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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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toukakoukan: Made by <lj site="livejournal.com" user="patchouli"> (pic#2678549)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-17 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He stares at their hands, furrowing his brow before giving a quick nod. If he was going to resonate with anyone again, it might as well be Ling.]

Alright. Let's do it.
forhispeople: (uh huh i thought so)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-18 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ling closes his eyes and pulls himself inside-out again. It's getting much easier since his training with Tear and Kanji. He can let himself fall away now with no fear about losing control of his body. Before he knows it, the weapon he could sense on the inside of his soul is now the outside, and he's inside, the same way it was with Greed.]

[Ed is now holding a bright white and gold guandao, or halberd, with a long, wickedly curved blade and a dark red tassel. Ornamental carvings of pheonixes and clouds decorate the hilt of the blade and the cap at the bottom. Xingese characters on the hilt read "Halberd of the Golden Phoenix."]

[There's a very excited, very much shirtless Ling reflecting back at them in the platinum colored metal of the blade.]


Ahhh, I'd been wanting to show you two my weapon form for sooooo long! What do you think?

Think you can figure out how to use one of these, Ed? Ran Fan and I can help you with the basics.
masked_guardian: (pic#2172977)

[personal profile] masked_guardian 2012-03-20 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Ran Fan quickly glances at Ling before turning her focus to Ed.]

Right. And you must be careful.

[And she stabs a zombie in the head.]
toukakoukan: (pic#2239192)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-20 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Ed stares at the halberd in his hand, initially shocked at how much easier this resonation is than his previous one with Hades. The energy wavelength Ling was putting out was close to his own, sparked only by the traces of madness that still ran through Ed.]

I don't need instruction. [He gives Ling a quick swipe through the air, to test him. His experience with blades had a fairly wide range and he felt fairly confident that a Xing blade would only take a moment to get used to.]
forhispeople: (ok now you're just pissing me off)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-22 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Ling can sense something odd running through Ed's soul wavelength. It feels like some kind of an impurity. Ling concentrates hard on it, trying to suck it out of Ed and into his own soul if he can. It must be that Black Blood, he reasons. It hadn't affected Ling at all, he'd been able to push it away and control it just as he had learned to do with Greed. Who knows, maybe he can help Edward, too.]

There's more to it than just the Amestrian kind of spear. The shaft and the blade are more flexible, so you have a wider attack range because of that flexibility. Plus, the blade carves through things better because it bends a little. Imagine you can use the edge to scoop and you've got the right idea.

Okay Ran Fan, let's do this! We'll show these creatures who's boss!
masked_guardian: (neutral- Serious stare)

[personal profile] masked_guardian 2012-03-23 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Ran Fan steps closer to Ed during a slight break in the action around her. Guarding the prince while he was being used as a weapon... She still hadn't figured out the best way to handle this.]

Yes, Master!

[She turns her "attention" to Ed while fighting off another spider.]

Stay focused.
toukakoukan: (pic#1772470)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-25 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ed merely responds to Ran Fan's command with a slight smirk. He didn't need to be told by her what to do, but there were times to pick a battle and now was not one of them.

With that, he took off towards another spider that was skittering towards them, slashing viciously at it with Ling, his teeth gritted together as he moved quickly around to shred at the beast.

It was a strange feeling, to fight with someone else's consciousness coinciding with his own. There was something else there too, something familiar to one he'd lost when he came here: alchemy. He could feel the energy here, growing stronger as he fought against the spiders. Was this what he'd been waiting for?

Taking a few step back from another spider, he closed his eyes briefly, focusing on the feeling of performing alchemy, the visual of the transmutation circle. Snapping his eyes open a split second later, he transformed Ling into a spear, the bladed edge shooting up to drive through the spider's head.]
forhispeople: (PANIC?! EW.)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-27 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow! You changed my shape! How'd you do that?! Ed, you're amazing~

[Ling's voice falls flat as he sees thereflection of his new shape in a store window.]

But-- why'd you have to make me so ugly.
masked_guardian: (surprise- Found a shiny)

[personal profile] masked_guardian 2012-03-28 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
[She's surprised to the point that she's almost distracted. At least enough to not notice that some of the large birds seem to be taking interest in them as they hover over the city.]

Wh-What...?

[She's cut off as a zombie makes a grab for her. Her punches and kunai start flying once more as she turns to focus to the creatures near her.]
toukakoukan: (pic#2239182)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-04-01 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Ed blinks, looking down at Ling with both surprise at the power and to his words.]

What are you talking about, you look cool.

[He's distracted too once he sees Ran Fan moving again, but he's pretty fascinated with this new-found power and transforms Ling once more, back nearly to the shape he was before but with some Ed-inspired embellishments (you know what to expect) as he rushed forward at some of the approaching creatures.]
forhispeople: (let's get down to business)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-04-01 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ling isn't really sure what to do other than sit there in Ed's hands and be slightly frazzled that he can't be out there actively defending them with his own movements.]

Ahh-- Ran Fan, look out! To your left. Ed, behind you--

[Ugh, Ed's put ghastly horns and bright colors on what was once a rather tasteful halberd design. But he doesn't have much time to think about that, because...]

[Hm? There's something he can sense underneath his consciousness that he hadn't felt before, and it feels as if it's kind of... poking at him inside his soul. He wonders if he might be able to try pushing the resonation a little farther. Maybe there's some stuff he can do that he doesn't know about, as well.]

[He relaxes into a meditative state and tries to feel for Ed's soul wavelength, even as Ed's attacking the group of creatures.]
Edited 2012-04-01 14:46 (UTC)
masked_guardian: (fight- Angry)

[personal profile] masked_guardian 2012-04-01 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, sir!

[She takes out another zombie before turning and throwing both kunai into an approaching spider.

As much as Ran Fan feels like she should be overseeing Ed and Ling trying to resonate, she was a little busy making sure they didn't get completely surrounded by these monsters. She'd just keep an eye out everywhere and speak up whenever she needed to.

For now she had two more zombies nearby that needed to be stabbed in vital spots.
]
toukakoukan: (pic#1772507)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-04-02 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[While they're fighting, Ed's ambitiously trying out his powers more, changing Ling's design again and again: a broad sword, something similar to his short sword, and so on, each with a gaudy design on it.

In his state, he doesn't realize how quickly he's exerting himself by using his new-found power so much and with such rapidity, but Ling could feel it clearly as he slashes through the undead bodies. Another minute or more and he'd be struggling.]
forhispeople: (serious business- eyes open)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-04-02 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ed, take it easy-- we need to save our energy. That Black Blood is still in you, isn't it?

[In his worry over Ed's state, Ling takes his attention from his (rather patronizing) watching over Ran Fan.]

[He must be doing this because he's so relieved to have something close to his alchemy back, Ling guesses. His heart hurts for his friend. Ed's alchemical ability seemed to pretty much be his self-worth, his self-defense, and even his self-image.]

[To have it suddenly stripped away in a strange place, Ling supposes, has got to have been extremely confusing and painful all this time. Surely it's a lot like how he feels, at having no Fu and living separately from Ran Fan.]

[He'll try the best he can to speak convincingly to Ed.]


Try to calm down. Listen, there're a ton of monsters in the city right now. You need to pace yourself carefully. You can handle this, Ed, you've got both of us, right here with you.
masked_guardian: (anger- Grrr)

[personal profile] masked_guardian 2012-04-04 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Ran Fan hadn't seen Ed fight enough just yet to note that something was off, but she can definitely tell he's not taking as much care as she felt was necessary.

Case in point, as she finishes killing another zombie she catches sight of a large black bird just above him with its talons out. With no time to spare, she races toward Ed to try to push him out of the way.
]

Watch!

[There was less time than she had been hoping for, however, since the bird gets a hold of her shoulders and begins ascending again. Ran Fan tries to fight her way out, but her limbs can't reach it as it stands.]

Release me!
toukakoukan: (pic#1772482)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-04-11 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
Ran Fan!

[Ed scrambles forward to try grab at her as she's pulled up, fingers grazing her ankle before she's lifted too high off the ground.

He holds onto Ling for the moment, with nothing else to do but stare helplessly after her.]


What the hell do we do?! [He voices the question mostly to Ling but a bit in general as well.]
forhispeople: (shock anger horror)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-04-11 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Ling's kind of... completely losing it. He changes back, and before Ed's even let go of his arm and leg he's trying to run and jump after her, screaming her name.]

RAN FAN!!!!!

[He jumps, trying to attack the bird. His hands start hurling anything he can find in his pockets at the bird that has her. Kunai, senbon, all of his remaining pepper and smoke bombs, his Watch sword, his wallet, anything, he's desperate for something that will stop this monster and make it give him back his oldest friend and last subject.]

[He shouts but he's not sure what he's even saying]
Edited 2012-04-11 06:36 (UTC)
toukakoukan: Made by <lj site="livejournal.com" user="lavaliere"> (pic#2678588)

I'm assuming it's okay to skip abducted Ran Fan?

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-04-12 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Ed stares at Ling for a moment, shocked at seeing him lose it like this. He's frozen in place for a moment before he hurries forward and grabs Ling's arm to pull him back, yelling to be heard over Ling's shouts.]

Stop!! We can't get to it!
forhispeople: (fighting - rip my bandaid off?!)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-04-12 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
RAN FAN! Ran Fan, no! Please--

[Ling is panicking. He tries to shove Ed off, tries to keep running even though the bird is now too high to catch. If Ed can see his face, his eyes are wide and wild with fear. His words tumble out, in broken sentences.]

Ed I lost Fu and Greed I can't lose-- I got a second chance to protect her-- I can't let her get hurt again! I have to go!
toukakoukan: (pic#1772515)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-04-13 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Go where?!

[He catches up to Ling and grabs him again, trying to hold him back more firmly this time. He'll use force if he has to.]

Ling, stop it!! We'll figure out where she's being taken, okay?! But we can't get to her now!
forhispeople: (crying at Fu's death)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-04-13 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Ling can't even see the bird anymore. He's stricken, unsure what to do.]

I promised her I'd take care of her! How on earth are we going to find where she is, Ed?
toukakoukan: (pic#1772516)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-04-14 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't take care of her if you do something stupid now!

[He tries to turn Ling around to face him, holding him by his arms]

We'll figure it out, okay?! Shibusen must know where the Witches' are.
forhispeople: (fighting - stance guarding wary)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-04-15 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Ling lets out a growl and then turns the other way.]

We're going to Shibusen. NOW. There's no time to lose!

[Good place to end?]
toukakoukan: (pic#2239199)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-04-15 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Ed nods, following at his heel.]

Yeah. We'll get her, don't worry.

[Yup! o7]