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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.
withoutaworld: (what if no one's watching?)

[personal profile] withoutaworld 2013-06-03 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Rikki listens intently, eyes on Sabriel the whole time, and quietly half-traces symbols in the air with her finger to try and memorize them as she's shown them. Her eyes track the bolt from Sabriel's finger to the spectre, dispersed easily with the sudden shock.

Rikki bites her lip and nods thoughtfully. ]
Okay. Just... yell at me if I do something wrong, alright?
bindsthedead: (Art-On the ground)

[personal profile] bindsthedead 2013-06-04 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
If I think you're about to harm yourself, I'll stop you. [In other words- yes. Sabriel points down to another slow-moving spectre.]

There are plenty of targets, at least.
withoutaworld: (I'd play the good guy in every scene)

[personal profile] withoutaworld 2013-06-05 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ She forms the symbols with a fingertip - slowly both so she can be sure of them and so Sabriel can clearly see what she's doing. Before she traces the final mark, she pauses, and then draws it out in the air, holding her breath as she does - and then lets it out and grins as a bolt crackles from her finger to strike the spectre she's focusing on. ]
bindsthedead: (Art-Notice; Almost a smile)

[personal profile] bindsthedead 2013-06-09 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
Perfect. [Sabriel nods in approval.] One warning- that spell will exhaust you if you overuse it, so be sure to rest when you can.
withoutaworld: (walking up to the edge and jumping)

[personal profile] withoutaworld 2013-06-09 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rikki nods, still beaming with accomplishment. Sure, it's one little spell, but it's the difference between running and fighting. That means a lot. ] Yeah. I'll be careful. ...and thanks.