[Event] Invasion!

[soul_mods]

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!



ooc: Feel free to make your own threads. Please follow the format: [Character][Location/Time][Open/Close]

- if you want your character to run into a witch, please comment here!

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[Shibuya Yuuri] [Streets near outer residential II / Late Morning] [Open]

[a_royal_flush]

Yuuri had been over and getting ready for Morning Training when the warning had gone out. Bruised and healing from the attacks he'd sustained two days earlier, the young Maou had ignored any and all aches and pains to go towards the edge of the city to catch sight of the threat. His eyes had widened as he'd caught sight of just what was coming their way, before he was scrambling back with a yelp.

He had to go and find Teresa before it was too late!

He'd scrambled back up to his feet in the next moment, and began to take off across the field. While he might have been over the complete opposite side of where Teresa usually hung out, Yuuri wouldn't let anything delay him from getting to where she was.

That was why he was running at his top speed through the city streets when the next phase happened. Skidding to a halt when something dropped heavily right in front of him, the young Maou peered up along the jet-black hairy body before he felt his eyes widen in horror. "Eeeeeh?! A spider!?!"

How did it get that big?! His arms and legs flailed out all around him when the spider's attention turned towards him. He didn't hesitate in making a loud surprised shout when long legs snapped out to strike him as he managed to narrowly avoid the attack.

This wasn't good, wasn't good at all! With every intention to run away, Yuuri spun himself around to begun barging off in the opposite direction. Yet as he began to spring, his leg caught something along the way that caused him to trip over himself and slam down hard against the ground.

"Oomph!" He sounded in pain as he crashed against the asphalt. Dazed and confused, Yuuri was quickly snapped out of it as he felt something beginning to wrap around his body. Glancing down, he once again cried out as he caught sight of the spider shooting web in his direction. His natural reaction was to try and pull the sticky substance off, but he cried out in frustration when all it seemed to do was stick to his hands and forearms.

"No no no you don't want me," Yuuri pleaded desperately as the spider began pulling him in with the intention of wrapping him within the web. Clawing at the ground, he'd momentarily forgotten that he even had a partial form to help cut himself out of this mess. "Aaaa but I'm too young to be eaten by a man-eating spider!"

[ooc: action or prose is a-okay with me!]

[Kanji][Streets/All morning][Open]

[topgun_textiles]

The sirens were still blaring overhead.

When Kanji heard something was coming, he went into action: He closed his windows and locked them tight, drawing down the curtains. Giving Iza enough provisions to last her at least the next day or so and giving the kitten a farewell pet for now, he set out. His room was locked up tight behind him.

The teen's hand went to his coat pocket and retrieved his glasses, slipping them on without a thought as he charged down the stairs and out of Creeping Crypt.

The dead shambled in the streets, accompanied by awful black shadows above. Creepy things crawled in the alleyways, biting and spitting to cause as much damage and mayhem as possible.

Good... he needed to get some payback for the Madness from the other day. Though remnants of the Black Blood still lingered in his system, his awareness of it kept it suppressed save for the occasional twitch.

With no Weapon currently at his side, Kanji found and grasped a length of lead pipe before getting to work. It was crude, but effective for denting some zombie skulls.

(ooc: Action or Prose is up to you, will follow suit. Let's fight some monsters!)

[Vash] [DOGS Office] [Early] [Open!]

[gunsmokeangel]

Alarms were going off and the dead were approaching. Enough Black blood was still in Vash's system to keep his mind pinned squarely in "manic" mode.

He was going to defend the city and all it's people at any cost. Human-looking weapons constructed out of bodies were unfortunate, but he wasn't about to let any more lives slip through his fingers. There was just one problem, he needed firepower, and guns were not as easy to come by in Death City as the were on Gunsmoke.

So here was Vash, testing the door to the office that officially housed the Watch. He would beak in if he had to, and not feel even a little bit guilty abut it.

[Saya][Streets/After the alarm][Open]

[sayatakagi]

Still shaky from the madness she had felt two days ago, when the alarm echoed through the city, Saya’s survival instincts immediately kicked in. She thought twice about moving from her apartment but with the only thing in her mind – zombie apocalypse – screaming through her pores, it was bigger than her. After grabbing her bat, her knife, and her binoculars, Saya went to streets to check what this threat was about.

At first she stood hidden in a dark alley, avoiding anyone and everyone, trying to figure out who or what exactly was attacking them. But it was when she realized something was really off that she felt all of her world crumble. Maybe it was just paranoia, maybe it was just the madness again, but Saya grabbed the binoculars to make sure and observed the enemy.

Them. THEM.
She was sure of it, there was just no way she could ever forget those fucking things. This was some kind of bad joke, wasn’t it? She had just hallucinated about something similar two days ago, and now it was happening?! Irony wouldn’t cover it. It was if someone out there was decided to make her life a fucking living hell.

And that’s when something inside the girl snapped and she felt like everything was going to start all over again. The running, the hiding, the panic, the fear. And then she ran. Saya moved from her spot, running as fast as she could with only one person in mind: Sendo. She had to find him. The communicator was the next thing she grabbed, in order to look for him and leave a message to others, and once done, she kept running, trying to find him or someone she could trust.

[ooc: action or prose bb~]

[Takuto][Streets Morning][Open to Kaoru]

[tauborn]

[He is still disoriented when he gets out of his apartment, having woken up to the sound of the alarms and his howling puppy. Not to mention the ominous army outside the walls of the city. But he's not so disoriented that he doesn't bring his practice swords with him.

He heads out quickly towards it, finding a familiar face in the crowd. Though he still needs to confess to her about running into Kenshin, he has enough sense to know that now isn't the time.]

[Takuto][Streets Noonish][Open to Sai]

[tauborn]

[He's gotten separated from Kaoru in the mess of things, and finds himself back inside the city, surrounded by creepy insects that are much to large to really exist. An ant hisses at him, spraying something that... melts through his practice sword. He's already tired, and now he's left with one and a half weapons, which is not ideal.

What he needs is a real Weapon!]

[Takuto][Streets Afternoon][Open to Aion]

[tauborn]

[Teaming up with Sai had worked surprisingly well to keep them both alive, but as things had only gotten worse, Takuto knew he needed to find Aion.

Fortunately, at least something is going right today, and he spots the demon, shouting over the clangs and roars of the battle.]

AAIIOONNN!!!!

[Amaterasu][Streets - Outer Residential Area I/Morning][Open]

[motherofthesun]

The first alarms made her shoot awake, startled as to what was going on. Confused, she ambled outside and immediately picked up the noxious scent of something most foul in the air. It was the sickly scent of ill-will, curses, and darkness. It just made the Goddess's nose crinkle in displeasure.

While perhaps she would normal begin racing around like this and fight, her normal weapons had been reduced to her mirror which was without its usual power. It was to remain in the apartment while she used whatever else she could to fight off this coming cloud of evil. Amaterasu was about to head one way when she halted, thinking and then turned around, paws clicking against the cobblestone pavement. She would check on those ill first before beginning this fight or at least make sure the Horrorspital was locked down.

A throughout check around... and the first wave was upon her before she could get that far. She turned, fur rising, fangs glistening as she snarled and her amber eyes blazed. Her paw slammed down on a manhole cover, causing it to jump out of the ground and flip onto her back. It was weighty, but until she had another weapon, it would do against these cursed insects and undead creatures crawling into town. The corrupted crows would have to wait...

Fangs, claws, body, and iron shield, the Goddess wasted little time barring down upon them and begin clearing out the Area.

[OOC: Prose or Action! LET'S ROCK!]

[Naoto Shirogane][Streets/Morning - Noon][Open]

[pishirogane]

She had been getting prepared for Morning Training when the alarms began to sound. That moment was when her plans switched from training to taking action. Naoto donned her hat and slipped her kunai into her modified holster beside her gun. A perk of being an Agency member, but from the looks of her opponents, she was going to need a little more especially in the case of the ants, spiders, and crows.

Out to the streets she headed, picking up the first lead pipe she could to use as a sword/blunt weapon. Naoto didn't want to rely on these skills yet since she was still learning, but it was a matter of survival now. Hopefully, her Meister or another capable of wielding her would come by soon to help her fight, but for now, she had to deal with them herself.

[OOC: Naoto is specifically in the Shopping District (protecting the Agency) and Outer Residential Area I (protecting Triple A/SEES Headquarters/Building B). Action or Prose are welcome!]

This okay?

[motherofthesun]

It was probably the snarl from behind that reached both of them first, but the white and red wolf landed upon the spider and bored its fangs into its exoskeleton, claws following shortly after, the manhole still had spinning on her back before it slammed down on its head. She had begun to move out to other districts when she heard Yuuri's cries and she couldn't just ignore him. Her fangs clenched tighter on the spider.

[realimperfect]

As soon as she'd been able to slip out from beneath 004's watchful eye (also known as waiting for him to be needed somewhere else), Re-l had about the same idea. She's still a bit strapped up in some sort of brace for her injured shoulder, not that her brisk pace would really make that known. Thankfully her ankle had healed up in time to face this sort of thing head on instead of hiding up in her apartment for the entire invasion.

Sorry if she's a little more brusque than usual, Vash, but at the moment there's no time for polite conversation and she's sure he understands -

"Is it locked? Shoot it open. We don't have time for keys right now."

[ Hiei ] [ Streets - Directly after the Alarm] [Open]

[jaganshi]

Survival was where this little demon thrived. His apartment is decimated of dry goods and any sharp implement lying about that he can properly store, tucked away in a small back pack that was organized with a careful eye and the realization that this may be a process of days. But when Hiei leaves, locking the door tight behind him, there's barely a sign of life in the little apartment, windows locked and curtains drawn, lights turned out into pitch darkness for anyone that may enter.

From there on it's a mission of mapping out the area from above and the street level, a pilfered morning training sword in a comfortably familiar place at his hip, backpack strapped tightly to his little frame.

He's unusually silent as he carefully traces his way through the streets, and as an extra measure he manages to find some sort of lead pipe that looks like it might work well enough, and slide it into a belt loop nearby the katana. For all intensive purposes Hiei doesn't really look all that stressed or worried, more focused and alert as he checks alleyways before traversing them, using drainage pipes and fire escapes alike to get better views from above.

So if anyone sees a little shadow passing by above them, don't shoot at him, huh?

[cursemarked]

[She was suddenly extremely grateful for the bokken she'd managed to snag from her usual morning training; though it wasn't sharp the blunt force was good enough to take down most of the creatures.

She's yet to run into the ants and spiders--a good thing because even though she wasn't afraid she wasn't nearly quick enough yet to dodge their attacks, but the zombies are proving a hassle all on their own.

And unfortunately she's found herself becoming cornered in one of the alleys, having not expected to find a dead-end when she ran in. Her fingers tighten around the hilt in a bruising grip and she grits her teeth.

Her luck seems to be taking a turn for the worse]

[Giroro][streets/late morning][Open]

[this_is_keron]

Giroro was out in the streets. He couldn't call himself a soldier if he just hid in a safe place while all this was going on. More importantly, there was still too much black blood in his system, and even though he could control it now that he knew what it was and he'd stop taking in more contaminated water, there was still a very high amount of it in his body. It comes from having to drink almost four times as much water as the average human. He could quash the urge to just mindlessly attack people (because, damn it, if he gave in that would be the same as losing) it was easier if, instead of just ignoring it, he directed it at something else.

All he had in way of weapons was a french knife he'd taken from Keroro's kitchen before he'd left. It wasn't a combat knife. But it would do for now. He'd just landed after impaling a zombie in the head with his temporary weapon...only to find that there were even more.

"Che. There's just no end to them." What he wouldn't give for a beam rifle right now.

[shiromadoushi]

While he's testing the door, there's a series of short, frantic text messages being sent to his mirror.

'Vash, where are you?'

'Something's happening, where are you?'

'Please be all right.'

'Please answer!'

'Where ARE you?'

[Eve][Inner Residential Area/early morning][Open]

[nolicenseyet]

[Once she made sure her partner would stay put (sadly, he was still acting under the influence of the black blood and they'd had to restrain him with ropes and blankets and throw him into the closet and block the door with heavy objects to accomplish this) she'd left for her district.

In a manner reminisce of the Kishin Egg attack (how nostalgic) Eve had found a giant ant chasing a civilian and gotten its attention the only way she knew how...by hitting it with a metal pipe she'd found lying around.

It wasn't enough to take it down, but at least it started going after her instead of trying to eat that woman.

A few blocks later and it as still chasing her. There was a hole in her dress from where she'd narrowly dodge its spit and she knew she needed to either lose the bug or take it out before she messed up or it got lucky.]

This is fine! :D

[a_royal_flush]

Yuuri had been flailing and clawing at the ground to stop his body from being pulled into the spider. After everything that he'd been through and stopped, he was going to end his days in the fangs of the biggest spider he'd ever seen! The young Maou inwardly sobbed at the thought until a large snarl snapped him out of his woeful and terrifying moment.

The spider's screech of pain drew the young king's attention, and Yuuri peered down in time to see the large red and white wolf attacking the oversized insect. He'd seen her around the city a number of times even if he hadn't spoken to her personally though, and despite being bound with his legs, Yuuri sat himself up and stared at awe as she fearlessly took on the huge spider.

Shaking his head, his eyes narrowed in determination to help her as he moved to get up. He'd forgotten the fact that his legs were bound though, and he came crashing right back down to the ground with an oomph in his rush to stand up. That's right... his legs were still caught.

Transforming his arm partially into a blade, he ignored the cobwebs stuck to the blade's edge as he sliced through the ones binding his feet. Free once again, Yuuri began to scramble back up to his feet as he called out, "I'm coming to help you!"

He hadn't looked yet to see if she'd already taken out the spider all by herself though!

[Bakura Ryou] [Streets/Morning] [Open]

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura had been outside when the alarm had gone off and and broken into a mad dash for cover the moment he realized what was going on, knowing far too well that he had no way to do anything other than run. Nothing he could use to fight with, and no skills to even try if he had, he was defenseless without someone to work with, and he knew it.

He needed to find someone-- Vash or Leo, someone he could work with, someone who could help, anyone...!

[aiursfavoredson]

While Tassadar was still coming to terms with everything he had decided, he wasn't about to sit back and watch as the city became overwhelmed with undead creatures and vicious insects. This was similar to the many sieges that he'd been under from the zerg, and he felt no ounce of fear within him as he barrelled his way into fighting.

He didn't have a Weapon anymore, and despite his psionic powers being limited to what they were in this world, the templar still had his claws to fight with. His normally blue gaze was burning a bright yellow as the ten foot alien crashed down to the ground from one of the nearby rooftops.

There were the undead beginning to swarm the area, and the moment he'd landed, the protoss warrior rushed in to begin swiping viciously at any one of them that was within reach.

[aiursfavoredson]

Tassadar had been on the move the moment the alarm had gone out. Leaping from rooftop to rooftop, the templar caught sight of the dark 'cloud' coming right towards Death City. He hadn't yet come to terms and decided what was best with his own direction yet, but such a thing could be decided after this threat was neutralized.

He leapt up and over the edge of one building, and sent himself flying down to the ground with a loud thump when he'd hit it. Fighting off creatures like this was nothing new to the templar, and while he had no Weapon or the full access to his psionic ability, Tassadar wouldn't stop fighting until each and every one of them had perished.

He'd sighted the young human running nearby, but he didn't vocally engage with her as he gave a quick glance in her direction before having the full intention of running to the city's edge so that he could fight.

[nolicenseyet]

Eve had done the opposite. The moment the alarms had sounded (after she'd restrained Keroro with the help of Giroro) she'd immediately left to go outside.

She spotted a familiar head of white hair in all the chaos the city had become and blinked. Ah, that was...

"Bakura!"

[shiromadoushi]

"Eve!" Bakura exclaimed, turning mid dash to head over to her, already starting to be a touch out of breath as he skidded to a stop. "There-- there were- We have to get help!"

Out of curiousity, can Ammy fire a gun? :|a

[this_is_keron]

Giroro had followed the fighting where it went. If he cleared a group of zombies then he moved on to another area. The bugs were a bit trickier, but nothing he couldn't handle if he was careful not to let the spiders' web or the ants' acid take out the french knife he took from Keroro's kitchen.

He didn't really notice the white wolf fighting in the fray until he landed after jumping off from a creature he'd just impaled in the head.

He cast a suspicious glance at Amaterasu who he'd landed close to. Was she friend or foe?

[shihandai]

[Kaoru's just disoriented period. One thing after another, is the one thing she could put to Shibusen as a catchphrase. Her wound closed up thankfully, and with enough IV's pumped into her she's back on her feet but no less unnerved than she was from the last event.

It had been a few hours after her training session, which had been a lot lighter than usual due to her body trying to heal with her students when she suddenly saw the spiders go down--the witches overhead, and literally her mouth fell open.

Spiders?! Are you kidding me?!

She looks around before stopping as she sees redhair, almost thinking it's Kenshin but it's Takuto, and she doesn't waste time in running towards him, her shinai in her hand. ]

Takuto! Are you alright?!

time for some badassery right here

[tauborn]

[He hadn't been planning on attending her training session because, truth be told, he was kind of bruised after stupidly trying to take on her boyfriend. But other than that, he's fine. It's easy to forget his light injuries as he gives her a cheeky thumbs up.]

Right as rain, Kaoru! [He looks towards the zombies, then up at the falling insects as he makes his way to her. He strikes a defensive stance, putting his back to hers.] Let's show 'em what we've got!