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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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[Barnaby tore his gaze away from Yu and his awe inspiring display at the soft ping of metal hitting the ground. He stared at the bullet that had fallen in numb surprise, questioning the very nature of this world and his power for only a split second before returning his gaze to the inhumanly powerful being that stood behind Yu. It stood in silence, almost like a guard or a sentinel with it's stillness and grace.

Somehow, he knew in his heart that it wasn't a threat.

Words weren't needed by the time Barnaby met Yu's gaze. The two of them were strangely in tandem, as if both of them were familiar with working beside others. He nodded in thanks before he took off, leaping into action to take the cops down.]

[Yu heard the cops screaming at his back as he reacted on instinct, raising a hand in command to the creature behind him. He just needed to think and it responded, and right now he was thinking that he couldn't hurt them too much, because they were only human.]

[That was probably why all the creature did was reach out, calling down lightning to force the police to scatter.]

[There was nothing else for Barnaby to do but leap out of the way once the lightning came upon the field. He was only a man, and whatever it was that Yu had was far beyond anything he thought he could face.]

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[Yu and the creature were not aiming to hurt anyone, and the cops seemed to get that. They regrouped as the lightning faded, ready to try and contain them both. Yu backed off, the creature covering him.]

I don't know how well I can hold his strength back. I don't want to kill them.

[He glanced back at Barnaby, hoping he'd have some ideas before they were shot.]

[Despite everything that they were doing, Barnaby didn't particularly wish for any of them to die either. Perhaps at a later time...but he had things of more importance for the moment.

He nodded and launched off with a flurry of kicks, clearing a pathway through the crowd if they could move.]

Yu! Let's go!

[He spoke in earnest, not wanting him to get hurt in any way. The creature behind him...Barnaby wasn't sure what it would do.]

[Yu nodded, having no objections with making a quick retreat. Unfortunately, people were stupid; the cops weren't about to let them go, and as Yu was about to run for it, the creature covering their retreat, one of them took aim and fired. The bullet hit the creature square in the chest, knocking it backward. It wasn't much of an attack -- clearly the creature was used to much worse -- but...]

[Yu screamed as he clutched at his chest, falling to his knees. It felt more like he had been the one shot, but there was no bullet nor any blood; but damn did that hurt.]

[--What?

The bullet came from a different direction-- his ears didn't lie, but Yu's cry told him something different. Clearly there was something amiss, but there was no time to think about reacting.

Barnaby just moved.

Whirling around with startling ease, Barnaby made a full turn and launched himself at Yu. The young man was astonishingly light.

Maybe he was just that strong.

He cast a look at the creature in the space of a heartbeat, as if to see what it would do.

Then. He jumped.]

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[Yu was just starting to recover from the pain when he suddenly felt himself being tossed over Barnaby's shoulder. Wait, what...? He wasn't heavyset, but he was pretty sure he wasn't a ragdoll either.]

[He looked up at the large creature, meeting its gaze, like it was waiting for his command to help them. Yu swallowed, knowing this creature was a part of him... something that had come from deep within himself. He just couldn't remember; but how could he forget something like this? Especially when he could just vaguely remember...]

[Yu flung a hand out toward the creature as he could feel Barnaby shifting under him.]

Izanagi!

[As Barnaby jumped, Izanagi swept the flat of its sword around in a wide arc, passing under them harmlessly and knocking aside the cops.]

[Barnaby looked down in astonishment at the creature's attack, marvelling at the speed and force of the blade sweeping underneath them to keep their enemies at bay.]

Izanagi...

[The word was barely uttered, but it was a name that he prayed he wouldn't forget in the inevitable fallout of this battle. Like so many things that were being unearthed in the minutes and hours that passed, he wanted to engrave both the creature and the young man into his mind as something to remember and follow up with later. Documentation had to be made, memos needed to be hidden from prying eyes to protect their minds from any more abuse--

He didn't stop to question this strange pattern of thinking that felt almost normal to him, nor was he in the least bit worried about the impossible height that they had reached with a single leap. The cops wouldn't have been able to follow them, and Izanagi's blade wasn't even a concern.

In a strange way, this was 'normal' for Barnaby.

They landed on the roof of a nearby complex with the practiced grace and ease of a trapeze artist. The steep slope and narrow peak weren't even obstacles for Barnaby as he took off in a dead run.

The only thought in his mind was to get Yu out of the fray, just in case something happened again.]

[Yu watched below him as he hung over the shoulder of a stranger he had just met, the wind whistling through his ears as they were practically flying through the air. Eventually, they were too far away, and whatever ability had called out Izanagi ran out of range. The creature disappeared, and Yu felt something warm returning to him, like he had gotten a part of his soul back.]

[He clung to Barnaby's back as he took off, not objecting to getting as far from that situation as possible. Besides, he had a lot on his mind after something like that happened. Just what was he really? It's not like randomly summoning monsters and knowing their names was normal; heck, it wasn't even normal in the comics he liked.]

[Just what was he really?]

[It was a long moment before Yu finally spoke up, his grip at Barnaby's back tightening slightly.]

Hey... I don't think they could follow us like this.

[Various questions also weighed heavily on Barnaby's mind as he took them across the rooftops at an inhuman speed. The wind whipped his curls in his face and all but deafened him to Yu's quiet words, but his senses were sharp enough to hear him as if through radio static. Barnaby glanced backward for a split second mid-leap to confirm the statement for himself before he touched down with a sharpshooter's accuracy and a gymnast's light-footed grace.

Perhaps the police were right in trying to take the both of them in. It was clear that they both had some kind of extraordinary talent.]

I don't think so either...

[But he could still hear them, distantly. It was weird.]

Yeah.

[Yu paused, letting out a breath.]

Can we stop and... can you put me down?

Ah--

Uhm. Right.

[He set Yu down on his feet and looked at him in mild confusion.]

...what happened out there?

I... don't know.

[Yu looked down at his hand, like it was the one responsible for summoning Izanagi. That creature... it had felt so natural and normal, more normal than anything that had happened in the past few days. Why...?]

What about you?

I'm not sure either, but that's not the first time it happened today.

[There were a few other times, but there were limits. Once the glow faded, he wouldn't be able to have the same strength again for a long period.

He hasn't bothered to keep track of the time yet.]

Is there something wrong with us then?

[Izanagi hadn't felt wrong, though... it felt like more of an extension of himself, a part of him realized... and more than that; he couldn't quite put it to words that could describe it well enough.]

I wouldn't know.

[But, like Yu, the surge of power-- and the anxiety that went with it-- were more familiar than anything else he'd seen so far.

It was something.]

[Yu nodded faintly; they were both clueless... somehow he wasn't as bothered by that as he thought he would be. It felt more like it didn't matter; with all the anxiety he'd had the past few days, having something that didn't feel wrong in his life was like a breath of fresh air.]

What do we do now?

[He stood up a little straighter, felt a little more confident. This felt normal.]

The police will be after us once they see us.

That's right, they will.

[It was all he could say, as he had no particular answer about what they should do at that point. The blue that clung to him ruined all possibility of escape, but it was also his personal trump card--

He knew in his bones that he had a distinct limit, and that it wasn't far.]

We should keep moving, and decide what to do once we're safe.

[They needed to move, or else they wouldn't be able to get down...]

Yeah... getting off the roof would be a good idea.

[...he's going to get tossed over his shoulder again, isn't he?]

[Nope.

Instead Barnaby lifts Yu bridal-style and leaps from the roof...and touched down on the ground like a practiced gymnast.

Embarrassed yet?]

[EXTREMELY.]

[Yu let out an indignant squeak as he was lifted up, his whole face flushing red as they took off. Was this really necessary?!]

[Yes. It was.

Despite Yu's embarrassment, they landed on the roof of a car with the barest of damage and none to their person. It was a simple thing, one that felt wholly natural to Barnaby. Like the odd powers he was discovering, it felt right.

He gently set Yu down on top of the car and studied him, arms akimbo and head tilted in curiosity.]

Are you feeling better?

Yeah.

[Yu's answer was a bit clipped and forced, but he was telling the truth. He was perfectly fine... you know, except for his pride.]

[Pride could recover. Odds were that they wouldn't if they were taken to jail. Barnaby hopped off the car, the blue glow fading the moment he landed.]

I won't be able to do that again for a while. We should keep moving.

Luceti Valley - The Second Log

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