Event log: Who What Where Wendigo

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone participating in the wendigo event!
What: The accidental-cannibalism-turned-horrifying-monster event that is the Who What Where Wendigo event!
Where: All around the city
When: Feb 14th-March 1st
Warnings: Cannibalism, body horror, evil monsters lurking around.

Don't forget to check up on the Wendigo Guide that Ami posted!

On February 14th, Rage and Fear decide to give Hope a little bit of help taking care of the residents of Hadriel - they'll provide some food for awhile. How nice! Except, of course, that there's an extra ingredient in this food. A can of beef stew? Yeah... that might not be beef. But hey, it still tastes pretty good! Unfortunately, some spirits slipped through the Door last time it opened, and they're ready to possess anyone who participates in cannibalism - even if they don't know it.

Anyone who eats the provided meat will be possessed by a wendigo spirit. Over the course of twelve days, they will transform into a monster that feels little but rage and hunger. While at first it can be explained away easily enough (people are super annoying, and isn't everyone a little hungry most of the time?), by February 18th, wendigo transformations are impossible to ignore. A few days after, on February 22nd, the anger and cravings of the wendigo spirit will overcome all other emotions, and possessed characters may begin hunting.

The physical and mental transformation will be complete by February 26th. The possessed characters will have lost themselves completely at that point. While physical healing (done by a character with Hope's blessing or another healing ability) can turn back the physical and some mental effects, they will remain possessed until death or until Hope removes the wendigo spirit - which can only be done on the altar of Hope's temple. So have fun dragging your angry, possessed friends there!

On March 1st, Rage does Hope a solid (because she feels sort of bad) and kills all remaining wendigos. Upon revival, the spirit will be gone and the character will be fully recovered. Hopefully no one holds what they did while possessed against them!

► This log covers February 14th-March 1st.
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[dangerous_dog]

Hello?

[Calls Bob, from the edge of the shadow, stopping for a moment- if he didn't have Rocco, he'd dive right in, but he does, so he has a duty to take a second and wait for his eyes to adjust at the very outskirts of the darkness, gun still up.]

Who's there?

[unfollowing]

[In the moment before he stops, she zeroes in on his position. She will see him if she moves, so she knows he's there, pausing, like curious humans do. Quietly, she bares her teeth, ready to bite.

When he calls, she answers with a shriek and leaps out at him.]

[dangerous_dog]

[The first thing Bob does is drop Rocco, who unfortunately doesn't have the good sense to bolt, but rather comes up snarling. His human, meanwhile, gets the gun up fast and gets a shot off- a little wild, since he's startling back at the same time, but maybe if he misses the noise will be enough to scare her back.]

[unfollowing]

[She immediately goes for the smaller mammal, but the bullet hits the ground right in front of her, giving her pause and dragging her attention back to the bigger one. She turns her head in that direction, blind eyes wide. Fortunatley for Bob, she wasn't fast enough to catch exactly where he is right now, but the screaming tends to get prey shaking, so that's what she does, letting out an ear-splitting screech.]

[dangerous_dog]

[Luckily, at this, Rocco goes one way- away from the scream, and Bob goes the other- towards her, lashing out at her face with the pistol, trying to whip her hard enough with it to make her stagger, maybe daze her enough that they can get away. He's a big man, and strong, and fast, and he has to protect his dog. When it comes down to it, it's not nothing.]

[unfollowing]

[His attack connects with the side of her head, rattling her brain enough that she's dazed for a few seconds. Too many seconds, actually, because even though her two-for-one prey is moving, by the time she's able to focus on them again, they've got a few yards' lead on her.

So close, she was so close, and they've slipped through her claws. The hunger surges through her, like adrenaline in a human, and she chases after the figures flashing in her vision.]

[dangerous_dog]

[Bob runs- chasing Rocco, who's heading to the safest place he knows, which is unfortunately back towards the spires. He doesn't mean to lead this thing towards the most densely populated parts of Hadriel, but...

Well, those areas are already war zones anyways, so maybe one more won't make a difference. Up ahead, something else is screaming.]

[unfollowing]

[She is just fast enough to gain an inch or so with every other leap and bound. They're in her sights, though, so following them is easy. It doesn't matter where they lead her. The only thing on her mind is devouring them, bite by ravenous bite.

The smaller mammal is faster and less worth her effort, so she edges her way over to the bipedal one, the desperate hunger keeping her single-minded in her pursuit. She'll catch up soon if he doesn't find shelter or attack her.]

[dangerous_dog]

[Ahead of them, out darts a figure, and Bob jerks left after the dog, and then through an archway-

He bends and grabs Rocco's collar, heaves him up, and vanishes neatly through a shop window, tearing towards the back with the hope of getting out and giving her the slip.]

[unfollowing]

[Whatever that third thing is, it distracts her momentarily, enough that she almost misses where her prey goes as she pauses to judge the thing that just ran in the opposite direction. The glowing that alerts her to them fades away on the edges of her vision, flashing just long enough that she can follow to where they've disappeared.

They are gone when she jumps into the shop, so she heads for the only other exit in a last-ditch effort to catch them. There is a flicker of them off in the distance, but by this point, she's decided to let them go. They are too much of a hassle. If she runs into thm later, when they're slower and more tired, she'll go after them again.

For now, they've led her to a place filled with possible meals. She takes a moment to pick which flash of movement to go after, and then she moves towards it, swift and silent, the new hunt overwriting her failure to catch those two she'd been so close to having.]