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ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴅᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴏғ ʜᴀᴅʀɪᴇʟ ([personal profile] hadrielmods) wrote in [community profile] hadriel_logs2016-06-25 10:10 am

Event Log: Regret This

Who: Everyone!
What: The Regret This event
Where: Throughout the city
When: June 25th-July 3rd
Warnings: Sorrow is resurrected, and everyone is immediately full of regrets


Hope has finally managed another god resurrection, and the people have spoken! On June 25th, he musters his powers and brings Sorrow back to Hadriel. An orchard appears across the river, in the until now ruined part of the city, and Sorrow's temple is also restored. Hooray! One more god to make things a little more livable in this place.

Of course, it's not that easy. It never is. Along with Sorrow himself comes a wave of regret and guilt that blankets the city. All those affected will be inclined to not only be sad, but to linger over past regrets and things they feel guilty about. They can distract themselves with everyday tasks or whatever else they please, but they'll find that their thoughts drift back to these regrets regardless of what they do.

And of course, the best way to purge a guilty conscience is confession, right? On top of these persistent sad thoughts, people will feel the urge to tell others about them, to air their past mistakes or misdeeds and possibly receive some kind of forgiveness. So what if your neighbor doesn't care that you cheated on your final exams all through school? You have to tell someone, and they're right there. If it doesn't make you feel better, that probably means you haven't confessed to enough people yet, or maybe you just haven't found the right person. Better try again!

On July 3rd, Sorrow has settled in and this urge to confess your sins will die down, along with the constant regret. Let's hope you didn't confess anything too personal. Remember, you're gonna have to see some of these people every day.

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closerift: (gone you know)

[personal profile] closerift 2016-08-05 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She doesn't like it, either, so she keeps from expanding on her own Sorrow-given regrets. ]

Well, I'm still me, too. [ She teases lightly. ] They haven't gotten to you, though? Maybe you're beyond their influence.

[ Wouldn't that be a boon, if it were true... ]
fadeling: (Default)

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-08-07 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know. Maybe I'm too small to notice.
closerift: (speak to the ocean)

[personal profile] closerift 2016-08-09 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think you are. [ Least of all because he's making himself sound unimportant, and she's having none of that. ] But... you may be able to get a jump on them that the rest of us can't really do.
fadeling: (Shine)

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-08-09 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. I don't know yet. I might like being small better.
closerift: (Default)

[personal profile] closerift 2016-08-15 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you might be smaller or larger, depending on the day. [ Depending on how he chooses to reveal himself to people... or not to do so. ]
fadeling: (Shine)

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-08-16 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes. Small is silent and large is loud. Some helps more than others.
closerift: (gone you know)

[personal profile] closerift 2016-08-18 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Cecily watches him, chewing briefly on her lip. ]

... Do you think the fruit here is all right? [ She asks finally, turning her attention to it. Better to focus on the physical and the literal rather than the guilt that still prickles, angry, in her mind. ]
fadeling: (Default)

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-08-18 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's an abrupt subject change, but he doesn't even bother to question it. Sometimes not thinking helps too.]

I don't know. I never tried.
closerift: (days are just drops in the river)

[personal profile] closerift 2016-08-23 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think I trust it. [ Cecily concludes, wrinkling her nose. ] I don't want to starve, mind, but I also don't think most of the gods are interested in our health.

[ At the very least, the fruits and vegetables there seem... weird. ]
fadeling: (Found)

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-08-23 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. Did anyone ask them? [That seems like a good thing to do, right?]
closerift: (on a gold morning)

[personal profile] closerift 2016-08-26 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone might have; I don't know. [ She shrugs. ] Can we trust what they say, whatever their answers are?
fadeling: (Default)

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-08-26 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know. We can't know if we don't try.
closerift: (Default)

[personal profile] closerift 2016-08-28 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Fair enough.

[ Roundabout though it is, though it always is, with Cole. ]

Do you like any one of them more than the others?
fadeling: (Hidden)

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-08-28 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know. I don't think so. I'd like them better if they let us leave.
closerift: (young today)

[personal profile] closerift 2016-08-31 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
'Course. [ She agrees. ] But they're not about to do that, are they? Blighted assholes.

[ mumble mumble ]
fadeling: (Fall)

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-08-31 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry. I can't help us home either.
closerift: (gone you know)

want to wrap this up? c:

[personal profile] closerift 2016-09-07 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all right, Cole. [ Cecily is quick to say. ] It's not your responsibility to solve all the world's problems.
fadeling: (Default)

I am good with that!

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-09-07 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
But I should help.
closerift: (speak to the ocean)

[personal profile] closerift 2016-09-15 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
And you do. [ It comes along with a fleeting, almost sad smile. ] More than you know, I think.
fadeling: (Depth)

[personal profile] fadeling 2016-09-16 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
But not enough.