#sdevent

Personally May found it more entertaining than anything to actually worry about. It was a matter of perspective; his day was going so much better than some of the poor bastards running around freaking out. He couldn't help but wonder how these people functioned on a normal day if somebody flipping the magic switch had they all hot and bothered over it. 

He was certain dead was still his current state of being, however that worked when apparently no other magic did was something May didn't really care enough to make sense of, so not much had changed in his world. No unrelenting ache in his stomach, no feel of decay under his skin, no actual worry that he was going to snap and get kicked out for turning the locals into lunch? Knowing that he had a tiny fraction of normality back, a sliver of distance from the horror story he lived every day? May missed his sight on the busted side but he sure didn't miss magic.

He'd had a front row seat much of the day, nice and comfortable in a grassy spot near the center of town, watching curiously while people hurried around. Half empty pizza box in his lap that he had every intention of finishing while he debated who was going to lose it first out of the people who came and went. Sure, he was practically unnaturally skinny but not for lack of ability to eat more than three people and he figured if he was going to watch the show he might as well make an afternoon of it. 

The shadow that fell over him, distracting for an instant, brought a mutter of displeasure to his lips as he glanced over to see who had approached on his now blind side. It was a little obvious by the empty socket since he didn’t see much point in fighting with an eye that no longer functioned. 

“Hey, you wanna back off a little? Sneaking up on people is rude.” 

AVA, PHOENIX:  affected.  probably trying to fight against it, has protection from milo but that’s all i’ve got.

TIERNEY, SIRED VAMPIRE:  affected but to a point. while in the beginning he is sired to protect, the further his sire strays, the weaker the sire bond grows and the easier the manipulation can sink in.

PENELOPE, HUMAN:  not affected, but fucking terrified and barricading herself and her daughter in her home. protected, unbeknownst to her, by damian.

ASHLEY, INCUBUS:  unaffected.  probably hiding somewhere.

JESSA, MAGE:  unaffected.  not her problem, keeping to herself, unless someone she cares about is affected so hmu for plots

POPPY, GHOST: unaffected.  hiding. she is not interested in testing if she can die again or not. she is v scared.

MAISIE, BANSHEE: unaffected.  doing lotsa drugs to try and quiet the voices in her head because people be dying and all this death has this banshee freaking tf out.

CASPAR, GHOST:  unaffected.  trying to help people, defending. hmu for plots

ATLAS, GOD:  unaffected.  not...entirely sure yet? hmu for plots

ALANA, SIN:  unaffected.  staying with nico, in his place and keeping to themselves.

BEA, GIFTED HUMAN:  unaffected.  fighting, defending, lauching fire everywhere.

COLTON, WEREWOLF:  affected.  fighting but not against the ancients, probably under complete control. his temper and the ancients control is not a good mix.

ELLIE, UNTRIGGERED WEREWOLF:  mildly affected.  feels a pull but not much since she is untriggered.

BOSTON, WEREWOLF:  affected. as he is a young wolf, he has little to no control over the pull toward the ancients. this leads him to hurt (not kill) someone he cares about who was just trying to help him.

JOHANNA, VAMPIRE:  unaffected.   but not actually affected because her wife gonna help her out and they might get attacked but jo is lucid for it so she gonna protect the wifey.

MATTY, ACALICA:  unaffected.  though he should be affected, his super helpful witchy gf is spelling him out of it. 

Vihaan - Does not give a fuck about anything or anyone beyond his sister.

Frankie - Anxious, worried about what it going to happen to others and the people she cared about in town. Feels a nagging persistence toward the ancient pull but tries to denies it. Self isolates anyway.

Santiago - Fucking, THRILLED. Making deals all during the event, hit up ya boi and offer him something real nice.

Coyne - Because of his history, is more susceptible to the pull of the ancients and is under their control for the moment. This is subject to change, especially where Eloise is involved.

Anver - Not effected, fighting for the town.

Asta - Not effected, fighting for the town.

Margeaux - Not effected, fighting for the town.

Alexander - Not effected, doesn’t care about anything other than what happens to Boston, the gallery, and Apollo.

Gen - Not effected, offering protection for anyone who might be interested, especially Bash and his family, whoever may extend through them. Secretly, doesn’t understand the objection to death, but sympathizes with peoples feelings.

Esme - Effected, stresses out in the very beginning until she becomes lucid and entirely compliant under the control of the ancients.

Lucien - Effected, feels a strong pull to join the ancients but continues to fight against them. Prone or likely to snap and lose the fight, succumbing to their control.

Juliette - Not effected, joining the efforts for both protection and fighting.

Soren - Not effected, but feels this is a war that he is not indebted to. Only fighting for the town out of obligation to Freya and the strange sense of always needing to prove himself worthy of his godship after the loss of his arm.

Levi - Effected, but more like a illness. Spending his time holed up on the farm, likely alone, trying to keep himself together or feel better somehow.

Oceane - Not effected, offers protection for her people, and her wolves only. The exception to this rule is those closest to her, and is fighting only when the war may come for her, or one of hers.

Kalea - Uneffected, creating a shelter inside the restaurant with her husband and other creatures/deities, etc.

Liah - Effected, under the control of the ancients. Spends the majority of the event shifted, as directly by her blood line, but available for threads when distance is placed between her and her ancient.

Tyella - Uneffected, the control needed for her songs and abilities combined with the protective magic that has been set on the shop has allowed her to maintain composure. Open to protection, and fighting.

Dyonisa - Uneffected and amused, for the most part. She’s probably picked somewhere with a good view to drink wine, watch, and judge. Unless someone who matters request she actually do something, in which case she is slitting the throats of those that have caused her this stress and inconvience.

Devon - Effected, Under complete ancient control. Part of her enjoys this, as a wolf that has always been packless, this makes her feel like she finally belongs. She’s going to have a REAL HARD time with this when she comes out of it.

Remi - Mildly inconvenienced, like a headache and avoidance of dying. His deity is providing extra names and hints, so he is moving around a lot and attempting to combat things where he can.

Castor - OOF, complete ancient controlled and dangerous. Because of his past, he has become the perfect soldier for the ancients and they knew this, so they use him for some of the messier missions and never question his loyalty.

Jeromy - Effected, Under wavering control of the ancients but actively trying to fight it. As someone who enjoys fighting for the right reasons and is an activist, his heart is working over drive trying to get out from underneath the pull but it is hard being so recently turned.

Devya - THRIVING, but unaffected. Probably betting on what is going on with her siblings, or fighting with both sides for the fun of it.

Senna - Not effected, not fighting. He is, however, taking the time to do what not many else think of which is find a way to beat this. Spending most of his time researching magic, cures, wards of protection, anything that can help them banish or rid themselves of the ancients or the pull.

Faustus - Not effected, helping patch up the injured and taking in strays that don’t have protection. Turning the vet office into a make shift hospital.

Amelia - Not effected, also assisting Senna in looking for a “cure” or fix. Contacting Demeter dispute their longstanding feud in an attempt to help everyone through this.

Drew - Not effected, helping to fight for the town because that do be kind of pretty much his job.

Marlowe - Not effected, warding the FUCK out of the tattoo shop to keep her little family protected first and foremost, but ready to fight. Disappears here and there to go do so.

Milo - Not effected, not interested in helping anyone other than Ava, either.

Bria - Effected, as a taught witch her magic is borrowed and that comes from the ancients. She has made a deal with them to help her bring Theo back through awarding her more power for helping.

Bhavana - Not effected, thinks the ancients are a bunch of lil bitches, ready to throat punch them into oblivion and actively doing so.

Akari - Effected. Her usual trickery doesn’t often end in people being hurt or is not directly malicious. During this time, it has been turned up, manipulative and violent. Homegirl gonna be a little fucked up about it...but like low key, after.

Cheres - Not effected, and not in the mood. Probably protective if you can answer his riddles correctly or you happen to be his girl, otherwise no thank you. Still working as a messenger, so hit up ya boy to transport supplies and messages.

Rune - Not effected, but more than willing to fight, cause he likes that shit. Catch a bloody viking fucking shit up at every opportunity.

Luciana - Not effected, protecting matty and others at one of the shelters because she feels like this can be her redemption for letting everyone down in the circus and being too compliant.

Kiyan - Effected but unbothered. He enjoys the chaos and happily fights with the ancients. He’s also not going to apologize after so like, sorry not sorry.

Charmaine - Effected, Unser full control of the ancients. Her wolf lineage ties directly to one of them and she is unable to resist, or make any decisions of her own during this time. Probably definitely kills a few people. Whoops.

Tomas - Not effected, fights alongside Arya.

Navena - Not effected, and surprisingly enough she is fighting with the town. She aims to really get her hands dirty, as she was one praised as a matron of war in their religion. Possesses a stranger understanding that a few lives might need to be lost in order to save the rest of the innocent ones.

Tre- Uneffected, says shit like “they aren’t even my real dads” and essentially does whatever Sam is doing (because good dog) and probably doesn’t worry about much of anything.

Miles - Effected, but his love and concern for Fish save him. It is through that bond that he is able to overcome the pull of the ancients and instead never leaves Fish’s side. Really freaking distressed about this and probably has not really stopped crying.

Shivani - Not effected, on some cool blind ass warrior bullshit. Doesn’t help people fight but does help the fight the PULL.

Neels - Not effected, wants to kick an ancient in the dick but would probably BIG DIE. Kind of hanging out in one of the shelters and refusing to touch anyone or really get close to them because he doesn’t want to watch anyone else die.

Wes - Effected, completely under ancient control. Tasked with using his shape shifting to disrupt alliances, safe houses, and to try and convince people to just give in and join the ancients. Basically, a cult leader.

Quinn - Not effected. Chilling with their siblings, watching the whole thing play out, maybe getting involved here and there and really only for their few connections. Using this as a teaching moment because there is more to lust (like power and violence) than sex.

Cass - MURDERING. She is under the control of the ancients. Currently only using venom and hand to hand combat. Her death glances are sealed behind her contacts.

Amoya - defending others from harm and taking them to shelters

Caelum - staying at home 

Rhea - staying at home 

Quincy - watching the chaos from a distance and intervening every once in a while for the heck of it 

Elliot - fighting for control with the ancients

Emilia - actively fighting and defend the town

Astor - hiding 

Woobin- staying at home and defending as necessary 

Jade - fighting with or protecting the masterpieces

                          But something’s changed. He wasn’t sure what, nor why, but his hunger’s drowned, senses dulled, and body warmed. Of course Desmond couldn’t resist the urge to enjoy this in it’s fullest, quickly finding the most optimum space to sunbath on his street- Some poor sap’s roof, it seemed.

Avoiding the streets had felt like the safest route, not out of fear but just the sheer exhaustion of that many people in panic was only going to stir up his own and Jasper was trying his best to avoid that. Without magic flickering under his skin it was a strange feeling, a disconnection from himself but not in his typical way because he could still hold thoughts together. Most of those thoughts were centered on the world around him rather than inward, it felt almost like too good of a chance to miss just to experience it for however long was possible until things went back to what they had been. He would miss the magic until it returned, certain it would, but Jasper had a way of taking things as they were if he obviously could not change them,

He wasn't sure exactly how he'd ended up on the sidewalks near the community housing, much of it in a state of empty already after people were scrambling all over town for answers, but he was grateful for the relative quiet. A few spots he knew since having to return to living there, his favorite being the garden alleyway abandoned behind the buildings, likely held the reason he'd wandered there. Familiarity was a comfort, even if Jasper was oddly more relaxed than his usual. 

He was not, however, the only one navigating the broken stones and plant-choked forgotten path. On purpose or not there was another glimpse of motion he caught, brow furrowed at first before he realized it was one he knew, which was a short list of people. 

"Usually people aren't around here unless they're lost or trying to be." Jasper had to speak in case she needed help, or given the frame of the day just a voice she knew to break from whatever might have been on her mind. They were hardly the closest, still too new for that, but he liked to think Jinx and himself got along well enough to at least be building that friendship between them. As rare as it was to have that Jasper was very careful in looking after his friends.

Nothing was ever truly lost though, was it? 

Alder had done what had made the most sense, knowing the blocking of their own abilities left a strange hollowness inside but it wasn’t nearly as dramatic as some in town faced. The shop had been busy since the morning hours had cast that uncertainty over people, most every book within it they already knew well enough to know answers did not lie within, every trinket that held magic was now unpredictable. They were in the uncomfortable position of being unable to give answers to people who very much needed them because even if those answers were buried deep in older tomes among the dust Alder hadn't discovered any by the time evening had begun to steal the light outside.

The shop had fallen silent, empty, leaving them to wander the shelves and mull over possibilities; something had to be the cause but maybe the truth wasn't hidden there.That wouldn't stop their search though on the odd chance it might be. Night had always been their usual waking hours so very likely they would be searching well into the next morning.  It was surprising though when they were caught off guard stepping around one self to find someone in the shop; their senses had suffered more from that loss of magic than first realized if it was actually possible to go underacted anywhere nearby. 

"Sorry, I didn't realize anyone.." Habit to trail off, keep words mostly to themselves but right then it didn't matter, did it? Alder found an odd sort of comfort in that, the power drained from words, the freedom of it. "Are you alright?" How many times had they asked that question over the course of the day? Too many. But given the state of so many in town it was a question that needed to be offered.