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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[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.]

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[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.]

[nightwild]

[She's persistent. That's... bad. Normally, that's not anything unexpected, but it's a problem when it's someone being controlled. Could she try to purify the control...? No, almost certainly not. She has no idea how to do that. So instead...

Night Wild jumps back, this time throwing balls of fire forward. Nothing super devastating, but just enough to try to maintain a distance. She doesn't want to take a hit- She doesn't know how strong Sora is, but she doesn't want to find out. If she can maintain her distance, maybe she can exhaust Sora without harming her...?]

[valiantarms]

[The fire...actually did something. Because even if Sora's general awareness and survival instinct had been dulled by the corruption, there was just enough left to remember that fire was bad.

Really bad. Especially for her.

So she dove. Very awkwardly. Because she was still torn between attack and dodge, so instead of a clean dive she'd gone diagonally. Avoiding the fireballs but still trying to fling herself at the figure there.

...Which resulted in her tossing herself through a nearby bush. It wiggled as she tried to stand but there was too much foliage in the way.]

[nightwild]

[Night Wild pauses.

If this was a normal enemy... she'd be taking this chance to finish the job. But... This isn't a normal enemy. This person's being controlled. It's not like she wants to risk seriously injuring this girl unless she has to, and if she's stuck.... Maybe she should try to freeze her in place? No, she feels kind of bad about that idea...

Maybe that jump into the bush was enough to regain her senses.

Night Wild walks forward, to try to grab Sora's ankles and pull her out.]

[valiantarms]

[NOT THE ANKLES! WHYYY?

In her formal training, she'd dealt with things like ankle swipes. Then in actual combat there'd been the occasional greed that went low. But nothing had outright grabbed her ankles and dragged her, not while she was already down.

So Sora didn't have any experience breaking out of it. Especially not when she wasn't thinking. So instead of any kind of technique or anything remotely tactical.

She just started wiggling and thrashing around.]

[nightwild]

[goddamn it. She backs off from the flailing.]

If you want out of there, you're going to have to calm down.

[valiantarms]

[It was unfortunate, it really was. But Sora's brain wasn't in control enough to comprehend the words. They were just noise. Sounds that meant nothing.

There was just angry grunts as she kept trying to break free. At least she wasn't trying to use those gauntlets anymore, she'd been too thrown off for that. Now it was just grouchy wiggles.]

[nightwild]

[... what does she even do here. She can't leave, or this girl might attack more people. She can't attack, because the girl is... well, look, she's defenseless. She can't free her, because obviously.

So, in true superheroic fashion, Night Wild does the only reasonable thing.

She just sort of... sits down. To watch Sora. See if she tires herself out or anything.]

[valiantarms]

[Here lies Sora, tragically defeated by lack of braincell. Eventually, she actually tires herself out or wins out against the corruption. The purple botching across her skin receding, some still remained but it was no longer creeping further across her face. The gauntlets burst into light, fading away from her arms.

Oh.

Okay, that was a snore.]

[nightwild]

[... Well. At least, Night Wild will pull Sora out of the bush instead of leaving her there. She seems... okay now? Okay.

This is weird. She'll lie Sora down gently, and hope for the best...]