[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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Comments

[heretolookhot]

You really think you'll need it?

[weaponry]

The bunch of weapons in my backpack or you?

[heretolookhot]

Carrying around more weapons than we have arms.

[weaponry]

No, but it's always nice to have plan b. [ And C. And D. And the rest of the alphabet. ]

[heretolookhot]

I thought plan B was use me.

[weaponry]

That's plan two. If it's apparent that real weapons suck and will only get us killed. [ Yep. She's certainly collected over this. ]

[heretolookhot]

That's what plan B means.

[weaponry]

Then you'll be plan B, and those other weapons will be sub-plans for A. [ ....she'll try to make sense of this somehow! ]

[heretolookhot]

You're making this way more complicated than it needs to be. Whatever, let's just bash them in the face.

[weaponry]

Right! Let's go! I'll remain close to you. [ She starts to move at a pace Santana would be comfortable with, but she is still moving quickly. Upon arriving into the mob, she takes a wide swing with her club, blasting the rotting, crumbling, zombies and a giant ant down the street. ]

[heretolookhot]

[Santana thinks back to that time she tried softball in elementary school, and grips the club with two hands. She swings, and it connects against a zombie's head with a crack. Her jaw clamps shut to prevent a scream as the skull shatters, smearing blood and brains on the end of her club.

Santana steps back from it, holding a hand over her mouth. It's a lot more disgusting in real life than it is in movies.

She takes a deep breath, and refuses to puke.

Okay.]

[weaponry]

[ Tenten glances over her shoulder as she bats right through a zombie's side. She doesn't even flinch at the gory scene. She quickly rushes over to her, batting zombies and evading a raven along the way. She notices Santana's horrified expression and once again blames herself for putting her into a position she wasn't quite ready for. ]

Santana! Are you okay?

[heretolookhot]

Fine.

[She is, really. The fear is manageable, it's nowhere near as scary as Guatemala was. It's about the horrible stench that fills the air and becomes nearly unbearable when the monsters spill their guts, like cracking open a bad egg.

At least she was finding a new respect for Milla Jovovich.]

It's gross, but I'm fine.

[YOU SEE THIS STONE COLD EXTERIOR?]

[weaponry]

Excellent! You're doing so well! I'm so proud of you! [ She knows that a zombie-corpse invasion would never have happened back at Lima. She's ecstatic that Santana has progressed and triumphed over a zombie. Tenten, is, for the most part pristine. She was hitting corpses in a way where they wouldn't spill their fluids. ] I swear, I had no idea how disgusting it'd be. [ SHE SEES IT. She also notices a zombie's shadow in front of her. Her face fades into a more serious expression. She turns around and smashes into its face with the club. ]

[heretolookhot]

Relax, I'm not potty training.

[Santana hits another one, bashing it in the head the same as the first. A jolt of queasiness flashes through her stomach, but it's not as bad as last time.]

[weaponry]

Fine! Three more heads and you'll be completely at ease with yourself. [ Her statement easily implies that she knows from experience. She turns around starts to bat her way around the parade zombies. ]

[heretolookhot]

[Three more heads, huh?

It's probably true, Santana thinks to herself. The next one isn't nearly as difficult to stomach as the first two were, but she screams anyway, because its hand grazes her arms while she's faced toward Tenten. She whips around with the club lightning-fast and cracks it with ease.]

[weaponry]

Santana! [ She turned towards Santana once again, batting a zombie down without looking at a zombie. ] Why did you scream!? [ She's definitely concerned more than ever now. ]

[heretolookhot]

Nothing. It touched me.

[But she's gonna stick a little closer to her partner just in case.]

[weaponry]

Their fluids don't seem to turn you into a zombie so at least there's an upside to it. [ She evades an incoming zombie attack before pushing her club directly into its face, like a hammer. ]

[heretolookhot]

It never got in me, just touched.

[weaponry]

So only fluid to fluid contact is bad? [ Does this mean she no longer has to dodge every zombie liquid ever???? ]

[heretolookhot]

Yeah, like if you get in in you.

[weaponry]

In that case, let's fight together. [ She holds out her hand. ] It can't get inside of you if you're an inanimate object. [ Safety is her prime concern in these moments, after all! ]

[heretolookhot]

Alright. [Santana takes her hand and transformed, the long, bladed whip now sitting in Tenten's hand, waiting to be used.]