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ACTUAL PLOT WRITE-UP!
With the arrival of his portrait on board and subsequent death, Dorian hasn't been taking things well. Naturally, this means it's his turn to snap. But because Dorian is a special snowflake, his Nightmare's going to take on a bit of a different form.
Initially, the ship remains the same. But Terrors will find that occasionally when they open a door to a different room, the door opens to a scene from Dorian's life. Might want to ask Dorian about that except surprise, he's not really able to be found at the moment, as he's gotten himself literally lost in nostalgia. There will be more details about the specific locations in the log, but a cliff notes summary of what they might find include:
- Ireland, 1902, a ramshackle, ancient manor house that is slowly sinking into a bog. The house smells like rot, swampwater seeps up from the floor, and a banshee occasionally appears at the top of the staircase. Try not to drown.
- London, 1940, a music hall, destroyed during the Blitz. The sound of air raid sirens blare through the night, but they do nothing to hide the song that plays on the wind...or the ghosts of all the people you've ever hurt that are coming to pay you a visit.
- Whitby, 1986, a costume party. There's lights, drinks, fun, dancing, and a slightly peeved vampire who knows he shouldn't be here. Tobias Matthews, Dorian's dead vampire soulmate, is trapped in his past and not too pleased about it. Jury's out on whether he'll end up helping or snacking on your characters.
- Florida, 2012, a run-down family home sitting on a swamp. On the outside, this house seems normal, but the smell of petrol lingers in the yard. Things inside are different. For a real surprise, check out the master bedroom.
- London, 2014, Dorian's house aka the Mayfair Mansion. The house seems disused as if someone hasn't lived in it for years. There are a few tells that this is Dorian's place: lush furniture, trinkets and knick-knacks from his various travels, and the answering machine message, said in Dorian's own voice...that something is using to warn the visitors of the danger they might be in.
- London, 2014 (again), a torture chamber. The torture chamber is a singular room built on the water's edge. There are plenty of murder weapons inside the torture chamber: rope, guns, lead pipe, poison, etc. During low tide, the room is habitable. But when high tide comes in, the water fills up the room, drowning the inhabitants—a fact that Luke Glass, the sociopath who built this thing and is watching the room via CCTV, will happily inform your character about. What'll happen first: will you kill yourself or let yourself drown?
When characters enter these rooms, they're initially trapped. The door will either vanish or be stuck. It's only after they experience some of the room (and Kates gets to torture them a bit) that the door reappears or opens back up to the Terror. Most of these rooms are dangerous and there are PLENTY of ways for characters to die if you want them to. Feel free to use this post to plot or ask questions!
With the arrival of his portrait on board and subsequent death, Dorian hasn't been taking things well. Naturally, this means it's his turn to snap. But because Dorian is a special snowflake, his Nightmare's going to take on a bit of a different form.
Initially, the ship remains the same. But Terrors will find that occasionally when they open a door to a different room, the door opens to a scene from Dorian's life. Might want to ask Dorian about that except surprise, he's not really able to be found at the moment, as he's gotten himself literally lost in nostalgia. There will be more details about the specific locations in the log, but a cliff notes summary of what they might find include:
- Ireland, 1902, a ramshackle, ancient manor house that is slowly sinking into a bog. The house smells like rot, swampwater seeps up from the floor, and a banshee occasionally appears at the top of the staircase. Try not to drown.
- London, 1940, a music hall, destroyed during the Blitz. The sound of air raid sirens blare through the night, but they do nothing to hide the song that plays on the wind...or the ghosts of all the people you've ever hurt that are coming to pay you a visit.
- Whitby, 1986, a costume party. There's lights, drinks, fun, dancing, and a slightly peeved vampire who knows he shouldn't be here. Tobias Matthews, Dorian's dead vampire soulmate, is trapped in his past and not too pleased about it. Jury's out on whether he'll end up helping or snacking on your characters.
- Florida, 2012, a run-down family home sitting on a swamp. On the outside, this house seems normal, but the smell of petrol lingers in the yard. Things inside are different. For a real surprise, check out the master bedroom.
- London, 2014, Dorian's house aka the Mayfair Mansion. The house seems disused as if someone hasn't lived in it for years. There are a few tells that this is Dorian's place: lush furniture, trinkets and knick-knacks from his various travels, and the answering machine message, said in Dorian's own voice...that something is using to warn the visitors of the danger they might be in.
- London, 2014 (again), a torture chamber. The torture chamber is a singular room built on the water's edge. There are plenty of murder weapons inside the torture chamber: rope, guns, lead pipe, poison, etc. During low tide, the room is habitable. But when high tide comes in, the water fills up the room, drowning the inhabitants—a fact that Luke Glass, the sociopath who built this thing and is watching the room via CCTV, will happily inform your character about. What'll happen first: will you kill yourself or let yourself drown?
When characters enter these rooms, they're initially trapped. The door will either vanish or be stuck. It's only after they experience some of the room (and Kates gets to torture them a bit) that the door reappears or opens back up to the Terror. Most of these rooms are dangerous and there are PLENTY of ways for characters to die if you want them to. Feel free to use this post to plot or ask questions!