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cordibus ([personal profile] cordibus) wrote in [community profile] tornheart2017-07-12 12:45 am

AWAKENING

Who: Everyone
When: Midnight, July 7th
Where: Green Valley School
What: It is time

THE CURTAIN FALLS

Earlier that day, the Navigators' message echo in the minds of Awakened and soon-to-be-Awakened alike.They are being hunted and they need to come together if they are to survive. They must get to the school at all costs...

Perhaps some might think back to horror movies, but for those who chose not to follow the warnings, a feeling of dread will begin to overtake them as the sun goes down until finally they hear an echoing annoyed sigh inside their head.

Seriously, this is not the time to kid around! You want others around you to die? Get going!

If they still chose not to go, they'll quickly find that their muscles are forced to act on their own and they make their way to the school as well with only an hour to spare. The target, a corridor in a wing of the school, is one of many and mostly empty at this time of year. Only a few people move between groups, casting a few confused whispers but ignoring them for the most part.

The phone's countdown continues to tick until the next day. It appears that Luci is still working on getting the network free of whatever is causing this problem for them in the first place, so all they have is the ability to speak to each other telepathically with the help of the Navigators...but perhaps they won't realize that the Navigators can hear everything that they think...and sometimes some thoughts might just leak out...

Whatever's causing this, they'll quickly realize once night falls that we're here. You guys better be prepared...this is it, lambs. Live free or die hard."

It's going to be a long hour inside the corridor.

THE SHADOWS RISE

At exactly 24 hours left to spare on their phone's countdown, all of the lights in the school go out. Anyone who is not Awakened becomes stone statues, unmoving, while the area around them begins to shift and change. The windows shrink to sizes impossible for a human to pass through, cracking as dark mist fills the area around them.

If they walk into the mist, they'll quickly find that they reappear at the end of the corridor, essentially stuck in a loop in a particular area of the school.

They move fast. Looks like they've already trapped you in here...

There’s a terrifying sound of scuttling feet, of a thousand legs moving in the corridors, in the pipes, in the walls and in the ground, as the tiles part like water before they rise above it. In this state, the world doesn't seem to play by the rules, and without the application to give them data, it's impossible to see what's going on...at least until the Shadows reveal themselves.

They look like giant rats, nearly half the size of a full grown human, they are unlike anything they fought before.

I ̧s͢ee ͡you. ̡Í ͢see ̢y͞ơu̕ a̧l̛l̷...̢h̡eh ̵he͞h͠ H͘AHA҉H̨AHA̵HAHA!̨

As their eyes glow in the dark, mist pours from their bodies constantly, causing the area around them to shift and move . The wallpaper begins to move, the portraits on the walls become corpses, and the lockers begin to grow metal teeth, attempting to pull them inside. The ceiling rises until it's impossible to see. If they are pulled in, they will find themselves thrown out in another part of the corridor, from the ceiling to the ground, or out of a portrait into the other wall - anything to give them significant damage. The school is like a giant, living entity that wants them to die...

Awakened will find themselves in their changed clothes, their magical skills and Persona at their fingertips once more.

However, the Shadows’ targets seem to be the Navigators first...Awakened or not, it does not seem to matter. The Shadows will not ignore Combatants should they chose to fight them, but the rats move towards the Navigators and school's lockers will try to grab them to keep them inside. It seems whatever is after them wishes to destroy the only advantage the group has in battle.

When the Shadows speak, they echo together.

W͏h̸y fi̶gh̵t̸?̴ ͡I͢gno͟r̵ąnce͏ i͠s͢ b̷lis̨s.̷.͞.͝so͏o̶n ̶de̢at͝h w͘ill͝ e̶n͏ve͞l͏ope̕ ̶you͘.̸ Do̡ņ'̕t ͘str̵u̢ģg̨l҉e̡.

And the Combatants will soon learn how difficult it is to fight these pests.

[OOC: For this prompt, the Awakened will have access to their skills, and the Unawakened will need to be helped out. Additional notes can be found in the OOC part below]
AWAKENING

Even the Awakened can't continue this fight alone. They've already had many of their numbers disappear lately...they need reinforcements. With the Shadows giving them so much trouble, help is needed.

And so, a voice echoes inside the Combatants. Their hearts begin to glow, and the rats hiss backwards from the light. A voice will echo inside of their head...

The time is now. I am thou, thou art I! Your mind is trapped, but I can set your soul free! My other self, will you die, or fight back?

Accept me for who I am! Forge this contract by letting go of your fears! Revolt against this world, and TEAR OUT YOUR HEART!


The Navigators, on the other hand...their inner voice is softer. There is knowledge, and they'll need to stay calm if they are to control this chaotic battlefield.

The time is now. I am thou, thou art I! Your mind is trapped, but I can set your soul free! My other self, your soul already knows part the truth.

My other self, shall we show them what it means to cross us? Let us finish forging this contract by letting go of your fears! Revolt against this world, and TEAR OUT YOUR HEART!


The shadow rats scream together in anger.

No! NO NO NO NO ! You're not supposed to Awaken! Stay asleep! You aren't
supposed to awaken! STOP IT! STOP THEM! K̢I͏L͡L!͜ CR̨US̡H҉! ͘D͘ESTR̛OY͘!

The beasts' forms become more chaotic - additional legs on some rats, larger heads and tails on others, gigantic teeth on some, and they begin to match the pattern of the corridor - there's no guessing at what they can do.

Good thing you've got a few of you who can help out with that…

You've only got one shot at this! If you get it angry enough, it will show us its true form instead of this vermin bullshit!

Luci doesn't sound happy.

OOC
Everyone is able to speak to each together thanks to the Navigator's telepathic abilities (but always keep in mind that any Navigator can hear you even if you try to speak to just someone else).

For now, characters can only use single spells. The boss battle will unlock the teaming up skills.

The lockers that grab a character will throw them out as mentioned in the prompts and will additionally deal DARK damage and may confuse users, causing them to see other users as the enemy. They will need to be healed by any of the dispell spells to cure them.

The Rat Shadows only have 1 HP and attack with physical spells which can poison about 1/4 times (or more if you want to poison your character), HOWEVER they will be constantly going from Fire, Ice, Wind, Electrical, Nuclear, Psy, Dark, Light, Physical and Gun in that order, and switch constantly as to not be hit.

Only Navigators will know when the time to hit them is correct for your character, so make sure to aid them as much as possible! Navigators have also been given additional data regarding how the Shadow rats move and what spells can cause one hit-Kos or what spells can be used against them, so when it doubt, tag it out and see if it hits! There are over a thousand of them, and, as mentioned in the prompts, the school itself is also alive, so feel free to make this as terrifying for your characters as you wish.

An OOC PLANNING POST can be used to ask questions or to form teams.



touketsu: (𝗔𝘁𝘀𝘂𝘆𝗮: 116)

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[personal profile] touketsu 2017-07-13 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Instinct guides Fubuki's hand and, sharply, he pulls out of the older man's grip on his shoulder. It isn't until he whirls around and gets a good look at who's standing before him that he seems to recognize he's in the company of a comrade and not a foe, but even then he doesn't apologize for his abruptness, or for thinking that this man is one to talk given his own condition.

There isn't time.

Lumbering into the hallway behind Guts is a mutation unlike any Fubuki has seen so far. It stands taller than him, with a dozen eyes or more and several snapping mouths, and when it registers the pair of them standing there, it moves with a readiness and speed something of its size shouldn't possess.]


Look out!

[Instinct again takes over, the defender rushing to defend. Here, his small stature is to his advantage. A smaller target is harder to hit. Lighter on his feet. And he can move swiftly around an in front of Guts with his Persona by his side...at least, until he commands it forward and toward that monster.

He doesn't know how he knows what to do, he just does. It's not unlike hissatsu in that sense, this power coming from within. If he just listens to it...]


Go! Marchosias! Bufu!
blackdogdown: (yandere smile)

SLAPS MUG AWAY. U R NOT FINE CHILD.

[personal profile] blackdogdown 2017-07-13 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? [ Guts turns, bringing up his sword enough to block the shrapnal that comes from the giant rat mutant being impaled with a dozen spikes of ice. The thing roars and Guts, the battle hungry idiot that he is, actually laughs. ]

Seems you finally found us a real challenge! [His normally grey eye glows gold in his awakened form, and its hard to keep the maniac smile off his face. He'd forgotten how pent up he got when he didn't get to do things like this!

Still grinning, he grabs Kouyuki by the scruff again and drags him back behind the massive sword.
] Nice work kid. But next time if your gonna do ranged shit, stay behind the guy who can actually block.
touketsu: (𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗼𝘂: mistral)

AT LEAST HE STILL HAS BOTH EYES AND ARMS. UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE.

[personal profile] touketsu 2017-07-13 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[A startled and indignant squawk escapes Fubuki as he finds himself suddenly jerked backwards and thrust behind Guts. Nice work he says. Just before trying to bench him! This guy...

Fubuki catches Guts' wrist before he can let go, firmly trying to hold his own ground. He can do this. He doesn't need to be protected. Won't become a liability! Especially for someone who can't afford to worry about other people. Guts has a brother, after all. Just like him.]


If we're going to do this, we do it together.

[Side-by-side. As a team. Where they can protect and defend equally, minimizing the need to worry, and maximizing their damage potential. And, if need be, control the enemy. It would take precise timing, but both he and Guts are members of the track and field team in this world. They've got speed on their side. Speed like the wind itself. He can push through the pain he feels for that. He's done it in the past. For his team. For his school. For victory.]

It's still coming!

[This thing isn't going to be stopped so easily. KILL, DESTROY, RIP THEM APART! It screams as it moves, its body rippling with a living sort of darkness, but as it draws close...something unexpected happens.

And bad.

The creature splits apart...and from within the gaping center of its body spills forth dozens upon dozens of smaller, quicker rats, each attempting to swarm over Guts and Fubuki both.]
blackdogdown: (oh boy)

[personal profile] blackdogdown 2017-07-14 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ He tries to bring his sword up but, hello. It seems he got a kid stuck to him again. He blinks at Fubuki.]

Damn, you really are a tenacious brat. You wanna help, you stay behind the sword ok. This thing is hard to aim and I like brats like you better when you have your heads.

[Team ups are fine but the job of damage magnet has had Gut's name on it since before you were born. He can take a hit and block pretty well, so its only logical that Fubuki should focus on long ranged attacks and wearing down the stronger enemy.

When the big rat splits up however, he has to dramatically reconsider his battle plans.
]

Kid! [ He brings his sword down in a wide arc but Guts is good at fighting things bigger then him, has been his whole life, the many smaller rats are a new threat] Do that ice shit again! We gotta make some space!
touketsu: (𝗔𝘁𝘀𝘂𝘆𝗮: 104)

[personal profile] touketsu 2017-07-16 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[The sheer number of the rats swarming them forces Fubuki back away from Guts not out of fear, but in the hopes that dividing themselves will also divide the enemy and make them easier to defeat.

Certainly, it makes for fewer targets in his immediate vicinity, as half the rats remain focused on Guts, while the other half chase after him. But another attempt at casting Bufu proves futile, the ice failing to harm the majority of the smaller rats, with only one or two disappearing into a wispy puff of black smoke and vanishing.

As if they were suddenly immune or something.]


Dammit! Why isn't it working!?

[He swings again, knocking a few of the small beasts back away from him, but at this rate...

A nervous glance back over his shoulder reveals a row of open and waiting lockers. They're boxed in, with the only way out being through an enemy that has defenses he can't pin down, or through one of those lockers and into...whatever lies in wait on the other side. Kidou'd made it. He'd said he was fine. If they retreated that way, would Guts and he be alright, too?]
blackdogdown: (hurt boy)

[personal profile] blackdogdown 2017-07-18 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Kouyuki! [ Not kid this time. Not when they're being separated. Man, wheres that emotional numbness from under the tree now.

With a shout, he heaves his sword into a wide arc and shoots a hand up as he follows through.
His shadow dips down and explodes from the floor, a mass of red eye and snarling teeth.
Its enough for a small opening, even if his body burns with the effort of two simultaneous attacks, Guts still manages to stagger over to the kid his sword raised and ready to defend. Seriously, as if Guts would ever leave a kid in his charge unattended for like Fubuki, you doubt him.
]

Hrgh. [Is that blood he tastes in his mouth? Probably. ] We need an out. You see anything?
touketsu: (𝗔𝘁𝘀𝘂𝘆𝗮: whirlwind)

[personal profile] touketsu 2017-07-18 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Guts' demon rises like a hungry darkness from the shadows creeping across the floor, as pitch black as night, and the perfect contrast to Fubuki's own Persona. That ferocity ought to scare him the way it had beneath that tree in front of their school, but here and now, Fubuki can only be grateful for it. The way the enemies between them are cut down, the way Glasya-Labolas tears apart the rats, it's a sight that inspires Fubuki's own ruthlessness.

He aims behind Guts as the bigger man closes in, this time sending a spell of wicked wind to blow away the rats in hot pursuit. And it works! Many of them open ravenous mouths as if to try and chew their way through the gust that bars their path, but it's to no avail. Their claws rake across the floor of the school until they're slammed into the walls and vanish into an explosion of black misty tendrils...

But some still remain, enough to prove a threat if they don't think of a way out, and fast.]


...I think so, but I'll admit it's a little crazy.

[Marchosias bounds before them to sink its teeth into the tail of a nearby rat. With a violent jerk of its head, the demon sends the creature hurtling down the hallway and into a locker that closes its jaws instinctively around it.]

Those lockers will spit us out someplace else.
blackdogdown: (griffith what the fuck)

[personal profile] blackdogdown 2017-07-19 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
What. [Guts is moving a bit more sluggishly after that display, trying to block instead of attack the remaining rats. He looks at Fubuki like he just dented his car. ]

Are you sure. Our position here isn't hopeless yet.

[The shadow at his back chuckles weakly and he winces. Shut up demon. Hes had way worse. ]

Even then, there's no telling if where we'll end up would be more favorable.
touketsu: (𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗼𝘂: tailwind)

[personal profile] touketsu 2017-07-20 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm, I'm sure!

[He's not. He's absolutely not sure. But he is certain of something else, and that thing makes all the difference.

A rat lunges for him and Fubuki answers with the handle of his shovel crashing down atop its head, slamming shut its mouth full of sharpened teeth, but that doesn't kill it, only slows it down.]


We can't wait for a hopeless situation. If it's hopeless, we won't even have this way out!

[Of course, Guts isn't wrong, either. They have no way of knowing what lies in wait for them if they use the lockers as their route of escape, but without a Navigator's help, they're in a bind either way. They have a decision to make, and no time to make it as more rats begin to fill the corridor...]

If you clear a path for us, I will guard your back.
blackdogdown: (did u kno..he has a sword)

[personal profile] blackdogdown 2017-07-20 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't even have a response to that, he just stares and then grumbles something about arrogant kids under his breath. Guts you are such an old man smh.

He moves suprisingly quickly to kick the stunned rat away from Fubuki but the sudden movement dizzies him, driving his feet unsteady and his eyes slightly unfocused. He fights on regardless, harder even to accommodate for his fatigue.
]

Why does this feel like we're taking the last resort before we even needa. [More rats are poring through and he clenches his teeth. ] You know what, fine. I'll get you your path but you better freaking stay close and stay down hear?

[ A sword as large and heavy as Dragonslayer should not be able to move as fast as it did when Guts darts forward, swinging in a wide arc, persona nipping at his heels. The wave of rats in the way cleaves nicely.
touketsu: (𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗼𝘂: ice fall)

[personal profile] touketsu 2017-07-20 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry about me, just move!

[Maybe it was a last resort, but Guts' movements have already slowed down considerably and, as much as Fubuki hates to admit it, he is still very new to this himself. They have an untamed determination between them that can, when combined, allow them to outlast many of these rats, but that doesn't mean they can outlast them all.

Especially if the one clearing a path should fall. Fubuki can't allow that to happen. Between them, Guts is the only one here with any experience in this, and that desire to protect the older man reveals another spell to him. He's close behind Guts when he speaks the name Dia...

...but maybe not close enough. The healing spell hits its target, and while it isn't strong, it will alleviate some of Guts' fatigue. But with Fubuki's hand outstretched, a larger rat has taken the opportunity to come between them to bite down.]
blackdogdown: (yandere smile)

[personal profile] blackdogdown 2017-07-21 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[But thats his secret kid, he's always worrying about you.

The healing spell hits just as a new wave of rats arrives and the re-energized Guts snarls as he meets them. The jolt of energy combines well with the familiar near death adrenaline and he finds himself moving fast, eyes focused forward on one singular goal. Dragonslayer is gripped firmly in both hands, a humming harbinger of death.

For a second, he forgets himself. His worldview narrows to the fight, to the sword, goals and morals forgotten in the insatiable desire to kill

He isn't looking back when the rat bites down on Fubuki's arm.
]
Edited 2017-07-21 04:06 (UTC)