A set of papers with scribbled notes in Vira's handwriting (in italics) are included as a general overview of information from Majima's time as commander of FEAR
(Note: This year and any others is included for OOC clarity; it's not the IC year in Deerington)
PEOPLE OF INTEREST
Sodder: The same Sodder who sends letters out to the Sleepers. Can't interact with Sleepers normally(?). Their condition seems tied to Deerington.
Theory: Sodder = person in mountain? Sodder = dreamer?
Sodder may be a young woman, asleep and possibly in a coma or without a body. We believe that she is held in the laboratories on the mountain north of town by Mother superior. She has manifested only once, by accident, very briefly. It appears that we are tied and trapped to her dreams and dreamworld. - VL
The Dog Keeper: Calls the people who woke up in Deerington "Sleepers". Responsible for the three-eyed dogs that deliver messages to Sleepers, including newsletters that have mostly been helpful: warns Sleepers about dangers. During October, sent message asking the Sleepers to bring Sodder back.
Theory: Works for Sodder
Apparently named Doug, according to Peter Parker. If anyone can be argued to consistently be out to protect us, it is probably him, though we know little of his actual motivations. - VL
Mother Superior: A nun in a gas mask. Sedated Sodder? Ran an experiment that shifted Deerington into a blood and monster version of itself in October.
Theory: Sodder's enemy Trying to break free Deerington?? In charge of Lab
Based upon a vision in the Police Headquarters and the statements of the Mayor of Deerington, along with some other suposition, it seems that Mother Superior is probably one of the Wastes, and that the Wastes are indeed the original residents of Deerington. Like the Mayor, however, she has self-will and intelligence and is able to act on her own, where most of the Wastes are still only desperate, scared scavengers.
Her goals, according to the Mayor (who is not to be trusted) are similar to his. Return Deerington to its state before supernatural events began to occur. She is willing to destroy anything and hurt Sodder in any fashion that she can in order to achieve this goal. She has agents who appear to be Christian nuns that she sends out to help enact her will.
A rosary may be used, if she is nearby, to douse for her location. - VL
The Mayor: According to his account, he is Sodder's Father and an ally of Mother Superior in attempting to return Deerington to its natural state. Appeared in August of 2019 through a public announcement to the sleepers. Offered laced food while we were being starved to entice us into lethal games and kill each other. Not to be trusted.
Theory: Probably a Waste without a gas mask. May be a nightmare phantom of Sodder's imagination. May or may not be Sodder's father. Very much an enemy to the sleepers, though far more prone to smiling and lying about his intentions. - VL
TIMELINE
2018
June Masquerade at the Grady Hotel. Sleepers given costumes and invitations, party is more or less normal until midnight. For lack of better word: spooky. At midnight, partygoers slipped into a rusted out version of Deerington. Return was via offering blood to a black deer.
Later in June, bodies of the Wastes with names of the Sleepers written on them found dead and hung throughout town. Monsters with humanlike (zombie?) upper bodies and deerlike lower bodies show up to chase and kill the deer. Staircases appear leading up Mount Rheum.
The third floor and children's ward of Harren Hospital explored. One children's room stands out, and has "WAKE THEM UP" written all over the walls.
July The theme park opens. Attractions range from not dangerous to extremely dangerous, including carnivorous mermaids.
Sleepers explore the Hair of the Dog, the local bar. Discover a second bar accessible from the 'public' version.
August Giant deer walk through Deerington and take out town power lines. The power goes out, but so does the sky. Encounters include replayed memories, a house that loops in on itself, and squid monsters(?). Looks like a couple people learned how to summon up glowing animals made out of light during the blackout. Magic?
Investigation of the Deerington Reservoir reveals that most of the water in Deerington is tainted in at least some way. Highly recommend boiling water before drinking.
September Early Halloween celebration for some reason. Skeletal horses offer rides through Deerington, but some rides go south. At least two Sleepers die when the carriages are attacked by waves and waves of demons(?). A being appears in the sky that stops the attackers. Sodder?
Flu Shots offered to Sleepers.
It was not known at the time, but the flu shots offered in September turned out to be very important. A plague descended months later that the innoculation assisted in immunizing. Unfortunately, not everyone was inoculated. If flu shots are offered again, it is advisable to proceed with caution but likely best to get inoculated just in case. The disease is wore than any ill effects in the short term could be. - VL
October Mother Superior's test.
The moon goes blood red, day disappears, roads turn into rivers of blood, buildings warp. The church is filled with incense that keeps away monsters. Some Sleepers turn into monsters and have to be turned back to normal.
A message from the Dog Keeper tells Sleepers:
LI SteN
ONLy SO MuCH TiME. MUST MAKE ThIS QUiCk
INCeNSE KeePs AWAy tHE BEasTS
MUST FiND 3 (???) TO BrING SoDDeR BaCK
Mayor'S HOuSe
th d or
Y RD DIG
Groups of Sleepers leave to investigate each area. Items are brought back and burned to bring back Sodder(?).
I do miss Majima's insight at times. But, in this, I have been told several accounts that make this event seem far worse than he hints at. Deerington disappeared, to be replaced with a "Nightmare" version of itself. It is September of 2019 when I write this and warnings have been made of visions hinting that it will come again in October. I do not know for sure, and for once I am glad that my own future sight is blinded for now. I would rather not know.
In short, however, the experiment that Mother Superior conducted caused not only pain to Sodder but immediate distress to all sleepers. In its aftermath, this place was turned into a nightmare realm and efforts had to be made to rescue Sodder in some small part from Mother Superior's clutches. Be aware if you read this that October is almost always a very dangerous month in this town. It may very well become a living horror. - VL
November Sodder brought back(?)
Sleepers gradually fall asleep, wake up as doll versions of themselves. Town buildings are turned into doll houses, Sleepers spend month living in tree houses instead.
I personally arrived at this time. We also encountered fungi that were capable of rotting the body while creating a soporific effect in the woods. If you see fungi in the forest, be wary of them, especially if you see them in the snow. Fairies were also sighted at times. Friendly, though they were chill creatures and dangerous for humans to linger around.
Something about the doll boxes we found ourselves in caused several of us to question our reality, and we have been seeing increasing signs that our lives are known of in Sodder's world, but as works of fiction. We are uncertain if this is true, or if it is simply one of this town's wicked games. - VL
December Disturbance at Stacy's. Shoppers go on the warpath trying to secure deals. Angels (???) appear to carol at people's doors and burn their eyes out of their heads. Do not listen to carols.
Mines on Mount Rheum explored, but remains of only one person found. Last words: "We just wanted to get to the other side of the mountain. Then we'd be free."
If attempting to explore mines, be extremely cautious. Fireproof gear and breathing mask recommended, enter via mining carts. Monsters inside.
To be specific on the monsters. They are about knee high, look like lobsters and are especially good at hiding in the dust and ground of the space. They lunge out while people try to collect items, and their claws are extremely sharp. Apparently they are good eating, but I cannot confirm this.
If you find gold inside of the mine, do not pick it up. It will cause you to believe everyone around you is on fire. A single sample is at FEAR HQ for research purposes, but it seems mostly to be an illusion or a recollection and trapped memory of the miners' final moments. Doug, the Dog Keeper, is unwilling to give much further information. - VL
2019
January After some ground quaking, a sinkhole appeared in front of Harren Hospital, emitting a noxious smell. The sinkhole contained a mountain of sewn-together bodies that attacked people who came close and tried to sew them in place. Other monsters included monsters that hunted by sound with long, whiplike tongues and claws, and monsters covered in eyes that 'sang' and could freeze people with a look.
At about the same time as the sinkhole opened, Townspeople began to sicken and the Hospital was quarantined. Strange beings came down from the mountain to offer medical supplies and tents as Sleepers began to fall sick from disease. Though the Dog Keeper sent out messages about a flu that usually wiped out the town, symptoms for Sleepers seemed different from those that affected the Townspeople and included confusion; drying, hardened skin that continued to bleed and peel over time; amnesia; and death.
We lost Majima during the Plague. Nobody has seen him in months, and with him went X'Ruhn, our two leaders at the time in FEAR. The disease continued to plague us for a full two months, devastating the community and claiming many lives. Golems descended from the lab, appearing in flesh to be human but unnatural. Despite reservations for some of us, they granted abilities to two groups: Medics and Explorers. The former were gifted the equipment and ability to synthesize a cure for the plague, while the former were able to get the ingredients:
-The Hair of a Waste -Stone broken off from the tunnel shafts among the undead (Which seemed to carry memories of home. I've retained a sample for study) -Blood from the Deer in town
Synthesis was not easy, but it did work, and caused a diseased creature to be expelled from the sick which then had to be destroyed. By March, the effects of the plague were wearing off. - VL
QUESTIONS
Can I leave? So far: no, not on purpose. Previous attempts to walk out of town have resulted in hallucinating, paranoia, losing your sense of time, amnesia, and bleeding internally.
People do disappear sometimes, but since no one's come back and told us what they saw, it's impossible to know for sure whether they left or something else happened. According to Sodder, people who disappear from Deerington 'wake up' from the dream.
Individuals have since this time "returned," though they remember very little of their time and departures. We are unsure of what this all means and still investigating. - VL
Are we dead? Unknown. Some of us were in dangerous situations before we showed up in Deerington. What is clear is that you can die in town and return several days later, in a weakened state. Some people report having a deer statue show up in the spot where they died. It's unknown if there's a limited number of times you can come back, or if the effects of dying worsen with each death.
I will include my own individual notes on death in Deerington separately. However, it is increasingly becoming that we are not dead, but rather trapped in a dream-like state. Each time that we die, according to Sodder (taken from the transcript of her conversation with Peter Parker. I trust its authenticity, but I caution anyone reading this to take all such revelations with a grain of salt), our souls become closer and closer to this dream world, until eventually we can no longer escape.
It is believed, at this time, that the Deer in town are former sleepers who died too many times and became trapped in Deerington as its protectors. The chief and most important of these is the Deer Spirit of Ramona Derwin. First of the Sleepers, founder of FEAR before our time and apparently a gifted witch in her own right, Ramona made some form of sacrifice to remain here until this whole situation could be resolved and Sodder, along with the other Deer, rescued. She is a large, powerful deer that is sometimes seen around town and who seems more familiar than the others. - VL
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Physical Notes - Majima Goro
Date: 2019-09-11 03:39 pm (UTC)(Note: This year and any others is included for OOC clarity; it's not the IC year in Deerington)
PEOPLE OF INTEREST
Sodder:
The same Sodder who sends letters out to the Sleepers. Can't interact with Sleepers normally(?). Their condition seems tied to Deerington.
Theory:
Sodder = person in mountain?
Sodder = dreamer?
Sodder may be a young woman, asleep and possibly in a coma or without a body. We believe that she is held in the laboratories on the mountain north of town by Mother superior. She has manifested only once, by accident, very briefly. It appears that we are tied and trapped to her dreams and dreamworld. - VL
The Dog Keeper:
Calls the people who woke up in Deerington "Sleepers". Responsible for the three-eyed dogs that deliver messages to Sleepers, including newsletters that have mostly been helpful: warns Sleepers about dangers. During October, sent message asking the Sleepers to bring Sodder back.
Theory:
Works for Sodder
Apparently named Doug, according to Peter Parker. If anyone can be argued to consistently be out to protect us, it is probably him, though we know little of his actual motivations. - VL
Mother Superior:
A nun in a gas mask. Sedated Sodder? Ran an experiment that shifted Deerington into a blood and monster version of itself in October.
Theory:
Sodder's enemy
Trying to break free Deerington??
In charge of Lab
Based upon a vision in the Police Headquarters and the statements of the Mayor of Deerington, along with some other suposition, it seems that Mother Superior is probably one of the Wastes, and that the Wastes are indeed the original residents of Deerington. Like the Mayor, however, she has self-will and intelligence and is able to act on her own, where most of the Wastes are still only desperate, scared scavengers.
Her goals, according to the Mayor (who is not to be trusted) are similar to his. Return Deerington to its state before supernatural events began to occur. She is willing to destroy anything and hurt Sodder in any fashion that she can in order to achieve this goal. She has agents who appear to be Christian nuns that she sends out to help enact her will.
A rosary may be used, if she is nearby, to douse for her location. - VL
The Mayor:
According to his account, he is Sodder's Father and an ally of Mother Superior in attempting to return Deerington to its natural state. Appeared in August of 2019 through a public announcement to the sleepers. Offered laced food while we were being starved to entice us into lethal games and kill each other. Not to be trusted.
Theory:
Probably a Waste without a gas mask.
May be a nightmare phantom of Sodder's imagination.
May or may not be Sodder's father.
Very much an enemy to the sleepers, though far more prone to smiling and lying about his intentions. - VL
TIMELINE
2018
June
Masquerade at the Grady Hotel. Sleepers given costumes and invitations, party is more or less normal until midnight. For lack of better word: spooky. At midnight, partygoers slipped into a rusted out version of Deerington. Return was via offering blood to a black deer.
Later in June, bodies of the Wastes with names of the Sleepers written on them found dead and hung throughout town. Monsters with humanlike (zombie?) upper bodies and deerlike lower bodies show up to chase and kill the deer. Staircases appear leading up Mount Rheum.
The third floor and children's ward of Harren Hospital explored. One children's room stands out, and has "WAKE THEM UP" written all over the walls.
July
The theme park opens. Attractions range from not dangerous to extremely dangerous, including carnivorous mermaids.
Sleepers explore the Hair of the Dog, the local bar. Discover a second bar accessible from the 'public' version.
August
Giant deer walk through Deerington and take out town power lines. The power goes out, but so does the sky. Encounters include replayed memories, a house that loops in on itself, and squid monsters(?). Looks like a couple people learned how to summon up glowing animals made out of light during the blackout. Magic?
Investigation of the Deerington Reservoir reveals that most of the water in Deerington is tainted in at least some way. Highly recommend boiling water before drinking.
September
Early Halloween celebration for some reason. Skeletal horses offer rides through Deerington, but some rides go south. At least two Sleepers die when the carriages are attacked by waves and waves of demons(?). A being appears in the sky that stops the attackers. Sodder?
Flu Shots offered to Sleepers.
It was not known at the time, but the flu shots offered in September turned out to be very important. A plague descended months later that the innoculation assisted in immunizing. Unfortunately, not everyone was inoculated. If flu shots are offered again, it is advisable to proceed with caution but likely best to get inoculated just in case. The disease is wore than any ill effects in the short term could be. - VL
October
Mother Superior's test.
The moon goes blood red, day disappears, roads turn into rivers of blood, buildings warp. The church is filled with incense that keeps away monsters. Some Sleepers turn into monsters and have to be turned back to normal.
A message from the Dog Keeper tells Sleepers:
LI SteN
ONLy SO MuCH TiME. MUST MAKE ThIS QUiCk
INCeNSE KeePs AWAy tHE BEasTS
MUST FiND 3 (???) TO BrING SoDDeR BaCK
Mayor'S HOuSe
th d or
Y RD DIG
Groups of Sleepers leave to investigate each area. Items are brought back and burned to bring back Sodder(?).
I do miss Majima's insight at times. But, in this, I have been told several accounts that make this event seem far worse than he hints at. Deerington disappeared, to be replaced with a "Nightmare" version of itself. It is September of 2019 when I write this and warnings have been made of visions hinting that it will come again in October. I do not know for sure, and for once I am glad that my own future sight is blinded for now. I would rather not know.
In short, however, the experiment that Mother Superior conducted caused not only pain to Sodder but immediate distress to all sleepers. In its aftermath, this place was turned into a nightmare realm and efforts had to be made to rescue Sodder in some small part from Mother Superior's clutches. Be aware if you read this that October is almost always a very dangerous month in this town. It may very well become a living horror. - VL
November
Sodder brought back(?)
Sleepers gradually fall asleep, wake up as doll versions of themselves. Town buildings are turned into doll houses, Sleepers spend month living in tree houses instead.
I personally arrived at this time. We also encountered fungi that were capable of rotting the body while creating a soporific effect in the woods. If you see fungi in the forest, be wary of them, especially if you see them in the snow. Fairies were also sighted at times. Friendly, though they were chill creatures and dangerous for humans to linger around.
Something about the doll boxes we found ourselves in caused several of us to question our reality, and we have been seeing increasing signs that our lives are known of in Sodder's world, but as works of fiction. We are uncertain if this is true, or if it is simply one of this town's wicked games. - VL
December
Disturbance at Stacy's. Shoppers go on the warpath trying to secure deals. Angels (???) appear to carol at people's doors and burn their eyes out of their heads. Do not listen to carols.
Mines on Mount Rheum explored, but remains of only one person found. Last words: "We just wanted to get to the other side of the mountain. Then we'd be free."
If attempting to explore mines, be extremely cautious. Fireproof gear and breathing mask recommended, enter via mining carts. Monsters inside.
To be specific on the monsters. They are about knee high, look like lobsters and are especially good at hiding in the dust and ground of the space. They lunge out while people try to collect items, and their claws are extremely sharp. Apparently they are good eating, but I cannot confirm this.
If you find gold inside of the mine, do not pick it up. It will cause you to believe everyone around you is on fire. A single sample is at FEAR HQ for research purposes, but it seems mostly to be an illusion or a recollection and trapped memory of the miners' final moments. Doug, the Dog Keeper, is unwilling to give much further information. - VL
2019
January
After some ground quaking, a sinkhole appeared in front of Harren Hospital, emitting a noxious smell. The sinkhole contained a mountain of sewn-together bodies that attacked people who came close and tried to sew them in place. Other monsters included monsters that hunted by sound with long, whiplike tongues and claws, and monsters covered in eyes that 'sang' and could freeze people with a look.
At about the same time as the sinkhole opened, Townspeople began to sicken and the Hospital was quarantined. Strange beings came down from the mountain to offer medical supplies and tents as Sleepers began to fall sick from disease. Though the Dog Keeper sent out messages about a flu that usually wiped out the town, symptoms for Sleepers seemed different from those that affected the Townspeople and included confusion; drying, hardened skin that continued to bleed and peel over time; amnesia; and death.
We lost Majima during the Plague. Nobody has seen him in months, and with him went X'Ruhn, our two leaders at the time in FEAR. The disease continued to plague us for a full two months, devastating the community and claiming many lives. Golems descended from the lab, appearing in flesh to be human but unnatural. Despite reservations for some of us, they granted abilities to two groups: Medics and Explorers. The former were gifted the equipment and ability to synthesize a cure for the plague, while the former were able to get the ingredients:
-The Hair of a Waste
-Stone broken off from the tunnel shafts among the undead (Which seemed to carry memories of home. I've retained a sample for study)
-Blood from the Deer in town
Synthesis was not easy, but it did work, and caused a diseased creature to be expelled from the sick which then had to be destroyed. By March, the effects of the plague were wearing off. - VL
QUESTIONS
Can I leave?
So far: no, not on purpose. Previous attempts to walk out of town have resulted in hallucinating, paranoia, losing your sense of time, amnesia, and bleeding internally.
People do disappear sometimes, but since no one's come back and told us what they saw, it's impossible to know for sure whether they left or something else happened. According to Sodder, people who disappear from Deerington 'wake up' from the dream.
Individuals have since this time "returned," though they remember very little of their time and departures. We are unsure of what this all means and still investigating. - VL
Are we dead?
Unknown. Some of us were in dangerous situations before we showed up in Deerington. What is clear is that you can die in town and return several days later, in a weakened state. Some people report having a deer statue show up in the spot where they died. It's unknown if there's a limited number of times you can come back, or if the effects of dying worsen with each death.
I will include my own individual notes on death in Deerington separately. However, it is increasingly becoming that we are not dead, but rather trapped in a dream-like state. Each time that we die, according to Sodder (taken from the transcript of her conversation with Peter Parker. I trust its authenticity, but I caution anyone reading this to take all such revelations with a grain of salt), our souls become closer and closer to this dream world, until eventually we can no longer escape.
It is believed, at this time, that the Deer in town are former sleepers who died too many times and became trapped in Deerington as its protectors. The chief and most important of these is the Deer Spirit of Ramona Derwin. First of the Sleepers, founder of FEAR before our time and apparently a gifted witch in her own right, Ramona made some form of sacrifice to remain here until this whole situation could be resolved and Sodder, along with the other Deer, rescued. She is a large, powerful deer that is sometimes seen around town and who seems more familiar than the others. - VL