EVENT: The Attack of the Clowns

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Early in the morning, those who had brought one back would find the bird keychains they brought back from their trip to that skii resort doing something...strange. The small eyes on the things started pulsing with a faint light that might go unnoticed at first. It doesn't stop though, and keeps right on pulsing for the rest of the morning.

Shortly, before noon, the light stops pulsing and shines bright enough to be uncomfortable.

Two things happen at once when it does.

One of these things is this: within a 50 meter radius of every keychain, strange ripples appear in the ground. From these ripples, something that is barely humanoid in shape slowly ascend. Their colours range from red to silver to yellow to purple. When they've materialized all the way, the Clowns immediately spring into action, attacking anyone nearby and, if there is no one, move in whatever direction they were facing, seeking victims.

The other thing that happens is a voice, young, lilting and feminine, being projected through the keychains.

""Thank you for all that you have done: none of this would have been possible without your contributions. I would thank you all in person except I don't believe I am really welcome here. Which is a pity as I hadn't gotten to meet all of my lovely victims the first time around. Please accept these children as a token of my appreciation instead. They are a little, ah, crude, but I do hope you will all play nicely~."

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Comments

[motherofthesun]

I understand.

[The reestablished resonance seems stronger than before. Her tail wags, but stops when the climbs steps and turns. She heard something go this way... she chases after it, but the wind isn't coming towards her right now.]

how about a purple one?

[00110010_00110011]

[Psii scans area, but even though can also feel resonance is working well, suddenly feels slower, sluggish.]

Do you feel. Odd?

Sure!

[motherofthesun]

[Amaterasu remains dashing, but stops when Psii says he feels odd. Her ears rotate in different directions and her nose quivers]

... I think another one is near, but it isn't a yellow one.

[00110010_00110011]

[Purple clown is out of sight, but close by, and now it shambles out from alley just ahead of them. Psii can't tell if is looking at them, but feels its focus all the same. Makes him dizzy, even though doesn't have hardware to feel it.]

Think should hit it fast...

[He struggles to ready psychic blast, but manages to summon energy to hand off to her.]

[motherofthesun]

[Amaterasu opens her eyes a little more and lets her fur stand. She's ready to fight, but Psii, she notices, seems to be struggling.]

That would be ideal.

[Energy to her, she reaches out and grabs the closest object - a chair - and has it shoot at the purple clown.]

[00110010_00110011]

[Psii can't give throw a push; senses that chair flies and bounces off, catching creature's attention but only making it stagger. Even as realizes purple clown must be causing weakness, feels too drained to fight effect.

He reaches for resonance in attempt to cling to strength it gives, opening mind even more, fear of doing so receding. Amaterasu's ability helps, seems to ease static, and Psii gathers what feels like last of energy, sends it out with as much force as he can muster, as psionic blast that should disable clown.]

Just... aim.

[motherofthesun]

[She frowns, feeling him weaken and feeling herself now. Still, she wasn't going to fall that easily. Drain her of her strength, but she would keep fighting.]

[Aiming, she fires the blast with the energy given and follows shortly behind.]

Hold on, Psii! I'll take it down!

[00110010_00110011]

Don't have hands-- [Psii begins, before realizing 'hold on' comment was likely not meant literally.

He's relieved to see blast appears to have been sufficient to disable clown, and way weakness abates makes him more certain it worked.]

That's better.

[motherofthesun]

[She chuckles for a moment, but then pounces on the clown. As she's biting at it and hitting it, the purple clown is still fighting back, body regenerating. Well, she goes directly for its neck and head then.]

[00110010_00110011]

[With clown's attention divided, Psii feels even better, and rallies enough to ready enough power to register as approximately level one on scale he and HL had. Holds it ready for when Amaterasu needs it.]

Can zap it again now.

[motherofthesun]

[Fangs and claws, the purple clown knows what she's after and manages to push Amaterasu off after a few shoves. Bounding back to her feet and placing distance between them, she snarls at it as it pulls itself up limb by limb.]

Let's do that then...!

[00110010_00110011]

[Psii sends blast of power outward, mental push made difficult by resurgence of clown's energy and resultant sapping of his. Thinks it should be enough to at least buy them time to get out of range.]

Think strategic retreat is in order.

[motherofthesun]

Hmph... It is. We might need to just bury it.

[While the clown recovered, she was off in a flash, bounding to get distance between them until it felt like their energy wasn't being tapped.]

[00110010_00110011]

That's excellent idea.

[Sense of being weighed down eases when Amaterasu retreats. Psii doesn't feel back to full strength, but is sure can manage final attack on clown.]

There, see some rubble can use.

[Is already reaching out for it mentally.]

[motherofthesun]

If that's not enough, I'll just have to be a little more bite-y.

[It definitely feels better once they're far enough and her head turns when he mentions seeing the rubble.]

Well, that's convenient.

[She'll help him pick him up.]

[00110010_00110011]

[Psii feels as if is steadying weight, while Amaterasu is the one guiding rubble through air. Doesn't feel as strange as when has let a Meister use power in the past--feels more like cooperating than giving up control. He focuses until the chunks of stone and gravel are suspended over clown, ready to be released.]

There. Am glad you can be bitey, but prefer you out of harm's way.

[motherofthesun]

[Having the stones and gravel waiting to be released over the clown makes her pleased. This one didn't have to go off elsewhere and hurt anyone... nor ever again.]

Same to you. I'm glad you're feeling better. [She lets the rubble drop to crush the clown.]

[00110010_00110011]

[Psii has to wonder if SS would approve of feeling quite so... exultant at demise of enemy. Decides finding success in defending city from imposters is good enough reason to feel that way. He senses no shortage of other clowns to target.]

Want to choose next? Am ready for more, and think have plenty of options.

[motherofthesun]

[Yes. Defending the city would be a good one. Turning her head, she dashes off already to the next location.]

We'll be against another shortly. Warn me when your energy is low again.

[00110010_00110011]

[Energy level seems to have recovered quite well. Psii gets ready to either send energy blast or reach out to help Amaterasu manipulate something. Adapting strategies feels almost as easy as used to with HL.]

Feel fine right now.

[motherofthesun]

[She runs, grinning when Psii seems to be at ease. His soul feels like it's back and stronger. Her side of the resonance reflects her smile.]

Good to hear. We'll be on our target very shortly.

[00110010_00110011]

[Psii can feel Amaterasu's smile perfectly well through resonance, and wonders if goggles can smile at all. If they can, he is.

Takes him a moment to recognize familiar crackle of psionics, because is coming from outside self.]

Feel another yellow one, up ahead.

[motherofthesun]

A yellow one? What do you think are the chances it knows we're coming?

[Easily, she could get a surprise jump on it to stun it and leave it open for an assault.]

[00110010_00110011]

Own powers never included that capability, so: small.

[He's ready to let his own version of energy snap out at imposter.]

[motherofthesun]

Alright. Get ready for a follow-up then!

[Because she was going in for a full on body slam minus any warning sound before. The clown is definitely isn't expecting that.]