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

[wantsnudes]

Yes, it matters. Even if I forget, it doesn't invalidate what I think or feel here, nor the thoughts or feelings of my friends. If I were to leave tomorrow, I'd want to be sure I'd done all I could to have fought to keep everyone safe and happy. And it's not just about fighting: even if I'm gone, all the art I have created will remain.

[He looks away, a distant expression on his face.]

In the end, every artist must grapple with the fact things end, and that they may eventually be forgotten, or that their own existence will someday vanish. Art is a means of preserving what otherwise would be lost.

[redwinekindofgirl]

[She knows he believes what he's saying. She just wishes she could believe it, too. Years of the kind of conditions she's been living in have all but beaten it out of her.]

Well, I'm no artist, so what's there for me in all that?

[wantsnudes]

You don't have to be an artist to care for those still here, or to leave things behind for them to cherish. I can't tell you where to direct your energy, but I'm sure there are things here that are precious to you in that way.

[He doesn't know Julie well enough to offer more specific advice, particularly when he can only offer the philosophical perspective of an artist, but it feels like the right thing to say.]

... When things settle down, please allow me to draw you something. Then, whatever becomes of me, you'll have a small token to remember this conversation by.

[redwinekindofgirl]

[Things that are precious to her...

Sure, maybe. She's not looking to get attached to this place. As soon as she can, she'll be one of the first through the door out. Julie doesn't want this place to matter. It's so much easier if it doesn't.]

... Yeah, okay. Sounds nice.