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.
► 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!
► If you get caught by a predator or have things turned on you by your prey, please let us know here.

Comments

[originallutece]

Mm. It's rather a sharp shock the first time.

[Slender fingers, cold fingers, wrap around Elizabeth's forearm, keeping her steady. The other puts a cotton ball full of antiseptic to that wound, wiping away dried blood, her gaze locked on the wound.]

. . . go on. Ask, and I'll answer. At least until I dress your wounds.

[isochrone]

The first time??

[ Elizabeth bites her lip at the sting of Rosalind's ministrations, but she's otherwise good about it. How to put this delicately... ]

You... seem to have changed from the last time I saw you.

[originallutece]

Very much so.

[She at least isn't overly aggressive in her cleaning.]

I spent six months in another universe. And while I was there . . .

[A beat, and she glances up, her red eyes intent.]

What books did you have in your tower about vampires, Elizabeth?

[isochrone]

[ Elizabeth freezes in that red-eyed gaze, like an instinctive response that she cannot control. ]

That... that they were pure fiction. Of course.

[originallutece]

[A beat, and she raises an eyebrow.]

As impossible as, say, opening a doorway into another world?

[isochrone]

That's science.

[ and that reminds her of something ]

The whole Tower... it was just for watching me. Why?

[originallutece]

[There's a thousand and one answers she could give for that. The truth? Some half-truth? A lie? All of them have their drawbacks and their benefits, and all of them will change the timeline in some way.

But does it matter? When and if Robert finds her, should things be so ruined that they need to start over, well. Then they'll need to start over.]

There are only two other people in the multiverse who can do what you can do, Elizabeth, and no one was in a position to capture the other two. They had you. They had you from infancy. And what isn't understood is to be studied.

[She glances over at her.]

Further: the man who ordered you there was very, very intent on keeping track of you. He wanted to be certain you were learning what he wished you learn, reading what he wanted you to read. Doing nothing but waiting, ready to play your role when he wanted you.

DeWitt rather ruined that plan.