EVENT LOG: ENTER MR SANDMAN (DEFENDERS)

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EVENT LOG:
ENTER MR. SANDMAN (DEFENDERS)

characters: those who signed up as defenders for the event
location: all around Beacon
date/time: november 16-29
content: the defenders attempt to drive off a spirit invasion
warnings: lots of horror! body horror, psychological horror, gore, violence, etc.. please cw all threads where appropriate! mods will do the same

in your closet, in your head.

It all happens in a matter of moments. Your friends, your companions, and even some people you aren't all that fond of; everyone who took so much as a bite of the spirits' feast suddenly collapses into a comatose heap. Which is bad enough already, but the worst, by far, is yet to come.

Before anyone can really figure out what's happened to the sleepers, the woods surrounding the town come alive with sound. Rustling, screeching, clicking, howling, and under it all, the characteristic hoots and whistles of the forest spirit tongue. But these aren't the friendly creatures that set up the banquet in the first place, and they aren't the familiar faces (or masks) from around Beacon. As they begin to emerge, bursting forth from the trees, these spirits reveal themselves as a horrifying army of terrors. And sprinkled among them, distinguishable by the emerald glint in their sockets, are the infamous "green eyes", the dangerous spirits that appeared once before.

Attempting to talk to these spirits is a moot point, made obvious by their immediate assault on anyone they get close to. They attack with claws and teeth, with limbs far stronger than they have any right to be, and the green eyes, as they are wont to do, will try to get into your head. Somehow, they seem to know what it is that scares you most, and they don't seem too hesitant to use it. It's not clear what they want— are they here to eradicate you? To frighten you? To send a message?

Whatever the case, one thing is very clear: you and everyone else, sleeping or waking, are in serious danger. Are you ready to defend Beacon?

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Comments

[necromantiae]

Why aren't you just...staying inside?

( wouldn't that be the smart thing to do? )

Or are you using this to get your exercise in?

( please don't say you were doing that. )

[survivaltricks]

Oh, you know. Gotta practice that cardio.

[WHEN WILL HE STOP MAKING STUPID JOKES. at least he answers this question a little more seriously after shooting off that blase quip]

I don't know how many people here can actually fight. I could stay inside, sure. . . but I'd rather not sit idly by while others are in danger.

[necromantiae]

So, you've just obliquely admitted to not being able to fight and yet you're out here.

( ambrose frowns. )

What are you doing if you run into one of those things?

[survivaltricks]

[holds up a finger to correct a mistaken impression]

I can fight, actually. So that's what I'll do if I run into one of those things.

[but it'd be more like. . . fighting to defend himself and then fleeing]

[necromantiae]

How do you fight?

( he apologizes for the mistake but now he's curious. )

Weapons based? Magic? Something else?

[survivaltricks]

A little of column A, a little of column B?

[Akira lifts his head, ears strained to make sure their conversation isn't attracting more spirits]

I'm a flexible guy.

[necromantiae]

You know, you say that to the wrong person and you might have a friend for life.

( he winks before shaking his head. )

But that's for later. Wouldn't want to flirt too much right now.

[survivaltricks]

[. . . LAUGHS. just a light one, muffled by his hand so he doesn't attract attention. is now really the time for that!!]

Yeah, I don't think picking someone up during a siege of angry spirits makes for a great getting together story later on.

Speaking of-- [the spirit siege, not the getting together story] -- we should find better shelter.

[necromantiae]

Church?

( it's the first thing to come to mind. )

Usually malevolent spirits can come into a sacred place, right?