EVENT: Snowed In

[the_npcdo]

[Early Monday afternoon, the snow starts. At first, a charming novelty glimpsed through the classroom windows, but within minutes it becomes a veritable blizzard. Any classes being held outside are urged to bring themselves inside. Within half an hour, the power's cut out and the snow is piled high enough to make entry/exit from the buildings difficult. Within an hour, it's impossible. Snow is piled halfway up the first floor windows, and most of the doors have frozen shut. The second story windows seem to be working just fine, though, as are any rooftop access doors.]

[The blizzard finally calms down, but students and faculty are trapped inside--or outside, if they managed to be on the wrong side of the doors during the storm. The power's out and the cold is starting to seep in through the insulation. Worse, there seems to be some kind of unseen presence in the buildings, an eerie cackle echoing through the empty halls or an unsettling sense that you're not alone.]

[Someone's going to have to restart the generator before we end up with a school full of studentcicles. It wouldn't hurt to clear some pathways out of the buildings, either.]

Comments

[all_onis_are_true]

[...what.]

Please do not tell me you are incapable of climbing up yourself.

[tsunderbolting]

[ Clicking her tongue, she immediately takes a quick jump diagonally forward to the left before skidding to a stop, using her electricity to destroy a part of the floor beneath them. If outright electricity attacks aren't going to work, then she'll try using the rubble against her opponent.

She can still manage small talk at least. ]

Well, $26,000 is nothing to me then!

[worldcup]

I already tied it up... so it would be a waste if you didn't carry me, wouldn't it? I'm just a small, frail girl, after all.

[ It's not a lie in all retrospect. ]

[all_onis_are_true]

[Urrrgh. For a moment, he's tempted to tell her where to stuff that rope. But it's not getting any warmer in the BUILDING either.]

I do hope you realize you will be owing me quite a favor later.

[Okay, well. Heave. Ho. For a light girl, she's still pretty heavy though, so forgive him if he's a bit slow at it.]

[hair_guitar]

[... It's following her! Nope nope nope NOPE NOPE NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE!

Ellen only screams louder when she realizes the headless smoke-stump ghost is in hot pursuit and sheer, brainless panic kicks in spurring her to only run faster through the hallways, screaming her fool head off the whole way. That thing... it lost its head somewhere along the way so that can only mean--

IT MUST BE AFTER HER HEAD!]

IT'S GOING TO CHOP OFF MY HEAD!

[RUNNING RUNNING RUNNING]

[hair_guitar]

[Good going, Illya. Ellen lands again after that jump and immediately flattens against the wall, breathing hard.]

E-e-easy? Wh-wh-wh-wh-what are you talking about?! I-I'm not s-s-scared at all--!




[She might actually be dying here.]

[worldcup]

Are you sure? Because it looked like you were scared just then.

[infinitejustice]

I'm fine, I'm fine. I ache a bit, but nothing that won't go away soon.

What about you? I never expected to find you so, ah...frightened.

[He's moving around as he says this. Specifically, he's climbing back up to his feet and putting everything back in order.

[infinitejustice]

[Athrun is in the hall, walking between classes, when the power cuts and he tries (and fails) to open the door outside. After pushing into it several times, he backs off, sighs, and leans back against a wall.]

I know I said this morning that I didn't want to have class today, but this is not what I meant.

[inchesofevil]

[UGH, RICH PEOPLE. He wanted to go easy on her before BUT NOT ANYMORE. He's too annoyed to hold back and he's got a perfect excuse to vent his frustration.]

Protip: Don't tell someone--

[he casts another holy bolt]

--who's $120,000 in debt--

[follows it up immediately with another shockwave, hoping to catch her wherever she dodged to]

--that it's not a lot of money!

[and follows THAT immediately with a large AoE in the form of a glowing pillar of light that will feel like getting hit by a truck.]

[it's fast. very fast. he's basically got instant or near-instant cast on almost all of his spells because he's a freakin' demi-god, so it's a sequence of attacks one right after the other with no room to breathe in-between. The first two aren't intended to hit her; they're intended to get her to dodge straight into the AoE at the end.]

[tsunderbolting]

Then it's your own fault that you're in debt, isn't it?!

[ She manages to dodge the bolts, but they aren't in the conventional way of dodging. She uses her electricity to lift more rubble off the ground, running towards the rubble and hoping on it, using her electricity and magnetism to ride on it like a hoverboard.

Of course she may not see the pillar of light coming, seeing as she's not a psychic, but she should sense it as it goes off, giving her enough time to land and use the rubble she was on to deflect the attack. But she isn't going to get by entirely unscathed by the blast. But at least she won't be taking the brunt of it. ]

Heh. Not bad...

[losingherhead]

[Chasing after a terrified human, smoke billowing behind her.... Its almost familiar, in a way. She can tell she's missing a few things. The forest. Her horse. Her own head underneath her arm. But the chase brings back an experience she can't fully recall. All she'd have to do is bring out her scythe and exterminate the unwanted eyes that gazed upon her form.

But that would upset people. People she liked. Upsetting people generally seemed to lead to misery and horror from everyone. And that was the opposite of what she wanted. Plus, the girl obviously didn't deserve anything like that. No, she had to keep a clear head. As best she could given. You know.

The real priority was making sure NO ONE WAS SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER OH GOD OH HECK. She shoots a jet of smoke in Ellen's direction. It didn't have the same range as it did outside of the school, but maybe it could reach the girl's hand or leg if she gets close enough. But damn why does this girl have to be so fast and loud?! WHY DOES EVERYTHING WITH HUMANS HAVE TO GO HORRIBLY WRONG LIKE THIS.]

[inchesofevil]

Oh, kid, bless your heart.

[seems like he's not going to be able to hit her if he can't get her to hold still, so he decides to pull out his crowd control spell for this one. chains of light burst out of the ground beneath her, one for each limb, attempting to shackle her and hold her in place.]

[She might be able to dodge some of them, but she'll have to be amazingly fast to avoid all four.]

You're in for a real rude awakening when you hit the real world.

[losingherhead]

[Shoot! A hand reaches out to make sure he's alright, while another struggles to keep that helmet from leaving her stump. She can feel the smoke struggling to hold tightly on the helmet with this freakish weather. But what about the other student? Thoughts of how easily humans can break bones start to dart across her mind. Bumping into them should be safe... right?]

[losingherhead]

[Why does Dlanor have to always sound so convincing? Celty's all about searching for students and making sure everyone's safe.... but walking around with the hall monitor was making a stressful situation downright anxiety inducing. She finds herself nervously checking to make sure the helmet is safely fastened to her stump, just to be cautious. Last time authority saw her stump, she ended up getting chased by police across Texas.]

I've never seen so much snow in my life.

[You don't get much of snow in Ireland.]

[tsunderbolting]

Well, maybe you're the one who doesn't know anything about the real world!

[ She may not know anything, but that's only because she's slightly naive in a sense. She knows fully well that she won't be able to dodge all of them, even with how quick she is and how finely tuned her senses are, she plans on at least making sure that her hands don't get tied down. Although it didn't matter if she was held down or not.

She could still work with this. Probably. ]

[inchesofevil]

[that's such a teenager retort, he can't even take it seriously. he just starts laughing like it is the funniest goddamn thing he's heard and hits her with another AoE while she can't dodge. he follows up with a series of holy bolts, lightning fast, trying to make the most of the 30 seconds he has before those chains disappear.]

[If she's got her arms free, she'll at least be able to stay on the offensive, even if her evasion's been severely limited.]

[tsunderbolting]

[ Well, excuse her for being a teenager. Mikoto's evasion might be limited, but that that doesn't mean that she necessarily had to dodge. There was enough rubble in the ground that she could use as a shield, crouching down as she throws her hand towards the ground, letting electricity hit the ground as she grits her teeth.

She's getting more exhausted because she's using her ability a lot, but she can't lose here.

She can't lose here.

Going on sheer determination, electricity sparks from her fingertips as she starts to collect iron sand to make it into a sword to plan out her next attack. ]

[cant_breathe_no_heir]

[Equius hated snow now. Snow could go and do a backflip pirouette into the void for all the b100b100d cared.

Eventually, he managed to reach the door. Frozen shut, they groaned and resisted the Troll's attempts to enter the school. Even as strong as he was, this was becoming difficult and foolish.]

[cant_breathe_no_heir]

[Equius happens by Athrun, brushing some snow off his shoulders in an almost casual manner.]

I do not understand. Why are the lights off?

[cant_breathe_no_heir]

...Excuse me.

[Seeing as how the power was out, Equius had moved to investigate the loss of power himself. If he could make robots, surely fixing a piece of earth technology would be grub's play, even if it was a bit demeaning.

His eyes tracked Misaka behind dark glasses as she passed. Frowning, he followed her a few steps.]

I am guessing that you are looking for the power controls as well?

[tsunderbolting]

Ah.

[ There's a slight pause, if only for a moment. ]

. . . Yeah. I know the general direction of where it is, though.

[hair_guitar]

[She'll take this chance to get to her feet as well, feeling her face heat up as she does. It's bad enough that she'd been jumping and feeling from shadows and noises in the dark, but nailing him in the face with a panic-hurled textbook didn't really leave her any room to play it off either. Even if it is a relief just having somebody else here with her again.]

I'm fine, it's just.... [She hazards a glance back over her shoulder the way she came.] I-I thought I heard something.

[inchesofevil]

[Sorry Mikoto. Duncan can't lose here, either. He'll have students dropping challenges left and right if they think he's an easy fight. He'll turn this into a battle of attrition if he has to; he's almost guaranteed to win if that happens.]

[He's also been counting the seconds until those chains fade, and right before they do, he casts a holy burst--basically a big flashy attack that's main purpose is in its knockback effect. he's trying to send her and the rubble she's taken refuge in flying the instant the chains disappear.]

[thirdtenkaistar]

Fire Alarm.

[Thomas started to explain as the running stopped, and many of the students - including a poor sap only in a bath towel started milling around as they took in the situation]

Either fire, or smoke tripped it. I hope ssomeone wasn't smoking inside and it's an actually f-f-fire.