soul_mods: (Witch's Soul)
Soul Campaign Moderation Journal ([personal profile] soul_mods) wrote in [community profile] soul_logs2012-03-14 12:10 am

[Event] Invasion!

Characters: OPEN to everyone!
Location: All over Death City
Rating: Various
Time: February 2nd
Description: Witches have invaded and are attacking the city!

The attack, when it comes, happens quickly enough that Death City would have been caught flat-footed had there been no prior warning, but it's not completely unexpected because of the city's heightened state of alarm the past day. Warning sirens start sounding to alert the citizens and guests the moment a dark, slow-moving mass out in the desert to the south-east of Death City is spotted by Shibusen sentries. There's even time for civilians to run and hide before the mass is identified as an army of what looks like decaying, shambling corpses. The city's defenders are slow to move, however; most of them are distracted and are having trouble dealing with the black blood in their bodies. While agents are gathering to head out to deal with the zombie threat, that's when the witches make their move.

Portals begin opening in the skies above the city, disgorging hideous familiars: bulbous spiders and leggy ants the size of dogs. They drop hundreds of feet down into the streets and alleyways of Death City, and scuttle off in search of victims. The spiders are poisonous and can spin copious amounts of web to capture their targets, the ants spit acid that cause agonizing, paralyzing pain. Their masters bear down on the city in a cloud of black shadows--massive ravens strong enough to carry off adult men. There are five witches, women on broomsticks, beautiful if not for their crazed grins and obvious glee at the chaos descending upon the city. At some unknown signal--maybe the cackling from a couple of them--they dive in concert and disappear into different areas of the city.

Their masterful plan has begun!



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tauborn: (takuto dual wield next time)

maybe kissing does help.... XP

[personal profile] tauborn 2012-03-15 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He's a little surprised that Sai is accepting his resonance so well, but then... maybe it's not such a surprise. They are friends and they do know how to get along really well.

He stares down an approaching ant defiantly, feeling powered up.




Except... what is he supposed to do with Sai?]


Sai, help me out here--I don't know how to wield a paintbrush!
topgun_textiles: ([Shades] Tch)

[personal profile] topgun_textiles 2012-03-15 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Fine!" He replied, a single syllable all he could manage as he gripped the pipe in both hands, bringing it down on another skull among the ones that Tassadar had knocked down. Kanji flinched a bit when he felt dark gore hit his cheek. Gross.

"I got anybody I could find to lock up tight n' stay put until this shit clears! Dunno if the zombies can climb walls or into windows, but I ain't gonna wait around to find out!" He said then, their assault granting them a little breathing room.

[personal profile] pure_lineage 2012-03-15 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Sephiroth was just as filthy with the remnanta of his targets staining his leather and skin. Although, while difficult to note along with all the other substances covering his body, the right side of his body from his stomach area down was covered with fresh blood.

He ignored the wound at his side as his bladed arm swiped the right hand side legs off of the spider he was currently fighting. The zombies in the area were closing in on his position, but despite that, there wasn't a single shred of concern as he focused on defeating the spider first. With the larger threat out of the way, the ex-General could focus on the other problems in the area.

[personal profile] pure_lineage 2012-03-15 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Sephiroth ignored his bleeding sidr as he fought against the ants attempting to surround him. They were nothing to the ex-General given the various beasts that roamed the various lands in Gaia. All you had to do was find their weak points, which he had done within the first few insects he had slayed.

Leaping up to position himself above two of the five attacking ants, he narrowly avoided the spray of their acid as his bladed arm snapped down to slice off the anteanna from each of his opponents.]
tuned_wrong: (be careful)

[personal profile] tuned_wrong 2012-03-15 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Aion hears the shout but doesn't turn around until he is done dismantling the over-sized ant that tried to take a bite out of his leg. Kicking it's head into the ugly 'face' of an oncoming spider and thus effectively shutting it up for a moment, he rams his arm that is transformed into a sword once again into it's face, buying himself some breathing space.]

Coming!
snatching: (COCKY // Kiss the moons)

[personal profile] snatching 2012-03-15 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
A guy like Sephiroth stood out. A big, mean looking guy with long hair, looked important. It reminded her of a guy back home she wasn't too fond of, but it was clear he was swamped with monsters and dead things and the like. Kid hopped off the rooftop she was camping on, her knees scraped and globs of spider goo in her hair, but fired up and smiling nonetheless.

"Oi! Ya need a hand?"
tauborn: (ginga green pose)

[personal profile] tauborn 2012-03-15 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Takuto is relieved by the sound of his weapon's voice. Knowing that the demon is far more maneuverable, having wings and all, Takuto stays put and waits for his partner to come to him.

In the meantime, he's going to try to clear a small space beside himself, but it's tough going with only one of his practice swords left. He doesn't like fighting these things because he has no way of defending against their long range attacks, and after seeing what the ant venom did to the sword he's no longer carrying, he knows he can't afford to get hit.]

[personal profile] pure_lineage 2012-03-15 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Sephiroth knew in the back of his mind that he needed to tend to the stab wound on his side, but the ex-General didn't ignore it out of pride, but necessity. The pain the wound was causing was all that was keeping him anchored to sanity while Cloud was off protecting that which was most important to him - Tifa. He had known the moment that Kadaj had begun gloating what would happen, and he hadn't been able to stop the press of concern from settling in at the thought of the possible bitterness and resentfulness his Meister would form for him of he had kept Cloud from going to Tifa's side. That was why he had hidden the stab wound he'd received while protecting Kadaj from the deathblow Cloud was attempting to give.

The moment that Cloud had left him, Sephiroth had used the pain to keep him anchored to reality even if each swipe of his bladed arm would cause the wound to tear and open further. He was losing a large amount of blood, and soon enough the affects of it would begin to set in, but he couldn't risk allowing anyone near to his contaminated blood either. Sephiroth knew well how infecious the crimson liquid was, and he had no desire to infect anyone in this city who wasn't already infected with his viral cells.

He fought with strength and skill despite his wound. Finishing off the remaining zombie in the area, he ignored the blurriness at the corner of his vision as he caught sight of someone up ahead and cornered by a large arachnid. Sephiroth didn't was time as he leapt into action. Rapidly closing the distance between them, he gracefully slipped inbetween the man and the spider before viciously slashing up towards the arachnid.

fyi notifs arent coming to my inbox right now, so sorry if im slow!

[personal profile] pure_lineage 2012-03-15 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
The spider fell without too much more effort from Sephiroth. These creatures were nothing in comparison to the weak monsters that roamed the lands throughout Gaia, and they were far weaker than the kishin eggs he fought against with his Meister. Still, his already weakened body had been weakened further by the wound to his side. Ignoring the fallen spider, the ex-General turned his attention to the zombies closing in on him. His inhuman gaze shifted around to gauge their level of threat, but it was minimal in comparison to everything else. All they had on their side were numbers and nothing else.

They were drawn to the scent of Sephiroth's blood, but that worked out perfectly for him. He heard the drop of something else not far from him, and a quick glance told him the it was another guest. One he had seen on the network, but he hadn't bothered speaking to. Granted, he didn't bother speaking to many over the device, knowing that it was far from secure. The smile caught him off guard, but he dismissed it for being nothing more than a cocky attitude - one that somewhat reminded him of that bumbling fool mixed with his fool of a Meister. That seemed like far from a good combination in his opinion.

"I need no aid," he coolly said before launching himself towards the few zombies in front of him. There were only the sound of the zombies moans for a moment, but after he'd slashed down the first opponent, being a very loose term, the ex-General smoothly added, "But I will not stop you if you wish to give your assistance."
tuned_wrong: (careful what you wish for)

[personal profile] tuned_wrong 2012-03-15 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Tearing himself loose, the demon beats his wings twice and crosses the distance between him and his Meister in a gigantic gliding leap down from the roof he had been fighting on.]

Sorry, there were some guys who wanted to fly with me. [He shook his hand and sent insect-blood dripping to the ground. He grins wildly.] You don't need to holler like that, by the way. I have good ears.
toxicwillpower: (005)

[Near Academy] [Kadaj/Sephiroth/Cloud] [Closed]

[personal profile] toxicwillpower 2012-03-15 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
After the fight with that girl, Kadaj had gone to search for prize. Of course, he knew he would be met with resistance. But tonight, he only grinned with utmost confidence. “Found you,” he beamed, jumping in front of the pair. The remnant only glanced briefly at Sephiroth before turning away; it went without saying that he didn't care much for his presence--not after disappointing Mother again. Nevertheless, he was excited to see Cloud.

“Brother,” he leaned in, just the slightest inclination, and held up the shining knife. It was slick with fresh blood. Gravity pulled small beads of crimson liquid to the dirty ground in a plip-plop fashion. “See this?” He made sure Cloud did. “She was too easy.” He chuckled, childishly. “But don’t be upset!” Kadaj stepped back and spoke with a swing of his arms. “She won’t be a distraction to you anymore!”
kill_some_time: (playing games with god)

[personal profile] kill_some_time 2012-03-15 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Like Re-L Hades had managed to evade and direct engagement with their attackers so far. Maybe it was due to the fact that he had his own faint madness wavelength that his body emited or maybe it was because he looked foreign and dead enough that most of the less intelligent monsters simply mistook him for one of their own - whatever the case was, it left him space to do what he enjoyed the most: he observed.

Overhearing her words, he turned from the corner that he was leaning against, half hidden in the shadows.

"Bad things do not wait for good times."
kill_some_time: (the way I see it)

[personal profile] kill_some_time 2012-03-15 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't only monsters that roamed the streets. Hades was still out and about, watching, observing, not interfering himself. As far as he was concerned there was no reason for him to do so; the creatures seemed too confused by him and how he was neither properly living nor dead, sane or insane, that they had tried to land any hit against him that couldn't be easily avoided and really. This wasn't his fight. Why would a god lift a finger between the struggle of one insect hill against another? So he simply went is way, watching as tragedies and heroics unfolded until he found one of the things that had entertained him for a bit earlier.

Was it going to be eaten? He stopped in a close distance, ready to watch.

"You seem to have a problem."
tauborn: (ginga reach for the stars)

of course he doesn't mean that literally

[personal profile] tauborn 2012-03-15 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Takuto is already starting to get tired, so he just rolls his eyes at Aion's jokes and holds out his free hand the weapon as he points his practice sword at another bug. He's ready to do some real damage to these things, and start getting cleaning up his city's streets.]

Come on, let's show them what we're made of!
dissenter: (jesus.)

[personal profile] dissenter 2012-03-15 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
Qilby was about to have to learn how to fight really well really fast, but by the grace of whatever deity watched over this world, that very suddenly stopped being an issue.

So suddenly, in fact, that the other man's appearance was enough to startle him right off his feet; he stumbled backwards, shouting in surprise and not a little bit of fright. The potential problems as he saw them were twofold: one, this person appeared to be partly a sharp object, and two, the man's slaying of the spider produced a fountain of more blueish blood than Qilby cared to see in a year.

He hit the ground, thankfully, not as hard as he might've and after that it soon became clear that this person was here to save him, not to steal another monster's kill.

"Thank-- thank you," Qilby managed to get out, after his heart got out of his throat. "I wasn't... I don't have a--" His words stopped dead once he got a closer look at the man.

"Goddess, you're wounded!"
flowering_tea: (stunned)

[personal profile] flowering_tea 2012-03-15 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Shuurei hadn’t spoken much to Kenshin but she recalled him from when she had first arrived and knew that he was friends with Kaoru.]

Attacked? [She stood up abruptly and her eyes widened as she came to a realization. There had been times when others in the city had gone on rampages but there hadn’t been blaring sirens like this before.] You mean from outside?!

[She ran to a window and looked outside to see a dark cloud over the city and things falling from the sky.] What are they?
snatching: (FIGHT // Your nine lives are up)

No problem!

[personal profile] snatching 2012-03-15 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Like hell ya don't," she said, plunging her knife into one of the undead abomination's head. "Ya already got yerself half-gutted!"

Her nose wrinkled at the stench. Giant bugs didn't worry her one bit, but the zombies were damn gross. In her experience, the dead who came back to attack one last time would at least wait until they'd finished decaying, first. Walking skeletons were a lot easier than the guys who still had some meat on them.

It wasn't that Kid was scared, it was just that these things were different. They didn't feel fear, and they didn't stay down. Not until she stabbed them in the head, at least, and even Kid had to admit it was messy.
dissenter: (hgjfdrjgk.)

[personal profile] dissenter 2012-03-15 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Another creature, another tense moment where he wasn't sure his "acquisition" was going to be worth the trouble -- or potential bodily harm -- and Qilby couldn't count on another Weapon to come bail him out this time.

Or, well, so he thought. Funny how help showed up at precisely the very last moment; at this rate, he hardly needed the black blood to get his adrenaline running. The near-death experiences took care of that well enough. Too bad that this, unlike the blood, was all-too sobering for his liking. Good thing he wasn't alone out here...

Except his was a familiar face, a familiar, feathered form, and it took Qilby about two seconds to determine that he would be receiving little to no help from this one. A glance was enough -- he could see it in the sheer, uninterested nonchalance with which the god moved. Elsewhere, it was kind of incongruent. Here, amidst the chaos, it was foreboding.

"Yes--" he said, a little too loudly, "Yes, I do." He backed up -- he was steadily running out of space between him and the wall behind him, and he wasn't sure he liked the way venom dripped from the spider's mandibles.

"And-- I know someone who could probably help me solve it, if he so bothered," Qilby added pointedly, through his teeth.
lionborn: (wanna get skinned?!)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-03-15 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
There were good tings to fight monsters like these and there were less good ways of doing so. Leo was mildly aware of this as he hurried towards the place where he saw the large spider attacking one of his few friends in this place, weapon clutched hard in his right hand. Chanting a silent mantra of 'fuckfuckfuckfuck' the Half leaped the last meters of the distance and landed on the monstrosity's backside.

Ramming one of his feet into it's arachnid back (or whatever all those jointy things wee called, he honestly couldn't care less at this point) and brought the shovel down against the spiders many eyes with the thin side first.

"OH NO, YOU WONT!!"
lionborn: (WHERE ARE YOU TOUCHING?!)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-03-15 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Leo had lost Yuuri somewhere around a group of other fighters, before they had gotten separated thanks to a flock of nasty crows that had apparently figured out that he was part feline. Unable to protect himself against them with only a shovel as a weapon, the Half had done the most sane thing he could think of and had raced off, diving through the street and in between fighting opponents with all the breakneck speed and grace that only a feline on the run or a bat out of hell could develop.

One breathtaking half an hour later the Half had lost most of his flying attackers (and gained a couple of landwalking ones in the process) when he finally arrived at the Shopping district. Seeing the familiar face of a Naoto, he mobilized all his reserved and sped up and towards her.

"Naoto!! Some help over here?!"
lionborn: (Oh holy... -!!)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-03-15 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Leo had known that a BAD day was awaiting them when the sirens had went off. The bad feeling had turned into pure horror when he had realized that Lili was gone as well. Feeling torn, the Half had wasted barely the time it too him to get into his clothes before he had been out and in the streets, frenziedly searching for a familiar face of a certain someone he knew who might very well be crazy enough to remain out there when the proverbial flood was coming.

Turning a corner, he saw a familiar fluff of white hair and called out to the human. "BAKURA!" It wasn't the one he had been looking for, but fuck him if he left the kid here out in the streets after he had almost gotten himself killed in order to prevent him from dying!
ryuuhirameki: (✗ as we sleep among the dead)

[personal profile] ryuuhirameki 2012-03-15 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
Kaoru is strong. [it's barely audible, just above a whisper.]
shiromadoushi: (!)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-03-15 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Bakura turned at his name, eyes going wide. "Leo!" he exclaimed, relief flooding him. Without even thinking he transformed, zipping across the last bit of distance between them to cling to Leo's hand, d10 hiding in his friend's palm.
realimperfect: (Default)

[personal profile] realimperfect 2012-03-15 03:56 am (UTC)(link)

Well - she... certainly hadn't been expecting him to pop up. To her credit she's a fast reactor, though probably not in the way most people would consider a friendly hello. She aims at him for a few seconds, eyes narrowed in concentration, before her arm drops back to her side, admittedly a little relieved, but also annoyed.

"That's a hell of a hello in a situation like this, when I have a loaded gun."
tauborn: (takuto its a surprise)

[Takuto][Streets Someplace/Just Before Noon][Open to Dylan]

[personal profile] tauborn 2012-03-15 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Takuto is still cursing himself for getting separated from Kaoru, but he'll just have to believe that she's alright. Besides, there's plenty more for him to worry about other than what his sensei is doing.

Like this patch of zombies, stumbling in the direction of--Dylan?!

His eyes widen and he's sprinting forward. Saya-kun had said that getting bitten could be fatal, and there's no way he's going to let his friend get even a scratch.]