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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motherofthesun: (Happiness)

[personal profile] motherofthesun 2012-03-31 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
(OOC: You're welcome and it's okay! I had fun too.)
thrusts: (LETS SEE)

[personal profile] thrusts 2012-03-31 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
"You're only getting in the - " Argh, he couldn't even finish his remark (things lose their edge when something is giving chemical burns), "way."

He was too stubborn to relent, he was going to make sure she was taken to safety, whether she liked it or not. So while she was trying to get him out from the path of danger he was going to pick her up and carry her to a safehouse.
toukakoukan: (pic#1772506)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-31 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He makes a sound as he crashes to the ground and another more surprised one when he realizes she's turned the tables on him. Gazing up at her with a slight glare, he raises an eyebrow.]

Does that mean you want to see me like this?

[And yes, he's still not quite able to stop blushing yet.]
donttelldaddy: (Stripping)

[personal profile] donttelldaddy 2012-03-31 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She smiles, pleasantly surprised that he doesn't dissolve into a stuttering mess like so many others did.]

Touché. But it mostly means that you're sloppy.
toukakoukan: (pic#1772487)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-31 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Just as sloppy as you.

[He raises his arms up, left one going to her arm, his automail hand going loosely to her throat, not gripping but just holding there.]
donttelldaddy: (Glare)

[personal profile] donttelldaddy 2012-03-31 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Edward's hand is cool and uncomfortable. It's different from what she's used to. His intent is neither deadly or romantic, and still she's caught in a vulnerable position. Unlike most things that are different, she's no interested at all, just caught off guard. The shock makes her pause before she slaps him away and brings her elbow down against his face.

Lili shakes his other hand off her arm and stands up, brushing herself off.]


Don't do that again.
forhispeople: (serious business- eyes open)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-31 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
I figure calling you Miss with respect shows I have a personal interest in you. If it was just plain "hey you, given name" it sounds like I'm looking down on you.

[For a moment, Ling actually looks genuinely troubled and sad. It shows in his eyes and the lines around his mouth.]

I don't want to treat people like they're my inferiors.
donttelldaddy: (Cuter than you)

[personal profile] donttelldaddy 2012-03-31 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
In my culture, that's exactly what you're doing. Only teachers call me that. And butlers, but then we've got the opposite problem.

[Lili watches him, and catches the look, so she smiles wider in an attempt to cheer him up.]

Besides, my given name is Emilie.
toukakoukan: (pic#1772473)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-31 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
[With a wince, he holds his face where she elbowed him a bit, standing up and glaring at her. She of all people keeps him guessing, since he's has no idea anymore where her boundaries are.]

All's fair in a fight, isn't it...
donttelldaddy: (Ready to fight)

[personal profile] donttelldaddy 2012-03-31 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
If you're going to fight, then fight. Don't do it halfway.
toukakoukan: (pic#1772499)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-31 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
You're one to talk.

[He comes at her again then, not needing to be told twice, swinging forward with a kick with no intention of holding back on her.]
megitsune: (scared looking up)

[personal profile] megitsune 2012-03-31 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
That one simple, unfortunate gesture broke the pleasant feeling she'd had about the whole encounter.

Megumi's eyes widened in shock at the brush against her cheek. Her head moved backwards on her shoulders, and her hand moved to guard herself. She'd never been kissed before-- not willingly. Dark memories flickered past her mind's eye. Flinching away in fear, she almost expected this young man to try something else-- grab for her wrist maybe, or try to hit her. That's how it had usually been followed up, in her old life.

"Don't," she pleaded like a knee-jerk reaction, quietly enough that he may not have even heard. He was already moving away from her.
Edited 2012-03-31 07:07 (UTC)

[personal profile] pmsgargoyle 2012-03-31 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
"They trust me and other guests because we are their hope. Their canon fodder." She sounded amused, though. The humans were so desperate that they relied on a strange device that they didn't even know how it worked, and trusted whoever arrived from those worlds. They were fools.

The gargoyle blinked but soon nodded her head "I thank you for the heads up. I will make sure I won't be here. And I do wish you good luck with your attack.2 a smirk grew on Demona's face. "Make them suffer."
megitsune: (glare - there's no medicine for stupidit)

[personal profile] megitsune 2012-03-31 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
"You're not going to run me through with hiratsuki because of aku, soku, zan?" she asked dryly, dropping her voice to a deadpan imitation of a certain worthless cop on the Shinsengumi's famous motto.
donttelldaddy: (She's pissed now)

[personal profile] donttelldaddy 2012-03-31 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
[She's about to turn around and leave when she notices that he's coming back for more. That isn't what she wanted, Lili doesn't fight mad. Not with friends, it disrupts her performance, and she respects them too much to offer anything less than her best.

That means she has to shut him down as quickly as possible. She catches his leg and pulls it out from under him, and when he falls, she keeps her boot firmly on the back of his head.]


That was for future reference, Edward. We're done here. I have places to be.
toukakoukan: (pic#2239198)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-31 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
[There's where they're different then, since Ed primarily only fights when mad, save for sparring practice. He goes down easily, too reckless to think straight anyway right now, gritting his teeth and struggling to get up. He won't go after her again once up though.]

You really are crazy, you know that?

[So says the boy crazed by madness.]
donttelldaddy: (Dreaming of killing you)

[personal profile] donttelldaddy 2012-03-31 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
[She waits for a moment before she backs off, to let her point sink in a little deeper. When she steps away, she isn't particularly concerned with what he has to say.]

You're not the first person to say that.
toukakoukan: (pic#1772536)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-31 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
[He's done once she says they're done and turns from her now, raising a hand to wave off the situation.]

Good luck with the spiders then.
wignamed: (51)

[personal profile] wignamed 2012-03-31 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
What- [The Witch was right in thinking that Katsura hadn't anticipated the sudden increase in the tail's length. It was too late for him to fully react to the blow by the time he could hear its swish, and he took a near-direct hit as a result, causing him to stagger and nearly fall.]

You...[Katsura didn't bother to finish that sentence, aware of the danger they were in. The blow had hurt him badly enough that it severely damaged their chances of running and he had to focus on escaping before the Witch tried anything else. And yet, it felt too difficult to do at that moment.]
megitsune: (yelling at Saitou)

[personal profile] megitsune 2012-03-31 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
She let out a loud, rather dramatic gasp. "What the hell do you think you're DOING?" Megumi exploded with vitriol, arms and legs flailing. She let out a squawk, hoping someone might come help save her from whatever idiocy Saitou had in mind for her. "You get your dirty hands OFF of my person, you foul beast of a man! Help! Help! Pervert! Shinsengumi!"

Where were Ken-san and Sanosuke and Kaoru when she really needed them? Hell, even Yahiko would be a godsend.
megitsune: (kitsune ears)

[personal profile] megitsune 2012-03-31 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oho, good boy. Let's borrow it, then," Megumi grinned mischievously, and she hurried over to wheel the little hand-truck over to their patient. "It isn't that we're lazy, it's that we need to get him there without dropping him."
quarterlynx: (Default)

[personal profile] quarterlynx 2012-03-31 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Haru came to a pause, curious about her reaction. A reaction that spoke of abuse. Trauma. A reaction he knew far too well because he experienced the same thing in his life. Lavender eyes focused on her, trying to read in more without having to dredge it up in conversation. But from that point forward, he knew that he would have to put a special focus on Megumi. After all, maybe working on her through her own trauma would be a way of reconciling his past failures with his wife.

He had to try.

A warm smile reached his face, and he kept his distance -- if nothing else, than to show that she could trust him. "Don't worry. I wouldn't hurt you."
megitsune: (serious guilty)

[personal profile] megitsune 2012-03-31 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
She snorted despite her fear. "You aren't the first person to say that to me," she said truthfully, her shoulders hunched high and her hands still up to guard her chest. Takeda used to say shit like that all the time.

Megumi's eyes were trained on Haru's feet, she was too frightened to look at his face. If she watched his stance, she'd be able to tell which way he'd break if he lunged for her. Her heart was pounding in her ribcage like a rabbit's. God dammit, she scolded herself inwardly, she'd gone and gotten herself into the stupidest situation. There wasn't anyone around and here she was alone in this alley with a person who seemed rather unpredictable. She could hear a little voice in her head hoping that someone would come and whisk her away so that she didn't have to deal with it.

No. Sanosuke wasn't around to punch people in the face for her. Kenshin wasn't here to make a dramatic speech. It was up to her or nothing, she had to handle this herself for once. Megumi took a deep breath. "Don't... touch me, please," she asked, mustering her courage. She tried to manage to sound firm but remain polite. "I have only just met you, Haru-san. I don't know you well." To tell the truth, she didn't even exchange touches with those she did know well-- but that was too much to let a strange man know.

If this man Haru wasn't going to accept that, she figured, it'd bring the situation to level two. She ran over her options for defending herself while waiting for his reaction.
forhispeople: (smile confident front)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-31 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, is that so? Gosh, again it's backwards, isn't it.

"Emilie." [Ling pronounces this poetically, like he's musing over how to put it into context in a sonnet. At the same time, he kicks a spider's face in. It's a prince thing.]

What a beautiful name that is.... it's rather soft and musical, isn't it? What does it mean?
donttelldaddy: (This is awkward.)

[personal profile] donttelldaddy 2012-03-31 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lili eyes him warily. There's a reason she doesn't use that name, and this is why. Talking to her like that, all sweet and dream-like, isn't his place.]

It doesn't matter. It was my grandmother's name, it isn't mine. Lili.