Event Log: Jumpscares

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Who: All characters participating in the event!
What: The event log for the Jumpscares event
Where: All over the city!
When: May 16th-May 20th
Warnings: Some startling jumpscares, interdimensional demon cats, the usual

A dark shadow looms over Hadriel on the morning of May 16th. There's a tension in the air, something palpable, as if everything has gone still and is ready to snap. You've been waiting for the other shoe to drop for hours now, and you're getting to the point where you're starting to wish that it would just happen already so that you can stop feeling this way.

Of course, when it does happen, it's not quite like you expect.

Maybe it's a tiger leaping out of your closet, claws extended. Maybe it's a faceless slenderman, stepping out from around the corner or a monster with beak and claws ripping open your shower curtain when you're most vulnerable- but within seconds, after you've been startled half to death by the monsters, they're gone. They vanish in a puff of smoke, or dissipate into glitter, or become something silly instead for a few brief moments before disappearing entirely.

Weird. But not unendurable, I guess. The bright side is that there will also be a few demon cats that have also made their way through the door. No two cats are ever in the same location, but there seems to be enough of them to go around, though the toothy one can be a bit vicious. Still, they aren't untameable, and might make nice pets, as long as you don't mind a bloody finger or two when it's time for lunch!

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Comments

[overarching]

[ Caroline's jaw hangs. ] What? How -- but. [ A sharp intake of breath, the disbelief written all over her face and mannerisms. ] You're kidding. They must do that to try to relate to us, but a lot of good that does when you find out they're clouds. [ Blink. Blink. ]

They must use some of their power to do that, but...maybe they really are just...existing and getting what they need as they go. Instead of -- messing with us. Using us. [ She inhales slowly, breathing out. It's not a conclusion she wants to draw, but maybe it makes sense. ] I hate that that makes sense to me, too.

[rehashing]

You mean, you think their existence effects us. They don't mean to draw what they need. They just .. do. [ It makes sense to her, too. Oh, she grabs a fork and takes a bite because they're eating... ]

[overarching]

[ Caroline gives a languid nod, sighing. Picks up a fork, too, mirroring that bite, hers slow. ] Yeah. Exactly. Or, even if there's intent, they're a...force, a cloud, that's surviving. I mean. Sentient. It doesn't mean I like them, but it makes sense that they'd obtain what they need. Nothing that's alive wants to die.

And maybe we can ask one of them directly. If they mean to take what they do. Some of the people here seem like they have actual...relationships, with the gods. [ Her nose wrinkles a little for a moment. ] Have you noticed that?

[rehashing]

I don't think they expect us to like them. [ Or trust them. They don't have a choice, but in the short time Elena's been here, it seems like the gods still encourage free will to the extent of choices they can make. And choices the gods can make for them.

She nods, getting up to go over and get a cup from the cupboard. ] Connor is an advocate of Delight's. He likes her. It? It seems wrong to call her an it, even if she is an -- [ It. ]

[overarching]

[ The more time that passes after they've both been scared out of their wits? Caroline falls prey to getting more comfortable, and it shows based on her taking more substantial bites of food. It's not the best she's ever had, definitely not the worst, and it's nice to share meals with Elena. It feels normal.

She gives a nod, brows knitting over that alignment Connor has. ] Maybe she wants to be called a 'she'? [ A sympathetic shrug. ] Since...it, which does sound wrong, and weird, took the form...she, did. [ One blink. ] I wonder what she did to get him to like her. Other than be...a delight. [ Ha ha, she almost laughs at her own wording. ]

I don't feel like any of them are trying to force us into liking them, though, so...at least we still have free will? [ That's good, no? ] If Connor's an advocate for her, then they must be able to build relationships with us. I just, I don't know if it'll happen with the two of us. Or, if I want it to. [ Not that she's suggesting she make that choice for Elena, but it's only natural to speak of them being on the same side. Because they are! Besties for life. ]

[rehashing]

[ To that, she nods. Caroline's right. Elena doesn't know what she wants, either. From them, or from a certain pair of brothers. But, she knows relationships are possible with these gods. She's not sure they want to be liked. Technically, Sorrow, Fear, and and even Rage probably wouldn't care about being liked. But, she chews all the same, feeling in kind that this is more normal than things have been, especially considering the cloaked figure from before. ]