Event Log: Null Attack

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone!
What: The event log for the Null Attack event
Where: All over the city
When: May 29th- ?
Warnings: None

What starts as a normal day will begin to herald in the beginning of the end. On May 29th, you might see something in the sky out of the corner of your eye- blink and you miss it, but there's definitely something there, something that's not any kind of animal you've ever seen. Now that you know to look, you may be paying closer attention to the sky in order to catch the next one that flies past- a ship. A ship that that seems to be designed in a way that might remind you of the Null themselves.

As the days pass, it becomes unmistakable- the Null are here and are scouting out the area. It's time to prepare for an immediate attack and start putting all those contingency plans to good use. Will you gear up for a fight and fall into formation? Will you close and lock your doors and stay inside? Or perhaps there's some other plan that you want to enact?

You'll have time to discuss that on the network later, but now you need to start reacting to the Null's actions- which are apparently to start building smaller encampments around the city as they try to find the way inside. Confusion is holding them at bay for now but it might be time to start building some defensive measures and fortifications, because she won't be able to keep them at bay forever.

When they break in, they do so in a big way- with a massive explosion at Confusion's temple that rattles throughout the entire city. It's obvious that something has happened- and what exactly that something is reveals itself shortly when Null begin to flood the city, having broken through Confusion's protection.

This is when the fight escalates to an all-out war. Nobody is spared, and they're watching everyone from above. What will you do? How will you keep the ones you love safe? How can anyone survive this? All you can do is fight back, all we can do is wait. Good luck, Hadriel.

► This log covers the entirety of the Null attack
► 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 are killed by the Null, please let us know here.

Comments

sharon / closed

[dedikated]

So, you ready?

( You wanted help controlling your powers, Share-bear? She's got your back. In part because her weapons are a limited stock, in part because there's way too many Null in this part of town and why take the hard route when you can set shit on fire?

Kate's eyes are glowing white again, and her fingertips spark with flashes of lilac, the flares gradually dimming to a glow. She's got just the juice they need to make this happen. )

Re: sharon / closed

[fogsong]

As ready as ever. [ The look she gives is almost a vocal negative; a 'no' that reverberates through her soul. It's not what Kate's about to do, it's not even about the fact that the more powerful she gets, the less human she feels. She's just not ready.

Not ready for any of this.

She clenches her fists, maybe a little too tightly. She'd never admit it, too proud and ashamed, but she's afraid.

She's actually so very scared. ]

[dedikated]

( It's not just because they're not messing with Sharon's reality warping that Kate feels more confident about this than before, it's that this is no longer so remote. She's no longer creating things and leaving Sharon to her own devices, but laying her hands upon the young woman, finding the points where Sharon's abilities interact with Kate's own — always so malleable, so willing to adapt to whatever they need to boost. )

I got you.

( And she does. For every point of aid her powers can give, they can take it and more away. She can interfere with this as easily as she can make it happen, should it come to that.

Kate hopes it won't. But she can still do it. )

[fogsong]

[ Luckily, it should never come to that. Her goals have changed a lot since she pulled that stunt, though it's not something she regrets; she met some great allies and made herself feel a little better for just trying. But, now, it's all different.

Sharon shows clear discomfort, fidgeting at every touch, along with the knowledge that she was letting someone else, again, fiddle with her powers. ]

I don't plan on abusing this. [ She whispers to the older woman, insistent. Kate was trusting her by doing this, despite Sharon's often violent, vindictive view on the gods. She wants her to know that. ]

[dedikated]

( Unfortunately, they don't have time to discuss the issues right now, with all the chaos around them, but perhaps if this works?

Maybe. Ask her how she feels after she's done siphoning off her power to make Sharon's work better. )

Better not.

( If she did, they'd all be screwed. )