Luceti Valley - The Second Log

[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone
What: The second part of the experiment. Things begin to unravel.
When: August 7th - August 10th
Where: Luceti itself
Summary: Check out the mod post for more. This covers Day 6-9!
Rating: Varies with thread. Please move explicit stuff to appointments post with appropriate warnings.

Luceti Valley continued in its own merry little way. The rich got richer, the poor got poorer. A new tax hike had ensured increasing animosity between both groups, despite the protests of the every charitable Lord Mayor. But on the sixth day, something happens and people begin to notice things are unusual. Idle thoughts that if thought about too much is bound to get you a visit to the police station for an hour or so. Or worse, it may just get you committed.

Meanwhile, the asylum continues to gain more and more patients. Those that are trapped there will find escaping difficult, but there may be more to this place than they first assumed...

On the tenth, battle breaks out across Luceti Valley. People begin to exhibit powers and abilities they didn't know they had. The police begin rounding up these people to lock up. If they resist, its bound to come to blows. Even though no one has regained their memories of their true self yet, it becomes apparent that some trickery is afoot, even if they might not know the source or why.


Note: This is the second log! There will be a third and final event log for the aftermath. There will also be two separate logs specifically for finding John and defeating Zompano. For those of you that signed up, we'll be randomizing the results and replying to the selected characters later tonight. In the meantime, keep enjoying the event! If you have questions, direct them here.

Comments

[goldenglasses]

Don't think about it. [He knows that look, but trauma is something they'll have to deal with later. He moves forward and fishes for handcuff keys on the man Makie killed.] Hold on, don't go out right away, they're probably expecting us to go that way.

[Aha, there are the keys. He grabs them and moves quickly towards the back door. He takes the bat from Makie for a moment, using it to push the back door open. No gunfire follows it, cautiously Vash sticks his head out the door and it's still clear.] Alright, can you run? If not help me out of these cuffs and I can carry you. [He's already fiddling with the keys as he offers. A little awkward, but he's more concerned with getting out of here then get the cuffs off right away.]

[therewerefifty]

[She'd laugh at the suggestion of running, but she knows exactly what that will do for her right now. Instead, Makie snatches up the keys, and though her mind is a whirl of panic her fingers are steady and sure, even if she does stare at the keys briefly as if she's never seen them before.

But a few moments after that she finds the right key, helping him yank the cuffs off.] Carry me. Please.

[Because hah. Running. She may as well sit down and cough up the other lung, it'll save time.]

[goldenglasses]

No problem. [He turns, offering her his back to hop onto. He carries her weight he finds surprising easy. Wasting no more time Vash takes off sprinting across the lawn, much faster than he actually thought was humanly possible. Much like being able to easily carry Makie he puts it towards the rush of adrenaline blasting through his system.

They're only about halfway across the lawn as a cultist turns the corner. They knew the pair would have to escape the burning building eventually, but they were too late. Vash and Makie were already running off and it only takes Vash a quick look for him to realize he's already calculated in his head where the bullet should go as the cultist raises his arm to fire at the two.

His arm height, the aim, how fast a person can pull a trigger. It's almost instantly in his head as he veers sharply to the left as the bullet safely peppers the ground instead of into their backs.

The low neighboring fence doesn't slow him down. Even with Makie's additional weight he sails over it easily with one graceful jump. The cultists are following so Vash doesn't allow himself to slow down and think anything over right now. Just wills more speed into his legs as he tries to put some buildings between them and the Luceti police.]

[therewerefifty]

[...she's positive he never ran this fast before. Adrenaline works wonders, Makie thinks. She can't help, and she's all too aware now that she's nothing more than a burden again, but even if she was the self-sacrificing kind Vash wouldn't leave her behind. And she's not. Life is precious and she's damn well going to live the last few months left to her, okay.

When she catches sight of the cop rounding into the back yard, she squeezes her eyes shut and rests her face against Vash's back, not so much trusting in his speed as not wanting to see what happens next. Either he'll miss or he won't. The shot goes off, her ex keeps running-- a miss. And then they're over the fence.

...wow. Vash, go join a sprint team or something. That was impressive.

Now excuse her as she hangs on and lets you take care of things and just does her best to control her breathing.]

[goldenglasses]

[He runs dash in and around houses. Making sure he's out of view of their pursuers before finally eying off an open garage door. He darts inside and at last lets himself slow down. Breathing heavily, but controlled, as if he could run a bit longer if he needed too.

The house had looked dark and he still felt he could run so he decides to take a chance to see if the door leading into the house was unlocked. He shifts Makie's weight and turns the nob and is happy to find it's unlocked.

A quick call of: hello that goes unanswered leaves him thinking that no one is home so he sets Makie down in the living room.] Hold on, I'll get you some water. [He turns to do this without waiting for an answer, after some quick banging around in the kitchen he finds a glass, fills it and brings it out. Yet this is no time to relax and he knows it as he hands the glass over.]

We can't stay here. I'm not sure when the people who live here will be back, but I don't think it will be right away. You should stay here, catch your breath, and call Shikamaru. He'll be able to come find you. We're on Clifford street. Closer to Kingston Avenue then Lyme. Third brown house on the right. [He wasn't sure how much she had been able to pay attention to and how much her attention had been on her breathing.] Wait here for him. Or at least, make sure you can run if you have to before you leave here.

[Vash peeks carefully out the window. No one yet, but it wouldn't take them long to start searching houses.] I'm going to go make it look like we broke in somewhere else. [Lead them away.] Don't wait for me to come back.

[He knows it will be less risky if he can lead them away from here for him to stay away at that point. Yet, it's killing him to think of leaving her here on her own after seeing her cough up blood and having to kill someone.] Are you going to be alright?

[therewerefifty]

[Makie nods. Nods, and nods again, face tight as she takes the water. She doesn't let him know that she already tried Shikamaru today, right after the fire call. Honestly? This is the best outcome she can think of.]

Clifford Street. Got it. I'll be fine. Will you?

[goldenglasses]

To tell you the truth. I've been dodging these people all day. Don't worry about me.

I'll catch up with you later, so stay safe until then. [Not wanting to waste anymore time and possibly be seen leaving Vash makes his way out of the house. Shutting the garage door behind him.

He heads in the opposite direction, picking out a house that once again looks empty and is. Where is everybody? He doesn't try to hide his break in this time and goes rummaging through the house a bit when he hears sirens coming up fast. So they decided to get their cars did they? That's alright, because that's what Vash was getting ready for.

As the police cars come down the street they are alerted by the broken glass left behind by Vash's second break in. Even if they hadn't a roar of an engine and half a fence Vash takes out as he backs out of the garage is sure to get their attention. Opps. He's really going to owe these homeowners a lot if everything goes back to normal soon.

Oh well, no time to think about that. He slams his foot down on the gas once more and takes off with the cars quickly picking up the chase once again. He's hope he's made enough of a racket and with the passenger seat cranked down as if someone was laying in it he hopes he's got ALL of the cultist attention on him as he leads what he can away from Makie.]