Event Log: Assassin

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone!
What: The Assassin event
Where: Throughout the city
When: April 15th-23rd
Warnings: Inevitable character death, potential horror and gore and unpleasantness. Please remember to tag for warnings in the header if it things get too bad!

The morning of April 15th in Hadriel is cheerful, with artificial light streaming through your window. Your blankets are warm, jabberjays are shrieking, and you're probably going to experience a murder attempt today.

Maybe it'll be from a stranger, maybe it'll be from a friend, but the bottom line is that everybody is after somebody and nobody is safe (...okay, twelve people are safe, but that's beside the point). Time will only tell when you'll be overcome by that murderous rage and try to kill someone else. The best thing you can probably do at this point is stay calm, keep your head high, and try not to die for the next eight days.

Helpfully, Rage will have restocked her armory for the event, for those of you have yet to arm themselves. Additionally, for a limited time only, the armory will be stocked with bear traps, tripwire (in both 'general wire' and 'barbed wire' flavor), and voice recorders. Use all of them, use none of them, just get on out there and kill each other!

Oh, and one last thing...

► This log covers April 15th-23rd.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well!
► Please tag headers of threads with content warnings where they apply
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► Did your assassin catch up to you? Please remember to hit up our death post!

Comments

[sparkler]

[For whatever reason, the mention of necromancy has set this boy off. Clearly it sits wrong with him, the idea itself upsets him, and Dorian isn't sure what to do about that. He can't change what he is, and he won't apologize for it. But he's no threat. Perhaps if he makes that clear -]

It's merely another form of magic. Have you nothing like it in your world? Where I'm from it takes study and discipline.

[He spreads a hand, peacefully - though Dorian is no fool. His other hand remains wrapped around his staff, ready just in case this boy attacks.]

And yes, sometimes it's used against the living. One must have a way to defend oneself.

[linefacingforever]

[ Something inside Yu snapped at him talking about using the dead to defend him like it was just the most natural thing in the world. His grip on his sword tightened, and he almost drew it, but this man set him up with a better response. Magic on his world, hunh? Yeah, fine; if this guy was a necromancer, he wasn't a normal human. He could totally do this. ]

[ He reached up, and the Fool card appeared above his hand, sparkling blue. ]

Persona.

[ He was so casual about it, he almost scared himself. A rush of blue light, and Izanagi was towering behind him, black coat exploding out behind him. The Persona paused only a moment, as if quietly wondering if Yu was okay, before turning his beady yellow eyes on Dorian. ]

[sparkler]

[He's never seen that sort of magic before. Being Dorian, of course, he's more interested than frightened - what kind of magic requires cards? Did the creature come from the card, or is it simply a way of summoning it? Perhaps an effect of the magic, like Dorian's own visual effects?

But those are all questions he is fairly certain he cannot ask. Not when the boy seems quite displeased with what he's saying.

Dorian would rather not fight him, but neither will he back down from a fight that has been brought to him. He narrows his eyes.]

Call your creature off. I mean you no harm.

[linefacingforever]

[ Yu didn't even blink, but Izanagi got the message regardless. Though this wasn't how he normally would react in this situation; part of him was screaming to stop, and that part reflected in his true self. There was hesitation from his Persona as it reared back, casting out blasts of lightning. The blasts were wide, however, and very few came close enough to be a concern. ]

[ Of course the other concern was Yu was drawing his blade then, tossing aside the sheathe to collect later. He swung once, mostly out of habit, before dashing forward as the lightning stopped. ]

[sparkler]

[That's alarming, and more than alarming. Dorian wastes no time - he casts a barrier, throwing it around himself to protect him from the lightning, and perhaps from the sword as well. He isn't a warrior - that isn't how he fights, weapons are not Dorian's strong point. But he's practiced at battle, so he doesn't flinch.

The boy means to fight him, and Dorian won't allow himself to simply be cut down. He fights back, casting a spell, a fireball bursting into existence and hitting the ground in front of Yu, trying to throw him back.]

[linefacingforever]

[ Fire was definitely effective, and Yu raised his sword to defend himself as he backed off, flinching slightly from the heat. Even still, he was already narrowing his eyes; if he used fire, then for the moment, he could at least protect himself from that. He reached his hand out again, his Arcana switching over to the Magician. ]

Pyro Jack!

[ Izanagi vanished, replaced instead with a pumpkin head in a witch's costume holding a lantern. It let out an insidious laugh, bobbing up and down in the air before a plum of fire shot out from the lantern in return. ]

[sparkler]

[For a moment, Dorian thinks about running. He really means the boy no harm, and doesn't want to kill someone who's done nothing to deserve it - except he is attacking Dorian, and he seems quite intent on injuring him, or worse. Besides, turning tail now would leave him open.

The fire bursts against his barrier, which is getting thin. It won't last much longer. Perhaps if he can scare the boy off -

He raises his staff, calling on spirits once more, casting Horror. It should inflict fear - but Dorian can't be sure. He never knows whether his spells will affect people from other worlds.]

[linefacingforever]

[ Fortunately for Dorian, a status effect like that existed on Yu's world, and he sure as heck wasn't expecting to run into it here. He let out a faint noise as he was hit with it full on in the face, wrapping an arm around himself and stumbling back. For a moment, it looked like he was going to retreat, but sheer stubbornness had him locking his knees, struggling with himself as he refused to back down. ]