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

[equinoctials]

player: Dubs
character(s): Riku
plans: Still working out whether it's viable but Riku may start bringing people to the Armory, if that's too far, he'll be trying to round up others to help defend and secure the Church. Willing to take a partner, largely he'll be popping in to help others as Riku has a tendency to Go It Alone, and a group of three or four would be too much for me with my schedule (and I'm in Japan right now).
notes: Riku's been incapable of summoning his keyblade since last month which means all his magical and healing abilities are inaccessible. He'll be fighting with a broadsword he acquired a week ago from the Armory and, of course, still has the powers of Darkness so there's that!!

I'd like him to recover use of the Keyblade, but being KH garbage I would want this to be a Dramatically Appropriate Moment involving protecting friends, blah blah. You know the deal...

[sauntered_downward]

What about the Invincible as a central location to bring people (particularly Dreamers?). There's food there and places to rest.

[equinoctials]

True, it's fairly difficult to defend due to... windows, many points of entry, but it's more dangerous being in the open!

[darkeyed]

We deffo need a thing when you (and he) are back in action. *__* GRABBY HANDS.........

[equinoctials]

don't you give me that icon how dare you first of all

Yes, yes we do! Hey, want to team up at some point, or we could do some downtime between fights licking our proverbial wounds kind of thing?

[darkeyed]

Sorry, did you say MORE.

Hmm, is Riku going to be around once the event hits, or before? As much as I love me some dark bro team-ups, if he's back from his sabbatical before shit hits the fan, we could even do something set earlier like "whoa look at this weird feast" or something. I vote whichever option lets him huff and puff at Riku for being gone like a million years, excuse. X(

[equinoctials]

He'll be around before, but hey, maybe MK and Riku get heated about his sabbatical and that's why they didn't eat?

[darkeyed]

OMG YOU’RE BACK AND YOU DIDN’T TELL HIM, WTH

Spoiler alert: nobody eats because M.K. flips the whole table on Riku’s head.

[pure_havoc]

ooh I hope Japan is fun!

But Cao Pi would be available at some point to check on him, maybe older brother him. Riku stop dying for everybody this isn't canon.

[equinoctials]

It's been a blast so far!

Riku is also going to be going around checking on people, mutual checking in!! And canon considered I'm still stunned we've made it this long and this far and Riku hasn't been frowned upon my RNG-sus. Tempting fate? Yeah probably

[pure_havoc]

You're gonna jinx it Dubs!! Anyway yes, good. Some brief fight teamups are good, let's see if they can get the attention of some monsters.

[evulsed]

can't believe riku is a knight i'm losing my fucking mind

[equinoctials]

shut up van i'm living my dark knight dreams

[moderatelymaladjusted]

You know me, always up for something. AND this time, Quentin isn’t a messed up mess that needs hugs. He does however need a little help getting at least one sleeper to somewhere safer than a cabin in the woods? Open to anything, really.

[equinoctials]

That's a lie, Q always needs hugs.

Riku will absolutely help with that! I really love that too because... I don't know, that whole tanking for the glass cannon mage thing? And Riku won't have access to his own magic/magical weapon at the time, they both have handicaps to work around while protecting their friends!

[moderatelymaladjusted]

Come hug him by the cabins! And help him lug Eliot around. That dude is 6'something and has legs for miles.

They can fight together or Riku can take Eliot and Quentin can shoot arrows at shit - he's really good at it. So, maybe they won't die immediately?

[moderatelymaladjusted]

Timeline?