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Spellbind Mods ([personal profile] spellbindmods) wrote in [community profile] spellbinders2018-01-22 10:10 pm

[WORLD TWO | SHIT MEETS FAN]

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!
armigers: ponponpon @ dw (♛ 317)

[personal profile] armigers 2018-02-18 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, I told you mine. Now it's your turn.

[ Besides, he's pretty curious what with this guy keeping tight-lipped about it all of the sudden. It must be juicy ...or embarrassing. Or both. ]

How useless can it be? Unless your power is turning the lights on and off without having to move.

[ That's not really useless, though. Given Noctis' excess degrees of laziness, he'd actually be pretty okay with that power. ]
Edited 2018-02-18 00:47 (UTC)
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[personal profile] counteracts 2018-02-19 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
It's, uh... [Fuck, he's not holding onto it because it's anything interesting. Well, maybe, in certain situations, but it's so niche he's pretty certain it will almost never come up.]

I can reflect stuff. Like, say someone shot a laser beam at me or something. I'd be able to reflect it back. [...] But again. It only works on certain stuff, and if I'm not really certain what it is I'm reflecting, it can go kinda badly. It's finicky to a point of uselessness.
armigers: ponponpon @ dw (♛ 251)

[personal profile] armigers 2018-02-25 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
So like a mirror? One of those movie ones. Not the actual ones.

[ Because those would break obviously. ]

What if you got stabbed or shot? Do you still get hurt before reflecting back, or are you more like a shield?

[ If so, move over, Gladio, he's hiring the guy with the cooler powers. Not that he has anything to pay him with. ]
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[personal profile] counteracts 2018-02-25 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Movie ones... What is he talking about?

He mostly gets his point, though.]


I guess so. I haven't really been able to do it, though, so I don't know for sure. Not that I'm complaining or anything. I don't really want anyone shooting lasers at me.

[He's thought about that, but he's not so certain about it either.]

I couldn't reflect those snowballs back at you, could I?

[Spoilers: no, he hadn't.]

I don't think so. Hell, maybe I can and I just haven't figured it out yet. When that happens, I'll be a lot happier with this power, because right now it's next to useless.
armigers: ponponpon @ dw (♛ 119)

[personal profile] armigers 2018-02-26 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Probably could have saved you a few snowballs to the face.

[ And Noctis wouldn't have been spared, so he's kind of glad at the moment that his power is useless but also not glad about that because he'd like to escape. ]

So where does that leave us if I can't use mine and you can't use yours?

[ Doubly-screwed? Seems that way. ]

They didn't leave me with my phone either, so you're all I got for entertainment at the moment.
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[personal profile] counteracts 2018-02-26 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oi, careful...

[He's mostly joking, but there's a bit of bruised ego in there. If you don't want him exacting revenge at an unforeseen point in the future, Noctis, you'd tread plenty carefully there.

But he's right. Things would've been a bit unbalanced if he'd actually had that ability in that circumstance.

They're thinking along the same lines, though:]


Fucked, probably.

[No, it's not so easy as that.]

Not until we make a stand, anyway. We've been playing by their rules so far, from what I've seen. If we wanted, though, we could make some damn fireworks.

[Surely some of them in here had talents that could help. Otherwise, everyone out there had their powers, and they'd be able to telepathically coordinate something if necessary. The Shehui government had actually painted themselves into a bit of a corner with this set-up, in his opinion.

He laughs at the final comment. Get a load of this guy...]


Oh, no, say it isn't so. Expecting me to tell you fairy tales to pass the time, then?