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dualislogs2019-10-19 06:55 pm
headandhand) wrote in dualislogs2019-10-19 06:55 pm
Entry tags:
- !event,
- adventure time: finn mertens,
- dc comics: cissie king-jones,
- dc comics: jason todd,
- dc comics: stephanie brown,
- dc comics: tim drake-wayne,
- destiny: drifter,
- detroit: become human: hank anderson,
- ff7: sephiroth,
- ff7: vincent valentine,
- ff8: nida nomura,
- freakangels: arkady,
- mass effect: thane krios,
- mcu: loki odinson,
- mcu: pietro maximoff,
- mcu: wanda maximoff
we’re ready to make you one of us.
WHO: Open to all Dualizens
WHAT: When Roboclones Attack
WHERE: Anywhere in the city!
WHEN: The night of Oct. 19
WARNINGS: Please use these if applicable! And if you happen to end up dead by roboclone, please fill out the death form!
It’s an ordinary night in Dualis, until it suddenly becomes a very dark and stormy night in Dualis. There hasn’t been a single day of unpleasant weather since any of you arrived, but soon after the sun begins to sink behind the city’s skyscrapers and the neon lights intensify for the night, storm clouds begin to gather overhead and unleash a cacophony of thunder, a deluge of rain, and brilliant spikes of lightning arcing across the sky.
It’s a violent storm, to be sure, but surely severe weather is no challenge in such a technologically advanced city as Dualis, right? As long as you stay indoors, you can keep safe and dry until the storm passes.
Except … less than an hour after the storm begins, the power all across the city goes completely out. All buildings are dark except for the illumination cast by lightning across brick and steel and glass. All electronics - including phones - are dead, all biometric locks are disabled, and no attempts to call, text, or reach the internet or the network succeed. Eerily, the streets are silent and empty.
Under normal circumstances, such a widespread blackout would merely be odd and inconvenient, but tonight, circumstances are anything but normal. About half an hour after the blackout begins, something approaches you, wherever you are. In the dark, you’ll be able to make out that its shape is humanoid, but maybe its motions are jerky and mechanical. As it draws closer and you get a better look, by candlelight or flashlight or flash of lightning, you recognize the face staring back at you.
That face is your own.
The face, like the rest of the body, is likely some degree of incomplete, an incongruous jigsaw of metal and flesh, but it’s definitely yours. And this machine doppelganger’s mission is soon made apparent as it launches a targeted attack on you:
It’s here to kill you.
After nearly four hours, the storm subsides and the power is restored and the city falls back into its normal rhythm. Will you survive until then?
May the odds be ever in your favor, friends.
WHAT: When Roboclones Attack
WHERE: Anywhere in the city!
WHEN: The night of Oct. 19
WARNINGS: Please use these if applicable! And if you happen to end up dead by roboclone, please fill out the death form!
It’s an ordinary night in Dualis, until it suddenly becomes a very dark and stormy night in Dualis. There hasn’t been a single day of unpleasant weather since any of you arrived, but soon after the sun begins to sink behind the city’s skyscrapers and the neon lights intensify for the night, storm clouds begin to gather overhead and unleash a cacophony of thunder, a deluge of rain, and brilliant spikes of lightning arcing across the sky.
It’s a violent storm, to be sure, but surely severe weather is no challenge in such a technologically advanced city as Dualis, right? As long as you stay indoors, you can keep safe and dry until the storm passes.
Except … less than an hour after the storm begins, the power all across the city goes completely out. All buildings are dark except for the illumination cast by lightning across brick and steel and glass. All electronics - including phones - are dead, all biometric locks are disabled, and no attempts to call, text, or reach the internet or the network succeed. Eerily, the streets are silent and empty.
Under normal circumstances, such a widespread blackout would merely be odd and inconvenient, but tonight, circumstances are anything but normal. About half an hour after the blackout begins, something approaches you, wherever you are. In the dark, you’ll be able to make out that its shape is humanoid, but maybe its motions are jerky and mechanical. As it draws closer and you get a better look, by candlelight or flashlight or flash of lightning, you recognize the face staring back at you.
That face is your own.
The face, like the rest of the body, is likely some degree of incomplete, an incongruous jigsaw of metal and flesh, but it’s definitely yours. And this machine doppelganger’s mission is soon made apparent as it launches a targeted attack on you:
It’s here to kill you.
After nearly four hours, the storm subsides and the power is restored and the city falls back into its normal rhythm. Will you survive until then?
May the odds be ever in your favor, friends.
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"I don't remember it storming before."
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"The power shouldn't go out." Not like this. Not in a place like this. That just seemed out of place. Everything seemed so advanced and it changed, surely that meant a storm couldn't cause the power to go out. Unless it was done on purpose or because of something else. But what would the something be? She really should have been looking more. This was all her fault again.
She balled her hands up into tiny little fists and looked out into the dark city.
"Don't tell anyone that I screamed, okay?" She moved a finger to her mouth in a hush motion and forced a very strained smile. "Our secret!"
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Her swell of pride caught him off guard, though and he looked over to her, brow furrowed slightly in concern. "Are you worried what others would think?"
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"It was just silly of me to be so surprised."
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A movement through the rain on the streets below, off in the distance, caught his attention and he leaned, trying to get a better look. Many were milling about, confused by the sudden darkness, but there was something...
"Cover. The darkness is cover. Get inside." And he pressed an arm against her back, urging her toward the stairwell leading from the roof.
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"I can help if something comes." She knew that probably wasn't that believable. After all she'd just gotten scared of a sudden power outage and she was frail enough that she looked like she might break if the wind blew too hard. Then there was her flighty nature and how spaced out she seemed sometimes. Maybe she did give off the impression of someone that needed to be protected.
But she listened to him and headed inside to the stairwell and then waited for him to come too. "What do you think is coming?"
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"I don't know. There is a lot of movement on the ground, but it's difficult to see in the rain." He stops, though, looking down at her. "You mentioned...looking before."
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"I was going to try up there but then..." The power went out and she was interrupted.
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He nodded. "Can you try from inside?"
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"I'll protect you."
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"Don't be startled." She gave him a hint of a smile and then took a seat. Her eyes turned bright white and she fell back against the wall, going slightly limp. It was a few minutes before she jerked back.
"I still can't see right." And maybe she couldn't here. "I should have been trying more. I'm sorry." There was a huge frown on her face and frustration in her voice. Maybe the next attempt would go better. "There are things out there. I couldn't tell much. But I think they're attacking people?"
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"Things? Which direction did they come from?"
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Knowing that was the first step to dealing with them, after all.
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"Try. It might help us better understand what's going on here."
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He told her to try though and so she will. Her eyes start glowing again and she stops blinking completely.
"I can feel other people running around. People seem scared." There's sympathy in her voice. She's a tiny bit scared herself. "I don't sense anything else though. It's empty...? And" her face twisted up and she winces. "It stings kinda." She blinks and her eyes go back to normal. There's a look of frustration and pain on her face. "I'm sorry. I don't know what's happening."
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"You should return to the room. It should be safer there." He didn't mean to belittle her abilities, of course.
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"Everyone always does this." She can help but nobody ever wants her to. They meant well but it's tiresome. Annoying. Arguing with it never worked though, so she simply looks away. "Don't get hurt. I'll be mad."
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"Does what?"