EVENT INFO: ENTER MR. SANDMAN (DEFENDERS)

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EVENT INFO: ENTER MR. SANDMAN
DEFENDERS

the basics

So the spirits decided to throw you a party; a feast, in fact. Cool! But then everyone who ate it suddenly collapsed, and now it's just you and a bunch of other confused (and probably still hungry) people with no idea what's happening. Are the feasters dead, or just unconscious? And what was in that food? Unfortunately, there's no time to stop and figure it out.

Almost immediately after the mass-fainting, a sharp rustling begins to echo from all around. Spirits, an army of them, creep purposefully out of the trees. And they aren't the friendly ones who made you all this dinner, either; instead it's those infamous green-eyed spirits, but more than just the one that plagued the last big feast in Beacon— (maybe you guys just shouldn't have parties? just saying)— this time there's more of them. A lot more.

Their exact intentions are unclear, but one thing's for sure: they do not come in peace. Over the next two weeks, these spirits will attack the town and everyone in it, using an arsenal of potent psychic abilities and the spirits' particularly unsettling flavor of physical violence. So grab that comatose body next to you and book it to the nearest safe space, or grab a weapon and get to fighting. It's time to defend the town!

the details

Starting on November 16th, the green-eyed spirits will launch an all-out assault on the citizens of Beacon. Their tactics will include not only their trademark induced hallucinations and general mind games, but physical violence as well. They seem to have recruited— or otherwise coerced— some of the forest's more dangerous inhabitants to their cause, and as a whole they will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal. Whatever that might be. Are they trying to kill you all? Just trying to scare you and going too far? Or is there something else sinister going on? Whatever the case may be, here are a few things you should know about the event itself:

• The attacking spirits will not be frightened away or otherwise diverted from their onslaught of their own free will. As a result, the attack will last the entire duration of the event. Get ready for the long haul, everybody!


• Characters may form groups to fight together (and, in practice, thread together against the spirits). These groups can consist of no more than 4 members, as any higher number would make threads unwieldy.


• Outside of the threads against spirits, characters are welcome to thread with those not in their chosen groups at their leisure.


• Characters can also go solo, naturally.


• Please report any formed groups in the appropriate place below. Your character won't have to spend every waking moment with these folks, but they will be fighting alongside them, so choose wisely!


• Mod responses (playing the attacking spirits) will come readily to threads that request it or that are obviously geared toward fighting the spirits, but beware: the attacking spirits may appear suddenly in any thread on the event log.


• Characters may alter the setting by building structures to better defend the town. Report any defenses constructed in the appropriate place below.


• Additional things to report include any property destruction, permanent injuries, or deaths.


• The reporting threads on this post will be used throughout the event! Anything not reported here will NOT count as game canon.

Additionally, players are welcome to use this post for OOC event plotting! In fact, please do, as not everyone in the game has access to each other's plurks! If you'd like, you can use the small form below to kickstart your plotting plans:

<b>player:</b> (feel free to put your contact info here if you like!) <b>character(s):</b> <b>plans:</b> (have any plans already? or do you have plans you'd like to make? let the world know! this includes any groups you've joined, if you're going solo, or if you'd like to be part of a group!) <b>notes:</b> (anything else worth mentioning, like permissions/opt-outs/hiatuses/etc.?)

the defenders

Rosinante	callada
Zihuan Cao Pi	pure_havoc
Xayah	featherknives
Vanitas	evulsed
Jason Todd	mind_blown
Akira Kurusu	survivaltricks
Masaomi Kida	mellowyellow
Bucky Barnes	worthallthis
Crowley	sauntered_downward
Javert	policier
Jason Grace	notthatjason
Misty Day	shadowsran
Riku	equinoctials
Ellever Brandt	antiwhat
Kuai Liang	paletteswap
Prompto Argentum	techtype
Eleven	savingthrows
Nancy Wheeler	keenely
Jon Snow	song_of_ice
Ambrose Spellman	necromantiae
Steve Harrington	fawcetted
Quentin Coldwater	moderatelymaladjusted
Hope Mikaelson	tribridfreakshow
Noob Saibot	saibot
Dana Scully	paraskeptic
Klaes Ashford	patriotnow
Rosalind Lutece	originallutece
Remington Swann	axegirlfriend
Allie Pressman	mayorly
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret	luxoraculi
M.K.	darkeyed
Nyx Ulric	nyxulric

the tl;dr

• November 16: the green-eyed spirit assault begins


• November 29: whether they succeed in their mysterious goals or are defeated, the spirits retreat

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Comments

[pure_havoc]

I mean, it's about time Cao Pi met Vanitas directly and learned what he is. Free to slide into a fight with him?

[pure_havoc]

Good time for an abrupt and bloody meeting? It's not like Cao Pi is the type to get huffy at women fighting, quite the contrary. His wife can kick his ass.

[pure_havoc]

oooh is it time for Akira to meet Cao Pi? The hard way.

[worthallthis]

Bucky obviously is here for this since it was probably partially his idea. It's the most easily defensible place :|

[originallutece]

Absolutely! Maybe on day two or three?

[originallutece]

she absolutely is worried about that and also just in general is trying to like . . . be proactive and set a bunch of traps rather than waiting for the worst. so yes please come help and also possibly get attacked? with her? be in a group with her?

+1 super soldier

[worthallthis]

player: Gail, poke me at cacopheny on plurk
character(s): Bucky
plans: I intend for him to do a lot of bouncing around fighting with various other Beacon Bits because 1) I want all the CR, 2) he's GOOD at this shit, and wants to spread out his talents a bit, and 3) there's a ton of people he actually kinda cares about around, both comatose and not, and he wants to keep them safe :| Home base is gonna be the Invincible, but he'll be making forays out daily probably.
notes: Heads up, he will not be sleeping much this event, though he will be eating like crazy to fuel all the fighting.

[originallutece]

What's up murder child, want someone who will encourage said murder?

i'd love for them to get caught somewhere together and the two of them work together, ros with her science and el with her powers

[originallutece]

I want gore, give me gore. And give me these two selfish assholes absolutely trying to abandon the other because can you imagine.

[worthallthis]

yes good. they absolutely need to work together some on this event. prove to Javert he knows how to use all those knives, has good tactical thinking, is a Very Good Asset, and maybe show off a grenade in front of him :D

he's also holing up at the Invincible on the rare occasions he stops to catnap and refuel, so.

[originallutece]

kicks in the door i want practical redhead cr

[worthallthis]

El come fight with your Soldier buddy. he will be suitably impressed with your skill.

and he will shoot/stab anything that gets within like 5 feet of her, if he's around at the time, jsyk. protect the friend

[darkeyed]

player: Shira! Feel free to add me at whatinthefuck if I haven't added you already and yell about plotting with me. :3
character(s): M.K.
plans: No set plans yet, but I was really attracted to the defender role as this isn't the first time M.K.'s encountered people stuck in a mass sleep. It's a whole thing sdlfkjfg but basically he legit started a war to save them, and he'll instinctively want to help the "sleepers." I love what kind of feelings a similar situation might bring out. :3

He's 110% a melee type who'll be going toe-to-toe against the spirits, so he's a good person to have if you need someone to do some protecting, or a fight buddy, or just a warm body to use a distraction while you run away. I'd absolutely be down to be someone's partner or put him in a group somewhere! Tbh, I'm a basic bitch, I'm gunning for the CR building that comes out of survival team-up shenanigans.
notes: I guess his abilities if you need them? Otherwise, I'm down for all manner of death or serious injury.

[worthallthis]

even if it is slow I still want at least one team-up fight with these two boys

[callada]

Oh yes definitely - and once I'm back I can tag hella all kinds of fast because I'll be home for the remainder of the week with jet lag catchup and the holiday after!

[worthallthis]

Bucky does not trust the rooms unless they have no windows. he's all for putting cots/pillows/mattresses on the floor of the main room/storerooms/kitchen for highest defensibility. but if you put people on like the very top floor and have constant patrols he might be persuaded to use actual beds up there.

[worthallthis]

please don't antagonize his handlers, Crowley

[darkeyed]

YAAAAS, GET YO OVERPOWERED BERSERKER ON.

[policier]

yes!! we can probably handwave that they've sparred with each other a few times and are therefore at least somewhat familiar with each other's fighting styles and habits.

[paraskeptic]

oh hell yes, i'm especially here for abrupt and bloody!

[paraskeptic]

YES PLEASE

[paraskeptic]

please let dana work with/treat murder child

[callada]

I am going to make sure these two meet in this event, one way or another! He'll definitely end up injured one way or another, I just have a feeling, so she'll be a huge help.

[policier]

that's smart tbh. i'm all for them teaming up to defend the lab! javert will probably be very reluctant to leave her there on her own anyway since she can't fight that well yet.

[evulsed]

i'll give her the heads up !!

eta: she says yes i'll start us a pp!