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General Idea: Vander will discover and manufacture several major bank gold vaults deep underground in Manhattan will be βSleep free zonesβ. These areas are completely free of fungal growth or rot of corruption that the city suffers from; they are also free of Host or other creatures that stem from or are controlled by Sleepβs influence/power. These vaults will effectively be safe havens from Sleep and Her power, as granted by Sleep Herself.
The main gold vaults will be the following (discovered & functional in this order): 1) Federal Reserve Bank of New York β 33 Liberty Street 2) JP Morgan Chase β 28 Liberty Street 3) HSBC β 452 Fifth Street 4) Empire State Building β 350 Fifth Avenue 5) Scotia Bank β One North End Avenue 6) 40 Wall Street
The catch is that Vander has negotiated the existence of these zones with Sleep as a way to show the Tokens and Offerings that Sleepβs influence on them and their participation using those gifts are blessings. How? Within those zones, both sides are safe from Sleepβs influence such as monsters and madness and even environmental factors, but they also will slowly loose access to their Token/Offering powers, their tethers, the Murmur. They will gradually be cut off and while safe, they will enter a slow, deepening sense of isolation even in a vault full of others.
In order to encourage Tokens/Offerings to rethink muted or anti-Sleep sentiments, he hopes the isolation will allow them openness to embracing these gifts even if they come with inconveniences. As well, Vander will be utilizing contaminated food and drink to enhance Token/Offeringβs connection to Sleep upon their leaving the Safe Zones. Food & drink provided will be contaminated with his blood and upon leaving the Safe Zone, tethers and power potential improves for a time. These people may even experience a higher inclination to provide blood, sweat and intimacy to be close to Her.
Within the Safe Zones themselves, the proposed timeline for those to endeavor to accept the protection will be: βΉ 0-6 hours β A sense of peaceful safety. This place feels welcoming, like a reprieve from the madness. βΉ 7-12 hours β Itβs quiet, content and even promotes a sleepiness. Encourages in person conversation. Tethers begin to soften, the Murmur is difficult to connect to. A sense of zen. βΉ 12-24 hours β Token/Offering powers fade away; a sense of βnormalβ is experienced as one might have living in their own worlds βΉ 24-48 hours β Tethers are quiet, muted; the Murmur cannot be accessed; no Token/Offering powers. Itβs quiet, almost uncomfortably quiet. A sense of loneliness creeps in. βΉ 48-96 hours β Isolation, loneliness, a complete disconnect from Sleep, the city and the people they care about. The vault could be filled with people and it still feel abundantly lonely, like they are on the outside looking in. βΉ 96+ hours β Depression, paranoia, sensory deprivation, general malaise, complete isolationism.
While Vander is playing his part with finding and furbishing the vaults, his associate, Maria (Silent Hill) will be keeping tabs on who is utilizing the vaults, for how long and may play to encouraging them to utilizing the facilities and the contaminated drink/food inside. She will be gently pursuing and interacting with those with a pro-Sleep mindset while also working to subtly encourage those without one to reconsider their perspective.
Who Would Be Involved? Vander & Maria (Silent Hill) will be the primary proponents who are working on this project together. They are the subtle rallying point to encourage others to lean favourably towards Sleep and appreciating the gifts that they have been provided, including the fact that some of them have no other existence but what Sleep has provided. Donβt bite that hand that feeds you and all that.
Timeframe: The vaults will kick off when Vander makes an initial Murmur post announcing his discovery of the first vault and promoting it as a Safe Zone. After that, it will take him 1 full month (say June) to set up the other vaults. This vaults will continue to be safe haven for anyone that ventures into them for as long as Sleep withdraws Her effects in those zones.
Depending on future events, this Vaults will continue to operate as temporary safe havens, and the contaminated food/drink aspect may or may not remain if other Token/Offerings discover that contamination.
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Vander will discover and manufacture several major bank gold vaults deep underground in Manhattan will be βSleep free zonesβ. These areas are completely free of fungal growth or rot of corruption that the city suffers from; they are also free of Host or other creatures that stem from or are controlled by Sleepβs influence/power. These vaults will effectively be safe havens from Sleep and Her power, as granted by Sleep Herself.
The main gold vaults will be the following (discovered & functional in this order):
1) Federal Reserve Bank of New York β 33 Liberty Street
2) JP Morgan Chase β 28 Liberty Street
3) HSBC β 452 Fifth Street
4) Empire State Building β 350 Fifth Avenue
5) Scotia Bank β One North End Avenue
6) 40 Wall Street
The catch is that Vander has negotiated the existence of these zones with Sleep as a way to show the Tokens and Offerings that Sleepβs influence on them and their participation using those gifts are blessings. How? Within those zones, both sides are safe from Sleepβs influence such as monsters and madness and even environmental factors, but they also will slowly loose access to their Token/Offering powers, their tethers, the Murmur. They will gradually be cut off and while safe, they will enter a slow, deepening sense of isolation even in a vault full of others.
In order to encourage Tokens/Offerings to rethink muted or anti-Sleep sentiments, he hopes the isolation will allow them openness to embracing these gifts even if they come with inconveniences. As well, Vander will be utilizing contaminated food and drink to enhance Token/Offeringβs connection to Sleep upon their leaving the Safe Zones. Food & drink provided will be contaminated with his blood and upon leaving the Safe Zone, tethers and power potential improves for a time. These people may even experience a higher inclination to provide blood, sweat and intimacy to be close to Her.
Within the Safe Zones themselves, the proposed timeline for those to endeavor to accept the protection will be:
βΉ 0-6 hours β A sense of peaceful safety. This place feels welcoming, like a reprieve from the madness.
βΉ 7-12 hours β Itβs quiet, content and even promotes a sleepiness. Encourages in person conversation. Tethers begin to soften, the Murmur is difficult to connect to. A sense of zen.
βΉ 12-24 hours β Token/Offering powers fade away; a sense of βnormalβ is experienced as one might have living in their own worlds
βΉ 24-48 hours β Tethers are quiet, muted; the Murmur cannot be accessed; no Token/Offering powers. Itβs quiet, almost uncomfortably quiet. A sense of loneliness creeps in.
βΉ 48-96 hours β Isolation, loneliness, a complete disconnect from Sleep, the city and the people they care about. The vault could be filled with people and it still feel abundantly lonely, like they are on the outside looking in.
βΉ 96+ hours β Depression, paranoia, sensory deprivation, general malaise, complete isolationism.
While Vander is playing his part with finding and furbishing the vaults, his associate, Maria (Silent Hill) will be keeping tabs on who is utilizing the vaults, for how long and may play to encouraging them to utilizing the facilities and the contaminated drink/food inside. She will be gently pursuing and interacting with those with a pro-Sleep mindset while also working to subtly encourage those without one to reconsider their perspective.
Who Would Be Involved? Vander & Maria (Silent Hill) will be the primary proponents who are working on this project together. They are the subtle rallying point to encourage others to lean favourably towards Sleep and appreciating the gifts that they have been provided, including the fact that some of them have no other existence but what Sleep has provided. Donβt bite that hand that feeds you and all that.
Timeframe: The vaults will kick off when Vander makes an initial Murmur post announcing his discovery of the first vault and promoting it as a Safe Zone. After that, it will take him 1 full month (say June) to set up the other vaults. This vaults will continue to be safe haven for anyone that ventures into them for as long as Sleep withdraws Her effects in those zones.
Depending on future events, this Vaults will continue to operate as temporary safe havens, and the contaminated food/drink aspect may or may not remain if other Token/Offerings discover that contamination.
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