cordibus: (Monster)
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.



megacurious: (Serious)

[personal profile] megacurious 2017-07-24 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Augustine becomes surprised at what the spell did to Gladion. Then again, the spells that the figure silently taught him might come in handy. As he thought of this, Augustine then casts Tarukaja on Gladion before he kills another rat with his sword.]

Yes. I remember everything. My real name and my real memories.
lovelledup: (pic#11333321)

[personal profile] lovelledup 2017-07-24 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Are you a Pokemon trainer?

[There's enough of a break in the rats to indulge that curiosity--or so he thought. Another one sees them and charges, and Gladion meets it with his kama. He feels stronger--maybe that's what that next spell did--but unfortunately the timing isn't so perfect for physical attacks anymore. He hit the rat, but it hardly did anything.]
megacurious: (Serious)

[personal profile] megacurious 2017-07-24 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
Somehow yes. I'm actually a Pokemon Professor and to be honest, I rarely join any battles, especially like this.

[Speaking of which, Gladion isn't the only one that is now facing a small problem as Augustine quickly notices that his sword isn't cutting through the rat's skin.]

What in the world?!
lovelledup: (pic#11333321)

[personal profile] lovelledup 2017-07-24 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
[A Professor, huh... He'll have to ask more about that later, but for now, the rats are the priority.]

Sometimes it doesn't work. I don't know why. Is there something else you can try?

[For his part, he's going to attempt using a fire spell and see if it does anything, which... it doesn't.]
megacurious: (Surprised)

[personal profile] megacurious 2017-07-24 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Something else? He could try that psychic spell again. However, his Persona has some other ideas as he spins his staff just as Augustine points his hand to his targeted Shadow. Instead of the psychic energy emitted out of him, a strong blast of light quickly shines on the rat, causing it to vanish as soon it is exposed from it.

Once it is done, the Pokemon Professor just stares at the disintegrated rat for a few seconds, wondering what just happened. Yet as he continues to stare, he slowly realizes that the figure above him somehow taught him a new spell. Not to mention that the rat was somehow weak against it.

Seeing this revelation, he turns his attention to the rat attacking Gladion and uses the same spell in an attempt to eliminate the Shadow.]
lovelledup: (pic#11333321)

[personal profile] lovelledup 2017-07-27 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately, by the time he gets to the next rat, it's already switched to a different elemental alignment, and the attack misses. Gladion tries a physical attack, which seems to do nothing but bounce off it. The rat lunges and him, and he dodges to the side.]

This is what I mean. Things only work sometimes. Maybe it's something about the timing?

[But if so, he doesn't know what, and probably only the people who have the ability to scan enemies would be able to tell him. For all his complaining, he's starting to regret getting separated from Ankh.]
Edited 2017-07-27 01:33 (UTC)
megacurious: (Glare/Angry)

[personal profile] megacurious 2017-07-27 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[This is a complete surprise, indeed. Not only the rat was unaffected by his light spell unlike the one he just killed, but the fact that it managed to deflect Gladion's physical attack as well.

When Gladion mentions about the timing of the elemental rotation, Augustine realizes it may be a problem for them.]


If we try to randomly attack it with any spell to find out the timing though, we'll end up exhausting ourselves.

There's got to be another way.
lovelledup: (pic#11333321)

[personal profile] lovelledup 2017-07-27 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods.]

There are some people who might be able to figure it out. If we can find one of them...
megacurious: (Looking)

[personal profile] megacurious 2017-07-27 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
We might able to eliminate most of them.

[But wondering what kind of people Gladion is talking about, he turns to him just to know more.]

But do you know who might able to see through their weaknesses and the rotation itself?
connivingbird: (you really think)

[personal profile] connivingbird 2017-07-31 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
The rotation is random as are their weaknesses but in one way.

[ Certainly it was a little weird that Ankh would single out the one person that he has a love/hate relationship in this crappy life. Then again, he was a creature that did not like surprises and as much as he hated the idea of a forced bond, Ankh also was prone to stay near those that he was use to. So there he was, sending the mental thought towards his brother even as he flung a hand out to catch the rat in a different spell. ]

Marin Karin works no matter what other weakness they display. [ The rat exploded, taking out several others around it as well. ]
lovelledup: (pic#11333308)

[personal profile] lovelledup 2017-07-31 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
Speak of the devil...

[It's muttered under his breath as he not only gets that message but finds Ankh in physical proximity. And here he thought he'd ended up farther from his "brother" than he actually had. He's not sure if that was random chance or if he'd somehow picked up on what his answer to Professor Sycamore's question was going to be.]

I don't have that, so what am I supposed to do?
megacurious: (Serious)

[personal profile] megacurious 2017-07-31 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, this is a surprise. Not only a new voice pops into his head, but he also sees a new face helping them out on the rats.]

I'm afraid I don't have that spell as well.

But is there any way to control the rotation?

[More importantly, does this young man knew Gladion/Asher?]