[Event] Invasion!

[soul_mods]

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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[Dave Strider][Streets/Afternoon][Open to Terezi]

[knightime]

Either Terezi was the best goddamn hider that ever could play hide n' seek, or Dave really sucked at finding a blind troll in the middle of an attack. He's going to go with the first one, because there's no way he can't find Terezi.

He quickly went through the streets, taking down whatever he ran into with the cheap sword he had bought. He can hear his heart beating in his ears loudly. The black blood was still in his system, and he was doing his best to pretend it wasn't. He wasn't scared. Fuck that shit. He's been through worst. Okay, so giant poisonous spiders and acid spitting ants kind of go in the worst department, but that's also besides the point. Dave could have easily contacted Terezi through his communicator. But Dave has long forgotten that it was sitting safely in his pocket. Of course he'd forget about something like this in such a critical moment.

Dave continued down the street, looking for his partner. "Pyrope, this is a shitty time to play hide n' seek with me."

[scalemate]

Luckily the black blood is mostly out of Terezi's system, so she's in a much better state of mind than he is. She's been trying to get a hold of him with her mirror all day, but it hasn't worked. She's resorted to searching the city for him methodically, even though the stench of rotting flesh has made her head ache.

She finally, finally finds him, though. Or, well, hears him. All of the other odors permeating the city are making things sort of murky, but at least her ears still work. "Dave!"

[knightime]

That's because he forgot it was in his pocket. Dave's forgetfulness still is an amazing thing apparently.

He stops running, as soon as he hears Terezi's voice call him though. He recognizes her voice and he looks over, spotting her. "Sup Pyrope. Where you been? I mean, more crappy zombies and giant animals for me, but shit was getting kind of dull. Listening to myself talk is hardly as interesting unless someone else is listening to me too." You better just tell him to shut up, because he's seriously going to keep rambling. "Did you know that slicing through spiders and ants is ten times more gross then just stepping on them? I mean, seriously, that shit is so nasty. Not in the sicnasty way. Just nasty."

[scalemate]

"Dave, shut up!" She crosses the distance between them and grabs his sleeve. He still seems really keyed up, and that's not going to help either of them. "I have been looking all over for you! Why weren't you answering me?"

[knightime]

He does shut up, and he chews the inside of his cheek with a bit of a frown. He lets out a breath. He didn't even know he was holding his breath, but he was. He shoves his hand into his pocket and looks at the mirror. "I forgot I had it." He was being honest at least.

"So you up for this? Once we start, we're going the whole ten yards," he asks, his tone never wavering. It was a legitimate question though. He knew he wasn't in the best state of mind right now. He knew that she knew.

[scalemate]

She definitely knows he's not doing well, but he seems to be calming down a little. They probably have a much better chance if she transforms, anyway, so she grins at him and shrugs. "Am I ever not ready?" She can always watch out for him anyway, right?

[knightime]

He'll just have to ditch the sword. He hates not having a sylladex, but he'll just get it replaced. He felt better that Terezi was around and she seemed to have shook off the black blood a lot better then he had. He was still struggling with it. He wouldn't ever tell her, but he felt better having her around right now. While he was more adapt with a sword. He felt alone. With Terezi, he had someone fighting side by side with him. That was more then enough to keep his wits. It also meant she was still willing to trust him despite his state, and that had to mean something.

"What was I thinking? Asking Pyrope whether she was ready or not? Maybe my brain got a little scrambled along with completely put on its side. Just make sure I don't do anything stupid. You're in charge of Strider should always look cool department." He let the sword drop with a clank. "I'm ready."

[scalemate]

Terezi does trust him pretty implicitly, which is a feat, especially for a troll. She giggles in response, reaching for his hand and squeezing tight. "Don't mess up!"

Luckily, it only takes a second for her to transform. There is pretty much no way they can't win this! They are just way too awesome to fail.

[knightime]

"Lucky for you, we aren't the type to fuck up."

He takes hold of her. He's used her before and she's becoming quite familiar. Their souls don't resonate quite as well as it should, but he's pretty sure that's because of him at the moment. He's more then annoyed that their resonance isn't quite up to par from what it should be, but he's sure that with everything going on, it only made sense. "Spiders, zombies, and ants, oh my. Looks like we got our work cut out for us. Any tips on making this more interesting?" In before you say imagine all spiders are Vriska.

[scalemate]

They actually usually resonate very well, so when they don't mesh like they normally do, it's an odd feeling. It's certainly not his fault, though. She doesn't blame him for being off. The remnants of the black blood in her probably aren't helping, either, but hey! They've totally got this.

Jegus, do I have to do all the work?

[knightime]

He's already heading down the street, looking to take down whatever happens across their way.

"Haha, very funny. This is a partnership. You stab things, I swing you around so you can stab things." Or something along those lines. That sounded a lot better in his head and not said out loud though. "So, got any good ideas to make this a little more fun?" At least he's trying to make this not seem as bad as it probably is, while they take down the array of undead and other creatures.