The Monster Within

[knowitowl]

Who: Wan Shi Tong and YOU!
What: Wan Shi Tong returns from his mallynap as a Dark Spirit.
When: Late evening of Sept. 27th
Where: Near the Wind Community Building and the surrounding houses.
Summary: Due to a combination of Vaatu's dark spirit energy and his own anger, Wan Shi Tong dark side has become unbalanced and turned him into a violent Dark Spirit that's attacking the village! 
Rating: V for Vendetta Violence. PG-13ish
(( Threadjacking is encouraged! Also might contain Korra Book 2 Spoilers ))

[Late on the evening of the 27th many of the villagers, who aren't still awake, might find their sleep disturbed by a loud shriek that emanates from one corner of the village. Those living in the Wind Building will hear it most. And if they happen to look out their windows, will see a gigantic spirit owl passing by. 

Wan Shi Tong has returned, but he's clearly not himself. His appearance is very distorted. He's huge, at least twice his normal size, and resembles something more of a feathered dragon than an actual owl. His large wings spread and his neck craned as he lets out another horrific cry of anger. A long tail lashing in irritation. His entire body is a glowing purple color, with the exception of his white face. Large yellow glowing eyes stare at the village with malicious intent. The feathered "horns" on his head are elongated and only add to his terrifying appearance, along with the serrated beak and nightmarishly long talons on his feet. 

He proceeds to stomp through the village, stopping at one house that happens to be unoccupied. One wing plows into the side of it before he then decides to jump on its roof. Beak ripping at the shingles as if ripping flesh. Wan Shi Tong has clearly lost his mind, going on a rampage of sheer anger driven by the darkness he has been tainted with.]

(( OOC NOTE: A resolution has been planned! The Avatars, Aang and Korra, will be the ones to ultimately stop Wan Shi Tong. But feel free to try and fight him or whatever. The only stipulation is that he NOT be killed! ))

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[shenevermisses]

[It's the sound that draws Clove out at night.

She's armed with her knives. Which are normally more than enough to take on anything she faces. However, her foes are usually human-sized or a little bigger. Nothing... like this. But she's gone out. She's drawn attention to herself just by being there.

This... won't end well. For her.]

[knowitowl]

[Seeing movement, Wan Shi Tong lifts his head to look at Clove. He turns to face her, hissing before he speaks in a deeper than usual, almost demonic sounding voice. A blue glow coming from his mouth as well.]

HUMAN!

[He then lunges, rushing at her with a blinding speed that would seem impossible for something his size. Screaming the entire way with intent to snatch her up in his beak should Clove not be quick enough to get out of the way.]

[shenevermisses]

[This mutt is larger than anything she's ever seen.

Clove throws herself to the side, rolling hard on the ground to avoid that beak. And she looses a knife as she does so, throwing it at one of the giant wings.

But this?

No. She's bit off more than she can chew. And she knows it already.

Which means she's quickly trying to evaluate her options and figure out what to do.]

[winds_voice]

[Considering the owl had entered through the other side of the village, it took Eley a while to realise that something wasn't quite right today... Though the Spirit spent most of his time away from the village, as the creature neared the outskirts, it was pretty hard to miss that blood-curdling screech down among the buildings. Not to mention the dust rising from the shattering of debris. What on earth was happening down there?

Naturally he was starting to worry, particularly about the safety of his friends. Whatever it was sounded large and aggressive, so he didn't feel particularly confident confronting it with a simple weapon. So the Spirit assumes his dragon form and takes to the skies, soaring high over the village to get a better view. What he sees is some kind of terrible dark monster, tearing apart the places people called home...

There was no way he could sit and watch this. So with a warning roar of his own, the dragon dives at Wan Shi Tong, hoping to knock him down with the impact and distract him.]

[knowitowl]

[Catching sight of Eley, Wan Shi Tong looks up and raises his wings. Just as the dragon makes impact, the long feathers turn into tentacles which aim to wrap around him. The intent to wrap around him and take the dragon with him as he is knocked off the house and sent sliding across the street between the houses. A huge dust cloud rising in the wake of the giant spirit owl.]

[rashness]

[ Rin is walking back from the Battle Dome to go to the main square and pick up some food. He's actually a little bit surprised that it's night, given the fact he's been all over the Dome lately - but he yawns and makes to head back to get the food. As he does, though, the guy passes by the Wind building and can't help but hear some weird rustling. He looks over his shoulder and then kinda glances around it ... ? ]

[knowitowl]

[When Rin looks he will suddenly see the face of a very large owl spirit looking back at him. The dark spirit's glowing yellow eyes narrow at him. He then hisses angrily and lunges at Rin with a loud shriek!]

[the_dead_pool2]

[Deadpool is having a stroll around the village just sort of grooving about to a soundtrack in his head. From the way he is moving, it seems as though it might be Hammer time. As such he does not particularly notice the shrieking sound going on, nor does he take note of any sounds of destruction and just continues on his merry way]

[knowitowl]

[If he doesn't hear the shriek then Deadpool might not hear the spirit streaking through the air in his direction. Coming up behind him, Wan Shi Tong lashes his tail at the man. Snapping like a whip, and if it connects, has the potential to punt him halfway across the village with the amount of force behind the blow.]

[lostinmyway]

[Grune wasn't asleep when Wan Shi Tong arrives in the village. She had been out tending some of the night-blooming flowers of her garden outside House 34. Her enjoyment of the pretty light from the selenia flowers is interrupted, however, by the incredible screech of...oh, my. Who's that?

She gets to her feet and dusts herself off as he passes overhead. Then she follows in the direction he had flown to see if she can welcome this new person to Luceti.]

[knowitowl]

[Grune will quickly discover that this is not a friendly arrival. Nor is he new. She will seem him stomping around the wind building, destroying whatever there is to destroy. Chasing and attacking whoever happens to find themselves in his line of sight

The spirit lets out a terrible shriek as he trashes an unoccupied house.]

[theideaguy]

[What fortuitous timing.

[Sokka has just gotten back from a mission while out of the Luceti enclosure at sea with Gold and Masaomi. It wasn't exactly a walk in the park, but he'd survived at least was in one piece. And so casually he's heading back from the village square, walking along the roads on the way back to home sweet home (a la House 56) when... his peaceful journey is otherwise halted by one... very very large bird.

[Who was literally attacking everything in sight.

[Sokka grimaces when he realizes who it is too.]

Oh no... not again.

[knowitowl]

[Except this time Wan Shi Tong looks very different. His entire body is a deep glowing purple and he's even bigger and more frightening than what Sokka would remember. Plus he won't go going unnoticed either. The dark spirit lifts his head and fixes his glowing yellow eyes on the water tribesman. There is a flicker of recognition and then a scream of rage. He remembers you and what you did to him! You lied to him and stole from him!

The owl launches from the house he was standing on and roars toward Sokka with blinding speed!]

[folklorist]

[ Helios is on one of his late night walks when he hears those cries reverberate throughout the enclosure. He's not sure what it is at first, another shift, or something else entirely? Helios isn't certain so therefore he must go to investigate as the obvious choice.

He probably shouldn't have let his curiosity get the better of him because when he happens upon Wan Shi Tong he's left momentarily speechless along with mildly mortified. What had happened? ]

[knowitowl]

[A lot has happened. Far too much which has led to this mess. His anger exploited for the sake of an experiment which led to him ring turned into a dark spirit. And now he is taking out his wrath on the village and everyone who lives there.

Turning his head, the spirit fixes his glowing yellow gaze on Helios.]

Humans can't be trusted!

[Wan Shi Tong bellows these words in a deep demonic sounding voice before he launches himself at Helios in attack!]

[raavatars]

[ The sight of a dark spirit was enough to catch Korra's attention on its own, never mind the fact that it was currently destroying a building. She only lets herself be shocked for a split second before sprinting off towards him, heart pounding as she tries to think of what could have happened. Of course, she catches up before her thoughts have fully formed and decides to put the "why" aside in favor of action for now. ]

Hey! What do you think you're doing! [ And she bends a huge gust of air right towards him, trying to get his attention. ]

[knowitowl]

[The air blast knocked him a bit off balance but did little other than direct his attention towards Korra. The dark spirit staring at her with his malicious glowing yellow eyes, which widen in recognition. He knows who she is and approaches with a hiss and a bellowing accusation.]

Humans can not be trusted! Especially the Avatar!

For people who want to confront Dark Eley

[winds_voice]

[Following Wan Shi Tong's influence, a second rampaging Spirit seems to have appeared. This time it takes the form of a long six-winged dragon, deep purple in hue and covered in sharp spines. Eley's originally golden markings now glow eerily as if exuding a foreign energy.

The Wind Spirit seems just as enraged as the owl, hell-bent on destroying anyone he sees. Anyone in the general vicinity of him will notice a strong swirling wind surrounding him, sending fallen debris and small objects into the air, many of which he hurls at surrounding buildings and trees in an attempt to flatten them.

If you can get close enough the wind won't be as strong, but there's still not telling what the dragon will do to anyone who approaches...]

[lordhotman]

[With several other members of his house, Zuko had woken up and quickly come out to see what was going on. While Sokka and Korra went to take care of Wan Shi Tong, another familiar spirit got his attention.

Thus he's approaching Eley, putting his arms up in front of his face and trying to push through the strong wind to get to him. Narrowly dodging flying debris as he does so.

He'd been working on making a connection with Kipinn, and so he was able to use the spirit's assistance to get closer to the dragon.]

ELEY! PLEASE! STOP!

[Zuko shouts to be heard over the roaring of the wind.]

[savedtheworld]

[Aang had just finished dealing with Wan Shi Tong and had been soaring through the village on his glider because things didn't seem to be back to normal just yet.

Then he spots the dragon. Looking very familiar... but different, in a similar way as Wan Shi Tong. Aang picks up speed, using his airbending to try to fend off the fierce wind as he draws nearer.]

Eleytheria!

[readytobe]

[Something is wrong. Other than the evil owl thing, that is - something more personal than that for Mewtwo. He's never seen Eley in his dragon form, but something about the Spirit's energy is familiar enough to cause fear to bubble up in his chest. He was concerned for Wan Shi Tong, but not in a way that one would be concerned for a friend, more like a professional concern for a fellow non-human. He is concerned for a friend here, if this really is Eley.

It's not difficult for him to form a psychic bubble that helps him get through the gale around the dragon, but he won't try anything else yet. He just wants to get close enough to get a clear picture.]

[folklorist]

[ He had escaped Wan Shi Tong unscathed at least. But gods he really felt useless at the moment. How did it end up like this? Helios never expected it to turn out like this. His thoughts abruptly stop and his stomach drops at the breeze coming from nearby. It sounds like the flapping of large wings and the primal growl of something fierce and angry. Helios will rush forward then towards where Eleytheria is, a stunned look on his face as he lets out a gasp.

He'll shout over the wind, not sure if the spirit could even hear him. ]

E-Eleytheria!

[disastergirl]

[She was used to danger. Hell, she had grown up thumbing her nose at it despite all odds. That was the primary reason she had searched out the source of all that noise and chaos, even though she didn't recognize who that source was.

Unfortunately she wasn't so good-natured that she was willing to stop this dragon by herself. Instead she would be trying to creep closer and get a better look. It was tough going with the wind, even though she was far enough away to be safe from the worst of the flying debris, although that was mostly because her own wind magic wasn't going much to deflect it.]

[readytobe]

[Mewtwo sometimes wanders at night - more than he does during the day, anyway. It's safer for him at night and he enjoys looking at the stars and moon, and he doesn't need much sleep, so it's the perfect time to get out and smell the proverbial roses. Or watch the literal dark spirit beginning a rampage on the town.

It's Wan Shi Tong, isn't it? He looks quite different, but there are enough similarities for the intelligent mind to make the connection. Mewtwo frankly has mixed feelings on the Knowledge Spirit - he seemed pretentious and rude, and that was Mewtwo's schtick; but what he had heard about the library debacle alarmed him and made him believe that the owl had gotten far worse than he deserved. That there were residents here who would attack - kill - an all-powerful spirit, no matter how much of a douche that spirit was...

(And he might have dropped off an anonymous note to the spirit's ridiculous advice column. Just...just out of curiosity, that was all...)

That's neither here nor there at the moment, but perhaps it's what drives Mewtwo to fly over to investigate the rampage. He approaches without fear, but certainly with much alarm, from the other side of the roof Wan Shi Tong is occupying.]

Wan Shi Tong. What has become of you?

[knowitowl]

[While Mewtwo might not be human, that doesn't necessarily mean that he will escape the spirit's wrath. His anger isn't just at the humans, but pretty much everyone in the village. As far as he's concerned, they all betrayed him. Either by action or inaction.

Thus, when Mewtwo speaks, it catches the spirit's attention. He hisses deeply and looms over the powerful psychic Pokemon.]

No one can be trusted!

[His voice is deep and menacing, yellow glowing eyes fixed on him with clear malice. Though he waits, not attacking just yet. Perhaps this creature would have something useful to say. Perhaps not.]

All of you have betrayed me!