OCTOBER 27 - 30 | Malleus Maleficarum
The Anonymous Movement has, at last, tracked down the source of all this witchcraft and horror: that cottage that appeared at the first of the month is sitting on top of a portal that these witches (if they really are witches; that might make them too close to human) have ripped into the fabric of the City. They're using the misery of their spells to gather power for their own ends (and perhaps that black goat is their king?).

The Anonymous Movement will be sending a armed force of their own members and any volunteer citizens up the mountain to stop the witches. It won't be an easy fight. And, in the end, it will requite a sacrifice from those involved. But if you're prepared to make it, the witches can be banished and the portal can be closed.

There will be a post on poly_tldr to organize those characters who wish to go on the quest. Characters who go on the quest will be asked to sacrifice something important to them--whether an object, a memory, an attachment, or an ability--to close the portal. This trade will be permanent (unless they make a deal with the Anonymous Movement later).

As the note says, this here is the organizational and plotting post!

Here's the short version of the events to go down from October 27 to October 30:

→ On October 27^th, members of the Anonymous Movement, City NPCs, and player character volunteers will go up the mountain to fight the witches.

→ The witches will be setting up spells on the mountain that will work very much like the "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" curse wherein characters share visions and dreams. These spells will lead only to nightmares and bad memories, though.

→ A log will go up on October 27^th on tampered so characters can interact with each other's nightmares and visions. Set the scene in a starter comment and thread away! Just know that all the visions will be negative in nature.

→ Characters will have to escape these visions, lest they die there. They can use logic, force, or emotional strength to escape--and to help others escape! (This event lasts multiple days because ICly it's a hard battle up where time is going to be wibbly-wobbly, as they say, in those visions and OOCly so everyone who wants in can get in.)

→ After escaping these visions, characters will reach the top of the mountain and the supposed location of the open portal the witches made. To close the portal, characters will have to sacrifice something of emotional significance to themselves permanently--an object, a memory, an ability, an attachement, &c.

→ We'll be making a final post on October 30th for any last plot-related interaction and so everyone whose character is sacrificing something will know when that something is gone.

Now, if you want more tl;dr background and backstory: ( Background, Backstory...and Goats )

So! With that all set up, please feel free to plot and plan here, lay out ideas for nightmare visions, find nightmares into which your character can fall, and to ask any questions you might have.

Have at it, Poly!