Event Log: Dead Ringers

[hadrielmods]

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.

Comments

[unitas]

[ The word comes out harsh and sharp and Sharon, for just a single breath, narrows her eyes, but then he laughs and she eases immediately. She shrugs her shoulders. ]

No harm, no foul. [ It's not as if he's done anything wrong, just a little strange for him. ] Might want to ease up, though; I don't think I could drag you to your place.

[ She gives him a grin. Look, they're cool. ]

[benumbing]

[and proving that he listens to his friends, jack pours himself a glass of water. he can't imagine how that disgrace even survived with this much in his system on a regular basis anyway.

he gives it a few minutes of small talk and companionable silence. he can almost feel what this must feel like to his original, when his words don't have to be scripted and perfect or weaponized. if he doesn't feel like talking at all, he doesn't have to talk, and there are people in this cave who will sit beside him anyway.

when he thinks the earlier slip is forgotten, he tries again.]

So, I'm wondering. [he places his glass down on the bar before smiling at her.] Are you frigid because of a medical condition or is it just a personality flaw?

[unitas]

[ What the fucking hell, Jack? Her brows pull down, a brief look of hurt showing on her features before everything steels, more hurt than she is angry. She purses her lips, jaw tight, teeth clenched, and then she forces herself to ease, taking a sip out of her recently filled glass (whiskey, it's always whiskey). As she pulls the glass from her lips, she side-eyes him. ]

Quit being an asshole, Jack, or I'll knock your teeth in. [ She sets her glass on the counter with a quiet clink and turns towards him fully, leaning towards him. ] If you're looking to get your dick wet, I suggest you spit in your hand.

[benumbing]

[oh, he wishes so much that he could've captured that exact moment, the moment when she was wounded and confused before it turned to anger. he wants his original to see it, but the fallout will just have to do.]

So violent over just a few words. Sticks and stones. [he sing-song, but notably doesn't lean into her space again.] But it was my mistake again. I keep forgetting where I really like to stick it. [he tips his head and smiles, asking for it.] I only slept with women like you as part of my cover. Well - maybe not women like you.

[unitas]

[ The slight stings, not because she wants Jack, but because she's dealt with petty jabs like that since she was a teenager. The only real reaction that gets from Sharon is a twitch of her nostrils and the slightest tightening of her jaw. They've had more than a few drinks together on a number of occasions and never, not once, has Jack been this much of an asshole.

She breathes in, deep, to quell the sting and rising fire in her chest, and then sighs. ]

No wonder you're such a try hard. [ Because she's got a bag full of pettiness inside of her, a side-effect of growing up bullied. ] I feel bad for you and the women you sleep with.

[benumbing]

[she has thick skin. he was sort of hoping that she would burst into tears, throw a drink in his face, be a little more dramatic. he should've known better, but it's still a little disappointing. he sighs and throws back the rest of his drink.]

Woman, these days. I was engaged. Did I ever tell you that? [the double looks at her, unsympathetic.] She love me, and I repaid her stupidity with ruin. She's probably rotting in that room right now.

[unitas]

[ It's such a small tidbit of information but it says a lot about who Jack was before coming to Hadriel. She purses her lips. ]

Why are you telling me this? [ It's almost as if he's purposefully trying to ruin her opinion of him. ]

[benumbing]

[trying, though he thinks it's an easy enough thing to do given what and who he has to work with.

but he does need to be careful not to overdo it.]

Blame it on the alcohol.

[he shrugs, smiling at her before taking another drink.]

She knew what she was doing when she put a bar here.

[unitas]

There's only so many times a person can use that as an excuse, Jack. I'd be careful if I were you. [ Her head feels a little like it's floating so she finishes the rest of her drink and requests a water of her own, sipping it tentatively. ]