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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► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► 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

[avephoenix]

[It's hard to make out much of him in the shadows beneath her bed, but Faith can see him trying to hide. It sends an ache through her heart.]

What? Course I want you 'round! You're me bird friend, I wouldn't trade you for the world!

[She won't stop him if he really wants to go, but...]

What's got you so upset? I want to help you, if I can.

[funnybird]

I don't know. I really don't know. I keep hearing this voice or... Maybe it's just me in my own head telling me how awful of a friend I am.

[ He pulls his beak out from the blanket to speak to her clearly. ]

I'm just imagining all the awful things that could happen, over and over and—... Well, I'm as useless of a friend as a bird with a broken wing! Don't know if you noticed, darling. But you're a human. And I'm a bird. I can't do even a handful of things that you can. So if something bad happens...

[ He buries his beak again. ]

When something happens to you and I can't do anything about it, it might as well just be my fault. I'm... terrified of that.

[avephoenix]

[Her heart cracks for him.]

Crow, sweets, you're not an awful friend! It's just this place messin' with you. [She shifts a little on the floor so she's more comfortable as she talks to him.] You're not useless! Nothing bad's going to happen to me, yeh? Not with Kate here, not with me powers. An' even if it did, gods'd just bring me back.

[She says it cheerfully, even though it's kind of grim.] It's never gonna be your fault if anything were to happen to me, yeh? Just-- life an' things. Fact that you're this worried means you care too much to hurt me!

[funnybird]

[ When she settles on the ground, Crow visibly relaxes. Just listening to her voice while nestled in the blankets begins to ease him from the delusion he's been struggling with for the last several hours. She's right. He wouldn't ever want to hurt her. Not to mention she is tougher than she looks...

He's quiet for a long time. ]

Of course I care too much. That's why I'm scared. But if you're sure that it'll be okay, then...

[ His voice isn't as convincing as he would like it to be. He moves toward her while having the blanket trail along behind him from his beak. ]

Geh' off th' groun', yoo' cra'y girl.

[ He lets the fabric go once he's in the open beside her. His feathers are a crusty mess of bird-snot and tiny-tears. He starts to preen as subtly as he can. ]

Let's, uh... Let's sit on the bed instead, huh?

[avephoenix]

[Oh you precious bird. Faith smiles at the sight of him.]

Not the first time I've been called that.

[Giggling, she sits up, ready to stay on the floor until he says otherwise. Then, with a nod, she climbs up into bed. Once she's settled, she grabs the handkerchief she found in one of the shop once, which she keeps on her bedside table in case of allergies or bad dreams. She pats her pillow for Crow to settle on (guess who's not grossed out at all?).

If he lets her, she wants to help him preen.]

Y'know, friendship's hard like that. You care so much that you just get so scared that somethin' 'll happen to your mates. [Like when Kate died a few months back.] But you've got to let go o' the fear and enjoy what you have while you have it. Especially in a place like this.