Aries Dungeon Crawl

[killerklowns]

WE'VE GOT FUN & GAMES

Who: The Visitors (Open Log)
Where: Scorpio, Cancer, Aquarius, and Taurus wards.
Summary: The Zodiac Monster Circus has arrived!
When: 19th of April, 11AC
Warnings: Evil clowns, body horror, terrifying circus-themed monstrosities.


It starts with four massive circus tents assembling in the four corners of the city. As strange clowns pour out of the tents, hooting and laughing with sadistic glee, a booming voice echoes out across Hinoto-Ri.

"LLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAADIES ANNNNNNND GGGGGGGGGENTLEMEN! WELCOME TO THE GRRRRRRRRREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! IN THE SCORPIO DISTRICT: THE ARIES CARNIVAL'S WORLD-FAMOUS ANIMAL ACT! IN THE CANCER DISTRICT: THE HHHHOUSE OF MIRRRRRORRRS! IN TAURUS, THE UNUSUAL AND DISTRACTING FREEEEEEAKSHOW! AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, IN AQUARIUS, A CALVACADE OF WHIMSY AND DARING WITH A DUAL-BOOKED SHOW OF CLOWNS AND OUR VERY OWN HIGH WIRE ACT!"

The circus has come to town! Jolly fun for everyone*!


Disclaimer: fun may not actually be jolly.




(OOC: No set tagging order; just pick a thread, jump in, and replies will be made as necessary. Feel free to specify how creepy you want or don't want it to be.)

Comments

[whyshouldyoucare]

"But of course," MiRa said in response. She wasn't just going to leave this guy alone in the middle of what was essentially an enemy spawn base. She followed close behind him. "Getting any more communications from him?" Warily, she took a look at some of the mirrors. Things seemed normal-ish for now, but she was ready for it all to go to hell at any moment...

[thirdarrow]

Takakage shook his head. "The CommLink has gone dead. I am quite worried."

Koppa Tengu soared in front of him, bright avian eyes scanning scrupulously for any signs of danger. The strategist himself had his sword and book at the ready - though the lack of water within the tent worried him. He did always bring a flask with him, but it might not be enough...

[killerklowns]

There might not be water, but there's still plenty of blood oozing from the broken mirrors - that's just as good, certainly?

It shouldn't take the pair long to reach the end, where a small boy in green is standing protectively in front of a collapsed Jonathan, facing off against a massive cobra made of bleeding flesh and shattered mirrors.

[reliving_days]

A small boy with a glowing sword, thank you very much. With a cry, Link unleashed a spin attack against the mirror monster. He's vaguely aware of the new arrivals, but he doesn't want to take his eyes off the creature in case he needs to go back on the defense.

[thirdarrow]

Their enemy was... not quite what he was expecting. But first things first.

He commanded his Persona to heal Jonathan - the avian swooped over, covering the youth with both its wings. The healing aura it emitted would hopefully be enough. Now that there were four on their side, the battle could begin proper.

Ice shards still littered the ground where Jonathan had fallen - the demon presumably reflected, or at least nullifed any ice elemental magic. There was indeed water within it, though it seemed to be at most half composed of organic matter. And the mirrors would reflect the Rider's lasers.

This required a different strategy.

"We'll need to use brute force to defeat it." Takakage unsheathed his sword from where it had been belted to his waist. "Magic might work, but not of the ice variety. Lasers will most likely be reflected - Miss Rider, I hope you have an alternative."

"I will try to demolish it from within. Everyone else - yes, even you, young man -" he addressed the child energetically whacking the demon with a sword "- you will have to cover for me."

The strategist slashed forward into the air, and a crescent-shaped shockwave sprung into existence in the path which his sword traced. The wave zoomed over Link's head and slammed straight into the snakelike demon, splintering more mirrors and releasing the blood trapped behind them.

While it wasn't water, it had to do.

Returning his sword to its scabbard, Takakage adopted a more stable stance and began to concentrate. There was less water inside the demon than he had hoped there would be - but it was better than nothing.

It took half a minute for him to establish synchrony with the blood of the demon. Once the task was done, he abruptly brought his hands together - a gesture that the water would mimic and rip itself out of the cobra's body entirely.

[killerklowns]

The blood pooled in the Mirror of Glass and Blood explodes out of the back of its tail, scattering it in dry, meaty chunks. In response, it flares its mirrored hood and spews broken mirror shards at Takakage.

[whyshouldyoucare]

That was... grisly. Since MiRa lacked things like a normal circulatory system or various other systems for that matter, viscera actually kind of grossed her out. There was, of course, no time to be grossed out; one person was already down and the rest were in obvious danger. "You bet I've got an alternative," she said back, and called out Talos once more. As the robot charged forward to punch the creature with one mighty fist, MiRa charged forward herself to slash at it with her blades.

[jonathandammit]

Ugh wow what... oh, he's still alive.

He does snap back into attention rather quickly, if that's any consolation. Someone he doesn't know, the boy from before, and Takakage... oh, they're already here? Well.

"Oh...? All of you..." Jonathan trails off in the end, rushing to reach for his own sword. Nope, not going to let it hurt the one who came to bail his ass. Nope.

"Stay back!" Zandyne the glass out of the fucking way.

[killerklowns]

Between the continuing assaults, topped off with a damn Zandyne of all things, the Mirror of Glass and Blood collapses, the fleshy portions of its body quickly rotting into a thick purple sludge that corrodes the mirror shards, producing a stench very much like, well, a large pile of rotting corpses.

The pool of liquid putrescence starts to flow along the floor, but before it can reach any of the combatants it starts to break up, becoming a tide of hissing cobras that frantically stream around them to plunge headfirst into the broken mirrors.