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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-05-23 08:01 am

Event | Satellite | Spectres!

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.
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • angry; yeah I'm going to punch you)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-02 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't elaborate. The spectre's request sounds a lot like hunting for leverage. If he wasn't careful, it'd have an even bigger upper hand.]

What's your mission?
backwordscompatible: (pic#5193467)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2013-06-02 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I cannot divulge the details.

However, I can promise you that...barring any unnecessary interference, the female will not be harmed.

[Repetition for repetition's sake. Emphasizing that particular point: do not interfere if you value her safety]
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • angry; uh excuse you)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-03 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Anger boils up in him.]

Unnecessary interference? You can't talk about unnecessary interference.

Cut the crap and tell me what's going on.
backwordscompatible: (de-hexing out of boredom)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2013-06-03 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[There was a long, calculated pause in which her eyes just...stared. As if looking right through him. Like he wasn't even there.]

And if I do not?
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • serious; time to go)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-03 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I will make your life-- or afterlife-- miserable. You do not want me as an enemy.
backwordscompatible: (Looking out into the night)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2013-06-04 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
I would echo the sentiment right back to yourself, although I have a strong inkling the warning will fall on deaf ears.

Hmm.

[It still could not figure out how to summon her power. How frustrating. And the male was proving near-insufferable. But as it was almost certain he would not attack, it decided to attempt to end the conversation by abruptly turning around to leave.]
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • angry; yeah I'm going to punch you)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-06 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[He curls his fist tightly. Be patient.

Instead he's going to try plan b: follow the spectre and see what's going on.]
backwordscompatible: (Moves?)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2013-06-06 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Now, see, the problem with that?]

[The spectre is not completely oblivious. It knows its being followed, and it immediately halts in its steps.]


Leave. This does not concern you.

Last warning, Foreign.
hackingyoursensors: (R • serious; yes on red)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-07 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh if looks could kill.

But he knows better than to risk Zatanna's life.]


If anything happens to her, I will make you regret it.
backwordscompatible: (smirk)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2013-06-07 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
No. You will not.

[It turns its head to glance back. An evil, condescending grin spread across Zatanna's features. Hints of malicious hatred glinting benhind her eyes for a split second before it returns to its usual apathetic gaze.]

Smart Foreign male. Perhaps you will survive, after all.
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • annoyed; stop calling)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-07 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[He stands there, feeling so helpless. 'Damn it.'

But he will find a way to make the spectre pay if she gets hurt. He doesn't care how.

But right now, he's worried about the spectre hurting Zatanna so as to prove a point, so he (literally) bites his tongue.

But if looks could kill...]
backwordscompatible: (smoulder)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2013-06-10 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[If looks could kill, Zatanna would be more than merely hurt by now.]

[But she is fine. Certainly fine enough to turn around and walk away. Head held high. Proud. Victorious.]