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Souren Araya ([personal profile] wisdomwithin) wrote in [community profile] mayfield_logs2012-01-15 11:08 am

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Who: Caster, Oichi, and many others who want to stop them
What: The atrocities begin. The Church will be the first to go.
Where: The Church
When: 1/18/12, during the first sermon
Warnings: Fair amount of violence and gore



The noise had fortunately died down in time for Sunday where drones would customarily flock fraction at a time for worship down at the Church. Without distraction and interruption, the drones and others are allowed to fill the pews and listen to nothing but the word of God interpreted by the drone pastor. Usually a male, he would incorporate his message to achieving prosperity in Mayfield and urge the other drones to be thankful for what they have. The doors closed and the drones sang their hymns along with the melody of the pipe organ an old woman played just at the corner of the room.

They seated themselves. But the organ did not stop. The old woman's hands were off the keys, yes, but from somewhere, the hymn continued. The drones didn't pay this any heed and continued on as if they heard nothing. It was exactly that, however. To them, there is nothing to respond to because there should be no organs playing at this time. The time for hymns has ended long past. This did not stop the song from outside, however. The organ played on, grew louder, and filled the room where the congregation sat.

The doors once closed for the sermon swung open. A robed man with dirty, messy hair and bulging, frog-like eyes barged into the room accompanied by a quiet, morose woman. Caster closed his eyes and stretched out his arms, basking in the warmth of light that filled the room. The drone pastor stopped and told the man to quickly be seated, but it was Caster's turn to ignore him.

"Now! Friends! Now, and forevermore, we stand together here once more in pursuit of salvation that has long since been snatched away by God Himself! The damned are forever damned and the lost and forgotten will forever be abandoned. Our suffering, our cries, do nothing but amuse Him even more!

Then, then what are we, the broken, to do...? If God insists on depriving us of Paradise, why, we shall take it back! We will create our own Paradise here on this world through pleasures and sin the likes of which He, that divine clown, could never have concocted during Genesis. Let us plant the seeds of our Paradise now, starting in one of His houses that He has blessed!

O Lord! Receive my praise! Receive my hate! With a heart filled with jubilation, I shall drag you, venerated God, down from your sanctum! There is beauty within blasphemies, decadence, and sin and it is through that beauty where we make our stand and create our new Eden!

Innocent lambs, feel with every fiber and cell of your being, the salvation that I offer you!"

As Gilles' speech rolled on, the drones found their body involuntarily convulsing. They all felt from within their stomachs something growing. It clawed out at every direction, ever organ, to break free, biting and screaming all the while. Teeth and tentacles ripped through the drones' skin and bodies without anybody spared. The demons cried out into the air, spitting blood and red mist, as if singing along with the hymn that Caster had been playing.

A pipe organ made from flesh sits outside, playing on its own. Its discordant melody spreads through the air, beckoning those near the Church to come. The invitation, of course, is not only limited to the townspeople. Its pierces through worlds and dimensions, drawing forth the creatures that God had hidden away from mortal eyes for being far too terrifying, too flawed. Drones around the Church were torn apart from the inside, leaving only Caster's sea demons to replace them. The Church itself began to turn to flesh as it was consumed little by little by the overwhelming number of monsters.

From within, Caster cackled and danced, spinning around, joyously, at the garden of sin he created.

"Come, come to me! There is none but I, Gilles de Rais, who stands so firmly at the center of Heaven and Hell! Come to me, and I shall lead you! I shall rule you! To those who are shackled, crippled, and forsaken, this is the day we indulge and drink deep from our sins!"

OOC: Feel free to divide into groups! There are people who should hold off the demons seeping out of the Church and those who should storm in and tear a new one into the Master and Servant
doudemoe: (Gonna burn something now)

Outside The Church

[personal profile] doudemoe 2012-01-15 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
doudemoe: (slam bam thank you m'am)

[personal profile] doudemoe 2012-01-15 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Minato's evening walk tonight has lead him to the Church...right as some demons are already making their way out of it. By instinct he reaches for his Evoker, to call forth Scathach for a wide-range ice spell.]
labarbebleue: (Default)

[personal profile] labarbebleue 2012-01-15 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[The ice spell manages to freeze a fair amount of the demons in place, but they're still wriggling around and quite alive. Using their tentacles, they attempt to break out of the ice created around them. They're used to lower temperatures than this in the world they're from. The damage does little to hinder them beyond stop few from moving. From the roof of the Church, few more demons form and down at Minato.]
captainofthe10th: (Fightin)

[personal profile] captainofthe10th 2012-01-15 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The forming demons are then hammered back with a virtual boltstorm, Garviel having recently received an entire load of ammunition for Christmas, and the coughing roar of the signifies his arrival, running at posthuman speeds towards the church, firing from the hip with the absurd accuracy of a Legiones Astartes. His armor unleashes a vocal accompaniment to the booming weapon, roaring. ]

Kill for the living! Kill for the dead! [ He bounds in front of Minato, looking to mow down as many demons as possible. ]
demonqueen: (Deep in the shadows depths)

Inside the church

[personal profile] demonqueen 2012-01-15 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oichi had followed Lord Bluebeard on his quest against the Xavists. She rather liked his speech, so very earnest. The shadows at her feet writhe and arms rise up from the ground around her. They flail a bit randomly, knocking over pews and sometimes people. But aren't directly attacking anything yet. She does break several of the larger stained glass windows and smiles at the shards as they fall, singing in a soft voice.]

On and on the road does go,
Down into the world below...
Off you went to call the king,
You wish to hear the Devil sing...
doudemoe: (ready for battle)

[personal profile] doudemoe 2012-01-15 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Minato's a little surprised to find Garviel here, but a the same time glad he's gained an ally in this battle. Scathach is still around, whom Minato commands to use Myriad Arrow against the demons. Thousands of lightening-fast arrows rain down to pierce the monsters.]
labarbebleue: (Default)

[personal profile] labarbebleue 2012-01-15 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[The demons shriek and burst into pieces as they're hit with the combination of bullets and arrows. However, barely a second later after the demons were so clearly killed, walls of flesh formed around their remnants, creating yet more of the same tentacled demons. The dead were not resurrected. Caster lacked that power. His skills were focused on his ability to summon in exchange for a sacrifice. The demons themselves were adequate sacrifices and so, if one was killed, another would replace it instantaneously and continuously.

Myriad, fanged tentacles stretch out at both Minato and Garviel's limbs. The teeth are as sharp as those of a shark, easily allowing them to cut through flesh and draw blood.]
labarbebleue: (pic#1954838)

Inside the church

[personal profile] labarbebleue 2012-01-15 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bluebeard gives a smile and looks over at his Master who seemed to do exactly as he wished. She drank deep from sins and even sang while doing so. While she and Ryuunosuke had remarkably different characteristics, it was always nice to have a Master that was so understanding to him. It was truly a blessing.]

I had intended to ask you, Oichi, but... what is that song you are singing?
captainofthe10th: (helmet)

[personal profile] captainofthe10th 2012-01-15 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Garviel ignores the sorcery, for now, and just bellows. ] Blades! [ He continues to shield Minato, clamping the bolter to his thigh as he swaps to the chainsword, tearing into the daemons as he did before during his last duel with Caster, almost balletic in his movements, even in the bulky power armor. He is a blademaster, and there are few even amongst the elite of the galaxy who can match him in his prime. ]
demonqueen: (Her fear did tug her soul apart)

Re: Inside the church

[personal profile] demonqueen 2012-01-15 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[She pauses thoughtfully, and one of the shadow hands brings a slightly larger shard of the glass down for her perusal, tilting it this way and that in the light.]

I don't know..... I've always sung that song...

It's...pretty.
labarbebleue: (pic#1954838)

[personal profile] labarbebleue 2012-01-15 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
If you would sing to me the entire song, I would be delighted to have it written down, my dear. It is indeed a pretty song.

Art in all forms must be preserved without exception... before any philistine decides to erase it.
doudemoe: (Default)

[personal profile] doudemoe 2012-01-15 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shit. If the demons could respawn, then he'll have to call for drastic measures. Eyes toward Scathach, he commands:]

Change.

[In a flash, the Scottish warrior transforms to Thanatos (thank you P4 anime for these ideas), who calls out a Mahamaon on all demons present in the area.]
demonqueen: (her fear in heart)

[personal profile] demonqueen 2012-01-15 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[She gives him a small smile, snd then starts the song from the beginning.]

Deep in the shadow's depths there's a place,
Where devils and demons presence does grace.
Petals fall and flowers whither,
Voices call 'Come now, come hither.'
In the dark the girl so bright,
Got up to see the day by night.

[Here the hands drop the glass shard and begin clearing a path to the the altar. Mostly by just tearing through whatever is in their path.]

Wander freely, wander far,
Off beneath the Devil's star.
The white of flesh, the white of bone,
The worms will leave your soul alone.
Her fear in hand, her fear in heart,
Her fear did tug her soul apart.

[And then they pick up Oichi and set her down gently behind the altar, facing the largest, and only remaining, intact window in the Church. She stares up at the iconic religious image dreamily and continues singing.]

On and on the road does go,
Down into the world below.
Off you went to call the King,
You wish to hear the Devil sing.
Ask you will and ask you may,
The fate of love on this fair day....

[As the song ends, she smiles, and a larger hand forms from several smaller ones. She probably intends to smash this one in a single hit.]

Are you watching me? Brother....?
labarbebleue: (Default)

Damn it, Major, you are not the demons

[personal profile] labarbebleue 2012-01-15 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[The demons are sliced apart and fall down in pieces after being struck by Garviel's attack. Others that were unfortunate enough managed to be hit by the Mahamaon attack to which they had no resistance against. Fair amount that managed to get hit fell instantly.

But again, more reappeared instantaneously at the command of Prelati's Spellbook. By this time, few demons stayed to continue their assault on Minato and Garviel by slashing at them with their tentacles. If Garviel would slash at one demon, another from a distance would either lunge forth at him or stretch their tentacles out for a long distance attack.

Others, however, were guided in different directions towards the streets leading to the residential areas in Mayfield.]
adropofjupiter: (sideways star)

[personal profile] adropofjupiter 2012-01-15 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[It had been the surge of dark magic that had caught Marisa's attention at first. She'd been nearby the church observing some drones being affected by a certain barrier around what the witch considered a shrine, but that much dark magic couldn't be ignored. She narrowed her eyes, trying to pinpoint its source when the organ started playing. Whelp, that made it easy.

Flying over, she landed on the church and closed her eyes. Hand up before her, she used a wide area search spell to take note of what magical signatures were below her, inside the church.]


Demons?

[This wasn't the first time she'd encountered demons, but this was an usual amount of demonic energy. Someone had summoned these monstrosities here. They HAD to have a powerful focus.

Mini-Hakkero in hand, she cast an invisibility spell on herself and slipped inside the church through an upper window. Crouching high up on the rafters, broom in hand, the witch took in the sight, looking for the source of that dark magic and get a sense of what was going on.]
labarbebleue: (Default)

[personal profile] labarbebleue 2012-01-15 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Caster, as Oichi begins to sing, reaches out for one of the Bibles sitting on a pew. He opens the leather-bound book and rips out a few pages. Taking a pen found nearby, he begins writing inside the Bible both the notes of Oichi's song as well as the lyrics. He could do this much as an artist. After all, the man once tried writing a play with over two-hundred roles and yet more ludicrous amounts of scenes. It would be surprising if he didn't have a role in the orchestra either.]

The imagery, my dear... there is almost a sense of peace mixed with agony brought by them, but oh, how it describes death, those beyond, that which mortal, upright men shun their eyes from...

[Caster closes his eyes and brings his hands and pages closer to his chest. He breaths deeply and sings a verse from Oichi's song.]

Aaah~ "Wander freely, wander far
Off beneath the Devil's star
The white of flesh, the white of bone,
The worms will leave your soul alone."

It's truly creativity at its finest, Oichi!
captainofthe10th: (Default)

[personal profile] captainofthe10th 2012-01-15 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Garviel processes the situation, gauging the tactical dangers to themselves, and the townspeople. He makes the only call he can make in a situation like this. ]

Tactical withdrawal, we can't let them out amongst the people who can't fight. [ He takes up the bolter in his armored left fist, laying about with both the Chainsword and punching out bolts towards the demons that are trying to spread out. ]

Now, Minato!
photonicfighter: (Dakki with weapons)

Inside the church

[personal profile] photonicfighter 2012-01-15 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
♪ BGM: Ar Tonelico - EXEC_RIG=VEDA/. (Repeat)

[Drone-Aurica was still Aurica to her, no matter how much time had gone by. Although Dakki suspected sometimes that it was just her own wishful thinking, she could see flickers of Aurica's real self in that drone. Such as her insistence in attending church services. And as of late, Dakki had been agreeing to attend with her. It seemed to make Drone-Aurica happy. And she had become curious about this world's religious beliefs.

So there Dakki sat in the pews, listening to the sermon with a mild interest. But her attention started to drift upon hearing that organ music. She turned around when the scraggly bug-eyed fellow started his own counter-sermon, an arm going protectively around Drone-Aurica.

It was extremely alarming when her not-daughter suddenly convulsed and horrible monster-things began to burst forth from her. This was many different interlocking layers of wrong, wrong, wrong, which kept her paralyzed with shock for several long, valuable moments. By the time she had tossed her drone daughter's remains away and had pulled her photon saber into existence, the pews were already swarming with monsters.]


...That's enough! THAT'S ENOUGH OF THIS!

[And she began to carve her way through the abominations one by one, working her way towards where she last saw the Master and the Servant.]
doudemoe: (broke arm punching Nyx)

[personal profile] doudemoe 2012-01-15 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Right!

[Tactical withdrawal indeed. There's no way they stand a chance in their current positions. Thanatos casts a Megidola as they make their escape.]
labarbebleue: (pic#1956188)

Inside the church

[personal profile] labarbebleue 2012-01-15 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Carving through the abominations one by one may not work this time. As Dakki moves onto the next, she ignores the ones she already cut a few times before. This gives them enough time to respawn as a wall of flesh forms around them. Caster gasps as he sees Dakki charge at both him and Oichi. From behind Dakki, though, fanged tentacles reach out at her legs to stop her from her assault.

Caster backs away and from his robes, he pulls out the Spellbook of Prelati and opens it up, muttering a few incantations. A purple mist made up of prana spills from the Spellbook and begins to surround Oichi's form. Oichi might find that her body and weapons have been Reinforced, making her several times stronger than what she was normally.

He prepared for such an occasion, but never thought it would happen so soon.]


Welcome, my dear girl! Are you here to enjoy the feast with us...? There is much to consume and imbibe in the spread that I have prepared just for the occasion.

... Or are you here to stop us? That anger in your eyes is a familiar sight...

My Master, what would you propose that we do, hmmm...? We can't have things end so early on...
demonqueen: (Petals fall and flowers wither)

[personal profile] demonqueen 2012-01-15 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[She lets the large hand smash the window, giggling softly as the glass falls.]

Everything is so fragile.

....And so pretty when it breaks.
demonqueen: (Her fear did tug her soul apart)

Re: Inside the church

[personal profile] demonqueen 2012-01-15 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[The shadows do stop, and pull in closer to Oichi. She looks at the approaching woman with confusion. She seems angry for some reason. But why?]

Enough....?

Is it really? Have I.... done well? Will he be pleased with me?
photonicfighter: (Dashing)

[personal profile] photonicfighter 2012-01-15 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[She may not have been able to dent their numbers, but she was capable of carving herself a path to the source. And her eyes were only focused straight ahead, assuming that a dead monster would remain dead.]

-hyaah!

[That's the sound she made when her legs were abruptly jerked from behind. She fell to one knee, and then began to be pulled backwards.]

You're sick! This is unforgivable! This is a holy place! Of course I'll stop you!

[One hand snaps out and grips tightly onto the solid edge of a pew. Her other hand releases its grip on her photon saber, and it vanishes in a flash of blue light. In its place appears a handgun, and she fires several shots at each of them. They're perfectly normal Mayfield bullets. And it's likely that reappearing monsters will absorb the impact if their defenses don't. Still, she has to try.]
adropofjupiter: (bullet-time!)

[personal profile] adropofjupiter 2012-01-15 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[There the two were. Marisa could tell the man was the source of the dark magic, but there was something about the woman that made the witch stay where she was.

She'd observe a little longer.]
labarbebleue: (pic#1956188)

[personal profile] labarbebleue 2012-01-15 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Marisa continues to observe, but in this moment, something odd happens. The man turns his head over towards her direction and gives her a warm smile.

In an instant, tentacles stretch out towards Marisa's invisible form and makes an attempt to grab her. One of Caster's specialties was to detect whenever he was being watched. Magi who tried using a crystal ball to spy on him were often caught quite easily.

It seems like a flawed idea to fool a Servant whose very name was "Caster".]

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