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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vintage_magic: (spirits 1 | neutral)

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-03-21 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oops! “Pardon me.” Lily blushed, embarrassed that she hadn’t been paying more attention, and looked over at the person who had come to a sudden stop. “Oh, I remember you.” It was the white-haired kid from when she first found herself in this doggoned city. She was bad with names though and didn’t remember if she ever got his.

“I, um…” She hadn’t really expected to run into someone so soon and she couldn’t exactly say that she was used to dealing with supernatural stuff. Failing to come up with a reasonable excuse, she tried changing the subject. “You shouldn’t be out either, I reckon.”
shiromadoushi: (Embarrassed laugh)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-03-21 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
Bakura rubbed the back of his neck. "Aaa-- I'm hoping to find one of my friends I can work with so I won't be.... with how many there are..." he trailed off, looking back over his shoulder nervously.
vintage_magic: (spirits 2 | door | back turned | leaving)

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-03-22 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Lily followed his glance and looked over her own shoulder. The street seemed to be clear for now but it was uncertain how long that would last.

She frowned a bit. "You should probably go home and lock your doors." While she was willing to take risks herself, she tried to keep others out of the way of supernatural harm.
shiromadoushi: (Serious - 01)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-03-22 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
He shook his head. "I can't do that. Not if there's a chance..." He trailed off, looking almost distracted by something before he shook his head again. "Just hiding won't stop anything."
vintage_magic: (spirits 1 | neutral)

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-03-22 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
“Getting yourself hurt isn’t going to help.” There was a hint of exasperation in her voice as she slipped the backpack off her shoulders and started to rummage inside. “If you won’t go home, at least, take this…”

After a few moments, she pulled out a protective medallion she had made back in San Francisco. Cut from the branch of a fruit tree, the wooden disc was carved with ancient symbols of protection and inscribed in Aramaic; it hung from a colorful cord of braided silk threads.
shiromadoushi: (Oh shi--)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-03-22 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Bakura dramatically paled as under the influence of the Black Blood still in his system, the pendent Lily held looked like another, all to familiar one.

"Sennen Ring... How...?!" he exclaimed, hand flying to his chest as the Voice in his head cackled loudly. "That shouldn't be here, it can't--"
Edited (Clarity) 2012-03-22 04:45 (UTC)
vintage_magic: (spirits 1 | neutral)

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-03-24 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
A ring? What in the Sam Hill was he talking about? Sometimes people were doubtful about her protective medallions but this was the strangest and most drastic reaction she’d ever gotten to one; the teenager’s sudden paleness was alarming.

“Are you okay, young man?” The pendant was still dangling from her hand as she reached towards his shoulder.
shiromadoushi: (Anime: I'm fine no really...)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-03-24 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Bakura startled at the touch, blinking a few times, eyes seeming to clear.

Oh. Wood, not gold. It wasn't even the right shape... How had he...

He let out a slow exhale. "S-- sorry, I thought..." he trailed off, shaking his head slightly. "For a moment, it looked... like something that I left back home," he attempted to not explain.
vintage_magic: (wardrobe 1 | Hmm... | Thinking)

Sorry for the lateness!

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-03-31 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
When her fingertips came in contact with Bakura’s clothes, Lily sensed a few off-kilter vibrations. It was like that time a couple of days earlier with the cravat-wearing cat.

Something he left at home? Well, that was weird. If he actually had some kind of protective medallion at home, she wasn’t sure why he would be scared of this one. “Are you sure you’re okay?” she asked again, thinking of what she sensed.

She held out the medallion to the boy. “And you really should take this.” Lily would have tried hanging it around his neck herself but didn’t want to risk another freaked out moment.
shiromadoushi: (Anime: I'm fine no really...)

No worries!

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-03-31 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Aaa-- un, I'm fine, I'm fine. Just with everything, a little jumpy, that's all!" Bakura assured, rubbing the back of his neck a bit awkwardly. He hesitated a moment before almost timidly reaching out to take hold of the pendent, relaxing just a bit as indeed, it was smooth wood and not cold metal that his fingertips touched. "Thank you."
vintage_magic: (spirits 1 | neutral)

Going out of town in the morning, back Monday!

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-04-05 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Lily nodded and then some movement down the street caught her eye; a zombie had turned a corner and was slowly lurching their way. It was missing a few pieces and was all whomperjawed.

“Better put that on,” she advised as she dug into her backpack again, this time pulling out a canister of table salt, and then stepped around Bakura. A circle would have been more effective if she could have brewed something specific for the situation but she had resorted to drawing a magic circle on a dusty floor before in an unexpected demon possession.
shiromadoushi: (Cluelessly Innocent)

Have fun!

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-04-06 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
His fingers curled tightly around the pendent, knuckles growing white. No, stop it, it wasn't the Ring! There was no Voice, nothing to take him over anymore than the stupid blood had in making him feel that way.

Thankfully he was utterly distracted by the salt circle. "...does that really work against zombies...?" he asked, curious despite his anxiety. "I thought it was just against spirits and things like that?"
vintage_magic: (nervous smile | laugh | mischievous)

But, of course, this stuff has no effect since her magic doesn't work here! ^_^;;

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-04-12 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"We'll find out, I reckon." She had no experience dealing with zombies and no books here to consult on the matter. So, she was just trying to cast a rather general protection spell and hoping that it worked.

As the zombie slowly neared, she drew a pentagram within the circle around them, acknowledging the five elements of life at each point. Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit. Chanting, she pulled out some candles and quickly lit them and placed them around the circle. There should have been more but she was short on supplies.
shiromadoushi: (Anime: I don't?)

Whoops

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-04-12 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Bakura blinked, watching with keen interest, waiting for something to happen. Not having any powers of his own back home, he was unaware of the lack of working abilities for people who had had them before.... but he was still a bit unsure how something like this would help against something physical...
vintage_magic: (spirits 1 | neutral)

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-04-13 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Despite her continued chanting and trying to focus her intentions, the zombie soon stumbled over to the circle and crossed the lines of salt. The only effect turned out to be the flame from one of the candles setting the zombie's pants leg on fire. Not exactly what Lily was hoping for.

"Dag nab it!" Lily glanced at Bakura and tried to grab his hand as she backed away. "Time to turn tail and run!"
shiromadoushi: (!)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-04-13 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Wait-- are you a Meister? If so, we can try fighting them that way!"
vintage_magic: (spirits 2 | door | back turned | leaving)

She is although I imagine any resonance would be weak with all the things she's hiding!

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-04-13 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
Lily took a few more steps back as the flames spread up the zombie's pants.

“A Meister? I don’t know.” Actually, she had slipped away during the soul perception part of the tour, worried they would realize she’s a witch.
shiromadoushi: (!)

Long as she doesn't block him out entirely, they can at least damage it, prob.

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-04-13 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Eh? You don't?" Bakura stared at her, eyes a bit wide. How could she have been here and not found out...?
vintage_magic: (spirits 1 | neutral)

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-04-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Lily had to wonder a bit about the kid’s sense of self-preservation and tugged at this hand. “It would be better to discuss this elsewhere!” Somewhere where there wasn’t a zombie fireball creeping towards them.

She grabbed her now empty salt canister and chucked it at the zombie’s head, hoping it would slow the monster down but it just bounced off.
shiromadoushi: (Cluelessly Innocent)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-04-16 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Right. Running. Running would be good. "That's the only thing I know how to fight as!" he explained as he followed her tug.
vintage_magic: (spirits 1 | neutral)

Sorry! I need to proofread more! ._.;

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-04-16 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Fighting magic had never been one of Lily's strengths but she didn't quite follow what Bakura was saying, especially since she had avoided the morning training sessions after stumbling on them the first time and hadn't seen a Weapon transformation before. She blinked and sounded a bit confused. "The only thing?" Wouldn't most people say 'the only way?'
shiromadoushi: (Anime: I'm fine no really...)

No worries :)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-04-16 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Because I'm a Weapon..." Not knowing which she was, not knowing how anything worked, not having working magic...

They were so screwed...
vintage_magic: (wardrobe 1 | Hmm... | Thinking)

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-04-19 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
At least, the zombie was slow-moving and they had managed to put a couple of blocks between themselves and the walking corpse.

“A weapon? You don’t exactly look like something I can pick up and swing at that zombie.” Even if she could pick him up, Lily thought she would probably end up doing more damage to the kid than the monster.
shiromadoushi: (Anime: *sweatdrop*)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-04-19 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
How did she not even...?!

"The transforming kind...."
vintage_magic: (spirits 2 | door | back turned | leaving)

[personal profile] vintage_magic 2012-04-19 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
"You're telling me you're a shapeshifter?" That kind of thing wasn't exactly considered normal in Lily's world although she knew that it existed. And in her experience, shapeshifters generally turned to other living creatures rather than inanimate objects.

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