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▼ The Darkening Days

Who: Everyone. This is a general catch-all Taurus Event log. If you would like to do your own separate logs either due to pacing or easier loading, by all means, please do so!
Where: The Entire City
Summary: The last days of the Taurus event as things start to sour dramatically. During the 13th hour, Mutation Skills are unlocked for certain people (see the info post here) and now people have a chance against the swarming mechanized bulls. Unfortunately, for some, this means the paranoia hit a new low....if you want, you can get together and join each other's posts to try to hold the city down and protect everyone!
Warnings: Strange Attitudes, NPCs, Attacking, Battles.
Note: Please mark your post with what date they are happening. We are allowing anywhere from the 23th to future-dating to the 26th itself. Go on and have fun!

▼ The nights grow weary and a pattern seems to be forming...(days until the 26th)

Most of the Taurus civilians had willingly put themselves in confinement. As their symptoms began to rise, at the very least, there was little chance for them to cause problems. It looked like, hopefully, that they could hold back a lot of the damage and deaths to the city.

How completely wrong they would end up being...

▼ The day of reckoning...(April 26th, before the 13th Hour)

In retrospect, they should have realized something was wrong. While the Scorpio civilians were screaming about doom much like it had been predicted, Aquarius and Leo were not.

More research was needed...but there was no time now.

Somehow, everyone that had gone to the holding facilities were being freed from their confinement areas. No one knew who or got in, or how they got out, but many guards were injured in the process-- or worse.

The city turned into an all too (unfortunately) familiar sight. The Taurus civilians were causing havoc in the city, joined by others that the city had not predicted. Observers and Researchers quickly realized that these were all the earth signs, and a signal was given out; but too little, too late.

The city needed to fight back, lest it lose even more of its members. The situation was dire, but they had the Visitors on their side.

...For better or for worse.

▼ The Hour at Hand...(April 26th, 13th Hour)

13th Hour.

By now, the city was in chaos. For those who had witnessed the Scorpio outbreak it was an unfortunate similarity they might want to forget, but for others, this horror was brand new.

Giant mechanical bulls patrolled the city and continued to swarm, the police force trying to contain them and help as many as they could.

As time went on, mechanical parts and rocks fell to the floor from the bulls. Once the 13th hour hit...the remaining ones mutated, standing on two legs. And that wouldn't even be the worst of it...

And yet even in this Hour, there is hope. Power surges in a select few, and with a new skill at their tips, the battle may be won yet. But remember your mission: you came to protect this city. That includes the people living here. With so much chaos, you'll also need to help them and reduce the number of deaths as much as possible...and try not too look too closely at a looming figure in the Taurus Ward...

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[So there was a rather disconcerting gap in Joshua's memory... one moment he was alone at home feeding his cat and avoiding all human contact-- scratch that, all contact with any sentient beings in the entire city-- and the next...

He has now woken up to a five year old's birthday party. A cheap one, in a room that apparently had no door and several other people that either he didn't know or he really didn't want to see. Including his... other self. Standing across the room. This felt like some extremely generic nightmare cropping up from childhood trauma or something else equally pretentious....

Joshua stands before the not-door and pushes the cloth aside, staring at the keyhole with a heated glare, hoping to somehow blow the thing apart with his mind. If only he had just a fraction of his powers...]

Would anybody in here happen to be a demolitions expert by any chance?

[ Non-jacked up Joshua chuckles to himself darkly at his counterpart's question, inspecting the decor. He was annoyed, separated from at least half of his responsibilities, and somehow, in between trying to get at the bottom of this mess, he hadn't had the presence of mind to actually notice the gentlest girl in his experience coming up behind him and...? Actually, he didn't quite remember what happened after that. It was all a bit of a blur... which was even more frightening than knowing how she did it, if he were to be very honest with himself. ]

Demolitions expert, in the party room, with the key out of here. [ Two of three would be nice. ] I'd appreciate some competence too, but I think we may have to aim our expectations a little lower.

[It only figures that his first face-to-face interaction with the other Joshua would be in a locked room...]

I think I'll settle for an explanation for the time being... Sad to say, I have no idea how I arrived here. There is a rather unfortunate gap in my memory right now...

[Ironic, and mildly disconcerting.]

You're clever... you wouldn't happen to know how we ended up in this predicament, would you?

It was Kairi.

[Naminé sits up in her corner, finally awake after being knocked out by her sister. Her expression seems conflicted, and it only twists with even more concern after she tries reaching out to the air in front of her.]

She took my Keyblade somehow. Otherwise I'd unlock the door and let us out.

[Joshua looks in Namine's direction and rubs the back of his head a little, thinking about that...]

... I had forgotten how strong she was... What on earth has gotten into her?? [He looks back to the door, touching the filled-in keyhole with frustration.

And he makes a bit of a tactless offhand comment, because he's not exactly in his right mind either right now.]

Perhaps it's because you're a nobody that she overpowered you?

I don't know...but it doesn't seem like she's stopping anytime soon. Look how many others she's captured aside from us.

[Naminé stands up and stretches to get the kinks out of her spine-- but then whips her head around to stare at Joshua. The shock quickly wears off, and she quickly gets defensive.]

In terms of strength, I'm just the same as her, and she doesn't have any advantage over me for being the original. It has nothing to do with me being her Nobody.

I don't know much about these matters, I merely assumed, considering your powers work in a strange way, and it all seems to be linked to the heart... something you're lacking.

Don't mind my speculations, I'm simply wondering how she so managed to overpower us.

[Well, there's putting your foot in your mouth, then there's Joshua who seems to be purposely bringing up sensitive matters. Oops.]

[If Naminé had remained the girl she had been in Castle Oblivion, she would have cowered at Joshua's words. But she isn't that girl anymore. She pulls herself to full height and glares at him.]

Are you trying to tell me something, Joshua? Because if you are, just say it now.

[ Seeing as how this girl had gone and volunteered an answer in lieu of another comment that would have done nothing but fill the room with more unwarranted amounts of smugness (not that there was nearly enough, in Joshua's opinion, but his other self had just gotten himself into a conversation! Far be it for him to intrude.) No need for them both to take on the sacred role of being the most contentious person in the room! His counterpart would do that well enough, he thought. He had gone back to his study of the room.

Until he hears their conversation take a turn for the cattier, that is. He pauses his search to look at the two , watching the girl grow stormier and stormier... Hmm. He had no idea what they were talking about, but both seemed to be speaking with some authority, and as per usual, his counterpart's observations were being taken for granted. My... do these two have some history? He goes back to his study of the room, but starts moving closer to them, projecting loud enough for them both to hear. ]

It sounds like she minds. I don't mind if you get yourself into a spat here, but try not to let it escalate, mm? [ He smirks to himself as he inspects the door for himself, avoiding eye contact. Which one is he talking to? He's going for vague, here. ] Keep it clean, keep it verbal, and if you just have to carry on, do try to be entertaining, at least.

[Joshua was about to open his mouth to respond before his... other, happens to interject. Well, judging by the fact that both he and Namine are stuck with collars, it probably wouldn't be difficult to guess that they share some sort of history... Though you probably wouldn't guess that they were supposedly friends.

He scoffs at his counterpart in disbelief at the condescending display before placing one hand on his hip and turning back to Namine. Joshua graciously gives her a sarcastic little curtsy.]

I'd rather stop talking altogether, if it's fine by you~? Honestly, this hasn't been a pleasant conversation.

[She's stung by his words. She could have handled it if he had outright said what he was thinking, but blowing her off like that is somehow much, much worse. He isn't even acknowledging her argument. But she can't let it show, can't give him any indication that his words might ring true, so her lip curls downwards in contempt instead, and she matches him gesture for gesture, giving him a mocking bow.]

That's fine, because you aren't pleasant company. You can go ahead and talk to your other self now, since that's the only person you seem to be capable of talking to, you self-absorbed asshole.

[And she turns away, marching off with her back ramrod straight.]

[ Joshua has to hide a growing smirk under a hand, but can't exactly stop the titter from escaping as the girl marches off. Whoops, did he laugh out loud? ]

What a shame. If only she knew... [ Joshua stuffs the hand back in his back pocket and turns to his double, eyebrow raised. If only she knew his track record of talking with himself hasn't actually been fraught with devastating success, either. ] She seemed nice.

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