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Player Event - Chaos Plot

Who: Helios and pretty much everyone who replied to this post
What: The demon god Apep which affixed itself to Helios’ soul has awoken.
When: August 6th-9th
Where: Starting around house 44 then mainly around town and the woods
Summary: Basically Helios gets possessed and causes all sorts of chaos and destruction that the evil god, Apep, is known for causing!
Rating: R for lots of violence

[ It’s strange how the twist of events of a simple evening walk could change much of everything. In an instant, that was Luceti’s way of things, changing things in an instant. And Helios never even saw it coming. There were still parts of that night and parts of his soul that he never truly understood. But there were always ways of finding out. They say hands on experience is one of the best ways of learning. And this is a lesson he and several others won't soon forget. ]

((ooc; Okay plot is a go! If anyone doesn’t have an out for their character to be saved please PM me or contact me on plurk at pathogenic~ Otherwise have fun!))

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NO!

[It was just taunts and just words, playing at his own foolish weaknesses and mistakes. It was a game of insults--and his arm.

But the threat to Shepard and Adele was enough to drown the barest hint of uncertainty that the God's words were starting to draw out. No longer caring about risk or injury, Lupin drew his Walther with his free arm and aims to smack the barrel at Helios. Pistol whip. It was a good standby.]

I will not let you touch her! [There were only two guesses as to whom he meant, and one was armed with high tech ordinance.]

Edited 2012-08-08 05:15 (UTC)

[ Taunts and words they may be but there was still a clear threat and truth behind them. Apep would find the other two and make short work of them after he dealt with Lupin. A pleased noise escapes him as he watches the anger boil beneath the surface of Lupin's otherwise calm facade. Her? Well he'd have to figure out who she was. It could add a bit more entertainment to this whole business.

His thoughts are cut short when that barrel comes pummeling towards his person. A sneer and hiss as Apep bends Lupin's are possibly fracturing the bone in the process as he pulls up a barrier. The butt end of the pistol will crack against the barrier's reddish black wall and Apep will bark out an angered laugh. ] Dare still to defy me!

[ He'll slam the other man up against the wall a second time, Apep's red eyes are burning with anger and mildly subdued rage. He is growing really weary of your insolence and persistence Lupin. ] I will do as I please. And maybe I will make you watch.

[He grunts as his arm is ripped from its socket and grits his teeth against the blinding pain. It was nothing but proof that he was alive, and enough to give him incentive to keep trying against the thing that had stolen Helios' body. Both guns were useless, physical attacks didn't work--

but that didn't quell his seething rage at the threat against his friends.

Another grunt as he's slammed back against the wall, and this time he can't bite back his cry of pain at the sudden extension of his shoulder and the impact against his wings. There was no chance he could do anything against this monster. None.

That didn't stop the maniacal smirk from twisting his lips.]

That's funny. I do as I please as well!

[Riding high on the sudden burst of adrenaline, Lupin attempts to entangle Helios' legs with his own and apply pressure to the knee, intent on making the man drop. He'd go down too, but on the ground he might have an advantage.]

[ The entanglement of his legs catches him off guard but he hardly looks surprised. Thousands of years of combat and this human manages to bring him to the ground. It infuriates Apep on more than just a base level. This human reminds him of E-mun Ra. His once brother in arms, his killer, his arrogance and defiance always something that came between them at times. Lucky for him that this man meant nothing to him just as Ra did when he took the sun god's side. He had almost killed Ra at one point. If not for his weakness. His anger only makes him dig his hand into Lupin's arm even more as they go to the floor together. Apep will land on the floor on his side a searing pain whipping through him from the wings. That he was not expecting. These damnable appendages. He growls, inhuman in nature, as he tries to throw Lupin off of him and into the wall as if he nothing more than an annoying gnat. He looks back into the other man's eyes; his eyes piercing and angry as he struggles with the other one him. ]

[He can't focus enough on doing anything through the searing pain of the god's fingers digging into his arm like claws. He has no base of reference--none. Lupin III, thief extraordinaire, was not a physical fighter.

Every instinct said to retreat and regroup, make distance between them so he could work the terraine--but it was too late. The combined impacts of landing on the floor and being kicked into the wall broke his concentration. He couldn't see straight, couldn't think.

...He was going to regret this in the morning.]

[ No. He is going to regret it now. Apep snarls as he gets up from his position a swarm of black snakes making their way towards Lupin. They'll try to slither around and pin the other man to the wall. As the wrap around Lupin's body they'll turn into a tar like substance and remain solid and hard to break free from. As Apep stumbles to his feet the silence spell around the house briefly wavers as he knocks over another chair. He'll cut into Helios' palm with a splintered edge not so much as a flinch crosses his features as he does so. A sword made out of blood will slowly form in his hand and he'll point it straight at Lupin's form. A twisted smile will contort his features. ]

And now you can die, worthless pest.

[One can only sit and wait in the dark and silence for so long. Adele had her fill of it long ago- Lupin should be back. Artoo should be doing something. Anything could be happening and she'll be damned if she's stuck cowering in the dark again. Not now. Not here. Not when it's Lupin at risk.

She reaches back, pats Shepard's shoulder and jerks her head in the direction of the door, or rather where she thinks it is. That's all she can do before shuffling along, feeling her way across the wall. Found the door.

Pushes through and then there's sound and some light again-

A voice that's familiar but so very wrong for it.]

Soleil?

[Black snakes, a voice that was wrong- a bloody sword and she doesn't think.

It's Helios- but not, and he'll be back in a week anyway.

She lifts her revolver, takes aim, and fires.]

[ He feels the intent before he hears the new voice or the gunshot towards his person. He feels the intent of that bullet meant not for him but for someone else. Someone who had caused to much pain and anger and malicious thoughts. The bullet will graze his arm as he manages to twist away sword slash downward and generating a gust of air. The snake attached to Helios' back will let out a loud shrieking hiss and Apep snarls in agitation. ] Insolent human!

[ Apep is not pleased at all at your interference Adele. ]

Adele??

[He didn't have time to contemplate his misfortune of staring death in the face once more, of wishing that Goemon would just arrive with his Zantetsuken to slice through the darkness, before the gunshot broke the silence.

--There was no time.

Seizing the distraction, Lupin scrambles. His limbs weren't cooperating, and his vision was hazing between the pain in his shoulder and the sudden wave of vertigo. He was losing focus--he had no time.

He grasps at his journal, throws it open, and calls the one person he can think to call in this situation.]

S-songbird? [keep focus.] Emergency at House 46, something up your alley.

Hurry.

[That was all he could get out before the comforts of unconsciousness took him.]

Edited 2012-08-08 23:33 (UTC)

Stay down Lupin-

[The gust makes her stumble back- the shriek all but deafening after so long in silence. Still, Adele doesn't run. She swore she wouldn't. Not again.

Bullet one missed, two left and no time to think. She aims and fires once more, swearing under her breath. He was close, the kick of the revolver familiar- it should hit.

But it wasn't a man. She can't know for certain.]

[ It was not a man, no. Apep's concentration remains on Adele. In time with her shot his sword of blood will slice through the air and bullet will richoet off the blade's skin with a deafening 'twang'. The sword itself is discarded, he could kill this one with his bare hands if he wanted, and Lupin was unconscious. He'll dash forward in a speed that is clearly not human and then disappear into the murky inky darkness around them. All is silent but for a brief moment. There's a very loud hiss from behind Adele and then a ice cold hand will grip Adele's shoulder holding her in place while another hand comes up and wraps around her eyes. The cold of Helios' skin amplified in this form.

In that instant and second as the world goes black Adele will see horror upon horror of her worst fears and nightmares. Mangled hands, rooftops, her friends getting slaughtered. Whatever it is that makes the most pain and agony she will see. ] A pity. I wanted him to watch. I forget how fragile and easily broken you humans are.

Merde-

[She tries to track his movement with the revolver, braced for one last shot. It needed to count. She had to make it count- but loses him in the shadow and silence. Unable to hear even her own pounding heart or tight breathing she backs up, there as a wall.

Back to the wall- she'd done this before and hadn't it ended so well then?

The silence breaks in a hiss. He's behind her and she can't see or turn to react and the moment there's a hand on her shoulder she reaches up, yanks the hairpin from her bun, leaving her curls a loose mess around her shoulders, and jabs it into the nearest hand.

It's the last thing she's able to do coherently before her vision is blocked out by ice.

She doesn't scream. Because she can't breathe.

Every little fear. Every terrified whisper. Every last waking nightmare crackles through her mind in such clarity, such detail. The crack of bone, the agony of her hands stripped down to the tendon-

falling

falling

falling

and nowhere safe to land. Everyone she knows rent asunder in the worst way. Locked in the dark and forced to listen to them scream over and over. Luke. Lupin. Sabriel. Ben. Gambit. Helios. Rick-

But Rick's gone.

Burnt to death and Rick's not here so this can't be happening, isn't happening-

Two seconds of focus is all she can manage behind the scrabbling fear. Stretching, straining, her hand locked on the wrist that's closest and a spark- a current, lightening in it's smallest and sharpest form race out from her hands across that ice cold skin.

It's all she can manage.

Then she's lost to the silence, shadow, and horror.]

[Goddamnit. She'd stopped paying attention for that split second and look at what that caused her. Adele's run off. Thankfully, it doesn't take long for her to track her down.] Goddamnit, Adele! [...Unfortunately for her, it's too late -- the damage well past done, she takes a moment, staring at the broken mess that she is, and what little she can see of a broken, battered Lupin before turning her attention towards the person -- god, thing, whatever -- responsible. And she wasn't about to let what's happened slide. The urge to drive her fist into his throat aggravated her untouched scars a little -- but it was nothing that would really show, in what darkness remains in that room.]

[Still, it would seem you have all three of them in the same room now, Chaos God...only this one might not be what you were expecting, Apep, because she's armed and ready to fire at you -- with a gun the size of a goddamn LMG.] ...If I had to guess, you're the one who did all this.

[ The pain in his hand from the pin doesn't do too much to throw him off. But it's the spark that's shot through him makes this body of his convulse and shake a little. He'll throw Adele into the wall across from where they're standing. She's already taken by the chaos he's unleashed upon her mind, she is of no worry to him. She has her own battle with inner demons and fears to fight with now.

Apep snarls as another voice is heard. He'll turn to meet Shepard red eyes flickering brightly as the discarded sword of blood is slowly picked up from its resting place on the floor. ] How astute of you to notice.

[ Said with no small amount of contempt and bitterness. ]

Then I know just the way to deal with bastards like you. [Venom is what he gives, venom is what he will get in return.

...And what amounts to ungodly huge shards of shrapnel made from a grain of metal the size of sand headed his way. She is not going to play bullshit with this son of a bitch.]

And you have dealt with many gods before, human? [ Oh more bullets. Apep has had about enough of those for one sitting. A black wall made out of the darkness around them rears up in front of him as the shards of shrapnel pierce through it. Apep wasn't behind but then from a place not to far from where he stood two blackish balls of flame will careen out from the darkness towards Shepard then aiming more for her gun than her. The black inky tendrils that had held Lupin down make an advance towards her feet and legs as well. ]

[These people and their stupid God complexes. Her weapon, although undamaged, she finds well into overheating, forcing her to put them away. And then those tendrils start advancing towards her.

...Not taking bullshit -- and surely, not getting caught in it like her friends. A crack of the knuckles, and then--]

[Her senses go into overdrive. To the Chaos God, it may seem as if she'd started to move even faster than a human ever should be capable of, even as she storms the room that'd become a battlefield in such short order -- but then, what was she, really? Truly human, as Apep said -- or a mix of man and machine, thanks to her synthetic parts? Not that it ever mattered. She was still Shepard, and she was going to beat the living hell out of him, guns or no guns.]

No. But I'm in the mood to piss one off -- starting with you.

[ A laugh through the blackness. Interesting feats for a human. Perhaps she is not entirely so. But no matter. Apep will no tolerate this incessant bravado these fools seem to have. The house shakes again as Shepard steps into the room out maneuvering those tendrils.

Black spikes will erupt out from all sides of the darkness trying to impede Shepard's movements further into the room. Apep will be standing with his sword in hand several feet away the darkness swirling and brewing about his feet. ] Then you will face my wrath!

[ And with another angry snarl he'll point his sword at her and release an assault of black lightning. ]

[And yet, he may find that she's more than capable to back up her talk, in the most unexpected of ways, later on. However, that will have to wait.

The spikes are cast aside by the armor she wore, some driving into the plates but not wounding, but the lightning was another matter. She's quickly shocked, and the electricity itself was made more effective by the material -- though it wasn't much different than what she'd dealt with, two years ago, during that fateful war for the Citadel. Grimacing, but soldiering on with the adrenaline still pumping through her veins, she continues storming towards Apep, unyielding, and with a fist primed and sent straight towards his jaw.

She knows her limits, however--and she's expecting this to do little.]

Edited 2012-08-10 05:16 (UTC)

[ Apep is pleasantly surprised at her persistence. Perhaps not entirely human but he didn't know what else she could be. He sensed nothing upon her to suggest otherwise. Either way the thought is disconnected as a fist meets his jaw and a loud crack rings through his ears. Apep skids backwards holding his jaw and reds gleaming in amusement. The darkness licks at his wounds which heal instantly. He laughs then a crazed and satisfied laugh. ] You are quite powerful for an ordinary human. It has been fun but I rather not waste anymore of my time with the likes of you.

[ His eyes shine bright red then and as if someone turned gravity up 100% Shepard might feel a crushing weight envelope her entire person. Apep moves fast then sword at his side as he aims to strike at her waist. ]

[Shit.

She was used to abnormal gravity -- no, she breathed in these sudden adjustments without a problem. However, this was too sudden, and too strong, even for her, to fight off. Now the god's heading straight for her with that blade, and she's in no condition to fight it off, nor are Lupin and Adele.

This isn't how it's going to end...! Her struggle is futile, however--the only thing that could really save her, at this point, would be timely intervention.]

[Before Helios' sword can get close enough to pierce through Shepard's armour and flesh the peal of a deep, resonant and commanding bell cuts through the sounds of battle. Saraneth, the Binder's voice rings loud and clear from the bell in House 46, fueled by Sabriel's will to try to halt Helios' actions by binding the spirit inside him.

When Sabriel had gotten Harry Dresden's warning that morning she had made sure to bring her weapons, sword and bells, with her when she had first left the house. Upon returning it had been a surprise to find everything silent. The absolute quiet of life had been unnerving until the sounds of a fight, of people suffering broke through barrier that had warped the area.

Walking into the room slowly and calmly, Sabriel right hand holding Saraneth moves in a crescent moon motion while her left holds a silent Kibeth.]

[ The bells. They cut through the silence as that finishing blow never strikes, instead Shepared will get the blunt end of that sword slamming into her side, possibly strong enough to dent her armor, definitely strong enough to send her off into the wall. Apep's eyes narrow as the snake behind him lets out an angry hiss. Another person? How amusing. They all must want to die today. He'll life his sword and then throw it, in mid air it'll shift and form itself into something like a javelin.

He was growing weary of these constant interruptions and it showed in the fury of his attacks. ]

[Even though she managed to slow him through her bells it was not enough to stop him. Biting back a curse her fingers slide down the silver of the bells to silence their clappers as she ducks out of the way of the weapon. Dear lord, he was fast, if she hadn't seen the attack coming it would have struck her head right from her shoulders!]

I don't know who you are but this is not where you belong!

[Gritting her teeth, Sabriel redoubles her will and flips both of the bells with a practiced hand, catching them both by the handles and ringing them together. Binder and Walker ring out loud and clear; the Binder voice is harsh, fueled by her will to constrict the spirit inhabiting her friend's body while Walker sings a commanding march, willing the Spirit to walk where it would not choose to. She had to expel it from Helios somehow and this was the only method she knew.

Bind the spirit, Walk it into Death and let the river carry it past the Ninth Gate. That had been her plan.

Of course during a battle, plans had the tendency to go terribly wrong.]

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