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cultmirrorCW: BAD MENTAL STATE, VOICES, + PANIC ATTACK
'WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 'MORON'. 'GO AWAY. NO ONE WANTS YOU AROUND.' 'WORTHLESS.''WHAT A CREEP YOU ARE. LISTENING TO EVERYONE'S CONVERSATIONS. COWARD. '♪ JINX IS A COWAARRRDDD. JINX IS A COOWWWARDDD ♪, HA HA HA!'
'AWWW, WHAT'S THE MATTER? GONNA CRY BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN HEAR US NOW?' 'OOPS, YOUR SECRET IS OUT!!' 'THEY KNEW YOU WERE A FREAK FROM THE START.'
'AND GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE COMING TO KILL YOU.' 'LOCK THE DOOR, LOCK THE DOOR, LOCK THE DOOR!!!' 'YOU'RE SO UGLY.' 'THEY'RE COMING BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THEY KNOW YOU KILLED SOMEONE.' 'YOU KILLED SOMEONE HERE, DIDN'T YOU, JINX?'
'HA! SO MUCH FOR CHANGE!! MURDER.' 'WHAT'S THAT? THAT SOUND.' 'STUPID IDIOT. I HATE YOU. NO WONDER VANDER LEFT. IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT.'
[ the voices leave her alone with a knot in her stomach, her breathing catching and becoming more of a wheeze. she can rip off her blindfold at any time to put an end to all of this, but her body is stone and unresponsive. because it's too late, everyone knows now. there's no going back after this. ]
I-It's okay. It's...It's fine!! I've got it under control. Just gimme space to...to fix Jinx. I can make her better. I can make her good enough.
CLOSED | But We Climbed So
Jul. 1st, 2026 05:33 pmlicensetotrill posting in cultorWho: Jaskier (licensetotrill) and Sharon (merged)
What: Upon waking in the city once more, Jaskier seeks out Sharon to tell her of his meeting with One in the dream.
When: After waking from the collective dream in June.
Where: Around! Depends on where he finds her.
Warnings: Character specific warnings, will update as needed.
( High, high into the night )
licensetotrill) and Sharon (merged) What: Upon waking in the city once more, Jaskier seeks out Sharon to tell her of his meeting with One in the dream.
When: After waking from the collective dream in June.
Where: Around! Depends on where he finds her.
Warnings: Character specific warnings, will update as needed.
( High, high into the night )
[OPEN] what a way to meet new and old people
Jul. 1st, 2026 08:48 amsalaryman posting in cultorWho: Kigai Yuuto (salaryman) and YOU.
What: Get to meet the local shady salaryman. He's suffering from being a bit too snippy with One.
Where: Around Manhattan.
Warnings: Body horror.
( Well, well, well... if it isn't the consequences of my own actions. )
salaryman) and YOU.What: Get to meet the local shady salaryman. He's suffering from being a bit too snippy with One.
Where: Around Manhattan.
Warnings: Body horror.
( Well, well, well... if it isn't the consequences of my own actions. )
player plot: the greenhouse(s) is now open to the public!
Jul. 1st, 2026 09:03 amvixenish posting in cultoocHi all! So Shad, Veritad Ratio's player, and I are in the final stages of our greenhouse player plot! You can read more detail about it over on the plotting post, here, as well as find Lortel and Ratio's previous posts about it for more info!
Want to get involved? While the greenhouse is open to the public, there's still plenty to do! Laborers and gardeners will be needed to take care of the plants; artificers or folks good with their hands/familiar with construction or mechanical repairs will be needed for repair and upkeep of the buildings; anyone with seeds or plant cuttings to add will always be welcome; runners will be needed for ferrying supplies back and forth or even delivering groceries if that calls to you; any skilled combatant will be required to help keep the site secure/safe from Hosts; cooks/chefs or the otherwise very brave/of particularly hardy constitution will be needed to test/experiment with what we grow to figure out how to prepare what's being grown; and so on! Please absolutely feel free to suggest any capacity to get involved that your character might engage with but that I haven't mentioned, as well.
Additionally, there's going to be a fully IC, murmur-accessible record (yes it's a spreadsheet, yes Lortel wrote another spreadsheet by hand) of what plants are in the greenhouse and some information about them! This post is editable by all, so feel free to jump in and add/fill out anything you like! Shad and I will fill out what we can, but we'd love to have other folks' IC notes added on sensory information and visual references! (As a note to the curious, fields she filled out with "" mean "same as last written entry", basically to keep her from having to write the same name multiple times. You do not have to use the same notation!)
From July and onwards, residents of the city may assume the free usage of these greenhouses and utilize them, get groceries from them, work on them, etc. as freely as you wish, no need to check in with me or Shad! Only reach out to us if you think your character would try to attack or otherwise dismantle/damage the site, the greenhouses, or the plants. We'd want to work with/plot around that, for sure!
For the purposes of this post specifically, you're also free to assume the Murmur is working as normal, and you won't run into any interference or weakness in the network when responding to it.
You can reach me or Shad on plurk (![[plurk.com profile]](https://www.plurk.com/favicon.ico)
heartfuls | Shadowhope), Discord/via the community-run Discord server (skywardlii | shadowhope), by PM (this journal | athinkingreed), or right here in the comments!
Want to get involved? While the greenhouse is open to the public, there's still plenty to do! Laborers and gardeners will be needed to take care of the plants; artificers or folks good with their hands/familiar with construction or mechanical repairs will be needed for repair and upkeep of the buildings; anyone with seeds or plant cuttings to add will always be welcome; runners will be needed for ferrying supplies back and forth or even delivering groceries if that calls to you; any skilled combatant will be required to help keep the site secure/safe from Hosts; cooks/chefs or the otherwise very brave/of particularly hardy constitution will be needed to test/experiment with what we grow to figure out how to prepare what's being grown; and so on! Please absolutely feel free to suggest any capacity to get involved that your character might engage with but that I haven't mentioned, as well.
Additionally, there's going to be a fully IC, murmur-accessible record (yes it's a spreadsheet, yes Lortel wrote another spreadsheet by hand) of what plants are in the greenhouse and some information about them! This post is editable by all, so feel free to jump in and add/fill out anything you like! Shad and I will fill out what we can, but we'd love to have other folks' IC notes added on sensory information and visual references! (As a note to the curious, fields she filled out with "" mean "same as last written entry", basically to keep her from having to write the same name multiple times. You do not have to use the same notation!)
From July and onwards, residents of the city may assume the free usage of these greenhouses and utilize them, get groceries from them, work on them, etc. as freely as you wish, no need to check in with me or Shad! Only reach out to us if you think your character would try to attack or otherwise dismantle/damage the site, the greenhouses, or the plants. We'd want to work with/plot around that, for sure!
For the purposes of this post specifically, you're also free to assume the Murmur is working as normal, and you won't run into any interference or weakness in the network when responding to it.
You can reach me or Shad on plurk (
athinkingreed), or right here in the comments!oo5 ✦ ye olde semi-regular info post
Jul. 1st, 2026 09:00 amvixenish posting in cultmirrorGood morning, Manhattan, and welcome back ... or simply welcome, to those of you who are newly joining us~.
[ delivered with her usual cheer and sweet pep, though those who know her well, especially her tethers, will be able to sense a certain threadbare weariness, like an ache behind the eyes, barely there but perceptible if you focus. ]
Much sooner than we expected, I'm pleased to announce the communal greenhouses are ready and open to the public for use. This is a series of five small greenhouses located in a rooftop down on the lower east side in the Financial District, not far from the water.
[ she'll project into the murmur a map of Manhattan, with a little circle around the building in question. ]
Dr. Ratio, my partner on this project, has already put out a request for seeds and cuttings. If you'd like to contribute, reach out to either of us. Everything you need, such as soil, pots, gardening tools, and so on will be available on the site to borrow and use as you'd like. Please don't steal them. [ said just as sweetly as the rest, with the not-terribly-subtle implication in the curl of her tone that if you DO steal something, She Will Find You. ]
We're still welcoming anyone who'd like to contribute, especially if you have any farming or gardening knowledge or want to help with the labor, upkeep, and security. We'll be maintaining detailed records concerning how many and what kinds of plants we have. Of course, anyone is free to update these records through the Murmur, as well.
[ as she did with the Vessel Compendium, she created a handwritten spreadsheet that she then lifted into the Murmur for translation and easy sharing. ]
Reach out to Dr. Ratio if you need help with food preservation or storage. As for preparation of what we grow... I do believe Ignis has volunteered to conduct some cooking experiments~. Talk to either of us if that's something you'd be interested in helping with, as well.
[ a sigh. she takes a breath, getting her head together. ]
As before, I'm still updating the Vessel Compendium, our only record of the known Vessel types and subtypes and their abilities and features. If you have information you'd like to volunteer, do let me know.
Lastly, if you're new here... my sweet, handsome boyfriend Megumi Fushiguro has already updated the network with need-to-know information. [ yes, yes she IS doing this to fluster him. she makes no secret of her teasing affection, anyway. ] Ask him if you have any other questions about settling into our little city... and do thank him, while you're at it. [ :) ] And should you need supplies like clothes or medicine, or have any type of specific requisition, the Rothstaylor Company is at your service. Simply reach out to myself or my business associate, Aventurine.
Stay safe, Manhattan. One never knows what a new month will bring us.
(ooc: you can find an OOC post discussing the greenhouse player plot and ways to leverage it/get involved over here! reach out to me or Shad, Ratio's player, if you have any questions or would like help getting involved! Ratio himself may also respond to comments on this post.)
[ delivered with her usual cheer and sweet pep, though those who know her well, especially her tethers, will be able to sense a certain threadbare weariness, like an ache behind the eyes, barely there but perceptible if you focus. ]
Much sooner than we expected, I'm pleased to announce the communal greenhouses are ready and open to the public for use. This is a series of five small greenhouses located in a rooftop down on the lower east side in the Financial District, not far from the water.
[ she'll project into the murmur a map of Manhattan, with a little circle around the building in question. ]
Dr. Ratio, my partner on this project, has already put out a request for seeds and cuttings. If you'd like to contribute, reach out to either of us. Everything you need, such as soil, pots, gardening tools, and so on will be available on the site to borrow and use as you'd like. Please don't steal them. [ said just as sweetly as the rest, with the not-terribly-subtle implication in the curl of her tone that if you DO steal something, She Will Find You. ]
We're still welcoming anyone who'd like to contribute, especially if you have any farming or gardening knowledge or want to help with the labor, upkeep, and security. We'll be maintaining detailed records concerning how many and what kinds of plants we have. Of course, anyone is free to update these records through the Murmur, as well.
[ as she did with the Vessel Compendium, she created a handwritten spreadsheet that she then lifted into the Murmur for translation and easy sharing. ]
Reach out to Dr. Ratio if you need help with food preservation or storage. As for preparation of what we grow... I do believe Ignis has volunteered to conduct some cooking experiments~. Talk to either of us if that's something you'd be interested in helping with, as well.
[ a sigh. she takes a breath, getting her head together. ]
As before, I'm still updating the Vessel Compendium, our only record of the known Vessel types and subtypes and their abilities and features. If you have information you'd like to volunteer, do let me know.
Lastly, if you're new here... my sweet, handsome boyfriend Megumi Fushiguro has already updated the network with need-to-know information. [ yes, yes she IS doing this to fluster him. she makes no secret of her teasing affection, anyway. ] Ask him if you have any other questions about settling into our little city... and do thank him, while you're at it. [ :) ] And should you need supplies like clothes or medicine, or have any type of specific requisition, the Rothstaylor Company is at your service. Simply reach out to myself or my business associate, Aventurine.
Stay safe, Manhattan. One never knows what a new month will bring us.
(ooc: you can find an OOC post discussing the greenhouse player plot and ways to leverage it/get involved over here! reach out to me or Shad, Ratio's player, if you have any questions or would like help getting involved! Ratio himself may also respond to comments on this post.)
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Jun. 30th, 2026 09:10 pmashadowofdoubt posting in cultmirror[ Coming to you through the Murmur shortly after everyone wakes from the dream of the backrooms, Megumi sounds tired...and even more Done than usual. ]
Good...morning, I guess? Morning.
If you've just woken up here for the first time, sorry for your shitty luck, but it's probably only going to get worse from here. Hopefully someone at least gave you the basic idea of what's going on during the dream, but I've got a few more things that might be useful.
You should have a mask of some kind with you since waking up. It might be more like a blindfold, or a veil, or something else that goes on your face. Wearing that is your connection to the Murmur -- this is kind of a psychic network. You can transmit more than messages. Emotions, memories, images...it's versatile.
You can also revisit past conversations, if you took part in them or if someone helps you find them. I've tried to keep track of some of the most important points over here. It's...not as well organized as I'd like; I need to reconsider that. I've been busy.
[ He started keeping track more like a list of bookmarks to things the first group might want to revisit, but everyone was around for. Nobody had realized at the start that new people were going to keep showing up, and maybe he should've set it up more like a FAQ.
So sue him. ]
If you need medical attention -- unfortunately, the clinic we set up at Columbia University was badly damaged last month. But there are a few people around who may be able to help you. If you need a place to stay and don't want to go it alone, I'd recommend talking to Aventurine or Jinx. If you're having trouble with whatever changes have been made to your body or powers, I can try to help you figure out who might be best suited to ask for advice.
I guess that's all I've got for now.
Good...morning, I guess? Morning.
If you've just woken up here for the first time, sorry for your shitty luck, but it's probably only going to get worse from here. Hopefully someone at least gave you the basic idea of what's going on during the dream, but I've got a few more things that might be useful.
You should have a mask of some kind with you since waking up. It might be more like a blindfold, or a veil, or something else that goes on your face. Wearing that is your connection to the Murmur -- this is kind of a psychic network. You can transmit more than messages. Emotions, memories, images...it's versatile.
You can also revisit past conversations, if you took part in them or if someone helps you find them. I've tried to keep track of some of the most important points over here. It's...not as well organized as I'd like; I need to reconsider that. I've been busy.
[ He started keeping track more like a list of bookmarks to things the first group might want to revisit, but everyone was around for. Nobody had realized at the start that new people were going to keep showing up, and maybe he should've set it up more like a FAQ.
So sue him. ]
If you need medical attention -- unfortunately, the clinic we set up at Columbia University was badly damaged last month. But there are a few people around who may be able to help you. If you need a place to stay and don't want to go it alone, I'd recommend talking to Aventurine or Jinx. If you're having trouble with whatever changes have been made to your body or powers, I can try to help you figure out who might be best suited to ask for advice.
I guess that's all I've got for now.
(almost immedietly) Post-Event June
Jun. 29th, 2026 07:38 pmlicensetotrill posting in cultmirror[ Like with so many things, Jaskier always comes with musical accompaniment, the playing on his lute running at an undercurrent along with his speaking. He didn't use the murmur much before, but he's got a few questions and this is so much faster than going around and polling face to face...]
Seems as though this wasn't a dream and I find myself here yet again. If my curiosity could be indulged for but a few moments of your time...
Firstly, has anyone else ... well ... found themselves changed? More than initially?
Like, for example, the last time I found myself in this place I could summon fire with a thought whether I wanted to or not. Now, no fire, but well... I have ... antlers? Not as dramatic as in that dream I just awoke from, but they're quite noticeable.
Secondly, and perhaps this is for my own vanity but I find myself wondering -- is there anyone else here over forty? If there's an 'immortality situation' as well I would appreciate a disclosure.
Thirdly while I'm quite used to playing my music by myself, one does enjoy the company of other artists. I've got some other searching to do for my own peace of mind but that large lake in the forested area in the middle of the city - assuming it's still there, that seems as good a place as any to end up at for playing music. Should anyone like to join me, I'm certain we can make an evening of it.
Seems as though this wasn't a dream and I find myself here yet again. If my curiosity could be indulged for but a few moments of your time...
Firstly, has anyone else ... well ... found themselves changed? More than initially?
Like, for example, the last time I found myself in this place I could summon fire with a thought whether I wanted to or not. Now, no fire, but well... I have ... antlers? Not as dramatic as in that dream I just awoke from, but they're quite noticeable.
Secondly, and perhaps this is for my own vanity but I find myself wondering -- is there anyone else here over forty? If there's an 'immortality situation' as well I would appreciate a disclosure.
Thirdly while I'm quite used to playing my music by myself, one does enjoy the company of other artists. I've got some other searching to do for my own peace of mind but that large lake in the forested area in the middle of the city - assuming it's still there, that seems as good a place as any to end up at for playing music. Should anyone like to join me, I'm certain we can make an evening of it.