hadriel_logs | Event Log: Predator vs. Prey

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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[what no don't be happy about this! Law is frozen where he is for a moment, only snapping alert when she's almost on top of him and swinging to block. He catches and holds, but his arms tremble with the effort and after a moment he feels his heels sliding back in the dirt. With both hands on the sword's grip he can't do the Room thing, not yet, with all his might bent on keeping that robot-sword from cleaving through his blade and then him.

Gritting his teeth, he focuses for a moment and a black coating creeps up the length of Kikoku's blade. He's going to need Armament for this, without it he's dead]

Where...where did you get this?

[stalling never works but dammit he'll try]

[It's exhilarating to look at someone powerful and have them be afraid of her- properly, truly afraid of the ability she wields. She doesn't need those heroes she lauded; she can fight with the best of them. She can kill with the power she has.

He goes to parry, and she presses into the hold, speaking as she hits more switches inside the cockpit.]

I made it! Amazing what I can do when I just, p-put my mind to it, huh? Like this!

[She locks the arm pressing down on him in place so she can swing the other towards his side.]

Yeah, it's really...

[whoops no time to talk, not with a two-pronged attack. Law disengages the first arm in order to block the second, though that downward blow whiffs a bit too close for comfort. He shoves off and starts backing away, aware that he can't fight as well up close with this thing. It's impressive, really, but...

He positions himself with sword raised to guard, taking one hand off the hilt to flick up a Room around them]

I don't want to hurt you, Alphys-ya. Just back away.

[He moves again, Alphys muttering under her breath as she recalibrates. This thing is too slow-- she'll have to tighten up some work for the next one. She doesn't recognize what a Room might be, and certainly can't counter it, but Rage's influence ticks away at her brain, pressing her forward, forward, forward.]

I don't think I'm the one getting hurt here!

[She throttles both sticks forward, breaking the robot into a sprint, the left arm swinging from the top and the right up from the bottom.]

I'm gonna be the one on top!

[she's really not, not yet anyway. If he wasn't so consumed with fear Law would be a lot more ruthless, but he's acting as prey should, dodging and evading rather than going for the heart.

Once the murderbot gets inside his Room, he swings long-distance, sending a flying slash to cut off the left arm close to its deadly end, but in choosing to go for that one he's wide open to the other, which catches him, slicing across his side and sending him flying. He lands hard, but at least manages to keep a grip on his sword and the Room. Ow. Ow.

His head comes up sharply, knowing she could be right on top of him if he doesn't get up fast enough...]

[She sees his attack coming a little too late, trying to pull up the arm or parry before it's cut, but doesn't perfectly get it-- the blade severs a number of wires, catches plating, and the buzz of electricity around it snaps and dies. She grits her teeth, pressing harder into the one that catches him, trying to press forward to follow up. When Law can raise his head, she'll still be coming, the left arm now dragging across the floor at it's tip with a shower of sparks.]

Hey! D-Don't break my stuff!

[It does seem to hinder her movement, though- it can't run as well with the drag, and has been reduced to a blunt force instrument at best.]

I don't want your stuff to break me!

[he almost has to will his legs to get underneath him and propel him up and away from a follow-up strike, rolling away perpendicular to the robot's path. He stays inside the confines of his Room, which doesn't cover a huge surface area but as long as he can keep Alphys' toy inside it as well, he's got a fighting chance.

Only when he gets up does he finally feel just how much she tore up his side. That's going to slow him down, too. Gritting his teeth, Law flips his grip on his sword and brings up both hands, building electricity between his thumbs until it arcs visibly]

Don't come any closer, or you're going to get shocked.

[She watches the electricity move almost excitedly, the spark reflecting off her glasses and the grin she's giving him, the mouth full of sharp teeth.]

I think you forget! Y-You're the one who should be afraid of me!

[Alphys kicks something with her leg, and the robot suddenly jumps about 6 feet in the air, doing a hop towards his direction to seemingly try and step on him. It's imprecise, crashing down nearby in an attempt to shake the floor, but she swings up the working arm to try and take a hit at him anyway.]

[Counter-shock is at its best when Law can make contact, and that move effectively derails the attempt. He mostly manages to keep his feet from the shockwave, but wobbles, making it possible for the swing to catch him before he can regain his balance. The electricity vanishes as he goes flying again, rolling several times before coming to a stop. This time, his sword clatters and skitters to a stop more than an arm's reach away. He can be heard swearing under his breath as he tries to pick himself up. Maybe playing with the robot isn't a good idea, he should get away.]

[Running is probably advisable, especially since her movement is hampered, the robot trying to recover from it's crashdown. The broken arm hits the ground hard, sending shockwaves up the side and making it difficult for her to raise it at all as she curses in the driver's seat.]

C-Can't you just go ahead and die??

[It almost looks like it's limping now, dragging the derilect arm. He could run, or make an attempt on the final working weapon. It's his call.]

[Law lifts his head to gauge the threat, even as the robot is weakening, and decides that he'd much rather get away than continue to fight. He's crippled it, that's a start.]

Not today, Alphys-ya.

[he creates a new Room, this one large enough to encompass a few of the buildings nearby. That way when he vanishes from sight, there's any number of options where he might be. The nondescript brick he swaps out for himself could come from any of them, it's no clue at all.]

[He expands his space and is suddenly, inexplicably, gone.

She swivels her head as he leaves her field of vision, turning the robot back and forth to try and find him. She wants to break out of it and go see if she can just get him on foot, but she knows it'll just be putting herself in danger. The metal feet of the robot hit the ground and she screams in anguish, anger burning in her chest.]

Get back here! Get back here and let me kill you! Come back!

[Alphys slams at the controls, the robot parroting her movements in a sense as it bangs it's weaponry against the ground. But it's not long before she's moving again, dragging that arm as she circles, calling out as she goes.]

I'll find you! You c-can't hide! I'll always find you!

[nope sorry Alphys, not today is his mantra. Law's whole side is starting to seize up where he got hit, he needs a little bit to perform some delicate surgery. Or get attacked by Starscream and have to limp to the clinic, whatever, it's all the same.]

Event Log: Predator vs. Prey

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