TIMELINE
» TIMELINE
A lot of things are going on in discedo, and it's all too easy to miss something if you go on hiatus, or get completely lost if you're a newcomer. Never fear, this post is here to help! Underneath the cut, you'll find a brief summary of the plot events (and then some) that have occurred from the start of Discedo up until now, so if you've missed something, it's a little easier to catch up.
2000
???;
Discedo's lowest crime rate reached this year.
Grand Opening of North Star Superstore - "It's super!"
Nathan Trevor commits suicide.
Strange outbreak of a deadly virus in the subway. The subway is closed, and built over.
2007
November
26th; "Looks like rain." The first occurrence of acid rain in Discedo.
December
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th; "Don't forget about your umbrellas ♥" On these dates, the clouds rained acid rain. The closer to the 24th it got, the less acidic the water became.
4th; "And who knows, maybe we'll see some rainbows this time around~" A bucket of clean water was provided for characters.
8th; Hospital files describing a virus are found. They’re dated six to three years back.
11th; "Curious eyes, that know no better than you or me." A bonito fish was given to characters to eat or keep, though the conditions of the city caused the fish to eventually die after two weeks.
17th; "They'll rise above and bring their wrath and pain upon the earth" Large chimeras traveled from the sewers to the city’s surface and attacked characters, though some chimeras were more docile in nature than the others.
25th; "Watch your heads, darlings" Ice coated the surface, making the ground slick and power lines so heavy that they snapped.
31st; Rainwater becomes clean
2008
January
5th; A diary page from a mysterious “Daniel Wallace” is found. He seemed to be linked to the city’s past, being a former police officer.
Over the days, more hints were found, left by the same Daniel Wallace throughout the city, hinting towards a key, perhaps a key to the persistently locked door in the Police Station.
[Scientists’ POV: One of the scientists, Avani, begins acting strangely once a case file involving the murder of Horace Jacobs is discovered. The other scientists begin to suspect her involvement in that case.]
22nd; The key is used to open the door in the Police Station’s Storeroom. Daniel Wallace was found inside, already broken and insane, but he quickly escaped. However, in his haste, he dropped a virus sample that he had stolen from the hospital.
This virus, the Atropos virus, later revealed to be the very same virus that wiped out the former residents of Discedo, spreads once again throughout the city. The scientists reorganize their labs and begin creating a cure.
February
3rd; Daniel Wallace dies.
4th; The scientists successfully complete a cure for the Atropos virus. The cure is distributed to the city’s current residents.
[Scientists’ POV: Avani admits to killing Horace Jacobs and torturing Daniel Wallace during his stay at the hospital. She is quickly disposed of, never to return.]
5th; The first of the chips implanted by the scientists is taken out.
14th; The clouds have lifted to show bright blue skies. Two moons are visible in the starry night.
27th; Ace's machine malfunctions. Residents of Discedo get treated to a few familiar items from home.
March
23rd; Easter eggs are spread out all over Discedo. Accompanying them are rabbits- normal and rabid alike.
30th; Ace's secret project comes to light: the creation of hearts for those that have none.
April
9th-11th; Reavers attack the city and leave things in worse ruins than before. In the aftermath, people struggle to redo everything that they'd worked on.
22nd; Roaring can be heard from the sewers underneath the city. But even when investigated, nothing unusual is found. For the moment.
24th onwards; constant, steady rainfall begins in the city, and continues for a month.
May
10th; The scientists are attacked by a strange creature in the sewers. Phineas is hurt, but recovers.
14th; Large chimeras emerge from the sewers again and attack Discedo's residents, before retreating. Similar to the event back in December, large chimeras (refer to the [monster list]) will emerge from the sewers to wander around the streets of Discedo again sometime on the morning of the 14th. Though their numbers are lesser than back in December, the difference is that all of them will attack your characters this time. There also seems to be a quantity of Cerberus type chimera this time. By midnight, they will retreat back into the sewers like before. An example of the Cerberus chimera can be found here.
21st; A mysterious John Summers finds the old device left behind by Daniel Wallace prior to his death, revealed by the persistent rain.
24th; The seemingly never ending rain finally ceases. The lake is filled up with water.
25th; FOURTH WALL BREAK. Not an IC event (obviously). Details [here].
June
1st; The chip's initial locations have been moved. For now, this remains a secret.
9th; An earthquake hits the city, and minor damage is sustained due to it. Nothing more is made of it, until later. Unannounced by the scientists.
25th; A monstrous roar sounds from below the city, and a small quake hits shortly afterwards. Several explosions shake up Discedo this morning, seemingly coming from ground up. A number of buildings are severely damaged, some beyond repair. The top three floors of the Marshall Street Apartments have fallen off the building entirely. Large Chimeras return for one more try at the surface.
Along Lander Boulevard, near Horizon Park, someone carved (or clawed?) a message into the pavement
"GET OUT OF MY TOWN"
A group of ten people are chased into the sewers, and stay down there for several days. They find a number of unusual objects while they're down there.
26th; In the early morning, there's a shadow of a man by the hospital. It's impossible to catch up with him, but it also seems he's impossibly strong - he shoves the doors wide open so much that they refuse to close, and the hospital's monsters come out to play.
Until the 28th, the characters that die don't wake up in the hospital.
Chimeras destroy some of the solar panels on Latimir and the Police Station. A fire also completely destroys the auto shop at the high school.
A group of eight people set out into the hospital, but all get trapped inside - someone closed the doors on them, and twisted the handles into pretzels. There are a number of new clues in the hospital, too.
Two Regenerators attack the Subway team.
27th; Those trapped in the hospital can now access the basement level, after hearing strange noises coming from the vicinity of the staircase. Carolyn Wallace’s employment in the hospital is revealed. She was searching for her husband, Daniel. Archives are found and are stuffed with boxes of notes on various experiments and their results. A majority of these notes focus on something called the "Atropos virus". "Chimera", "mutation", "fish", and a general feeling of professionally bottled-up failure and hopelessness seem to be a theme in some of these.
Characters find that their communication devices' security system disabled itself. Also, characters who still have their chips in their bodies suddenly start to experience occasional "mood swings" at this point. It seems there was a glitch in the system.
[Scientists’ POV: Technical difficulties, and a blackout for them.]
28th; Those trapped in the hospital find a hole in the floor of one of the patient rooms, leading into the sewer. Those killed begin to revive in the hospital once more, and the monsters that inhabited it previously return. It seems no more Large Chimeras are left.
[Scientists’ POV: Power restored, but someone goes missing…]
July
4th; Another of Ace's item rains. Characters, as usual, can receive one or two small items from home due to her machine malfunctioning.
7th; The security of devices and the chips’ stability is restored to normal.
9th; Javaid hints that a "chameleon has stolen a little bird straight out of the nest".
August
4th; Any character with a connection to spirits/ghosts/that sort of thing will suffer from headaches.
5th, 6th; "Back in the good, old days" First appearance by a ghost with no feet, in the subway. He tried to steal others’ feet and shoes, but now seems to content himself with ranting of the “good, old days.”
30th Lasting three days, a group of characters travel past the forest towards the mountains. There, an abandoned ranch is found. Further along, empty camp sites are around the base of the mountains. Further still down the mountain path, there is a steep canyon. There was once a bridge that went across, but all that remains are pieces of both sides--the middle has been taken out by what seems to be a bombing. What's left of the bridge lays at the bottom of the drop, along with several dark figures running around.
September
11th, 12th; "How curious indeed" A strange mist envelopes the city. All of the inhabitants of Discedo are forced to tell either the truth, or complete lies for the entire span of the event.
17th; John Summers communicates with Discedo once again.
24th; Subway ghost's feet are restored; reveals secret passageway into the underground.
26th; Scientists allow characters to navigate underground until reaching the mountains. In the mountain lie the suburbs of Discedo.
28th; John Summers dies. Lolita rescued.
29th; "Power blocker" goes up. All characters' powers are repressed, regardless of having a chip or not.
October
2nd; Item rain
6th; Earthquake
17th~19th; A glitch in the system.
29th~31st; Halloween event!
November
1st; Power block shuts off.
2nd; An orbiting satellite crashes onto city hall, unleashing the monsters inside. Heaven Smile run rampant. Refer to the monster list for detail.
5th; Heaven Smile are all eliminated. Security for all communication devices fail.
12th; Channel 8 News... makes their debut?
16th~17th; FOURTH WALL BREAK. Not an IC event (obviously).
19th; Security is restored for all communication devices. The electric fence surrounding the lake goes down. The lake and its water are safe to drink and swim in, but no creatures inhabit it any longer...
December
7th~ Mistletoe!
17th~ It begins to snow in Discedo. Also, christmas crackers!
24th; Christmas crackers cont'd And gifts!
30th; Mistletoe disappears.
31st; All Christmas festive things that are still around will be completely gone. Outfits, trees-- whatever's still left! And starting at 6pm, a version of Auld Lang Syne will start playing in your character's native tongue.
2009
January
1st; Fireworks! And... [more details]
11th; The dormant satellite suddenly activates. Now the satellite has been activated again, the keypad has lit up, and on the screen flashes... a code. [More details]
13th; [Scientists’ POV: Lolita regains eyesight.]
14th; Satellite explodes. Infection of GUILT. [More details]
15th; Phineas is murdered.
16th; Isopods. [More details]
23rd; Miriama (insinuo) breaks a gas line. [more details]
26th; Wind picks up in the area for the day.
29th; Acid rain. Miriama is seriously injured.
31st; "Others are alive. And I don't mean you. I mean the natural residents. Have fun with that one! Oh, I wonder what your precious scientists are going to try and say to cover this one up." Miriama dies.
February
13th; Lies & Truth event. [details]
14th; Valentine's. [details]
25th, 26th, 27th; Erase the noise. [Player event. Details.]
March
[Scientists' POV: Holden and Grendel arrive, presumably sent by Ace and Javaid, who have left the city, unknown to characters in the city.]
April
5th; Holden first communicates over the network.
6th; Grendel follows shortly thereafter.
16th; Another item rain, but this one isn't quite ordinary. [Monsters arrive along with possessions. Details.]
23rd, 24th, 25th; Ghosts begin appearing throughout the city. [Details.]
26th, Messages appear throughout town. Some are left for specific people.
Two groups of people leave the city, arriving at a prison camp in Dissimulo. While they are exploring the ruins, they are attacked and all but two are brutally killed.
Meanwhile in the city, another group is led by clues left by Lolita into a secret lab in the Industrial District. There they find the device that has malfunctioned and triggered the ghostly sightings; in turning it off, the ghosts slowly begin to disappear.
27th-29th; A few item findings.
May
16th, 17th; Another 4th wall event. Characters may remember that something strange happened, but not what. Naturally, not game canon.
July
7th-15th; Earthquakes and strange weather. Unbeknownst to the citizens, a volcano has erupted far, far from Discedo, but they still feel the effects. The earthquake levels the top floor of the Latimir apartments and causes the rubble blocking the museum to shift, opening its doors for the first time.
For the entireity of July and August, many people who attempt to have their chips removed suffer from a severe infection and die.
[Scientists' POV: Hollisland. Unexpected.]
17th-24th; Ash rains from the sky, an after-effect of the volcano eruption.
26th-31st; The ash lets up, but in its place is a prolonged fall of acid rain.
August
Full month; The strange weather continues, this time bringing snow.
September
8th-14th; A strange fog settles over the city. Citizens find themselves oddly displaced, paranoid, even coming across dead monsters from time to time.
[Scientists' POV: just like old stories.]
15th-17th; From out of the fog come redeads and zombie nurses.
October
5th; One group of people leaves the city, discovering Dissimulo's subway line.
12th; A second group of people leave the city, revisiting the prison camp from April. Lolita leaves the city and meets up with the second group.
[Scientists' POV: Easy, perhaps, but not inconsequential.]
14th; Chipped characters begin to experience extreme paranoia and violence for a total of two days.
[Scientists' POV: Lolita returns, but not empty-handed.]
31st; Halloween festivities, and strange screams in the night.
November
16th, 17th; 4th wall: Characters may remember that something strange happened, but not what. Not game canon.
[Scientists' POV: Consistent in evil.]
December
1st-8th; Journal filters stop working.
[Scientists' POV: namesakes]
16th; Q arrives in Discedo.
17th; Several characters work together to save the mysterious Q from the forest.
18th; Mistletoe returns to Discedo.
[Scientists' POV: meaningless words.]
24th; The mistletoe disappears.
25th; Residents of the city receive strange plants from an unknown source. These plants seem to grow up reflecting their owners' personalities...
2010
January
12th; Item rain. Characters receive keepsakes from home.
17th; Five youma are brought to Discedo. They consume five characters and disguise themselves as those characters, blending in as best they can to prey on the people of the city. All five are eventually killed.
21st; The weather and supplies in Discedo begin to rapidly deteriorate.
February
[Scientists' POV: Complications. Lolita is shot by Green.]
6th-10th; A blizzard isolates the residents of Discedo, completely depleats supplies, damages most liveable buildings in the city and injures or kills people within the city.
16th; Supplies are finally being restocked as usual.