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lostcarnival2018-09-16 07:16 pm
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⇨ WYLD HUNT
Who: Everyone!
When: Day 100
Where: Shabondamashii
What: The Wyld Hunt unexpectedly crashes the Shabon's dimension, leaving chaos in its wake. Those that have been with the carnival for a while might recognize it as the personal army of a fae called the Huntsman - also known as one of the Ringmaster's age old rivals, whom she dethroned thousands of years ago. The last we heard of him, he was pursuing the carnival, and it turns out he found them faster than anyone thought.
Warnings: Violence, theoretical cannibalism.
When: Day 100
Where: Shabondamashii
What: The Wyld Hunt unexpectedly crashes the Shabon's dimension, leaving chaos in its wake. Those that have been with the carnival for a while might recognize it as the personal army of a fae called the Huntsman - also known as one of the Ringmaster's age old rivals, whom she dethroned thousands of years ago. The last we heard of him, he was pursuing the carnival, and it turns out he found them faster than anyone thought.
Warnings: Violence, theoretical cannibalism.
THE AUTUMN MOON↴ There isn't any warning. You might not even notice what's happening at first, with the approach of the threat happening as spontaneously as a zombie uprising. You're minding your own business, enjoying Shabon, when a random alien charges you on foot with sudden and aggressive intent. Whether or not you can throw them off or defeat them, you'll soon find they weren't alone. An entire army is descending upon the city now, and the carnival is the target. ► THEY ARE LEGION: The Wyld Hunt comes in all shapes and sizes, with beasts and men from all kinds of different universes having been caught up in its sway. Those that have been in the Hunt for a long while have more or less completely lost themselves - they now function only as part of a pack, hunting whatever the Huntsman wishes and consuming what their prey leaves behind upon death. Some members of the Hunt are newer and more unsure, but they are all a part of a psychic hive mind that compels them to move as a unit. Everyone in the Wyld Hunt instinctively know what the Huntsman wants them to do, even if they never speak to him. Their skills, powers, and physicalities are all over the board, but there are a notably large quantity of Wyld Fae among them, often being used as mounts by more powerful humanoids within the Hunt. When NPCing members of the Hunt for threading purposes there is a lot of flexibility to what you face, including entities and beasts from your own worlds - provided they are creatures capable of functioning independently. ► HUNT OR BE HUNTED: When set upon by the Hunt, it is easy to become overwhelmed. Unfortunately, in that situation, the only way to beat them is to join them. Beginning to hunt alongside the others will immediately pacify them against you. As soon as you start to follow, the thrum of the Huntsman's will will start to take over - the more you hunt, the harder it is to turn away from it. If you do stop, or successfully oppose the compulsion, they will be quick to set upon you again. Like the others, you will feel the craving to consume any individuals the Hunt has felled - you must resist this, because once you have eaten the prey of the Hunt, you'll be trapped within it indefinitely. ► WORN OUT WELCOME: The people of Shabon are used to crisis, but this is a bit beyond what even they are prepared to tolerate. The Hunt will be causing collateral, both of the human and the material sort. While the workers in Shabon have very well practiced escape procedures in the event of something like this, the other guests are not as fortunate. Plenty of them are capable of fighting back on their own, but they will not always be capable of avoiding the hordes. The longer this goes on, the worse it will get. Eventually, the Shabon workers will realize who the Hunt is after and start actively trying to turn carnival members over to them in order to make it stop. ► IN TWO PARTS: Tragically, this turn of events and the realization that she's managed to put everyone in danger once again will be what finally causes the Ringmaster to split in two. One side will immediately become disinterested in using violence to counter this problem, while the other will be desperate and reckless. This will also completely screw her ability to get anyone back to the carnival in time. There will be at least one Megathread dealing with her actions during this. PLEASE NOTE: This is a conflict the carnival is meant to survive, not win. The main point of this is to get the plot rolling in a new direction, so don't worry about figuring out how to defeat the Huntsman, because in this moment it basically won't be possible. Have fun threading out the crisis, and see where it leads. I wanted to be up front about that, as opposed to letting everyone grasp at straws to prevent a result that will be inevitable, even if the details will shift. |
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He tries to keep himself from rambling off into vocal contemplation of other variables.
"But the idea behind it, I think it's good. It's not stupid, it's bright." For perhaps the first time this excursion, Yuusei's dark half smiles. "You're a bright kid, Reira."
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"...thanks..." Thanks big time, really.
...They're going to hit trouble soon aren't they.
i just like. really needed him to comfort reira for real before shit went down.
Yuusei's done well so far at avoiding much trouble, he thinks, though he certainly doesn't plan on letting up now, not when he still has a very precious passenger. And it seems like his luck's about run out by now, a realisation that dawns upon him when he hears a distant snarl grow suddenly closer. He whips around to strike it with his pipe-
-only to recoil as he and Reira are met with his own face.
Yuusei's light half looks like hell, the exhaustion he managed to put himself through during the week beyond evident across his ravenous visage. Darksei's hesitation provides a great opening to strike, and the enthralled taur rakes a set of red-matted claws down his other half's side. His foreclaws grip Darksei's own and tear through their scales while attempting to shove him to the ground. There's a sharp cry of pain, but it's quickly stifled as the less ideal of the two swings the pipe across the other's chest and scrambles back up to his feet, barely saving himself from a fall.
Reira's still back there. If this was anyone else it would be an easy fight, a hard blow to the head and he could let them bleed out while the two escape, but if he or his light half kill one another...
If he can't strike with full force, there's a strong chance he'll be brought down, potentially crushing Reira in the process. And if he doesn't take care of this quickly, his light half will surely go after her next. She wouldn't stand a chance.
With this in mind, in the seconds Lightsei takes to recover from the blunt wound to his sternum, Darksei backpedals abruptly and shoves his foreclaws against the ground, throwing himself up onto his butt and attempting to throw Reira off into some nearby brush.
"I can't keep us both safe like this, Reira!" he calls, collecting himself just as quickly and preparing to fight his double one-on-one. "So run! I'll find you when this is over!" And then, as he charges toward his 'ideal' self,
"I'm sorry."
EYYY
And she does. She does run, but only after staring a few moments. Until it's clear it's too dangerous to stand there because now she's not on some pinnacle of safety she's on the ground, and...
She hates this, really.
(At least she'll find Tyki later.)