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

ahsoka tano | open | will match format

[fulcra]

a | it's hard to shake the hero complex

[ perhaps you've found yourself in a tight corner or perhaps you're looking a little worn down in your fight, but all of a sudden, you've got backup.

on top of wherever the city guard needs her to be, ahsoka is prowling around the city trying to help as many people as she can. if you've ever wanted to be rescued by a colourful alien lady with bright white laser swords, now is your chance. her fighting style is mostly hacking limbs off the demons to slow them down at the moment, but she may use the force to knock one back or deflect an elemental attack every now and again. ]

b | wait, shit

[ against most demons, ahsoka seems to be doing well. although she's strong in her own universe's sort of magic, she's also as stubborn as they come and that seems to help her out.

except when it comes to the despair demons.

the concept of hope has kept her going through a lot of things in life, but she knows how easily corrupted it is and so do the demons that focus in on her. more than once, she winds up cornered, her expression anguished, lightsabers hanging from her hands at her sides instead of up and ready for battle. she knows that they must be twisting her mind, making her guilt for leaving the order, for losing anakin, for everything she hasn't done so much stronger than it needs to be, but awareness doesn't make it much easier to fight.

give a girl a hand? ]

c | aggressive friendmaking

[ the nugs are cute but not really her type. the fennecs, on the other hand, are adorable little predators and she wants one to be her companion right the hell now. at some point between downtime, she can be found sitting on the ground with one particularly soft-looking one, offering it scraps and making the sort of rolling cooing noises that a togruta might make for their young. if there's any way to befriend a small predator, she figures, it's to be a safe big predator. they can eat rodents together if they find any. it's gonna be great.

once she's earned the little guy's trust, he'll follow her around some of the safer areas of the city. if things get dangerous, she'll pick him up to carry him, both togruta and fennec wide eyed and listening as they get somewhere out of the way. or at least somewhere ahsoka can stash her new friend with a snack until she hacks another demon apart. sorry if that's also the place you were planning to hide. you might be petsitting now. ]

b

[avephoenix]

[What better help in the fight against despair than a woman who's used to inspiring hope in even the most jaded of fighters?

Faith shoots an orb of fire the size of a beachball at the demon poised to attack Ahsoka, running top speed at her all the same.]

'Ey, wake up! Snap out of it! [She comes to a stop in front of Ahsoka, another ball of fire already formed in her hand.] It's a liar, come on! You and I, we've got this!

[fulcra]

[ fireballs? that's new.

she's briefly, horrifically, reminded of flamethrowers on mandalore- as many warriors against her as with her, a teenager playing at general while the galaxy crashes down around her, an order for her own men to shoot her on sight. it isn't something ahsoka's thought about in a long time, but the despair demon seems to latch onto to thought, if only for a second.

it's a liar. right, she has to fight this, has to help the stranger with the fire in her hands. she rotates the grip she has on her mainhand lightsaber, twirling it at her side before she brings it up, holding it parallel to the ground at chest height. her expression still doesn't seem entirely battle ready, but she gives faith a nod, anyway. ]

Right. Following your lead.

[ for all she can usually lead herself, for all she prefers that, guidance right now would be good. ]

[avephoenix]

[Good, she's back, or close to it. Faith has no problem leading, is used to leading. She falls into that mindset right away, her boundless optimism fading into the background, channeled into the power that makes her eyes glow.]

All right. [She grips the fire tighter, nodding.] On we go!

[She flings the fireball at the demon, then leaps into the air, embers dripping from her fingertips. (She's showing off, absolutely, because a little flair adds to the fun.]

[fulcra]

[ unnecessarily showy combat is something ahsoka can get behind. it's familiar enough that it helps, even, and before she needs any more prompting, ahsoka darts forward in a blur of white blades. the demon is mostly preoccupied with the fire situation, leaving opportunity for someone fast enough to get around and attack from behind. thankfully, ahsoka is that fast, even when she's mostly relying on muscle memory to keep her moving.

both of her lightsabers come down hard against the demon's back, not doing as much damage as she might have to something less magic-buffed, but still making the creature reel. she leaps back, out of the way as it turns on her. if she and faith can stay opposite each other like this, the demon will have to work to divide its attention between the two of them. and that'll make this an easier fight. she hopes. ]

Gee, now I think he's bit off more than he can chew.

[avephoenix]

[Oh now this is fun. Someone new to fall into pace with in battle. Ahsoka is quick and intelligent and lethal, exactly the kind of person Faith would want by her side in battle.

As she comes down from her jump, Faith aims a kick at the back of the demon's head, then pushes herself back and lands gracefully on her feet.]

Dance with me, demon.

[Her tone is playful and dangerous. She twirls, gathering fire in both her hands, and throws one at the demon's feet, the other at his neck. She can take a lot more damage than Ahsoka, so she's absolutely fine being the distraction.]

[fulcra]

[ now that she's more in the moment, ahsoka can afford to properly impressed by her new battlemate as they take their turns. she's never seen anyone fight quite like this and while living here has made her accustomed to people from radically different universes than her own, watching how everyone else fights can be a treat.

she doesn't waste much time watching, though, taking advantage of the fire to get closer for another attack. the joys of melee combat. her tactic with most of these demons has been getting rid of their limbs first, slowing them down so they can gesture less of their magical attacks her way and that's what she's aiming for here- both lightsabers sweeping up from the same direction, ensuring that even if one misses when the demon reaches an arm out to counter faith's attack, the second will slice it off.

and as the limb hits the ground, faith might just hear ahsoka's sarcastic, "oops." ]

[avephoenix]

[Oooh, Faith likes Ahsoka's style. The attack gives her an opening. While the demon reels in pain, Faith shoots fire at its shins, scorching the skin until muscle starts to burn. No one can ever fully heal from a phoenix's fire, so even if it has accelerated healing, it will be debilitated, the scars repairing only skin, and not very well at that.

The demon screeches, stumbles back.]

Go for its head!

[fulcra]

[ that's an order that's easy to respond to and while ahsoka had stepped back to shield herself from faith's fiery attack, she doesn't mind getting in closer to do what needs to be done. she crosses her arms as she raises her lightsabers in front of her, forming an x with the demon's neck at the centre. the demon doesn't have time to react before ahsoka's jerking her arms back, both blades slicing through the monster's neck, for good measure.

both body and head keep her attention as they drop to the ground, the togruta watching them with narrowed eyes, waiting for some sign that the fight isn't over even as the demon's body seems to wilt away. ]

[avephoenix]

[That's really satisfying to watch. For good measure, Faith lobs a small fireball at the demon's body. It'll burn from head to foot and stay there as a warning to the others.

Looking at Ahsoka over the flames, Faith grins.]

You're feelin' better now, yeh?

[fulcra]

Yeah. [ she lets out a breath, thumbing her lightsabers off so that the blades disappear with a little buzzing sound before she hangs the hilts on her hip armour. ]

Thanks for the help. I kinda froze up there.

[avephoenix]

[Faith shakes her head, smiling, and waves the apology away.]

Wasn't your fault. They're nasty monsters. Wasn't any trouble comin' in to help. I'm happy to.

[She nods towards the hilts of the lightsabers.] Swords made out of light? Never seen anything like that before!

[fulcra]

[ yep, ahsoka likes this woman. she feels like a kindred spirit, right down to what ahsoka herself would say to someone in her shoes. it's... nice, actually, to find someone to do to her what she'd usually do to others. sure, she's not going to make a habit of needing help, but no one ever does, do they? ]

I get that a lot, actually. Lightsabers aren't terribly common at home, either. They're only crafted by people with... certain innate skills. You're just as likely to slice your arm off with it otherwise.

d wildcard

[therewillbeorder]

[The presence of the demons had made it necessary for him to actually take his gloves off. He had only to use his blaster a handful of times and only a few of those times were in an actual conflict.

He hadn't used his blaster in some time so it took him a moment to remember to actually take his gloves off so he could fire his blaster. He didn't like having to do this himself. He wasn't ashamed of the fact that he was a bridge commander and normally there was almost always someone else between him and the enemy. That was how it was supposed to be.

He wrinkled his nose as he lowered the blaster but the expression shifted as he saw a familiar alien. He knew Kylo Ren could stop a blaster shot in mid-air and he wondered if she could do the same. It may be worth testing.

He started to raise the blaster but at that moment it seemed everything erupted in chaos. He had been so focused on taking aim at Ahsoka's head he hadn't seen the demon going for her but the fennec in her arms definitely did. It bolted, deciding to go right for him. He didn't even have time to react before it was practically in his face and in the process of getting away the panicked fennec latched down with sharp teeth right between his thumb and index finger.

Hux normally wasn't one to get worked up enough to start swearing aloud but that bite had hurt. He let out a series of curses and several expletives involving the Emperor as he barely managed to keep hold of the blaster. Blood welled up from the cut, he would have to patch it up later but once he kicked the fennec away, he raised the blaster once more.

If Ahsoka was still standing, he was determined to take her down.]

[fulcra]

[ well. this area turned out to be not as safe as she was hoping for. all of ahsoka's internal alarms start blaring danger all at once and when her fennec companion leaps from her arms, she lets him, needing her hands free to protect them both, anyway. sure, she could fight one handed if she had to (and she has had to before) but this makes swifter work of the demons, harder to take down alone than she expected when they first appeared.

but the fennec yelps when hux kicks him away and ahsoka uses the momentum from drawing and igniting her lightsabers to turn her head to investigate, wondering if they've gotten themselves trapped by two demons only to find-

are you kriffing kidding her?

the neo-imperialist isn't a distraction she needs right now and she can't help the growl of frustration she lets out as she turns back to the demon in time to deflect the pointed spear of ice it's been aiming at her with a flick of her shoto. a second demon sneaking up behind her might be preferable in this case. ]

Unless you've actually got a single competent bone in that body, you'd better start running.

[ she knows where he's aiming. she knows that she can deflect if he is stupid enough to shoot, too. but she'd really rather not deal with him right now, not with the demon bearing down on her. ]

[therewillbeorder]

I don't run.

[He knew that if he shot anywhere near her head or torso she would be able to deflect it easily enough. He had seen enough how Kylo Ren fought and Jedi on old holos from the Republic era had fought to get an idea of their skills. But he had also seen how Jedi could be taken down as well. It was possible.

He didn't have the advantage of having multiple soldiers with him so he would have to be smart. As it stood, he had no doubt that she would have the advantage even if he had more experience with a blaster.]

And if I have anything to say about it, neither will you.

[He lowered the blaster to fire several shots aimed right at her knee and foot. He would do what he had to create advantage for himself even if it was bit by bit.]

[fulcra]

[ the force is with her.

the demon is whispering to her, reminding her of her failings, of people she's been unable to save, all the ways she's failed over decades of fighting. these demons always seem to do that, when she fights and when she breaks to rest. but the force is still with her and if she falls into relying on it, at least her body knows where to move, even as being mindful on the present gets harder and harder.

her feet lead her out of the way of hux's first few shots, repositioning to ward off another of the demon's elemental attacks. but she can only do so much at once, with her mind like this and the last of hux's volley of shots skims along the outside of her knee. she lets out a gasp, more surprised than in pain (although there's still some of that too) as she stumbles to one side, barely managing to stay upright. not good. she shakes her head, trying to ignore the pain as she darts forward, around the demon to put it between her and the officer she's come so quickly to despise. its attention may still be on her, reminding her of force sensitive children with uncertain futures and red lightsabers too close to her allies and losing echo and master piell at the citadel.

that's the memory she latches onto, reminded of it to make her mourn but using it to focus her feelings. if she's going to be angry, she might as well be productive about it and every bad feeling she'd had upon meeting tarkin in the citadel. this man had spoken of tarkin, reminded her of him. and she is not letting him or this demon win. ]

Oops! Looks like you've got an obstacle now.

[ and a little more distance between them. he's clearly no marksman. that'll be her next taunt. while she's over here, though, she's busy with the demon, deflecting its attacks while she figures out how to balance on her freshly injured leg, then darting towards it to slice off one outstretched arm. ]

[therewillbeorder]

[Hux watched the demon carefully. He didn't hear many of the whisperings except a few stray ones but he was focused on Ahsoka. He smirked when he heard the gasp, that was enough to tell him what he needed to know.

He remembered the last time he had had to fire the blaster, the Resistance operative had been on his knees between two Stormtroopers begging for his life. Of course, he didn't miss at that time but now Ahsoka was moving around and the demon was in his line of sight. He knew he wasn't going to get another hit on her easily ]

Apparently.

[The blood from the bite on his hand was making it difficult for him to keep a firm tight on the blaster. He figured he didn't need a direct hit, while the demon was focused on her he could at least make things difficult for her in return.

He wasn't aiming anywhere in particular, just in her general direction, as he fired a few more shots. If she was focused on the demon, now she would have to also divide her attention to avoid the blaster shots. Might give the demon the opportunity it needed.]

[fulcra]

[ having both her enemies lined up like this makes the fight easier and ahsoka needs that right now, as much as she hates admitting when she's vulnerable. the demon is her focus, with deflecting hux's shots a mere afterthought. it's no worse than grievous and a bunch of poorly programmed droids. no worse than an inquisitor and a squad of half-trained stormtroopers. ]

You know, I can see why you sympathize with the Empire. [ it's directed at hux, as is the sharp shard of ice the demon had just aimed at her, redirected the human's way with a flick of her hand as she changes the grip on one of her lightsabers. ] You shoot like a stormtrooper!

[therewillbeorder]

He stopped shooting as it clearly wasn't going to get him anywhere at the moment since it seemed he would need to think of a new strategy. He wished he had paid more attention to his father's holos of Jedi fighting in the Clone War now more than ever.

He didn't have time to respond as he saw the glint of the crystal coming his way. There was really no time to mitigate the damage and it sliced across his cheek, leaving a thin red line that started to well up with blood. It hurt but he couldn't afford to take his eyes off of her.

"I'm not trained to execute Jedi war criminals," he admitted with a smug sneer. If she got angry enough, perhaps that meant he would have a better chance. "The Emperor put the rest of the Jedi down like rabid animals before they could destroy the galaxy."

He raised his blaster once more but didn't fire, watching how she attacked the demon. Even Jedi had to have a particular fighting pattern, he just had to try to learn it.

[fulcra]

"He's been trying to do that for years," Ahsoka replied, her tone intentionally light enough to sound playful, even if there was a palpably hard edge to it. This was no laughing matter, but banter always went so much better when anger didn't get the better of anyone.

"And yet, there's still Jedi!"

Another flick of her hand, another of the demon's attacks deflected around it and aiming for Hux's chest this time. She wasn't sure how long she'd be able to keep them both engaged, but she was waiting for a chance to deal with them both at once. It would come to her if she was patient, she knew.

[therewillbeorder]

"You're the last, the Inquisitors were very effective," Hux countered with a sneer. "You can bluster all you want, the Jedi are gone and you couldn't save Alderaan from being wiped out."

He would enjoy taunting her with that for awhile. Eventually, the truth of the Hosnian System would come out but he would take his time to enjoy that when it came time.

"Did you know that the Emperor would send bits of Alderaan as a reminder to others what the price of treason was," he laughed before suddenly one of the demon's attacks was coming right at him. There wasn't enough time to completely get out of the way, it still hit him right on the side as he dodged. It knocked him to the ground but he managed to keep a hold on his blaster.

He quickly shook his head, forcing himself to sit up despite the pain. Teeth gritted, he fired off a couple of shots when it seemed like Ahsoka was focused on the demon. He aimed lower, for her knees instead where he thought she wouldn't be blocking. If he could take her down, it would work to his advantage.

i have no idea how this sat so long i'm sorry i love you????

[fulcra]

With her lightsabers protecting her head and chest, Hux was right in assuming there wouldn't be time for her to adequately block her legs. But Ahsoka didn't have to so long as she could move out of the way in time, leaping to one side and landing in a crouch that would ensure her blades could block her whole body without too much effort. Her injured leg was out to one side, using it only for balance with all of her weight on the other.

"And do you know how many Inquisitors I've killed so far?" It wasn't like her, to brag about having caused death. She didn't like it under any circumstance, but the demon was getting under her skin and Hux was exactly the sort of bastard who would always be worse than her, no matter the blood on her hands.

"You must not or you'd have given up by now," she continued, slashing her mainhand saber hard to direct one of the demon's ice attacks back toward it and earning a screech of pain from the creature. "I'm not even the last Jedi; you know nothing!"

I LOVE YOU <3

[therewillbeorder]

"It wasn't enough. You don't know the future- I do. There is no Jedi Order, they're gone. You didn't save them or bring them back. Every Inquisitor you fought and defeated accomplished nothing. They still succeed and along with Vader, they wiped every trace of them away as if they never existed." His words were cruel but mostly honest. Luke Skywalker had failed miserably to bring the Jedi back, Kylo Ren was the last of that line and there was little that remained of the Old Republic anymore.

He watched her carefully, momentarily distracted by the demon. But he saw how she only balanced on her injured leg. At least he had got in that hit but the demon was still between them. He knew he had no hope of beating her in combat, he had been fortunate to get one hit in but that didn't mean he couldn't do more damage. He waited until the demon attacked again before aiming a careful shot right at her injured leg, hoping to throw her off balance.

♥♥♥

[fulcra]

A blaster bolt struck her thigh and Ahsoka found herself promptly on her ass, effectively knocked off balance by Hux's shot. And then she was moving again without any hesitation or recovery, one hand going behind her to use fingers splayed around her to push up, all her weight on her uninjured leg as she lunged to her feet and toward the despair demon. She was finishing this, with both of them, now.

The demon attacked again and Ahsoka deflected two long shards of ice in a row at Hux - the first to his head, the second to his chest - while she closed the distance between her and the inhuman monster so intent on drowning her in the darkest thoughts in her mind. Two quick slices later and the demon was without arms. With a third, she lost her head, Ahsoka flicking her fingers to send it flying with the Force back to land in Hux's lap.

As the demon's dismembered body dropped to the ground, twitching, she settled into a defensive pose again, so distanced from her body that she was no longer visibly favouring her injured leg. It would hurt later, undoubtedly, but for now, the man so intent on shooting her had all her attention.