The Sphere OOC

Okay. So here's the thing, this plot got way too intense way too quickly, so I'm dialing it (and the megaplot) back a lot. Don't worry, this isn't like a game closing notice or anything. It's just outlining the end of the plot and the next few months.So here's how the kidnapping/missing plot is going to be resolved in numbered steps.

1. The main culprit is the moss that people have found at a good chunk of the scenes. The moss is something that has seeped in from the ocean bed and it infected the Sphere itself. Annie's been infected with it for most of the time that she's been alive, due to the circumstances surrounding her creation. (She is an android who was created based around the DNA of Max's daughter by someone who was well meaning but doesn't understand humanity. It's why Max hates her so much.)

2. The kidnapped people have been fighting against it without realizing it, and that's why there's the keys and clues and things. Max, Annie and Laurie definitely would not hurt people if they were in their right minds and the moss wasn't trying to control them for an unknown reason.

3. The Sphere itself is sending out the messages to get people to it, that's what the nightmares are. It's trying to get help for itself and the people who are missing.

4. When the rescue party arrives, Annie has a moment of clarity, telling them that they need to burn the source of the moss, the room under the Sphere that smells like a garden. Once the moss is burned, the Sphere itself is fixed.

5. The Sphere reaches out in it's own way saying that its original purpose was corrupted by the moss, but it's trying to get people home. It itself is unsure of the nature of what it was initially doing.

6. People still come in because it's an automatic system they're working on fixing. There's no timeline and people are sent home spontaneously just like before.

7.Memories and nightmares still happen, however memories are offered on a theme so April's is like GUYS DON'T BE HORRIBLE, HAVE GOOD MEMORIES.

8.The June nightmare is silly, which is just the adults getting turned into kids.

This is a time for characters to focus on rebuilding, and events in April will be community sort of ones. The idea here is for the characters to be able to develop some feelings of safety before the rug is pulled out from back under them again. No one here signed on for constant trauma, and I know that's not something I want to do. I freely admit that I screwed up in making this too big with too many moving pieces and I apologize for that. The mega plot isn't done, it's just resting in the background waiting and regrouping.

So plot out what you want to do here, if you want to do the log or whatever! I'll happily answer questions about things and everything else.