[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

[lionborn]

[He takes it was a nod. Screwing the bottle open, he gulps down on it greedily before pippong it closed again.]

Thanks. I needed that. [And a cigarette, but he lost his pack of them before he met her.] ...Do you think they'll survive this? [HE nods out the window.]

[donttelldaddy]

[She smiles at him and looks out the window with him. It doesn't look good out there, but it's not impossible. They fought the Kishin Egg invasion away without too much of a fuss, after all. The black blood in the water made it a little worse, but...]

I think they will. They're nothing if not determined.

[lionborn]

If they aren't they're dead. And we as well.

[donttelldaddy]

We'll be fine.

[lionborn]

[He makes a short amused sound.] You think?

[donttelldaddy]

Sure. I've seen worse.

[lionborn]

Really.

[donttelldaddy]

My home was invaded. Humans with robot and animal soldiers are more intimidating than oversized bugs.

[lionborn]

Ah... I'm sorry to hear that. [It's no good, but he doesn't know what else to answer to a revelation like this.]

[donttelldaddy]

There's nothing I can do about it from here. I try not to think about it.

[lionborn]

..That might be for the best.

[He falls silent.] Go and get some rest. I'll take the first round of watch duty.

[donttelldaddy]

I'm not having you stand guard over my apartment, Leo.

[lionborn]

[He rolls his eyes.]

I'm not standing guard over it. The situation's not safe yet and gods know when the battles will end. [IF they will end. Or if they won't be attacked in this house as well.] One of us rests while the other keeps an eye open, just in case until the air's clear. Doing stuff like that's called preserving your strength and teamwork a.k.a. a better way to make sure that you survive.

[donttelldaddy]

[Leo was clearly infinitely more concerned about the situation than she was, and her tone made that fairly clear.] If that will make you feel better, fine. But you're a guest, you get some rest first.

[lionborn]

[Yeah, well, he takes people fighting and dying around them pretty serious. ...and it had been a long and hard run until he had finally found her.

He gives her a surprised look, but averts his eyes quickly.]

Nah. Thanks for the offer, but I don't think I can relax anytime soon. [Not when people were still dying out there and there was only a flimsy door between them and potential danger.]

[donttelldaddy]

[It's not that Lili isn't taking it seriously, but she knows she can only do so much. Protecting herself and Leo, and the friends she had run into before him, was quite the accomplishment already.]

What do you need, a massage?

[lionborn]

[He makes a disgruntled sound.]

Leave it, Lili. I'm not in the mood for your games.

[donttelldaddy]

You're always on about games. You should try to relax, still, no amount of anxiousness is going to fix it.

[lionborn]

[He averts his eyes.]

I know. [Not that that helps doing anything about it. Maybe it is because he is part animal, maybe he is just sensitive, but he can't relax and kick back while there was still danger out and looming about.]

[donttelldaddy]

At least try, won't you?

[lionborn]

..'kay.

[donttelldaddy]

Good. Since you don't want the massage, can I do anything else?

[lionborn]

Not really. Try to get some rest.

[donttelldaddy]

You too.

[lionborn]

I will.