⇨ 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

[atouts]

Oh, the crows

[ Yes, Childermass. The crows. He looks up towards them. ]

They're hardly new. I've been able to create small constructs made of shadow for some time now, though I have never made so many before. Most I ever did at the carnival itself was leave one to watch the medical tent from time to time.

[pipers_son]

And now they were watchin' me. Care ta tell me why, or is it a surprise?

[He's really not in the mood for them right now.]

[atouts]

Had them keeping an eye out for people, that's all.

[ And just how sinister that is heavily depends on who they find. ]

If you think you're in danger, don't bother. You're hardly a threat, Joker, and it doesn't do much harm to drop by and say hello.

[pipers_son]

Yeesh, give a fella some warnin' before ya ruin his confidence like that.

[Although not really. Joker isn't a magician, and he's not (really) a fighter, although the latter tends to lose in fights against the former anyway as it is.]

So who is a threat, if ya don't mind me askin'?

[atouts]

[ It would be dishonest to claim otherwise, Joker, that's all, that's all. ]

You're a smart man. I'm sure you can take a few good guesses at the answers to that.

[pipers_son]

A smart man who doesn't know all the cards in play. [Magic, smarts, who has the Ringmaster's ear- could be one or all of them.]

[Still- ]

So is it CY-Ren that's worried or yerself? [Time to at least reveal that card.]

[atouts]

I worry about it so CY-Ren doesn't have to. You and the rest of the carnival are beneath her attention.

[ Said matter-of-factly, of course. Like, sure, that's insulting, but it's true (in his mind) and that makes it perfectly alright to say out loud. ]

[pipers_son]

[It's the manor all over again, although somehow Childermass casually being a dick isn't all that surprising.]

And yet she still- [kidnapped] -convinced ya ta join her, so I'm surprised she bothered if that's the case.

[atouts]

[ It's his natural state of being, just less subtle this time around. ]

It was not her who convinced us of anything. She only showed us the way.

[ The Void took care of the rest. ]

[pipers_son]

Well, I'd say that still takes effort... unless it's that easy, then?

[Go on, keep talking, he's fine with it.]