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

[purpleknee]

[The two stop, stares going blank and the aforementioned axe raised comically.]

Wh --

[The one without the axe drops onto the ground with a gasp, black coat losing some of the wispy quality it had while he was flying.] He's -- we? -- I'm a warlock! We need to stop him before he --

Sweet Lurline, I'm a mender. Just stop talking! No wonder people hate heartless me.

[darthvaderfanboy]

[Kylo watches the two of them go back and forth, head moving back and forth as if he's watching a tennis match. He's more amused than anything else.]

So is this a private affair or can anyone join in?

[purpleknee]

[The one on the ground moves over to Kylo, a mixture of relieved and anxious.]

I can shield you from his axe, if you can really help! But we need to get him to water if we want to stop him for good.

[Finally, the other Warrick drops down, but he's far more wary -- plus a little confused -- and holds his position.]

[darthvaderfanboy]

How do I know which one of you is the real one?

[He's not entirely concerned about which one is the original and which one is the double. But he supposes there might be someone else in the cave who might object if he helps dispose of the wrong one. He'd prefer to avoid that headache.]

[purpleknee]

He's the one trying to kill me!

[And looking far more annoyed than distressed. The axe-wielding Warrick splutters a second before making a gesture. It's pretty rude if you're an Ozite.]

You're the one talking about drowning, here! Oh come on, you [Kylo gets a gesture now, but it's a general one and not rude at all.] aren't stupid enough to fall for this, are you?

You can tell he's wicked, can't you? But I have a heart now, Hope gave it to --

Hey, I worked hard for that! I'm not being wicked, I'm being mad at you.

[darthvaderfanboy]

[Kylo is trying very hard to be composed, but there's a slow grin making its way across his face. And here he was thinking he and Hux were bad. He holds out a gloved hand and the two Warricks will find themselves being pushed farther apart, courtesy of the Force.]

Girls, girls, you're both pretty. [Then a wicked idea enters his mind.] Give me a good reason why I shouldn't drown both of you and be done with it.

[purpleknee]

[O-kay that's some weird magic he doesn't like very much. Either of him.

...And he doesn't like the words much, either! The pair stop again.]

Great. Good. Fantastic. He's found more crazy people. Wonderful.

Why isn't anyone in this cave normal... Or -- Wait. Are -- are you another one of them?

[darthvaderfanboy]

[Kylo tilts his head at the question. He's still unwilling to help out either one of them. They both seem too alike to his eyes to take a side.]

Another one of whom?

[purpleknee]

One of these ridiculous evil...shadows! Like him!

[The one with the axe grips the handle a little harder at the other's musing, who lifts a hand that glows faintly green in response.]

[darthvaderfanboy]

No. This is just me.

[Basically, he's just naturally an asshole. No evil twin needed. Kylo takes a step back as things start to heat up between the two of them again. Nope. They can go at it for all he cares.]