Event Log: Predator vs. Prey

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the Predator vs Prey event
Where: All over the city
When: March 13th-March 21st
Warnings: None

It all starts with an explosion, because Rage is excellent at managing her anger. But an explosion isn't enough - she hasn't worked out all her feeling yet. Not until the city itself has gotten caught up in her anger at Fear for being unable to save Delight. And yeah, that means you.

So now you're a predator (Rage) or prey (Fear). You want to hunt, or you're being hunted. Maybe you were defenseless before, or maybe you're the sort who no one could be afraid of... but it's different now, because the gods are passing on their blessings to you. All the better to catch and kill, or run and hide.

What will you do? Try to resist the urge? Good luck with that. Who would want to resist, anyway, when it feels so right to give in? Hunt someone down like a cat after a mouse, or flee like a deer before wolves. Maybe you can find someone to help you, whether that means hunting in packs or looking for safety in numbers. Who knows, maybe you'll even make a few new friends while trying to kill your old ones.

► This log covers March 13th-March 21st.
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► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► If you get caught by a predator or have things turned on you by your prey, please let us know here.

Comments

[madamdirector]

[ STREET SMARTS!!

She's not okay, Finn.

Lucretia turns when he speaks, unwisely calling attention to herself. Unwise because rather than smiling at him in recognition and relief, she narrows her eyes. She moves towards him, but it's not to hurry close to greet him. She stalks towards him with purpose, raising her staff as she goes.

And then she lowers it, casting Lightning Bolt right at his position. Think fast, Finn. Lucretia's not home right now. ]

[bythehand]

[ Okay, so that's literally actually lightning and that's something happening in reality, right now. Which is good to know.

Finn is starting to suspect his gut reaction was right. He should have huddled with the MREs and waited for daylight. While he manages to skillfully (read: barely) avoid dying in this specific moment, he does lose the entire bag of supplies that he came out here to grab in the first place. It bursts into flames. Hell is real. ]

Right. Stupid question.

[ Time for his favorite hobby: scrambling to his feet and running for his life. ]

[madamdirector]

[ She doesn't start running after him, at least not right away. She does pick up her pace a little, but keeping up with Finn is really not a necessity. Not when her staff is doing the work for her.

She stalks down the middle of the street, shooting spell after spell at him - Magic Missle, Lightning Bolt, Fire Bolt. When her attacks miss, she doesn't get upset, she just laughs. There's a certain satisfaction in seeing him have to leap out of the way in order to avoid getting fried. ]

[bythehand]

[ It's almost worse when he has these encounters and the other person doesn't seem all that concerned about keeping pace. Magic is bad! And he does not care to have it wielded against him!

Least of all when he thinks he's done a good dodge, only to put himself in prime position to be yoten into a nearby wall on the edge of a different and equally unsavory explosion. It knocks the breath out of him and then some; Finn loses a lot of running time on trying to get that breath back and finding the coordination to try to push himself back up again. It doesn't help that that same part of his brain is still on high alert like the most obnoxious alarm clock in the world, basically chiming in to remind him this is a bad and dangerous situation.

No shit, brain. Of course it's bad. ]

Don't-- don't make me have to push back.

[ Bold words for dude more slowly trying to wind his way backwards through some general messed-up-city debris. He's used the whole... blessing, thing since this all got started. Pushed back and all. What he doesn't like about it is that he doesn't know exactly what it will do to someone. He doesn't see. But it is obviously usually upsetting for the person trying to kill him.

Sometimes he doesn't care all that much because he's busy not dying. He'll feel bad if and/or when it's Lucretia, though. Personal bias. ]

[madamdirector]

[ She laughs, still advancing on him. It's beautiful, the way he slams into the wall. Would it be worth it to spend a spell slot to cast Arcane Hand, pick him up and throw him just to see him bounce back and forth between the buildings in the alley?

Why is that even a question? ]

Oh, I'm scared now. What will I ever do if you push back?

[ She raises her staff, concentrating on casting the more complex spell, and a giant, translucent hand appears in the air, reaching for Finn. Prepare to be yoten once more. ]