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.
► 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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

What's the point? He's immortal. And if all you can do is cause him pain, then I want to do that myself. Besides, I'm wicked. How much are they really going to go out of their way to help me?

[Given his everything so far, he hasn't garnered much of a positive reputation. He's pretty convinced the clinic hates his at least, so why not these guard people, too?]

They kinda go outta their way to help everybody here. Pretty sure they had a guy answer for some recreational murder a little while back.

[Thus far Warrick hasn't seemed wicked so much as just - mildly out of touch with how emotional output typically works.

Reminds him of Chara, in a couple ways.]

[#doubts...]

Yes, well. Immortality point still stands. He doesn't have to rely on Hope.

Maybe. Not bein' able to die has its disadvantages.

[It tends to numb you to things, for one.]

[ha ha yeah... Warrick's familiar.]

Oh, believe me. I've threatened him with suffering! With cutting him into little pieces and scattering them! The only thing that bothered him was stealing that damn vita. You can't make him wish he could die!

[Having met more than a few people who can apparently boast immortality, Sans is startin' to get the idea that this is a real epidemic.

Little disturbing that Warrick can list off those punishments with such alacrity, but there's a world of difference between threatening such a thing and then actually up and doing it. He'd know.]

Well, if that's what bothers him, why not go to town with it?

[Clearly the solution here is: prank war.]

Did you miss the part where I said he tried to kill me because of it?! He said he'd steal my heart as soon as I got it and cut it into tiny bits to feed to monsters!

[HE'LL DO IT, HE'S CRAZY. Warrick absently rubs at the scar on his chest.]

That's what happens when you try to talk and reason with people here.

Uh-huh.

[Sounds like a real upsetting time for everyone. Sans is gonna track down this guy's place in case he needs a guinea pig for any practical jokes of his.]

Can't say he'd be gettin' away with much around here. Like I said, the guard tends to look out for people in the city. I mean, hey.

[He lifts his shoulders in an exaggerated shrug, grinning.]

They look out for me and my bro all right.

Well, yes. Of course they would, you're you.

[A totally harmless and nice dude.]

[Yep, he sure is harmless and nice. Always refreshing to know he comes across as exactly that.]

Point is, you don't have to be human to be worth their time. Y'know?

I wasn't all that worried about that. Even if apparently some people think the appropriate response to "I'm only non-human now because of a technicality" is "but you're green".

[holds grudge against small child forever]

It's the fact that people only see me for my anger and threats, even when I try to make things better. And he's an old man that smiles and play video games, when he's not attacking me.

["But you're green," "but you're made of bones," "but you're functionally immortal" - pffft. Same difference, right? Maketh made it pretty clear at the outset that pretty much everybody in the city was worth protecting in some form or another.]

I take it negotiation is off the table.

[But Warrick was actually human!!! Once.]

With him?! No!

Have y'tried?

[Look. Diplomacy has its place. Given the way Warrick...is...he wouldn't be surprised if the guy never bothered.]

I gave back his dumb video game! What do you want from me?!

[warrick did nothing wrong]

Hey, I'm just sayin'. You'd be surprised at how many potentially lethal situations can be defused with some good food and bad laughs.

[You can trust him on this one, all right?]

His bad laughs involve machetes in my arm.

Y'ever try the old whoopee cushion in the hand trick?

[He shakes his out of his sleeve, jiggling it in a conspiratorial fashion.]

It's ALWAYS funny.

Sans, you're not listening, if I try that I probably won't have a hand.

[All right, all right. Sans stuffs the thing back in his pocket.]

I'm just sayin', buddy. There's ways to go about this sorta thing. You might've made up your mind on this guy, but he might've not made up his mind about you.

[SANS THIS IS NOT OKAY]

He tries to kill me whenever he sees me. It's not difficult to see the conclusion he's come to!

So get somebody else to talk to him for ya.

[It's much easier to judge people for not solving their problems while Sans gets to not think about solving his own, okay.]

[sans pls]

Oh, sure. So he can attack them, or convince them I'm a wicked, cruel monster, or so they can take my revenge from me. Great idea, bonehead.

[Sans's grin simply widens. Bonehead. That's hilarious.]

I think maybe you gotta work on havin' a little more faith.

[Warrick didn't ban himself from jokes.]

Or maybe hope.

[His eyes go wide and he does some jazz hands for good measure. Yay, bullshit!]

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