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

[closerift]

I won't, then. [ She replies lightly, bow still in her hands. ] Nevertheless, we should get moving.

[ On to the next one, drawn forward by the pulse of her hand. ]

... I don't know how this happened. [ Cecily admits finally, sighing. ] I found one, and... when I tried to close it, it exploded into all these others. I've never seen anything like it.

[fadeling]

This place is different. [Really, why should they have expected anything to work the same way? Nothing ever went the way they planned here. There was no way that he could even count on anything to happen, so he didn't.]

We need to fix it.

[closerift]

Well, I know that. [ Hadriel is very, very different from Thedas; she's learned this lesson over and over since her arrival. ]

Cole - [ She begins, as they move quickly to another area. ] What do you think the demons are looking for? What... do they see as their purpose?

[fadeling]

The same. Pride, Rage, Desire...fear. They want us afraid.

[That isn't really a revelation. They're always afraid here.]

They want to be real like you are.

[closerift]

How do they get to be real? [ She asks then, frowning. ] By possessing people?

[fadeling]

Yes. They take what they want.

[closerift]

And then what? What is it they want after they - take us?

[ Maker knows she's encountered a metric ton of demons in her lifetime (since the Inquisition), but there aren't many better answers on the subject than a spirit's. ]

Sorry. [ Cecily adds, withdrawing a little. ] If it's - too much.

[fadeling]

They hurt people. They don't want people to be happy.

[If there is another reason, he doesn't know what it is.]

Why are you sorry?

[closerift]

Just... for all the questions. [ Of which she has no more, and smiles fleetingly, however strained. ] It isn't as if you know everything about demons, and I've been pestering.

[fadeling]

It's alright. I don't mind.