o5. → text/video/action ; immediately following the Halloween log (same night)

[ladyofluminosity]

Luci checking in from Rachel's brownstone. Everyone relatively ok. Bumps and scrapes mostly just shaken up. Will have report on creature(s) shortly. Expect updates soon.

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[A few hours later, the video flickers on with the blond. She looks a bit more than a little frazzled, red-and-gold tie loosened and white button down shirt looking a little dirty.]

Okay, now that we've gotten a bit more of a handle on things. All of us are okay. I'd say there were about 30 people present, not all of them were there for the actual attacks, nor did everyone fight. Happened approximately around 10:15. It didn't seem like anything from the records. This thing... it was like it could control shadows and, by proxy, use them--or some kind of strange rocky grass extensions--to animate objects and take them into itself. No specific weakness. I'm wishing I had thought to take a picture but, well, heat of the moment.

Some of us are staying here to try to relax and get patched up, courtesy of Rachel. I know it's not much information, but can anyone try to cross-reference, see if we can figure out what this thing is? Thanks.

I'm... going to get some rest. I'll try to report back again in the morning. ...Stay safe, everyone. I think this goes without saying, but we're probably going to be on high alert at least for the next few days as news comes in.

[And the video cuts out.]


[ACTION]

[For those people staying the night at Rachel's, Luci will be moving between people with whatever medical supplies happen to be on hand, doing what little she can to help. If your character was hurt or shaken up in any way by the event, expect a visit from her. She won't stay long with any particular person, and she seems to be actively seeking out a few people; in particular Brook and Rachel.]

Comments

[originaloddcouple]

Wait, what?!

Is everyone okay?!

[Miria's still in her Bonnie costume, and Isaac's... not awake and/or sober at the moment.]

[ladyofluminosity]

[So glad Issac and Miria left early. Luci nods.]

Relatively. A bit shaken and scrambled, but we survived.

[originaloddcouple]

T-That's good!

...And you're okay too, right?

Action

[indy_wannabe]

So uh.

Your mother called my cell.

Just thought you should know.

[ladyofluminosity]

[Luci happened to be taking a break from acting as self-proclaimed nurse.]

Really? I texted her telling her that I would be staying with a friend for the night.

[Pulling her phone out of her discarded blazer, she looked at it. 10 missed messages. Yup. She makes a bit of a face.]

...Oh boy.

[indy_wannabe]

Yep.

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[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... Clearly I need more powers or whatever so I can fight back the next time one of these things shows up.

[ladyofluminosity]

People are hurt and this is the first thing you think of? Not how you can do now?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

It's not the first thing I think of. It's the first thing I care to say aloud.

Right now I'm trying to help fix the house and fence up... I mean, I don't have first aid training, you know? You're the one who can do stuff there.

I'm just doing what I can, and wishing I could do more to have stopped this attack in the first place.

( video, next day )

[argents]

[ He'd been out of 'town' for the entirety of Halloween, off on a camping trip at one of Locke's beaches, determined to leave everything — this behind. Something he sorely needed, or so he thought. And now that he's back he hasn't even had time to sort everything through before he's replying to the first complete post on the situation, looking both suitably worried and suitably wind-whipped. ]

Hey, wait — Luci, something attacked you?

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[ladyofluminosity]

[Hope you like suspense, Banagher, because Luci doesn't respond until a few hours later. It looks like the blond actually got some sleep.]

Not me specifically. Rachel's party. Don't worry, everyone is relatively ok.

[Text]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Of all the times-- He's glad most of his friends are too occupied with games and/or exhaustion to pay much attention to the urgency with which he types into his phone.]

What the hell happened?

[Text]

[ladyofluminosity]

[She'll get back to this within about an hour or so.]

Attack. Not sure by what. Everyone in one piece. A few of us with first aid experience on hand.

[Voice]

[dododo]

Is anyone hurt?

[Voice]

[ladyofluminosity]

[She sounds tired and a bit frayed.]

Not seriously, thankfully. We were lucky.

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[mood2wiingiing]

2o even partiies arent safe anymore.

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[ladyofluminosity]

Any kind of situation where a lot of us are gathered should be viewed as a heightened risk. I think we just expected that maybe, just once, life could be normal.

[Texted]

[espigeonage]

[Next morning.]

Wow. Guess I missed something big.

Did it have a shape? You don't happen to have ever seen the Cousin It things, was it like one of those?

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[ladyofluminosity]

[Luci will respond in the early afternoon.]

Not by itself. It kind of took other things and molded it into itself. If anything, I'd say it was more of a shadow construct, but things were moving so fast that I didn't get as good of a look. Cousin It things?

Text the day after because who's a wuss, this guy is a wuss

[glorifiedtrash]

[Wow this is pretty messed up. So much is questionable here and it's not just the monster part. Welp. W E L P. He sure takes his sweet time replying to this and it's going to be Quite The Meaningful Comment.]

Owch

Text|Handwritten; it's okay she won't judge

[ladyofluminosity]

Huh?

[part_time_overlord]

[Sam was pretty brain fried for a while after the event. He's more or less back to normal now, but a little hazy about why his cloths are all stretched to shit and back. He remembers Luci was right there, so he asked her.]

So, uh...did I ACTUALLY get big enough to tear holes in my shirt? Did that actually happen?

[ladyofluminosity]

You did. It was a bit jarring, to say the least, although probably more for you than for us.

[Especially considering how scrawny he was normally.]

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[metalbent]

Uh, wow. My parents wouldn't let me out tonight after the whole, you know. Thing. On the twenty-third.

Everyone's mostly okay, though? I mean, you'd have said if someone was - not okay?

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[ladyofluminosity]

[Luci almost went for text, since teeeechnically she's not supposed to be on her phone, but shoot that's right Sophie would have a hard time. Okay, time to kind of whisper.]

That's understandable.

Everyone's in one piece, don't worry. Trust me, you were probably better off being at home. Things were a bit dicey for a while.