⇨ The Tourist Trap: WEEK 2

[ringleaders]

Who: Anyone, anywhere in Portland.
When: October 7st - 14th, 2017
Where: Portland area, in the new reality.
What: The week begins as the time of the Animal Fair finally arrives! Meanwhile, the truth of this reality starts to be revealed, and forces both human and celestial alike attempt to take advantage of a rare opportunity.
Warnings: Individually marked!

BY ANY OTHER NAME↴ Tensions thicken as various supernaturally forces react to the events of the previous week. Something critical is afoot, and it's only a matter of time before things start coming to a head. It's time to find out more about what's happened to this world, and what will happen in its future. ► A NIGHT AT THE FAIR: From the night of the 7th to the morning of the 8th, the Animal Fair is officially in town. There is a top level down below with more information, though you can also RP content from this elsewhere if you wish. The host, who is very likely something called a Wyld Fae (if you discovered that ICly), will be present, but they will only be appearing to you of their own accord and attempting to track them down by force will be ineffective. Just kick back and relax! Fairs are supposed to be fun. ► THORNS IN YOUR SIDE: Culminating in a full fledged attack against the Sanctuary, it would seem that The Rose Queen is declaring war on the changeling population of Portland. Though the vicious attack of thorns against the safe house was eventually stopped, it wasn't without damage, and the black roses that caused it are still popping up around the city and threatening the places where homeless and lost changelings would be likely to congregate. It's obvious now that this is a serious threat - will it ever stop without an intervention? ► HELL ON EARTH: As Anath's march draws near, the first waves of her demons will be entering the city. Primarily acting as scouts and foot soldiers, these demons will be attempting to secure loyalty from the local demon populace, as well as taking out any angels they can manage to catch. It's a level of aggressiveness against heaven's forces that hasn't been seen for years, and it's a foreboding hint of things to come. These demons can be NPCed by anyone, and will mostly be thugs or manipulators who don't know much about Anath's plans but do know that you need to join their side. They are also rowdier than most of the demons in Portland, and are a threat to the innocent mortal populace as well, if they decide to try to get their kicks here. ► THE WIZARD POLICE: The Enlightenment Council seems to have demanded control of the local Circle chapter, and now backup has arrived. These mages are being sent out into the city as if they are a police force, and will be attempting to demand control of various common supernatural areas, as well as questioning community members that they run into. Whatever is going on, it seems to have resulted in the Council instituting what is essentially martial law... of course, not everyone sees any need to heed their demands. If you are a demon, warlock, or other rogue element, expect to be harassed or even attacked by them. These character can be NPCed, and if you need additional information you can ask the mods.

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[puddingemote]

Unfortunately, Tamaki is watching all this.

He doesn't understand a lot of what is happening (what is the Collapse? Who is Anath?), but he does know that the demon is hurting Doll. Whoever he is, he isn't kind to her; he can say he's trying to protect her, but someone who wants to protect doesn't hurt their charge at the same time.

He doesn't care about her eye. He doesn't care what she might have done, if anything, to end up with this demon attached to her. He just knows that Doll is kind, and she doesn't deserve this.

"Let her go!" he yells, even though neither of them can hear him, and he chunks one of the books directly at the back of Knotley's head.

[steadydollypegs]

The book cracks Knotley right in the head, and the reaction is immediate. He turns around, eyes going bright pink and flashing, his tongue coming out long and forked as he hisses in rage. 'Who the FUCK THREW THAT.'

Doll throws his hands off of her and runs, scrubbing her hands over her bangs and trying to cover her eye. He saw, he saw, and she has to get away. Knotley is screaming after her, and her heart feels like it's going to explode she's so panicked.

"Tamaki--" she whispers, almost out of breath as she runs. "--get th'door, make 'im think I ran downstairs-- please!"

[puddingemote]

When Doll starts to run, Tamaki follows after her, going around Knotley so he hopefully won't feel his spirit. He intends to follow her out of the library, but when he hears the whisper, he realizes he needs to break away from her and create a distraction.

So with one last chilly pass through her body, he flies to the door of the stairs and bangs it open, hopefully distracting Knotley long enough for Doll to find another escape route. For now, this is all he can do for her.

[steadydollypegs]

Knotley turns his head towards the sound of the door, and comes to the conclusion Doll hoped he would: that she'd run downstairs instead of continuing to be trapped and chased around. Livid, he oozes down into one of the shadows under a table, darts across the floor, and pops up again to wrench open the stairwell door and continue the 'chase'.

Doll has tucked herself on an empty shelf behind a book cart. She's laying there, shaking and quietly crying while she flattens her hair over her eye. He'll come for her again sometime, she's not sure when, but nowhere is safe apparently.