SUDDENLY PLAYER EVENT

[mothersunlight]

Hello, Vatheon! Today I bring you an event I've been working on for the past few months to pull off - an Okami event! From the 10th to the 12th, the final boss of Okami will crash on the island and a hardcore awesome battle will ensue, for everyone's entertainment! Well, in-character, it is probably less entertainment and more OH GOD.

On Friday August 10th, the day of the Solar Eclipse, a giant monster will appear on the island. It is a mechanical sphere, exuding an aura of pure darkness - the Emperor of Everlasting Darkness, Yami. Though Amaterasu will immediately lunge to fight him, she will have her powers sucked away and will be struck down, leaving her useless.

But this does not stop Yami. He will cause rampage, death and destruction on the island unless he is stopped. That's where the residents of Vatheon come in! So long as Amaterasu is out of commission, those on the island need to battle this force of darkness and keep him from descending into Vatheon proper. The coral failed to cut into his power, and with so few fighters able to fight with a divine force, all may seem hopeless as the attacks do paltry damage. But, towards the end, they will release something.

Certain Vatheon fighters close to the battle will become the hosts for the Celestial Brush Powers, and will become gods.

As each brush power escapes Yami's clutches, it settles into its nearest host. And with Amaterasu unavailable, it will find a home in anyone close enough to it. The character will become solid white, clothes and all, with divine red markings. The godhood will fade at the conclusion of the event, but the character will keep the Brush Technique permanently. They will only be able to do it a couple times a day, but hey, that's the power of a god.

As expected, there is a Sign-Up Post for those who want their characters to become Brush Gods, temporarily! Go to this link and sign up if you are interested.


So, with some gods contributing in the fight against Yami, things pick up! On Saturday, Yami will shift through several different forms and get progressively stronger against the Vatheon fighters, keeping pace with their rise in strength. As more Brush Gods appear, more of them can expose the true core and deal much more damage against him.

Things seem to be going pretty well, until Yami breaks out his final form. This form engulfs the whole island in a shroud of darkness, snuffing out the powers of the Brush Gods. All hope will seem lost, even as some fight on.

Sunday morning, before the sun rises, a voice arrives onto the Communicator Network. To some, that almost bouncing voice seems familiar - but at any rate, he's not here to chitchat! He's here to ask you all something very important - he will ask you to pray, for Amaterasu's strength and wellbeing. Pray to her, asking her to be strong and save you. To pray for the sun to come out again. There's no time for him or for you to dawdle, just search deep in your heart and believe in the power of the sun goddess!

Amaterasu, fueled by the faith and prayer, will rise, and become powerful. She will regain her full, true power, not hindered even by Lamufao - which allows her to make the sun rise and pierce through the bitter darkness! The Brush Techniques return to her, and she will lay a thrashing down on Yami. The battle will be intense, and something will rupture in the island. Once Amaterasu emerges triumphant, after a battle that lasts several hours, both she and Yami will disappear - and Vatheon will seem all the brighter and safer, for now...


So, to recap!

☼ Friday, the eclipse happens and Yami descends on the island.
☼ Amaterasu is rendered useless, leaving those on the island to battle with Yami.
☼ In the afternoon, a certain blow is struck and the first Celestial Brush is released. Battle becomes significantly easier.

☼ Saturday, Yami grows progressively stronger as more Celestial Brush powers are released.
☼ The Brush "hosts" (Vatheon residents) use their powers to open Yami's shell and expose his center.
☼ It appears that Yami is defeated, before he appears in his final form. This form shields his fragile core, and is nigh unbeatable.

☼ Sunday Morning, Vatheon is visited by a mysterious envoy. He appears on the Vatheon Network, encouraging residents to pray for Amaterasu to save them.
☼ Amaterasu, given the power of faith and prayer, is now powerful enough to destroy Yami.
☼ Stay tuned for that - there's a reveal to be had!

Comments

[replicatedcourage]

Ahh I'm so sad! I'll be at a wedding that weekend and unable to tag, but this sounds really really fun! So much for Sola getting Greensprout v.v

[mothersunlight]

Oh nooo! Well, at the very least, Sola can probably hop in to deal a few blows to Yami here and there.

[replicatedcourage]

I wish but I'm going up Friday and not coming back until late Sunday night so I doubt I'll be able to get anything into the log. I'll definitely read all of it when I get home though!

[platinums]

Dawn will fight with her pokemon, but she won't get any Celestial Brushes. I'll leave that up to someone else, since Dawn's pokemon don't really need more powers.

[wavesoakedlegs]

...this looks like incredibly good fun. *_*

[aim_exorable]

Yaaaaay Boss fights!

[hopeofzaphias]

... I approve of this idea, yep.

[totally breaks hiatus for this, awww yeaaaaaah]

[hopeofzaphias]

also thanks to weird schedule slips I'll be around for most of the battle so I'm totally signing Yuri up.

awww yeaaaaaaah

B)

[bufudine]

I AM SO DOWN WITH THIS!

Also, there'd likely be a PSA by one of the Defense Force leaders seeing as we... don't have any patrols on the island... |||OTL so characters who aren't normally on the island can find out there is a futuristic disco ball attacking us that way.

[mothersunlight]

WELL TECHNICALLY, YAMI IS FROM ANCIENT JAPAN EVEN IF HE IS MADE OF MOON TECHNOLOGY.... so ancient-future-technology?

[bufudine]

ANCIENT MOON TECHNOLOGICAL DISCO BALL FROM THE FUTURE!?

[mothersunlight]

FUTURISTIC MOON TECHNOLOGICAL DISCO BALL FROM THE PAST.

FROM ANOTHER WORLD INSTEAD OF "THE PAST" IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN JAPAN.

[bufudine]

...YES. THAT'S. TOTALLY WHAT I MEANT TO TYPE fhjsjsjdfhg I am good at time.

WHAT IS TIME!? WHAT IS SPACE!? Yami don't care; Yami goes where Yami wants!

[puzzle_king]

That is clearly the best way to describe it.

[sorcery_fledgling]

This. Sounds. Awesome. I'll definitely have Rinoa fight, although I hesitate about having her take on a brush power? Only because she already has her sorceress powers so I don't want to hog a technique when she's already gave quite a bit of firepower. However, if you still need more people towards the end then I wouldn't mind signing up :3

[mothersunlight]

If you're considering giving a power to Rinoa, don't worry about the amount of sign-ups! Just think about what you want to do with her as a character, etc.

If not, there's definitely plenty of opportunity in the battle, contributing some blows and dragging the injured away from the fight, etc. There should be something to do for anyone who wants to get involved!

[sorcery_fledgling]

Okie doke :3b I'll give it some thought and make up my mind before the sign ups close!

[kissedgoldfrog]

Totally signed up for brush power! Madison is a power ranger so there is no way she'd be standing back when this happens!

[handshakegreeting]

oh god oh man oh god oh man-- screw it I'm breaking hiatus for this.


not!niece, do I need to keep you company until the other children begin praying?

[mothersunlight]

Ammy's going to be completely unconscious until a certain little bouncing friend tells her to get her lazy bum up! But she will probably need to be dragged out of the action, lest she get crushed in the battle. It's going to be pretty intense.

[handshakegreeting]

If someone doesn't beat her to the punch, she will then get out the mental popcorn

[needsmoregreen]

Totally signing Shirl up for this event!

[scienceshow]

...I would so sign up for this, but I'm unsure. Szayel's more the type to help out the bad guy than to pretend play at hero. :x

[scienceshow]

...although now that I think about it, having players fighting other players would be pretty cool.

[mothersunlight]

It would definitely be an interesting thing! Feel free to plot that out with some people, though it will deeeefinitely be noted that Yami isn't going to be cautious at all if someone fights on his side.

[scienceshow]

Szayel personally wouldn't really care; he's semi-durable, not to mention he has a ton of endurance.

[exiledblade]

I'd like to sign Riven up for this! :D

[fistfullofmagic]

I think I'll still be here for Friday and maaaaaybe early Saturday, but I'll have no internet access after that. Is this one of those events where backtagging a week later is okay, or no? (Still going to sign Dhaos up for a power though, that's for certain.)

[mothersunlight]

It'd be best if Brush God folk were more interactive, but I will definitely be doing general backtags for the battle in general!

[fistfullofmagic]

Hm. So having him be a Brush God but get knocked out at the end of Friday wouldn't really work, would it.

[mothersunlight]

It's not ideal, no. However, there's definitely going to be an element of random selection/RNG with who gets powers, so we'll see how the dice rolls!

[fistfullofmagic]

...Well, just found out that I won't be around Friday after all, so it's a moot point. Drat. Was looking forward to this event whether I got a brush power or not...

[quakega]

... consider me interested in this. :D Not sure whether I want to sign up for a brush power or not (since BBS keybearers are already overpowered in their own right), but Terra'd definitely be up there trying to keep Yami out of Vatheon.

[incinerare]

If someone is willing to play the man's eyes, ie; give him directions and distances, he can help with the fight using alchemy if fire has any affect on Yami.

[mothersunlight]

Not much damage will be done until the Brush Gods start exposing the core! But yes, Roy is free to either contribute to the fight (and risk getting himself hurt) or providing support for those who are already worn out or injured from the battle.