Event: 8PM-10PM PST Run

[hot_mess_express]

Who: unfortunate souls
When: out of time, slotted in with the event but put out of time so people can die/come back easy
Where: places

[ The ground rumbles and shakes - and then opens up. The earth swallows you whole, leaving you in front of . . . blobs . . . Oh they're a little cute, aren't they?

But the world is a bit dark, isn't it? It's a little scary . . . isn't it? ]

Comments

MONSTER ACTION

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[ They reconstitute as if nothing happened. From the bits and pieces of blobs on the ground come more of the ghostblobs, producing fingers attached to nothing at first - and they grab onto everyone's boots, chattering laughter as they produce fingernails to dig into your shoes, as they climb on you.

Hlasoh will find her blob clinging on, particularly to her eyes; she doesn't see darkness, though. No.

She can see the past - the time that she had murdered her friends. It comes as a brief flash, and then - she can see the rest of the people in the tunnels, all dead. Blobs gone, but everyone's somehow dead anyway. How . . . ? It seems like it's her usual method of murder, right. . . ?

The blob covers her ears, and she can hear it: whispers, chatters. Of course you would, of course you would murder everyone. It was just a matter of time - you enjoy this sort of thing, don't you?

Kaikoblob gives a grin as she points up, in a singsong voice.

"Red paper or blue paper?" ]

PLAYER ACTION

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[purrtagonist]

[ah fuck]

[the dragon vanishes in a whirl of blue fire, and before Akira can do anything else, there are ghostblob fingers grabbing onto his shoes. his confident, fiery expression fades into alarm as he kicks out with one foot, trying to send the blob flying]

-- hey, back off!

[he knows from the earlier Naans that laughter is the way to go, buuuut KIND OF HARD TO LAUGH WHEN BLOBS ARE CLIMBING ON YOU]

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[legis_vox]

They've gone from persistent to rude.

[and he's doing something about that]

The least they can do is provide a little entertainment.

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[purrtagonist]

[shooting Timur a grateful look at that]

I doubt they'll make it that easy on us. . .!

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[legis_vox]

You just have to find the humor in the situation.

[gesturing to a blobling which is doing a remarkable impression of a drunken stagger due to its confusion status]

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[purrtagonist]

[. . .]

[heh. . .]

[Akira's mouth does twitch upward in amusement as a small heh escapes his lips]

It's a start!

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[nihilmancy]

[no no no NO NO NO

she gives a bloodcurdling scream again as the worst memory in her life appears before her eyes and- oh. Did it really happen? Has the Abyssal magic inside of her fully awakened? No, it must be an illusion, right? Just an illusion? But she can feel it surging inside of her, pulsing, excited-

she drops to her knees, making a keening sound, seemingly heedless of everything around her.]

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[assassinatedassassin]

[Nice, he's not alone anymore. I mean, there's still way more blobs than there are them but.

Anyway trying to kick these icky things off his shoes? Tries to kick them off (real) Kaiko's shoes?? Gross! Bad! Ow! What does that one mean by paper??]

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[ghostfromthemachine]

[ ...well she was fully prepared to spend several long moments agonizing over whether getting near teammates was anything resembling a good idea, considering what happened earlier and that "her" blob seems to be trying to twist that particular knife

but instead said teammate continues to be really moe. which kind of doesn't help the worry or guilt, but does at least make up her mind not to try to put distance between them again. ]

I'm fine, I'm fine, it's really just gross—

[assassinatedassassin]

[Has no idea that she Got Up To Things after running away after (etc)]

That's why it's not fine!?

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ that's probably a good thing? that seems ideal, ]

There are worse things than gross, though?

[ t. trying to return the shoe-clearing favor without tripping them both, or shocking him, or anything resulting in one or the other of them eating more shit than is already happening by dint of blobpocalypse ]

[assassinatedassassin]

I know.

[but. okay. it's true that they haven't actually been horribly hurt yet or whatever. calm down. they're real spooky but he's not on his own anymore and they're all fine-ish so it's fine. deep breath. ugh.]

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[legis_vox]

[welp. let's call that a partial success.

Akira had said something about laughter, but it's hard to find much about this situation funny with the bloblings climbing his and everyone's body. so getting rid of that is his first priority.

he takes a few steps until he's closer to the center of the group, as close as he can get without dodging more blobs. an aura of fierce red light ignites around his fist, and he drives it straight down into the ground.

there's a thunderous roar, and a flare of crimson light, leaving seething cracks in the earth, but for all its fury the wave of light washes over allies untouched. not so the blobs; in addition to the massive shockwave, the wild magic warps them wildly, causing random status effects: sleep, confusion, petrification, burning, you name it, a blob probably gets it.

timur dusts off his hands. now that's entertainment.]

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[howlsitgoin]

[trying to shake the blobs off!! Or like. Stomp on the ones he can reach. They seemed to dislike that before!]

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[ghostfromthemachine]

[ I G U E S S T H I S I S W H A T ' S H A P P E N I N G T H E N ]

Let's go with dealer's choice!

MONSTER REACTION

[hot_mess_express]

[ The blobs are abused! This is blob abuse! Akira can kick the blobs away and so can Pathiri, even though that's all very mean. Eclair can even stomp on them. . . Even though that's very mean.

The blobs are struck with paralysis, sleep, confusion, etcetera - and these effects do seem to stay, at least for the blobs that aren't just straight up damaged. For those that are petrified and burned and frozen, though - ]

MONSTER ACTION

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[ - they just reconstitute, gathering together to become a bigger creature. No, not just a creature - it's a creature on a throne, wearing full armor but glowing green. When it - he? - speaks, it's difficult to quite parse what the words are, but regardless, they will ring familiar to Timur. The Voices of Nerat bangs its scepter onto the ground, and it cracks wide open, trying to sink Timur underneath - trying to isolate him from everyone else.

Hlasoh's distraction with her panic might be enough for her to ignore this: the burning at her eyes - maybe those are tears? - as the blob starts eating away wherever it touches, filling into her eyesockets when it dissolves the bodyparts. It seems to be trying to reach into her, somewhere - to activate something. You can do it. You already did it. Just do it again, this is your fate, you know? - the blobs whisper into her ear.

Kaikoblob is - temporarily confused, looking slow to respond with that choice. Then, she smiles.

"Redbluewhite it is!"

From the ceiling drips viscous, red fluid. It smells like iron, but maybe you shouldn't get distracted by that when Kaikoblob is trying to strangle you. All three of you. She has three arms! ]

PLAYER ACTION

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[purrtagonist]

[Akira's only reaction this round is to press a hand against his mouth and snicker into his palm at the confused blobs. because they're blobby and confused and it's funny, okay!!]

[and then he'll yell]

-- hey, everyone! If you have a reason to laugh, take it! Whatever these things are, they don't respond well to laughter!

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[nihilmancy]

[the good news is that she is chuckling

but not for the right reasons because the blob has eaten through her eyes and deep inside of her and the curse is churning and demanding blood and it's over now, right? She loses.

So she laughs softly as she steps behind Akira, puts her hands around his throat, and starts to strangle him, pushing in hard with her thumbs.]

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[assassinatedassassin]

[He was just starting to calm himself down when SUDDENLY IT'S RAINING GROSS BLOODY STUFF AND THE NOT!KAIKO SPROUTS THREE ARMS THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS-

what's that about laughing. uh. has he laughed a single time since he woke up? maybe not. Ducks down to avoid strangling since surely not!Kaiko can't attempt to strangle him and Eclair at the same time she probably can.]

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[legis_vox]

[staggering, and while he's quick enough to get a handhold on the edge of the sudden crevasse, it probably won't last forever. for a moment, the pure shock of seeing Nerat again -- he killed the fucker, heard his final words, there was nothing left except that damn mace -- means that all he does is dangle, but then--]

....heh...is that the best you can do? If I'd buried Nerat he'd be rolling in his grave at the lack of wordplay!

[it's defiant, strained laughter, but it's laughter all right]

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[howlsitgoin]

[backpedaling away from the strangling as best he can! He's got his ears flat and his tail tight against his legs cause hey, less things to grab.]

Laugh?! That's so-- That's so stupid!

[But it does kick a bit of the scariness out of it so now he's trying to look at the blobs and imagine something funny. Like, maybe, a certain bird trussed up like a holiday dinner.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[

maybe I'm getting strangled but I'm still counting that moment of confusion as a victory because heck you

more importantly, she is absolutely trying to intercept the arms not being used to strangle her by grabbing for their wrists, particularly the one going for Pathiri. that's hers, thank you! you can't have it! it is absolutely awful having to use her hands with the shape her own wrists and arms are in but it isn't like she's hasn't proven she could ignore that before— ]

I thought— I could only pick one?

[ —and then that other boy's shout rings out, and she blinks. and squints.

and then her grin splits a bit wider— because you know what, even if it hurts, even if her head's starting to swim, there's one thing she has figured out pretty solidly about herself. ]

Hey— hey, is that— true? Because you look ridiculous right now—