⇨ The Tourist Trap: WEEK 4

[ringleaders]

Who: Anyone, anywhere in Portland.
When: October 22nd - 31st, 2017
Where: In Portland, for the last time.
What: The seasons change as the Winter Court seizes a surprise victory, claiming both the Tree of Life's pendant and the blood catalyst needed to take control of the Severing Ritual. Meanwhile, interdimensional problems are about to get more weird. Check out the conflict results for the attack on the Circle as well as the Beast's attack on the Summer Court here.
Warnings: Individually marked!

DAYS OF WINTER↴ As the end of October nears, so does the grasp of winter. On the night of the 22nd, it will freeze overnight, and the temperature will drop for the following days. As the night grow long, world-wide magic slowly reaches it apex, set to reach it on the night of Halloween. With so many factors at play, knowing what to do with that moment of power may be a challenge. ► FULL CIRCLE: The Angels succeed in their planned attack on the Circle, managing to get to the living quarters of the Council members with the help of Ashleigh Mischief. The plan goes without much resistance from the mages or from the demons attempting to claim the ritual object for their own. Of course, when the fae make a surprise attack on the Angels after they flee the scene, it has the surprise result of the Winter Court ended up with the pendant in their talons. Threads for this attack can be done in this log. If you need mod direction at all, let us know, but otherwise feel free to NPC demons, angels, or random Circle members as you require. ► THE QUEEN'S GARDEN: Realizing that the Rose Queen is distracted with attempting to claim the pendant, the Beast will summon her co-conspirators to raid the Queen's gardens. The ultimate plan seems to be to get the Beast far enough into the gardens to kill the Queen, while also rescuing as many changelings as possible along the way. As it turns out, this doesn't go well. While they do manage to penetrate the gardens with Childermass's help, the Rose Queen, Ignatius, and Nightshade happen to all be there. Seriously outnumbered, even by the Beast's terms, it will take everything the group has to just make it out alive, sustaining heavy injuries as they go. In the end they will manage to rescue Greg universe and four additional changelings that were imprisoned there, but any damage done to the Summer Court itself will be negligible. Threads for this can also be played out here! ► REFLECTIONS: As the ritual draws closer, the line between this reality and the one you came from will also be becoming less clear. Regaining memories is not required, but it will naturally become easier to occur, especially if you're already started receiving them. It's a good time to start making connections, while you still have the chance. ► THE SEVERING: One way or another, the Severing is going to make an impact on both this world and the lives of those trapped inside of it. The Angels are going to be making an attempt to interrupt the Winter Court's ritual, as will the Summer Court and Anath's forces. Whoever comes up on top will be the ones to decide what to be done with it. Yet, with news that the Severing continuing could cause irreversible damage to the planet's spirit, it could feel like there are no perfect options. There will be an event header put up for this by the mods closer to the end of July. (NOTE: canon powers will returning while the ritual is in progress, so keep that in mind for planning - both sets of powers will be active.)

Comments

[kingsroads]

Let's be real, Strange is a bit of an immature asshole even when he doesn't have fake memories bouncing around his head.

Thankfully for that fae, the force bolt whizzes past him, cutting him in the side but not knocking him out. Strange just widens his eyes and quickly turns to try and knock out a different angel with magic, this isn't him trying to turn his back and pretend he didn't do this, no siree.

"Of course it's happening in Portland!" Strange responds, in a 'no duh' sort of tone. "This is where all the nonsense started to begin with!"

[pipers_son]

If they weren't in the middle of a life or death clusterfuck battle, Joker would take the time to laugh at that. Unfortunately, no time, and it's clear Strange won't be convinced- at least not now. For obvious reasons. So Joker takes off a shoe and chucks it at the back of his head instead.

"Then don't act so surprised!" he calls before he darts through the air to take care of other business. There's an amulet to defend.

And then lose.

[kingsroads]

That shoe hits him hard on the back of his head. Swearing slightly, Strange turns around only to find that Joker's already vanished.

At least he's got a shoe? What the hell is he going to do with this, this is a dude's shoe, it's not even his size.

Oh well. Strange turns back to the combat at hand, still grumbling and whining under his breath about the shoe to his head. Though really, what's one angel in the grand scheme of things? They've an amulet to steal in the first place. (This will not work).