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Destiny Strings Mods ([personal profile] stringmods) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2013-04-23 08:04 pm

Like Bulls in a China Shop: Taurus Log

▼ The Darkening Days
 

Who: Everyone. This is a general catch-all Taurus Event log. If you would like to do your own separate logs either due to pacing or easier loading, by all means, please do so!
Where: The Entire City
Summary: The last days of the Taurus event as things start to sour dramatically. During the 13th hour, Mutation Skills are unlocked for certain people (see the info post here) and now people have a chance against the swarming mechanized bulls. Unfortunately, for some, this means the paranoia hit a new low....if you want, you can get together and join each other's posts to try to hold the city down and protect everyone!
Warnings: Strange Attitudes, NPCs, Attacking, Battles.
Note: Please mark your post with what date they are happening. We are allowing anywhere from the 23th to future-dating to the 26th itself. Go on and have fun!

▼ The nights grow weary and a pattern seems to be forming...(days until the 26th)
 
Most of the Taurus civilians had willingly put themselves in confinement. As their symptoms began to rise, at the very least, there was little chance for them to cause problems. It looked like, hopefully, that they could hold back a lot of the damage and deaths to the city.

How completely wrong they would end up being...

▼ The day of reckoning...(April 26th, before the 13th Hour)
 
In retrospect, they should have realized something was wrong. While the Scorpio civilians were screaming about doom much like it had been predicted, Aquarius and Leo were not.

More research was needed...but there was no time now.

Somehow, everyone that had gone to the holding facilities were being freed from their confinement areas. No one knew who or got in, or how they got out, but many guards were injured in the process-- or worse.

The city turned into an all too (unfortunately) familiar sight. The Taurus civilians were causing havoc in the city, joined by others that the city had not predicted. Observers and Researchers quickly realized that these were all the earth signs, and a signal was given out; but too little, too late.

The city needed to fight back, lest it lose even more of its members. The situation was dire, but they had the Visitors on their side.

...For better or for worse.

▼ The Hour at Hand...(April 26th, 13th Hour)
 
13th Hour.

By now, the city was in chaos. For those who had witnessed the Scorpio outbreak it was an unfortunate similarity they might want to forget, but for others, this horror was brand new.

Giant mechanical bulls patrolled the city and continued to swarm, the police force trying to contain them and help as many as they could.

As time went on, mechanical parts and rocks fell to the floor from the bulls. Once the 13th hour hit...the remaining ones mutated, standing on two legs. And that wouldn't even be the worst of it...

And yet even in this Hour, there is hope. Power surges in a select few, and with a new skill at their tips, the battle may be won yet. But remember your mission: you came to protect this city. That includes the people living here. With so much chaos, you'll also need to help them and reduce the number of deaths as much as possible...and try not too look too closely at a looming figure in the Taurus Ward...
greyerrant: (Angry Garvi)

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[personal profile] greyerrant 2013-04-24 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
If your idea is the only one that works, it still... feels wrong. I think we should concentrate first on opposing this... Moloch.

terminally_clever: (sad)

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[personal profile] terminally_clever 2013-04-24 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
There is no opposing Moloch. The bulls are coming. Most of them are, in fact, already here. I'm sure you've seen it. It's only going to get worse if we don't do something to stop it. If strength of arms was enough, that's what I'd be advocating right now, but Moloch is an unstoppable force of nature. He can and will kill us all and raze this city to the ground if he is not appeased.

[If it was possible given her already pale complexion, Fumi's face goes even whiter as she speaks. She's trying as hard as she can to keep calm here, but her throat is dry and her voice trembles with fear as her words crackle forth from her lips.]
greyerrant: (Default)

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[personal profile] greyerrant 2013-04-24 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He removes his helm to look her in the eyes. ]

You are afraid.
terminally_clever: (irritated)

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[personal profile] terminally_clever 2013-04-24 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course I'm afraid. Do you think I'd be seriously contemplating something this drastic if I wasn't?
greyerrant: (Oathsworn Protector)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2013-04-24 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ask yourself this then. Is it possible the urgency of the situation and your own fear reaction are causing you to be less rational than you might otherwise be?
Edited 2013-04-24 20:00 (UTC)
terminally_clever: (official art)

[personal profile] terminally_clever 2013-04-24 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know. Is it possible that you're being a little patronizing and sanctimonious?
greyerrant: (Looking down.)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2013-04-24 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Sanctimonious, yes, but my intent is not to patronize. You clearly did the research and are convinced this will work, I'm simply asking you if your resort to this particular method is because you are being ruled by fear at the moment.

[ His eyes narrow a bit, though he's more sad than angry. ]

My role has always been that of a naysmith. I'll question anyone's actions or intent if they suggest something so drastic.
terminally_clever: (sad)

[personal profile] terminally_clever 2013-04-24 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
There is no other way. Believe me, I've looked.
greyerrant: (There is only war)

[personal profile] greyerrant 2013-04-25 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Why not slay it with your daemons? Isn't that what they are there for?
terminally_clever: (mild consternation)

[personal profile] terminally_clever 2013-04-25 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Moloch could easily swat my demons aside without a second thought. They're like flies to him.