hadriel_logs | Event Log: Fadeout

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.
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"What are you?" Not the most polite thing to ask a stranger, but Ryou couldn't help himself. He'd been minding his own business, desperately trying to find his way home with his own tiny fox curled up in his jacket, ignoring the way it kept alternating between chewing on his shirt collar and chewing on any fingers that risked getting too close to its little mouth, when he overheard someone speaking to themselves and let his curiosity get the best of him.

Only this certainly wasn't what he'd expected to find when he peeked around a corner to make sure it was safe to come out. Most people wouldn't consider an unknown, obviously hostile creature safe by any stretch of the word. But, to be fair, whatever this person was, they hadn't hurt the small animal yet, so that meant they couldn't be all bad, right?

Oh great, someone else is there. He pokes the retching fox with the toe of his boot hoping it'll run away.

"I suppose saying I'm a demon is the wrong answer considering everything that's happening." Unfortunately he also doesn't have a name so he doesn't even have a backup plan for who or what he is. "The fuck is this thing? And why won't it go away?"

In fact it's time to murder his shoe again.

To his credit, Ryou doesn't seem all that bothered by the demon admission. If anything, he's that much more curious and takes his chances with moving closer. "If you're not as hostile as the ones attacking the city, I don't see a problem with you simply being another kind of demon."

Whatever seriousness the conversation may hold is absolutely ruined at Ryou's inability to keep a straight face with a tiny creature hellbent on getting attention. "They're foxes, fennec foxes, I believe. They're normally considered wild animals and fear interacting with humans, but these ones seem far more playful than wild. I'm keeping the one I found, poor thing's hurt and can't walk on its own." Said fox who shows his gratitude by tearing a hole in the whote button down Ryou has basically given up on. Between blood stains, singe marks and now timy holes, he will mourn the loss of his school uniform.

"That one seems to like you."

Edited 2016-11-17 01:08 (UTC)

"If I wanted to take over, I would have already in the fucking year I've been here. Screw this place, they're welcome to it."

He makes a few undignified hops, trying to wrestle his foot back from the fox. I don't want it to like me, I want it to go away."

Also it's cute, and he hates cute.

At the risk of his hand being chewed up even further, Ryou kneels down to reach out and attempt to pet the overly hyper fox hellbent on attacking the demon. "Once they take a liking to you, I don't think you get a say in the matter on whether or not they're going to stick around. I'm sure even if you ignored it, it'll keep coming back. That's just how stubborn they are. They're very intelligent creatures as well. Not only are there multiple legends surrounding them, but there's also the saying 'sly as a fox' because they're very good at outwitting even the most dangerous of predators."

Or outwitting demons now, as he thinks the case may very well be. "Why not keep it? It would be easier than attempting to get rid of it."

"What the hell am I gonna do with a fox?" He nearly falls over trying to back away from the thing. It's tenacious though, thoroughly determined to kill his shoe, but it stops its assault to flick those oversized ears back and forth when Ryou pets it.

"If it was so smart it wouldn't have bit me." Folding his arms he watches the two of them, well three of them including the other fox in Ryou's shirt.

"How is yours not trying to eat your face off?"

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