Like Bulls in a China Shop: Taurus Log

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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...

Comments

26th- feel free to report that you've seen Apollo's client and possibly drag him out to find him.

[justjustice]

[There was no way in hell that Apollo was going out while the city like this. If he needed to explicitly define his reason, all he needed to do was look out the window. He had never seen creatures like those bull monsters, and needless to say he was terrified. He wasn't a water sign, but it seemed that his anxiety was the trait chosen to spike, so Apollo got to experience the most pleasurable sensation of his mind going fifty different directions at once. Unsure of what else to do, he turned on the COMP and started yelling out a voice post.]

What's going on?! What are those THINGS?! Why is this happening?! I had a client to meet today! Does anyone see my client out there? His name is... you know what, I don't even remember what his name is now! Just let me know if you see a tall blonde guy with a "24" tattooed on his right arm! I don't know the meaning of it, so just go with me on this, okay?! Just... somebody, anybody, HELP!

[So useful, Apollo.]

[all_wound_up]

I don't know! I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!

[Because two characters with the same exaggerated trait is always hilarious, right?]

[justjustice]

What do you mean- wait, if you don't know, why did you even bother responding?! Are you out there with the crazy things, or are you just holed up panicking like I am?

[all_wound_up]

I... I'm not sure! I'm sorry about that too!

[just... so panicked]

N-no, I haven't been able to make it home yet.

[justjustice]

W-well, you'd better get home, then! I don't know where you live, but just RUN! Go go go!

[Still being so helpful, Apollo!]

[all_wound_up]

I've been trying! There are so many bulls! So many...

[justjustice]

If you sneak around and go quickly, they might not notice you! D-Don't make me have to come out there and find you!

[all_wound_up]

A-all right! I'll try!

[justjustice]

You know what? I have to look for someone, anyway! I guess I'll come out there! Do you know where you are?

[all_wound_up]

Um... um... I'm not sure...

[justjustice]

No idea at all? You don't even know what district you're in? [This was going to make finding Nano very difficult.] Give me some landmarks, or something!

[all_wound_up]

L-let me look!

[Nano's head whips around from side to side nervously as she glances about.]

Oh! Um... I can see City Hall! I'm in the Leo District!

[justjustice]

Leo district... that's where I work! Okay, I'm coming! Just... be careful and keep in touch with me till I get there!

[Apollo runs out his door (totally forgetting to lock it in the process) gets going. He'll find Nano eventually, though it'll probably take him a while to get there.]

[leadthebeats]

You're kidding, right?

[ Because wow, you're slow for someone who was supposed to meet with some sort of 'client. ]

But if you seriously are still looking for someone, then I'll help you.

[justjustice]

What do you mean, "You're kidding?" For all I know, my client is probably out there getting run over by bull-things!

[leadthebeats]

Then shouldn't you go and get your ass out there and find him?

[justjustice]

...Are you kidding? I don't want to get run over by the bull-things, either! I don't know about you, but I'm just a normal person! I won't be able to handle getting trampled or whatever!

[Way to forget you have a Persona.]

[leadthebeats]

Yeah, and I'm a dead person. Besides, don't you, like everyone else here, have a Persona? You can always use that to protect yourself. If you know how to use it.

[ Otherwise she'll grab you by the collar and run. ]

[justjustice]

What do you mean, "you're a dead person?"

[He's not sure if Yuri's being sarcastic or not. But there's a pause to think...]

Yeah, there's that thing that came out of me during the Grand Prix fiasco... but I've never tried consciously using it. What if it doesn't work?

[leadthebeats]

I mean exactly what I said. I died before I was here, and I was in the afterlife. End of story.

[ There's a slight pause before she continues, though. ]

And if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. You won't know until you try.

[justjustice]

How did that guy fish you out of the afterlife?! [That Philemon's powers must be really, really great in order to call people who were totally dead to Hinoto-Ri.]

And if it doesn't work, I could get killed! No thank you!

[leadthebeats]

Then I just won't let you get killed.

[ And look who's holding a pistol now. ]

[justjustice]

Y-you're pretty dead serious about this, aren't you? Al... Alright, I guess I'll head out there! I've got someone else to look for besides my client, too!

[leadthebeats]

Well, I'm bored and I thought that this would amuse me. Besides, I always have weapons on hand just in case something like this happens.

[justjustice]

You do this kind of stuff for fun?! Where do you come from where you have to be ready for this at all times?