[WORLD TWO | SHIT MEETS FAN]

[spellbindmods]

Who: The Chosen 12, Shehui Monitors
Where: Around Shehui, The Underground Holding Areas
When:
Open/Closed: OTA, but especially the Chosen 12

[ Something seems different about today...you feel it when you wake up if you're of the sorts who happen to have a good gut instinct. You don't have to wait around long for the news of the day to confirm this anxiety in your chest. In fact, it may only intensify if you happen to be looking at your ID card when the announcement comes in.

On your ID's text scroller, a message comes through with a loud, blaring beeping:

The following Shehui residents have been requested for an audience with officials. If you know of their location, please tell them as such and maintain their location as much as possible. (The list, though, contains last names OR the name they offered at their Shehui introductory meeting.)

Ruby
Haru
Geir
Madoka
Jade
Julius
Jusis
Shirley
Orga
Noctis
Akechi
Riza

If you're in your apartment and happen to be on that list, you'll find that your door is locked from the inside suddenly. You and your buddies aren't going in there until a monitor comes by. For those out and about, you may be able to hide for a while if you're in a crowd of folks who don't know who you are. However, any and all news or screens will begin offering photos of those on the list as the day continues. That might get you some interesting looks.

That being said, you have options -- giving in and surrendering is only one of the choices you can make.

pre- or just after the announcement: Want to react to this sudden discovery that you're quite possibly a wanted criminal? Go right ahead! Maybe this is where you begin to plot your life on the lam. Maybe, maybe you have a mental break down. Maybe, maybe, maybe you just need some advice about what to do. Who knows!

running: Life on the lam is entirely possible, and even though it might not last, you can definitely make a break for it. If you have magic that can help you...why not use it? What do you have to lose? However, know that monitors will be looking for you far and wide. You thought there were a lot of monitors hanging around the city before? Think again, now. There are some pretty good places to hide, like in the woods of the more rural areas, but be warned -- that doesn't mean the monitors won't come for you there, either.

fighting: Maybe you're more proactive in your denial. You don't want to go anywhere with these monitors, and they're closing in...instead of surrendering, it's time to battle! Magic will do you well in this scenario, but monitors do have weapons and tools they can use to try and combat your fighting spirit. These include stun guns, energized-batons and a gun-like device that shoots out magnetized clamps designed to grab at arms, legs...even your neck. Trying to cut through these is also very hard, and once the gun is attached to you? It's also electrical in nature. You'll get a pretty good zap if you don't comply.

capture: So that's it. You've been caught. What does that mean for your future in Shehui? It's hard to say -- but it is for certain that you aren't simply being interrogated in your apartment this time. The monitors lead you to their underground doorway, opening it and bringing you inside. What you find is a totally different building that looks very ornate yet official -- this is the home of the Shehui government. The hallway you're led through is long, and your restraints tighten before your feet are clasped together with a device that's similar to the clamps the monitor's gun spat out. There are hundreds of monitors looking to stun or even shoot you now that you're away from the public. Escape is seemingly impossible...at least for now.

From there, monitors will take you to a holding room that lies at the furthest end of the last hallway you're taken to. It's not that bad for being what is essentially a jail cell -- there's an enclosed restroom, sizable bed and mini fridge. A table, a television built into the side of the wall...and a sign on the wall that lists up to three different names. Even though there's one bed, that doesn't mean you'll be utilizing it on your own:

-- Geir (his own, larger cell -- though it's outfitted with larger amenities)
-- Riza, Jade, Ruby
-- Jusis, Noctis, Julius
-- Madoka, Shirley, Haru
-- Orga, Akechi

The first day, everything is quite quiet. A monitor brings you food, carefully making sure that you can't escape through the door...since they're sliding it through a tiny slit, it might be very hard to squeeze through. That's where you're at right now...Today is day one, and who knows what the next day will bring.

[SPECIFIC NOTE: For large creatures, i.e. Geir's big dragon ass, the monitors are going to be using helicopters and larger versions of their regular weapons. They'll be very cautious in trying not to injure Geir -- more than they would be when it comes to the average coven member -- because potentially felling him from the sky can lead to casualties. If he is captured, the underground door will grow to accommodate him, and there is a larger holding area for bigger creatures. Hallways, however, will be a tight squeeze.]

telepathy: Telepathy can be utilized at any time during your long, hard day, but it may be beneficial to attempt to use it while you're locked up underground. Those who hear your mental feed will find that whatever signal you're trying to send is very faint -- for instance, sending text, the letters will be less than opaque. Voices will be softer and potentially static-y, as well as video transmissions.

In general, citizens of Shehui will take a pretty standard approach to coven members who are on the circulated list. They won't get directly involved with the chase; there won't be many citizens who will put a coven member in a headlock and directly involve themselves. However, they will shout, point at and follow coven members who they know are on the list in an attempt to help the monitors. However, you do have the freedom to create non-standard reactions from Shehui residents. You can say they feel some sympathy, or maybe they're even more violent than the average person!

Comments

[insubordination]

[ ROY WILL FIGHT TO BE THAT GUY HE IS THE DEFINITION OF THAT GUY ]

Of course. We'll keep you informed.

I'm going to hold you to your word.

[ do not do anything stupid!!!!! ]

[bulletbiter]

[ and thus begins roy and julius' showdown at who can be THAT GUY the best. ]

Thank you.

[ at both part of Roy's words. Thank you for the information... and for the concern, as it were. ]

[insubordination]

You're welcome.

Keep in touch.

[ riza is contacting him every hour. roy won't ask the same of julius, but he will check on him periodically to make sure everything is alright. ]

[bulletbiter]

I will. Good luck.

[ They'll need it. ]

[insubordination]

[ approximately three or so hours later, roy's voice appears in julius' head again. his tone is impossibly dry and deadpan, and instead of news, or more information, or anything else, roy has a singular statement: ]

Geir tells me you can turn into a tree.

[ that's it.

that's the entire message. ]

[bulletbiter]

[ ........................

GEIR YOURE NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL EVERYONE!!!!

Though there is a benefit in letting the planner of their escape know, but this is not how he wants to out himself. ]

I can explain. Though, before that I have something to ask of you. You must not tell anyone.

1/2

[insubordination]

[ people just tell roy things it's his actual superpower

his request is, typically, not a problem. and, really, roy usually lies when he promises he doesn't tell anyone anything. but this situation is a bit different, and he already has an imbalance of power here. it feels uncomfortable to li, and so: ]

I tell Colonel Hawkeye everything, but rest assured, nothing leaves our lips to a single soul within this city.

[insubordination]

[ he pauses. ]

I don't care that you can turn into a tree, I've just never heard of such a thing before.

[ like why is that even a thing kid ]

[bulletbiter]

[ Roy's second statement throws him off a little; while it's supposed to ben reassuring, he is just one person. One amongst many...

If sighs could go through telepathy, Roy might hear one. ]

I bear a curse that seeks to turn me into a mindless beast. As I am away from my world right now, the difficulty of suppressing it has decreased. On the flip side, it gives me the ability to metamorphose and strength beyond human means. I can tap into those things for a short while.

[ Any longer, and he risks losing his grip over reality. ]

[insubordination]

[ roy has long since accepted that people are different and sometimes, those differences make them all the stronger. that, and he's seen far too much with the elrics for anything to really surprise him anymore. ]

And this hurts you? Using this power?

[ inquisitive. quiet, not judgmental. he wants to know the truth, to weigh out the options. ]

[bulletbiter]

[ There's a part of him that wants to bitterly express the sentiment that living itself hurts him, that it burns the nerves in his body and turns his blood into a battlefield - but again, that isn't conducive at all; so he'll keep that locked away. Especially since Roy is surprisingly not judging him. ]

That's not an issue.

[ When one has lived with such things for a long time, it becomes normal. ]

[insubordination]

[ there's a silence. ]

That answers my question.

Don't use it unless your life, or someone else's life, is immediately threatened. You won't be of much use to anyone if we have to drag you out of there.

[bulletbiter]

[ .... that went easier than expected. ]

Of course. I will be conserving my strength until then.

( just reinforcing that this is private for the rest of the game LMAO )

[insubordination]

[ there's another silence. ]

I once knew two people who did something incredibly stupid in order to achieve something great. They were children at the time, and children tend to look for the easy solution rather than soldier through the hard way, or accept the reality of something difficult. They paid a heavy price for their actions. I wouldn't call it a curse, but had anyone found out about why they were the way they were, they certainly would have been ostracized, at best, and jailed for life, at worse.

I should have put them in jail, when I found them. I was legally obligated to do it. I decided not to -- for one, because they were two stupid kids, and two, because throwing stones in glass houses tends to result in looking like a fool. I don't like looking like a fool. They both have grown into not only capable young men, but they helped save our world when the adults of Amestris were set on ruining it. And I think, a lot, about whether that would be the case had I not given them the opportunity to prove they were more than their idiotic mistake.

That being said, your secret is safe with me, so long as you not do something stupid in an effort to make up for whatever has been placed on your shoulders, or whatever you've done to earn it. Don't make me regret that choice. Be smart, conserve your strength, don't immediately run to your trump card, and cooperate with the people in your cell. You're going to be fine, regardless of what happens in the next day or so. And I won't say a word.

god bless you roy

[bulletbiter]

[ There's silence on Julius' end, a long long silence while he thinks. He could have said something along the lines of his circumstance being different, but he feels that he's long since lost the right to object.

When he does reply, it's quiet and in agreement. ]

Thank you.

he's good at one (1) thing and that's adoption tbh.

[insubordination]

There's no need to thank me. I haven't done anything yet.

Thank me after I help get you all out of there.

[ then, he will accept it. ]

Until then, keep in touch.

please adopt julius

[bulletbiter]

[ It's wise to keep quiet for now. He'll collect his thoughts and tell Roy, after all this is over. ]

I will. Good luck.