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the head | the hand ([personal profile] headandhand) wrote in [community profile] dualislogs2019-10-19 06:55 pm

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.
axiomed: (I'll spend my final day with you)

[personal profile] axiomed 2019-11-05 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
Erik.

[ charles exhales, so relieved to see erik, all in one piece. ]

He's following us. He — It can't be too far.
skyward_eyes: Harry Shum Jr as Magnus Bane (Luck Stat All The Way Up There (Wonder))

[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-11-05 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Did that guy just...

[Charles may be relieved, but Nida is only very very vaguely comfortable with the concept of flying. Like, barely even okay with it. And here is this guy, just falling out of the air or whatever. He gapes for a long moment before pointing back behind them, and vaguely around the corner.]

You're the, uh, friend. I think I crushed the servos in one leg, so it shouldn't be following too fast. Who knew that beating a metal body with a metal stick would work so well.

[And if he knew what Erik could do, how he'd been flying, he might offer over said metal stick. As it is, he's just staring.]

How did you...? I should save questions for later. Do you want help, or should I stay with this guy?

[Nida doesn't even know Charles' name yet.]
Edited 2019-11-05 14:29 (UTC)
magneticfields: (hand 2)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2019-11-06 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, the friend.

[ Sure, we'll go with that. He strides past Nida to Charles. ]

Are you injured?

[ To Nida. ]

I don't need help.

[ The robot approaches, and Erik lifts his hand. It goes flying and slams into a wall. ]
axiomed: (It becomes you)

[personal profile] axiomed 2019-11-07 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ the robots hits the wall with a satisfying crunch, though charles does wince. it is a bit jarring to see someone that looks like you being tossed around. ]

I'm fine. We both are. You came just in time.
skyward_eyes: Harry Shum Jr as Magnus Bane (Well Look At The Floor (Downcast))

[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-11-07 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, Nida's staring. He didn't see any magic like THAT when he was getting his enhancements. He wants it.]

That was impressive. Seriously, how did you do it? Where did you get that power?
magneticfields: (hardhat look up)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2019-11-11 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Erik's already dismantled the one who looked like him and is decidedly not dealing with smashing a robot that looks like Charles. So. That'll be fun for Charles when that inevitably rises to the surface later. ]

Of course it was impressive. I'm a mutant.

[ He turns to Charles, kneeling so they're eye-level, his expression much more tender. ]

Well. You know how fond I am of making an entrance. However. [ He glances away, expression tightening. ] I think it's time to make our grand exit. Pursued by a bot.

axiomed: (Kills you when you're young)

[personal profile] axiomed 2019-11-13 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ charles rolls his eyes fondly at erik's answer. ]

I'm quite ready to leave this behind me.

[ glancing at nida. ]

Will you be all right? I should be fine now.
skyward_eyes: Harry Shum Jr as Magnus Bane (Need An Esuna Dear? (Shoulder))

[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2019-11-13 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. Didn’t think I’d ever meet more mutants.

[But if they need to go, they need to go.]

I’ll be fine. I’m a combat apecialist. I’ll be fine.