Event Log: End of Arc 2

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters
What: The event log for the End of Arc 2
Where: All over the city
When: November 25th-December 12th
Warnings: A full-scale battle, including character death, NPC death, and various other ways to suffer

It was bound to happen. The Null warned you, after all, and this has been building for awhile - and now it's here. First comes the initial attack, the agents of the Null attacking Hope's temple. Then, an SOS, warning the city of what's happened: a betrayal, and Hope being injured. Luckily for everyone, thanks to the actions of his guards Hope survives the attack. Unluckily, his attacker, the goddess Delight, escapes and lets the Null in.

Flooding into the cave, the Null will attack anyone who they believe is resisting them. They'll destroy buildings and deploy dangerous crowd control weapons, in addition to their sheer strength and speed. Confusion empties the monsters in the tunnels into the city, to help distract the Null. Some gods fight, others provide safe havens, but everyone is in danger.

After about a week and a half of the attack, Fear summons enough power to teleport the city. This stops any new Null from arriving through the tunnels, but the remaining Null must be hunted down and destroyed, or else they'll signal their location to the rest of their species. The danger will lessen as Null are taken out, but things won't really be safe until Fear moves the city again, so don't get too comfortable.

What will you do? Run and hide? Fight? Help the fighters? Turn on the gods yourself? Whatever you do, it's time to make a decision.

► This log covers November 25th-December 12th.
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Comments

[leashed]

"No."

Is his simple answer. While he may have gone against Rey's orders, there's no part of him that feels particularly guilty or ashamed about it, and so he presents as he always does: straightforward, unflinching. Besides, they have more pressing issues to worry about.

He glances around, his mouth pressed tight in a frown. Still, Rome takes no time in laying out their current situation as he sees it.

"I only saw the message from Henry. We should assume that both he and Saber are deceased. With Maketh no longer serving the guard, our top priority should be finding Nick and reestablishing leadership."

[circumitus]

The mention of Maketh makes Rey flinch inwardly, and frown. "Where is she...?"

It's probably better that she not ask, but she also can't help it. She can't just turn it off. Pretend that she doesn't care about someone who was-- is so important to her.

She sighs. Rubs her forehead. Fucking focus, damn you...

"Nick. Yes." Judging by the network broadcast, she can't hold out much hope that Henry is going to be swooping in after that. "He'll know what to do. They'll probably do whatever they can to weaken us, so keep him safe."

[leashed]

"Safe."

For now, he thinks- he hopes. He wasn't near her when the post happened and he'd come straight here. He doesn't know what Maketh would do, maybe he should have reported to her instead but this seemed more important. In retrospect, obtaining the weapon and potentially utilizing it against Delight may have been the smarter move, but there's no time for that now.

Rome nods at the order, reaching down for his weapon.

"Have you heard from him? I can track him if not, but it would take longer."

[circumitus]

Rey grimaces. She'd ask for more details than just that, as it doesn't give her much to go on -- but there are other matters to focus on. In a way, it's a relief.

"Yes. Said he'd be here, but we didn't get to have a very lengthy conversation."

It's rather hard to hash out details when you're trying not to get found, shot, and stabbed.

[leashed]

He nods, still concerned- Maketh's order still stands to protect Nick, and Rome would like nothing more than to go out and find him so that he could do that, but if Nick is heading to this location than going out to meet him would be stupid. It doesn't stop him from worrying- what if he can't make it?- but they just have to trust that he can.

"I suppose we wait for him."

Rome frowns, glancing toward the empty hallway.

"Let's barricade the building as much as we can."