PLAYER PLOT POST: Mask of Fear

[nohproblem]

Hello, Empatheias! I'm looking for some help kicking off a player plot! In short: Kokoro is going to lose a mask.

The Setup
This is the main part I need help with! I can think of a few ways that she could lose a mask:

1. Somebody steals it! This would be a good way to involve another player, if anyone's inclined to steal personal property from strangers.
2. The mask gets knocked away during a casual duel (probably with one of the other touhous), and she doesn't notice, then someone else picks it up. Both this and the previous one would have interesting implications for the person who ends up with the mask.
3. Some sort of incident winds up with the mask being destroyed. But what kind of incident?

So, that's the part I most need input on - anyone willing to volunteer ideas for how to get the mask and its owner separated.

The Impact
The mask that Kokoro will be losing is the Mask of Fear. Since most of Kokoro's emotion is stored in her masks, this has a number of strange effects. To clarify, all of this is one hundred percent optional - none of this has to affect anyone who isn't interested in playing with it!

• Kokoro's emotions will be somewhat destabilized, so she'll be even weirder than normal.
• Kokoro will be unconsciously draining the missing emotion out of the people around her - in this case, stealing fear. The result will be a chance of random people suddenly feeling like nothing in the world can stop them, and doing things they might otherwise be too afraid to consider. Reckless idiots abound.
• If she gets too desperate, Kokoro may resort to going around trying to scare people in an attempt to stabilize her own emotions.
• If someone else stole or picked up the mask, they might start to feel more nervous and paranoid the longer they hold on to it, as its power of fear radiates through them.

The Resolution
How this ends depends on how it begins! Maybe Kokoro finds the mask again and takes it back (if the holder isn't willing to give it back, be ready for a serious fight). Maybe something happens to scare Kokoro enough that she's able to build a new mask on her own. Whatever happens, I don't plan to go more than maybe two weeks with this.

Anyone interested in playing a part in this? Who wants to take a mask and unintentionally case problems? Reply and let's sort something out!

Comments

[not_good_not_wicked]

Marisa can blast the mask half way across Verens if you want to just get this started and let people freestyle it, since there doesn't seem to be a huge amount of plotting going on in here.

[nohproblem]

Yeah, that's about what I'm thinking at this point - maybe lose it during one of her tournament duels. Against Marisa if they end up fighting, or someone else if not.

[not_good_not_wicked]

After all the trash talking they did there's no way we can let them actually meet in the tournament.

[nohproblem]

Yeah, it would be a crying shame to actually deliver on any of that drama.