EVENT: From beneath the earth came Death himself

[soul_mods]

Characters: Everyone
Location: Death City
Rating: PG13
Time: September 28th
Description: Something bursts from down below.


The tremors have kept going on and off for a day now. By noon, the alarms sound, to warn for the Kishin Eggs coming closer to the city.

People had been warned in advance though, so this isn't a surprise.

The ground suddenly bulging has turned into a somewhat normal thing since yesterday too.

What no one expected was for the bulge to get larger and larger until two figures burst from the ground...and a wave of Madness, sudden and potent and nearly overwhelming struck the city. The Kishin Asura has entered the city from below and on top of that, the Kishin Eggs begin to invade the city.

Luckily, someone else had returned from the deep to help.

((OOC: There will be a separate thread for those who'd like to interact with Shinigami-sama going up. Remember, when Asura bursts from the ground, character powers will be temporarily unlocked but they will also suffer from Madness.

Please put character name | location | open/closed in your subject header!))

Comments

[vintage_magic]

That might be a tall order. Knowing you're here helps but I almost feel like that afternoon back in Jarod, as if my magic might go out of control.

[Making it up to the roof, she moved towards the edge and looked down into the streets. Asura seemed to be searching around the area where they had been first spotted.]

Should we use a Fire Storm or a Calamity Blast? Maybe, I can distract him first...

[And with that, she concentrated on one of the overturned garbage cans below, sending it rolling over the cobblestones towards the Kishin.]

[lezard_valeth]

Holding back isn't an option. Calamity Blast!

[But she had a good idea. The rolling trash can will at least drive away Asura's attention for a moment, allowing them to charge up the spell. Throwing down the walls against his soul was risky- he could hear voices in his head, but it would allow him to exert more soul energy for the spell. He just hoped they could execute it in time.]

[vintage_magic]

[Good. Asura had turned his attention to the trash can for the moment, trying to find who had set it in motion.]

[Meanwhile, she allowed the camouflage to fade as they gathered the energy to conjure the flames. Voices whispered in her mind that the spell would be much stronger if she put her anger into it. But she couldn't allow herself to lose control. The ball of fire complete, she hurled it down at the Kishin.]

[lezard_valeth]

[He couldn't help the laugh as the fireball slammed into the kishin, even if it didn't so much as make him stumble more than two steps.]

A solid first strike! Let's not let up. Another!

[Because he was never a man to pull his punches. His soul energy welled, offering another Calamity Blast. Collateral damage was going to be a certainty at this point, but what was a bit of a fire compared to the damage this kishin would cause!?]

Ah, but do pull away from the edge. Can't say I like that third eye.

[vintage_magic]

[Great balls of fire! The thing was barely knocked back by that attack. Seeing the flames scorch the pavement, Lily was glad that the locals seemed to have taken the advice to stay indoors. Another fireball formed, it quickly followed the first.]

Have you heard anything about what he's capable of? Other things to watch out for?

[She backed away from the edge of the roof, not wanting to find out first hand if that eye had some hidden power.]

[lezard_valeth]

Only that he represents fear in its purest form. Other than that, there is nothing documented, perhaps in superstition that speaking of him will bring him to them.

[Quickly, white tendrils burst from the street level below and whipped building edges, windows and anything else within reach. They looked like the bandages all over his body, didn't th--]

Lily! Burn them! I'll offer what I can.

[Hel. They may need more Deathscythe pairs here. The least they could do is escape for now. But to do that...]

[vintage_magic]

Like the old saying about speaking of the devil...

[And uh, oh. Those wrappings were whipping their way and threatening a repeat of their witch encounter, something she could do without!]

[Concentrating their flames on them, they soon turned to streamers of ash. But the kishin wasn't going to be deterred by a few burnt bandages. It was floating now, rising up from the ground. They might be in over their heads...]

Dag nab it! It can fly? We'd better retreat somehow!

[She tried to call upon the camouflage again as she looked around for an escape route.]

[lezard_valeth]

[Oh, he can fly... that was news to him! Lezard quickly drew in his own soul energy and worked to coax up the camouflage, protect them both while she looked for an escape route.]

It appears we've angered him... this being is clearly of an all new level. --Ah- through the building!

[There was a door exiting out onto the roof itself. Hopefully she was a quick step down the stair flights, but with camouflage they could elude this beast.]

[vintage_magic]

[So, maybe, trying to take on an ancient kishin on their own with little inkling of what powers he had wasn't the brightest idea.]

Remind me not to do that again! We've got to get away and find some backup!

[Lily sprinted for the door, hoping it wasn't locked. Luckily, it wasn't but there was no way to get through completely unseen. They might have been invisible at the moment but weren't ghosts. The door swung open and then slowly closed, apparently on its own. She rushed down the stairs, thinking only of getting away from the demon god for the moment.]

[lezard_valeth]

[He won't tell anyone if you won't. Even if he did decide to try and set the ancient demon god on fire.]

[The door was shut and she was maybe three stairs down before there was a heavy impact of something on the roof. Lezard had to marvel at such a quick response to hearing something odd. Guess he was really looking for them! As Lezard lightened their link, he maintained the camo and felt around for any malevolent presences other than the one currently searching for them on the roof, oozing fear and death.]

Death himself is no doubt fierce to have defeated such a wretch! Why should I be surprised the beast hasn't been defeated? Where have they been this whole time?

[Steady now, Lily, don't take a spill on the stairs. They just needed to get to the bottom of the building and make a beeline for the school.]

[vintage_magic]

[Don't worry. This little lapse of judgement wasn't exactly something she intended to brag about!]

[She cringed at the sound of the impact on the roof and almost could have sworn she felt the stairs shudder under her feet. But with her dash down the stairs, it was hard to tell.]

How the heck would I know? I didn't think he was dead from the mask but it's not as if it gave me any hints about where he might have gone afterwards!

[There were more ominous thuds and halfway down, she thought she might have heard a door opening. Or rather, being torn away. She didn't stop to look back and kept going until she hit the first floor. Exiting to the street, she hoped there weren't any other enemies waiting.]