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ironwood) wrote in tushanshu_logs2014-09-21 12:01 am
Entry tags:
- %event,
- %landfall,
- post: npc,
- thread: anton shudder,
- thread: aya,
- thread: gene khan,
- thread: midii une,
- thread: raine sage,
- thread: skulduggery pleasant,
- thread: solomon wreath,
- thread: tony stark (imaa),
- thread: valdis,
- thread: yami no bakura,
- thread: zatanna zatara,
- † annabeth chase,
- † dante,
- † hayley stark,
- † korra,
- † tavi patronus gaius,
- † thread: enjolras,
- † wan,
- † zelgadis greywords
EVENT | ZUGZWANG | SEPTEMBER 21-28
Characters: ALL!
Date: September 21-28, 2014
Location: Keeliai
Situation: Something in the city has caused the Foreigner's powers to go off the charts, affecting even those who wouldn't possess any. Things pretty much go downhill from there...
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.
The state of affairs in Keeliai has been tense since the incident at the Midnight Hotel with Evandau, and the aftereffects have put a touch of pall on the city. Kedan look at each other distrustfully, wondering who among their number might be possessed by Malicant's essence and that suspicion carries to the Foreigners as well. How can they fight for us? they seem to be asking. They can't even stop fighting amongst themselves and the Emperor. Of course, the kedan's opinion of Evandau is likewise not exactly stellar any longer, as whether through inevitability or design, his cold actions of killing those who cross him has come to light. While there's no open dissent in the ranks (and likely, it seems, more due to fear of repercussion than loyalty) there are certainly looks and whispers.
The turtle hatchlings have also picked up on it, and they've become quieter than normal. Especially those who are suffering under shedding the remainders of Malicant's taint if they were injured by the poisoned weapons, they'll seem hesitant to bother their parents for minor things, or if possible will ask a parent who isn't afflicted first.
It feels like the calm before a storm.
LINKS
Powers Going Haywire (Sept 21-25) | Powers Nullified (Sept 26-27) | PART 2 TBA (Sept 28) | OOC Plot Post
OOC NOTE
Reactions to the Part 2 plot reveal will also be threaded on this post and the comment will be unfrozen when the other posts are made. Event questions can be directed to this comment. Have fun!
Date: September 21-28, 2014
Location: Keeliai
Situation: Something in the city has caused the Foreigner's powers to go off the charts, affecting even those who wouldn't possess any. Things pretty much go downhill from there...
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.
The state of affairs in Keeliai has been tense since the incident at the Midnight Hotel with Evandau, and the aftereffects have put a touch of pall on the city. Kedan look at each other distrustfully, wondering who among their number might be possessed by Malicant's essence and that suspicion carries to the Foreigners as well. How can they fight for us? they seem to be asking. They can't even stop fighting amongst themselves and the Emperor. Of course, the kedan's opinion of Evandau is likewise not exactly stellar any longer, as whether through inevitability or design, his cold actions of killing those who cross him has come to light. While there's no open dissent in the ranks (and likely, it seems, more due to fear of repercussion than loyalty) there are certainly looks and whispers.
The turtle hatchlings have also picked up on it, and they've become quieter than normal. Especially those who are suffering under shedding the remainders of Malicant's taint if they were injured by the poisoned weapons, they'll seem hesitant to bother their parents for minor things, or if possible will ask a parent who isn't afflicted first.
It feels like the calm before a storm.
LINKS
Powers Going Haywire (Sept 21-25) | Powers Nullified (Sept 26-27) | PART 2 TBA (Sept 28) | OOC Plot Post
OOC NOTE
Reactions to the Part 2 plot reveal will also be threaded on this post and the comment will be unfrozen when the other posts are made. Event questions can be directed to this comment. Have fun!
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[...admittedly, half-heartedly. But the message got across well enough: she was less than happy to see him.]
Why? Did you find out about some other relationship of mine you don't approve of?
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[Wan cut himself off before he got too defensive and made things worse. He deserved that remark. He deserved a lot more.
His shoulders slumped and he looked away from her eyes.]
I wanted to apologize. When I said all that... I was wrong. I was wrong and it was wrong of me to say that to you.
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[Which, wrong as it made her seem, led to suspicions about motive. Was he actually sorry? Did he regret telling her the things he did because it hurt her feelings, or because it made their living situation uncomfortable? Did he regret them because somebody else told him he was a jerk? Did he even regret the words at all?]
Then why say it in the first place?
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I didn't want it to be possible. Because if it's possible, then I-
[He took a deep breath and let it out, clearly struggling with the answer.]
Then I can't keep lying to myself.
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About what?
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[Why was she making this so hard? He didn't want to answer this and he knew he had to.]
I have feelings. For a spirit. And it's not right for me to have them.
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You said that already. About me and Jack. [Regardless of the sudden parallel situation between them, she was still more than a little bitter about that conversation.] Yet I bet you can't give me one single reason why not.
...and don't give me that part about marriage and kids and stuff again because you have no idea how much I really don't want to hear about any of that.
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[He rushed out, trying to work that foot back out of his mouth.]
I just... if no one else could have them, if it wasn't possible or right for anyone else, then it was easier for me to ignore. I could pretend it didn't matter.
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Why isn't it right? Still waiting on that part.
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[Wan dropped his hands and squeezed his eyes shut.]
It wasn't about you and Jack. It was never about the two of you and I shouldn't have made it about you. I'm sorry. I was wrong, okay?
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[That's what this was all about.]
You're right. In that you were completely wrong. You're still wrong.
If you really like someone, then it doesn't matter. Whether they're a spirit or human or whatever. [Well, yeah, there were certain lines to draw, but she was assuming that that had nothing to do with this particular conversation.] Do you think she liked you back?
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Wan shook his head.]
I know she doesn't. Not like that.
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[Then things changed. For the better.]
I'm sorry.
[She didn't risk any more comments. Just in case.]
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[Wan said it with a hurt huff.]
I'm the one that's screwed up everything. With her, with you...
I just wanted to apologize. Thank you for letting me to that. I'll leave you alone now.
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[Nobody got a pass on that. Not Batman, not Kyle, not Korra...and certainly not Wan.]
I told Jack. Just so you know.
Not to get you in trouble with him or anything. I tell him everything.
[She had, ever since they'd gotten together.]
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[He didn't really care if she'd done it to get him in trouble with Jack over it or not. The words were hurtful regardless.
Wan offered a bow.]
Thank you again.
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Let's...not do this again. Preferably ever.
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[He took it as meaning he should continue avoiding her. He wasn't surprised she didn't want to see him again after this.]
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[Except...this awful thing had been happening to her recently. The worst. She wanted to blame the time she'd spent living in Keelai, but the truth of it was...she was just growing up. Getting more mature. And mature meant not ignoring the guy who had just apologized and confessed something very private about his past.]
You don't have to do that.
I'll see you at home.
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