EVENT LOG: TURN THE LIGHTS OFF

[inthenightmods]

EVENT LOG:
TURN THE LIGHTS OFF

characters: everyone.
location: around town.
date/time: january 20-29.
content: the lanterns begin to malfunction.
warnings: body horror and psychological horror. please cw tags appropriately.

you'll become one

January 20th arrives the same as all the days before it. There's no great pulse of warning that throbs through the air, no ominous wind that causes the bonfire to shudder. The spirits are neither agitated nor do they hide. You could almost miss the change, if the lanterns weren't always by your side. There's no explanation that comes with the way that it's changed, but it's impossible not to worry when it's happened so suddenly.

Maybe it takes a few days, or maybe it only takes a few hours, but suddenly it isn't just the lanterns that have changed. You, yourself, have become somehow different. It's possible that you won't even have the right state of mind to wonder how long it will last. At the very least, it appears you aren't alone. All across Beacon, lanterns are changing, and changing the people with them.

Out in the distance, the lighthouse's beam has turned green.

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[notthatjason]

Jason watches Daylight get up. Not offering to help and actually looking fairly contempt about it. Look at him. He's scared of a little fire and lightning. Jason had witnessed the wrath of the Titans and never looked so pathetic. It's ridiculous how everyone acts around here, like the smallest thing that goes bump in the night is really a threat. IF they would just cooperate and stop acting like a bunch of lone wolves this would be a non-issue.

His eyes flicker down to the glowing blue lantern. Another stupid feature of this world. Why? Why did he have to be burdened with more objects and more destinies and more expectations. If smashing it wouldn't kill him, he'd do it. But he's just angry, not suicidal. He does want to smash something though. No matter what, he feels like that would help so much. Or, if not smash, then to raise the winds and bring the lightning. Let this place feel the storm that's been brewing inside him for so long. The storm he's always held back because no one here could handle that.

But even with all his rage, there's still a part of Jason that doesn't want to see anyone hurt. Maybe doing this at the inn ISN'T the best idea. Fine, there's a whole forest for him to break things in, maybe he'll go there.

A strong wind lifts Jason from the roof and he drops down to the earth, landing a few feet from Daylight. The wind kicks up snow and tugs at Jason's hair and clothes as he descends, but he doesn't seem bothered by it. A separate sphere of wind protects his lantern from getting blown out. The wind disperses as soon as he lands. He apparently doesn't want to blow out Daylight's lantern either.

Jason thrusts the lantern up at Daylight. "It doesn't matter what color it is. It's just one more thing holding me back here. One more marker of some big world ending destiny that I'm supposed to be responsible for. Like I ever asked for that the first time and REALLY didn't want to deal with when I was freaking dead!" The blue light shows more of Daylight's worry and Jason lowers it, his knuckles white and his free hand clenched in a fist. He's shaking and more sparks jump from his body. He turns on his heel, ready to leave, "This was going to happen anyway, right? Sons of Jupiter always snap, right?"

[sunborne]

At least Jason isn't feeling immediately murderous since Day sees his lantern is still lit and he's, well, alive. Combined with the fact there's no threat of a possible fight brewing (for now) and he considers this interaction a success so far. It definitely puts this interaction a step above Daylight's accidental run-in with Dr. Ingram. No knives are getting involved and he hopes it stays that way.

Upon the lantern being shoved towards his direction, Day takes a step back to keep some distance between him and Jason. He holds up his servos in front of him at the same time, as if trying to keep the lantern away from him. Really, he's mostly trying to show he's not interested in a fight anytime soon. Especially when Jason begins to vent at him.

(At him and not to him. He stays quiet and lets Jason get it out of his system and he doesn't try to add or comment on anything that Jason is telling him/the world. Not until he's sure Jason finishes his piece that must have been building up for a while. It's not like Daylight experience of what Jason is going through. He can't presume how the guy must feel, to have all that placed on him because of his birth. That must be a lot to manage, even in death.)

The confused and hesitant expression on his face quickly fades into concern and sympathy, his frown slipping into something mournful.

"-I'm sorry." In the end, that's the first thing that comes to Daylight's processors and the first thing he wants to make it known. He takes a deep vent, adding, "I'm sorry that you got to deal with all of that and everything else happening in town. That sucks and that's not fair to you. At all. I... I don't think you're snapping, um, for what its worth. I think you're..." He falls quiet at this point, needing a second trying to find the right words for what he thinks. "I think you're pretty amazing. You're trying hard to hold it all up when others probably wouldn't or couldn't. It's not fair but you're still doing something."

jason hates himself so much right now ;_; i'm sorry daylight

[notthatjason]

Jason does not read the expression as sympathy, not in his current state. Instead, his frown deepens, the air crackling around him with more electricity as it pops and glows around him. After all, there is no light in Beacon, even in lightning. His voice begins as a growl or maybe a rumble of thunder, but by the end he's shouting, "I don't need your pity for me. I don't need anything from you! You can't DO anything about it! The GODS couldn't do anything about it!"

BOOM!

Lightning strikes again -- this time a tree several feet away. Daylight is spared again, so maybe there is a part of Jason not effected by the lantern's blue light trying to hold on.

In a low voice, barely audible from the crash: "And don't you dare talk to me about things being fair."

//bands fist in excitement for this thread tasty tasty interactions!!

[sunborne]

These poor trees... Even at face of possible imminent lightning hitting and hurting like heck if his sensory net got scrambled by the lightning, Daylight looks more stricken and worried over the wildlife (and those around them) getting hurt. This is what came to mind when he realised something was up with the others. Them and others getting hurt, one way or another.

But he turns his attention back to Jason and Daylight doesn't try to back away or run off at the first chance he gets. He's surprisingly solemn-looking now. He's clearly troubled but, at the same time, Day is refusing to look afraid or worried for himself. Not now.

"Maybe I can't talk about how it's unfair. You're right about that. I wouldn't know the first thing about that sort of thing." Day's audials strained to hear what Jason had to say but when he hears is- His core feels like its shuddering in sympathy for Jason. That's a lot for someone to go through. Especially when they had to deal with it by themselves. "But I do know that I want to be here for you, no matter what. No matter how long it takes, I'll be here. if you want to talk it out or vent somewhere safely or anything you want. That's what matters, here and now."

"... I just don't want you to get hurt, Jason. You're my friend."

[notthatjason]

Normally these words would get through to Jason. Of course, normally Jason would never get this angry in the first place. He's not an angry person or at least never saw himself like this. There was always this storm inside, and maybe he could unleash it on monsters and Titans. But not like this. Never like this.

The blue light, on some level he knows it is the blue light, but he can't stop it from washing away his normal self.

"Friends get hurt. That's all that ever happens to them, especially friends of mine!" Death and pain, that's all a demigod's life was good for it seemed. He'd done his and so had Leo and Piper was probably soon to follow for all he knew. "All of my friends are back living out the rest of their lives as heroes of Olympus and what do I have to show for it? Do I get to be rewarded like a hero after dying? Dying to spare some useless, asshole god? No! I get a busted up lantern and another goddamned prophecy of the end of the world to solve!" Again, he's tempted to smash the lantern, but instead he spins on the ball of his foot and slams his fist into the nearby side of the Invincible. The panel cracks from the blow, more sparks jumping from his hands.

He's shaking with rage and fury. He pulls back his fist and drives it into the wall again. And again. If he thinking he can tear the wall down? Maybe. "I didn't want to die! Why? Why did you have to choose? Why did you have to come to me for help!" It's clear he isn't even paying addressing Daylight any more. This time it's a mixture of anger: at himself, at Apollo, and at his fate in general.

[sunborne]

Daylight also realises that Jason isn't speaking to him anymore. Not when he's clearly referring to things he's wanted to talk about for a long time, to people who needed to hear it for some time.

Whatever is going on- It really is personal for the others.

And much as he wants to help Jason, Day does remember something his mom once said: The best help is, unfortunately at times, no help.

So he takes a step back, putting further distance between him and Jason to show he's not trying to encroach on Jason's space or make any attempts on him. The last thing he wants is a misunderstanding to spill into a brawl. "I'm not- I'm not sure what's going on right now, Jason, but know whatever you have to do, do it." He raises his arms, just in case, and continues, "I'm here for you, Jason, so take your time in whatever you need and I'll be here."

Day is giving Jason an exit if he needs one.

just gonna...wrap this and we can focus on the aftermath 8Db

[notthatjason]

Jason doesn't know either and for some reason that frustrates him even more. He never knows what's going on here. For all his experiences as a demigod, he can't do anything here that seems to be of help. He can't even get a response from the gods that he just helped.

He's tried of people telling them that they'll be there. They won't. Not for long.

"I don't need you!"

Jason is sick of it and decides the only way he's going to get rid of Daylight is if he leaves. There's a huge gust of wind that rips out of nowhere, pulling some shingles off of the nearby buildings. Jason jumps on it as it passes and flies off, sparks crackling off him as he passes.