logsinthenight | EVENT LOG: ENTER MR SANDMAN (DEFENDERS)

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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[IS IT OKAY?? IS IT REALLY??? because right now Akira doesn't think it's a wise idea to trust anything!1 as such, when the horse trots out of the crowds and into their direct path, he skids to an immediate halt, his grip on Akechi's unconscious body tightening as he takes a step back]

[it might be a bit of an overreaction to an anxious looking creature, but Akira's gaze narrows]

. . . let's steer clear. Give it a wide berth as we go around.

[a pause, before he asks]

Do you know if the spirits here take the form of animals?

[The horse snorts again, nervously, and paws the ground with a hoof. Is it just them, or do those wide horse eyes have kind of a greenish tint?

The horse lifts its head and sniffs the air, makes a low sort of rumbly sound, and takes a couple of steps forward.

And then it opens its mouth. And shrieks.

Listen, it's probably still fine.]

[Giving it a wide berth seems like a good idea, and he nods, glancing around to see what the best path to take is, shifting Noctis so his shoulder doesn't cramp.]

Uh...most of them are birds, I think.

[Or bird-like.]

Think we can go this wa--oh, oh no.

[Horse mouths do not work that way, nor should they produce that sound!]

[oh my fucking god]

[yeah, Akira isn't hanging around to see what else can come out of that mouth. he whirls on his heel immediately, his coattails fluttering behind him, as he shouts out one command at Prompto]

Run!

[DON'T EVEN TRY TO GO AROUND JUST GET THE HECK OUT OF HERE]

[Ah yes, run! That's a good plan. A very good plan.

Unless you are trying to outrun a horse.

The creature rears up on its hind legs, shrieks once more, and then immediately gives chase. It snaps at its running prey with those horrible horse teeth, as if to drive them on faster, and then increases its own speed, trying to get ahead and cut them off.]

[Prompto doesn't need to be told twice, taking off in that same direction as soon as the word is out of Akira's mouth. It's good, because it gives a slight head start as the horse rears up and prepares to give chase.

He's pretty sure he can't outrun a horse, and this horse can clearly outrun them...but maybe four legs can't turn as fast as two, and so Prompto's going to attempt to take a hard turn when he thinks the spirit's going to pass them.]

[yeeeeeah two legs (with some extra weight on top of that, thanks unconscious passengers) definitely cannot outrun a horse. and as Prompto takes a sharp turn, Akira suddenly whirls around on his heels, snapping his feels together as he digs deep within his soul, calling upon a familiar power to defend him and his new companion]

Persona!

[Arsene, a brilliant winged man dressed in deep red garb, rises into being from Akira's soul. with a simple twitch of his claws, he sends tendrils of darkness (barely visible against the pitch black surroundings) exploding like a small bomb towards the horse]

[hopefully the Eigaon hits hard enough to give Prompto— and preferably both of them— time to get away]

[The horse doesn't turn as quickly as a smaller human, no, instead struggling to stop itself so that it can try to follow. But as it manages to slid to an awkward halt, Akira turns on it and unleashes his power.

The horse rears again, screaming as the dark tendrils slam into it. Apparently the explosion was enough to take off one of the spirit's front limbs, which falls to the ground, leaking a distinctly blood-like liquid.

And then the limb twitches and slides back toward the main body of the horse, already on the move, and rises up and back into place. Hm.

At least it gives the two an opportunity to get more of a head start? The horse isn't giving up the chase that easily, though.]

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cw: animal gore ig???