MOD LOG #3

[bequiet]

MOD LOG #3

Arriving in style
Content Warnings: Fighting, death, violence
Themes: Survival, plot

It's early in the day when it happens. The red dust that seems to be everywhere sweeps through the city streets, mixing with the steady patter of rain and making it hard to see and breathe. All red and leaving the taste of copper if inhaled, what could have been an easy day without any trouble quickly becomes anything but. While those in the community are heading for cover or finding ways to continue on through it, the new arrivals begin waking up in different cities all over the world. There won't be anyone to greet them, and leaving the room through the door is their choice - after doing so, they'll immediately step out into the city they were assigned. The streets are empty, houses abandoned, everything crumbling and in ruins. There will be signs noting their location, which they'll catch a glimpse of before a sharp push forward causes darkness to engulf them.

Waking up for the second time, in Reims but not in the Reset Room, they'll come to inside the red dust as it whips through the streets of the community. They won't be alone for long. Another person will be waking up beside them, and after a few moments of disorientation, try to attack. They might have weapons or use their hands, and they will not stop until they've taken a fatal blow. Their blood is dust, and they, along with their weapons, disintegrate after they've died. Can you stop them on your own? Will someone come to your aid?

The Sight of Lightning
Content Warnings: Poison, sex
Themes: Survival, plot

The day after the storm, the same red dust will find its way through Reims and come into contact with every person. Since the dust is everywhere, some might not notice that it's floating through the community and know that something is off. The effects don't begin until night fall, where everyone will feel the desire to seek out companionship of many different kinds. Though it is not always the case, the people that saw each other in color will "want" to be with that person more strongly than they might already, and will be more likely to confess or do something about it. Some might feel an intense need to be around another person, though not necessarily sexually - almost as if they need that person around them to be happy or content. For some, it might be a desire that can only be fulfilled by more than one person.

The effects wear off the next time the person gets wet. This can be a splash of water across the face or fully submerged. Or even drinking something.

OOC
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NAVIGATION

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[personify]

[She'd learned quickly here that very few people knew her face. There's been no talk of the savior of mutant kind. The blue skinned hero. And while people here stare, she's sensed no real ill will from them. Aside from whomever those people in the dust had been. So after the battle, Raven isn't bothering to hide her true form.

It's freeing in a way that very few if anyone else might understand. She's never been able to just walk out in the open like this. To be herself. But there's always a catch. No such thing as utopia. Sound Eaters. The ever present threat of death if you even so much as sneezed.

She knows someone is following her, but she's been trying to work out why. Raven doesn't get the sense he means any harm. It's lucky for Leo too that something seems to be in the air for her too and she's not going to straight out attack him to get him to stop as might have been her normal way of dealing with problems under normal circumstances.

Ultimately Raven decides on the direct approach. She turns around and walks right at Leo, cornering him.] You're following me. Why?

[stealyoursoul]

[Alright, so his not-so-well-thought-out plan did not include the possibility of Raven actually confronting him about why he's following her. Whoops. This up close, he notices a few more details he didn't before, like how her eyes are completely yellow, and the pattern of scales around her face. He might think of comparing her to a reptile if he'd ever seen one. There weren't many animals left in the future. The Corsai monsters had eaten almost all of them. He just thinks she looks very striking, maybe even pretty in a way.]

I'm not entirely sure. I just feel the need to.

[Sometimes it is a pain not to be able to bend the truth even a little bit, but in this case, maybe not so much as he rubs the back of his neck in a boyish way. He actually looks a little endearing as he confesses that he doesn't know why he's following Raven around.]

[personify]

[Raven just stares at him. It's only because of how lost he looks about it, that she cuts him a little slack. And if she's honest, the awkward way he's rubbing the back of his neck is kind of cute. But she's not nearly so honest as Leo is.]

And you can't just say no to your baser urges? [Maybe at first it's not clear that she's only teasing him, not until there's the peak of a smirk at the corner of her lip.]

[stealyoursoul]

[He's about to protest to the negative when he realizes there's a little smirk on her face. Well then, at least she's not about to smack him into next week for following her. Considering his track record with how he's been with people thus far, this is an improvement.]

I blame this dust that's being kicked up everywhere. It's bound to cause trouble. [He's just speculating, but Leo's apparently got it right on the nose.] My name is Leo.

[personify]

[Raven's eyes narrow but not at him, but at the dust around them.] The dust is doing something to us? [That's not a thought that settles very well with her. If there is something she dislikes more than anything else, it's being controlled.]

I'm Raven.

[stealyoursoul]

It did something a while back. Turned everyone's vision black and white.

[Leo doesn't sound all that stressed about what had happened. It had been weird, but it had worn off eventually. So if there's anything weird going on around here, it would likely get sorted out in good time too.]

This is probably stating the obvious, but I've never seen a blue woman before.

[personify]

That's... well, I suppose there are worst things it could do, but troubling all the same. [Her arms crossing she manages a smirk. Raven is used to people looking. To asking questions. It's just before here they weren't nearly so polite about it.] I'm a mutant. The blue skin is a manifestation of my mutant X-gene.

[stealyoursoul]

[Leo's never had any form of formal schooling, but he's pretty sure most mutations in humans caused things like double joints and red hair, not this. Still, he seems pretty nonplussed by the answer Raven gives him.]

That is one hell of a mutation.

[personify]

[There's a pained look in her eyes. Raven's quite sensitive about the way she looks, so it's hard not to take the words as some kind of insult. Looking away a moment, she stamps down the emotion, hardening herself.] It's more than that. More than the way I look. This is my true form.

I'm a shapeshifter. I can look like anyone.

[stealyoursoul]

[He wonders why she stays in her true form if she can look like anyone, but then, he's got room to talk, locked up in a human shell when his true form looks like a demon made of smoke and fire.]

I've never met anyone who could do that before. [But he comes from a world full of monsters and sin, so he'll believe anything at this point. There's a short pause before he goes on awkwardly.] Is that why you're, uh, not wearing anything?

[It's a good thing Leo's thoughts range so far from the normal line of thinking that the sexiness of a blue naked woman never really crossed his mind. He's never really thought of anyone like that since he's so different himself.]

[personify]

[Looking down at herself and her distinct lack of clothes, she nods once. All the important bits were hidden. She might be 'naked', but there are still some parts that she's not showing.] Does that make you uncomfortable? [It doesn't seem like it did.]

[stealyoursoul]

Not really. I mean you're naked but not really naked. [Oy vey, is it any more obvious he has never been a situation this close to a member of the opposite sex before? And here it was usually his brother that was the awkward one. Well, he and August probably had the same amount of experience talking to women.] I'm going to stop talking now.

[Just ignore that expression of near mortification on his face.]

[personify]

You're cute. [She notes with not a small amount of amusement, reaching out a hand to pat his cheek. Hopefully he won't mind the touch. Whatever's come over Raven tonight has made her a bit more handsy too, more free with seeking connection.] I can make it look like I'm wearing clothes, if you want.

[stealyoursoul]

[Leo flushes at the touch of Raven's hand on his cheek, going pink all along his cheeks and ears. He's not really used to physical contact with anyone. Probably the last person who had was Carpet, but did it count when the person in question had tassels instead of hands?]

That'll work. [Maybe then he'll stop feeling like an awkward schoolboy. See, this is where having only twelve real years worth of life experiences can really make him feel more like fourteen instead of twenty-six.]

[personify]

[It's probably not a good thing that she gets a slightly perverse pleasure out of that blush, is it? But she does as she offers, her scales ripping and her nude form now covered with an outfit, a plain white sundress that cuts off at her knees as her hand drops back to her side.] There. Is that better?]

[stealyoursoul]

Yeah. That works.

[She still looks beautifully striking in her blue form, though at least now there's a layer of fabric (or whatever it is that is made up of her shape-shifting ability) between them that makes him feel a little less awkward and likely to say something stupid.]

Which house are you staying in?

[personify]

House Two. What about you? [She's glad he seems to be looking slightly more relaxed now, although the awkwardness is still there.] The only place that was left in the house was the living room... could have been a little more private.

[stealyoursoul]

House Six. I was luckier than some since I snagged one of the remaining bedrooms.

[It could always have been worse. He could be sleeping on the deck like a certain vampire has been doing. Leo enjoys his creature comforts too much enjoys to go back to sleeping like a homeless vagrant, which he'd done for part of his teenage years.]

[personify]

I'm jealous. I've got people walking through my 'room' at all hours. Makes it hard to get a good nights sleep. Although I'm not sure how well I'd sleep anywhere, seeing as door locks aren't a thing here. [Raven doesn't particularly care for that insecure feeling. She's lived a life of looking over her shoulder, so not being able to properly protect herself here is something of a concern.]