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//EVENT023.EXE

Who: Everyone + the ghosts of Christmas past the ghosts who aren't the ghosts of Christmas past
When: OOC: 12/16 to 12/23 ; IC: 4/22 to 4/26
Where: All around Cerealia
What: We have some new friends visiting.
Rating/Warning: PG-13 for violent and dangerous situations; please let the mods know if the rating needs to go up or the log needs to be locked!




//event023.EXE



The metaphorical sun is shining today -- until it isn't. All of a sudden, there's a creeping sensation up your spine, and the sense that something bad is coming. The day seems a little darker. And those closer to the source who are in their homes in the residential district will understand that sensation better than anyone.

The pure of heart throughout the city who have been feeling under the weather lately will suddenly feel a terrible sense of all-encompassing dread overcome them. A loud metal groan will echo throughout the city as once again, the city undergoes surprise renovations. But today it is not what has been keeping the residents in – but rather some surprise visitors who have wanted out.

And there's a message on the wind, one that might be heard for anyone who listens hard enough...


Murderers.

Murderers.

Murderersmurderersmurderers.

//SCENARIOS.EXE


PHASE I

[ 9:00 ] The peace of the morning in the Residential District shatters just as the wall caves through. It’s a small segment of wall -- no more than five feet across at most. And yet the crash and groan of the metal being stretched is ominously accompanied by the distinct piercing screech of metal and another sound. A raucous noise, a combination of ungodly wailing and sharp, victorious laughter spills forth from the hole left in the wall as a myriad of ghosts and spirits erupt from the newly created exit. Characters with any type of spiritual sense will find themselves nearly overwhelmed by the amount of negative ghostly energy that suddenly floods Cerealia and characters with no sense of preservation will find any attempt to enter the hole blocked by the fiercest of ghosts, met with deadly force if they try to pass, as the ghosts won’t hesitate to do things such as reach straight into your body to try to stop your heart.

These ghosts are out for blood, and they don’t seem to stop no matter how you try to talk to them -- they just hiss out, over and over again, “Murderersmurderersmurderers.

From there, the ghosts move on. Their true target, after all, is CERES… but to them, there’s no difference between the character players and CERES. They’ll go for whoever gets in their way, phasing through walls and becoming tangible long enough to reach for characters before fading away again. Characters with special abilities will find themselves in a similar state. Their abilities may increase and decrease in power sporadically, or be completely gone. They may attempt to cast a spell only to find that the wrong spell is cast instead, or an attempt at healing may end up a more dangerous spell. Be careful with your own magical skills!

Those with items or powers specifically intended to ward off spirits will still fulfill their intended purposes when used – unless malicious spiritual energy gets to them first.

PHASE II

[ 14:00 ] It seems the ghosts have more tricks up their sleeves. It seems that a not-so-friendly ghost has decided to play a game with you. It doesn't matter where you are, or what you're doing, because a moment later a voice calls out -- Hey. Can you see me? -- and once you turn your head, you’ll come face to face with a surprise.

Who is it in this world (or your world, or any world) that you have managed to disappoint the most? A family member? A friend? Yourself? They face you now, eyes full of sadness, and they say, “I need you to do something for me.” Without another word, they’ll turn away and begin to walk. Your vision grows foggy, focused solely on the need to do whatever this person wants – they need you, after all. Your legs move to follow them, unless you manage to somehow resist.

But you apparently don’t seem to notice that you’re the only one who can see this person – or that they’re leading you stray toward that monorail track with the sound of the train coming closer, or that busy intersection, or right off the sky bridge.

PHASE III

[ 6:00 ] Other ghosts don’t feel like borrowing faces in order to inflict damage. No, they’ll inflict their damage on a far more personal level. They manifest suddenly and without warning – then all it takes is a simple touch. A ghostly hand reaches out to you and it feels like the cold wraps around your heart, and your vision skews, and then... they leave just as suddenly as they came.

Those who have been around for awhile may very well recognize the ghosts, at that.

But the damage has already been done. Depending on a character’s assigned sense, they will feel one of the following changes:

Sight: Hopefully you aren’t in the habit of bending the truth. Dead men tell no tales, they say. But what happens to a living person unable to tell lies? Any attempt at telling any lie or falsehood will cause the character to feel as though their throat has closed off, and they can do nothing more than choke.

Smell: The cold passes, but in some way that it never really leaves. And then everything seems perfectly normal. Nothing has changed, right? You're fine -- except that in a short period of time with how crazy things are, it becomes apparent that you're unable to feel pain. The damage to your body is the same as ever, but dangerously, you can't feel a thing.

Taste: It would appear as though the ghosts have a sense of humor. From those who rest in eternal slumber, try a few days of being unable to sleep. Everything seems fine at first... but slowly but surely, that lack of sleep will start to take its toll.

Hearing: Most others would feel relief once the ghosts left, finally a moment of peace. But you? You don’t feel anything – nothing kind, anyway. Rather, you have been left unable to feel joy. Everything seems either bleak or as though it simply has no emotional impact at all.

Touch: How many deaths have been caused in the name of heroics? Apparently in an attempt to keep future casualties down (or perhaps for their own laughter), the ghosts have left you unable to be brave. Suddenly, a situation you'd face fearlessly is one that has sent you running, panic sharp in your chest.

These effects will last throughout the event, if a character is caught by them.

PHASE IV

[ 10:00 ] While chaos erupts throughout the city, some of the more misguided ghosts (but still bloodthirsty, so very bloodthirsty) just happened to run into the wrong part of town and don’t know how to give a proper scaring. One ghost seems to think that it was a great idea to possess a masseusebot from the Spa. You’re grabbed suddenly! You fight for your life but can’t seem to get yourself out of its metal grip! With expert precision that only a robot can mange, it finds your pressure points – and releases all that tension from this Incredibly Bad Day. The ghost inside the robot is confused, distressed -- why is this human suddenly so relaxed? It only wants to murder. But the only illegal thing happening here is how good this massage makes you feel.

Maybe later you’ll walk down the street and get stopped by the ghost that possessed a balloon dispenser. Perhaps a ghost has possessed the friendly McCERES mascot, and is now handing out coupons with murderous intent. And of course, there are always the hug bots...

Look, they tried really hard, okay.

Of course... they might end up possessing technology a little closer to home as well, at which point it's not so funny.

BONUS

[ xx:xx ] Hopefully you have friends who have ghost-fighting skills. Or ghost-taming skills. Or ghost-bellydancing skills, who knows, we won't judge them if you don't. But what of those poor people who come from worlds where the supernatural is some weird television show?

Worry not, poor souls, for CERES is here to provide! Some time after the ruckus begins, characters will find what looks to be a hand-held vacuum cleaner situated innocuously in their rooms (only one per person, you greedy gus). The logo on the side will helpfully inform you that this is of CERES make, because the paper pamphlet beside your new device? Well, it's more like a picture book. Observe Stick-Man Sully as he uses his vacuum cleaner to capture ghosts! Learn from his stellar example! Do not stick the hose in your mouth or attempt to give the vacuum CPR, there's a big X over that picture. Also of the one where Stick-Man Sully sets his captive ghosts free once more, we don't want that, do we?

Your new ghost vacuum should prove effective against any ghastly ghoul that shoots your way, but beware! Should you capture a ghost and not turn in your vacuum to CERES for weekly ghost disposal, your ghost will serenade you in the wee hours of the morning with its song of choice. If you capture a whole horde of ghosts, well, congratulations. You have a boy band living in your vacuum.


[ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with sensitive or inappropriate material and do let a mod know if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so we can lock the log. ]

//RUN.EXE

Welcome to Cerealia's DECEMBER event! Please visit the OOC information here, and should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! You can also check the FAQ for more general inquiries. This event will last from 12/16 to 12/23, or IC 4/22 to 4/26. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you!

mombastic: (Eyes off the bust)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-18 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Only the monkey truly knows the answer, but asking it probably won't help, as it's a little too engrossed in leaping at him and trying to strangle him.

Maybe someone laughed at it for being too cute, who knows. Otome's on her way over to help, so please don't let it choke you. ]
abhors: (pic#9608936)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-18 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's had to survive so much worse just to let a monkey strangle him to death now, which is why Kogami is bashing it against the flipped van. What he lacks in oxygen he makes up with adrenalin and an iron will to survive. DON'T PISS THIS DOG OFF, MONKEY-- ]
mombastic: (I'll jam this stethoscope in your throat)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-18 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ She can't attack it with magic when it's attached to his neck; she'd definitely hit Kogami, and that's not an option. Thankfully, the bashing gets its grip to loosen, and as it slips around to the front, she grabs it around its little metal waist and hauls.

Well.

On the bright side, it's letting go, but Otome's losing her balance and toppling backwards with it. Right against the car it escaped from. ]
abhors: (pic#9524219)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-18 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ As the monkey struggles to hold on to Kogami, it manages to grab hold of his collar and rip his shirt open the moment Otome topples backwards with it.

This is not a gagtag.

Kogami quickly leaps forward, trying to overpower the monkey, hopefully to handcuff it before it can do anything else to Otome. ]
mombastic: (I never get decent paychecks)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-18 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Okay, so she gets fanservice, this day is not a total loss after all.

Which she'd appreciate, if the monkey wasn't being a little asshole. Thankfully, before it can do more than squish the flower out of her pocket, Kogami's got it... arrested?

And there's the sound of emergency service's sirens in the distance, so she just slumps back a bit against the car. ]
abhors: (pic#9524217)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-18 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ While Otome is taking a quick rest, Kogami stuffs the monkey in the boot of its own car before he comes back around and joins her. Thank goodness for those sirens (he's hoping they make it without crashing, too).

Without saying anything else, he gently tilts her head and then her back, to check for any injuries or scars from being pushed against the vehicle. No signs of broken glass damage that he can see...

Too bad about the flower, though. ]
mombastic: (Thank god it's not lupus)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-18 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
I'm all right. [ With luck, hopefully no bruising later, but she's more sad about the poor scrunched flower than any potential injuries; she still manages a smile. ] I just need to catch my breath. Can you help them with the injured?
abhors: (pic#9608940)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-18 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's relieved that she's fine, even though he still looks slightly furious over everything that's happened. It must be his vengeful side, thinking that monkey inside the boot would be better off dismantled. ]

Of course.

[ By the time the ambulances arrive, Kogami has already pulled out the unconscious man. He's carefully laid out, all checked and cleared, just waiting to be picked up. ]

You should go back with them.
mombastic: (Sit down and take off your shirt)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-18 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
And leave you to deal with the next accident on your own? You know I can't do that, Shinya-san.

[ Rather, she won't. This isn't something a single person should have to handle by themselves, and she pushes herself up a little, frowning at him in a "you just try and make me" stubborn sort of way. ]
abhors: (shirtless looking down on akane)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-18 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
Don't get me wrong, you've proven yourself as reliable, but isn't the hospital going to need your services more?

[ Besides that... he looks down at his half-ripped shirt, exposed chest and abs. SOMEONE NEEDS A WARDROBE CHANGE. ]
mombastic: (I'm so unsure about everything right now)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-18 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
If they haven't called me, they have enough staff on hand, and someone needs to be on the site to administer...

[ Otome trails off, eyes following his gaze-- and clears her throat, no she's not starting to turn pink. ]

You, on the other hand, probably need another shirt. It's a very nice view, but it's distracting.
abhors: (pic#9673167)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-18 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ She's so adamant!!! But so is he, so he doesn't have the right to say anything. ]

You're probably right. [ About needing a new shirt. ]

If it's alright with you, I'd like to get a new one before we move on. [ There's a clothing store across the street, windows broken from an earlier battle, but there's nobody inside. ]
mombastic: (The doctor is in and adorable)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-18 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
That's fine with me. [ He doesn't need to be running around with those abs out! Goodness, give a single lady a reprieve! ]

I can wait outside, since I'm pretty sure you won't need my help on wardrobe choices.
abhors: (pic#9804901)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-18 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
Understood.

[ As he walks past her en route to the abandoned clothing store, he gives her a firm pat on the shoulder. ]

You did good today, Otome. I'm sorry about the flower.
mombastic: (Clean bill of health)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-18 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all right. [ Well. Of course she'd say that, but she means it, and she pushes herself to her feet. She'll just settle herself outside the store to wait. ]

I'll still remember the gesture, Shinya-san.
abhors: (checking time but not wearing a watch)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-19 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ It doesn't take him long to pick out a white shirt and black tie, most sizes don't fit his build, which is why he usually gets his suits custom tailored. Today he's just picking whatever he comes across first, but at least he also left money in the store. Technically, it's not stealing!

He does climb out of the broken display window, though, which is not the usual way he shops for clothes?? Once Kogami is with Otome again, he's still adjusting the sleeve buttons on his new daggy shirt. ]


What do you think?
mombastic: (It's fine puberty happens)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-19 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
...

[ Give her a minute to reach out and adjust his tie for him, looking him over once she's finished and-- okay, maybe his other sleeve cuff too. ]

There! You look mostly dapper now.
abhors: (pic#9520652)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-19 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ The tie adjustment is slightly tighter than how he normally keeps it these days, but he doesn't mind despite choosing to tease her about it. ]

Tying a noose around me so soon? [ He did just get strangled before! ]
mombastic: (You're definitely flowering into manhood)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-19 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Flipping the tie lightly at his face? Yep. ]

If you have complaints, Shinya-san, you've got to tell me a lot sooner. Otherwise, I won't know what's on your mind.

[ The tie looks better than the monkey. Just saying. ]
abhors: (pic#9520579)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-19 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Be careful what you wish for, I'm told my mind is the type that can corrupt others. [ Start to think like a criminal, and you're on the path of becoming one. That's how his world worked. ]
mombastic: (... Ara ara maaaa)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-19 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ His world's a bit bizarre. ]

And do you believe that? That you'll corrupt me?
abhors: (pic#9520558)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-19 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ More like she's cleansing him, people like Otome give him hope. ]

No... however, it doesn't change the fact that I could influence your life in a negative way someday, even if you don't change.
mombastic: (Sit down and take off your shirt)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-19 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
...

[ A quiet breath, and then she meets his eyes. ]

I've survived two separate instances of creatures trying to literally erase everything around me. I've lost more colleagues than I can count, and betrayed them to fight for what I believe in. I've watched myself die.

[ She won't explain that one, but-- ]

So, Shinya-san, if you think telling me that will frighten me off, you'll have to try a lot harder.
abhors: (making a whoa face)

[personal profile] abhors 2015-12-19 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
You sure are stubborn.

[ But that's... quite a load she's carrying. There are a few things he can identify with, but that last one is pretty heavy. ]

...I'm sorry, Otome. I didn't mean it like that. Truth is, even if I wanted to push you away... the selfish part of me wouldn't let me live it down.
mombastic: (Oy vay)

[personal profile] mombastic 2015-12-19 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
You let me be selfish when I asked you to stay.

[ And like he can talk about stubbornness... ]

So I don't think there's anything wrong with letting you be selfish, every now and then. In fact, coming from you, I encourage it.

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