Solstice War - Gathering
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londoncallingrpgThe Solstice was upon them. When the sun went down the magic began to swell, the veil between this world and the Other Side thin as vapor. Mortals could sense it, even, though they may not have a name for it. They gathered together, not realizing the animal instinct of safety in numbers.
But all around the city, from the dark parts, fae began to come together as well. Unseelie filled the city- boggarts and Red Caps and things unseen for many a year with bright eyes and sharp teeth. But they were tricksy, dangerous and malicious but no worse than they ever were. The real threat, the ever present danger this year, were the Milesian that crawled out of the sewers and tube tunnels to prowl they city. They were hunting tonight. They had eyes black and soulless, eyes too wide for their white, gaunt faces. Larger than their eyes were their mouth. The smile of needle fangs glinted in the street lights. Long arms ending with spidery, spindly fingers reached and clawed at passers by from the shadows.
There was a war in the city tonight and the nature of the foe, the Milesian, meant no bound mortal needed to be near any battle. Death would come to one or the other if a killing blow came down.
But there was hope. Seelie fae prowled the city as well, fighting for Light and Air. Even the Queen had seen fit to step through with her sword and shield. Such was the threat to the Fae way of life that the Milesian presented.
The longest day of the year dawned but the sunlight did nothing to frighten off the dark forces. The longest day of the year simply meant the things that went bump in the night were attacking in the light.
(Tag in, tag around! Open all week so check back. Have fun with your adventures. If you don't want any Milesian, there are plenty of Unseelie, too. Day or night, whichever works for you.)
But all around the city, from the dark parts, fae began to come together as well. Unseelie filled the city- boggarts and Red Caps and things unseen for many a year with bright eyes and sharp teeth. But they were tricksy, dangerous and malicious but no worse than they ever were. The real threat, the ever present danger this year, were the Milesian that crawled out of the sewers and tube tunnels to prowl they city. They were hunting tonight. They had eyes black and soulless, eyes too wide for their white, gaunt faces. Larger than their eyes were their mouth. The smile of needle fangs glinted in the street lights. Long arms ending with spidery, spindly fingers reached and clawed at passers by from the shadows.
There was a war in the city tonight and the nature of the foe, the Milesian, meant no bound mortal needed to be near any battle. Death would come to one or the other if a killing blow came down.
But there was hope. Seelie fae prowled the city as well, fighting for Light and Air. Even the Queen had seen fit to step through with her sword and shield. Such was the threat to the Fae way of life that the Milesian presented.
The longest day of the year dawned but the sunlight did nothing to frighten off the dark forces. The longest day of the year simply meant the things that went bump in the night were attacking in the light.
(Tag in, tag around! Open all week so check back. Have fun with your adventures. If you don't want any Milesian, there are plenty of Unseelie, too. Day or night, whichever works for you.)
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Date: 2017-07-03 07:36 pm (UTC)Ten minutes later, Ollie had assured them he would take care of Jake, since no one was as calming to him as his flatmate. Jag and Em found themselves alone in the lounge, and Jag sighed. "What the fuck are those things, though?"
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Date: 2017-07-03 07:49 pm (UTC)She thought about what Sunny had said and Felix, and what she'd Seen, and after a moment found something like an answer. "You know, in Lord of the Rings when Saruman says the orcs were elves once, taken by the dark powers, tortured and mutilated? I think these things were fae. Or something like that. And I think they want to take over here."
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Date: 2017-07-03 09:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-04 01:58 am (UTC)She found a lamp-post and grasped it for support, sagging against its reassuringly real metal solidness.
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Date: 2017-07-04 02:05 am (UTC)He flicked one hand up, and a dozen little glowing lights appeared around them in the shape of palm-sized chrysanthemums. After a moment's concentration, then shifted from green to bright white, and intensified to light their way through the shadows.
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Date: 2017-07-04 05:22 am (UTC)But then she might have missed the magical light show, and after living in Duninnean, she liked getting to see some of what people could do.
They hadn't gone much further when familiar skittering noises got clearer. Em turned toward the sounds, and the Death bunny charged, reaping three more monsters in a swing of its scythe.
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Date: 2017-07-04 05:29 am (UTC)She flipped the card in her hand face up between nimble fingers, and all it took was a glance. The color faded from her eyes, a winged woman on horseback, armed with a scythe appeared between the approaching creatures and the girls.
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Date: 2017-07-04 02:54 pm (UTC)So he was starting to crash from the adrenaline a little.
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Date: 2017-07-05 07:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-05 09:49 pm (UTC)"This way," he said, and struck out toward dark places.
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Date: 2017-07-06 01:46 am (UTC)Because he reacted unexpectedly under stress, Felix gave the bunny a gentlemanly bow of thanks.
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Date: 2017-07-06 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-06 06:09 am (UTC)"They're coming."
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Date: 2017-07-06 06:18 am (UTC)Still, even when the specter of death itself between her and the creatures, she didn't give the Milesian time to go on the offensive. At the first sight of a pale face she charged, inhumanly fast.
That, she'd discovered over many years of trial and error, was the way to handle a crowd. You never let them establish or feel that they were in control. Once they'd done that, you were already done.
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Date: 2017-07-06 03:47 pm (UTC)"I feel like I ought to say I'm sorry for that."
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Date: 2017-07-06 09:09 pm (UTC)She blushed deeply and lowered her eyes.
"Thank you," she said.
She held out her hand.
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Date: 2017-07-08 01:15 am (UTC)"Do we keep on?"
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Date: 2017-07-08 01:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-08 01:59 am (UTC)Stubby, rounded legs didn't maneuver as precisely as the more realistic version Em usually projected, but the move was so engrained Em willed it to bow without thinking too much. Enough you could tell what it was trying to do as one leg stretched forward and the horsey's head leaned down over it.
"We should probably either get off the streets or go hunting for more of these things."