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House of Leaves [Modern / Lovecraftian Horror]

Looking forwards to your IC, @DJAtomika :) I'm itching to post again but I'll wait for you (no pressure)!

House of Leaves [Modern / Lovecraftian Horror]

@DJAtomikaCool! Working as expected :)

All the IC's have been superb guys! I'm confident you've all understood the plot and premise :) This'll be fun!

House of Leaves [Modern / Lovecraftian Horror]

@DJAtomikaOf course! When I read the book I always found that the way they always wrote "House" constantly creeped me out. It's odd how such a small, but consistent, change can really make the word stand out and not fit in.

You are sitting in the back of a cop car with the avatar above... (Game)

Excuse me scientist, can you help me?@WilsonTurner

House of Leaves [Modern / Lovecraftian Horror]

@DJAtomikaI never actually considered having people follow that tradition! I'll add the color code to the notes! Purely up to you if you wish to follow.

In the book, House of Leaves, The word "house" is always discolored, or slightly out of line, etc... on odd tradition that I find creepy.

House of Leaves [Modern / Lovecraftian Horror]

First IC is up, everyone.

@Kiroue@Warbozz@DJAtomika@Adalrod

House of Leaves [Modern / Lovecraftian Horror]

“Why did god create a dual universe?
So he might say
‘Be not like me. I am alone.'
And it might be heard.”

September 4th, 2015

Emptiness loomed over his mind like the moon over a night-lit landscape; in a similar way, Max felt the void was watching him like the Lunar surface watched the earth, creeping towards him at an unnoticeable yet undeniable pace. A dark wall of a sooty coloring edged towards him and just before he thought he'd be entirely engulfed by the emptiness- he woke up. Snoring could be heard from through the wall behind him. His bed sheets were damp with sweat and his heart was still racing. Even though he had woken up, Max was unable to shake the unsettling feeling that he was still being watched - but by what? His night terror consisted of one thing, or perhaps the lack of one thing: nothing. In the literal sense of the word, indeed, Max felt scared of not a single thing - and that's not to say that he wasn't scared; the exact opposite in-fact! Max was scared by the realization of nothing; non-existence; space; the void. Max remained bewildered and, even though awake, his brain continued to fire neurons in a desperate attempt to alert him to the situation that was to be feared! Nothing.

In the flat's shared kitchen he leaned against the worktop and sipped on a mug of tea. He resented the fact that humans forget up to 95% of dreams ten minutes after waking up, in that his dream remained in the 5% that he would never forget. He turned to pull the leaver on the toaster and - oddly - the toaster was out of reach. The thought didn't cross his mind that perhaps the toaster had moved - instead he quickly concluded that he was standing too far away, as anyone would have, and stepped closer.

Max returned to his bedroom still groggy. A hangover worthy of competitive drinkers remained wrapped around his mind and body like the flu. His clock beeped twice in quick succession, flashing the numbers 11:00 on the screen. A man shouted outside the window on the street below and cars drove slowly past. Having failed to finish his toast he lay down and returned to his sleeping state.

The House

The house has changed minimally throughout the night. Walls are a little bit larger - or perhaps a little smaller. Only people who actively measured the walls would appreciate that they've indeed changed in size overnight. The change would remain largely unnoted aside from a very mild confusion that people may face when they realize that their alarm clock is suddenly out of reach - or that their bedroom door looks almost as if it's changed shape.

House of Leaves [Modern / Lovecraftian Horror]

With 5 characters currently up, we'll jump into IC in the next couple of hours. No rotor for posting (but don't hog the space!).

Just be warned, if you don't post regularly you will miss out on content, and will need to read up on what you missed.

Updates you should all be aware of: Lore has been added and updates to the Rules are on the way for the next 30 minutes or so! Please be up to date so we're all on the same page.

House of Leaves [Modern / Lovecraftian Horror]

@WarbozzLooks good! Feel free to put it in the character section!

House of Leaves [Modern / Lovecraftian Horror]

@Warbozz The writing is all in English. We just have to imagine our characters are Swedish. But, if you'd like to create a Finnish character that studied in Sweden, feel free!