genessia | I - Darkness Event

What: Darkness Event
Who: Lucifer and Everyone (with your choice of NPC involvement)
Where: Genessia City (Four other cities and dimensions gates are excluded)
When: July 17, 2014
Warnings: Possible deaths. Horror. Flames. Darkness. Lightning. Falling Debris. People falling off buildings.

I

From the highest building of Genessia city emerged a dark and unwavering light. It lifted up into the heavens. It brought with it obsidian smoke swirling around the light as if a shroud of darkness. In an instant the bright skies lost its light. Thick black clouds descended from the heavens. They tossed, tumbled and seemingly kissed the city's skyline. It was noon and yet the sun was no where in sight. With all light, it stole all happiness from people who saw the dreaded skies.

Loud booms, sizzles and crackles were heard beyond the clouds - as if a prelude to the coming event. This lasted a while before everything became hauntingly silent. Nothing could be heard. Everything, from the ground to the skies were silenced.

Waiting.

Aching.

And finally welcoming.

The skies glowed eerily. Dark hues of crimson, azure and silver lined certain portions of the skies. Then a white light glowed. A light which ripped through the space between ground and skies, leaving a crisp sound in its wake. The lightning bolt was strong enough to make the very ground quake at its presence. After a moment of silence, similar bolts of lightning hit different areas of the city. Continuously. Relentlessly.

Following the thunderstorms, came a foul stench raining from the skies. It smelt like rotten eggs. Suffocating. It was Burning Sulfur. With the stench came black flaming orbs which plummeted wantonly on the buildings of Genessia City. It burned anything it could get its hands on.

The terrible weather continued for at least five minutes after it had started. Never softening. Just ending abruptly after it had left most of the city in flames.

II

Not too long after the skies started to brighten, after people assumed a crude state of sanity, an ominous circle of light emerged on top of Genessia Hospital. For a few seconds, there was nothing but silence. But slowly, the circle of light expanded its terrain. Soon, it was large enough to cover the entire medical building. But still it remained silent. For people who have affinity for arcane magic, they can sense the power flowing through the circle - an energy devoid of any positive light.

A minute after the circle first appeared, the land beneath it started to quake. Every pillar and every wall shivering and threatening to fall. Then, the same fire storm that was released around the city was concentrated to fall upon the hospital building. A barrage of obsidian flames fell to the building one after another. Never stopping until the building itself hasn't fallen. After the building has crumbled the flames slowly dwindled into the bright glow of scarlet flames.

((OOC: Each part here comes after each part from Lucifer's Video Feed. So Part I from the feed comes before Part I of the Log. Each section here will be divided to sections deemed appropriate for the event. Any further questions can be addressed from the ooc-community post or from this journal. Fights Lucifer will get into are limited due to ic (after his little show, it'll be too much if he can still fight a horde of people) and ooc reasons (basically too many fights will drive me bananas).))

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[The smoke was getting thicker? Its because the building was getting pummeled by massive fireballs. Poor people must be feeling the ground quake as the building suffers each flaming strike. But the corners of the building aren't strong enough.

Is Taurus and Virgo strong enough to hold onto the ceiling as it falls on our heroines?]

Yes, but WHY. WHY does she have tentacles?? Oh nevermind - with the exertion between herself and the other girl, Lucy was spending more time coughing in the thick smoke than anything else. IF she had a spirit that could suck up all this smoke the way Natsu did fire, or Wendy did wind, that would have been fabulous, but no.

Maybe she should call on Capricorn to help - but -! She let out a startlled noise when Koishi managed to pull the victim free and she was pushed back. Raising an arm to shield herself from the shower of sparks, she coughed again, She needed -air-. But more importantly they.. they had to get the victim out. "Y... yeah.." She managed hoarsely. But before she could move, she felt someone pulling something over her head? "Wa.. -? V.. Virgo..!"

Stylish AND functional. She was so glad to see the spirit - with the mask it was easier to breath, though her throat felt like it was burning. And it'd probably take forever to get the smell of smoke out of her hair and clothes. "I.. think we can manage, Virgo -but the victim-" She glanced towards Koishi, "Quickly! Get outside - Virgo can-"

The sudden quake of the shuddering building suddenly sent her stumbling to the ground, dodging to the side as a chunk of ceiling nearly landed on her. Taurus was going to be able to hold it, but only for so much longer. "Everyone outside-!" But.. "Hey - is there anyone else in here!?" This was to Koishi as much as calling out for another trapped victim because she had no intention of leaving them behind if they could get to them still.

Koishi visibly jumped as Virgo showed up, one of her eyes shut, the other one red and streaming a little. In the chaos she had not sensed the spirit's approach. It was just as well, however. They could use all the help they could get. The mask did give her a moment of pause, however, having to push through her skewed perception in order to understand what she was looking at. She had never seen anything like that before.

"Yes please. We need help miss." Where the newcomer came from was a mystery for later. Right now she was just happy to have the help. Trying to ignore the now almost steady trickle of blood from her strained third eye, she readjusted her grip on the rescued victim, ready to move him. She tucked her chin down, keeping her nose and mouth pressed into the puffed shoulder of her shirt, trying to minimize the smoke she was inhaling.

She stopped short as the ground began to shake, Koishi clutching the human tighter as she instantly erected a sphere of blueish energy around herself and the victim she held, several large chunks of ceiling bouncing off of it, though several of the larger pieces were threatening to break it. While she was skilled enough to dodge any falling debris neither her agility nor skill would be enough to protect her should the entire building collapse. They had to go. Now.

"I don't sense anyone else nearby!" Though not sensing and actually free of victims were two different things. However, anyone whose mind she could not sense was likely already comatose or worse.

I - Darkness Event

NPC Threadjack - NO HUUUUUUUUGS!

XD COME TO OUR ARMS AND LET US HUG THE EVIL OUT OF YOU!

Don't make me use my tentacles! You're getting hugged one way or the other!