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recollecters) wrote in recolle2017-07-30 08:54 am
JULY EVENT LOG 2.0
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CRASH AND BURN The last day of the ReConvention finds con-goers crowding the convention center for last-minute panels and purchases. The halls fill with attendees bartering for wares, attending autograph sessions and showing off their cosplays. But for a select number of people, time is of the essence. Those who scanned their QR codes at the Retrospec booth will notice that their countdown clock draws closer to zero. With each second ticking closer and closer to the end, a sense of urgency settles around the crowd. But, perhaps you’re one of the ones who will carry on as if nothing is happening. Or maybe you didn’t scan your code at all. It doesn’t matter though. There’s nothing stopping the clock from its descent backwards, and as the timer strikes zero a loud, piercing roar echoes off of every wall of the convention center. I. Those who were brave enough to scan their received QR codes (and even those who didn't but received one regardless) will find that their mobile devices shock them, a quick electric burst that leaves behind a white-hot sort of pain. When you open your eyes after the initial hit, a floating treasure chest appears. While there may be multiple chests surrounding you, it seems you may only open those with your name on them. Another beam of light shines upon opening your prizes, orbs skyrocketing through the air as they circle briefly before settling around you. A surge of energy ignites within, and for some lucky few new companions and items have also been rewarded to those who played Jim's game. But…perhaps they aren't the ones you expected. Perhaps they make no sense at all. Why not give them a try? II. But seeing how the convention center continues to shake, it might be better to find out what’s up. The source of chaos can be traced back to Seto Kaiba's gaming booth as a projector in the wall releases monster after monster that pour out of the projection and come to life. Though the TV above Kaiba’s booth is shattered, the projector keeps rolling and the monsters appear while destroying the booth itself in their haste to be free. Among the rubble left behind the blue glow of the Retrospec symbol shines brightly from a side-panel of the projector. For those in the convention center, there is the option to run and hide. With the building shifting due to the onslaught of attacks, piles of drywall, cracks and crevices and more provide for good hiding spots to give you time to make a new plan. Of course, there's always the fight option. What will it take to bring these beasts down? Maybe it's best to lure them outside instead and away from civilians. III. Or perhaps that was a bad idea. Whether citizens manage to wrangle the monsters outside or not the beasts will make their way out on their own, fighting amongst themselves and chasing people through the city's streets. Even those who didn't attend the convention will find that the infestation spreads to every district of the city itself, and their QR-given items and abilities kick in. They aren't going for the kill, but they will follow any moving target including those who aren't on the Retrospec network. Though these citizens may run, hide or need rescuing, if asked they will simply remark that the city's always had a bit of a monster problem. However, now that the fight's moved outside, it's easier to see the distinct red tint to the monsters' eyes every time they blink. A monster that has to forcibly change direction will flicker for a moment, like an image buffering and loading. Even when a monster unleashes an attack, some fighters may take the full impact while others get away with minor to no damage. In those moments, it's easier to bring them to a halt. When a monster meets its demise though, something strange happens. The flickering is more rapid and faster, and the creature will dissolve into black blocks and spores that evaporate into thin air. What the hell was that? Now probably isn't the best time to ask questions. IV. The fighting rages on but with the sun still hanging in the sky it's impossible to tell what time it is. One of the monsters seems to have knocked out the nearby cell phone tower, too, taking down not only cell phone reception, but the entire Retrospec network as well. It goes on for what feels like hours with the sun beating down from above. Retrospec users battle monsters and fight to reconnect while the network errors out any time someone tries to send a message about the city under attack. It seems as though a new wave of monsters appear just as the last one dies down. It's with a sudden jolt that reception on your mobile device returns, but Retrospec appears to be in a maintenance mode where the network is still inaccessible. A quick glance at the date on your phone reveals that instead of the mere hours you thought, nearly five days have passed by and you realize the date is now August 3rd. Upon that realization everyone's devices begin to chime with several notifications and the monsters all seem to pause for one brief moment. Not long after, Retrospec members will also find themselves frozen in place no matter how hard they struggle. The spell on the monsters breaks as they swoop upon these unfortunate few, picking them up in their claws, hands or mouths. A large swirling portal opens not far away and one by one creatures dive straight through the portal with the Retrospec users. These portals may spit you out anywhere in the city, but several of them send residents to Peach Beach. Strangely, the monsters are nowhere to be found, but way out in the distance appears to be a creature, swallowing up the ocean in a swirl of waves. You can try to run out to fight it, but the moment your feet touch what used to be the ocean floor a forcefield throws you back to the sand allowing the ocean to slip away right before your eyes. The moment the last drop is drained, that monster disappears, too. What happens next? To be continued… And welcome to the wrap-up of the ReConvention! As Prompt IV says, monster attacks will continue through all five days (July 30th, 31st, August 1st, 2nd and 3rd) and the network will not be accessible to anyone in-game from now until August 3rd when a mod-posted Retrospec post goes live! Please feel free to play with the monster attacks as you wish! You can have your characters escape via glitches in the monsters, or you can fight the monsters and and your character can actually take damage for a real battle (though death is not an option at this time.) We leave that up to you!
Please do not post any threads in this log or in your inboxes set for after this log just yet! We will be setting up August's event via this log and for plot purposes we ask that you refrain from doing anything prior to our Retrospec post on 8/3. Those who are in Group One or Group Two will learn more about their small-focus teams on August 3rd when your logs goes live. Please direct questions about this log to the mod comment here. Thanks! |
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She turned in the air as the bolt of lightning hit the ground where she had been, hitting the wall behind her feet first and almost crouching down on it before she sprung forward and grabbed onto still-intact street light, using it like a acrobats pole to spin her forward and across the street, where she landed on the sidewalk with a little 'oomph.'
Well. Those new relaxes were handy sometimes. Even if she looked surprised she'd managed that.
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Explanations have to wait until later, and he knows it. He has to take the opening she gave him. Sorry, dude, your car was already broken up, I'm only using a part of it? That is an entire bumper being sent at the stormbird. The bird can twist in mid-air, too, altering its dive, but it is still listing to the damaged side. Togusa connects with a few more shots, at least he got it to pull out of whatever it was going to attack next.
Yes, good. He can see some people starting to file out of the back of one of the buildings, and the bird is too focused on them to go after them. Good. "Keep it up a little more!" Togusa encourages. The people are actually the priority.
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Now that it was really focused on them, she reached out to tug another sign, this one a speed limit sign, and hurl it up into the air, punching through the wing next to one of the engines, which didn't do as much damage as she might've liked. It did earn her another burst of lightning, this one much easier to dodge though.
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The sign that he's focusing again, the yellow energy surrounds Togusa's hands again, but this time, the accompanying glow is on the bird, itself. He is trying to latch on to the outer section of that injured wing. It makes a nice visible target. He lets out a sound of effort as he tries to pull. His power is at least slowing that wing down, and the bird seems to stutter in the air. But he might not be able to wrench it all the way off himself. The glow grows brighter, a visible shimmer in the air between Togusa's hand and the section of the bird's wing. Come on. Come on, we've got this.
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Hm.
She rubbed her hands together before reaching up as well, but the only external evidence of what she was doing was a faint shimmer in the air around her fingers as she latched onto the wing with her powers. She could already feel it creaking and groaning under Togusa's strength.
So she sucked in a breath, closed her eyes, and wrenched with everything she had.
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The Stormbird begins to plummet, with one wing not enough to keep it aloft, but the jets on it fire wildly in vain to try to keep it aloft. It only shoots it faster towards the ground. Togusa gasps a breath out, and staggers towards Eleanor, gets as close as he can, before he lets go of the wing, and wraps a shield around the both of them, protecting them from the Stormbird's last attempt to take them with it.
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"We need to-" but then she felt a kind of crackle in the air and realized he was putting up some kind of shield. That was a trick she couldn't pull off, wasn't even sure she was capable of it even! And it wasn't a moment too soon, as the great metal bird smashed into the ground right near them, sending a burst of metal and concrete and bits of ruined cards up into the air in a wave that slammed into Togusa's shield hard enough to knock it, and them, backwards.
But it kept the metal away so, that was nice.
Eleanor rolled as she hit the ground, coming up in a wobbling, automatic motion that had her standing for maybe two seconds before she dropped back onto her butt, staring at the dying metal bird as it thrashed in the street nearby.