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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[danzan]

[ Logan doesn't even wince at the sound of the crack, though it makes the hair on his skin stand on end. He affords Raven a look that definitely reads are you all right, and doesn't take his eyes off her even as Adrien addresses him. ]

Not "cycling", probably ain't a one-to-one ratio for death-to-life. But I think however we got here is how they got here too, and -- you both woke up beside a monster, [ it feels easier calling them monsters ] right?

They try to kill us, they don't stop 'till we kill them. But it's the same when you reverse it. [ Pause. ] We might be their monster. Which has me thinking this shitstorm's a survival of the fittest game.

[personify]

[This isn't Raven's first injury. It's not so bad in comparison to getting shot, but it's not exactly pleasant either. When he grabs her arm and yanks it back into place, she does a quite admirable job at only crying out for a moment with a shocked 'ah!' before she's rubbing her shoulder and moving away from Adrien. It doesn't escape her either that it feels odd as she rolls her shoulder, the seeming lack of even a dull pain. It has her giving Adrien a second look.

Her eyes catch Logan's concern and she waves it off with the slightest shake of her head. She's been through worse than a reset shoulder by a man with a gruff bedside manner. Raven will live.] Yeah, I woke up here to something attacking me.

So you think they might be real people? But with a reverse view? We seem like the dust monsters to them? [Well, that's an awful and disturbing thought to feed into her brain, Logan. Thanks for that.]

[prorenataa]

[ Adrien retreated to one of the tables and hopped up on it, listening to the two theorize. It was an interesting theory and his expression probably showed that as he pursed his lips thoughtfully and cocked his head to the side. ]

Wouldn't be the first time I was on the side of the monsters. [ He mused. ]

Though I have encountered some people who have said this dust happened before we showed up and they've indicated they've been here awhile. Are they seeing us as people and not the others? Or is it just a matter of case by case perspective?

[danzan]

Hey, I'm not a genius, here. [ Logan holds his hands up in front of his chest in some clear show of disclaiming, then shakes his head. ] But there're different definitions of "people", aren't there.

So far, if I see someone hesitate to kill, they're the one I help. But that's because those're my morals. [ He understands the hypocrisy in this with how much he's been killing himself, but he's learned that that's what he does best. The best he can do is use it to protect instead of harm without reason. ]

For all we know, there're people out there helping the ones with the weapons out to kill. "The strong should live", all that.

[ Logan shrugs. ] I don't know.

Either way, I'm going to pretend I deserve not being dead more than those things do.

[personify]

[She feels a pang in her gut. Many people might look at Raven herself and think of her as something other than a person. But she's not been attacking anyone who hasn't attacked her. So maybe it's something else.

There's also the matter of Logan's odd moral code and the hypocrisy there. But she's not calling him out on it. Instead she's only grateful that he helped save her while implementing that apparent code.] You do deserve to live more than the people trying to kill us. There's no pretending necessary. [Of this she's got no doubt and the look on her face is firm.]

[danzan]

[ That has Logan looking at Raven with a slightly amused expression -- but he wipes it off, nodding his head instead. He's not here to argue the fine lines of his existence, so he won't. ]

Thanks. [ He means it. ] I'll remember that.

[ Looking at Adrien now, his expression is serious. ] You going to be okay in here?

The both of you. [ Him and Raven. ]

'cause honestly, I think I'll pull more people in still.