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Nov 2023

Bah the authorities told us there's a chance of power outage in my area tonight so in RL thinking of practicing harmonium (a small organ used in North Indian Classical music) till I fall asleep.

So what will your OC's do in power outage situation that happens at night?
OCs of all time periods welcome
(Imagine some don't know what electricity and could teach our modern OCs a thing or two lol)

Here's my boys
(Going by Pre April 5th when their powers didn't awaken yet)

Owen-

1) Poor lil guy would be bored out of his mind, use his mobile to play some games till his phone dies.
2) Try to make a vlog or 'creepy movie' on his camera till his camera dies. :video_camera:
3) Then go follow along with whatever his parents are doing till he falls asleep.

Evan-

1) Play acoustic guitar & make up songs :guitar:
2) Might have a hook up for the night
3) or randomly end up at some stoner party

Xun

1) Practice martial arts and strength training (former assassin, with training in both Kung Fu and MMA)
2) Neighborhood watch- walk around and check on his neighbors to see if they need assistance
3) As someone who enjoys camping and outdoors, he has handy gadgets around and may even sleep out in a tent to embrace the ambience :tent:
4) (If he met Evan at the time) he'll invite him over to practice parkour and martial arts with him
(His way of trying to keep Evan out of trouble)

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Jethuun will be in his element since he doesn't have any eyes. He sees though smells and sounds.

Dante, in his early game, would manage, but be significantly slowed down since he works with robotics.

Blue Fedora Keeps a billion gadgets on her person. She's probably got a flashlight, but she may forget it a la Wallace from Wallace and Gromit. :joy:

Otto would just sit in the darkness til power comes back.

I hope you either keep your power or have fun practicing harmonium in the dark!

While my characters don't have access to electricity, anyway, I'll pretend all the lanterns/torches/other sources of light just went out and they don't have any way to light them again (somehow).

Volshebniks can train their ability to see better in the dark, but a lot of them don't since they're rich and spoiled and don't spend a lot of time in the dark wilderness.

Iyu, having never even considered spending his time studying this, would decide that it is of the utmost importance that he learn how to see in the dark right now. He might actually pull it off, but he would annoy everyone around him doing it and find a way to commit several acts of heresy in the process.

Sanya probably already knows how to do it because he's the type of guy who studies in his spare time. He would tell Iyu to pray about it, but Iyu wouldn't listen despite the fact that Sanya is better than he is at everything and he knows it.

Dasha would try to bully everyone into blindly hunting for the source of the blackout so they could beat that person up.

Semchik would assume that Iyu was the source of the blackout, but it's a tossup as to whether he'd share that suspicion with Dasha or just see it as an excellent excuse to go to bed early and avoid having to deal with everyone else entirely.

The knyazes would immediately start plotting how they could use this to drum up hatred against an outgroup in order to expand their territory and resources.

Funny question: I’ve gone extended periods without power. After hurricane Fiona in 2022 I had no power for thirteen days.

…But I’m a resourceful son of a bitch. I built my own house including the wiring, so I wired it for a generator. I burned through over $600 in gas during the Fiona outage, but I had power. I also installed a battery back up for my fibre op modem so even during brief outages my wi-fi stays active.

Between the generator and the fact that my devices are all battery powered (laptop, iPad, iPhone, etc) it’s pretty much business as usual. Even if everything went dead I’d just read a book.

What does this have to do with my OC? Simple: in Wild Nights, Hot and Crazy Days, my OC is me.

Deacon, in Finding Daecon’s Way, has similar mechanical skills to my own, so he’d cope the same way. He’s not much of a reader though, so he’d probably just go out and hit the bars if things went truly dark at home.

In the neighborhood where I live, it is almost customary for there to be power outages for long periods. In recent months it is not so frequent.

Regarding my characters,... this will be out of context but, well, two of my four characters, Lester and Victor, are a couple so I'll leave this to the imagination, :sweat_smile:🤣 regarding Benxamin, Victor's twin brother, he would die of boredom, he is not a technology addict but it is not that he is one of those who do nothing.
Marcel, well maybe he would go to sleep, the poor guy works a lot.

For Astra, she would be just fine since she has her magic and most of her hobbies don't involve electronics anyway.

For Psychoborg, it would be a pretty bad time because he's a cyborg who tinkers. Unless some of his items are battery poweres (most are not), he would be bored and just counting down the minutes until the power comes back on.

Interesting question! My characters are not as interesting, lol!

Alec Tryon (CEO/farmer/Boomer combo): would light some candles and continue working/reading/something he deems 'productive' until he goes to bed--whenever that is...
Luke Tryon: Panic - if phone is almost dead, or continue sleeping. No other options to occupy him.
Aldi: Secretly a prepper, has spare batteries and a solar charger always on hand. But it's an old USB, only works on her 8 year old phone (she is like me, lol! Upgrades are for hive-minds, XD)
Carl: would continue to do chores at night. He thinks he can see in the dark. The bumps and bruises on his legs prove it.

My chickens don't use electricity (they somehow know how to use fire, so candles, coals, wood, any natural source of fuel)
Friar would probably continue what he does at nights, scribbling on his scrolls.
Bucky actually sleeps outside now, so he's none the wiser XD
Gallus (the top cock) might be concerned of his nightly patrols, but he'll keep on patrolling until the dawn.

Note to future self: This would be a fun idea to put in a future episode (centered on the humans, cause the chickens would be fine...unless there's a tornado/flood...)

https://tapas.io/series/friar-chicken

Interesting question!! I'll do the Rodriguez brothers from my comic:

Bobbie (left) is afraid of the dark, and his deafness makes it even more difficult to cope with it as he can't lipread or see someone signing to him. So he'd have a flashlight at all times.

David (right) knows his brother doesn't like the dark, so he'd try to keep the house as well-lit as possible with candles/flashlights too. He'd probably suggest they play cards or a board game to pass the time.

Fourthly Puzzled
Tina, Georgia, and Andy would either listen to music or play games on their phones, or just play a board game or two together, as for Rachael she would just stay in her room, smoke, or just go out to see her friends til the power goes back on.




Human Yet Hybrid
For Edwina, Ida, Preston, and Tobar, I don't think it'll be that much of a problem as they got some magic by their side and would have a little fun with it anyway, besides the world they live in doesn't have much tech to it.




ok so mine is a fantasy universe, but in a similar situation:
Henry is the only one pulling out a lantern and improvising ways to keep working, either reading, writing, whatever.
Larry, Spring and Autumn wouldn't give a damn since they all have night vision, Spring and Autumn might mock Henry for not being able to see in the dark.

My main OC is a 'Being' born in the Underworld (not christian hell) so shes accustomed to low light or complete darkness. She melds within the actual shadows too. Being a fire type she could make her own light if she wanted to. At her home she would probally nap, or read a book or work on her journals by flame light or one of the fireplaces, if there was no power.

Blue Fedora finally finds the flashlight only to hear Otto cussing in German as he falls down the stairs. :joy:

Okay I’ve got the definition of words I kind of understand why this question going I am broke my heart a character turns to lose a pound during the daytime if it was during night time she would do experiments the hell is that why she’s lost her power but it will be very concerning with some other people not trying to give it away but if she’s going out like party and stuff I think she’ll be like oh look at this and just be like tried to do it and nothing comes out in everyone’s life where are you guys doing then what I think you have like a soul crushing episode because if like that has gone during the night time and it might mean her powers are fading and be like noo . However, I think she would enjoy not having the migraines anymore and feel like that’s a bonus from losing it but if she was on a mission, then that would be disastrous

However, if it was just like a normal power outage night like the lights went off or something like that then it really wouldn’t affect her that much, because of reasons however, I think she would just try and comfort her brother a little bit more because she understands that he can’t see in the dark and be like go there go there and go there to help him get around, but she also might just troll the Everloving hell out of him ending him up in a lot of funny situations like him just banging into things and she is just Just sat in the corner going no to your left to you left and he would move in something and then knock something over and just be like this is so funny

I feeling like chrisas morning here with all these sweet comments. Gonna read them now :+1::smiley:

@WorldBreakerNovels Jethunn always has me curious on these prompts, that awesome his amplified smells and hearing, not to forget he'll eat any problems at bay eg. The broken toilet XD Dante would be relatable to all us artists here lol - slowed down on our projects, a man like him seems like he'd have gadgets lying around too :+1::robot::bulb:

@abigaillmartin leave it to your Victorian era Ocs to teach our modern era Ocs a tging or two :+1:yep no electricity= just another day in their lives :candle:🤣

@king-goldfish thabks my friend :pray:, had the harmonium all layed out and then plot twist, i end up chatting with my mom mostly XD
Thats a clever scenario with the lantern and torches gone
Vloshebniks sound like they got to get in touch with their basic senses once more, just lile us humans who got carried away by mordern tech.
Lol @ Iyu and his heresy and Sanya sounds smart. Hopefully Someone doesent point the wrong finger on another under Dasha's watch too = lol literally Semchik trying to catch some early Zs XD And The Knyazes totes opportunistic. So cool experiencimg a fractions/overshadowing war from these.

@pjthetoonaddict lol havent heard of Wallace and Gromit in years think i saw that as a lil kid. Yep Blu Fedora sounds super handy to hang with until you have to mayb help her find it XD
Otto sound very chill, admire his level of patience XD he sound like one of my uncles in that scenario lol
Also love the drawings, good job! Feel like i wake up to christmas gifts here XD Blue even got screws in her coat, and the drawing of Otto made you description 10 times funnier XD glowing eyes n all lol

Brb gonna read tgrough everyones jn

Talia: Falls asleep, since it would be too dark to do anything else (ex: uni coursework, reading) and she doesn’t have other options for light sources (especially candles, considering she’s terrified of fire). I really don’t think she’d care for that long about the power outage.
Caster: Lights a candle and sits in silence by himself. Ends up ruminating for too long on past memories. Now he’s sad again. :((
Melissa: She’s probably the only one who does something that’s legitimately productive. Maybe tries to get work done in the dark. (I feel like she can’t be trusted with a candle and she’s too lazy to grab like flashlights and whatnot, so she’d rather just sit in the dark). Maybe she’s outside anyway until the outage is over.

Well, considering Macai is a firebender, he would easily still be able to see by lighting multiple torches with his white flames. Since he has dated Azula, depending on the time, he could get her to conduct electricity for him and bring power back. Lol, Macai has the cheat code for this scenario.

He can still cook by using his firebending too.

I'm gonna answer this in a "post main story" setting, ie, the big bad has been defeated and the team is now traveling together, going on new adventures.

Say they end in a town with black outs, I gotta say my MC's would likely just end up having sex :sweat_smile:, much to the continued annoyance of their traveling partner.
Though it has to be said that at this point in their relationship they don't need a lot of excuses to explore eachother instead of the world around them :laughing:

Hi there. In the event of a power outage, each of the roommates from Apparent Secrets would do different things to cope.

Iris (human woman) would likely listen to the news or music on her phone to keep from panicking.
Byxx (arch-fiend man) wouldn't care about the dark much, and would likely just sleep until the power came back on.
Khazmine (elf-looking woman) would wait on standby mode for the power to return.
Zayzann (winged bird person) would be a frantic mess, as he doesn't like the dark.

For Lyza, she's always on the road with her brother and driver so, electricity doesn't bother her. However, if she's in a scenario in which she's at a home and a blackout happens, she either sleeps through it or relax on a couch or something. However, if someone barges in and tried to rob her house or try attacking either her brother or her driver... the attacker is fucked. That's the only house in which any thief or whoever tries to get in in a blackout. :stuck_out_tongue:

Elias Would do duting power outbreak

Firstly He'll call Reni To fixed it, But if its an enemy ambush, He'll get his weapons ready, Usually if its power outcasts, He'll likely took nap and rested since tired, Would Cooked instanr foods to past the time
But he'll likely won't like being dark to long so he'll usually keep being around his assistant

Reni
Wouldve fixed the light and find sources, And had to calm Elias Down to make sure he doesn't ambush the neighbors,
-Has backup spare generator, But He does all the work so
-He's been techincally gonna wait till lights go on, So he'll keep on his phone or other stuffs to focus in middle of the night

Checked theyre story here

Plot twist the current went two more times yesterday unnanounced :sob: lol
With current back (Yay!) Excited to read more of your posts

Here's one more frm me-

Issandro-

(Pre Apr 5th/powers & virus inactive) He'll either practice capoeira, strength training or meditate. He'd also see it as an opportunity to train his student(s). He is able to see in dark/sense motion due to his intense training.

@ArtGremlin August brings back childhood memories, glad he has dad to take care of it and he could sit cozy :smiley::+1:

@ThunderChicken i actually remembered u were telling us that in your thread for character cameos, and your diy skills too with the generator. The battery backup sounds facinating and much respect building your own house, imagined more costs on the gas burning would be far more insane so still impressive.
And ypure right with the Wifi bec i rem u were in middle of hurricane while talking to us on your thread. Yep thats real admirable and resourceful son of a female dog indeed :smiley: :+1::bulb::muscle:

Yep fan of Wild Nights here so glad to know more abt the Mc a.k.a. you lol :+1: Time to grab flashlight n escape in a book :book:

Also awesome being inspired by your own skills for Deacon too, i know a few ppl in RL who would hit the bars like Deacon. Id prolly just stay home similar to you lol

@Emalie ahh sorry to hear friend, yea over here that happend a few times last year, was the 1st time they gave a warning b4 cutting it. But then it went again yesterday with no warning lol.
TG it not so frequent anymore in your neighborhood 🤞
Worst for me is my laptop battery no longer works so was super iffy to do any work yesterday.

Lestor and Victor found some personal enjoyment out of it XD :fire::two_hearts: Evan would be on similar activities with a random guy. Xun would try to distract him with other activities lol

Benxamin is a cool sounding spin on Benjamin. Yea totes relatable, dying of boredom, hopefully the poor guy finds a distraction.
Yep Marcel get that sleep while you can! No ac/fans suck but there is a calming mood to the power outage​:+1:

@MK_Wizard Astra sounds handy indeed, some fire spells sound like they'll do the trick :+1:
Poor Psychoborg hopefully the battery ppwered ones arent as important as the none battery ones 🤞 Maybe Astra's handy magic might bring light into his boredom?

Brb again!

13 days later

*power goes out *
Iris (human): breaks out her trusty 2000 lumen survival flashlight
Zayzann (bird person): dilates his pupils for maximum light intake, still walks into a wall
Byxx (demon): snaps his fingers and ignites a tiny flame in midair that follows his fingers
Khazmine (unknown): produces a long, metallic whip-like metal tentacle from her arm that crackles with electricity for light

26 days later

Eliza would drive her husband up a wall.

If Alicia and Kattar were together at the time they would probably talk in the dark. If they weren't, Alicia would read a book with a flashlight, and Kattar would probably watch videos (on DVDs) until his laptop died, then go to sleep.

NOTHING, coz his mother had the house outfitted with an independent backup generating system that keeps their power going- even if the main grid goes down; she's THAT smart.