⇨ INVASION!

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone! But especially HARBINGERS!
When: S2:D16-22
Where: All over Wismuth!
What: As the Harbingers reveal themselves, those among the carnival that Creation has chosen will start to discover new powers within themselves. It's because they're magical girls, yo.
Warnings: Harbingers being assholes.

HARBINGERS OF VOID↴ On Day 16, the Harbingers begin revealing their new selves... in the form of wreaking havoc on the city! CY-Ren isn't looking for mass panic or serious structural damage - instead she wants constant annoyances and distractions, of the sort that will keep those that might be on her tail distracted from her true plans. However, when Creation is faced with the threat of twelve new Harbingers, it will have to fight in kind... ► HARBINGERS: Your job is to use your powers to create messes for other people to clean up! CY-Ren gives no specific instructions outside of a general framework... flex your powers! See what you can do. Don't destroy the city or anything, but give Creation a run for its money. She needs these civilians alive for her later plans. ► STAR GUARDIANS: Twelve members of the carnival have been chosen by Creation to fight in its name, even if they don't realize it yet. When confronted by the Harbinger's chaos, their Sparks will make themselves known in whatever form is appropriate to the character - and they will be asked if they are willing to use the power of their soul to fight the darkness. How this scene plays out can be flexible, but essentially they will find themselves faced with the question: are they willing to fight for the preservation of life? If they say yes, their Spark will emerge, and they will be able to trigger a magical girl transformation, as you do. ► CHARITY CONCERT: While everyone else is busy with the sudden rise of the Harbingers, CY-Ren's PR team is releasing a statement -- they will say that new information has revealed that there had been bomb threats made against the canceled concert, which are now being blamed for the damages. CY-Ren will make a personal statement, saying that in order to apologize for the failure of her previous performances, a new free to attend event is being planned for the near future - people who had tickets to the previous event and had to go home early get top priority!

Comments

[textsfromhotland]

So... cute...!! Alphys has to suppress a squee. This is serious!

"Get pumped?" She looks at her staff. Well, she's already pretty excited to be a magical girl... she raises her staff into the air.

"Mew Mew Kissy... Heart Shot!"

A beam of pink light erupts from the staff and hits the truck dead on. There's an ear-piercing sound of metal scraping pavement as the beam pushes it out of the way of traffic.

[hurtcomfort]

Well that sure as hell gets Cole's attention. The memory theater stops for a moment as he looks over to Alphys and the truck. He runs back over to Alphys and the two familiars.

While Cole's expression is more neutral, Nigella is ecstatic. "You did it!" she squeaks, as she gives Alphys a big grin. "And what an amazing attack name! You should help Guardian Memory over here, he's still kind of awful in that area."

"But I don't think I want to..." Cole grumbles, barely audible over his familiar's high-pitched enthusiasm.

[textsfromhotland]

Alphys is BEAMING. She did the thing! And she didn't screw it up!

"Y-you really like my attack name?" She asks. "I just- well, it's sort of based on this series that I really like..."

She taps her fingers together nervously.

[hurtcomfort]

Happy that she's found someone with a fine eye for genre appreciation and not her friggen weirdo of a partner, Cole's familiar just continues to chatter.

"Of course I like it! It's powerful, it's flashy, it's super cute, you've got everything right that a good attack name should have! Oooh, do you have a pose as well?"

It's obvious that Cole is getting absolutely nothing out of this conversation but is too polite to just forcibly yank Nigella away. As such, he awkwardly hangs out on the sidelines.

[textsfromhotland]

"A p-pose?" Alphys thinks for a minute. "Not officially, but I was kind of thinking about something like this?"

She holds her staff up in one hand, her other hand on her hip, and one leg kicking up at the knee. "How's that?"

Meanwhile, Ondeen floats over in Cole's direction. "I'm starting to wonder if perhaps Nigella should have been Alphys' familiar..."

[hurtcomfort]

Alphys is making Nigella the happiest magical spirit nug known to man. She downright squeals with excitement. "That's so CUTE! It looks a bit wobbly though, how easily can you hold it?"

Cole's a bit more relieved now that he's got someone to talk to and doesn't have to just awkwardly watch this conversation. He nods a little as he looks over at Ondeen. "Can familiars swap? It would make Nigella happier to have someone who's better at this."