thepull_mods: (Missionworth)
thepull_mods ([personal profile] thepull_mods) wrote in [community profile] sirenspull_logs2013-01-04 05:25 pm

[Open Event Log] Everything in this world dies alone

Who: Open to all Surviving Newcomers
When: September 4th, Late Afternoon through Darkness
Where: City of Missionworth (Specify in Thread Header)
Summary: The end of an era explodes into a torturous fate worse than death. But a special few remain curiously untouched, to survive and tell the tale. However, that doesn't mean the next three nights will be easy on them.
Warnings: Violence, Explosions, Annihilation of life on a massive scale, Darkness Monsters

[Threads may take place before, during, or after the Event explosion. Start where you'd like! In the moments Pre-Explosion the island is still heavily embroiled in chaos- Both military groups have turned on each other, civilians are fighting them blindly for control of the core. Some have sheltered their families within the Stone Quarry mines underneath Sector 9, where they will be sealed in following the explosion. And many are climbing into boats or makeshift flotsam unfit for a sea journey, trying to flee the island while they have the chance and braving The Pull's effects in the hopes of it's power lifting.]




At the height of the nightmare that is a citywide clash of civil war, there is some kind of minor explosion underground, unearthing large chunks of ground at the site of the trampled squash patch and causing tremors that can be felt throughout the island.

Is it the detonation of a military weapon, some revolting miners with crude TNT, part of Winthers' grand experiment, or something else?

Shortly after, there is a harsh, tearing and unearthly sound, which rises in volume as a large blue-white glowing blob rises from the ground and brightens, only briefly visible to those in the near vicinity. It is amorphous, composed of crystalline solid, liquid, and a swirl of plasma gasses, and for a moment it brightens and seems to condense itself before shooting out white whipcord arms that reach out in every direction.

Then a sonic boom, and a rush of searing white light that engulf everything. For newcomers, it is only temporarily blinding, they'll be able to see again as the dust clears. For everything else that crawls, walks and lives?

Every living being on the island and on many tiny ships dotting its outskirts are mysteriously gone. Clothing is left in piles in the streets, dust billows past untouched buildings. With the exception of the Core's strange visitors, no other human or humanoid, domestic or wild creatures were spared. Even the bugs are turned to dust. Most of the vegetation has also evaporated, leaving only a few old trees and weedy plants standing weakly. Aside from a cave in at the mines, no building is harmed, no vehicle or non-living object seems tarnished or rotten, as it does after siren in the present day. All is left standing and eerily barren of life, litter left out to decay by time.

Descending underground in the collapsed chambers in attempts to reach the core will show a deep crevice in the ground where its pod once slept. Deep, deep down, too deep to be reached, it slumbers again, softly glowing.

The darkness is young; hot, bloody and angry, when nightfall finally comes without the herald of the usual Sirens. It is not thick with the scent of decaying rot yet, as it is in the present day. Instead, there is an overwhelming stench of fresh blood and death.

The once-living return as newly-twisted and tortured creatures by night, perhaps not as malformed and haggard as the monsters which will appear in future nights. Most of these will one day be called "mutation". Some carry fresh burning boils, or scuttle on broken limbs. For now they resemble something slightly more human or beast than their modern counterparts, something less adapted for deadly killing. Their animalistic rage is fresh and hell-bent on destroying anything that lives, however, and blind to any efforts at communication, compassion or reasoning. They are in far too much pain for anything more than brutality toward anything that has cheated this fate worse than death.
aslandish: (Proclaim)

[personal profile] aslandish 2013-01-05 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's the moment he's known was coming.

The Darkness, now only in its infancy, seems to seethe all the more for it. The mangled remains of the creatures and souls destroyed in the blast rise once more to besiege the few who remain.

But all is not lost. As the shadows descend, a thunderous roar resounds throughout the night, and an unwavering light shines in the distance.

Those in need of defense or aid shall have it from the Lion himself. ]
bloodthirsts: (Grin)

Open - across all three nights

[personal profile] bloodthirsts 2013-01-05 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Seras feels alive during the night, more alive then ever as the newborn monsters come crawling and crying for blood.

She knows how they feel, but her hunger has been with her far longer.

This is how it began, this is where the monsters come from! It's horrifying and reminds her too much of other horrors she's known.

A monster is still a monster however and wherever they appear to attack Newcomers she throws herself, shadows and bloodlust turned to protecting those who don't have the strength to do it themselves.]
Edited 2013-01-05 11:12 (UTC)
wingedcrown: (sʜᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ)

OPEN across all three nights

[personal profile] wingedcrown 2013-01-05 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aslan isn't the only one shining in the night. Dani is a beacon of golden light, the lack of Darkness in the days prior building her up to withstand the sudden onslaught of menacing dark she's known was coming. Her armor covers her almost instantly and she leaps into the sky, blades out and at the ready to defend those who cannot help themselves as they seek cover.

As the night progresses, her light does shine just a little less, though she never allows herself to falter. Not when she has people to protect.]
empathetics: © peps (♞ 078.)

closed to alice

[personal profile] empathetics 2013-01-05 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[The Darkness was expected, because there had to have been some rhyme and reason for sending everyone back in the first place. Some sort of cruel trick by who or whatever was pulling the strings of the entire operation. At least in the present day there were manors and creations that could keep the nighttime horrors at bay.

But there was no safety here, monsters were rampant and there isn't anywhere to run. But there's nothing Jasper can do but run.

He hadn't meant to step away from Alice. But the stress of their current situation had been taking it's toll. She hadn't been able to feed as much as she could, and he had moved away to try to ease both her sufferings and his own terrible inkling that she could have easily attacked him.

Of course now he regrets even that thought.

Each breath he takes burns through his over exerted lungs, and his muscles are quickly beginning to protest. But it's the choice between continuing to run, or getting torn to pieces.

So he runs.]
mentors: (But every time I close my eyes)

Open to all! Prose or action is fine

[personal profile] mentors 2013-01-05 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Each passing moment seems to be worse and worse.

Without his weapon, without Materia, Angeal has to rely on the skills that he has shunned before now, the ones that drove him and his close friend to madness. He cannot tell if it is doing the same now, if the grip of insanity is taking hold at the edges of his mind as he fights and protects. First it was people, military and civilians alike who saw him as a target when he refuses to take to the sky. Angeal had does his best to not kill anyone, but weapons trained at his most obvious weakness, his wing, and a bullet that just misses delicate bones snaps his resolve. It is the first death he has caused in over a year, and Angeal almost feels sick from it, but the worse part comes after everything disappears without a trace, only to return once more at the onset of night.

There are many, many things to fight, raw and angry and while not as much as a threat as the Darkness he has become use to, still numbered many. He does his best this time to give them a quick death as he can, but eveantually he needs help, and so to the people around him, those who cannot fight for themselves.

And so this is where he stands, grabbing the faces of the darkness monsters with one hand, transferring his powers into them so that they become gray and carry his mark on them. While no stronger than the other darkness monsters they can be seen fighting them, as Angeal moves around to find hi friends and help where he can, just to make it though the night.
countsrabbits: (surprised // whoa)

[personal profile] countsrabbits 2013-01-05 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[After the explosion, but before the darkness has fully settled, you'll find a little girl in overalls, the ash that the world has become settled into her hair and staining her clothes, standing at the shoreline. She's not crying, but she's not smiling either. She's only skipping rocks across the water, one after another after another until they sink to the bottom. Pino counts each skip, one, two, three, four....mm, before picking up the next rock and trying for a higher number.]
surgicalshot: (ugly gun)

Open! Clinic thread, all 3 nights, set up in the church.

[personal profile] surgicalshot 2013-01-05 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[They'd set up a makeshift clinic during the more violent times in the fighting. There were too many wounded, too many people hurt. No one in the clinic expected what happened, to happen. There was a loud explosion, and when Tenma was able to see again...

All of the patients were gone. All of the other doctors, helpers, nurses, everyone. They were all gone. What the hell just happened? Clothing was left in piles on beds, on the floor. Everything was still there, not that it was much.

And even though there wasn't anyone there, for awhile, Tenma was determined to keep it safe. That meant keeping the small group of guns ready for anything, and well. He was really only one man, and they needed help. The darkness was just too much.]
debtor: (STAND ★ dramatic)

1st night

[personal profile] debtor 2013-01-05 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hours into the first night of Darkness, Allen comes upon the church. And it's impossible to tell, from the exterior, what could lie inside: it might be empty, it could be people seeking shelter, it could be monsters seeking prey. But Allen's been searching, anywhere and everywhere, for survivors.

Tenma may hear the doors of the church creak open without much warning (nothing but the quiet scritch-scratching of... claws? on stone)— yet there's nothing standing at the front step. No sign of a mutation or human.

If he looks up, however, he may catch a glimpse of a head (young, male), poking down from the top of the doorframe and peering into the shadowy interior of the building.]
reassures: (dim ☙ i am playing god)

the first night!

[personal profile] reassures 2013-01-06 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[It's mostly by chance that Nill runs into Seras in the Darkness of this night; luck alone that she finds a familiar face in all this hell. And even though there's much of Seras's bloodlust in her thoughts, Nill is glad to see her.

Instead of saying anything, she shoots one of the nearby monsters through the skull to announce herself. While she still has bullets she might as well use them.]
worldhaditsway: (And you're her lamb to slaughter)

open; any night

[personal profile] worldhaditsway 2013-01-06 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[A barefooted girl in a ripped and bloodied champagne party dress runs through the Darkness-hungry streets. The Darkness gives chase on occasion and she flings them back with her mind, continuing her search for anyone trapped out here in need of help.

She's not in costume. For all she knows, Tim's still in the barracks, and her Titans communicator lost its charge days ago, but that doesn't change anything. She's still a Teen Titan. She'll still help where people need it.

As much as she enjoyed the break from the burden of having powers and not being fully human during the Normpocalypse, she's grateful for them now. She's not concerned about her freezing cold feet or getting hurt. She can just focus on the task at hand.]
Edited 2013-01-06 04:44 (UTC)
oujomerchant: (surprise)

[personal profile] oujomerchant 2013-01-06 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[What in the name of.. A little girl? One that's even smaller than herself! Alouette had managed to get seperated from Recette again but that wasn't really a problem, considering Recette could find her anytime she wants.

Not to mention she's still in a bit of shock of what just happened. People are just.. Gone! And her computer book hasn't been working for days! Long story short, as confusing as things are, the fact that Pino appears to be completely neutral about the atmosphere warrents looking into. And so the blonde approaches, waving her hand in hopes of not startling her before getting too close.
]

Petite fille! Pardon!
antedupmyheart: (time is ... malleable)

Open, all three nights

[personal profile] antedupmyheart 2013-01-06 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not surprised. The darkness had to start somewhere, and as nice as the first few nights have been, he's not about to lie idle in the face of such things as this. Not when a moment's idleness could mean his death.

He may be making the most of his abilities in order to maintain something even vaguely resembling a proper sleep schedule, but no one needs to know that. Instead, he spends his nights doing what he can to stop the things that come out of the darkness, and if that means leaving behind a mess of monsters that are essentially frozen in time, it's at least a start.]
manicpixiedreamgirl: (09: Emmett put some pants on)

[personal profile] manicpixiedreamgirl 2013-01-06 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
[The thirst had been horrible, yes, but what's got Alice even more scared is the blinding headaches brought on by the Darkness. She'd got them when she first landed in port, but they faded with time. But maybe because it's newer now, stronger, she can't deal with it. Honestly she doesn't care why, she just wants it to go away so she can protect her mate.

She doesn't even see Jasper separating from her, with the Darkness warping her vision so bad she's got a headache. He's long gone by the time she's able to come out of a particularly bad wave of pain.

Shit. Nononononononono he can't be on his own, he's human and soft and fragile and-

No. No time to panic, not now when he need her. There's a scent trail, she can follow that and he'll be safe, right?]
empathetics: © peps (♞ 070.)

[personal profile] empathetics 2013-01-06 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jasper continues to run, but it's a loosing battle. The creatures are getting closer, it's only a matter of time which one makes the first move. And there it is; a sudden and vicious grabbing at his leg that sends him sprawling. Jasper rolls over to find himself face to face with what might have once been a woman, it's hard to tell. There's that century old instinct to bare his teeth into a snarl and fight off his assailant, even now. But he's used to fighting with heightened senses and must faster reactions.

So there's pain. Terrible, blinding pain as the monster tears at him. Blood begins to seep, hot and sticky across the pavement.

But he doesn't scream. There has been a worse pain than this. All he thinks about is Alice, whether she's safe]
mouthbreathing: (black devil)

Late on the first night

[personal profile] mouthbreathing 2013-01-06 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[The Darkness descended like nuclear fallout. Warsman had been avoiding the town as a fugitive of sorts, but he's not foolhardy enough to presume he has the strength to survive the night in the stripped, alien quarters of the forest or the open grounds of farmland. He's come looking for shelter of some sort- shelter, and survivors.

He's found disconcertingly, hopelessly little of both.

He's been darting through the streets for a while now as if on his regular beat, and it's like trying to guard a ghost town: his imagination fills in the gaps where people, only hours before, might have been in the middle of their lives. Now they've returned with a vengeance.

Warsman's acquired more than a few injuries already when he arrives at the church- he's heard that there's a makeshift clinic here, but he's thinking less of himself and more of the fact that having so many wounded people in one place makes them a sitting target.

He's not wrong. No sooner does he approach the building than does a creature lurch out of the shadows: an ancestor to the oddball monstrosities he's so used to seeing on the streets of Siren's Port. The force which which he's thrown against the doors by a single clawed swipe is doubtless enough to draw attention from within.]
mouthbreathing: (lonely night)

open across all three days and nights

[personal profile] mouthbreathing 2013-01-06 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Warsman never expected to be around to see the end of a civilisation.

As he paces the settlement's streets it's the sheer, horrifying waste of it all that gets him the most. Perhaps almost as disturbing is how, scores of victims aside, little else has changed: by daylight there's something almost serene about the empty streets and abandoned buildings, vehicles left in the middle of the road with their keys in the ignition like abstract works of art.

At night, it's easier, in a way. The Darkness returns: the fight begins, as brutal as it ever was in the present day.

During the day he might be found in various nooks and crannies around the city, sleeping off his injuries or looking for food- or, more painstakingly, for familiar faces. But as each night wears on he's sustaining more and more damage, and without enough time in between to heal up he's not sure how much longer he can get by.]
surgicalshot: (ugly gun)

[personal profile] surgicalshot 2013-01-06 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Allen should be glad that Tenma isn't on a hair-trigger when he handles a gun. Because as soon as the church doors squeak just a little bit, he's got his rifle up, pointed at the door.

It sounded like it was going to be a mutation. It really did. He didn't even know what he was protecting, right now, since it wasn't people. But maybe everything. Everything seemed about right.]


Who's there? [Calls out, before looking up around the ceiling, around the walls (they didn't have to be on the ground), until he sees the head.]

Who are you? [The gun is trained on him, despite looking human. You never knew.]
surgicalshot: (ugly gun)

[personal profile] surgicalshot 2013-01-06 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tenma was doing the best he could, to keep everything working and not taken by the monsters. To make sure no one was killed by the monsters. And since they didn't have all of the technological advances of modern medicine, here, it became not just a fight against monsters, but a fight against nature.

But he tried not to stay too close to the doors. Something could break, possibly him, but still, when he heard something bang against the door? It was time to move. He had his rifle in his hand, loaded and ready to go, and so he kicked open the other door, took aim, and shot the mutation in the head.]


Get inside, now!
countsrabbits: (smile // creepy grin)

[personal profile] countsrabbits 2013-01-06 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Pardon! Pardon!

[She chirps back as though it's a greeting, waving her hand towards the girl. She then twirls a full circle before tossing out her next rock, skipping it five times across the water before it sinks.]
bloodthirsts: (Lash out)

[personal profile] bloodthirsts 2013-01-06 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[The sound of the gunshot, the awareness of someone human and breathing catches Seras' attention. At one red tinged shadows stab down in a variety of blades, taking out a small wave of monsters who were charging behind Nill.

Seras lands in front of her friends. Her clothing is stained with monster blood that hasn't been absorbed but she smiles in recognition, and concern.]
Nill! Are you alright?
debtor: (WIDE ★ wow how amazing)

[personal profile] debtor 2013-01-06 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Allen doesn't move, but calls back,]

A Newcomer! [There's an unmistakable note of relief in his voice. As much relief as one can express facing the barrel of a gun, not long after witnessing the extermination of nearly every living thing for miles around. He's frightened and shaken and sick to his stomach...

But the man with the rifle is alive, which really all Allen cares about now.]


Are you hurt?
rapturescreed: (Curiosity)

On the 5th, the start of finding volunteers!

[personal profile] rapturescreed 2013-01-06 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[To start, Raul and Nelliel needed to find other people who could help them. After all, they were only two people, and the amount of Newcomers in the port was always high, regardless of the time period. At the same time, there were a lot of people who were not able to fight, who had to be careful in going out into the darkness.

They needed to get out of here, but first they needed to get everyone together. There was a decision to have everyone meet in the field, but that was once they had located everyone. Raul planned to hit as many places as possible during the day, then hole up until night was over.

Starting at the military barracks, then going around in a spiral should get the job done.]
fightswithpurpose: (hungry)

Jan 5th, closed to Raul Creed

[personal profile] fightswithpurpose 2013-01-06 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's actually fascinating to have seen the very point in time that the Darkness monsters manifested. She spent the previous night fighting the Darkness monsters. Though she'd prefer to protect Gohan and Goten, she also needs a means of getting money to pay for food. She'd rather not steal, and offering people protection against the Darkness monsters does pay. Even if there's been muttering that Darkness monsters didn't exist until the Newcomers showed up.

It's to feed her foster-sons, though, which is why she charges for something she'd normally do as a kindness.

It will be dark again soon - less than two hours, Nelliel estimates. She's carrying food in a bag to bring to her foster-sons. She's encouraged them to get the sleep they need during the day. The nights are unforgiving and proper Darkness proofing hasn't been invented yet.

As she's walking, she encounters a familiar face.
]

...Mr. Creed.

oujomerchant: (sweatdrop)

[personal profile] oujomerchant 2013-01-06 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well that was alarmingly cute. Or was it disturbing? Alouette can't quite come to a decision yet, so settles for an awkward laugh in return.]

Um, excuse moi, but are you waiting for someone? I do not think it is safe to be out in the open right now..
hejhej: (that damn beanie)

First night; open to all!

[personal profile] hejhej 2013-01-06 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[The stench was so overwhelming when the Darkness began. Something familiar now. Lisbeth knew she should have found shelter when the sun went down and that familiar ooze started to fill every crevice in the street. She wasn't sure that shelter would be possible since they didn't have any Darkness proofing, but buildings remained standing and intact.

Where was she supposed to go, though? Lisbeth covered her mouth with the hem of her shirt, not caring if she was exposing her stomach. If she had to smell this any longer, she was going to throw up.

Who else was here? Was Jesse safe? They'd been separated in the field, the Americans taking him away. Where had they taken him? Was he in the Darkness too? Lisbeth wretched and dropped her shirt to heave onto the sidewalk.]

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