hadriel_logs | Event Log: Dust to Dust

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the Dust to Dust event
Where: All over the city!
When: January 14th-17th
Warnings: A big ol' mess.

It starts off small: the wind picks up, particles of sand and dirt and dust begin to fill the air. You might not even notice at first, not until you have to wipe the dust off your windows to see outside. After all, it's been a long time since Hadriel has experienced weather, and it's never experienced a weather event not caused by the gods before.

But the gods aren't in charge of the weather now, and even if they could prevent this dust storm, they have way too many other things to do. So it's up to you to deal with it, and as the wind rises and the dust storm moves into the city, there'll be plenty to deal with.

Once the storm is at its peak, it'll be almost impossible to see outside - and it won't be safe to go wandering, either. Entirely besides falling and hurting yourself, if you aren't wrapped up well enough the particles in the air will abrade your skin. Love that sandpaper feel! Oh, and breathing? Yeah, better make sure your nose and mouth are covered, or else they'll be full of sand, too. Hope you've got some goggles stashed away to protect your eyes. Luckily, it won't last too long - 'cause you'll have plenty of cleaning to do once the storm is over.

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[How can you regret anything, Tucker, when you have the pleasure of running into your small teleporty friend? All at once he has Hayden hanging by the back of his shirt, and he hacks worse than before as the fabric cuts into his windpipe.]

I don't know how this happened!

[It's kind of a scream but kind of just a strangled wheeze. His legs get all befuddled underneath him and he's swinging in a curved arch backward toward Tucker. Immediate disaster.]

[Oh shit, it's Hayden. Tucker couldn't tell through all the dust and... flailing. Speaking of which.

Tucker lets go and scuttles back a little bit. He feels bad about that since it means Hayden's going to plant directly into the gritty ground, but he can't have them both go rolling away, can he? Then where would they be?

SORRY LIL BRO...]

[And there he goes, facefirst in the dirt. And...not moving. But he's probably not dead, because his tail is coiling in a strange sort of way. And then he springs up onto his knees and sputters, tugging his clothes up to cover his face. That's when he finally turns toward Tucker again, his eyes squinting from all the dust.]

Too much!

[Yeah, he feels a little bad about that. Welp.]

Too much is fuckin' right. Does your teleport mojo still work in this?

[Tucker reaches out to grip Hayden by the shoulders, so that hopefully he won't fly away again. Them standing so close should also help block some of the sand from his face.]

I think so!

[By which he means it definitely does, since that's how he got here, but...]

My aim is way way way off! Where do you want to go?

[It's a statement that should inspire a lot of faith in him, Tucker.]

[Yeah that does not sound convincing. Oh well... What's the worst that could happen? There can't be somewhere worse than out here. Though they could always end up like, half inside a wall or something. Urgh.]

Do you think you can get us back to the first spire?

Do I aspire?

[It's really easy to make each other out in this storm, clearly.]

Yes! I have many of those!

[Hayden opens up a portal with one hand and reaches up to grab Tucker's arm with the other. Now they are holding on...to each other!]

The time is now!

What? That's not-

[He's torn between correcting and wondering how Hayden knew what aspirations are. Is aspirations a big word? Tucker isn't sure. He is also not sure about this portal situation, since Hayden clearly misunderstood him, but wherever that goes, it's probably better than outside???]

Whatever, let's go!

[He is aware he may live to regret this.]

[THE TIME IS NOW! Hayden latches onto Tucker and leaps. They probably don't need to leap and can just walk through but this is Hayden we're dealing with and logic is fleeting. This is the kind of thing that one does with feeling, not with smarts!

When they come out the other side, they're...well, they're at the spire. Except at is a loose definition in this case meaning on the spire. They're on top of it. And Hayden nearly immediately goes careening off before they even land, flailing with a shriek.]

Oh no! We happened in the sky!

Event Log: Dust to Dust

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time is a construct etc etc