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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.
fearlessherosheart: Tazendra (Default)

[personal profile] fearlessherosheart 2013-06-12 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
It is handy that there is so little metal in this place for once.

[Tazendra is already moving anything that even looks metallic away from the door, placing it in the center of the room]
xenocide: (& the truth's scraping away at my mind)

[personal profile] xenocide 2013-06-23 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ender laughs a little. ]

I'm inclined to agree.

[ He helps with what he can, cursing his child frame and height. And once he's satisfied with the state of things, he begins rummaging around until he finds what he's looking for -- a bit of gauze to dress her wounds. ]

I might not be an expert, but I know a little bit of first aid. Can I help with your burns?
fearlessherosheart: Serious Tazendra (serious)

[personal profile] fearlessherosheart 2013-06-25 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, that would be... if we are resting for a moment, yes.

[Given Tazendra had tried to fight specters in melee, the burns are not isolated on her body, though they're not severe enough to keep her down. Really, she should see a doctor as soon as feasible though, and moving around is doing her no favors. They also probably hurt a lot.]
xenocide: (& the truth's scraping away at my mind)

[personal profile] xenocide 2013-07-04 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Rest while you can, right? Because there's rarely any time to rest in the middle of battle.

[ For a kid so young, his words seem awful experienced with the throes of combat. He walks over to her and begins to patch what he can find, carefully covering the worst of the wounds just so that they weren't exposed to infection. ]

Thank you for staying beside me. I don't want to become a burden to you, but I appreciate you keeping me safe.
fearlessherosheart: Tazendra (Default)

[personal profile] fearlessherosheart 2013-07-05 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Bah, it is nothing. I would be the rankest of scoundrels to leave you here to face these specters alone.

[Tazendra isn't the best at figuring out what is normal, given she's been fascinated by fighting since she was small. That and she isn't very good at cross-cultural anything.]