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ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴅᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴏғ ʜᴀᴅʀɪᴇʟ ([personal profile] hadrielmods) wrote in [community profile] hadriel_logs2017-01-16 10:12 am

Event Log: Dead Ringers

Who: Everyone participating in the event!
What: The event log for the Dead Ringers event!
Where: All around the city
When: January 16th-January 25th
Warnings: Evil doubles, so we can assume manipulation, violence, murder, and maybe some nasty words


Everything seems normal on the morning of the 16th - actually, everything seems normal about the city for the entirety of this event. Nothing is strange, nothing is obviously wrong. Well, except that the population has mysteriously doubled, and the new residents each look exactly like one of the old residents. So weird! Definitely not ominous at all.

At least until your new double gets down to business. After all, their only goal is to ruin your life, and that can take any form. Smashing your favorite coffee cup? Telling your worst enemy they're right? Kissing someone else in front of your girlfriend? Brutally murdering you and then hiding your body in a closet so they can more effectively destroy your life? The possibilities are truly endless, and the only way to protect yourself is to kill your double first. They're not really open to negotiation, after all - but they sure might pretend to be in order to trick you.

So watch your back, and try to make sure that really is your best friend and not an evil clone masquerading as them. Boy, that would be awkward. If you can stick it out until January 25th, good for you! But if you didn't manage to and your double survives until the end - well, just as a final 'fuck you', there's a chance you'll come back to life and remember every awful thing your double did. Hey, at least that'll make it easier to fix, right?

► This log covers January 16th-January 25th.
► Feel free to make your own logs, as well
► Please tag headers of threads with content warnings where they apply
► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► If your evil clone happens to take you out, please let us know here, and remember that you will not revive until the event is over.
ushahin: (Darkly)

"Ushahin"

[personal profile] ushahin 2017-01-20 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
January 16th - 20th

[Ushahin's double ignored the original at first. He couldn't stop him. No one could. Why had he associated with all these little, insignificant people when he was so much better than they were? Well, he'd soon set that all to rights. One by one, he was going to find every person in this cave Ushahin had so much as smiled at, and break their minds apart.

He went slowly and methodically, barely stopping to eat or sleep. No, what was much more important was finding their minds, and closing a pair of dark claws upon them, shredding them to pieces in the process. When he finds someone that he knows Ushahin cares for, his eyes light up, his shattered face the picture of happiness. It's not feigned. The eagerness comes from the idea of breaking them apart.]


Ah, it is good to see you.

January 18th (Closed to Nick, set after this with Rosie)

[He'd gotten away from the wolf demon double, though he was hardly unscathed. She'd taken more than a few chunks out of him. He put a hand over the bite mark on his arm. It came away bloody. This was not good. No, not a bit. He stumbled down the street, vision blurring and becoming unfocused. He should have known better. But her mind had seemed so similar that his guard had been down. Now he had paid the price.

He blinked once hard, willing himself to go on. Maybe he could make it to the clinic. Hopefully there was someone there who could patch him up. Then he stumbled, his legs giving out from underneath him....maybe not. He propped himself up against the wall of the nearest building, good hand wrapped around his side. He'd been on enough battlefields to know that, in the terminology of some in the cave, that he was well and truly screwed without help.]


January 20th

[It took a while, but Ushahin finally caught up with his double. He had tracked him back to their own house. Of course, he'd caused a lot of damage in the past few days, enough to make his original well and truly angry. The two had stared at each other for a long moment. Nothing needed to be said. They both knew whey they were there.]

This ends now. [The original said in his soft voice.]

Yes. It does. [Before Ushahin could move, his double had whipped out the sword that the two always kept by their sides. Ushahin felt cold steel pierce right through his gut. He looked down to see the sword sticking out from his stomach. With nothing more than a soft cry of surprised, he slid off the blade, and onto the floor. Blood began to ooze out through the wound. There was too much of it, far too much. This was the end.

The double knelt beside him.]
I've been waiting for this. To see the look on your face when you know that I'm going to destroy all that you love here. Die knowing you were unable to save any of them.

[Then the double left, confident that Ushahin was going to die. But he'd made one mistake. He'd underestimated the original's fierce devotion to his friends. And now, with nothing left to lose, Ushahin was going to kill his double if it was the last thing he did.]
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Re: Jan 20th

[personal profile] ushahin 2017-02-08 02:06 am (UTC)(link)

[The double was very, very glad to see the hedgehog. He knew how much Ushahin cared for his friend and what their relationship meant to him. He'd have a wonderful time destroying that from the inside out. As he stood there, the real Ushahin was scanning the minds of Hadriel, trying desperately to find his double. But he was too weak from blood loss. He'd need to feel a spike of energy when the double used his powers in order to find him now. The double smiles at Shadow, every inch the concerned friend.]

No thanks to Rosie or whatever was passing as her. [The first sign he's not himself. Ushahin would never blame his friend for what had happened, even if she had torn into his flesh with disturbing willingness.] She tried to eat me. Have you had to deal with a double of your own?

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ushahin: (Dark)

[personal profile] ushahin 2017-02-08 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Good. I would hate to have encountered a hedgehog with all your worst qualities.

[Well, the real Ushahin wouldn't. The double would have been all too eager to find a being like Shadow had been before. He's seen that part in his mind all too clearly. He looks a little disturbed as he answers Shadow's question.]

There is one of me. I fear he trying to destroy all that I hold dear. [Then he enters Shadow's mind, holding back as he always does. This will work all the better to catch Shadow off-guard with.] I must tell you something of great importance. [All the while, there are dark claws encircling Shadow's mind, seeking to tear into him, and leave him a broken down wreck.]
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ushahin: (Darkly)

[personal profile] ushahin 2017-02-09 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
I have been wondering for a great while as to why I keep company with such a weak-willed little creature as yourself. You think that you can protect the people here? You're just another pawn to be used.

[This is definitely not Ushahin, his inner voice no longer holding back, but booming out with all the magnificent and terrible power behind it. He tears into the memories Shadow holds most dear of Maria, the happy times that had come before she died. He also goes after the memories he's formed here, those he cares about, like in the Guard, and his friends. He tears into them with brutal efficiency.

But the most shocking thing is just how much power there is behind his force. There's enough there to drown Shadow like a tidal wave crashing down onto land and obliterating everything in its path. He'll kill the hedgehog before too long. Not yet though. He wants to savor the destruction of one of Ushahin's dearest friends.

All hope is not lost yet. Somewhere else in Hadriel, Ushahin is dying, ever so slowly from the stab wound in his gut. But he feels his double use his powers, lighting up as if he was shining a beacon. There the bastard is. And...he has Shadow. No. Ushahin begins to rally his strength. He'll only have one shot at this. It means leaving Shadow in the clutches of his monstrous double for a few more minutes, but if this works, he'll save both of them.]
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[personal profile] ushahin 2017-02-10 12:45 am (UTC)(link)

[The double tears mercilessly into Shadow, tearing down everything that he is, savoring the sensation as he wishes for death. Very soon now, he'll grant him his request, but not before he has violated every section of Shadow's mind. As he draws up his powers to deliver the death blow, Ushahin, the original one, hears Shadow's plea. Now is the moment he must strike.

The torment inside Shadow's had is abruptly cut off as he erects a shield. It's weak and his double should have no trouble punching through it, but it's not meant to keep him out permanently. It's meant as a distraction to keep his attention off the hedgehog.]

You will not touch him again.

[Sure enough, the double turns his attention back to the original, annoyed and surprised at his resilience and stubbornness in remaining alive.] And what are you going to do about it? You're so close to death as to be there already.

Not quite. Not yet. [Then Ushahin pours everything he is into his double's mind. Every minute of pain, physical and mental, from over a thousand years. Every nightmare he's ever encountered in the minds of Men, every wicked thought he's heard in their heads, and the suffering of every single one of his madlings. He's never done this to anyone but the monsters here. Even Nick, whom he'd exposed to so much of his pain, hadn't seen it all. The result is instantaneous. With time only for a single cry of pain, the double clutches his head before collapsing to the ground. His eyes remain open, but there is no mistaking it. He's stone cold dead. The whisper of a voice, now on the verge of death, softly speaks in Shadow's mind.]

...Shadow?

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ushahin: (Eyes shut)

[personal profile] ushahin 2017-02-16 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Ushahin calls on the very last of his power, the kind that will sap what little strength he has for good. His poor friend. Damn his double for doing this to him. At least it is over now.]

I'm sorry I could not find you sooner...I must go now...The horn calls for me...

[Indeed, there is the echo of a horn, sounding like the call of death as it echoes through Ushahin's mind. Oronin Last-Born, shaper of the Were and God of Death, had come for him. Perhaps he'd reached the wayward adopted child of the Were even here. Or maybe Ushahin's mind had conjured up as a small comfort, dying from a gut wound all alone except for the mind of his friend to comfort him.]

...I will come back...Goodbye...
Edited 2017-02-16 10:24 (UTC)
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Jan 16

[personal profile] hornrims 2017-01-24 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Richie felt a certain pull from Ushahin, drawing him toward the man's house. It's unlike anything he has felt before. It's strong, but slightly off, like a piece of Ushahin that should be present is missing.

Yet as always, he finds it so hard to say no. Curiosity tugs at Richie with a force that does nothing to still until he finds Ushahin. He makes his way inside without bothering to ask for permission, as he has in the past. The feeling grows stronger, louder, and more intriguing.]


Hey, are you doing something new?
ushahin: (Default)

Re: Jan 16

[personal profile] ushahin 2017-02-08 02:16 am (UTC)(link)

[The double knows this one. He's the one Ushahin has seen fit to teach and expand his mind, allowing his powers to grow, the one he sees as a madling in this strange new place. As if such an insignificant speck of a Man could ever truly understand the powers he wields. There is a coldness to the double, though he hides it well at first. He wants to catch Richie off-guard.]

I've been trying to find the double of myself that has been wandering around. Alas, he has warded himself well. I don't suppose you have sensed any disturbances?

hornrims: (4KkeWQm)

[personal profile] hornrims 2017-02-13 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[After Richie makes it inside he stills, listening intently to the question asked of him. He sniffs the air much like an animal, hunting for the scent of anything out of place.

Richie's eyes close and he sniffs again, cocking his head to the side.]


He's been here.
ushahin: (Dark)

[personal profile] ushahin 2017-02-16 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, he's good, with the powers he barely comprehends at his disposal. Ushahin's double knew he had to act quickly or he would be found out before the fun could begin.]

I think I know of a way to find him. But I shall need your help.
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[personal profile] hornrims 2017-02-16 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Though he can tell that something amiss has occurred in this house, as of yet the double hasn't signified any warning signals. Richie opens his eyes with a slight tight-lipped frown.]

You have a way of tracking him or something? [He touches his temple with a two fingers before then pointing it toward Ushahin's head] Some kind of mental link or whatever?
ushahin: (Default)

[personal profile] ushahin 2017-02-19 07:17 am (UTC)(link)

Something like that. If I use you as a-- [He grasps for words he's heard before, but never used.] --signal boost, I can pinpoint exactly where he is. Stop him before he can hurt anyone else.

[By the time Richie figures out exactly what's going on, it'll be too late. Ushahin's double will be inside his head and tearing it apart with mental claws deep and dark.]

bekommen: (what she leaves behind)

18th. please excuse my awful delay x__x

[personal profile] bekommen 2017-02-07 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Nick has had her hands full playing this elaborate game of cat and mouse with her own double, chasing after her, picking up the pieces of the destruction she's leaving behind. (Fuck her, seriously, and fuck the gods responsible for this bullshit, too.) But it's lucky for Ushahin that Nick happens to be out and about, on her doppelganger's heels, because she sees him as he goes down against the wall, and - shit, that's a lot of blood, isn't it.]

No! Shit.

[In a matter of instants, she's at his side, eyes wide with horror as she takes in the damage, heart pounding with fear.]

Hey! Hey, Ushahin, look, stay with me, OK? Jesus.
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Re: 18th. please excuse my awful delay x__x

[personal profile] ushahin 2017-02-08 02:23 am (UTC)(link)

[Ushahin looks rather like a broken little marionette that has had his strings cut. He lifts his head only with great effort and is gratified to see Nick kneeling beside him. He even manages the ghost of a smile, his pale skin an unhealthy chalk white as he answers her.]

Oh, hullo Nick. [He wraps his bloodied hand around her wrist in a weak grasp.] I was foolish. One of the doubles attacked me. I only just got away.

bekommen: (bit by bit arms started shaking)

[personal profile] bekommen 2017-02-26 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Shit, shit - it wasn't mine, was it? No, don't answer that, don't talk, it's -

[That's what you're supposed to tell people when they're bleeding out in front of you, right? Don't talk, stay still, help is coming, only there isn't any help coming, because this is Hadriel and they only have a clinic, not a hospital, and there's no 911 to call, and -

And Nick doesn't need any of that, really. She can help. She's done it before with Emily, and there's no reason to believe she wouldn't be able to do it again.]


Hold on, OK? I can fix this.

[Still kneeling next to him, she closes her eyes, focuses her energy, and changes to Morphus. Her eyes, now hinged glass doll's eyes, blink open again, and she places her porcelain hand over Ushahin's on her wrist.]

This might feel a little weird.

[Her voices echoes inside her hollow doll's body, and Nick doesn't take a deep breath, because she doesn't actually have lungs in this form to do so, but she closes her eyes and concentrates, picturing his wounds patching themselves up, willing it to be done as she thinks it.]