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cordibus ([personal profile] cordibus) wrote in [community profile] tornheart2017-06-04 12:28 am

AWAKENING

Who: Everyone
When: Midnight, June 6th
Where: Green Valley Orchids
What: It is time.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

The subway stop near the orchards was not the type of place that most people liked to be when darkness fell. The orchards near the school were set up almost like a public park, which wasn’t so bad in and of itself, but it’s also the area where over half of the murders happened before the curfew was first put in place. It was a place people didn't go unless absolutely necessary and most had started taking alternate routes to avoid the stop. As one of the first subway stations built in the city, its architecture didn't really mesh with those that came after it. It had jagged corners where the smell of wet earth lingered, making it unpleasant even for those brave enough to continue to use it, and there had even been talk of closing it permanently once routes and nearby stations had been revamped to be better able to take care of the traffic.

Due to this, it only has the bare-bones of a shelter, fallen into disrepair as the curfew was enforced city-wide, and a couple of night guards, (probably already asleep due to the lack of activity they’re expecting), so characters arriving there will be mostly unnoticed. For a place that had such a bad history, most people rightfully avoid it.

For most of them it will be their first meeting with each other. There will be a bit of time to talk before their phones display a zero. Plenty of time to talk about what they suspect and what might just happen...and that horrible vision they had shared. Then there’s that countdown on their phones...ticking away the last few minutes.
ZERO UNTIL MIDNIGHT
The lights go out when the countdown ends. The lack of sound is, for lack of better word, worrying. Very soon, only the light of the phones serves as makeshift flashlights for the small group. But soon, even as words get displayed, a deep male voice echoes, which could be much more worrying.

FINALLY! Ahahahahah! Ahhh, damn does it feel nice to be able to speak and not
just write. Hey lambs, are you all ready?

Considering the choice of words, that might be Luci.

It's time. Can you feel your heartbeats increasing? Your mind about to explode? Questions swirling in your mind? Just make sure you don't go alone. Groups are
best, go all together and you'll never find the answers.

The voice laughs again.

Not that you have much of a choice at this point! Have fun, give them hell, and tell
them I sent you! I'll be taking care of that pesky guard problem for you.
...Let's go for a night stroll."
Communication ends just as abruptly as it started. No time to back down now, as the door where the guards are staying is quickly locked on its own before the subway system itself appears to be taken over by a virus that flashes on every available screen. With a click, the locked doors to the outside are swung open.

A voice in your mind warns you this might be the biggest mistake you'll be making in your entire life...and yet your heart feels like it's going to burst from your body from the joy you feel...

AWAKENING

It begins with a scream nearby. The same noise that they heard during the vision. The trees begin to turn grey as the sounds of hundred of creatures moving can be heard from all sides. The application opens, displaying them all in real time.

The group is surrounded.

By all logic, they should be running, but their legs feel bolted to the ground. They can't move.

The creatures begin to get closer. The trees start to rot nearby.

Breathing begins to increase. The sound of voices and memories quickly flashing before their eyes that might cause some to clutch at their head...exactly the same thing that the man had been doing back in the vision. If they look down at their hands, they will see them fading, see-through.

Yet for them, something is different. Just as the creatures are about to attack, they stop. A vision of the Velvet Room flashes before the eyes of those gathered as the two attendants silently nod. Then a return to reality as a light of color pierces the night from their hearts. A single voice can be heard, drowning out anything they might be hearing.
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!



It laughs and fades, as time quickly returns to this world. There's only a few seconds to react before it all goes to hell. A faded hand to reach into your chest.

The choice is yours. Death...or Awakening.
THE BATTLE IN APPLE GROVE


It’s a feeling unlike they have ever felt. Never have their bodies been so alive. Their minds fill with lost memories, their bodies adapting into tools to defeat the creatures before them.

Defeat...destroy...unlock the skills of your heart and show them what it means
to cross you."

The voice is encouraging, almost. To those with navigator skills, the voice speaks up once more as well.

Lead them into battle. Hone their skills into true annihilation!"

It’s time to reclaim the night.

[OOC: For the purpose of this battle, the shadows all have 1HP and are strong against nothing. That means any attack will be able to kill them, weapons and guns included. For this log only, CHARACTERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMBINE SPELLS, as knowledge of this will be unlocked later on. There are about a HUNDRED shadows to be defeated, so there are as many needed for your characters to enjoy killing off. You are free to NPC them and to create situations and close calls.

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



seasonsofdeath: (Pharos [Curious])

[personal profile] seasonsofdeath 2017-06-09 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Video game data...? Oh, that's right. He does know what that is now. That's now what Shadows are at all.
truthkills: (wanna race)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-06-10 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, yeah?" He clobbers another with the bike tire. "So what are they, then?"
seasonsofdeath: (Pharos [Curious])

[personal profile] seasonsofdeath 2017-06-10 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Negative human emotion, Pharos explains, though there really is no good explanation for Shadows.
truthkills: (i got a transformation trinket)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-06-11 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bugsters can become nastier if their human hosts are stressed, so there's that," Kiriya says conversationally as he continues to fight.
seasonsofdeath: (Pharos [Oh dear])

[personal profile] seasonsofdeath 2017-06-11 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Hosts? That's... an odd way to put it. But they're not born from people?
truthkills: (shades)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-06-11 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"They're viruses. And if they want to stick around in a more permanent capacity--" he cuts off to make an overly-flashy roundhouse kick on one of the Shadows "--they need to infect someone and kill them so they can live."
seasonsofdeath: (Pharos [Curious])

[personal profile] seasonsofdeath 2017-06-11 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Does that happen a lot? This conversation isn't bothering him at all, he mostly just sounds curious.
truthkills: (shades closeup)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-06-12 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
"More often than anyone would like. CR's working to keep it contained, some of us were working on finding the root cause..." There, he's got to laugh as he goes at another shadow. There's a definite bitter edge to that laugh, and Kiriya does not elaborate.
seasonsofdeath: (Pharos [idk my bff Minako?])

[personal profile] seasonsofdeath 2017-06-13 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
What's CR? Pharos is not nearly socially astute enough to figure out what that laugh is supposed to mean.
truthkills: (shades closeup)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-06-14 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Kiriya's just fine with not going into what that laugh means. "Sort of a rescue center, they take care of infected patients." Still fighting, still conversing, no big deal. "The official guys, anyway."
seasonsofdeath: (Pharos [Curious])

[personal profile] seasonsofdeath 2017-06-14 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
Were there unofficial people? Yeah, Pharos is good with this, just quietly pressing things on his screen as they talk. There's a group swarming your right.
truthkills: (lean)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-06-14 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, yeah, a doctor who lost his license, the coroner helping out even though it was probably not his jurisdiction..." He pulls his gun and opens fire on that group swarming at his right.
seasonsofdeath: (Pharos [idk my bff Minako?])

[personal profile] seasonsofdeath 2017-06-14 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Why are they unofficial? Pharos isn't entirely sure he understands the distinction, here.
truthkills: (Default)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-06-17 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Because you don't want a guy with a revoked license practicing medicine...and because the coroner probably needs to keep his nose out of where it doesn't belong...but I'm not too good at that." A Shadow goes flying at a particularly vicious kick from Kiriya.
seasonsofdeath: (Pharos [Curious])

[personal profile] seasonsofdeath 2017-06-19 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you one of those people? it sure sounds like it, the way he phrased it.
truthkills: (shades)

[personal profile] truthkills 2017-06-21 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I'm a medical examiner. The coroner." No big deal, no big deal, just a dude who regularly pokes at dead bodies and fights monsters fighting some other shadow monsters.