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

[survivaltricks]

[permanently echos in Akira's mind, and he thinks back to the friend underneath the trap door that Daylight told him about. could not everyone who died a second time be brought back, then . . .?]

[it wasn't as though he intended on throwing his life away a second time. but that's all the more reason for him to guard it as carefully as he can. along with the lives of the others in Beacon]

Someone must have done something to really piss them off.

[he grumbles, and lack of proper rest means a small hint of irritation is flicking into his expression]

[featherknives]

[There were people that died but that got revived after a bit. But some of them... some of them never returned. Especially those who were in the forest at that time.

She doesn't mind that he's grumbling or that he's irritated. She feels like that a lot, ever since then.]

We sent people to reconnect her to network, on her demand. But when she got reconnected, she used some kind of horn and all of the spirits attacked us.

Later she told us she used it to calm spirits down but, they didn't attack us until she used it.

[She shakes her head- Xayah pretended to trust her (still pretends to trust her) so she can get more info on her but patience is wearing thin.]

[survivaltricks]

[. . . well, that's news to Akira, who had thought Robin fairly trustworthy from his one or two conversations with her. he pauses as he digests the information, and then asks slowly]

You think she did it to get them to attack you on purpose?

[another pause]

. . . do you trust her?

[featherknives]

[That's at least how she remembers it. The party was calm and there was no trouble until that horn went off.]

I still don't know. Having her attack us is counterproductive if we want to fix this place.

[she gives him a look]

I can't judge someone whose eyes I didn't see in person. It's easy to lie over the written word. I need to talk to her, face to face, before I decide.

Until then, she's on the radar of "cooperate with but don't trust completely"

[survivaltricks]

[there's something wry in the way Akira's mouth twitches into a smile. he had to admit that Robin seemed genuine to him, but Xayah isn't wrong. it's far easier to lie in text than it is in person]

Is there a reason she's locked in the lighthouse? It does seem as though she'd do her best to see us in person if she was really trying to help us.

[featherknives]

[She seemed genuine to Xayah too, at first. But then she always somehow mysteriously stops responding during dire times and she can't help but be suspicious.]

She told us that she cannot leave because Lighthouse is her lantern. And if she leaves this place will crumble because the lighthouse always has to have a keeper.

And we're not exactly in a position to check if that's true or no.