Twister!

[lucetimods]

Who: You!
What: WHOOSH
When: The 18th, at 5:23 PM.
Where: Through the village (seen on this map)
Summary: A tornado blows through Luceti! It's loud, windy, and dangerous. React?
Rating: B for Blustery

It had been an unusually warm day for October. Dark clouds loomed in the day and had been accompanied by strong winds. A strange green aura tinted the clouds in the west before it finally happened. It was loud. Deafeningly loud for those near it, like a freight train hurling itself through the sky. Dust and debris whipped up inside it and anything not securely fastened was pulled towards it, sometimes right off the ground. A tornado had formed in Luceti and it was moving fast. Faster than a person could run or follow.

The smart people would be staying inside. The not so smart? Hopefully they could handle it.

((I'd suggest checking this comment out to get an idea for how tornadoes work! A plotting thread exists here as well.)

Comments

And then Loki does stuff.

[complicatedliar]

[Loki has seen and done a lot of things in his life. The tornado is something of a new one, at least when it involves being up close, personal, and trapped inside what is effectively a tea pot with it.

He also knows that there are people that are much better at weather magics than he, first among them Saori. There is absolutely no shame in letting the experts handle this sort of thing and concerning himself with making certain that the few things he cares about (eg: the stables) don't get torn to shreds.]

Paging Saori [Voice]

[complicatedliar]

Lady Saori, there seems to be a... tornado. I thought this might be of interest to you, if you hadn't noticed yet.

[yourhatred]

[Itachi had felt this brewing all day, which is why the windows of the house were covered to the best of his ability and the cats had long since been relocated to the basement.

There were safer places than this, but he needed to be sure he could be found.

What little there was of the garden had been stowed away that morning when his bond with the filial spirit of water had caused a tingle down the back of his neck. Sight is the only sense Itachi lacks, and he makes up for it in every other way possible.

He listens on the journal for warnings, ready to give his own if they don't come about, but only as a last resort.]

[shenevermisses]

[It's close enough to Community House Two to be visible by the time Clove opens the Journal. The noise is... out of her range to describe.

When she speaks, her voice is trying very, very hard for calm, but... it's failing, badly. Three people -- if the third was watching the Games while the others were in it -- will know that sound. She isn't screaming, but it's there all the same: terror.]

What is this? What's going on?

[There's a loud thud from a ways away -- debris striking the building, threatening one of the windows -- and Clove gives a quiet kind of yelp.

Not that she'll admit it.]

[airhead_overlord]

[A tornado like this is very strange, and almost interesting thing to look at when you come from a desert town where almost nothing interesting happens, like Raenef. So a very strange sight can be seen heading towards the tornado.

A boy, with blue hair, wondering closer and closer to the thing, trying to get a better look at it, and what it's doing. He has seen more scarier things than this.

He won't really see this as dangerous until he gets a closer look.]

[deathsdoctor]

[Law had felt it coming as well - a sailor's storm sense screaming, and he had made one comment about how things were 'Grand Lining' and 'Kipinn is howling'. He's at the Battle Dome for most of the day (Thursdays are a shift day) and is back by just after three to help, very much on standby and ready to teleport back at a moment's notice.

In which he's subtly on edge. He would be down in the Shinonome again, searching for the key, but the signals the weather are giving him tell him to stay put.]

[Voice] She does need a pager...

[windandrain]

I smelled it some time ago, coming in from the west. It does not appear to be a truly massive one, though.

Are you in it's path?

[Voice] *lights up the Saori signal*

[complicatedliar]

I've no way of knowing, if I'm to be honest. Weather is most definitely not my area of specialization. I am truly more concerned about the stables, since I have shielded them as best I can, but the horses are quite frightened.

[Voice] *away!*

[windandrain]

[There is a long pause, accompanied by the sound of a howling gale]

I am not sure of where the stables are, are they on the north or the south end of the village? I believe the wind is more northerly.

[Voice] *away!*

[complicatedliar]

Northerly. They're next to community house seven.

[Voice]

[windandrain]

Then keep your barrier up, I will be there shortly. The winds are heading this way quickly.

[The gale winds pick up, and its not long before she lands on the stable roof.]

[Voice->Action]

[complicatedliar]

I will return there momentarily myself.

[And blip there he is.]

[Action]

[windandrain]

[She nods at his appearance]

Is your house prepared? If you have pets or mortal roommates it may be wise for them to stay in a windowless room. I will do what I can to weaken the wind when it arrives, but that is the safest place for them.

[And down she hops]

It isn't a large tornado. Have you ever seen one before?

[Action]

[complicatedliar]

[It's for the best that he has returned. The shield around the stable is already wavering. Things don't seem to hold very well around here if he leaves them unattended. It's annoying.]

Gregor and Adele are both in as safe a space as there is, much to the south.

I... have. But not in such proximity.

[Action]

[windandrain]

A pity, they are lovely when you can watch them from afar.

[She shakes her head, breaking her train of thought. The power of the weather called to her, and she wanted nothing more than to let it rampage across the village. That, however, would endanger lives.]

Loki, you say your shield wavers when you are apart from it? Is it that you lack the power to keep it up at a distance?

[Action]

[complicatedliar]

I think it the interference of the barrier. This should be a far more simple matter than it is.

[Action]

[windandrain]

Well, do you think if I fed you energy, you could maintain it?

[Action]

[complicatedliar]

And from a distance, I should think. I could maintain it well enough if I stayed in place, but that seemed perhaps inadvisable.

[Action]

[windandrain]

Without a doubt, it would be. You do not want to get caught in it directly, as you are. I however...have no such trouble.

I can weaken the windspeed and draw off its energy. However, that energy needs to go somewhere, or I will lose control again. Do you think you can handle that?

[Action]

[complicatedliar]

Yes, I ought to be able to do that quite easily. I've experience, of a sort.

[And energy off of her should have the added benefit of not attempting to take over his mind.]

[Action]

[windandrain]

Then we will need to establish a link. Give me a hair, and I'll give you one of mine. That should form a good enough bond.

[She plucks out a single long, dark strand and offers it]

[Action]

[complicatedliar]

[There is the slightest of hesitations, but it's a fair exchange and something that needs to be done. He plucks out one of his own hairs, just as black but not as long, and offers it in return. He takes her hair with his other hand and then deftly twists it into a ring.]

[Action]

[windandrain]

When all is said and done, I should like that returned. I will show you the same courtesy.

[She does likewise, and makes a small band, slipping it around her finger. It is a fair exchange, and one she'll gladly offer to save the village a lot of trouble, but when all is said and done, she can't let him keep that power over her and is confident he feels likewise.]

Call forth your magics then, and let us get started.

[Action]

[complicatedliar]

I had assumed as much.

[Like much of what he does, it is a simple, subtle exercise of will. He has the hair as a connection to Saori. It's a simple matter of drawing a line between them, opening it. He's careful to keep the power from himself the bare minimum to keep the transmission open, the feeling of the energy surprisingly warm and inquisitive.]

Done. Go.

[Action] tl;dr actiony startup

[windandrain]

[Saori feels the spell wash over her, a subtle tingling that makes the hair on her neck stand on end. She did not like feeling exposed like that, but while she had his hair she could muster defenses of her own if he decided to do something. Making herself vulnerable to him was decidedly not high on her priorities list, and it was better to be cautious at the least.

Wind swirled under her feet and she began to float towards the cyclone that was rapidly heading to greet her. She could see others combating the wind, trying to slow it down, and feel other magical defenses being raised beneath her.

Approaching from the north, her feet planted wide on two whirlwinds, Saori's hands began to move in circles. Her fingers flew through a series of incredibly complex gestures as she swayed with the wind. Behind her, a blue white mandala flared to life, a single character emblazoned in the center of the circle. This was her element, manipulating the wind and commanding it. The role she was created to play.

Saori threw back her head, screaming in joy, and continued working her spell, power thrumming in the air around her as she tried to establish a link between the wind and herself. It was not her place to stop the wind, or even change its path. Weather was every bit as alive as she was, but to weaken it was but a small thing. That way the noble cyclone could continue on its way, but she could spare the town as much danger as possible.

With a howl of elation, the Daughter of Wind and Rain hurled her spell at the oncoming twister, the eerie light flashing between her and the wind. It struck, forming a link of magic between her and it, and to Loki far below, energy coursing through the conduit...]