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The Moon-touched
It's 3 am. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "Do not look at the moon." You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside."
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"The moon shone beautifully, and under its luminescent light, life as we knew it came to an end."
It's 3 am. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "Do not look at the moon." You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside."
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Timeline
"The moon shone beautifully, and under its luminescent light, life as we knew it came to an end."
October 26, 2020
☾ NASA announces that Asteroid 165 OR5 - Asteroid Lida for short - will fly by the earth in early November
November 3, 2020
☾ Asteroid Lida flies by on schedule, streaking past the sky and leaving an ominous glow in its wake
☾ For the next couple of days, the night sky is tinged with an eerie green glow
November 7, 2020
☾ The moon is beautiful, so, so beautiful
☾ At 3 am NASA sends an official phone alert, warning people to NOT look at the moon
☾ Those who look at the moon that night become one of the moon-touched, people forever stuck in a perpetual daydream
- forever washing the dishes, forever walking the dog that doesn't exist, forever talking about how beautiful the moon was that evening
☾ The world as we know it comes to an end
November 18, 2020
☾ The first of the moon-touched slowly start to turn into trees
The Moon-Touched
People who looked up at the moon and saw something else. It's as if they're stuck in a perpetual fever-dream - forever washing the dishes, forever walking the dog that doesn't exist, and forever talking about how beautiful the moon was that evening. There are three known phases.
1. The Fever-dream: when they're up and about, stuck in an endless routine and still talking about the moon
2. The Flowering: when flowers take root in their lungs and they start to cough up petals and soil
3. The Transmogrification: when their skins turns into brittle bark and when they slowly start turning into trees
Phase 3 seems to take place after the moon-touched have completely lost their grip on reality. Throughout phase 1 and 2 it is still possible to have moments of lucidity, though health officials reported it was rather rare. Most of the time, the moon-touched would carry on with a routine familiar to them.
Setting & Characters
Glenwood, a city with a population of roughly 450,000 people. Despite being rather urban, the city is bordered by woodland.
A day after the sky turned green, the country declared a state of emergency and cities went on lock down. You will be playing one of the people in Glenwood. They don't have to be a permanent resident, but they do have to be in the city for whatever reason when it goes on lock down the following morning. Character sheets will be posted in the next day or two alongside the link to the official discord group.
Rules and Expectations
☾ Be willing to take part in brainstorming. We need active players, no wallflowers allowed
☾ At least 2-3 paragraphs per post, more is always welcome
☾ We're still going to vote on a posting schedule, but ideally, someone who can post at least once every three days
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