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maskormenacelogs2017-06-19 04:30 pm
oceanthief) wrote in maskormenacelogs2017-06-19 04:30 pm
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take me down the line
WHO: A hideous monster, Lapis, and the entire city of Nonah - including you, probably.
WHERE: ...Nonah.
WHEN: June 19
WHAT: Lapis' 'clone' wreaks havoc on the poor city, and then Lapis makes it even worse.
WARNINGS: Violence, some very mild body horror. Will edit if more crop up.
It seems like only yesterday that Nonah had been transformed into a waterlogged seascape. The streets have long since dried out, but unfortunately a new headache has already crept in to pick up the slack.
It starts so innocuously. Reports filter in through chatrooms and news-starved local channels of some creature menacing back alleys and shadowy corners - a teen who slammed into it with his car, a nurse attacked on her way home. Despite the adamant fright of the victims, their stories lack any real detail. With how many times regular imPort activity has morphed into something strange and out of the ordinary for natives, it's easy to dismiss this as simple urban legend.
Easy, but untrue. Early on Monday morning Lapis cuts across the sky on her way to work, a familiar oddity by now for those who live here; from the safety of a side street, however, something else watches her flight.
The only warning anyone's given is a pained, muffled wailing. Suddenly a thing leaps onto the nearest building in a flurry of blue, clumsily scaling it with frightening speed. When it reaches the top it pauses for merely a moment before leaping off as if it expects to take flight itself - except the only thing which sprouts from its back are a multitude of arms. It drops like a rock, the swarm of arms catching onto a lamppost which bends dangerously but manages to just barely prevent it from pancaking onto the sidewalk.
As it hangs there, stunned, the first full view can be had of the thing: vaguely humanoid in shape, but almost certainly not natural. Its left arm splits off into a cluster of squirming hands, a third arm extends at its side like another leg, and - perhaps worst of all - there seems to be only a large foot in place of its skull. It might be comical in any other circumstances, but the creature's near-constant wailing serves to shatter the humor.
Having regained what little of its senses it possesses, it snaps the beleaguered lamppost in two and drops the final few feet onto the ground. With an inarticulate noise of anger it hurls the twisted metal metal at a parked car with enough force to topple it over, nearly punning several unlucky civilians.
There's no acknowledgement from the creature. It races forward with an ungainly pace, tearing through person and property alike in its enraged chase. Nothing was going to stop it from reaching its goal.
Hours later, it succeeds.
For a moment the creature - the fusion - nearly manages to destroy Lapis on the spot. She's so blown away by what she finds before her that her instincts forsake her; she only barely remembers to get away from the oncoming attack. Who could have created such a thing? More importantly, why had they allowed it to continue existing?
Just like that, her horror is replaced with a rage almost unfamiliar in its intensity. It's been far too long since she'd cared this much about anything, but she knows what has to happen now. For its own sake, this thing needed to be shattered. It was all that could be done.
Nonah soon finds itself overly damp once more as the two gems clash. Fire hydrants explode and water mains burst and rise to the surface of the streets as Lapis pulls as much water as she can from every available source. The fusion is an abomination, but it's no less powerful for it. Even with so much firepower at her fingertips, she can't destroy it outright.
Lapis is significantly more conscious of her surroundings than the fusion she's fighting, but her consideration for them is almost worse. There's no safety for the people or buildings below her - with the anger in her heart right now, they may as well not exist at all.
WHERE: ...Nonah.
WHEN: June 19
WHAT: Lapis' 'clone' wreaks havoc on the poor city, and then Lapis makes it even worse.
WARNINGS: Violence, some very mild body horror. Will edit if more crop up.
It seems like only yesterday that Nonah had been transformed into a waterlogged seascape. The streets have long since dried out, but unfortunately a new headache has already crept in to pick up the slack.
It starts so innocuously. Reports filter in through chatrooms and news-starved local channels of some creature menacing back alleys and shadowy corners - a teen who slammed into it with his car, a nurse attacked on her way home. Despite the adamant fright of the victims, their stories lack any real detail. With how many times regular imPort activity has morphed into something strange and out of the ordinary for natives, it's easy to dismiss this as simple urban legend.
Easy, but untrue. Early on Monday morning Lapis cuts across the sky on her way to work, a familiar oddity by now for those who live here; from the safety of a side street, however, something else watches her flight.
The only warning anyone's given is a pained, muffled wailing. Suddenly a thing leaps onto the nearest building in a flurry of blue, clumsily scaling it with frightening speed. When it reaches the top it pauses for merely a moment before leaping off as if it expects to take flight itself - except the only thing which sprouts from its back are a multitude of arms. It drops like a rock, the swarm of arms catching onto a lamppost which bends dangerously but manages to just barely prevent it from pancaking onto the sidewalk.
As it hangs there, stunned, the first full view can be had of the thing: vaguely humanoid in shape, but almost certainly not natural. Its left arm splits off into a cluster of squirming hands, a third arm extends at its side like another leg, and - perhaps worst of all - there seems to be only a large foot in place of its skull. It might be comical in any other circumstances, but the creature's near-constant wailing serves to shatter the humor.
Having regained what little of its senses it possesses, it snaps the beleaguered lamppost in two and drops the final few feet onto the ground. With an inarticulate noise of anger it hurls the twisted metal metal at a parked car with enough force to topple it over, nearly punning several unlucky civilians.
There's no acknowledgement from the creature. It races forward with an ungainly pace, tearing through person and property alike in its enraged chase. Nothing was going to stop it from reaching its goal.
Hours later, it succeeds.
For a moment the creature - the fusion - nearly manages to destroy Lapis on the spot. She's so blown away by what she finds before her that her instincts forsake her; she only barely remembers to get away from the oncoming attack. Who could have created such a thing? More importantly, why had they allowed it to continue existing?
Just like that, her horror is replaced with a rage almost unfamiliar in its intensity. It's been far too long since she'd cared this much about anything, but she knows what has to happen now. For its own sake, this thing needed to be shattered. It was all that could be done.
Nonah soon finds itself overly damp once more as the two gems clash. Fire hydrants explode and water mains burst and rise to the surface of the streets as Lapis pulls as much water as she can from every available source. The fusion is an abomination, but it's no less powerful for it. Even with so much firepower at her fingertips, she can't destroy it outright.
Lapis is significantly more conscious of her surroundings than the fusion she's fighting, but her consideration for them is almost worse. There's no safety for the people or buildings below her - with the anger in her heart right now, they may as well not exist at all.
closed to Sakuma
fusion had never been something that Lapis gave more than an occasional passing thought - certainly not something that she felt was sacred, the way one of the Crystal Gems seemed to. it was a tool at best, one of the few things she could wield with advantage.
even so, this was horrifying to her. there were no gems in this world other than herself, let alone gems that had existed long enough to become shattered. these shards were imbued with sentience for the sole purpose of creating...this. the thought alone makes her want to retch.
it's tough, though, she'll give it that. not only has it weathered her onslaught so far, it's given back almost as much punishment as it's taken. by the time all this is over she's going to ache more than she has in over five thousand years. damn thing.
she sends another torrent of water at the fusion, looking to pick it off the damaged building it's currently clinging to. it dodges, leaping out towards her - and sprouting those awful hands from its back as it arcs close, looking to ensnare her.
it catches her off guard, and before she knows it Lapis is slamming into the asphalt. a burst from her wings sends the fusion flying off her and into a nearby storefront, just enough time for her to push through the shock and stagger to her feet.]
Enough!
[another water main bursts behind her, the liquid snaking past to grab at the fusion with its newly-formed hand. the creature is as rattled from the fall as Lapis and fails to dodge in time; the watery hand catches it around the upper torso and begins violently slamming it into the pavement, 'head' first.
she should stop. captured the way it is now, there'd be no trouble in shattering it now. but Lapis can't, too carried away by her own storm of emotions, and so the hand continues ramming the fusion into the ground over and over, deepening the crater with each fresh blow.]