EVENT: And Then the Rain Falls

[soul_mods]

Characters: Anyone heading to Costa Rica
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
Rating: PG
Time: September 2nd, all day
Description: The day of the attack arrives...and things are not as they seem.



The attack begins as the sun rises...because the person planning this did love dramatic timing.

Before this, Shibusen had given out information about the Clown's weaknesses and powers, but as the attack begins, it's clear that something isn't quite right.

Red Clowns that should have been nearsighted can suddenly see very well, and the Yellow and Purple Clowns are much stronger than Shibusen's original report. And more than one individual has approached an ally only to be attacked.

And in the midst of all this, there is a figure, more human than the others, in a dress that's half purple and half red...

This is clearly not going to be an easy battle, but all you can do now is fight.


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[ EVENT NPC || OPEN ]

[finalproduct]

[There is a strange woman in an even stranger dress, one side is red with gold trim and the other is purple with silver trim...and from the way she just stabbed a civilian volunteer it's pretty clear which side she's on.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha was angry. Though considering their current clown adversaries, that wasn't anything new. The half-demon took their existence as a personal insult from the witch that created them from her and her partner (and some other poor souls that shared their fate), and it usually took a lot from Sion to keep Akiha from going on a vendetta to destroy every red and purple clown that shows its ugly face.

It was in one of these moments of the Weapon keeping the Meister properly focused that Akiha saw the woman stabbing the civilian. It was a good distraction from her blood lust. Veering toward the woman, falcon-headed staff in hand, Akiha pointed at the woman and yelled at her.]

You! Drop the knife now!

[computations]

She probably has other types of offensive abilities up her sleeve so do not let your guard down, Akiha.

[Considering that everything was color-coded, Sion saw the colors of her dress to be a giant warning sign as to what may be coming.]

minako arisato | open!

[evokes]

[This... is definitely a bit different from what she was expecting, but it's not as if this is the first time Minako's dealt with an enemy that was strong than she expected. It's worrisome for sure, but worrying too much will just be a distraction, and this is something that needs her full attention.]

Alright, it's time to get to it!

[unbreakably]

[ Why did the battle have to be right as the sun rises of all people.. Josuke might be strong, but he's still a teenage boy, he loves his moments of sleeping in, okay.

But he does have his priorities straight. Which is why he knows that right now shits need to get done-- and he's going to be the one to do it if it has to be done. He quickly spots Minako in the crowd, making his way to her side quickly before grabbing her hand with little hesitation.

(Granted, there might be other factors that count in that decision as well by now.) ]

C'mon, let's go! [ He's already seeking out her soul as he slowly transforms to his Weapon form. ]

[evokes]

[Embrace the morning Josuke, EMBRACE IT...

But hearing Josuke, Minako smiles at him, confident and sure. Her best friend, her trusted partner, and something a little more. If it's them together now, then things will surely turn out fine. Her soul seeks out his as well, her fist ready as he transforms into that familiar brass knuckle.]

Yeah, let's go kick some ass! [SHE'S SORTA HYPED FOR THIS...]

Amaterasu, Psii, and Ghoulia | Closed

[motherofthesun]

[After a day of getting a number of individuals to a secure location, the night was spent on alert and waiting. Though she already smelled something vile, she waited with her Weapons; waited until the first move was made.]

[Just as the clowns turn out not the same as before, the wolf isn't exactly either. Goggles on like the time before, there's a revving over her back as the chainsaw comes on. Change tactics if they wanted to; she was going to fight them off. Her along with Psii and Ghoulia.]

[00110010_00110011]

[Psii is relieved that Amaterasu's Meister ability isn't overclocked this time. Is very easy for him to access leftover anger over how own ability to fight effectively was compromised before. As if that weren't enough to be mad about, imposter clowns are back, and stronger.

Energy for blast builds very quickly. Psii thinks can feel goggles glowing.]

Am more than ready.

[brainius]

[ Why was it always clowns. Really, why clowns. She hadn't been around for the first run-in with the clowns, but Ghoulia was right on-board with Amaterasu and Psii in feeling that the clowns had to go. Why? Well... ]

These aren't even funny.

[ And the comment is accompanied with another rev of the chainsaw, ready to help rend the clowns apart. ]

L and Light | Closed

[dead_black_eyes]

L and Light were accustomed to research, and both were generally extremely thorough in their efforts. No such luck, today; though they'd prepared for the mission, and assumed that their previous experience fighting clowns would contribute to that preparation, the latest wave was unexpectedly resilient in too many ways for the pair of geniuses to draw comfort from their existing repertoire of attacks and strategies. Already, L was battered and weary from an encounter with a purple clown, his strength dwindling every time he approached it. He was currently attempting to recuperate at a slightly safer distance at Light's side, taking a few moments to catch his breath.

"How are you holding up?" he asked Light, tone ragged and winded as he tried to gauge whether his partner was being affected similarly by the clown or if it was only L due to his continued proximity with the creature. Bracing himself for another attack, he transformed again; their resonance, at least, remained solid.

[takeapotatochip]

While solid, it was not as strong as it could have been. Light, too, was feeling the strain of the unrelenting battle against the clowns. What had worked on them in the past, it seemed as if they merely shrugged off and slapped aside this time.

If that wasn't bad enough, the immediate air was alive with fragments of his own voice, issuing portions of things he'd said to L over the course of the battle and making it nearly impossible to be heard clearly over the silver clowns mimicking him from somewhere nearby.

"Well enough." he answered, keeping his voice low. While winded, he was not getting nearly the brunt of the attacks L was by being sent repeatedly into the fray. "Being in the middle of them like this isn't working...it's too easy for them to surround us."

"Surround us." he heard his voice parrot back at him from somewhere to the right, followed by a dark chuckle as the others seemed to be swarming to do precisely that.

"We need a way to bottleneck them somehow and take them one at a time."

[Genesis and Edgeworth, closed]

[recitings]

[Genesis found this an all too familiar scenario, with the same colored clowns coming towards them. However, it was becoming clear that this wasn't going to be the same battle as they had before. Aside from the fact that they weren't trapped and didn't have Neji, Lee, Near, and Mello to help them, these foes suddenly appear far stronger than they originally were.

That, and there were civilians they had to protect. A total wartime scenario. Knowing where their strengths lie, though, Genesis had directed their pair to go between the clowns and the civilians. Edgeworth's Soul Talk can do a great help for crowd control, while Genesis' reach and ability can make short work of most of the clowns.

They have to be wary of the red clowns, however. They were bound to sap at Genesis' fire.]

[prosecutory]

[Edgeworth did not feel like a battle commander. He felt more like a two-star Meister who had no business ordering people around but who was pretty good at it because of Soul Talk. So, after directing the civilians to divide into groups and convincing them that they can carry the day as long as they keep cool heads and stick together, he decided to focus more on taking on the clowns and holding them off. Just because the civilians now had teeth did not mean they were going to just allow them to chew on those kishin eggs without Shibusen supervision.

Anyway. Edgeworth stood there, going over what they remembered about the clowns mentally.]

I do hope the civilians remember everything they have learned. This is no ordinary battle.

Lezard and Lily | CLOSED

[lezard_valeth]

They're stabilized. Move them into the other room!

[It was taking every bit of man-power they could muster. The Clowns were different, they were stronger, and pairs were getting careless. One by one, dozens by dozens, fighters came by the medical tent for treatment with new injuries, most worrisome, and others gibbered with Madness all the while. Running his upper arm over his forehead to mop it up - it was exhausting to treat and then go out to battle, himself - he turned to his makeshift nurse once the staff left carrying the last group of patients, grateful for the assistance. He placed the tools he'd used back on the tray, disposed of more bloodied bandages. Too many damned bloody bandages.]

...Now we have a minute. If we're lucky, of course. Are you well?

[vintage_magic]

As well as anyone could be after all of that. I wish those folks would have just evacuated again. I reckon it would have made things easier for us.

[Lily frowned, discarding a pair of bloodstained gloves. It was as she had feared with the locals joining in the fight. Ill-prepared to take on such enemies, they were becoming a majority among the injured. How many burns had they treated already and how many bloody gashes had they stitched up? She'd lost count. But it was clear those clowns weren't a laughing matter and seemed to have grown even stronger than the last time they encountered them at the abandoned underground lab.]

[And it was less than a minute before a scream could be heard from outside the tent. She held a hand out towards him.]

Dag nab it! Sounds like we're needed outside again.

Rosalia and Count D | Closed

[bloodinbloom]

[What happened in the city hopefully wouldn't happen again as they headed to San Jose. With the evacuation points and medical tents set up, Rosalia had a job to do and fortunately, Count D was willing to help her even after everything that went wrong their first encounter.]

[They had to go back and forth between helping people and securing the tent with small animals fending off Clowns with smoky vestiges of animals. Cats and dogs shifted around, most often waiting until they had to be called off or disappearing in a swipe at which point they infected the enemy. Nothing as potent as the city, but a barrage of animals certainly sped things up.]

[Rosalia couldn't focus on outside right now. Before her was a fresh stitch with disinfectant and she was finishing the bandage. Tying it off, she stepped back and nodded to transport.]

Okay, take him to the mirror, but be careful. [Taking off this set of gloves and putting down her mask before getting the sanitizer, she hoped they remembered enough gloves again.]

Count D? What does it look like outside right now?

[loveanddreams]

[While D was quite familiar with nursing injured animals, he couldn't really say that he had that much experience tending to human injuries. Still, he tried to assist by keeping an eye on what was going on outside, directing people in need of assistance into the tent and changing to Weapon form when needed to help Rosalia fend off a few of those oddly colored clowns.]

It seems to have quieted for the moment. [He reported unaware of what was going on outside at the other end of the tent. But peering outside again, a new figure with singed clothes came into view.]

...It's that woman with the wavy hair and accent who was helping that other doctor earlier. She appears to have some burns.

Kanji and Naoto | Closed

[topgun_textiles]

[For once, Kanji was short of breath, but he'd never expected the clowns to pull their heads out of their asses and get -better- at everything. Just when he thought he had them pegged, one got a sucker punch on him, nicked something. Standing out against light skin and pale hair, his blood was awfully vibrant running from his hairline, trailing down one side of his face.]

[But he stood taller again and stared it down, grip tightening against the gunblade.]

Bastards're faster now, huh...?

[pishirogane]

[Naoto certainly wasn't pleased when her Meister was struck in such matter and made to bleed from his forehead. She revved up her ammo and shot the clown point blank for it, ripping a hole in its stomach. Looked like its healing factor was increased as well as the hole quickly proceeded to mend.]

That appears to be the case. The Witch learned from the last few times... Still, we can best them. [She was analyzing them quickly, breaking them down and showing Kanji.] Besides the increase in speed and strength, they're still the same Clowns. You'll want to strike these points.

Mello, Near, Karina and Matt || Closed

[cardfortress]

[A battle beginning at sunrise is unnecessarily dramatic, but it's significantly better to fight during daytime than during the night, so Near can't complain. Neither he nor Mello have slept anything at all, knowing that letting their guard down during the night could be their downfall, so by the time Shibusen's briefing about the various clowns happens, they're ready.

Unfortunately, being ready for battle doesn't make it any easier, and neither do the upgrades that the clowns seem to have gotten since their last appearance: they are stronger, without a doubt, and Near is pretty sure that those red clowns can see much better than before...]

We need to be careful about the clowns and Matt and Karina, [he says through their resonance, not liking what he's seen one bit.] There are shape-shifters out there and they're doing a very good job of turning into our allies.

[want_the_world]

Good thing we know one of our allies so well, then, [Mello says, already solving sides so they can have Near's laser attack at the ready. He trusts Matt to know his partner well enough to keep them from being fooled by the clowns, if it comes to that.

He's more than ready for the battle, not affected at all by a mere one night without sleep. Someone had to be halfway responsible for the camp's security; the locals sure as hell weren't stepping up. The anticipatory buzz is a good distraction from his worry about Near's reaction to his climbing soul tally, never far from Mello's mind lately.]

You kids ready for the fun? [he asks Matt and Karina, shooting them most of a smirk.]

[ TEAM SEVEN || CLOSED]

[sharingan]

[ this was nothing like the recon they'd been given, and Sasuke's frustration was clear as day on his face just as it was over his resonation with Naruto. his sharingan hold strong, even as Naruto leaps them out of the way of another attack. ]

Silver, purple— the red can see us and they shouldn't. There are too many of them!

[jutsu]

[ they scatter because they have to. because there are so many of them that any and all attempts at organization have been thrown out the window. naruto rolls across the floor, fingers dragging over the ground as he attempts to slow himself down- to gain his bearings. he can hear sasuke's voice easily enough, registers it in the same abstract way that he decides to ignore it completely and lifts his head over his shoulder- casting his attention around for- ]

Sakura-chan!

Kyoko and Mami | Closed | The latest of the late B[

[rosso_fantasma]

[It had been frustrating enough that the first day of the mission had been fairly uneventful. Now they had this chaos to deal with, on top of the citizens who refused to evacuate.

Kyoko herself had dealt with the clowns a couple of times before, so she was prepared to face them down again. Or, at least, that's what she figured. There was definitely something... more fine-tuned about the happenings this time, and that was enough to put Kyoko on her guard more than she had been facing off against the clowns previously.]

Be careful, something's different about these guys.

[yellowribbon]

[Mami had made a point to familiarize herself with the information that had been passed out, so even though she had not faced the clowns before, she could feel that there was something very off about them.]

You mean besides the fact that they're clowns?

[It was her first time going into battle with Kyoko without being in a huge emotional upheaval, and Mami was more than willing to try bantering with her former kouhai again.]

I'll be sure to take things easy. No point in getting ourselves hurt, is there?