[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

[donttelldaddy]

I thought the girls back home bored you.

[forhispeople]

They did! The ones who are mildly or more interesting are all here. Still doesn't mean I know what to say to them, though. [He chuckles]

You gotta remember, I was trained by tutors to be able to chat up and flatter the boring nobility. They never trained me for modern independent girls.

[donttelldaddy]

So, what? Scared to rise to the challenge? Most people don't get lessons.

[forhispeople]

Ahaha! I suppose that's true. If I want to see what life as a normal person is like, I can't expect to have lessons in it, can I?

I'm not scared. I just prefer to do things the right way.

[donttelldaddy]

Thinking that there is a right way is your first mistake, Ling.

[forhispeople]

Oh come now, there's a right way to do everything! The way of the sword, the way of tea, the way of the... whatever.

[donttelldaddy]

That would imply that every girl is the same.

[forhispeople]

Well, they all have the same...... lady parts. Same chemistry, same biology.

[donttelldaddy]

That doesn't mean we all think the same.

[forhispeople]

I suppose not. But where else am I supposed to start? Cut me a break here, missie.

[donttelldaddy]

Start with Lili, not missie, I'm not a dog.

[forhispeople]

[His jaw drops even as he's busy fighting]

Excuse me?! I call you Miss Lili all the time. If I thought you were a dog, I'd be calling you Pingping or something like that. And I might even be checking to see if you looked tasty to eat.

[donttelldaddy]

Drop the 'Miss', it's impersonal. Talk to us like you want to get to know us, not like we're just any other girl.

[forhispeople]

I figure calling you Miss with respect shows I have a personal interest in you. If it was just plain "hey you, given name" it sounds like I'm looking down on you.

[For a moment, Ling actually looks genuinely troubled and sad. It shows in his eyes and the lines around his mouth.]

I don't want to treat people like they're my inferiors.

[donttelldaddy]

In my culture, that's exactly what you're doing. Only teachers call me that. And butlers, but then we've got the opposite problem.

[Lili watches him, and catches the look, so she smiles wider in an attempt to cheer him up.]

Besides, my given name is Emilie.

[forhispeople]

Ah, is that so? Gosh, again it's backwards, isn't it.

"Emilie." [Ling pronounces this poetically, like he's musing over how to put it into context in a sonnet. At the same time, he kicks a spider's face in. It's a prince thing.]

What a beautiful name that is.... it's rather soft and musical, isn't it? What does it mean?

[donttelldaddy]

[Lili eyes him warily. There's a reason she doesn't use that name, and this is why. Talking to her like that, all sweet and dream-like, isn't his place.]

It doesn't matter. It was my grandmother's name, it isn't mine. Lili.

[forhispeople]

I was about to ask which you preferred. You've just answered it for me... Lili.

[God, he feels like a pompous ass throwing out the respectful honorific. But, you know that they say. "When in Drachma..."]

[donttelldaddy]

Thank you, Ling.

[Her voice is gentle and friendly, but with a warm confidence, all of which seems a bit out of place considering the chaos that was ravaging the city. Still, it's important to her to speak properly. Especially names. Names are important.]

Doesn't it sound nice without all the fluff?

[forhispeople]

It does! Emilie doesn't sound strong enough to suit you well. I think Lili is better. It's still beautiful, but it's more to-the-point!

[donttelldaddy]

That's very kind. I appreciate it.

[forhispeople]

Aha? You mean I was finally able to do something right?

[donttelldaddy]

It's about time.

[forhispeople]

[He snickers and dispatches a spider before it can grab for her]

I'll mark it down on my calendar! Maybe one day it'll be a National Holiday.

[donttelldaddy]

[Lili gives it a boot for good measure.]

You'll need to do more than that to merit a holiday.