Do I get an award for lateness?

[valiantarms]

Who: Sora and whomest??
Where: Various
What: Backdated log for glitches and corruption
Warnings: Corruption induced violence?



Not the ice level! - backdated to start of the month
Whoa-whoa-whoa-!

[Everything had been normal by the standards of this place. Sora had just been making her way back to the inn after picking up snacks, hugging a large paper bag to her chest. Her legs awkwardly scrambling as she tried to keep her balance.

But her feet couldn't find any grip. She just kept sliding... Sliding and making strange whimpering noise. Not her groceries! ]

She wants to go back to the ice level...
[Maybe sliding around wasn't so bad.

That was very much Sora's line of thinking. When after she'd finally gotten home, packed her shopping away, sat down and....fell through the world? She didn't have time to scream as she started falling through the void.

Oh wait. Did she just jump back up? Nevermind, falling again.

She looked around.]

Oh, hello. [At least someone else was floating around too.] Um...Do you know what's happening?

Have you ever wanted to go apeshit ?
Did we do something wrong?

[Sora had never been great about confrontation. The locals' sudden change in behavior had made her uneasy. The morning had started normal, she'd been running around the park and had seen a man who she'd normally pass as he went to pick up a paper. She'd wished him good morning and had paused to wave.

Only for him to scowl, turn away and start storming off.

Most would have probably left him be at that point. Sora though? She didn't like leaving things. So she'd stopped her run and instead, decided to jog up to him. Asking her question.

That just seemed like the easiest way to solve the problem, didn't it? Asking what they'd done didn't feel awkward to her.

It did for the NPC though. He just made a face, shifted like he was about to say something.

Then he turned again and just started walking.

People who knew Sora might have noticed the change in her demeanor at that point. The gritted teeth, the clenched fists, how her brow furrowed. Then she summoned her gauntlets. Then she lunged forward, sending up gusts of wind to send the man flying.

...He was fine. Probably. He got thrown into a bush.

And Sora had lifted her head, slowly turning to the next nearest person, tears in her eyes. Even as the master core of her gauntlets started generating more wind.]

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apeshit

[nightwild]

[Damn it. Fauna wasn't exactly a fan of the NPCs either, but... seeing someone use that kind of move to attack a random guy didn't exactly fill her with a sense of confidence.

Fauna rushes to catch the guy before he hits the ground, rolling with him. Then, not expecting gratitude, she just leaps up, springing forward to try to grab Sora's arms before she can follow up.]

The hell are you doing?!

[valiantarms]

[He was more spooked than anything. Not expecting the sudden shove.

Though there was no need to worry about Sora attacking him again. Because Fauna had entered her range instead. Making herself the target. Not that Sora attacked straight away.

For a second, she just stared with wide teary eyes.

Then purple veins started creeping up her neck, just reaching her damp cheeks.

That's when she lunged. Charging electricity into her fists.]

[nightwild]

[Electricity in her fists. Gauntlet weapon- Close range fighter. Ranged elemental attacks? Not sure. Keep at range and figure out her abilities.

Purple veins. Tears. She's not in control of herself. Being controlled. Enemy nearby? Unlikely. Infection. "Gnosia"? Aldrip forcing it? Making people try to murder again?

Fauna's eyes tint red as she leaps backwards, springing off her her hands. She's not transforming yet.]

I don't know who you are, but you don't want to be doing this. Do you?

[valiantarms]

[There was no reply. The closest to one was more fresh tears. Sora was aware enough to know something bad was happening, but not able to stop it.

Then she threw her fist forward, the electricity exploding outwards, almost forming a shield in front of her.]

[nightwild]

[Shit.

Fauna dives to the side- Even if the electricity isn't flowing to her, it's only arcing in front as a shield, she doesn't want to take that risk. Still seems short range.... Can she fight it? Just tears...

She has to fight.

She pulls the magatama from her choker, crushing it in her hand to split it into two.]

Last chance. Stop yourself, or I'll stop you. But you have to stop- You know you don't want to do this. Are you so weak that this place can control you?

[valiantarms]

[The attack had always served her well. The punch being aimed at the main target, while the electricity caught anything that tried to bypass her fists while she was still.

There was a small, choked noise.

Otherwise she only adjusted her stance, one foot behind her, lowering herself. Getting ready to rush.]

1/2

[nightwild]

... All right, then.

[She raises her arms in front of her, showing her brace and the magatama, taking a pose.]

Wild Change!

[Slamming the magatama into their holders on the brace, she's shrouded in darkness, like night fell.]

[nightwild]

[Red eyes glow within the darkness, and then- The darkness is rent apart by claws, as Fauna now stands, transformed in her red, fox-like onmyouji armor.]

Night Wild. I've come in response to your wish.

[The tears make her wish clear enough- This girl must be wishing for someone to stop her.

Night Wild throws an ofuda forward, a block of ice slicking the ground between them. Making a rush much harder.]

[valiantarms]

[The words weren't registering. All she saw was an unfamiliar face, heard a stranger's voice.

That said, the charge failed. Because Sora's feet slid on the ice and scrabbled, almost running on the spot for a moment as she tried to keep momentum going.

She still attempted to push forward and land her punch though. Even if she'd been half her normal speed. Look, her brain wasn't exactly working.]

Not the Ice Level!

[digthefuzz]

[Kurt was just walking around with his human disguise one when he sees a very familiar person... sliding down the street? He gives a confused gasp.]

Sora??

[He crouches down to try to catch her as she slides towards him!]

[valiantarms]

[She'd traversed ice before. Heck, the garden she'd been sent to in the eclipse had rivers of ice... But she'd had her hands free and hadn't had eggs.

She squeaked when she was caught, partly bumping into him as she slid along.

Sora managed a short laugh.]

Thank you.

[Except her feet still didn't have friction.]

[digthefuzz]

[He just tries to keep a grip on her shoulders.]

You're welcome? I guess I'm in the right place at the right time.

[But if her feet are continuing to slip, he might have trouble keeping his hold!]

So, uh, what's going on?

[valiantarms]

[She was still sliding, slower now he was countering it. Sora gave an uneasy laugh.]

I'm not sure. Everything was fine, then I stepped in the park and just....started sliding around?

[It was really weird. She shifted though, shoving her bag at him....Though that pushed her body away.]

Can you take this? I just brought eggs. [The last part came out rapidly as she started to panic.]

[digthefuzz]

Oh sure, eggs are important!

[He takes the grocery bag - but he quickly realizes the flaw in letting go of her as she starts sliding back]

Wait, don't go away yet! [He hurries towards her, to try to hold onto her with one hand while he carries the groceries in the other arm.] Man this thing has got you bad! What, were they playing a game of 'the floor is ice?'?

[valiantarms]

Thank you.

[Plz, it's fine as long as her food is safe. She hated wasting food, it was tasty... She'd scratch her face, but she had her arms out for balance.]

I don't know. It reminds me of those block-pushing puzzles... These things keep happening here.

[digthefuzz]

Block-pushing puzzles? [He raises an eyebrow. He doesn't game enough for it to click right away.]

It sounds like another one of those glitch things going on. In which case, we have to try to keep you safe until it wears off.

[valiantarms]

Yeah... [She didn't really have time to explain, or game enough to know much more than what she'd said.]

Um...How are you going to do that? I'd feel bad about taking up your time for something like this.

Apeshit

[solitarysoul]

Uh...

[Well that sure happened. Seeing Sora launch a local--or anyone, really--was not a thing he expected to see this morning. Or any morning/time of day. What did he just stumble across?]

A-are you okay?

[The gathering wind is a bit worrying and he doesn't even notice one hand moving towards the gun hidden in his coat.]

[valiantarms]

[Sora was still, her head hanging. Then slowly, at his voice, it lifted. Turning to look at him with wide-blank eyes.

Her lips trembled slightly, mouth opening. But she said nothing. The veins of her neck pulsing purple.

Then she took up her stance. Her gauntlets emitting a green light from their core.]

[solitarysoul]

[Ooooh, he's seen those veins before. Levi takes a step back and tenses, he's either going to need to dodge and run or block a blow here. Or maybe he can still talk her down?]

I-i-its alright. I don't want to fight.

[valiantarms]

[There was a little murmur, the winds dying down to a slight breeze. Her head tilting.

She still darted forward to throw a punch, even if it was sluggish compared to her normal pace.]

HA-!

[solitarysoul]

[Levi has no problem dodging away from that. He raises his hands in that 'I'm unarmed' gesture even if its a lie.]

Just calm down. Breathe.

[valiantarms]

[Fortunant for him, her movements had been slowed enough that she didn't move on to another attack straight away.

She didn't lunge at him this time. Though she threw a fist out, even with the distance between them.

Mostly because she'd shot a blast of air at him.]

[solitarysoul]

[He didn't expect an elemental blast or whatever that attack was, so it catches him off guard. He's still braced for an attack, though, so it doesn't knock him down just back some.]

Sora.

[He says firmly.]

Calm down. I am not your enemy.

[valiantarms]

[She was pulling her 'punches', almost. The wind was enough to smack into him, but it lacked the cutting properties it might normally have.

Slowly she took a step nearer, then another, then she stumbled.]

Urg-

[Nevermind, she's just falling over.]