Player Event - Chaos Plot

[folklorist]

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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[faithfulflame]

[As the spiritual flames die down, Sailor Mars rushes to Sabriel's side, waving away Grune and Viral, and pulling out several more scrolls, affixing them to points all over her fallen form, particularly around the spectral serpent]

Stay back. I need quiet so I can cleanse this evil.

[She takes a meditative posture, holding her hands over the Abhorsen, her fingers moving in complex and arcane gestures. She chants low, her voice deep and humming, almost like a song. Sabriel's paralyzed form begins to shake and stutter, the dark serpent hissing and spitting, trying to regain control and break its shackles. The magic scrolls glow a brilliant silver, a mandala of archaic kanji appearing on the ground around them. Mars continues chanting, her voice rising in pitch. Silver fire glows all around them, rising high into the evening sky.

An earsplitting wail rent the air as Apep's serpent was torn from Sabriel's soul, several of the ofuda scrolls sliding up the fallen girl's cheeks, wrapping around the ghastly creature, constricting it. As it rose a few inches out of its host, Mars opened her eyes and slammed her hands together in a thunderous clap, crushing the evil between her palms. Her veins coursed with a dark light, an eerie blue-black tracing along them, racing towards her heart in an attempt to claim a new host. However, the Senshi was prepared for this. She collapses her hands inward, squeezing them into fists, and grunting in pain.

Finally, Mars takes the small wooden box she'd stored in her belt out, and begins retching violently. An inky bile oozes from between her lips, dripping into the box. Coughing and sputtering, she keeps vomiting up globules of taint, until at last she seals the box and wraps it in several more scrolls.]

It...its...done.

[Dazedly, she gives out finally, her clothing shifting back into civilian form. Sure, Grune would know now, but she couldn't keep it up anymore. That was the last of her energy. She was spent]

[lostinmyway]

[Viral's shout would have been enough to catch Grune in time--she was still far enough from completion that she could have dispersed the energy of her spell without harm.

Of course, being tackled to the ground is certainly another way to stop her from casting.

Even landing atop Viral instead of the hard floor of the lakehouse, Grune lets out a soft, gasped, "Oh!" For only a moment, she lies where she is, disoriented and shaken.

She doesn't understand. She had chosen that spell because she had thought it would stop Sabriel from being badly hurt, and yet instead...it had hurt her so much. It had stopped her--but it had caused her great pain.

There's no time to wonder why, though. When Mars goes to Sabriel's side, Grune rolls off Viral. She then kneels down next to him and holds her hands above him, entirely disregarding the blood that now stains her dress and smears her skin. Her hands soon glow with a far gentler light as she calls upon Nala's magic to heal him. Though she cast only two spells during the fight, she doesn't think she'll be able to cure him all the way, or even most of the way. Healing is relatively new to her; it burns her energy far, far more quickly than her battle eres.]

[thebellthatbinds]

[Once the dark serpent is plucked from her soul her body sags as the strings controlling her movements and thoughts are finally severed. Wheezing a shuddering gasp as if taking her first breath in hours it's all she can do push back a sob of pain as her injuries throb and sting and ache. Everything hurt, even the summer breeze in the evening air felt like sandpaper over her burns.

For a moment she's tempted to linger in the darkness behind her eyelids, to let herself slip into the quiet of unconsciousness when the soft sounds of retching jars her attention. With a surprisingly monumental effort Sabriel finally manages to open her eyes by a fraction, turning her head ever so slightly to stare blearily up at the figure seated next to her. Mars? But what was she-

As the remains of the spell that had bound her soul passes from the warrior's lips to the box the memories come flooding back in a nauseating rush. The fight at House 46- Apep had overpowered her will, her bells...and he had broken her, laughing all the while.

Choking back a sob of pain and fear at the intensity of the memories she squeezes her eyes shut, quietly trembling as she whispers.]

N-no...no...

[faithfulflame]

[Rei looks down at the beaten, burned, and trembling woman before her, and she can't help but feel anything but pity. Having one's will stripped away, and being forced to fight her friends. That...to a Senshi...would've been a rather grim fate.

Reaching down, the miko gathers up Sabriel in her arms as she would a dear friend or a sick child, hugging her tightly. They've just been through hell. Hugging the Abhorsen tightly, Rei calls on Nala, begging the spirit to bind some of the nasty burns and cuts that her friend had suffered while under Apep's tainted influence.

She looks down into the other girls eyes, and smiles weakly, not breaking the embrace.]

Welcome back, Sabriel.