( june event ) who's that pokemon?

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EVENT: WHO'S THAT POKEMON?

For the residents of Wayward Pines, the 19th is just your typical boring Monday. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping.

Until suddenly, they're not.

That's the first sign. Maybe you don't even notice — you're far too busy with your nine-to-five, or maybe even by poolside, blissfully ignorant to the trouble brewing just out of sight, or to the fact that SPF 15 is basically just water anyway. Or maybe you aren't quite so lucky. You notice the birds have gone silent. You feel the eyes upon you, unseen but still raising goosebumps on the back of your neck.

And then from the woods, that telltale scream.

No, two screams, then three, then five, then more than a dozen. You can't count them, can't figure out which direction they're coming from. It's like they're all around you now. Even above you. Now you spot them on the rooftops — god, they're huge, you can't even fathom how they made it up there unnoticed.

But they're not playing at stealth anymore. One leaps off the roof, a single fluid bound on long thick limbs, and barely lands on the sidewalk for a moment before it lunges at the nearest person — your neighbor mowing his lawn, or maybe the woman carrying that armful of bags out of French's Grocery — long claws slicing through their flesh like a hot knife through butter. Then comes another, and another. Into the streets, the backyards, and the ill-timed pool parties, tearing through every living soul they can find.

By nightfall, the creatures have retreated back into the woods en masse, but anyone foolish enough to wander too far from the safety of their homes runs the risk of being picked off one by one if they're not careful. The 20th and 21st follow a similar pattern; during the day, the Sheriff and a team of volunteers comb through the woods looking for survivors, and during the night, these creatures do much the same.

The morning of the 22nd dawns with the last of the vicious "murder potatoes" (as Linda had hysterically dubbed them on the first day while wielding a butcher's knife with astonishing proficiency) have fallen, and the danger is gone.

For now, anyway. The questions they leave behind, however? Those are here to stay.

MOD NOTES

This is a catch-all for any and all threads pertaining to the Who's That Pokemon event! It covers the battle on the 19th and the lingering danger over the course of the 20th and 21st.

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Comments

[angelic_archer]

[Arching an eyebrow at the 'no', Alec waits to see if she'll correct herself, smiling when he didn't have to argue that it's obvious that she was hurt in one of the forays with the monsters.]

I could say the same for you. You shouldn't be walking around if you can't put all your weight on it.

[He's used to siblings that do the exact same thing and having to guilt, bully, or cajole them into giving themselves time to heal.][His tone hints that she might be one of them that could use one.]</small. I've slept in worse places so I don't mind. As long as no one trips over me.

[alizes]

[Iris grins at him, because she’s not going to pretend she’s behaving. The cut didn’t hit any bone, but it’s still pretty deep and she should definitely be resting if she wants it to heal properly. And yet she wouldn’t be resting properly if she knew there were other people around herself that needed her help. Alec seems ok, he doesn’t look visibly hurt or anything but still.]

I will be fine. I rested some, I promise. [And it’s true, even. Not for long but she definitely did.]

Could we make a bargain, maybe? I’ll rest properly if you do kind of thing?

[angelic_archer]

[He'd been injured in the fighting, but thankfully it hadn't been anything that healing runes couldn't deal with that. Glancing down at her leg, he gives a questioning 'are you sure' look that he uses regularly with his siblings.]

That sounds suspiciously like something my friend would say.

[And Alec usually ended up having to find some way to con Jace into resting before his parabatai would finally agree. He doubts that he'll be as effective with her but he'll try.]

Sounds like a deal if it doesn't include a bed. There's too many people needing rooms in the hospital for me to take one away from someone who's hurt.

[alizes]

I did!

[Iris purses her lips. This feels a lot like trying to reason with Gladio, she happens to have a lot of experience in dealing with protective big siblings. But to be fair said big sibling also trained her to the best of his ability and is the reason she can defend herself if needed, so.]

And I’m doing my best to stay put, but there’s a lot of people I could help. [She tilts her head.] But you really don’t need a bed to rest. I can get you some blankets.

[Again, Gladio trained her on survival, so sleeping on the floor seems pretty normal to her.]