Event: 8PM-10PM PST Run

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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? ]

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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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[howlsitgoin]

--Hey! You knock it off, I'm trying to be funny here!

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[purrtagonist]

[THANKS GUY]

[he'll appreciate this when he's not being, you know. choked]

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[legis_vox]

[without missing a beat, Timur turns and raises a hand.

the same silver-grey sigil as before ignites, unleashing a pulse of force -- a battering blow, aimed more to knock her back and down than to deal damage.]

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[purrtagonist]

[Akira's too busy focusing on the blobs that he doesn't see her coming. he doesn't notice her until her hands are around his neck, squeezing tightly and completely cutting off his airflow. with a choked, breathless noise, he grips at her hands as tightly as he can, trying to yank them away from his throat. and, in the same movement, he rocks back into her, also attempting to knock her back and away from him]

[HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING THIS IS RUDE 8(]

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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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[purrtagonist]

[-- aw shit]

Timur!

[okay I lied, after laughing he has one more action to complete. and that is summoning Kohryu again to blast the blobs out of his way with psychic energy so he can race towards his Ginger buddy and help him out of the crevice]

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[legis_vox]

[hauling himself up gratefully with Akira's help and a fair bit of scrambling]

Thanks!

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[purrtagonist]

[flashes him a grin as Kohryu disappears again, leaving nothing but wisps of smoke behind]

Anytime! And thanks for the inspiration!

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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.]

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[purrtagonist]

Yep! It sure is!

[and now Akira's trying to blast through blobs to get to Timur]

If you need a good joke to get you started, let me know!

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[howlsitgoin]

They're their own joke!

[c'mon self, you can do funny... maybe...

He's going to resort to playground mockery.]

Blah blah, I'm an angry blob and I have to pretend to be something else 'cause my original form is too stupid to scare people! OoooOOOoo I'm so spooky!

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[purrtagonist]

[THUMBS UP]

You're doing great, guy!

[assassinatedassassin]

OOOoooOooooOoo...

[Echoes, kind of doglike. Howl-like? This laughing thing is hard, though.]

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[ghostfromthemachine]

[ a little wheezy ]

nailed it

[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—

MONSTER REACTION

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[ As the laughter grows, the monsters start to balk - you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, quite literally, as the blobs disperse and start to clear away from the exit. Even the Voices of Nerat breaks to pieces, scattering; they're not really happy with any of this, but - ]

MONSTER ACTION

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[ Not all of you are freed. Hlasoh's blob digs deeper into her flesh, growing bigger and bigger as it starts to absorb her head, and the acid corrodes her skin. She can't laugh if her mouth is completely covered - but then again, she can't breathe, either.

(I mean, you've got your own thing going on there anyway, so who knows how much this actually matters.)

Blood drips down onto Pathiri's face, and then a blob drops from the ceiling to attach to his eyes and ears - he can't hear anymore, can't see anymore -

oh, no, he can see something. He can see . . . Kaiko and Eclair, leaving for the light at the end of the tunnel, the relieved chatter they make. But Pathiri will find blobs hooking to his ankles, trying to drag him down and away - he's being abandoned.

He can see Naan, too, walking away (fully clothed, also) from behind him. None of them so much as turn back.

Kaiko finds her blob strangling her tighter, fingers breaking apart into smaller blobs and her face half melting - but she finds it within herself still to speak, harsh and dissonant, reminiscent of something evil -

"You're looking in a mirror, dear."

Eclair will find the smaller blobs starting to crawl on him, up and on his back and in his clothes, a million legs and feelers like bugs - it's weak, but it's a move of desperation. Though, he only needs to turn his head a few degrees to see Pathiri being accosted, anyway.

Akira and Timur, at least, aren't being accosted by blobs besides the one on Hlasoh, but. . . there is. . . Hlasoh, so. You guys. . . resolve that. ]

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[nihilmancy]

[It is ironic because now I am the one being suffocated!

she just sort of stumbles and flops onto the ground like a ragdoll

the malicious magic is still surging, but somehow starts to recede somewhat without the blob directly influencing it anymore]

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[assassinatedassassin]

[fffff Immediately writhing around to try and get this thing out of his face- oh.

Oh.

...

Well, after freezing up for a brief second of hurt confusion, he'll go straight back to writhing and struggling. Kicking, scraping, maybe even biting at this point. These things need to get off.]