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

Re: Jan 16

[ushahin]

[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]

[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]

[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.

[hornrims]

[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]

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.]