July mini-event

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07/21

There's a crash from downstairs, the sound of metal on metal as elevator doors are wrenched open on the ground floor and somebody steps out through them, barging out the door and leaving footprints of bright, wet red in their wake. They make their way past the lockers, past the remains of a laptop with its shattered screen and scattered keys, and grip the handles to the front doors.

The doors do not open. The handles will sooner snap off than budge— and snap off they do, tossed aside and sent clattering across the floor.

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✽ Use the toplevel below for investigation. For this mini-event, it will be brief and the mod will note when there is nothing left to find.
✽ Please allow Shiny to respond first for interactions with Legion, and note in the subject line or brackets whether you are okay with character injury and to what extent.

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[Viral infection, hacking, parasitic machine-controlling plants... Add could think of a few other explanations. Ghosts, though. This is somewhat out of his expertise.

But he's being totally ignored over here, so he has plenty of time to catch his breath. He's still wheezing a bit as he trudges out into the hall, retrieves the gun, and turns back towards Legion.] Try and underestimate me, will you? Fine, then I'll make you listen to me, and you're going to keep listening until one of your idiot programs pulls itself together!

[how much of a charge does this thing have?? who fucking knows, but he's just gonna keep shooting Legion with the dance beam until he stops slamming himself against the doors. now would be a GREAT time for some backup to arrive...]

[forwearemany]

(Okay, a rephrase then: what sort of external influence is there that would be more likely than posession, given the current setting and its level of technology?

The gun doesn't seem to have an further effect ... or does it? Legion's shuddering dancing movements are becoming increasingly graceless. They do not quite have the motor control to step back and leap, throwing all their weight at the door, as they did earlier, and instead simply repeatedly slam against it. An awful whining noise has started up inside their body.

Blood, or the Geth equivalent, is streaming from several places now.)

arrives to this event late w/ starbucks

[carpevinum]

[Let's just say Lucifer's been watching this go down the entire time, all demoned-out for the aesthetic, keeping people back away from the angry robot and watching this go down, and... yeah, he has a feeling something Spooky is going on here, being a demon and all. This little fight between Legion and Add is, frankly, going nowhere.

Lucifer approaches, wings outstretched in what is ostensibly a birdlike display of intimidation, and glowing a bright purple, recites a spell:]

I call upon the forces of the Earth; may it bind the Geth before me, preventing further harm to them. I am Lucifer, Avatar of Pride — hear my command!

[And with that, the Earth doesn't exactly move per say, but a glowing binding circle appears under Legion's feet and attempts to snag them. It's a simple binding spell, so they'll still be able to talk, but should the spell work it will hopefully prevent them from flinging themselves into the door for a bit.

this is legitimately how spells in Obey Me are written guys I hate it here]

[forwearemany]

(If he's hoping to intimidate them, it doesn't work: he doesn't even manage to draw their attention from their attempts to control their movements enough to have another go at the door.

...At least until he binds them.

They thrash against the sudden restriction, spasming violently. The compulsion to dance and the need to escape war within them, and well, he might have prevented them from breaking themselves against the door, but that does nothing, in the end, to protect them from harm.

They're shaking uncontrollably now, blood leaking out from various places. There's a smell of melting, burning plastic on the air.)

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[WELL. that's a fair bit more effective. Add lowers the gun, glancing over at Lucifer as he allows the demon to take over on the binding front. With Legion restrained, now is the time to come up with a plan to snap them out of this... but the situation isn't looking good.]

Too much strain on the body. Damage is already severe—Lucifer, can you remove whatever is possessing them? I can give us extra time, but not by much.

[He can use the Seal of Time, but it can't undo the damage that's already been done—and he could, in theory, repair that damage, but he can't do that while Legion is thrashing about. It all comes down to how quickly they can expel the spirit, and if they have the means to stabilize the geth's condition. The most he can add to that is a handful of seconds.

But he still has to try... Add focuses, a blue aura expanding out from around him to wash over Legion, the faint ticking of a clock ringing through the air as it fades. If Legions dies... they get one redo from here, and that'll be it.]