Event | Satellite | Spectres!

[ironwood]

Characters: Any and all!
Date: May 23 - 26, 2013
Location: Keeliai, turtleside, ARSHEPHELIOS cluster remains
Situation: Repairs and salvage operations operating innocently have triggered an invasion of spectres that possess and wreak havoc upon all they see.
Warnings/Rating: Please put CW in your subject lines

Satellite Crash Event

Crash Landing | Salvage Party | Shocking Spectres


Questions | Keeliai | ARSHEPHELIOS


Salvage is sweet, but not all is well on board the ARSHEPHELIOS cluster. The seamless cylinders salvaged from debris and the cluster, now being frequently traded, turn out to be pods the first time one is penetrated or cracked open. Each breached pod releases a flood of energy-based apparitions hellbent on world domination -- or, more accurately, person domination (and it's not the fun kind).

These apparitions -- spectres, if you will -- are driven by a need to protect the technology of the satellite cluster that their pods are associated with. They will stop at nothing to see this through. Each is immune to physical attacks, but seem to be injured or dissipated entirely by things like electrical shock or other energy-based projections. If people touch them, there is also a brief window of vulnerability, but it acts also like a door that swings both way. Through contact, these spectres can and will invade one's psyche, take over their body and cause them to attack friend or foe alike! Should the possessed body be subjected to sufficient electrical shock, the possession should fade. Strong natural will can also drive the spectres out, but it is no walk in the park to do so. Possession is not the only tool in the arsenal, for these spectres use electricity as their main offensive weapon. They'll leave deep-tissue burns on anyone they fight, and show no degree of fatigue after constant use of it.

Ten thousand of these creatures will be freed from pods, resulting in a veritable flood of Keeliai, the turtleside, and the satellite cluster. With such a driven enemy, it comes down to killing or being killed.

Meanwhile, those taking shelter indoors may notice that the spectres will get into the biomechanical functions of Keeliai. Consoles will be malfunctioning during this time, with lines of mysterious code and strange, ghostly images. One might hear people screaming for help or hours of patchy radio static.

Comments

[notdreaming]

[ She slams into the wall hard, and though it doesn't seem to hurt her much it does impede her movement even more. Inside Kara is cheering, he's doing a great job of keeping her contained. Unfortunately now she's a little concerned. He's tough, and... she's not sure she's going to survive this encounter. ]

[angermanaging]

[Now that she's pinned against the wall, it's much easier to get a hold on her, and Hulk completely forgets any strategic intention not to let her get distance between them. She's much more of a threat far away, as he's a far stronger close range fighter, and she's fast enough to avoid things thrown at her-- he knows that already.

But as always, his rage blanks out conscious thought and gets away from him. With a rumbling shout of victory, he uses his hold to fling her off to the side and across the street, the force of his throw enough to propel her quite a ways.]

[urbanmagic]

[It had taken her a bit to get her bearings back. In between angry super girls and angry green monsters, it did speed up the process enough for her to realize that this was an opportunity that knocked on the door. During the commotion, she had been able to grab her staff, feeling less tense with it by her side before she realized that there was a blonde being hurled at her at who knows how many miles per hour and she barely manages to move before Kara crashes into her, knocking the breath out of her as she crashes back to the ground again.

Her muscles are going to hate her come morning, she can feel it. So, so glad that the others didn't see her moment of epic fail.

That didn't last long though, because with Kara here that meant that she might also have a chance to actually zap her close range after all.]

[notdreaming]

[ Kara went flying, too fast and not far enough for her to change directions. She hit the girl and flipped, hitting her head and shoulders and even her nose. It didn't hurt so much as twinge, but it was enough to stun her for a moment. She snarled at Traci, but her attention was still on Hulk. ]

[angermanaging]

[Hulk hasn't been diverted, either. To cover the distance between them, he at first starts to walk, and then full on run, gaining speed as he moves across the street until it's a flat out charge.

It's reckless and completely devoid of strategy, and he isn't even looking at Traci.]

[urbanmagic]

Sorry, but I need you on my side. [She quips when she sees both of them snarling like angry animals, hands reaching out to grab Kara's face and---

Well, if you weren't expecting an electrical shock, expect one now.

Once that's out of the way, she quickly throws up a forcefield, hoping that'll keep the Hulk busy for a while.]

[notdreaming]

[ Kara's fist goes back, ready to punch the girl, when suddenly she's being electrocuted right in the face. She doesn't even feel it, not really. She just hears herself screaming. And then she wakes up, she takes control, and as the shock fades the pain comes in and holy Rao it hurts to e electrocuted in the face.

Luckily she's been more or less aware this whole time. ]

Traci? What did you do?!

[angermanaging]

[Hulk runs smack into the force field and screams in anger, rebounding off of it and skidding back a pace or two. He immediately starts hammering away at it with his fists, heavy, slow punches that could punch through solid steel like it was paper.]

[urbanmagic]

Just a little wake-up call. It was the fastest way I could think of. [And since she's still a Super, she figured she can handle the shock.]

Good to see you awake, sleeping beauty. [And then she gestures at the Hulk, still keeping the forcefield up.] Your friend's been cranky and I don't think I can keep this up. [In fact, the strain of keeping the field up when he can hammer through it like that was showing with the way she's struggling to keep it from blinking out.]

[notdreaming]

Rao bless, this isn't good.

[ There's nothing else to do but fight back. Or maybe reason with him but beating him up would be way more fun. ]

You run, I'll hold him off!

[angermanaging]

[He's starting to get extremely frustrated with his inability to reach them, and though Hulk is barely capable of rational thought, he's far from stupid.

He backs up a few paces, levers himself up with his fists above his head, and brings them down in a resounding slam on the street. It cracks open and shifts like a localized earthquake, the ground moving under their feet despite the barrier separating them.]

[urbanmagic]

No way, I saw how you were--- [She didn't get to finish that statement with the earthquake that suddenly occurred, breaking her concentration entirely and forcing her off her feet (and she just finally got on them, damn it!) and back to the ground.

A week into this place and she's been a bumbling mess, and it's only because she was observant enough to notice the crack making their way over that she manages to roll out of the way and keep a hold on the edge of the street and not fall in.] Whoa!

We could use a plan B here.

[notdreaming]

Oh, Rao. [ This is seriously un-good. Hulk is strong enough to do some damage even to Kara, and poor Traci is just an ordinary human. They need to get away, but they also need Hulk to not start attacking other civilians. Think, Kara, think. ]

[angermanaging]

[Distract him with some specters? If they're lured over he wouldn't be able to resist. He's already gotten a taste for destroying them, and the frustration from how difficult they are to kill only makes it worse.

At the moment, though, he's still totally focused on them, and is starting to pry loose pieces of paving off the ground in order to batter at the shield with them.]

[urbanmagic]

[Right. She didn't think that far ahead and she's pretty sure she doesn't want to be roadkill so--

Traci starts to get up, and while she has no spectres in mind to toss at him, she does have another idea.]

Gos Ooly Wpon! [That may be a swarm of magical bees she's sending his way. Not entirely powerful nor deadly, but they sting like a bitch and are annoying enough to hopefully distract him.]

Who is this guy anyway?

[notdreaming]

All I know is that he's very large and very green. [ She won't ask about the bees. Magic. Weird. Way weird. But she has one more idea to try. ]

If you won't run, maybe I can draw him away from here and closer to some place where he won't do so much collateral damage.

[angermanaging]

[It takes the Hulk a few times being stung before he stops what he's doing, drops the chunk of asphalt he'd been using to batter at the shield, and roars at the annoying things that keep swarming around and stinging him. They don't do any real damage to his skin, of course, but no one's immune to being harassed by bugs and he's no exception.

He grabs a couple of them out of mid-air and squishes them in his fists, but that method is far too slow to kill them all and he's getting impatient, fast. It won't be long before he overcomes his irritation enough to think of a way to get rid of them.]

[urbanmagic]

Best plan I've heard of yet. I'm also losing a lot of bees so we'll have to move fast. [And when Kara moves, she'll follow. The bees were dispersing by now, and while still plenty, they weren't going to hold out long.]

[notdreaming]

Alright! Please just don't die.

[ She heads off in the direction of a large park. There won't be as many people there, not with everything that's happening right now. She hates it, but she has to fly slow enough that Traci can keep up with her and she can fight off the Hulk if he gets too close. ]