towerofanimus | "Love Fool" Player Plot Log

"Love Fool" Player Plot Log

Characters: Diarmuid Ua Duibhne and anyone affected by his curse or who wants to get caught up in the chaos!
Setting: March 29th-April 4th. Anywhere in the tower during the beginning of the event, primarily in and around Room 4-16 later in the event.
Format: Any!
Summary: Instead of being mostly inactive, Diarmuid's curse starts being active most of the time and it's affecting both men and women! Chaos ensues! An OOC plotting and sign up post is here.
Warnings: Death, violence, blood, worms (X.x Kariya...), psychological torture, swearing, shenanigans of a romantic nature, and ANGST! I will update as it is needed!
Notes: Being affected by Diarmuid's curse requires a tag on his permissions post here so please make sure to stop by! If the log gets too big, I will make a second, overflow log and link it here. While most sections have dates on them, they are only references for the time of the week that the events are going on and not when the section is available for posting. All sections are open for posting just as soon as the log goes up and will stay open throughout the event.

Notice: The log is open! Have fun everyone and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Background Information:

One of Diarmuid's most defining traits is his curse, actually a gift given to him by a spirit of love, beauty, and youth as repayment for something he did for her. Unfortunately, while something like that might be an actual gift to a fellow spirit or god, giving it to a human doesn't work quite so well. Being a honorable man, though, Diarmuid has never taken advantage of those affected by his curse. Instead, he has done his best to let them down gently and guide them through the pain caused by it. Sometimes this has worked and sometimes it hasn't. In either event, he remembers vividly every person he's ever hurt because of it.

That approach works well until the woman who falls in love with him is his Lord's fiancee and a princess who won't take no for an answer. She places a geis on him that forces him to run away with her. Many things end that night and a great many more begin. At least, that's how the legends go.

In the tower, his curse has been weakened somewhat so that it is only rarely active. However, when it activates and for how long is random, and he doesn't know when it is happening until those affected start acting oddly toward him. Those so affected seem to remain that way for a week or two and often have some success controlling their reactions to him if they have a strong will or know that they are under the curse's spell.

Event Information:

During the event instead of activating only once and a while, Diarmuid's curse will almost constantly be active. It will also affect men and women meaning that almost everyone he runs into in the tower has the chance of being affected. He will not know this right away and will continue going about his normal patrol routes, meetings, and so on until he finally realizes what is going on. Once he does, he will start hiding in his room to limit the number of people affected. However, this won't work out so well because with him staying in one place, anyone who is under the curse's spell and trying to find him isn't going to have to look very hard.

Every day he will be spending at least a little time out of his room so that a character can be hit by the curse whenever they wish to be during the event. Anyone is welcome to have their character affected whether or not they actually have CR already with Diarmuid. This is actually a good time to start up CR if you have wanted to, but not been sure how since he will be checking in with people to make sure they are okay once the effects of the curse have passed. New players are also welcome!

How strongly and how long a character is affected by the curse is totally up to that character's mun. And remember, your character doesn't have to be affected by the curse to participate! Do they want to troll Diarmuid by acting like they are affected when they aren't? Do they want to slip him a gift or thank you but have been too shy to until they have the chance to do it under the guise of something else? Might they just be passing by Room 4-16 and get caught up in a fight? Do they have a friend who is affected and are trying to 'help' them out? Anything is possible and creativity is encouraged!

Below I have set up several locations and times to have things going on, but feel free to start something elsewhere if you wish! Private meetings between characters working together or other similar posts are welcome. Just be sure to mark what is going on. In an effort to try and keep everything to one log, I have made sub-headings for his Mailbox and for Network posts should characters wish to use those things as well to show their feelings. Because people are competing for his attention to the point of fighting in some cases, please be aware that I am encouraging threadjacking and sneaky tricks like stealing gifts out of his mailbox or from his room. If you want to make sure that a thread isn't interrupted by others or a gift stolen, please mark the thread's subject line with the word "Locked." Any thread marked in such a way should only have Diarmuid and the thread starter replying in it unless other arrangements have been made. All other threads are considered open for interruption, but please remember to be polite.

Important Note: To help keep things organized, please make sure to put either "Open" or "Locked" in the subject line of all newly started threads so that people know if it is okay to jump in or not. It is all right if you decide to change the status later in the thread--just adjust the comment title in the next post.

Diarmuid will not respond to threads that aren't marked until they are marked, and I would ask others not to either since once replied to, comments can't be edited. Once the thread is marked, it is fair game to be replied to.

During the end of the event players will find it harder to get into Diarmuid's room because the way will be blocked. Master Kariya Matou (

vermicompost ) will have ordered his Servant Berserker (

chevalier_mal_fet ) to guard the door. Far from what it looks like on the outside, both men aren't trying to help protect their friend from those affected. Instead, they have also been affected and are tying to keep away all other potential suitors! Can anyone say Boss Fight? Will those affected team up to take them down or maybe just sit back and let them take out a few rivals to thin the competition? It's all up to you guys and how nuts you want to get!

Important Note: When tagging the 'Boss Fight' section, in addition to marking your post "locked" or "open" in the subject line, please also state if your character is meeting Lancelot in his true form--which will mean having to deal with him in some way so your character can get through to the room--or in Diarmuid's form--which will mean he will greet your character and act like Diarmuid in an attempt to lead your character away from the room. Your character is free to be fooled or see through his deception as the thread progresses. Just be aware that Lancelot's mimic ability is high level and will take either knowing Diarmuid and his quirks well or having a lot of magical knowledge to see through.

Finally, while the tone for the event is mostly fun and humorous, if you want there can be more serious consequences. If any character is involved in a serious incident or dies because of something related to the event, please make sure you put a comment in this section with your character's name, journal, a quick blurb about what happened and, most importantly, if you want Diarmuid to know what happened. Obviously, because of his nature, he is going to want to contact anyone who is seriously impacted by or killed because of his curse.

That's it! Go forth and cause chaos! If there are questions or problems at any time, please feel free to contact me via pm though Diarmuid's journal (

oathshackledbird ) or on Plurk at

NekoSandy

IC Event Introducton:

The day starts off like any other for Diarmuid and for that he is glad. After all that had happened at the end of the month in February, quiet and routine days are something he is not going to argue against. Besides, with so many people who are from some version of the world he knows having arrived this month, he would really like them to have a chance to settle in before things get too chaotic again. There are those he would also like to spend as much time with as possible before anything else happens. So many people, himself included, need as much time as they can get to just sort out the things going on in their heads.

The problem is, will the tower give that time to them? Diarmuid knows each quiet day is one more step forward so that they can all be prepared for whatever the administrators throw at them next.

A small smile crosses his face as he takes off to make his first patrol of the tower. After that, he will probably have something to eat at the cafeteria, before taking some time to visit friends. Sometime before nightfall, he will make another patrol of the floors before retiring to his room for the night. It's a simple day and considering how quickly things can go bad in the tower when things get too complex, he's not bothered at all by that simplicity.

It's just a shame that he doesn't realize, as he leaves his room, that things won't stay simple for long. Not with his curse suddenly becoming active in a way it never has before...

Section Links:

Diarmuid's Mailbox #0091
Network Posts
Diarmuid's Room (4-16) on Mar 29th-Mar 31st
Outside of Diarmuid's room on Mar 29th-Mar 31st
Anywhere in the Tower on Mar 29th-Mar 31st
Diarmuid's Room (4-16) on April 1st-April 4th
Outside of Diarmuid's room on April 1st-4th
Anywhere in the Tower on April 1st-4th
Boss Encounter with Berserker on April 3rd-April 4th
Serious Incident/Death List

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[What the hell was going on? Waver couldn't put a proper name or reason to the sense of dread he felt creeping up on him, but he knew better than to ignore it. Especially in a place like this.]

[That was what brought the lecturer with sunglasses on his head to stand just outside Diarmuid's dorm room, leaning against the wall and turning through the pages of a small notebook as he waited.]

[What is it about this Waver that makes Diarmuid want to keep trying to sneak up on him? Is it just how focused he gets on things? Diarmuid knows the other man can feel his presence easily, but he still gets that urge.

Instead of giving in and trying this time, though, Diarmuid just smiles and shakes his head, clapping the other man on the shoulder as he walks up to him. He does, however, reach up with his other hand and tip the sunglasses down onto Waver's face.]

What brings you by today, my friend?

Wha--hey!

[Of course he'd known Diarmuid was there, but he hadn't expected the sudden assault on his sunglasses. The notebook was snapped shut, Diarmuid having successfully startled his alternate-world former Master.]

[He pushed them back up onto his head with a look of mock indignation, brushing away a few strands of hair that were knocked out of place.]

Actually, I'm not really sure. I guess I just had a feeling that--...no, I wanted to ask if anything unusual was going on.

[Diarmuid grins at him.]

Unusual? Really? Do you need to ask that in a place like this? Isn't there always something unusual going on somewhere?

[He shakes his head, his expression growing more serious.]

I did meet someone not long ago--a newly arrived servant. Do you want to come in so we can talk with fewer people around? He...might not be dangerous on his own, but...he's certainly not right. Not at all and if he is what he claims to be, I think I can understand why.

Forget it, I'm probably just being paranoid. But if there's something on your mind, I'll listen.

[Diarmuid raises an eyebrow at him.]

Paranoia can save your life in this place. I would not disregard it. Ever.

[He steps into the room and waits for Waver to follow.]

Tell me. Have you met a servant who calls himself Avenger?

Maybe. But god forbid I turn into the kind of person who flinches at any vague and unfounded sense of trouble.

[Awhatnow? Waver opened the notebook again, taking a pen from his pocket.]

'Avenger'...? Afraid not. Is that supposed to sound like a class name?

[Diarmuid laughs.]

You are a magus. I'm sure you know the difference between feelings that should be dismissed and things to really watch out for. I don't think you really have anything to worry about.

It is a class title. He claims that he was called during the third war and that class was specifically created for him. I wasn't able to learn much about him, but he is very...unbalanced. However, I think I know why that is.

[He takes a deep breath almost as if he is bracing himself for Waver to mock what he is about to say. If he hadn't felt that utter darkness rolling off of Avenger, Diarmuid wouldn't believe it either.]

Waver, he told me he was the source of vileness and darkness that taints servants like the darkened version of Saber and since she was darkened by corruption from the Grail...

[He'd quickly been transcribing the vague details of what Diarmuid was telling him, but at that last sentence the pen jerked sharply and left a jagged black line in the middle of a remark on the third war.]

...he's what.

He claims he is what corrupted the Grail.

[Diarmuid says it bluntly. While it is not exactly what Avenger had said, it is close enough and there really is no reason to dance around the issue.]

If I had not felt the utter darkness and...wrongness around him I would not have believed it, but we got to talking about levels of corruption in the people who are in this place and that is when he said that their levels of corruption are not really comparable to him as the source of that vileness. I don't know how or why it happened, but if what he says is true at least in his world, the 3rd Holy Grail war is when everything went so terribly wrong.

[Waver shook his head, crossing out what he'd been writing and starting over without losing control of his hand this time.]

I believe you. Even if I don't understand it-...no, actually this could make my job easier. If I can talk to him and discern just what he is specifically, that might be exactly what I'll need back home.

[And not the slightest bit of thought to 'hey this dude might be able to kill me'. Of course not. Science first.]

I don't think it will be that easy my friend. Even though I talked to him for a good amount of time, those few details are all I learned. He loves using word games and immature responses to distract and confuse. It will probably take a good deal of luck and patience to find the answers you seek.

I guess it's a good thing you are so patient now.

[Diarmuid smiles for a moment, before his face becomes more serious again.]

At least I can give you a description of him. He has dark hair and dark skin which is covered with a great many red markings. They are almost like tattoos, but they feel more like curses that have been carved into his skin. Considering what he is, I would not be too surprised if that is the case. He has hazel eyes and wears a red ragged cloth around his waist along with a red headband. I suspect if you see him, you will know immediately because of the markings and the feeling that surrounds him.

If you do meet him, please be careful. He says he doesn't want to cause any trouble with people in the tower, but how much something like him can be trusted is anyone's guess.

I'm used to irritating and obstructive people by now, so I guess we'll have to see.

[Waver quickly copied down Lancer's description, even though he had the distinct feeling he wouldn't need it.]

Don't worry so much. I'm not going to start any trouble myself, all I want is to talk to him. If I can figure out what the corruption is, it might make the whole thing easier to take apart.

I know. I trust you. It's just him I don't trust. One minute he is talking about something serious and deep, the next he is cracking the kind of jokes a child would. Something is not right with him.

[Diarmuid pauses for a moment in thought before continuing.]

I know this might sound weird, but even though he acts so child-like sometimes, I think he is old. Very old. So old that his definitions of right and wrong among other things are different from our own.

And, I can't help but wonder if his jokes and games are a way of hiding. What I am not sure. Lack of understanding? Pain, though he denies that? It could almost be anything.

It would take something of no small amount of power to damage the Grail, obviously. If he is as he says, I'd believe he's unthinkably ancient and possibly unimaginably powerful.

I'd assume if someone was old beyond imagination, he's probably got twisted morals at the very least.

You know more about history than I do. Especially magical history. Do you have any idea who he might be? I am going to guess from your reaction to his class title that information on the 3rd Grail War is lacking?

[Diarmuid pauses and then shakes his head.]

And that is just assuming his 3rd War is the same as ours. It's a big assumption considering how different some of the wars I have heard about are, but I would think the condition of the Grail in our world points to a similar if not the same 3rd War.

I couldn't even begin to guess. 'Avenger' isn't a class title I'm familiar with at all, and I don't know very much of the third war itself. I know it was sometime in the 1930s, the Edelfelt family was involved, and that's more or less the main points of what I know right now.

The Edelfelt family? Are they an important family? They didn't have anyone in the 4th War that I recall.

[He pauses a moment in thought.]

Did something big happen to them at the end of the 3rd War? Is that why they had no representative in the 4th? Or is there something I don't know? Considering how little my master told me about things for the most part, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.

I think they're doing well enough. Luviagelita's their family head right now, and she seems to be doing well as far as I'm aware.

[Waver paused, tapping the pen against his notebook.]

As for the end...I'm not sure a single war's ever been seen to its proper conclusion.

Not even one? But...how can that be?

[Disbelief crosses his face.]

If that is the case, how do they even know that the Grail can grant wishes?

I said I wasn't sure, not that I knew it for a fact. It's entirely possible the ritual was constructed with that and several other purposes in mind, but some concepts just don't work out when put into practice.

There's more to the Holy Grail War than I expect any Servants would know. Even I only understand so much behind it--to start with, it's a ritual to recover the secrets of Third Magic and to reach Akasha. While I wouldn't doubt that in theory it should have been able to grant some form of wish, that would probably have been a distant secondary purpose.

And more than any one magus knows from what I can tell.

[Diarmuid sighs and shakes his head.]

The sad part is even that would be a better goal than the one my master had. As far as I can tell, all he wanted was to prove how great and glorious he was. Well....I guess you are the last person I have to say that to, after all. You know exactly how he was.

You and I, unfortunately, know that better than most. The short version of it is that only a complete idiot like Kayneth or myself would get into it for no good reason.

[Waver sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose to ward off what was sure to be an incoming tension headache. This just got more and more insane, didn't it?]

I wonder if Luviagelita would know more about the Third War...when all this mess is over I'll have to see if I can talk to her about it.

[Diarmuid gives him a hard look.]

Don't put yourself on the same level as him. You are a completely different person and one who was still growing at the time. He had no excuse. He should have known better.

Would she really help you? I didn't think magi helped each other like that especially when it might hurt their family name.

All the same, getting involved in something I knew nothing about was a terrible idea. It was only dumb luck that it turned out well for me.

[Dismissive as ever.]

Hard to say. I doubt she'd be very helpful, but it couldn't hurt to ask. Luviagelita's a little...eccentric.

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