[Event] Invasion!

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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

[ink_nin]

A good five minutes or so, or up until they sustain a damaging enough attack. So you have to keep an eye on them.

I am not sure these are strong enough for that though one on one.

[So unless a whole bunch of them arrive and start ganging up on them, they artworks should stay and fight for a few more minutes at least.]

[tauborn]

[He feels a little uneasy just letting the artwork do his job for him while he stands around and watches. But at least they are doing a decent job.]

Is this... is this how you fought back home?

[ink_nin]

More or less, yes. Obviously back home they could do more and I had a lot more freedom.. but essentially they are the same.

[tauborn]

[He still can't help feel like he's making someone else do all the work. And he's still tense, ready for one of the brushstrokes-come-to-life to fall apart and to have to smack back the invading creatures with his remaining practice sword. He so unused to this style and it's kind of mind-boggling that this is what Sai used to do all the time.]

This is... really different than what I normally do.

[ink_nin]

It is for anyone who isn't me. It's why I sort of regret the fact I am not a conventional weapon. How are we faring up here?

[tauborn]

[It looks like one of the lions isn't moving as quickly as the other. Either it's injured--if that's even possible?--or it was the first one and it's going to dissipate soon.

But there's only two lions and... a whole line of ants is coming their way.]

Sai, are you feeling up for a challenge?

[ink_nin]

Of course. Just let me know what is needed to be done.

[Although he has the feeling that he already knows]

[tauborn]

Birds eat ants, right?

[He's staring out at the line of ants marching towards them. That one lion really isn't doing so well, and juggles Sai and his practice sword to his opposite hands to keep the practice sword on the side he's likely to need it most.]

[ink_nin]

They do.

[So that's what he is planning to do...]

[tauborn]

Okay. How do I make a really really big bird?

[Any moment now, and he's going to have to start dealing with some of the ants with his practice sword, and it's going to be a lot harder to draw a bird while he's fighting.]

[ink_nin]

We just have to both focus on it really well, and not let us be distracted any way.
As long as we resonate well enough we should be able to produce one that is a good six or seven feet in size. But nothing bigger, and only one.

[There is a pause]

I am willing to try if you are.

[tauborn]

Do you think a bird that size will eat those ants?

[And then he realizes the answer doesn't even matter. He's going to try it anyway because it's worth a shot. He grins at the paintbrush in his hand, and then drops to one knee to better reach the ground.]

Let's do it! [He presses the brush against the ground, first painting a beak and then looping around for some wings. He finishes with the legs and tail feathers, hoping that these rather poor lines will turn into a very large eagle. He finishes not a moment too soon, standing up and batting an overlarge insect away with his practice sword as the two lions immediately falter.]

[ink_nin]

I don't know about eat them, but it should rip their limbs off.

[At which point they are as good as dead.

Focusing all his effort and focus into the technique it works as expected, and just in time, animating and heading straight for the creatures.]