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
The honor is ours ~
You who follow in our path ~
Please protect this world ~
As you continue to protect her ~
deathof4thwall: (STOP OR I'LL SHOOT)

[personal profile] deathof4thwall 2012-10-22 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, okay! That's fine, then."

A pause, as her hair lengthens out and she gently smooths down her skirt.

"Also my Universe is acting kind of wonky and I can't use my normal girl side, but I guess that's something else you can't answer, huh~?"
jundere: (40 - We coloured now.)

OPEN but the box she has is for Caroline.

[personal profile] jundere 2012-10-22 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[It doesn't take Jun long before she makes her way over to the bar and slumps down on a seat. She doesn't say anything at all before she slides a box with a lid on it over to Caroline.]

Caroline, babe, I should probably have asked what your, uh, unmentionables looked like but I forgot so I couldn't really tell which were yours.

[After saying that Jun nods towards the box and rests her head on the bar with a sigh.]

...Do any of these belong to you?

[Once the lid has been opened anyone who looks will be able to see that the box is full of mismatched sets of underwear collected from various places in the city.

That's what you meant, right? Right Caroline? Right?
]
therooms: (Nameless)

2/2 - woops sorry I was called away

[personal profile] therooms 2012-10-22 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
We are glad that we have this opportunity to meet. Time here has no meaning, yet our circumstances all differ...as do our journeys.
otakuro: (Embarrassed)

Open, but stuff is for Caroline

[personal profile] otakuro 2012-10-23 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Ghh..."

The rarely seen Demon of Eclectic Objects makes another infrequent appearance! Atsuro barely manages to get the door open while balancing the tributes he's collected for Caroline, consisting of everything from gingko biloba pills to books titled 101 Ways to Improve Your Memory For the Middle-Aged Soul. ...And merely as an afterthought, after helping Guybrush fulfill his request, he had followed up on his odd thought and taken a bit of RAM he didn't really need off his computer. Perhaps she was an android or something along those lines.

Atsuro dumps his pile in a corner and tries not to look too awkward.

"Miss Caroline...! I, ah. Think I've got what you wanted. Somewhere in here."

If he knew anything at all about games, fulfilling side-quests were of the utmost importance.
travelingtheworlds: (insightful)

For Igor

[personal profile] travelingtheworlds 2012-10-23 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[At first, Sasha just marvels at the place, taking notes as is her custom. However, then she turns to Igor (since he seems to be the one in charge) and asks:]

So, about this "wild card" ability... we can use more than one Persona, right? Do you know about how we can get more?
sweetquests: (Confused blushing)

[personal profile] sweetquests 2012-10-23 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Not...quite...]

Oh! Are these not undergarments? Why did you think I meant those...[as she speaks she looks through them, her face reddening at some of the ahh---more zany ones.]

Are guests afraid of mentioning their underwear? Is this something I should be aware of...perhaps I should study the Book of Manners again...
sweetquests: (Smile eyes closed)

[personal profile] sweetquests 2012-10-23 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh my! You have brought to be a cornucopia of ways to increase one's memory!"

She takes the stick of ram and looks at it curiously.

"Ahhh...this is stick of Random-access memory, is it not? The large black units in the center with the golden lines much like a human brain. I will learn much from studying it..." Caroline then takes one of the books and reads the title, letting out a small gasp.

"I did not realize that there were so many other ways to increase one's memory! I thank you for your aid."

The entire tribute disappears behind the counter. Where did she put it? How did it all fit in there? Who knew. She reappears holding a single disc on her hand.

"This is a relic left by a previous guest of the Velvet Room. I believe a part of his essence is still connected to it. If you speak with Master Igor, he may help you in unlocking its potential to aid you."

OBTAINED ✉ FLOPPY DISC

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