Event Log: Predator vs. Prey

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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.

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[hot_mes]

[Law rolls over, not to protect his vitals because what's the point anymore, but to conceal his left hand which still has a modicum of use. Propped up on his other elbow, he takes a few ragged breaths and believes he may just have the stamina to do this once. If he misses, it's all over.]

Then come here and do it like a man. Point blank. Unless you think an unarmed man is still a threat?

[if Nate stays at a safe distance, he'll have to just teleport himself the fuck out of there, but doing so means Nate can still come after him. Law hopes desperately that he takes the bait and comes close enough for him to lunge. He's got an electric shock waiting and he just needs a few seconds of contact to deal it.]

Room...

[nonscriptum]

...seriously? A manhood challenge?

[ Nate mutters to himself, wanting to laugh. He isn't stupid - the guy's a pirate captain, there's probably a damn good reason why, and under normal circumstances Nate would be good over here, picking pieces off of someone he doesn't explicitly trust. Confident in his masculinity he doesn't feel threatened by not rising to crap like that.

Unfortunately for his internal processes the influence of Rage's distinctive need to destroy is pretty goddamn strong.

So strong, in fact, that he kind of shrugs to himself, stands, and starts walking over. ]

If you insist.

[hot_mes]

[fuck, of course he runs into the one competent killer who wouldn't fall for that. Law's fault for having dealt with far too many idiots who totally would.

Thankfully, he only needs Nate to come into the boundary of the sphere of power he just created. This is all he's got, his one shot. It's weak, since he's weak, but it should be enough.

As soon as he's close enough Law moves a foot to get good traction and launches himself up, off the ground and right into Nate's path, swinging his free hand forward. His thumb makes contact with the nearest sub-dermal bone - hip, that'll do nicely.]

Counter-shock!

[the electrical discharge is like a defibrillator, but without a path for the current to travel, it's more like a taser. As long as it slows Nate down long enough.]

[nonscriptum]

[ He doesn't notice the sphere. How could he, when he doesn't even know what Law is capable of, when he doesn't know what kind of boundaries there are to avoid crossing? It's all unavoidable, a fact only reiterated when Nate steps into proximity and Law emerges. ]

Crap-

[ He's fast, throwing his arm out like that, and Nate's gun is up - squeezing the trigger - just as something that looks like a slender bolt of lightning crackles toward him. His shot swings a few inches wide as it hits him square in the chest, knocking him flat.

It's excruciating, ricocheting through his skeleton like the insides of a pinball machine that also happens to be on-fire, fingers twitching like the rest of him. ]

[hot_mes]

[his poor soft tissues. Law might apologize later, but right now he just needs to take advantage of this moment and get the fuck outta here. Now he can teleport without fearing he'll be immediately followed, he has a few minutes now rather than a few seconds.

His gray eyes twitch briefly as he can feel his energy waning. No time to waste. A flick of his wrist and he's gone, vanishing into thin air. A chunk of rock appears simultaneously where he had been a moment ago, thunking to the ground at Nate's feet.]