Giving Bodies to the Tower, the Third

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Characters: Jade Harley (AU) and YOU!
Format: Starting in Action, will change if needed.
This log is: OPEN.
Location: The tower in the arena.
Summary: Jade bought a body. We're taking it to the tower. Shenanigans happen.
Warnings: Dead people...? Potentially the threat of a boss battle/violence, I'll update it if it happens.

hi everyone :)
i hope you are having a good week
and that the people in conquest arent feeling too bad
i heard what happened and i really am sorry....
but
i actually had a good reason for making a post today

i bought a body!
a dead one
and i think if we take it to the tower something might happen like last time and the time before
so anyone that is around later today, we should take it there and see what happens
it might be fun
but it could also be really dangerous, so please be careful if you are going to come
we will look after each other :)

i am going to start walking there now
the tower in the arena!!
anyone else who wants to join me, please feel free
i will be carrying the body....
could i have someone help me, though?
its really heavy


[ Jade is walking to the tower, hopefully with some friends to tote along what looks like an unfortunately dead OU Jade, complete with ears and god tier outfit. Jade is trying to simultaneously not grimace and also not smile -- so she really did die. This is confirmation.

Once there, Jade stands outside the tower and waits. ]

[ OOC: I am going to make a thread titled ACTION with various sub-threads, to keep the action parts in order. If you want to reply to Jade's text post, feel free to make a top-level comment! ]

Comments

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[gottakilldaves]

what
jade why the fuck did you buy a dead body
and why are you sticking it in a tower

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[justaflowergirl]

oyou are inSANE.

It doesan't sound like you raelly know what happened when you (for -s-aome- reason) daid this before, so youre going to keep giving it powerups until somethinfg happnes?

And htis may sound weird coming ffom a youkai, but trust mae. Creatures that eat corpses do -=not- make gooad neighbors!

Once the Body is placed into the tower.

[utopiamods]

The body is surrounded by flowing shadows, greedy tendrils billowing from the floor and walls, larger and more numerous than before. Taken quickly, only a quiet gasp is heard before the shadows flatten, pooling across the floor like spreading blood.

There's a pause, a lull, broken only by the whispering of the shadows.

And then everything goes black. In a split second, the darkness explodes outwards, blotting out all light, all sensation. You cannot hear, see, feel or even smell anything. The dark is absolute, powerful - but wait. The smallest point of light appears over your chest, and the shadows chime in response. Shrink, as the light increases, fade, as it strengthens. After an age, the quiet note sounds once more. Modulates into a voice, a harmony; the only shadow remaining is your own. As your weapon emerges from your body, so too does a black replica from the shade's.

It smiles at you.

Battle start.

((OOC Information:

At this point, every person who entered the tower is in a separate instance of the tower, so to speak. They are wielding their own weapon, regardless of their current role in Exaclan. The shadow clones, whilst capable of speech, will only echo the words and noises of their real counterpart. There are exceptions. Currently only Dirk Striders, Jake Englishes or Jade Harleys will have a self-aware shadow capable of independent speech. If you are tagging in after this post goes up, check with a mod whether your character lucked out and got a creepy one.

The event is on-going with no current end - anyone who enters the tower from this point on will find themselves in the 'dark realm'.

The shadows are not particularly difficult to defeat - they have exactly the same level of competence that you do - but for people good at fighting they will present a challenge. They are easy to outwit but difficult to simply overpower, since they have no limits on endurance and no concept of pain.

If defeated, they drain back into your shadow and and drop a memory charm containing a random memory from some universe's version of you. If they win, you suffer an 'exaclan death' as though you had been killed in a dungeon level (ie you will not be classified as 'undead') but it will count towards the score on your horrible anniversary T-shirt.))