Event Log: Party Royale

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the Party Royale event
Where: All over the city!
When: September 22nd-29th
Warnings: Paintball, loss of consciousness, and partying!

As is par for the course in Hadriel, at some point throughout the day- waking up, making breakfast, doing laundry- you find an item. This isn't just any item though, it's a tried and true paintball gun, shining and just waiting to be picked up. This gun never runs out of ammunition, never malfunctions, and almost always hits the target that you're aiming at, so say hello to your new best friend for the next week.

Touching or picking up the gun will fill you with a competitive surge, which will likely increase when you find the note that's left with it, saying nothing more than be the last one standing. With instructions like that, how could you lose?

Well, you could lose if someone else shoots you. But never fear, there's a plan for that too! Even if you embrace the throes of unconsciousness, the gods have got your back and will eventually teleport you into a grand party where prizes will be handed out based on how long you survived. Awesome! At this party is also the traditional copious amounts of food and drink, as well as everyone's favorite goddess Delight and everyone's slightly-less-favorite goddess Rage!

Happy paintballing, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

► This log covers September 22nd-29th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well
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► If you fall and break your neck or something because you can't die in paintball, please let us know here.

Comments

[toiletseat_girl]

Ehh, probably. But some people are so arrogant, they wouldn't be able to stop themselves from doing well. Fine for them. Let them deal with weird god shit if they're so damn smart.

[George might have passed. she hated being a Reaper and her family was collapsing in on itself. that might have been enough to push her to her limits, just to get out of what felt like an increasingly shitty unlife]

[the_fourteenth]

[Time to get off the roof and scare out this target. Rome will hear the sound of doors opening and closing as Raidou makes his way out of the building. But as he sits there waiting, Rome will notice a small spritely creature that's looking for something or someone - presumably Rome. When Jack Frost spots Rome, he gets excited.]

There you are, ho! It's probably best if you sit still, hee ho.

[That's when the little demon lets out a blasting ice spell towards Rome, trying to impede any escape attempts.]

[dragonsgrasp]

[Kain doesn't give up so easily, even with things starting to look... a little bit desperate here. He continues shooting, but when that wall comes up, it blocks him entirely. He scowls, realizing that he'd overlooked this possibility. He hadn't wanted to give in to his darker side, though... So this means, unfortunately, Yukari is right. Kain is holding back.]

I'm not holding back. I'm playing this game as it was meant to be played... nothing more or less than that. We're not supposed to be -

[Not supposed to be harming one another, beyond the paintballs, or so he'd taken it. And that was a mistake, clearly. Kain screams as the electricity sizzles through him, striking him painfully. It's enough to throw him off guard, enough to stop him from jumping quickly enough or putting up a good defense.]

[The paintballs hit him, hard, one after another, right in the chest. Kain staggers, and falls to the ground.]

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, it's uh, definitely been awhile, though I disappeared for like a month or two at some point apparently? It didn't feel like any time passed for me though, which was double weird.

[But you know. Hadriel life.]

Yeah, that's a good way to look at them; they're just people, like any of the rest of us. Some of them are kind of jerks, some are chill, most are in the middle. But um, just like people, they get scared, and that's usually the reason behind whatever shit they're pulling.

[As for the last question--]

I'd um, be careful dealing with Fear, but mostly just because of what he might want. Confusion will probably screw you over just for the fun of it. Rage keeps her deals, but they've usually got some sort of catch if you're not like... Super careful; she isn't purposefully fucking with you, but she's not making sure not to fuck with you.

Hope, Delight, and Tranquility are great to make deals with, though. I've heard Sorrow's not bad either.

[lifetothefullest]

[Lance makes a noise somewhere between a laugh and a scoff, holding back a good-natured jab at how kids these days don't know good cereal as though Lance doesn't eat horrible sugary disasters whenever he has the chance and shaking his head.]

I'm good, thank you. And thanks again for the chocolate, too.

[He still has to get to those, but he's at least trying to finish some of the more nutritional items still on his plate before he does so.]

[unknowable]

That's a good point. Maybe I should stock up, too.

[He doesn't drink, but some food that he can't make himself would be nice to have lying around.]

[anoshe]

It's a wonderful thing to see, certainly, and often helpful.

[As for her question...]

It... did bother me, yes. I have to accept it, though. There is nothing I can do.

[anoshe]

It's nice. More relaxed, a little less stuffy. The decorations could use some work, though.

[In that there aren't really that many decorations, and they don't seem to have any kind of theme or color scheme. Come on, gods, you can do better.]

You don't seem to be enjoying yourself much.

[knockthemdead]

[Yeah please don't ask him about it. It still stings.

Kravitz's expression softens when Nate asks that, and he seems to exude a mixture of pride and embarrassment. It'll be the first time he's introduced Taako this way, even if he's not actually here right now.]

Ah. My boyfriend, Taako. I haven't seen him yet, so my assumption is that he's done rather well for himself.

[knockthemdead]

[He huffs, rather offended at not being trusted, and completely missing the irony of that fact.]

Well, I'm hardly going to sneak attack you.

[He sighs and nods at Taako, waving his arm as if to say, 'of course'. ]

No shooting. If it comforts you Lup, I'll even leave first.

[This is where Kravitz makes his Big Time Tropey Mistake. He steps out of hiding, and summons his scythe, preparing to open a portal and totally unprotected.]

[survivorsguilt]

Ellie.

[She fiddles with the catch on her gun, and then sits it down beside her. Takes a deep breath.]

You?

[survivorsguilt]

[Seeing him copy her expression makes Ellie giggle.

...If only he knew of the veritable arsenal she has at her disposal.]

Thanks, dude. Doctor Dude. Hm. Just spit-balling. I think I need a new nickname for you, now that I know a couple of docs.

[She takes his claim at face value; there's really no reason Sweets would lie to her. Ellie holds up a hand for a high five.]

Fucking sweet. Hey, congrats to you too.

[survivorsguilt]

[She rolls her eyes.]

Dude. Of course I can. Think I would of won otherwise? I mean- I'm not saying paintball guns are the same as- just. Same basic principle.

[God. Motormouth.]

Uh. Anyway. A couple of people taught me. I know what I'm doing.

[survivorsguilt]

[Aw, Alphys. She wants to punch anyone who would ever scare you.]

Hell yeah you did. You know, sometimes running and hiding is like... the smartest thing you can do. I mean, that's what I've been told, anyway. It's definitely saved my ass before.

[leashed]

[He shakes his head slowly.]

Nobody else has asked me to try.

[imhisaunt]

Really??

[His eyes go wide as dinner plates]

[restinglichface]

[Lup is too drunk for this debate, the woman's tipsy swaying back and forth to the music stopping momentarily as she just stares down at Alphys, the music blaring in catchy rhythmic beats over them.

Then, before Alphys has much of a chance to catch on to what's happening, the elf shoots the shorter woman a sharp, toothy grin as she's leaning down to touch a hand against the other's cheek. Her fingertips linger there against Alphys' scales, light and barely there, before Lup's slipping forward to press a kiss to her opposite cheek. It's quick, a sloppy, slightly off-centered touch of soft lips against scales, but it counts.

When Lup pulls away, she chuckles and squeezes Alphys' hand.]

Well, I think you're plenty cute, babe. [And because they've already stopped dancing--] Mm, wanna go grab another drink and we'll dance some more? This honey's gotta take advantage of this bar while we got it!

[doctoral_bird]

Everything. Whatever they hide in those temples of theirs, that they keep hidden from us. No doubt those who would claim godhood have some claim to riches? They create orchards and buildings. Certainly they'd create more for themselves.

[ Most of this Malkus made up as he felt himself on a roll. He didn't honestly know if Hope or Fear or anybody actually had anything valuable. But if an appeal to the wallets of the masses was what they needed, Malkus could make whatever promise he needed to. ]

I personally mean information. I desperately need a... cure. Anything that could heal the populations of my world.

[restinglichface]

[Lup jabs her straw through the top of the juice box, just hard enough that juice spills out messily all over her hand, but she's already shooting Taako a thumbs up.]

Taako's got it right, Ango. It wouldn't be fair for the folks we crushed today just for some other schmucks to make it to the top without even trying. Our job, as a team--[she winks at Angus, because he is far too deep to get out of this now]--is to keep the playing field even.

[She sucks at her straw, in that really annoying way kids do, and crushes her juice box in her fist when she's finished.]

[dedikated]

( Hmm. )

... How d'ya do it? Like a sniffer dog or summat?

( Not that anyone's disappeared recently, but she's curious about whether her scent ending here was just because she was at the party here, or if it's something more. )

[pocketspa]

[He's all ready to go into another tirade about the boundaries of magic, what should and shouldn't be done because that's just how it is, but it falls dead on his tongue. Lup and Barry didn't do this as a first option. Hell, it wasn't even their worst last resort. Even Edward and Lydia were seeking something long lost, with no options but to give up or go.

He doesn't look at her, still idly reading the labels of bottles, but his voice is flatter than it was before.]

I mean, yeah, but it's... if you were gonna die. If everyone and everything you knew was gonna end, and you had a real chance to protect that by doing something reckless, would you? If there wasn't another option for someone's life, does it seem so fuckin' stupid?

[He wouldn't. She told him their plan and when he laid alone in bed, he almost went and begged her to let him come. What wouldn't he have done to keep her, to keep them-- the same, really, after all these years. But he didn't. She finally went where he couldn't follow.]

This is why having to save the world sucks. Just so you know.

[restinglichface]

[Honestly, in Lup's defense, she hadn't even considered shooting Kravitz until this very moment.

But there's just something about Taako's supreme smugness over shooting Lucretia that just burns in her. So the instant that Kravitz steps out of hiding, inspiration smacks Lup straight in the face and the elf doesn't even waste a second before raising her paintball gun and sniping the reaper where he stands.

The last words Kravitz would hear before his deep, deep sleep would absolutely be Lup's triumphant cheer of:] Booyah!!!!

[survivorsguilt]

Now this is more like it. Ellie grins at Rey and tilts her head to the side, shirt still clamped tightly in her sugar-sticky hands.

"Wanna help me stuff my backpack? I bet if we used your pockets, I could get some cookies out of here too."

[survivorsguilt]

[Thank god half of this duo knows how to keep them both upright, because Ellie has no sense for it right now. Lup laughs, and so she laughs too, without even really understanding why, but why doesn't matter, because she's so happy.

She kind of wants to cry. She hugs Lup instead, throwing her arms around the woman's shoulders as best she can from her height.]

[so_dark_a_road]

[ He laughs. ] Yes, same principle.

[ Motormouths speak truth. XD ]

Good, I'm glad to know that. Because I imagine that the time will come when you need that skill here at Hadriel.