The 9th Hour... (Phase 1: Sept-Oct Event)

[central_librarymods]

The cold presence is seeping in through the dark shadows. The darkness is reaching further, brushing the minds of the patrons and opening doors to dimensions that should not be open. Something wants in. But in the Central Library, there are ways to get through without crossing entirely… through your dreams. Among other things.

Pick one of the options below and make a post for other patrons to join you in the events. You may make up your own, but keep it matching the event at hand as the different phases of the event will progressively get worse.

1. Your dreams are getting dangerous, violent even. When you wake up, there are bruises and injuries that shouldn’t be there. What is going on? Why are your dreams becoming a reality little by little? And why is it getting so hard to wake up?


2. Things are shifting in the Library. The shadows are moving and the temperatures are starting to drop. There are cold spots that sometimes get colder and sometimes it feels like if you turn around, you’ll find someone right behind you.


3. The monsters are looking a bit more frantic and daring to come closer to the center of the Library where they normally will not tread. It seems you aren’t the only ones scared of the dark recesses any longer.


4. The Market is now a lovely little faire of the early Renaissance with all sorts of fresh grain, fruits and vegetables! It is a brilliant sight, but it seems the ominous plague masks they don still gives a foreboding feeling of the miasma that killed over two-thirds of the world’s population… Perhaps you shouldn’t wander very far.


5. New areas are now opened up. A blacksmith and workshop for the tinkers has been created. You might want to look or contribute... You might also want to stop in the new bath area. The large pool has a Grecian feel and all of the walls are made of crystalline glass where the stars are always shining with a different universe in constant succession.


6. Wild Card: Make up your own scenario. Just remember that all of the things above are happening. Things are getting foreboding and growing stronger by the day. Sleep will be a luxury you might not have… You may not see what’s coming, not yet. But you know it’s coming.

Comments

[alec_lightwood]

"No, you're not. Magnus hasn't mentioned nightmares but his scale for them is different than most people's." Years of abuse combined with the ability to have prophetic dreams meant that Magnus didn't react as strongly to nightmares as most people. But he had been worried about the claw marks on Alec and what would happen if the dreams escalated. "We haven't figured it out yet. Bob's tried to get a lock on it but he hasn't had much luck."

The question about the old injuries surprised him. Only a handful of people ever worried about his safety. Even his parents hadn't really shown much concern when he was wounded. Even when those wounds were mortal. "They're not serious now. They weren't when I woke up. If they had been, I probably would be dying right now. I was poisoned the first time I was attacked."

Keeping an eye on the shadows, Alec sighed. "I don't know what's out there. I know what it isn't. At least compared to what I've seen in my world. I don't know where the Librarians are. The Cat usually keeps Bob company but he hasn't been hanging around. I haven't seen the Head Librarian but I thought it was because he had to open the portals."

[facemyenemys]

She listened to him and considered the information. Magnus and Bob and Alec are all experiencing things though. Or at least could be. Grant and her are both having their own small issues (Ward's was not small). And it seems the Librarians are either busy or missing?

When he spoke about the wounds not being serious she raised a brow and watched him anyhow. Not serious, but they had been originally. Wards was a bit of the same. They could have been worse, apparently. And this one as poisoned originally? Damn. She gave him a nod, but still, the Agent in her hadn't completely died. "Serious or not, if they've opened, make sure you keep them cared for while you can. It would be bad if the lot of us were taken down by our past reliving itself."

"I'm a bit concerned about the Librarians too. I know he, or they, had to hold everything down while we all ran about in other portals. You don't think they over did it, do you? Over did it and now things are creeping in?" Is that something that could happen?

[alec_lightwood]

"What kind of injuries have you and Ward experienced? There might be some kind of significance in which ones we're reliving." Alec wasn't sure if that was part of it but since Bob and Magnus couldn't figure out what was going on, they needed as much information as possible. Maybe there was a connection that they hadn't made yet since Alec's wounds were the only ones that they had been basing theories on.

"I have a way to speed up healing if the wounds aren't poisoned. But you're right. If it continues it could take us down." Could that be what the shadows wanted? But why not make the wounds serious enough to kill instead of only debilitating?

Alec hoped that Kara was wrong but he had the feeling she had guessed the reason why the Librarians had been missing. "I'm beginning to think that's what happened to them. It takes a lot of energy to keep a portal open that long and to create that many glamours. Power has to come from somewhere. Either from the one casting the spell or someone offering up power to sustain the spell. Doing so much might have hurt them so they can't protect us from this."