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

[skelebro]

He's lookin' for a ring then, is he? An interesting thing to keep in mind. That's just kind of an instinct that comes automatic to him at this point, and he can't even really muster the effort to feel guilty about it. It's just kinda how things are.

"Running and hiding is a severely underrated strategy," Sans says airily. "Personally, I'm a Grade-A runner and hider."

[shadowsangel]

The absolute lack of shame that comes with that statement brings a small smile back to his face, and strangely makes him feel a tiny bit better about the whole thing. When you've spent most of your life listening to a voice telling you you're worthless, weak and can't do anything on your own, you grow a desire to prove it wrong when you can. But this way, it makes it seem that maybe he's not such a coward after all.

"Everyone has their own reasons for what they do, I suppose. I haven't been much good to anyone my whole life, not even myself, so I think my desire to fight back comes from having been pushed around and hidden away for far too long. It's silly, I'm sure, because I honestly have no one to prove myself to here. And yet, I can't quite quell the need to come out of hiding and do something to stand up for myself for once."

[skelebro]

That's one way to swing, almost certainly. That or you just decide to succumb to it, and let those weaknesses more or less rule who and what you are. Sans ain't really ever gonna prove anyone wrong about what and who he is. He's a coward and a weak one at that, pure and simple, and there ain't any real point in fightin' that.

"Well, we gotta city guard if you feel like you wanna fight," says Sans, jerking a thumb over his shoulder. "My bro's a part of it. Does a real good job keepin' people safe and the like. Could always look into it."