EVENT: Heartless Swarm

[fatedhearts]

Things have been fairly peaceful for a while now as everyone has settled into their current lives on this new world. But one day towards late summer, that all comes to an end.

One of the portals in the sky suddenly opens again, an odd glowing light surrounding it as it ejects creature after creature. Then it closes, followed by another glowing portal elsewhere in the sky emitting the same creatures. Small and black, mostly, with odd antennae and glowing eyes. Some here will know them. The Heartless, creatures of the darkness who seek hearts. Those they attack, if they give in to the darkness in their hearts, will become Heartless themselves.

Where is a Keybearer when we need one?!

OOC INFO

Heartless can be encountered anywhere! They're pouring into Edge, the Midgar ruins, Kalm, Wutai, and everywhere else. Balamb Garden won't be spared, but if they're able to seal everything off in time and take flight, they may be safe from the majority of the creatures and be a safehouse for anyone desperate to escape them.

Anyone familiar with Heartless is encouraged to try to defeat them (or control them, if they're lucky enough to possess that ability). But they may find something else will push back if they try. Did someone deliberately send the Heartless through the portals? Who, and why? Does someone on the other side of those portals know what's happening here? And why are the portals glowing when they open? Is there any important significance in that?

(And yes, this is a very significant event that will have a deep bearing on the overall plot!)

Before anyone asks, having your character become a Heartless is probably not a good idea, given that it would be very difficult to get them back to their normal selves at this point in the game. But we welcome intense situations of Heartless trying their hardest to claim hearts before they're stopped!

The event is scheduled to run through August 10th, but backdating and backtagging is encouraged for as long as everyone wants! Post toplevels to this post or create new posts!

Comments

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

He shot one of the Heartless with his arrow gun, smirking.

"I intend to do whatever is most amusing. You want help... make it worth my time."

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

"And even if I figured that out, you still might betray me in the middle of helping if that seemed the most amusing thing," Sephiroth grunted.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"Of course," he said with a grin. "Looks like he can be taught. So you have to figure out how to keep me amused without betrayal being more amusing. Truth to tell I am an easy enough guy to figure out," he lied with a laugh. "So which is going to eat at you more? Entertaining me or... well... them?"

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

“I have better things to do than figuring out how to keep a member of Organization XIII helping me,” he said.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"What gave me away? My fashion choices?" he asked, laughing.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

“I’ve seen you and other Organization members around in the past,” he said.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"Guess you were on my bad side. Planning to stay there, are you?" he asked with a laugh.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

“I don’t particularly care whether I do or not,” Sephiroth said.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"Well, excuse me for not existing then," he said with a laugh.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth grunted. “Is everything a joke to you?” He cut down the last of the Heartless.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"Why not?" he asked. "You so much happier taking everything serious?"

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth flicked a wing at that. "I haven't seen much to laugh about lately."

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"Then you're just not looking right," he said with a chuckle. "Anything can be hilarious when you just don't care enough." Smirk.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

Well, that was the problem then. Sephiroth cared too much. But he wasn't about to say that.

"Have you always felt that way?"

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"Felt?" he laughed. "You aint heard? We've got no hearts. No hearts, no feelings. Just pale shadows. Kinda like that one creeping up behind you," he said with a smirk.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth struck out with the Masamune without even turning. The Heartless vanished.

"I've heard that," he said. "But I've also heard something about the ability to grow new hearts." It sounded bizarre, and yet in the universe where the hearts were so vastly important and powerful, it seemed to make sense.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"As if," he said with a laugh. "I'd love to see anyone who makes that claim."

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

“It’s something I’ve heard around,” he said, not certain he wanted to reveal from whom.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"Well whoever it was... they were probably funning ya. Not that I blame them, few things as dull as this non-life we are stuck in. Speaking of..." he stretched and aimed an arrow gun at Sephiroth. "Got something more fun for me than seeing if you're faster than my weapons?" He smirked.

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth teleported in a flurry of feathers and appeared beside Xigbar, sword pointed at him. “I can assure you I’m faster.”

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

He barked a laugh. "Well there you go then." He lowered the weapon and grinned. "So, you got me pinned here. What are you gonna do next? Can't really kill something that's not properly alive, can you? You'd have to find out which of those has my heart, kill it, and then kill me. Course, I won't be me anymore at that point. But at least you'll have fun hunting."

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth grunted. "So far you're more of an annoyance than an outright threat. I don't have any particular reason to kill you ... yet."

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"Hey it is fine, you can just use the word lazy. No one here to hear it but me. And I don't really count." he vanished and reappeared behind him. "Do I?"

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth flicked a wing. "You may want me to believe that," he said. "But you may be more than what you appear to be."

Re: Xigbar | OTA

[as_if_attitude]

"Who me? As if. Maybe once upon a time? But these days? Just filling time till I kick it."