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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2014-09-21 12:01 am

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!
skeletonenigma: (jawfallingoff)

[personal profile] skeletonenigma 2014-10-28 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Magic," Skulduggery says. "Which I'm sure comes as a surprise to you. The important thing isn't what killed me; it's what brought me back. I was blocked from moving on, and when I saw that my death was doing exactly what it was intended to do - demoralising my side of the war - I grew angry. That anger's what tethered me to my skeleton."

For a moment, Skulduggery pauses.

"It got the best of me once," he continues, "and a lot of people ended up dead. My control's reached a point where it takes significant interference to overrule it. Magical poison, apparently, qualifies."
wrathfulkhan: (Fascinating // khalkhbataar)

[personal profile] wrathfulkhan 2014-10-30 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"So your anger brought you back from death." He is absolutely going to keep that information in his back pocket in case he dies in battle and needs to become a seething ghostly ragemonster. Gene no.

"And it was the cultists' poison that fractured your calm again." Just so he's clear. An explanation for his behavior, though not an excuse. (The same could be said of Gene himself, for his many poor choices and the myriad tragedies that have made him the way they did.) "So their poison can...erode control?" Wow, keep it the hell away from him, thanks.