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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...
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-05-04 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
Gemini.

[So, nope. Not a Taurus, fortunately.]
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] Darkness caused by)

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-04 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
Not a bull, then.

[This is very important to him right now, even though he would rather it not be.]

--Fine.
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-05-09 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
Shall we get going? And did you get your food yet?

[She's willing to aid him, while Miyako's relatively calm.]
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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-09 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Not yet. There's a place nearby.

[Manic voice aside, he's definitely more... subdued. Guess it's hard to be energetic when you're spending so much of that energy being afraid of your own shadow.

Even as he begins walking again, he's muttering under his breath.
]
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-05-11 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Miyako walks beside him, occasionally glancing at him and noting his behaviour. Noting them and comparing what she knew of the Zodiac symptoms.

She looks around, keeping an eye out for anything. Especially Taurus people.
]
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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-11 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
[He's still jumpy, his eyes shifting from side to side anxiously as they walk. If she listens closely, he's just repeating the same phrase over and over again: the bulls are coming, the bulls are coming.

He can't restrain it, but at the very least he can keep it quiet. So, in the last attempt to keep some sense of control over his own actions, he merely mutters, ignoring the compulsion to outright scream.

His steps come to a sudden halt when they get to the place - a small grocery that doesn't look like it's frequented by many. With a small pause to steel himself, he bites down hard on his lip and enters silently.
]
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-05-15 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
[She step inside after him, her eyes leaving his form to quickly glance around the store. After checking their immediate surroundings, Miyako focus on Hizumi again.]

...What are we getting, Mizushiro?
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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-16 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
Eggs, bread, milk... potatoes, too.

[He can probably survive off of that for a while. It will be simple and none too healthy, but even with those few ingredients he should be able to make a couple of different dishes for slight variety.]
Edited 2013-05-16 10:38 (UTC)
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-05-20 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
You need some vegetables.

[They can leave out the meat, but vegetables are important to anyone's diet. Miyako's walking over to where the milk are.]
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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-20 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Is now really the time to worry about a balanced diet?

[Wow that was a bit louder than it really needed to be. He's just gonna hurry up and grab a pack of eggs.]
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-05-20 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
No, but your general quiet is concerning, Mizushiro.

[No, she's not concerned. But she prefers his snark instead of this.]
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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-20 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry for causing you worry, then.

[Said in a tone that indicates very clearly how there is not a drop of actual remorse there.]

You don't have to help, you know.
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-05-22 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'm helping you for my own reasons, Mizushiro.

[Let's see, bread, is it?]

Otherwise, I would leave you be. [So shut up and accept her help.]
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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-22 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
[A humorless bark of laughter.]

I can't imagine what you'd get out of helping a wreck like me right now.

[Let's see, this grocery usually has - ah, there we go, a small bag of potatoes. Not that he's admitting to anything, but since Miyako is around to help, carrying all of this will be easy.]
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-05-26 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
Primarily for information and data.

[Milk, eggs, potatoes...that leaves the bread. She walks over to the bread section, looking at the selection from white to whole grain sliced loaves.]

But I can leave right now, Mizushiro.

[...Um, which type of bread?]
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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-26 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
But will you, is the question.

[He certainly doesn't seem to think so. When he sees her dilemma, he simply walks over and grabs his preferred type - white bread - before toting his things over to the counter.]
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-05-30 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
That solely depends on what I think of the data so far.

[She noted his preference, filing away the information for later. If she ever need to know that Hizumi like white bread, for some reason.]
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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-05-30 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Next time he'll grab wheat just to mess with her. Hopefully he'll be more in the mood to play around when that time eventually comes.]

Cold as ever, I see.

[Alright, paying for stuff, and... it is now time to book it. He sets a quick pace as he leaves, more than eager to return to his apartment.]
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-06-01 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
Were you expecting anything else?

[After the checkout, she follows after him. They live in the same apartment, anyway.]
Edited 2013-06-01 08:33 (UTC)
bondsofsuffering: ([Dark] Impossible; yes)

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-06-02 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Mm, not really.

[And now that they're out of the store, he's back to mumbling to himself again. This is going to be a fun trip back.]
Edited 2013-06-02 04:51 (UTC)
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-06-02 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
[The trip back is quiet, with Miyako glancing at him from time to time. Otherwise, she looks around.]
Edited 2013-06-02 11:03 (UTC)
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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-06-02 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[And then they arrive, safe and sound, at the apartment. After unlocking the door, he holds a hand out for the rest of the groceries.]

Was that enough data for you, or should I write you a ten page report too?
Edited 2013-06-02 23:54 (UTC)
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-06-06 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
[She hands over the groceries to him.]

I wouldn't mind it at all, but I would worry the report may get compromised.
Edited 2013-06-06 05:10 (UTC)
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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-06-06 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, that would be unfortunate, wouldn't it?

[Good thing that report won't ever exist in the first place.]
Edited 2013-06-06 08:38 (UTC)
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[personal profile] capitalbackup 2013-06-10 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
It's better to leave the report for later.
Edited 2013-06-10 08:27 (UTC)

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