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Luceti Valley - The Second Log

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.

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SINCE WHEN COULD YOU SEND A GUY FLYING A MILLION ISLES INTO THE AIR WITH ONE PUNCH! [Miles, that's what he said, right? That's what he meant at least when he said ilses.]

Remind me to never get on your bad side ever again. [Okay, so the worse than normal bad side he tended to almost always be on.]

[Excuses, excuses, that's all he hears from Vash, save his exclamation at the end of his ramble. He looks down at his own hands, brows furrowed, without a good explanation to give him.]

I...don't know. It feels as if I command death itself. Like it would be simple to take the lives of every single person in this city. And the most disturbing thing about it is that it feels exhilarating. [It's the best way he can describe it.]

You command death. [And of course he likes it. For some reason a small tremble runs through his right arm.] Vegeta, you can be really creepy sometimes. I don't think I'd be very happy to command death. [He looks down the street where the cops went flying.] Then again, it was pretty useful right now.

Shut up! What would you rather have, them dead or us? [Creepy!? He's not creepy! He doesn't think so!]

Maybe next time I won't bother saving you from another attack!

[Vash puts his hands up defensively. No need to make Vegeta to want to hit him now after all.] No, no. Much better them than me. I just, I dunno, don't really see much joy in it.

Besides - n-not that I'm not totally grateful or anything- isn't it going to hurt your business if you get arrested?

That's funny, because I'm not going to get arrested. I've had it with this nonsense around here and I'm going to get to the bottom of it.

[Except that there's more cops that are headed their way! And one of them looks scary and big.]

Yeah? And where are you going to go to get to the bottom? [Oh man, that cop does look big and scary. Vash is just... going to slide behind his brother and hope the guy hasn't seen that he's apparently stolen a cop's handgun.]

M-maybe those guys over there don't know we've done anything after all. Yeah! We can just walk away and go home! That sounds like a good and safe plan for not getting arrested to me! What do ya say, Vegeta? Huh? Please?

[His eyes wander over to the new set of problems. Great, just what they needed.]

Maybe if you don't have a brain. I don't think they're here to be polite company. You still have that weapon? Because you're probably going to need it. [The really big one looks like he can take a hit, maybe even more than a hit than Vegeta can dish out.]

Yeah, I do. [But he doesn't want to have to use it. He doesn't really know how to use it.] But I only have four shots left and I doubt I'll get that lucky a second time. [At least, that's the count he's kept in his head. Usually he had six shots for each round.

What did he mean usually!? He looks down at the gun in his hand. It was indeed a six chamber gun.]

And w-who says they're coming for us? Maybe they're on a lunch break?

Yes, and we just might be on the menu. [He sets back into a fighting stance. He doesn't like these odds.]

Quit being a coward. Take some of them on the left. I've got the right. And stay away from the big one, he looks like he'd take your head right off with a fork and have it for breakfast if you let him.

[They're closing in fast though- and Vegeta grits his teeth, waiting for them to close in.]

Gee, do you really have to put it all like that? I don't want to be breakfast or lunch!

[He slides to the left anyway, eye counting one by one where a bullet could best stop each of them. What was he doing?]

Sure we can't just, run away? I like running away. Vegeta, they're cops. [Are they really going to do this? Vash never wanted his family name, but he knew it was important to Vegeta and didn't want to see that get ruined.] This will cause a scandal.

I don't care who they are. They're half the reason why my company is seeing lower and lower production rates, they keep arresting my workers and I'm pretty tired of it.

[He rolls up the sleeves of his white button up shirt he's got on, taking the tie off and throwing it off to the side.] They're not going to just leave us be.

[Though as he speaks, they arrive- and they start demanding to know what happened.] What's goin' on here, did you two have something to do with this!? [The officer bellows, a finger pointed angrily to one of the unconscious officers.]

[Hey! Maybe they could get away with this! Vash quickly ducks his stolen gun behind his back.] Oh! Officers! Thank god you're here! We just found these guys here knocked out and wasn't sure what to do!

[Vash pats Vegeta's shoulder with the hand not currently slipping the gun into his pants for holding.] Isn't that great Vegeta! We don't have to be worried about getting jumped by whoever did this! We got these guys here who's job it is to protect us. It's just great, right?

Edited 2013-08-18 07:33 (UTC)

[It never ceases to amaze him how much Vash can run his mouth, as he stands there quietly while not acknowledging the pat on his shoulder. He's keeping his eye on the big one. The others would be cake.

The officer gives Vash a look, before he reaches forward and tries to grab his arm, with the intent to start to put cuffs on him.]

Hey! [Vash quickly side steps around and under the arm reaching for him. In the same fluid motion stealing away the man's gun, blink and the theft is missed. Even without blinking some may not have seen it. Except for the fact that Vash's arm is again behind his back once more for a brief second when he stops his dance moves. Two guns now stashed in the back band of his pants.] What's the big idea! I haven't done anything wrong! This is some sort of false arrest! You guys should just worry about your friends! They could probably use a doctor or something!

Come on, Vegeta let's just get out of here! [Although Vash is guessing running isn't in their future. The whole reason he decided to arm himself even more.]

[Where the cops missed it, the movements are not missed by Vegeta. That was fast. But not faster than he could pick up. He smiles inwardly, staying silent still, before he decides he's going to deck the first smaller cop who hadn't tried to arrest Vash in the face, spinning him around so his back is facing Vash, arms up and grin wide.]

Why? This will be fun.

VEGETA! [So much for worrying about ruining Vegeta's reputation for him. He's brother was going to do that just fine himself.] What part of any of this is fun!? You're nuts!

[This all said as he jumps back and forth out of the grasp on the cop who tried to grab him once already. He was closest to Vash and it was now very clear the two brothers had no intention of going quietly.

Of course, Vegeta not acting like a total coward is the bigger threat at the moment. More focus being given to him then Vash.

The officer does eventually give up trying to grab Vash and instead reaches for his gun. The gun that's not in it's holster. The gun that is instead now in Vash's hand as he smashes the pistol against the side of the cop's head with a sigh. As the officer crumples to the ground Vash just shakes his head at his brother.]

Sometimes you're just too much of a hot head, Vegeta.

Grrr, what's that supposed to mean? [He finishes with his own target, socking him in the stomach hard enough that he falls over and won't be moving anytime soon.] I just wanted to have a little fun, what's so wrong with that?

[Except that big guy? He's coming now to give Vegeta a piece of his mind, and catches the Saiyan from behind, sending him flying.]

Beating up cops shouldn't fall under the idea of f- HEY! [Vash finishes up dealing with the next cop who stepped up to try to catch him with a kick to the stomach. He won't stay down as long as the move Vegeta had pulled, but it gets him off his back for a moment as he turns towards the big officer.]

Leave him alone! Attacking from behind if just low and dirty! [Besides, no one can hurt or pester his big brother but him.

Vash moves to shoot at the larger cop, but at the last moment shoots behind himself without really taking the time to aim. In order to shoot the cop that had been trying to sneak up on him cleanly right through the thigh instead. Before he has to swing the gun around to clock the cop, that he had kicked earlier, in the head. Maybe he should have dealt with some of these smaller cops before getting the big one's attention.]

Edited 2013-08-22 02:57 (UTC)

[Man, he doesn't care- he just got himself into a fight and that's all he wants to do now. Some sort of unseen force just keeps him going. It feels like he lives for this.]

[He slams into the ground, and before anything has the chance to slam their foot into him, he flips himself back up on his feet. That hurt, but...he feels like he could get hit a lot harder. Though now the big guy's got his attention on Vash, going for him...

His hand flies up, and lets a small blast fly out of it, hitting the guy in the back, causing the cop to cry out in pain, though he doesn't go down. Though it's leaving Vegeta in shock and now staring at his own hand in disbelief.]

[Vash was rounding to aim once again at the larger man coming for him as he finished off with the other cops trying to slow him down when he was hit with the blast.

Vegeta wasn't the only one feeling a bit shocked by that. A lucky shot (or several) is one thing- that energy beam was something else.] What the heck was that!?

[He shouldn't stop to stare at Vegeta as the man stared at his own hand. There were more cops that were closing in; his ears sharp as they picked up the sound of their footfalls. He wouldn't even have to look to see where they were. He spares one more look at his brother before turning to shoot the weapons being drawn by several of the remaining officer's hands.]

Are you alright!? What was that!? Are you burned!?

[And crap. That big guy was still standing. At least Vash figures he could stay out of his way as he focused on dealing with the cops who had guns drawn.]

I...I haven't a clue... [He still can't believe what's just happened. He hadn't even tried, it just happened- it didn't hurt, and he can now sense an entire reserve of that very force inside him.

He doesn't know what kind of shit is being pulled on him now, but he's going to make someone pay, and unfortunately for them he has fucking super powers now that he's completely aware of.

He sees those cops coming for them, so he decides he's going to try out this new power of his; and sends a beam of energy right through the first target, stopping and dropping him, the gaping hole in his chest evident as he falls.

A wicked grin unfolds at the cultists death. That felt good.]

[If Vash has any problem with Vegeta killing the cops he shows no sign or it or says anything. Part because he's just so stunned by the sudden hole that shows up in the chest of the cultist.]

...whoa. [Of course stopping now is a very poor idea as a cultist takes the opening to shoot at him. Vash is hardly aware of it as he brings his left arm up towards his head and hears the twang of metal before he's returning fire and the cop drops his pistol out of his now bleeding hand.

Vash brings his arm down and flexes his fingers. There's a scorch mark from where the bullet had hit, but there's no pain or blood. Things were just getting too odd. He ducks under the big guy's punch to his face and starts running for a fallen cop's gun.]

[He doesn't stop there, the idiot who'd just shot at his brother will now be going down as Vegeta brings his own hand up, folding his fingers into his own gun, and shooting a red beam out of his two fingers at the cop. No one shoots at his brother. Fucking no one.]

Vash, why don't we take care of the rest of the trash here. I think it's pretty apparent they don't stand a chance against us. And since they seem intent on killing us, I think we should return the favor.

[Vash grabs the gun he was aiming for and comes to a stop near Vegeta.] Yeah, I sure don't feel like dying here today. [Yet his tone of voice doesn't sound very excited at the prospect. He really didn't want to die and understands that these cops weren't going to stop until one of them were.

Yet, at the same time these were cops. All his life cops have been the heroes and protecting people. These weren't acting much like cops but they still wore the uniforms and were possibly only following orders. Even more important than all of that-

What if Fluttershy could see him right now?

He can't help the slight shiver that runs through him as he pictures her face if she knew what he was even thinking about doing. He's pretty sure she wouldn't care of the reason. She would never be able to look at him the same if she knew he had killed someone.]

Vegeta-- I- I've never... they're cops, Vegeta. We were resisting arrest. I- I want to run.

[His finger is still on the trigger, but his arm is lowering as his nerve starts to leave him.]

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