hadriel_logs | 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.

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We both know he's here now. And we both know that you've consistently underestimated my power in the past.

[ mostly because she keeps her cards close to her chest. she lets herself be a little flashy, showing off how effortless it is to defend and protect when it comes to the monsters that swarm the city from time to time, but that's it. the only time he's seen her fully embrace what she is so clearly capable of was when she'd taken his lightsaber from him, when she'd had enough.

and, well, she's had enough now. her double has, at least. the original might still be a pushover, were she here.

when she continues, her words are heavy in the force, as if her mere presence is stronger now than ever. ] You revere him as a symbol of the Dark Side, but in turning away from the Light, he's cut himself off from half of everything available to him through the Force. You'll learn nothing but more chaos from him, never the strength and clarity of true balance. You would regret turning exclusively to his teachings. I wanted to be sure that you won't.

[Kylo hears what she's saying. Hears and stubbornly refuses to believe. His thoughts turn mulish, getting mired in the obsession with power he holds. The way she's going on, lecturing him, it's galling.]

No. He'll show me the way to true power, better than you ever could. [This delusion has been wrapped in his head for a long time now. It'll take a lot more than this to dislodge it.]

That's really what you think, Kylo? [ she tilts her head, watching him a beat while she's still, and then keeping her eyes on the front of his mask as she draws and ignites her lightsabers. ] What has he taught you so far?

[ and that's his warning before she's lunging at him, reversing the events of their first fight, when he had challenged her and she had proved herself, damnit. he didn't appreciate her the way she deserved to be appreciated. but he will, in time. ]

[Kylo brings up his lightsaber, swiftly in an arc to match her graceful movements. He hasn't learned that much, but he knows enough not to repeat the mistakes of their first fight. He knows more about her fighting style and how to match it. He's on the defensive, letting her make the moves.

As he parries her first one, he thinks to himself. This...it isn't like her. Ahsoka has always been nothing but patient with him, even when he hasn't deserved it. This move is unexpected of her.

[ these are things that he's learned from her. from the original ahsoka, at least. she remembers what he was like only a few weeks ago, how he's improved already - under her teaching, her guidance. it's good motivation to keep pressing on, her moves swift and nearly unpredictable, no pattern to be seen, so he'll have to follow her in the force even more than he can with his eyes.

yet, even if he fails to deflect her properly, she's more than in control enough of her own weapons to stop them before she does him serious damage. this is to put him in his place, not maim him. ]

You've never fought a Sith a combat before, so you don't know what they're like. [ she's lecturing while she fights now, her tone icy cold instead of the light, conversational tone that any wisdom from the original ahsoka would carry at a time like this. ] But they're sloppy. Anger may give you strength, but strength without the skill to turn it into something useful gets you nothing in the end.

[That's the great advantage Kylo Ren has. His potential allows him to pick things up very quickly and harness his abilities that much quicker. He's learned from his time with Ahsoka here and it reflects in his style. While he's still brutal, slashing with twirls to back up the power in his blows, he's more cautious, probing as he tries to find a way through her defenses.

He pulls back a few steps, giving him enough breathing room to answer her cold words.]

And you think you're the one who will be able to teach me this? How can you know what anger will do when you don't give into yours?

I've given in before and it wasn't worth it.

[ she lets him have his pause, if only so he can hear her words better. if he actually listens, it'll be so much easier to make him see reason, make him see that there would be no better teacher for him than her. if the original ahsoka won't fight for it, this one will. ]

One lose control when they're angry and I watched Anakin do it over and over again. I know him better than you ever could and I can tell you that his power means nothing when he doesn't know where to focus it. [ she shakes her head, gesturing with one lightsaber. ] He doesn't have the control that I do. If you choose to listen only to him, you won't either.

[Kylo Ren is a stubborn fool. He listens but he doesn't yet understand. Anger was the key to the Dark Side. But if that's all it took, he would've finished his training years ago. He's set Anakin on a pedestal and doesn't understand that the man has weaknesses like everyone else.]

No. You're wrong. I can become a Sith by training with him. [He lifts his lightsaber back up, unwilling to listen to reason. She'll have to beat it into him, for Kylo only listens to those who have proven themselves more powerful than him. She may have done so once, but the lesson clearly hasn't stuck.]

[ ahsoka parries his next swing, spins on one foot to put more power behind her next swipe at him, teeth bared. ]

You don't get it! Sith are limited, held back by their view of the galaxy and you are capable of so much more.

[ and she deserves so much more respect. that's the driving force behind her blows, quick and sharp and usually reserved for particularly frustrating monsters. ]

[He's able to parry her blows, but only just. His moves are increasingly desperate, trying to keep her from slicing anything important. He can feel the heat of her lightsabers as she presses her advantage.]

And you think you're the one who can teach me that?

Event Log: Dead Ringers

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