Event Log: Gifts from the Door, Monster Version

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the monster version of the Gifts from the Door event
Where: All over the city
When: October 12th-17th
Warnings: Like, so many monsters

No monsters arrived with the newbies - great! One less thing to worry about. Except it never quite works out that way, does it? Maybe the Door was just delayed a little, because on the 12th, a few monsters start appearing. And then more. And then more. Where's the off switch?! Oh right, no one knows.

Some of these monsters you might recognize, some your best friend from another world might be very familiar with. Some might be creatures you've never imagined. But don't worry, they all have one thing in common - they'd all be happy to tear you to itty bitty pieces. Or eat your liver. Or consume your soul. Or just scare the shit out of you, that's fun too.

So lock your doors and stay inside, and hope nothing breaks in through the windows. Alternately, now's a great time to get your hero on and go out and smack some monsters around. It's great exercise, and there's nothing better for stress relief! Just avoid those big scary fangs.

► This log covers October 12th-17th.
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Comments

[unphase]

[she sounds confused]

But she attacked you. Does she do stuff like that a lot?

[itsnotaonesie]

I don't know that she does it a lot, but she's definitely done it before. Problem is, there aren't too many people here that are powerful enough to keep her from being a pain in the butt.

[unphase]

[she doesn't like the sound of that at all]

So, she gets to what? Bully the entire town?

[itsnotaonesie]

[Yeaaaah, Peter doesn't look too thrilled about it either]

Seems that way. Like apparently there are people who can... y'know, stop her, but because of the way the alien overlords run things, even killing her wouldn't be a permanent solution.

[unphase]

[she's reminded uncomfortably of the Daxamites and how none would intervene before they attacked Earth directly]

I've heard that the aliens bring people back to life, but are they so stupid that they can't see the threat? What's to stop her from attacking them?

[itsnotaonesie]

Honestly? She's probably good for some of them to have around. Fear and Rage probably eat pretty well whenever she pulls her stunts, and I don't think she's actually strong enough to do anything to them. If I remember right, someone told me that they actually took some of her power away, so they probably aren't worried about her attacking them at all.

[unphase]

Really? But, what, we're supposed to sit around and let ourselves be attacked whenever she feels like it?

[itsnotaonesie]

I'm not planning on letting her do whatever she wants. There's probably not much I can do to stop someone like her from hurting people, but I'm sure as hell gonna try.

[unphase]

[she sighs, the visibly firms her resolve and nods] I'll try, too. She sounds like a bully. Bullies usually don't stop unless someone else steps in.

[itsnotaonesie]

[He nods too, and grins like a dork because this is one of those cool superhero moments where the heroes team up to kick some ass. GOD it's so cool.]

Awesome, I think we'll make a good team on that front. I would totally high five you right now if I didn't smell like butts and dead people. Rain check on the high five.

[Speaking of dead people, he should probably start dragging that one gross, headless body outside so they can start their totally gross zombie bonfire.]

[unphase]

[it's totally cool and she's stoked to have a super-hero buddy here. she was afraid that she'd be by herself with no one to understand and yet here he is! yay!

she laughs happily] I'm sure I don't smell any better. And I'll take that rain check. Don't forget!

[there are so many of them and they're all so gross and ewwwwww. and it's only going to smell worse once they're actually burning. they'll have to stand downwind]

[itsnotaonesie]

If it helps, I wouldn't be able to smell you over these guys anyway. And I won't, promise.

[At least it won't be super hard to wrangle the not-beheaded ones into one place. As gross as they are, fighting something this stupid has it's perks.]

[unphase]

[she makes a little "ugh" sound and tugs at the fabric of her cloak, pulling it up to her nose and breathing it in. yuck. stinky. thank grife her costume turned out to be machine-washable, she doesn't know what she'd do without it]

That's some comfort, I guess. And, good. Super-heroes ought to stick together.

[and she goes over to one of the beheaded ones, grabbing it by the feet and dragging it over to what looks like a growing pile of gross]

[itsnotaonesie]

[He really shouldn't laugh because dude, zombies, but he does anyway. A brief moment of amusement before he's back to tossing bodies into a pile and webbing fresh zombies up to yank them over.]

Through the good times and the bad times, something like that? And I guess this counts as one of the bad times.

[Just check out this pile of bodies. Pretty bad time.]

[unphase]

[everyone needs a little levity during a bad situation. she's not entirely sure what she did or said that was so funny, but okay. she's reached the pile and dumped her zombie on it and goes back for another]

Exactly like that! [and she wrinkles her nose as she comes across a particularly ripe zombie] This is definitely one of the bad times. I'm never watching another zombie holo again, I don't care how good the special effects are.

[The Worst. or at the very least The Smelliest]

[itsnotaonesie]

[And Peter's going to get back up on that light pole and drop those guys he stringed up before into the pile. JUST so nasty.]

Yeah, I think I've had my fill of zombies for the rest of my life. Is that all of them?

[unphase]

[they squish when they land. there is an audible squishing sound. and another whiff of ripe zombie scent. gross]

I think so? Time to light them up?

[itsnotaonesie]

{ugh NOO WHYYY this is so gross. But yes, Peter hops down from his light pole and pops open a bottle of that cooking oil]

Yeah, might as well get this nasty mess this over with.

[Aaand just give him a minute to douse this horror pile with oil wooo]

[unphase]

[it's gross. it's very gross. she plans to take an hour long shower when all of this is done and then slather herself in sweet-smelling lotion. and launder her uniform multiple times, just to be on the safe side]

Yeah. It's not getting any less nasty.

[once he does, she uses the lighter to set the bottom zombie's clothes on fire]

[itsnotaonesie]

[And there they go, lighting up like a nasty camp fire. A camp fire with bodies in it, I guess.]

...Awww, man. We should have stolen one of the boats and given them a Viking funeral.

[unphase]

[the smell of roasting rotten flesh is almost worse than normal rotten flesh]

Uh-huh. That would've had the bonus of the stinky thing floating away from us instead of being right here in front of us. I guess it's too late now?

[itsnotaonesie]

Yeah, but then someone would probably whine about us wasting a boat, not that we have anywhere to really go in a boat. I guess we could like. Move. We don't have to stand here smelling this. Y'know what, let's not stand here anymore. I'm gonna puke if we stay here.

[He is gonna start scooting AWAY because EW]

[unphase]

I don't even need the boats, since I can fly from one place to another. And that's a good idea. These things will burn just fine on their own. Where do you want to go?

[she starts backing away as well, wrinkling her nose at the smell]

[itsnotaonesie]

Mannnn, flying is such a cool power.

[He may be a tiny bit jealous. Just a bit, but only because they live on shitty islands and boats suck]

As much as I wanna not be around monsters right now, I think we should go make sure there's nobody else in trouble anywhere.

[unphase]

[a trifle smugly] It does come in handy.

[she's seen those boats, she wouldn't trust them to take her two yards, let alone the distance between the islands]

Yeah, we probably should. We can't be sure that this is the only place the zombies showed up. They might be everywhere by now. I've seen at least twenty remakes of "Night of the Living Dead."