lifeaftr | June Event: Chaos, Chaos!

JUNE EVENT: CHAOS, CHAOS!

Who: Anyone and everyone!
What: It's just a little chaos...
When: June 17th - June 22nd
Where: Primarily Io, though also across Ensō and the islets if applicable
Warnings: Violence, possible body horror, potential anxiety and dysmorphia associated with body-swapping

Who Keeps Spinning the World Around?

The morning of June 17th, you'll probably notice things are amiss rather quickly. Your hands aren't your hands, or you're no longer in a squishy human flesh shape, or worse. Maybe your Lawful Good persona has plummeted into an outright Chaotic Evil one. Or maybe you wake up with a brand new power in your hands! Whatever the case is, no explanation is going to be immediately forthcoming, from Eleu or the Storyteller or anyone else. You'll have to figure out this mess on your own.

Adjust to your new circumstances, master your new powers, and do what you can to make it through the next few days...because they're going to be some very interesting ones, for certain.

Catch Me If You Can!

Come June 20th, whether you're back to normal selves or not, Eleu has a job for you. A request, even. They're going to need your help to take care of this little problem and put a stop to all this absolute madness.

Those interested in helping can get in touch with any of the honeybees buzzing anxiously about Io, and they will redirect you to the Honeycomb, which has now been provided with several barrels of Honeycomb Sledgehammers for your use. You don't have to take one if you don't need it, but they make a very powerful weapon. Additionally, Eleu will take care to assure that, in exchange for your help, you may keep the Sledgehammer, if you so choose.

Those interested in assisting may access our boss fight at its top-level below. This is a single thread with no order, but anyone may participate, regardless of their current state of being. Don't worry about how you contribute, or tag speed. Anyone who's concerned about being left out is welcome to reach out to us to handwave or backtag their involvement, if necessary!

The Clown Box is going to put up a fight, though. And it's not going to be pretty.

Event Timeline

[ ♆ ] June 17th: Chaos begins!
[ ♆ ] June 21st: On the eve of the final battle, Storytelling commences.
[ ♆ ] June 22nd: Characters confront the Clown Box, and all parties return to normal.
[ ♆ ] June 25th: All parties become privy to the final outcome involving the Clown Box.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Ren that's,,, no,,, you're just gonna bring the tent WITH you. If you're really worried he'll put a stake in the ground and tie you like a dog, but he's of the sneaking suspicion that won't work either under the circumstances.

He's also a little nervous they're both going to be going on a trip very soon, but at least then she won't be alone.]

I'm not sure how you do that if you're unconscious, but, uhm... good job.

[He's just gonna lead her over there thanks.]

Can you tell me what it feels like? It isn't the kind of power you picked up from me recently, correct?

[It feels like hell. She doesn't know what's going on because by the time her flighty brain senses something amiss, she's stuck on a roof. Or in a bush. Or a tree. Her fingers dig into his palm at the thought of it.]

It feels like blinking. It's not the same as yours. I don't know-it's very bad.

[He sighs a small exhale, one part worry and one part tired already. Kravitz reached his free hand over, placing it gently on her head.]

Well, it sounds like you've been very brave today. Perhaps we can work now to rest, hm? And you can tell the power to go away and to leave you alone.

[Sometimes when he truly doesn't know what to do, he just mirrors her language to attempt some sort of comfort. It's close enough, he figures. Like picking up an accent. Sure.]

[That's, quite possibly, the best route to take with her. It shows in how her body relaxes and as she whispers go away and leave me alone over and over, she pats down her stomach?? That's probably where powers come from. She says it again and again, patting with one hand and clutching Kravitz with the other until-

Maybe, somehow, concentrating on getting rid of the power has made it angry. Or maybe it's just because she's thinking about it so much that-

A rift opens and she's gone.

But it's fine because it opens up directly above him and if he doesn't move, he's going to get tackled down by this resident goblin.

Anyway, she's tired!!! So tired!!! She wants to nap for 200 years and this is the worst.]

[Look, she can do whatever motions she wants if that's what calm her down. Kravitz will correct people, and often, but not in a situation like this. Instead he'll just focus on walking with her, the mana pool in sight, and then--

And then his grip goes loose and she is simply gone.

Kravitz blinks in surprise, shoulders tensing as he swivels left and right to try and find where he went. Unfortunately for his spine, he doesn't actually look up, which means he doesn't so much catch her as acts as a half-elf airbag for her body for when they both go tumbling to the ground with a disgruntled noise from the man at the bottom.

He just lies there, for a moment, on his back. He doesn't even look at her when he speaks, keeping his head looking to the sky, but she'll be able to feel him breathing.]

Okay. Well. I can see how that would be... tiring. For sure.

[If she wasn't the worst person on this green earth, she would apologize for crashing into him like a missile. But unfortunately, she's awful and now she doesn't want to move. He's the grim reaper-he's probably fine. He can find more bones to replace the ones he just lost tumbling down to his back. He's youngish in spirit-he'll recover.]

We'll stay here. We should stay right here.

[She's so tired and the odds of this power working again are slim to hella none, but she doesn't want to risk it. At all. If they don't move, the bad powers can't find them. That's how it works. And she's just gonna lay on him like he's her new personal body pillow.]

[Look Ren, you may be recovered enough to talk about things, but he certainly isn't and he's not about to be with you digging all your bony bits into his ribs!! She's not very heavy, but it's enough that he has to kind of wheeze with his words and just lie there for a bit.]

I'm not sure that's going to help.

[Kravitz will just reach up and give her a little head pat. It's fine. This is. Sure.]

Maybe don't think about places for now.

[It's taking some time to get her bearings and unfortunately, she's not very considerate. That's a future problem. Or really, a now problem for Kravitz, who probably won't ever escape wheeze city. It'll make his ribs strong-it's fine.

But she does make an attempt to free him, because she has to cover her face with her hands so she doesn't SEE anything!! No vision, no thoughts, no nothing-she's about to become the zenest she has ever been.]

I won't think about anything. I'm going to-

[Think about. Cats?? Cats are always a safe bet around these parts and so she rapidly whispers to herself-]

Egg, Egg, Egg, Egg.

[JUST THINK ABOUT EGG]

[Sure, Egg is a good one. That's just gonna have to do. Without her wiggling against his grasp, he's able to sit up, pushing her down slightly to his waist so he can push his torso into a sitting position.]

Here, just-- keep thinking about cats, yes? Or Lobstar, or, something.

[Thankfully he has his abilities back now, so he can use a bit of that strength of his own to press her to his chest and start to get off the floor.]

Perhaps you can simply think of that and go to sleep? I don't think you'll be able to disappear if you're not awake.

[God, he hopes at least. Whose ability is this?]

[You know what? It's not a bad plan. It's a good one, actually, because now she's nice and cozy in his grip, feeling a lot safer here than on the roof of the temple.

She probably can't disappear if she's asleep. He's right. And her eyes are so heavy-she feels like they're in full agreement. For once, her body and her mind are on the same page. She's not about to argue.

And the exhaustion stemming from all her sporadic transporting slams into her when her eyes shut-the quiet egg, egg, egg, growing softer and softer with every passing second.

And really, all it takes a few seconds for her to crash. Thanks, Krav. She's gonna have her nighty night peanut time now and forever. At least she's not teleporting them to hell.]

[Look, that's all he can ask for right now. He's not really certain how Ren can just sleep on command, but-- if he was doing that his entire life he imagines it'd be easier to accomplish, too. What matters is he doesn't have to keep chasing her or getting landed on, and that's just fantastic.

So he smiles, keeping her steady as he walks her back to camp, and as he moves, gives her a little kiss on her hairline.

There we go. Sweet dreams, or something. He'll just have to keep an eye on her until this is over.]

June Event: Chaos, Chaos!

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