adstring_npc: (Animus: Aelia Laelia Crispis)
Adstringéndum NPC ([personal profile] adstring_npc) wrote2012-01-07 05:47 am
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{Animus?}

[At the same moment, everyone's PCD switches on and begins to play- though instead of the usual mixture of ghostly voices, a woman's face appears. She nods at the screen, smiling faintly- blond hair separated into two braids, an orchid ever-tucked behind one ear. The area around her is hazy, flickering.]

Everyone. As has been tradition, it's time for us- you name us 'Animus'- to announce the start of a new event. And as today's organizer, I wanted to invite you all personally to participate, as this will be the last time our city shall suffer.

My name is Aelia, and the event is called 'Ekpyrosis.'

[Behind her- through the holes in the wall, in the air for anyone who cares to notice- the sky begins to turn a dark, unhappy orange. The temperature starts to rise.]

'The final fire that expires the mandate of the world'... for those who would ask. You could call it bad fortune that it was pulled here along with you- worse, that I discovered its nature, and sought to restore it. For those of you who were looking for a way out- this might not've been what you had in mind, but please accept my substitution. But to be fair-

I could not have done so alone. My co-sponsors--

[The view drops; two ruined bodies lie before her. One is barely recognizable as John Mandrake, limbs twisted and blackened by flame, broken spears still pinning him to the floor. The other is Sailor Mars- less singed, but with the dozens of swords and lances piercing her body, rendering it to pieces- no more simply identified.]

--the Summoner, the Archer, were invaluable. I couldn't have named Ekpyrosis on my own. But I have one more request-

[The view pans up, past a serpentine body carved out of dark rock, past human legs merging into it, to see all of Aelia herself; a nude woman seated on a coil of a stone dragon, her own body. From her ear, she pulls the orchid, holds it out.]

Now, my magicians: please mature.

[At three points in the city, despair rises. A girl dies to birth a witch; Walpurgisnacht to match the Ekpyrosis day.

Aelia just nods again, as the feed dies.]





((OOC: Witch information and plotting post here.

Additionally, Ekpyrosis now covers the city, decorating the sky with constantly shifting sigils. As of this entry, the sky bursts, and the fire-flood starts. Like a thunderstorm overhead- just replace "rain" with "fire". :x Staying in the open without protection is quickly deadly.

Aelia will also be around if anyone wants to find her; she won't respond to this post, but offlines are welcome. Warning: she's stronger than Ekpyrosis.))

[Video]

[identity profile] buntails.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[It's Sailor Moon on the video immediately. Her voice breaks as she shouts out one word, the name.]

Rei-chan!!

[No no no no no. This can't be! It can't be happening. It's an illusion, a trick. Why else Rei?]

Why?!
lcied: (don't leave me.)

[personal profile] lcied 2012-01-07 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[video]

[ He just stands there, frozen, too shocked to respond. The last time? After all this, were they all going to-- ]

[Offline?]

[identity profile] makemehrrr.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[He may not be able to see the destruction as many will, but the glow and warmth of those fires are telling enough.

Laughter, perhaps insane, rings out as Undertaker has found himself a place. Searching? Who knows, he might be.

This was delightful, in a way. A sort of destruction that was a thing of beauty in an off itself.]


Oh, Aelia. Crafty thing aren't you. [.. Welp.]
al_truism: (WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS)

[personal profile] al_truism 2012-01-07 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Mr. Mandrake -- REI!

[There are tears in his eyes, but there's no time to grieve. Something is happening now, and he needs to come up with a plan. Of all things, he's Mandrake's second.]

[identity profile] adstring-npc.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Offline!]

Not much of a craft for long, if it's burning.

[Her laughter has the echo of a flute, as she pauses in her slow march, turning backwards to glance at him.]

Enjoying the stroll?

[Video]

[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:25 am (UTC)(link)


Ekpyrosis doesn't mean the end, or the final act. It means the end, and then rebirth.



You've made a grave error in judgement, Aelia. And it will be the end for you.

[identity profile] dogtagcollar.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Sir.

[He knows the hierarchy well enough to know that Al should be organizing things now.]

I will assemble my team and await your orders.

[identity profile] makemehrrr.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
There's something to a burning craft as it sinks down into nothingness. Burns away to something of a skeleton, and then even that.

[There's something of a bow, flourished almost, for her glance.]

Very much. Perfect weather for it, so wa~rm.

[identity profile] dogtagcollar.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Murder is a crime.

[Pointed.]

If you plan on endangering others, you will suffer serious consequences.

[Video // Private // Unhackable]

[identity profile] knifetotheface.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Cas.

[Quietly, but urgently.]

We've got work to do.

[identity profile] knifetotheface.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
You don't know me, I don't know you, nice to meet you, I'm Jo.

[Brisk and to the point, not rattled.]

I've got an angel ready to kill a flower girl because she decided to go Ed Gein on us all, so I'm going to make this quick. Send anyone that can't defend themselves my way. I've got a shelter that can hold them until this bitch is put in her place.

[Jo is loading a shotgun as she speaks.]

Hope the votes were worth it, sir.

[It's meant to be encouraging. It comes off more rushed.]

[Video // Private // Unhackable]

[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:30 am (UTC)(link)


I will meet you at the panic room.

genkireaper: (I can't believe you-)

[personal profile] genkireaper 2012-01-07 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[!]

Rei! Mandrake-san, too...

Wait, Co-sponsors? Did Mandrake-san bring you out from the Inner City? How this is able to happen... Watanuki's vision makes even more sense, now.

[Oh, someone's in so much trouble when they're alive again.]

[Video // Private // Unhackable]

[identity profile] knifetotheface.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Jo resists the urge to point out that the girl who could control fire would be a hell of a lot more useful alive. It's hard going, though. What in the fuck happened?

She shoves that thought aside. Time to get militaristic.]


Don't you dare go out in that disaster unless you can't die. I'm not finding you dead on a road somewhere. If you can't find a safe path, stay where you are. Do you hear me?

[identity profile] adstring-npc.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Nods politely at him, as if he could see it.]

Decay is an art- so fragile, so patient. You can't rush it. But the cold was holding it off indefinitely; I thought this might help.

[Video // Private // Unhackable]

[identity profile] wingsandwill.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:39 am (UTC)(link)


I will figure something out. I'll meet you there.

[video]

[identity profile] kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[After all of that exposition, Killua has only one question.]

...That body solid?
Edited 2012-01-07 05:46 (UTC)

[identity profile] aquaticbeauty.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
REI-CHAN!

[Ami's tone and expression echos Usagi's. But there is no time for tears. Not before, and certainly not now.]

Usagi-chan! [It's time to transform! If anyone can heal Rei, it's Eternal Sailor Moon.]

[identity profile] makemehrrr.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Humming, stepping aside when fire grew closer to him, giggling under his breath.]

It has certainly gotten things moving, I must say. A pity how some cannot see such an art as that. Every tear, discoloration, every shred is part of something that should not be covered.
soothing_flame: (I wonder if they'll see through my disgu)

[personal profile] soothing_flame 2012-01-07 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
[video]

[Ai's lips tremble as she stares at the bodies. In her time at Adstringendum, nothing that terrified her as much as this woman does.]

Wh...why? I don't understand.

[Video // Private // Unhackable]

[identity profile] knifetotheface.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Alright. Ten minutes. If you're not there by then, I'm coming to get you.

[And Jo cuts the feed.]

[identity profile] buntails.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[A crisp nod from Eternal Sailor Moon; she'd answered already transformed because she'd seen Rei. She stares for a long time, unable to even make herself move.

Then she does.]


We have to get to her first. Come on!

[identity profile] hits-then-heals.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
[She knows those two, especially John Mandrake from her time so far in the Protection Squad. Whatever is going on, especially resulting in two brutal deaths, can't be good for the rest of the city.]

Whatever this is, whatever you got planned...we will put an end to you. I can promise you that.
exarmatio: (Default)

[personal profile] exarmatio 2012-01-07 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
[There's panic in his eyes, clear on his face, but Negi is bracing himself. After all they've been through, it's easy to subdue that initial rush of panic enough to where it doesn't cause problems. Lose his cool here, and things could seriously turn for the worst.]

Al... what do you want me to do?

[identity profile] iceandivory.livejournal.com 2012-01-07 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Hino Rei. That is Hino Rei. That is an animus name he's yet to hear. That is a humanoid body. That is a huge rise in malevolent energy. That is Hino fucking Rei.

There is no point in replying to the message. He's already out the door.
]

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