hadriel_logs | Event Log: Soulmates

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for Soulmates event
Where: All over the city
When: February 14th-February 22nd
Warnings: None

Oh shit, what even happened last night? You're pretty sure you had a normal night, no crazy drunk antics (unless that is your normal night). But this morning you woke up with a brand new tattoo, and it's... a name?

Maybe it's a name you recognize, one of your good friends. Maybe it's a stranger. Maybe it's someone you can barely stand. No matter who it is, you kind of feel like you should look for them and figure out what's going on with this weird tattoo. And when you find them - well, they've got one too, except this one is your name. It would seem weird, except as soon as you see each other you kind of understand. Of course you'd have a tattoo with the name of the person you've found such an amazing connection with. You were meant to be together.

So enjoy your time with your newfound soulmate. Who knows, you might wake up tomorrow with a whole new name on your arm, a new connection, a new love. Make the most of it!

► This log covers February 14th-February 22nd
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► If you try to pull off a stupid stunt to impress your soulmate and fail so miserably you die, please let us know here.

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What, uh, does begin to cover it?

[Should he have asked that? Too late now.]

I try not to think about how many people here have... you know. It only knows what I know, so as long as I stay ignorant, it's fine.

Brainwashing, torturing, murdering psychopaths would be closer.

[Or you know... yikes.]

Covering your ears and going 'la la la I'm not listening' actually works for you?

[Yeah, yikes. Michael decides that's probably a sensitive subject and drops it. He's awkward enough on the best of topics, much less these sorts.]

Not really? I mean, if I knew what they were going to say anyway, that's the same thing. It's in my head, it knows what I know.

Do you know what it knows? Like do you remember what it does?

[Say if it spent the night cuddling up in someone's lap...]

I, uh, yeah. I get it in bits and pieces, and it's always confusing and out of order, but I can usually put things together.

[So yeah, he Knows about your cuddle session.]

Ah. Okay.

[He looks away cuz awwwwwwwkward.]

Well that whole thing sucks. I'm sorry man.

It's fine. I mean, it's not fine, but you know. It's not like it's anybody's fault.

[Nobody cursed him or anything, as far as he knows.]

Can you get rid of it? Like an exorcism?

Okay that sounds way stupider now that I've said it outloud. Is that a real thing that people do? Or is that a movie thing?

[Michael cringes a little at the mention of an exorcism.]

To be honest, I don't know if it's real, or if it would work, and I'm really not willing to find out. It sounds kind of like a nightmare.

Yeah it.. doesn't seem to work well for anyone in movies.

I guess you just gotta live with it? Maybe it won't be so bad?

[he fails at optimism. But he's trying?]

I guess I'll get more and more... I don't know. Not control over it, maybe, but I'll get better at resisting. I think I already have, a little bit.

[It's fine, they both fail at optimism.]

Maybe you can reason with it or something. Or at least try and let it only eat people who are douchebags.

[Because that sure makes murder justified. He's the best Deputy ever.]

I mean, it only goes after killers, so... Most of the time they're douchebags already.

[Most of the time.]

Pretty sure there's a lot of people who've killed people who aren't douchebags.

Well, yeah. Soldiers and self-defense and stuff. But all the people we've targeted were repeat offenders. People who did it for kicks.

[I.e., douchebags.]

So more like serial killers?

You're a little bit of a vigilante then.

Well... [When you put it that way...] I guess you're not wrong.

But if it's gotta be somebody, it might as well be someone who kind of deserves it, right?

If you have to kill someone then.. yeah I guess that would be preferable, but it doesn't make it legal. You would be surprised how often people think "he was a dick" is an actual excuse for assault.

Though here... where there's no laws or real repurcussions...

I know it's not legal. I don't even think it's ethical, or moral, or whatever word you want to put on that. It's just... the lesser evil.

[But it's still evil.]

And actually, I think I'm more likely to get caught here. Back home, they wouldn't believe that a monster killed someone. Here, they're more open to the possibility.

Given the situation.. it's the best you can do.

[That's sorta optimistic.]

True, but they'll blame the random monsters and gods first before blaming you. ...At least I think that's how it would go, don't hold me to that.

[The best he can do, huh? Michael wants to believe that, wants to take solace in the fact that he's trapped in a bad situation, but he can't. The best he could do would be not to give in to the monster at all.]

Enough people saw it during the Null invasion that I can't say I wouldn't be a suspect. Probably best to just... not. Kill anybody.

Is that an option? Or will the screaming get .. worse?

I mean, it probably will get worse.

[Not even "probably".]

But what else am I supposed to do? It's either stop it or let it run rampant, and I'm not exactly a fan of one of those.

Yeah that's... Can you reason with it? Let it eat some demon monsters if it shuts up for a week?

Or is that not how it works?

I guess I could go put myself in danger and let it eat whatever tries to eat me? But reasoning isn't exactly its strong suit.

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