Event Log: Fadeout

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone participating in the event!
What: The event log for the Fadeout event!
Where: All around the city
When: November 15th-November 25th
Warnings: None!

The morning of November the 15th seems rather normal- that is, if you can avoid the glowing cracks in the fabric of reality tucked away among various streets. Still, they don't really seem to be doing much of anything and you can't quite see through them, so maybe they're decoration? This wouldn't be the first time the gods pulled some weird shit to shake things up around here.

By midafternoon, however, something changes. Cecily, in all her wisdom, decides to attempt to dispel one of these rifts, and the resulting shockwave sends tremors through the city. Tears throughout Hadriel open wider and allow for various demons to burst through and terrorize the various citizens. Demons will be tearing through in all corners of the city, though you can choose to avoid them if you like.

Look out for Pride and Rage demons, who attempt to brute force their way to you and feed off of your anger, steel yourselves against Despair and Fear demons who grow stronger as you give up hope, and definitely cross the street to avoid the Desire demons, who can take either male or female forms and will offer you everything you want if you just let them in.

Demons will either focus on attacking you or tempting you by taking advantage of and feeding off of your basic emotions. Agreeing to let a demon help you and mentally folding to it generally means that the demon will begin to possess you and start calling the shots- often using you as a vessel to hurt others and sow discord. If you happen to have any sort of magical abilities, extended possession can lead toward becoming an abomination after the corruption takes root.

So... you might want to avoid all of that. Luckily, there are some good things happening that can distract you- along with the demons, several nugs and fennec foxes will also pop up around the city, and if you don't want them to die a horrible death to a hungry demon, you might consider adopting them. In addition, you may find a random potion laying around- maybe this can help you fight off those demons, or maybe it'll make every nug in the city love you- or maybe it's secretly a jar of bees. Wouldn't be the first time you guys let bees in jars get a little out of hand.

► This log covers November 15th-November 25th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well
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► If you are murdered by a demon, become an abomination, turn your insides to sludge with a potion, or just throw yourself from a rooftop to end it all, please let us know here!

Comments

leliana ( open )

[bheidh]

demons demons everywhere

( Leliana had felt the trembling before Cecily had mentioned anything, recognising the familiar sight of green in the sky. They were here, and that was the worst thing that Leliana could imagine. No one in Thedas had expected it, and it had been difficult to handle, but here? Where no one was familiar with demons or their world?

She'd gone out, running about the city to gather information to bring to Cecily. How many rifts were they dealing with, how many demons had arrived so far? Many would but if they could try and contain it quickly-

It felt difficult but she knew that Cecily would have the worst to come. At least some of the Inquisition was here to help - to fight off the demons so that Cecily could work.

If you see Leliana it's likely to come with a warning - not to get too close, or what to expect (and do) should you see a demon. Perhaps she's killing one, using her arrows where she can. It's going to be a long few days ahead )

nugs

( It's the one good thing from this encounter - nugs. Whilst there aren't too many that appreciate nugs Leliana adores them, and she's almost a different person with one - softer, a little less guarded.

She's already taken one home but for those left stranded in the streets she can't help but give some care to them, trying to keep them from danger or provide the food she knows they like )

Aren't they wonderful?

( She has one now, tucked away in her arms as she carries it from the street )

Poor things. To be brought here-

heeeey sexy lady

[dedikated]

( she doesn't need to think, doesn't have time to concentrate on anything else that's happened when the streets begins filling with a new type of beast and the air is full of glowing green portals. Kate throws herself into dealing with that instead of anything else, spending too much time in the clinic and not thinking about anything else.

she's on her way to look for more supplies for the clinic when she catches sight of Leliana, mid-battle with one of the things that's appeared. )

The fuck are these things? ( she has a throwing knife in her hand, ready to launch if need be. )

puts chantry clothes on

[bheidh]

Demons.

( Her reply is quick, caught in the moment just before Leliana unleashes another arrow into it. This one is stronger, a demon of greater power than some that she's already killed.

Cecily's currently resting, a task that is difficult when the weight of what's happening makes it tough to pull yourself from the fight. But the force of the (smaller than normal) Inquisition is behind Cecily, and they're out fighting demons and protecting others whilst she rests )

They're from Thedas- from the Fade.

( And she would not say no to an assist )

bayonetta style nun? ayyyy

[dedikated]

( she doesn't need to be told when the thing doesn't go down after another arrow. it'll be therapeutic, a bit of flinging knives into targets. something that will exhaust her body, that doesn't need anything more than old instincts. )

Your world? ( just guessing, as she tosses a knife towards the same area Leliana had aimed her arrow. ) Why're they here?

( she asks that more to the air than for an answer. what the fuck made this place decide to spit out Demons? )

aaaay

[bheidh]

( Asking the air is a closer guess than Kate would ever have guessed it to be )

They're falling from the sky. ( Best kind of rain ever ) The rifts that have opened are tears into the Veil. It usually prevents demons from coming into our world.

( Except when it's broken )

[dedikated]

Great. ( another knife out, and Kate glances over at Leliana for a moment, processing that information. ) That mean we're linked to your world right now?

( sort of? linked to a dimension that's linked to her world, anyway. )

[bheidh]

We shouldn't be.

( Never mind the fact that bringing demons here is wrong it's different )

The rifts that are bringing the demons here were closed. Nothing should be able to cause these tears.

[dedikated]

( that's. weirder still. Kate's brow furrows. this place seems to like the impossible, just a bit too much. )

What else do I need t' know about 'em?

( but figuring out how this happened is for later, when there's no demons in their path. )

[bheidh]

They will try to corrupt you. Demons seek power, something they can use.

( Someone to hurt, something to make them stronger or be able to stay outside of the Fade permanently )

It's easier to kill them than to try and reason with them.

( There was no reasoning )

[dedikated]

( oh good. )

Possession?

( it happens back home, though she hasn't heard of anyone trying to reason with their would-be possessors. they normally didn't get the time to. )

[bheidh]

If they don't kill you first.

( If what you offered them was enough, even if it wasn't a willing offer )

[dedikated]

( shock, horror, these are the kinds of things that should probably flit through a person's mind at those facts.

Kate just exhales. too much crap back home, too many months down here to do anything else. )

Guess this place didn't get th' memo that I'm retired.

( should have taken her from a few years ago, murdercave. poor show. )

nugs

[unitas]

[ The way the woman carries the furless creature shows just how much she must enjoy their company, tucked away safely in her arms. The pink animals are cute, like naked rabbits. ]

You know what these are? [ She must be from Cecily's world, then. ]

[bheidh]

They're nugs.

( Her voice is softer, head lifting enough to look at the woman as she answers )

I used to have one.

[unitas]

Looks like you might have the chance to have another. [ Sharon would never take on a pet, she lives too nomadic a lifestyle (and can barely care for herself) to bother with something like that. ]

Kind of looks like that one likes you.

[bheidh]

They often do. They're harmless creatures.

( And friendly. They're wonderful, really )

If only they're arrived at a safer time.

[unitas]

I'm afraid for any animal, there is no 'safer' time. People are probably going to eat them. [ Sorry, Leliana, but it's the terrible, terrible truth about this place. The little amount of meat in the stores, and the paranoia from those who still remember the wendigo incident, often means that they hunt whatever is out there. Sharon herself fishes, but other people eat monsters.

And soon nugs, she's sure. ]

[bheidh]

Dwarves already do.

( Though Leliana wouldn't, not to something she considers a pet. If others do- she can hardly stop them )

But they still survive.

[unitas]

As long as they breed, I guess they could survive if they can adapt to the city. [ But she knows nothing about such cute hairless creatures. ]

[bheidh]

They usually live in darker places, but they may find something here.

( Or adapt. Or die. But until something happened Leliana would help them out, feeding and protecting if she could )

[unitas]

The caves surrounding the city are dark enough, I bet, but the monsters in there... [ She gives a shake of her head. The variety in the caves really means few things can survive in them long, not even the people of the city. ] There's some bad things in there.

[ And such cute ugly things don't deserve to go out the way some of the monsters in there would take them. A pause. She's great at taking conversations down dark roads. ]

I'm, uh, Sharon, by the way. I know Cecily, from your world. [ She's a friend, she means. ]

[bheidh]

( As much as there are bad things in Thedas it is not a constant ordeal, and the nugs couldn't survive them in any event )

Leliana. It's nice to meet one of Cecily's friends.

( She hasn't met many, but she's also more of a watcher than a speaker )

[unitas]

Yeah, ditto. [ Likewise. She's spoken to a few of Cecily's friends from her world, but she's never tried to seek them out. ] I'm glad she's got friends from home here.

[ Especially after Cullen disappeared. ]

nugs!

[sciencelizard]

[Alphys has also managed to find a nug, that continues to duck in and out of her lab coat as she walks, but she's finding them incredibly wiggly- and the one she's trying to grab at has since worked it's way out her arms and runs full-speed into Leliana's leg, Alphys jogging just behind.]

I'm sorry, uh, t-they just don't, uh, stay still, I hope that didn't hurt...

demons.

[bekommen]

[Nick didn't ask for any of this.

She was home - making a new life for herself, with a new name, a new identity, a fresh start with the horrors of this place behind her. Having it cruelly ripped away, being brought back - it's hard to wake up in her apartment every day, knowing that she was free and now she's not.

It's hard, but Nick is surviving. That's what she tells herself every morning - she is still breathing, so she is still surviving, and she will continue to do so until her last breath, which will be a long goddamn time from now, if Nick has any say in the matter.

She's fallen back into her old routine, working at Delight's bar, pouring drinks and lending a patient ear for the bar's patrons. The semi-regular horror show of bullshit the gods in this place like to put people through is part of that routine, but this time, something is different. Nick has survived an entire year's worth of events, mostly by hunkering down and waiting it out.

But this time, something inside of her snaps.

It has been a long, long time since she's actively gone out picking fights - something she did more as a teenager, angry, with something to prove, ready to fight the entire small world of the town that birthed and raised and shaped her. She's been in fights since, too, but they were targeted affairs, usually proving a point or simply refusing to be pushed around.

She has had enough of this bullshit. And for once, she remembers that there is something she can do about it.

She can fight.

Nick has only ever fought in Morphus when provoked - defending herself against something that has tried to harm her and her friends, or when Rage sent her into a blind, murderous fury. Nick has never actively responded to a threat when it hasn't been directly aimed at her - until now.

Because she is angry - about being here again, about being fucked with again - and she's not going to run anymore. She isn't going to hide. She's going to fight back.

So when she crosses paths with Leliana, it's as her monstrous doll self, wearing impractical black ribbons and ruffles and lace, a fissure cracked across her porcelain forehead, hands raised to aim and shoot black energy bolts at the demon she's currently facing. Her voice has a hollow, distorted quality to it, not entirely human-sounding, but still recognizable as Nick for anyone who may have heard her speak before.]

Take that, you motherfucker!