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capemods ([personal profile] capemods) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2014-01-07 04:57 pm

of those blackholes & revelations

WHO: All imPorts.
WHERE: Atropos.
WHEN: January 7th to January 14th.
WARNINGS: Death and destruction.
SUMMARY: Atropos has risen in the night, and the inevitable has come: with her jaws she shears away the City from Earth and swallows it whole.

But the City is not yet dead.
FORMAT: Whatever you please.



The formless mass of metal haunting above, hovering like a lunar tombstone, begins to take shape. Asteroids plummet into the cheeks, the eyes, carving out bone structure. Her features howl with fury, with triumph, as she stares down below, savoring her conquest. A cavity opens. Metal swoops to form jagged, angry shears. Her teeth are born.

She waits as the world rotates, its spin more wobbly than it used to be.

And then she leans down to feast, her bite vampiric. She takes the City and then some, and all that it encompasses, so that every single imPort is captured. She takes the time to drink in any stragglers, any imPorts elusive to the City's thrall.

She holds the City on her tongue as she draws back her fist to punch the world.

And then teeth close to the shuddering, glass shattering vibration of a cosmic laugh. The jaws close, and there is no light for about an hour -- until Atropos begins to siphon solar energy from the sun into her veins. She is dissatisfied with its dying tint, or perhaps she cannot stand the redness of color, so once she injects this energy into her her body (her most intimate domain), she turns it bright yellow again. The universe within her is illuminated.

The City is a floating chunk of broken skyscrapers and puckered asphalt streets. The trauma of consumption has wrecked the usual infrastructure: buildings are half collapses, or skeletal, vehicles are flipped and strewn across the layout. Whatever vegetation that is still clinging onto life has rejoiced under the return of normal sunlight.

You can breathe. It isn't too hot, or too cold -- it's unusually pleasant, in fact. The sunshine veins that light your world are not overwhelming. There is no blue sky to complement the atmosphere, and whatever water still in the City will be constrained to the bottled kind found in shops.

But there are other floating pieces of worlds, and they might have water. Or food.

If you live in the City, your possessions should still be in the City. While about 76% of the natives have fled the City (which had gotten the brunt of focus over the past week), there are still some natives who were too sick, too sentimental or too stubborn to leave.

You'll find that your powers work normally, though you can't teleport within Atropos. You probably wouldn't want to teleport outside of her, anyway.

She swallows, and the City gentle glides down a slick throat. Dust and particles create stunning visuals, like the aurora borealis, except in warmer colors. Light reflects so easily from solar veins and starstrewn flesh.

While you can breathe easily, gravity is fickle. Physics is often defied. Atropos was never one to play by the rules.
glowsferatu: wait (pic#5797293)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2014-01-28 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
Not enough to last me long. [ she sits there staring at the wall for a moment, still holding the cap in her hand, doing the math on how long she can stretch this.

finally, she decides to take another swig before screwing the cap back on.
] But the odds are against it having to, either way.
centurybaby: (pic#3930074)

[personal profile] centurybaby 2014-01-30 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ jenny's response comes dryly, after a moment: ]

So why even bother saving it?
glowsferatu: sad, thought (Ready To Be Heartbroken)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2014-01-31 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Because there isn't much point in binging on it, either. We know there probably isn't long, but no clue as to how long there won't be.

[ too much would make her lightheaded and incoherent, too blooddrunk for her own good. it's too much like giving up and waiting for fate to do as it will. letting go of the self control she clings to so tightly.

plus, she'd probably be sick after. and she doesn't know how long they've got to be sure when there won't be an after.
]
centurybaby: (pic#3930078)

[personal profile] centurybaby 2014-01-31 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ jenny glances at her, arching an eyebrow like she can't decide whether to judge or be amused. at length, she shakes her head a little, responding with mild wryness: ]

You're way too fucking uptight for it being the end of the world, Naya.
glowsferatu: wait (pic#5797293)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2014-02-04 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
What can I say? I suppose I'm not ready to die with more finality than I have before.

[ she starts fidgeting with one of the cracker packets, tearing it open and sorting the chunks through the crumbs. ]

Giving up isn't strong suit. [ not entirely true. it's that it's too easy, a battle she has to fight constantly. ]
centurybaby: (pic#4310904)

[personal profile] centurybaby 2014-02-05 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
I noticed.

[ her responds a bit dryly-- a dig, maybe, at how long they butted heads. it felt like forever. it's actually kind of nice, to be sitting with her here like this, just hanging out like friends at the end of the world.

at length, somewhere between wry and quiet:
]

You'd think between the fucking two of us, we'd be able to save them.
glowsferatu: space (pic#6287880)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2014-02-06 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
How is that?

[ she asks but the knows the answer. she's supposed to be a sylph, a healer, and space her domain. it's almost tailored for this exact sort of situation. but she was never worth much in that role. it always felt like some great big cosmic joke that she was chosen to be a healer, at least in retrospect. ]

Maybe you, but in normal circumstances the best I could do is move people elsewhere. Escaping would be one thing, but it wouldn't end this.
centurybaby: (pic#3199320)

[personal profile] centurybaby 2014-02-08 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ jenny was never much of a messiah either. they carry heavy burdens for being so young. between the two of them, there's more baggage than anyone should ever have. ]

Yeah, right. Me? This universe is out of my fucking hands. Should've kept sitting on my ass in jail for all the good I'm doing.

[ there's a self-depreciating disdain in her voice, but it passes. ]

It's not like there's anywhere to run anyway.
glowsferatu: rude, sad (Is It Wrong Not To Always Be Glad)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2014-02-08 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, sitting about waiting for the end never did any good for anyone in all of history.

[ not that this isn't part of her own baggage, the only thing she hates more than being idle is being useless. like hell she's going to die being both. ]

At least this way, if doom is in the cards, you'll get to stretch your legs first.