The 13th Hour - GENERAL LOG

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The 13th Hour

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Who: Anyone
Where: The entire city
When: This week
Summary: This is a General 13th hour log.
Warnings: That depends who is there
Music: This

When it is darkest, men see the stars...

The snow was falling softly in the night sky when the heavens turned red again. The nearly black sphere of the upcoming new moon meant the monster population wasn't overly aggressive and the creatures wouldn't offer much challenge....

...or that's what was supposed to happen.

That night, there was a strange pull. The demons had acted odd that day, but even when asked, they were unsure why. To keep the population safe, the mayor had asked the city to stay inside that night and let the city police and visitors do their job.

It was a good thing he had. As the first minute of the 13th hour continued, something happened...the signature tail in the sky of something appearing, much like when the Guests had shown up. Only this time it was hundred of such little signals. The sky was filled with them, and people were ushered inside buildings as much as possible. Something was wrong.

Something was very wrong.

New creatures began to move around the city. For some, it would be creatures they might have wanted to forget. Yet for others, this would soon be forgotten when not flesh but stone, rock and metal, rose from the very ground, pieces of their homeworld reborn in Hinoto-Ri...

Extra Long OOC Blurb

[(Make sure you read it!)

Alright 13th hour post!

This will be up to you on what you want to do; start a new post where you can character's name and OPEN and write the days they'll be wandering during the 13th hour. Join other people's post, do some exploration, post them fighting monsters and just have some fun leveling up / interacting! For this log only You can level a persona twice meaning if they are used in a post with one group and in a post with another group, you can level up your persona twice. The conditions is that the fighting must happen on two different days. You can do this with only one persona, however.

For the buildings, each one gets its own thread. The original owners who submitted will be the first to see them, due to a strange pull that made they feel like they NEEDED to go to that area. What they do with this information is up to them; they can contact others in their group, start exploring by themselves or allow the thread to be open for others to come in with them...it's all up to you. That next morning, the government will be coming over to analyze them (that will be done offscreen, however).

FOR THE CREATURES 1) The creatures have to be in the Beastary for you to use them. You don't need to use creatures from your own home worlds either, as long as someone's put in a creature in there! No boss characters that night, since it isn't a full moon. Also make sure your characters could logically take onthe creatures you pick let's not have them take down a giant tree when they couldn't normally.]

Comments

Open! A few scenarios.

[otakuro]

Monday
[His job at the university was less than strenuous; truth be told, he rarely handled more than two or three computers a day. It seemed as if the technology here was slightly more reliable than what he was used to dealing with back home; he considered upgrading to some genuine Hinoto-Ri tech himself.

Monday had been especially lax, and he had, like the others, been made aware of the fact that something unusual was going on. When the first new monsters and buildings begin to appear, Atsuro begins to chase down the tails of the descending objects from home, an excited gleam in his eye.]

That one's gonna land pretty close by...!

Tuesday-Thursday
[Of course, with all of the new things that had just appeared in the city, there was no time for silly things like work and sleep when he could be exploring new dungeons in the RPG that was his life. At night and especially during the 13th Hour, Atsuro aimlessly meanders around, stopping whenever he spots a building that hadn't been there before.

He's come prepared. He brings out a camera and begins to take snapshots for who knows what reason. Maybe the flash could be used as a minor Light attack. He'd certainly need it with all the monsters that were out and about, too.]

Friday
[He had meant to repeat the proceedings of the previous few nights, but the city had different ideas. As Atsuro walks past a skyscraper, he suddenly glances down at himself and wonders why he has been plunged into darkness. A quick glance up informs him why.]

Gaaaah! Holy crap.

[He dives forward as the Wallmaster smashes against the ground, just in the nick of time! The thing is quick, though, and scuttles quickly in his direction...]

Saturday

[second_destiny]

[Suddenly, a shout:]

GET BEHIND SOMETHING!

[A second later, a small object flies through the air and lands near the Wallmaster. It looks like...

A grenade.]

[otakuro]

[It's a giant demon hand spider Asem there is no possibility of hiding they will hunt you down anywhere and everywhere. Atsuro is still scooting backwards on his hands and knees when something sails past his face; for a split second, he freezes with his face masked in horror.

Then he scrambles to his feet and runs like the dickens.]

[second_destiny]

[BOOM.

The Wallmaster is engulfed in a wave of fire, kinetic energy, and shrapnel. Asem is standing relatively close, still in the position from which he lobbed the grenade.]

[otakuro]

[The concussive blast is enough to send Atsuro flying off his feet, rolling in Asem's general direction before coming to a stop. ...He might be able to use a Dia or two.

Surely the scuttling monster has been destroyed by such a heavy strike. At least, when the dust clears, there's nothing to be seen...]

...Geez.

[second_destiny]

Sorry about that. That's why I told you to duck behind something.

[He extends a hand to help Atsruo up.]

[otakuro]

[Atsuro gets to his feet slowly and brushes himself off with a sigh.]

Phew. Thanks for the save, Asem. [He flashes a shaky smile.] I gotta say, I wasn't expecting you to come up with that. Do you keep those around in your room or something?

Wednesday

[bondsofsuffering]

"...Are you making a photo diary or something?"

Yeah, Hizumi's just kind of hanging around, currently sitting lazily on a nearby wall. His arms are crossed in his lap, but if Atsuro squints he might be able to see the revolver he's holding loosely in his right hand.

[otakuro]

Atsuro swings around without missing a beat and snaps a picture of Hizumi.

"I'm documenting! This is probably the most important thing that's happened here since the scorpion attack - crazy demon shenanigans are fine, but this is a change to the structure of the world on a large scale."

[bondsofsuffering]

"Ahh... the buildings, right? Any idea where they're all coming from?"

He's seen a few by now just wandering, but none of them looked especially familiar.

[otakuro]

"They fell from the sky."

Duh. Atsuro has had enough of being a shutterbug for now and turns off the camera before glancing back towards Hizumi.

"It looks like they're coming from our worlds, actually, if you can believe it."

[bondsofsuffering]

"Sounds reasonable to me. None of the buildings I've seen have had a consistent architectural style at all; that would explain it."

He leans forwards, trying to get a better look at the building before seemingly giving up and sitting back again, utterly relaxed despite the hour.

[otakuro]

Atsuro pauses for a moment before drawing nearer to Hizumi.

"Do you really think so?"

Atsuro apparently doesn't.

"Buildings have foundations rooted in the ground, don't they? It might have made sense if they just appeared spontaneously, but falling from the sky? They'd collapse as soon as they made contact. Then again, it's too much of a coincidence that they came without anyone inside. If there were people using the building - and there must have been in something like a 24-hour convenience store - what happened to them? Teleported outside?"

"It's more likely these are just copies.

Monday's Turmoil

[viditlibertas]

[There was someone else watching the descent upon Hinoto-Ri, but this figure didn't seem nearly as enthusiastic about it. Alcor's eyes were glued to the sky as he flew, trailing his own streak of blue as he crept up on his fellow tracker.]

ΨX%%... [The word was alien hurhurhur, but it's tone held an odd weight. It was sort of hard to tell if he was addressing Atsuro directly or not.] ...that even places could be brought here...

[otakuro]

[He is sensitive, even while keeping his eyes fixed on the falling stars, of his surroundings. The threat of demons didn't lessen just because his focus wasn't on fighting at the moment. Atsuro whirls around at the strange, guttural sound.]

...Whoa.

[This person almost could pass for a demon himself.]

Sorry, what was that you said?

OH WOW I NEVER GOT THIS i am so sorry this is old as hell you don't gotta respond orz

[viditlibertas]

...hm?

[Yep, he'd been talking to himself. That was no-doubt comforting. The figure stopped completely, hovering in the air and looking at Atsuro as if he were the off thing in this situation.]

I apologize, my attention was elsewhere. I did not see you there.

[otakuro]

[...An awkward pause ensues for a few moments.]

...
...

So, uh. I'm guessing you're out here to see what's going on, too?

[viditlibertas]

Yes. This is a new phenomenon, and it may not be safe for others. I sought to determine if I was correct.

[A more manageable pause...]

...however, I do not understand how they are appearing.

[otakuro]

That makes two of us. ...Well, most of us, I guess.

[Atsuro gives a good-natured shrug as another shining object goes flying overhead.]

...You don't think it's the same guy who brought us here, do you?

Friday!

[fools_journey]

Watch out-!

[ Man, that Wallmaster looks like a pretty nasty piece of work, doesn't it?

With the shattering glass noise that goes along with an Evoker, Minato calls forth Yamato-no-Orochi, directing the persona to inflict the heavy damage of Deathbound on the crawling hand, hoping to knock it away from Atsuro if not destroy it altogther... ]

[otakuro]

[Atsuro was watching out, believe him. He scuttles madly backwards from the Wallmaster like a crab, though it probably would've been faster to get to his feet and run. The shock of almost getting squished by a giant hand didn't particularly improve his critical thinking any.]

W-Wha...

[Minato's summoning comes quickly enough that the Wallmaster isn't able to vanish into a shadow. The creature is forced to conduct combat...! And it certainly wasn't a front-line attacker. Still, though it is forced backwards into the apartment building, it rebounds quickly enough, flying forward to try to grip some of Yamata-no-Orochi's necks together in a stranglehold.]

[fools_journey]

[ At least it goes for the persona instead of for Minato. He's started to come down with some nasty bug, and who knows how well he'd stand up directly. But well, gotta level up, right?

In any event, with his persona held in grasp like that, Minato dismisses it so the Wallmaster is only grasping air, and then with a fire of the Evoker, he calls forth Messiah to stab at the hand with Heaven's Blade. ]

[otakuro]

[Wallmasters are no match for Messiahs. As it gets a good handful of air, the sword strike pierces it straight through.

The creature dissolves into nothingness.

Atsuro lies on the ground and blinks.]

...
...
...

Ggaaauhgh... W-What was that?! That definitely did not show up back home...

[Looks like someone isn't too fond of disembodied hand spiders. He stands and dusts himself off with a sigh.]

Ah... thanks. I really owe you one.

[fools_journey]

I have no idea...

[ Minato stares at the place where the hand thing was for a moment or so more before looking over to Atsuro with a shake of his head. ]

Ah, it's no problem. Are you hurt?

[otakuro]

I'm fine!

[He turns towards Minato with a rueful smile.]

It isn't often that I'm caught off guard like that... Heh, it's a little embarrassing.