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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I would not be able to say if most know that is it corrupted. But if most are and are not telling the others, than it is terrible for them to do so.

I am sad to say that I do not know any magicians in my universe, so I can't say whether most are prideful or boastful in mine..but if those in yours are like that, than it is quite sad for those around them..and them themselves, sometimes.

[Raphael, sadly, knows all humans have free will and have a lot of choices. It's what they do with those choices that counts, even if they don't think they have many. However, if other humans were limiting the choices others had, than that was a horrible act.]

..If Kariya's options and choices were limited, than his family is quite cruel. Free will and choice is the one true power humans have..to demolish it is to destroy the power humanity has.

[Diarmuid shakes his head, a sad look entering his eyes.]

I don't know how much free will is left in my world. Fate seems to have a much larger hand than free will anymore. Lives repeat. Fates stay the say no matter how one tries to change them.

[Diarmuid reaches up and unconsciously rubs at the center of his chest.]

Or maybe there is more of it than it seems? There are so many different versions of my world out there. So many who have great differences because of the smallest events. Maybe humans still have their choices. It's just us servants--us slaves--who no long get to have that choice.

...

I don't suppose tools are suppose to have choice anyway...

[..Usually Raphael was bad at picking these things up, but even he could see that Diarmuid was a little distressed. So, carefully, he put a hand on the man's shoulder.

For a moment he paused, surprised, even though it didn't show on his face. What in the world was this feeling?]

I..cannot say much about fate in your universe. I know that God plans and works things out sometimes when He has to in my universe, but I cannot say what happens in yours. However..there are many ways of applying free will that people sometimes do not think of..and I think that Servants still have free will in some ways, since you are still human mostly.

Perhaps.

[Diarmuid takes a deep breath and then shakes his head, pushing back those negative thoughts and emotions.]

Lets not talk about such serious things, now though. What have you got there?

[He motions toward the toy in Raphael's hands.]

I do not mind talking about those things..however..

[Raphael looked down at the beaten and battered toy before looking back at Diarmuid. The rain really had gotten to it.]

I don't know, to be honest. I was looking for a book that could tell me what it was, as well as a book on depression to replace the one I lost.

Well, if you need to replace a book, this is the right place to come to. As for the toy...

[Diarmuid reaches out and lightly touches the bear's head. They hadn't had toys like this when he was a boy, but he knows well what they are from the information given to him by the Grail.]

This is a stuffed animal called a teddy bear. They are often given to children to play with and keep them company. But if you don't know what it is, why do you have it?

[Sadly, they didn't have toys like this up in Heaven, and Lucifel had never brought one along to show everyone. It was good that Diarmuid knew, because Raphael was stumped. However..he did understand now why it was in his trunk.]

..I see. So it is given to children to comfort them. To heal them. Interesting. I found it in my trunk, and did not know what it was. When some water leaked in there, due to the weather, I looked inside and found it amongst the items.

[Raphael thinks for a minute before speaking again.]

I know it is battered because of the rain, but it is not a bad toy. Do you know any children who would be healed by having this bear?

[Diarmuid gives the angel an odd look.]

You don't recognize the things that were in your trunk? That is odd. I thought those things were always items very important to that person. Things to help make their stay here easier by giving them something familiar. You really don't recognize them?

[He stops to think for a few moments. He does know a few children, but most of them wouldn't be interested in gift like this.

And Diarmuid's not sure if the younger Sephiroth even knows what toys are.]

There is one girl who I know might like it. Her name is Yotsuba and she is about five years old. It is a terrible thing that she is here without her family. Especially her father as she is very close to him. Something like this might help remind her of those things she left at home.

I recognize some of the items that were in my trunk. However, it seems that the Administrators decided to play a joke on me by putting some things in there that are related to me..but that I would not recognize.

[In short, the Administrators were just messing with people, as usual. Not that Raphael looked upset about the whole thing. Far from it. At the mention of Yotsuba though, Raphael nodded.]

That does sound sad for her. Hopefully she is doing all right here without her family.

[Raphael then held the bear out to Diarmuid.]

If you think this bear will help her, than I entrust it to you.

[Diarmuid looks away, sadness suddenly filling his eyes.]

I would love for her to have it, but it may be best for you to deliver it to her. I...am not the safest person for her to be around right now. I have a curse that activates on occasion here in the tower and it is active right now. I don't know if it can honestly affect one so young, but I would prefer not to risk her safety. She is such a good girl. She reminds me of my own daughter.

A curse?

[Well, this was something that Raphael could help with.]

..While I will do that if I can, if you want, I could try and heal you of the curse. I am Raphael, after all. It may work.

You may try if you wish, but I don't know if it will do much good.

[Diarmuid sounds doubtful, but suddenly pales.]

Please don't take that as an insult. I don't mean that at all. It's just that I have had a good many powerful people attempt to do something with it and they all failed.

[Diarmuid, don't worry. It's near impossible to insult Raphael. As Diarmuid speaks, Raphael stills wears a kind smile.]

It is alright. I'm not insulted. I know that the Administrators can mess with and take with powers..but I would still like to try. Hang on.

[Carefully, Raphael would put a hand on Diarmuid's shoulder, and would instantly glow green. Whether Diarmuid would actually be cured was unknown though.]

[Diarmuid watches Raphael work, but once the angel is done, he feels no different than before. It reminds him of when the younger version of Sephiroth had tried to heal him of his curse.

It looks like they definitely have an answer to if that worked or not now.]

Thank you. I feel no different, but you never know. Honestly, I think the only way I will be free of it is if the administrators decide to let me be so. After all, they are the ones who changed it so it wasn't constantly active in the first place. I don't like being at their mercy, but...

[As the light dimmed down, any other injuries or physical problems Diarmuid had would be healed. His curse, however, would still remain, sadly, and Raphael removed his hand. Even though..oddly enough, he felt that he didn't want to.]

I am sorry that I wasn't able to completely heal you. Hopefully the Administrators will decide to let you be free of it..or hopefully you'll be free of it in some other way. And it is alright..not one likes being changed by them..but there is not much one can do about it right now.

No, no one likes to be forced to do or be something against their will. That is why I feel such guilt when my curse does just that to people. And it is why I cannot risk affecting Yotsuba. It is bad enough to alter the minds of adult, but children as well?

[He pauses to shake his head.]

I simply cannot risk it. And if my curse becomes permanently active again....I will have to find a way to explain to her why I cannot see her again.

It would be terrible..and she would probably deal with the explanation poorly..but what is your curse?

Yes, she is far too young to deal with such complicated topics especially when we as adults don't understand everything.

[Diarmuid pauses, looking away from the angel with shame coloring his face. While his curse had been quiet, he hadn't really found it that hard to speak about it, but now that he is starting to see it in full force again he is reminded of just how terrible it is.]

During my first life, any woman who saw my face fell in love with me. For whatever reason, currently, the curse is making both men and woman fall in love with me. It's a terrible thing, I know, to so blatantly rape their emotions. I wish there was something I could do to control it, but there is not. I don't even know when it is active until the person it has enslaved starts acting oddly toward me...

We may not understand everything..but we do understand some things here, I believe. Not enough though..

[Raphael really needed to stop hanging out in the infirmary 24/7 so that he could get more information, but..that was how he worked most of the time. However..when Raphael heard of that curse, he nodded, agreeing with Diarmuid. While he didn't know much about human emotions, he did know enough about free will to say that the curse Diarmuid had was horrible.

..It did also explain what the emotion Raphael was feeling now was and how it had come so quickly.]

That is a terrible thing..and now you must run and hide, resting when you can, until your curse stops affecting people..if it ever does.

I ran and hide during my first life. If I must do so again, I will.

[Diarmuid takes a deep breath, letting it out slowly after he speaks. It is obvious there is a lot of emotion tied to those two short sentences.]

I will find a way to survive here just like I did back then. I just hope that it doesn't remain like this for long. Not for me, but for those who will be hurt as a result. There is enough fighting in this place without love and jealousy causing even more divisions.

[Well, those sentences reminded him a little of what Enoch had to face on his journey to the Tower..and since he had been hurt, perhaps Diarmuid was too.

Let's see..physical comfort helped Enoch sometimes..so, perhaps, a shoulder pat would help here too. Raphael gave Diarmuid one before replying, his voice kind..and oddly calm.]

I am sure that you will survive..and that this will not last forever. People will go back to how they were soon and apologize in their own ways.

[Diarmuid shakes his head.]

They have no reason to apologize to me. They have done nothing wrong. Their actions are not their own right now. If anything, it is I who should be apologizing to them.

[He pauses as a thought crosses his mind.]

I will have to do that. Somehow...once this is all done.

..That is not what I meant. I meant that they would apologize to each other for any injuries or harsh words thrown at each other during this time.

But..and apology would help them. If you want, I shall help you out.

Thank you, but I would rather do something like that on my own. It is my responsibility, after all.

[He shuts his eyes, shaking his head.]

I would hope they will apologize, but love is a powerful emotion as is jealousy. Who knows if they will see passed it and find forgiveness or not.

[His first master never had, after all.]

Alright then. However, if you change your mind, you need only tell me.

[..It was situations like this were Raphael didn't like the fact that he was a bit new to understanding human empathy and emotions.]

..Hopefully they shall. I am not an expert on human emotion, so I cannot say that they all will..but hopefully they will.

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