hadriel_logs | Event Log: Dazed and Confused

Who: Everyone participating in the event!
What: The event log for the Dazed and Confused event!
Where: All around the city
When: September 24th-October 2nd
Warnings: None!

On the 24th of September, you wake up and everything seems pretty normal. You've got to head in for your shift at the guard, or at the clinic, or wherever else people go- maybe you're visiting a friend, maybe you're checking out the library, but either way as soon as you step out onto your street, you're in a foreign location.

No, you haven't been transported anywhere weird. Well, not by anything other than your own two feet. And hey, you could recognize a landmark and know your way back from there! But somehow you turn left instead of right and now everything is confusing again. It's not that the city itself is changing, but rather, it's your ability to take direction and move in the way that you think you should.

On top of all that, of course, is the strange inversion of most abilities. Everything is topsy turvy with your various powers or individual skills, so be on the lookout for some odd changes. Maybe you're usually pretty good at reasoning and now you can't think your way out of a paper bag, or maybe you have fire powers that start shooting icicles instead- either way, it's weird. Hopefully you can deal with it without injuring yourself too much, but... well, it's kind of difficult to make any guarantees when you can't even find your way to the clinic when you accidentally break something.

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( it definitely isn't, and after months of being down here, where her powers have functioned differently - have required far more work to see the things she normally could - due to the differences in universes...

well, being able to see things, straight through her eyes?

it's headache-inducing. Rose practically glows like the frozen tundras, like Denmark in winter's sun.

she breathes, closes her eyes, and tries to shut it off.

... it doesn't work. )

Not even close.

( a pause, and; ) Think we're stuck until Confusion's done having their fun.

[ Sorry about that Kate. She would have picked a less obnoxious color if she could, but... White wolf and all. Not to mention arctic powers. Her aura is about as blinding as the snow she grew up in. ]

Well, I mean, it's kind of a cool... but it doesn't look too fun for you, unfortunately.

[ She noticed that need to close her eyes. ]

Yeah. Confusion turned out to be a bad call. I mean, I voted for Love but... Seems no one else was feeling the love around here.

( it really wouldn't be too bad if there were any sense to it. Kate wouldn't mind not having to channel her abilities into items to do anything, for one. but the uncontrollable nature, the fact that it goes against everything she knows about how powers work in her world (and that's been her life, is now her career, she knows a lot more than one might expect), those things confuse her. frustrate her. control has always been important

(for more than her powers.) )

Can't see much value in hot springs down here. ( GPS though. yeah, sorry, Rosie, she voted with the majority this time. )

Man, you people need to learn to live a little. Hot springs would be the bomb.com. So much better than, pft, knowing where to go.

[ Sarcasm, it's her only true defense. Though she would actually prefer Love's presence than confusion, she can't deny that a GPS would be fairly handy. Rose explores enough to glean some use out of it at least.

But, still. Hot springs. How awesome would that be.

The blond takes a cautious couple steps forward and all seems To be going well. But that's the thing with powers on the fritz, isn't it? One second they're fine, the next it's like an explosion of energy the woman wasn't even aware she housed. Underneath her right foot is a burst of ice, jagged and cutting. The woman hisses loudly, squinting her eyes tightly shut before exhaling slowly.

Ow. ]

Ah, damn. That's gonna sting tomorrow. [ It stings now, actually, as can be seen from the raw and red cuts seeping blood through her torn pants leg. Thankfully, Rose is made of much tougher stuff. ] At least it's already on ice?

[ Ha. Haha. Ha. ]

( see, Kate's always thought in terms of which would be the most useful item. GPS > hot springs, always. ~~practical, practical, forever trying to avoid the things that are scarier. like a god called Love messing with your emotions.~~

Kate can only blink at the sudden eruption, stutter for a moment before she glances away and breathes deep.

(this is not the time to be scared, not the time to hear your heart thunder in your ears.) )

Fuck- ( this could go very badly. and although it's a terrible joke, Rosie's not wrong per se. being on ice will help. ) I'll get some cloth.

( a makeshift bandage. if she can't find anything, well-

she has a shirt.

she's seen worse.

it doesn't stop the way her heart thumps. )

[ Rose has, too, actually... but it's more fun pretending that she hasn't. It's fun pretending that she's fun because then she seems more human. Normal. ]

No. [ The command is more firm than intended, has more of an edge to it than planned. She tries again, this time lighter and less menacing- ] No, I mean... It's fine, really. The could be you next, so. I don't want you coming anywhere near me, y'know?

[ It's fine if it's only her. It's always been fine if it's only her to suffer. Better her, who she knows can handle it, than burdening someone else. Without waiting for Kate, the blond yanks her leg from the ice capturing it and gives a pained yell before staggering back. The first attempt to put pressure on it fails and she tumbles backwards. ]

Ow, [ she huffs out, followed by reassuring laughter. She's okay. She's not, but. She needs to give off the image of being okay. Smile. Laugh. No one will worry then. The ground freezes beneath her fingertips and she focuses on containing that than the throbbing of her leg, the pounding of her head- ]

I'm alright! Just, uh. Just a minor setback.

( well humans here clearly hate fun. or pseudo-humans. there's a lot of people who are more than human around.

Kate just about hides the flinch, although she can't hide the tension that builds in her shoulders watching that, nor the way her eyes don't focus on what's going on but slide somewhere north of Rose pulling her leg out of the ice.

(there's been worse in her life, sure, but- well, it doesn't make it any less awful to watch.)

but still. this is what she's supposed to do now, what she works for. so she has to swallow that, and disregard the protests. ) Still have to get that patched up, you know?

( maybe not by her, not with how her powers are fluctuating, but by someone. )

[ Rose would be guilty as charged on that, honestly! Obviously, Kate realizes as such by now... but she still likes to think she's pretty convincing! ]

Nahhh, s'fine. [ The blond says, giving a dismissive wave as she pulls her torso back up to sit on the ground. Is it cold around her, or is it just her? Hah.

The woman glances down to her leg and resists the urge to cringe. That actually... Mm. ]

It'll heal.

( well. it's hard to call people spewing ice standard humans, really. Kate bites her tongue for a moment, something to centre her, and eventually says; )

You're not fond of doctors, are you?

Not in the slightest.

[ Finally, a bit of honesty. If only because she was called out on how terrible see through her lies were. ]

Event Log: Dazed and Confused

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