Possession Event -- Final Battle / Ritual Log

[tempervale_npc]

Who: Anyone! Investigating characters, fighting characters, possessed characters looking to thwart the good guys
What:Searching for the talisman mirror, fighting the monsters who guard it, preforming the ritual that will send the spirits back home (multiple threads -- see comments)
When: In game time: Sunday -- late afternoon through late night

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Finding the Talisman & The Battle For It -- Deep in the Woods by a Tall Dead Tree

[tempervale_npc]

Here the monsters were swarming, flashes of movement between the thick stands of trees. It was here, after all, that their prize was kept. And they would guard it -- many at the direction of the spirits who had taken control of them. Others simply the normal beasts and creatures who preyed on the errant traveler who followed their possessed kins.

It was the moonlight that would betray the talisman's location. The silver surface of the mirror caught the pale white light as it swung in the wind, a small and sudden sparkle that glinted from nearly twenty feet overhead in the bare, skeletal branches of an arching and long-dead oak tree. Surely it was stable enough to climb -- Tim had managed to place it up that high. Or maybe the ones who found it would be lucky enough to have someone magically-abled with them to spell it down.

((OOC: Lots of monsters around! Feel free to play them yourself, or if you'd prefer just leave an OOC note in your response requesting and I'll try to play a couple scary monsters at you.))

[frillsalwayswin]

[Goro had followed one of the monsters into the deeper part of the woods, deciding that if she was going to fight, it was going to be one of the monsters that looked like it was worth taking down. She slowed down to catch her breath, and looked around for the monster, not seeing it.]

(ooc- Requesting you play the monster for this!)

ITT I AM NOT TEMPER I AM A SCARY MONSTER

[tempervale_npc]

[Oh the monster was still around. Yes, it was. Still around, but it wasn't being followed anymore. Instead, it was following the silly little human. But this was best. It was meant to be predator, and she was meant to be prey. It was simply how the flow of the world worked.

It emerged from the shadow of the trees soundless, a large hulking form, vaguely feline in some aspects, lupine in others. Teeth gleamed in a grimace-like snarl and it opened its mouth to cry out, roaring, before lunging towards Goro.]

[frillsalwayswin]

[Goro turned towards the cry, glaring at the monster as it lunged. But obviously glaring wouldn't do anything, so she did what came naturallly, she dove out of the way, landing in a rough roll before skidding to a stop. Scrambling to her feet, Goro looked at the monster, then around. What could she use for a weapon? Patting herself down and finding nothing, she cursed under her breath.]

SCARY MONSTER

[tempervale_npc]

[No glaring wouldn't do anyone any good. It would just make her taste angry. The beast was ok with that though. Anger was a decent spice. The creature ended his lunge with empty claws scrabbling at the ground where Goro had stood. Huh. So the mouse was running.

Very well. It climbed to its feat, though his too-long arms remained on the ground. It opened its mouth and a low, guttural growl came rumbling from within its chest. It wasn't waiting for her to find a weapon. On the contrary, it was running at her once again.]

pfff

[tsundullahan]

[A piercing scream cuts through the air, the echoing, haunting sound the kind that chills one's spine. Celty bursts through the underbrush, motorcycle chewing up the ground beneath its wheels as it turns upon landing, interposed between Goro and the rushing creature.

A hand is raised above her, shadows twisting and shaping into a long-handled scythe, and with a flick of her wrist the Dullahan twirls it expertly before she spurs her motorcycle/stead forward, swinging the large black blade at the monster.]

[frillsalwayswin]

[Goro braced herself for the impact. She ddn't have a weapon and she had a feeling that trying to throw a punch wouldn't accomplish anything. Bringing her arms up protectively and closing her eyes, she reopened them at the scream, looking towards the source.

Lowering her arms and taking a slow step back, Goro watches.]

SCA-- NO WAIT BLEEDY MONSTER

[tempervale_npc]

[The beast was not expecting company. In fact, this complicates its plans significantly. It's the scream that catches its attention first, slows its approach at Goro. Its narrow-pupiled eyes scanned around quickly, but it doesn't see Celty until she lands right in front of him. It snarls again, but it isn't ready for the approach.

Another scream echoes in the air, this one primal and animalistic and pained. The creature dives away from the blade, but not soon enough. Most of its arm hangs uselessly at his side. But it's not stopping him. Instead, he advances at the motorcycled.]

[tsundullahan]

[She steals a glance towards Goro, but she can't whip out her phone to ask if she's all right just yet. The motorcycle rolls back, scythe gripped tightly before her as Celty watches the monster come for her. ]

(I'm only sorry that it is too late to do anything more for you...)

[Spirits....souls of the distraught and angry....lost. There's something familiar about that, and ever since they had been drawn into this world, the feeling that's crept with them has been a nagging one on Celty's mind. Another thing she would only realize if she were able to recover her head, she's decided.

Helmet lowering, she levels her dark visor upon the incoming beast before swinging at him again with the matte black scythe.]

[frillsalwayswin]

[Goro is staying back, away from the monster, but watching Celty fight. The safest thing she figures is to stay as out of the way as possible. But she looks around, eyes sweeping across a nearby stick. It's not much, but she grabs the stick, examines it and then glares at the monster. If she has to, she'll fight alongside Celty.]

[sf_girl_friday]

[It's Jan's first visit to the forest, and she's hoping that she'll never have to venture into it again. She reminds herself that it's just like an away mission, even if she doesn't have members of the crew watching her back. Screams cuts through the forest and again, Jan's reminded of away missions.

She runs toward the sound, pounding over the rough terrain to their source. Skidding to a halt when she sees the fighters and the monster, she pulls her phaser, leveling it at the beast as she heads for Goro. The person on the motorcycle seemed to be armed and ready, but it looked like Goro could use some backup.]

[seasaltblues]

[Exhaustion was something that Xion had grown accustom to the past week. The feeling constantly invaded her, permeating her being. First, it was Naminé. Then Sora and Axel. Riku, too, she had found to be possessed. She still didn't understand the full extent of it, but right then? It was a moot point. If she had a chance to stop whatever was happening to them from happening, she was going to take it.

And that reasoning was what had set her up in a ring of lizard like creatures not far from where Naoki was located. Keyblade brandished and panting with plumes of black mist trailing from her here and there. The winter coat she had collected torn up not that she seemed to care. A few of the lizards suddenly jumped at her and she found herself leaping in the air above them, hand extended and a jarring thunder spell coming down to nail right where she had been standing just seconds ago. Right where they were landing.]

[seasaltblues]

[Xion had to think fast to avoid that sudden barrage, slipping through the air and landing on one of the tree limbs. Her eyes darted to where the attack had came from, Aubade poised as she stood there, breath short. She hadn't seen him since this whole mess started. And truthfully? She had avoided all contact with anyone unless she heard from them first.]