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[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[If you're wandering around at night for whatever reason, you might feel a chill run down your spine as everything suddenly feels darker than usual around you.

Down the corridor in the distance is a strange... Shadow. No other word can really describe it. Is this just some sort of Halloween prank? Or is it something more sinister?]

((OOC: A few people have already plotted ahead how this will go, but feel free to have any of your wayward characters spot this thing. But keep in mind, directly confronting it will go very badly at this stage. Flight is recommended.))

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[wright-idea.livejournal.com]

Phoenix glances around nervously. Something doesn't feel quite right.



He squints. Are his eyes playing tricks on him?

[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[Unfortunately, they certainly are not as the Shadow in the distance slowly moves closer to him.

As it does, he will likely be hit by an overwhelming sense that things are simply wrong. Whatever this creature is, it is something that simply should not exist.

And yet it does, and it's getting ever closer.]

[wright-idea.livejournal.com]

Phoenix is, thankfully, possessed of a fairly good sense of self-preservation, even if it's not obvious at times. He steps back a bit, tentatively, and then without hesitating turns tail and runs.

[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[Fortunately for Phoenix, the strange creature does not seem particularly interested in him, and lets him flee.

...although he may not be so fortunate the next time.]

[yokaiofnaps.livejournal.com]

[Meiling's internal clock basically doesn't exist anyways, so she happens to be going for a midnight... er... early breakfast?

She's not really sure what you call noodles at 3 a.m., but she's getting those until she feels something... strange. Something definitely not good. Her head whips around, and she spots something dark. Dark and not really anything else.

Definitely, very not good.]

[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[Not very good at all.

As she catches the Shadow's attention, it seems to slowly be getting closer to her. How exactly it is moving is unclear... but its presence just seems to be getting stronger and stronger as it nears.]

[wright-idea.livejournal.com]

Phoenix runs back to his room and quickly closes the the door, leaning against it. This is probably not the quietest process in the world. He looks... pretty freaked.

[chivalroushare.livejournal.com]

[Albeit late at night, Cecile was making her usual roundabouts with her patrol. Granted, she was never assigned for patrol to begin with. No, she just appointed herself to the task.

Something seemed... strange. She was more on-guard right now.]

[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[And on-guard she should be, as something strange looms in the distance.

The air itself seems heavier as discomfort settles in, along with a strange feeling of... sickness. Just unpleasant vibes all around, enough to make one's stomach turn.]

[chivalroushare.livejournal.com]

"Wh.... what is this...?"

[It was as though a thick miasma filled the air... Everything was normal just a second ago. Why should she feel like this...?

Somebody was here... That was assured...]

"Who's there!? Come on out and I'll go easy on you!!"

[keybearer-derp.livejournal.com]

[Yawns, man, its pretty late at night and that job was exhausting.]

[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[The overwhelming feeling of wrongness just gets stronger, as if in reply... and for a moment it seems like Cecile's vision is distorting...

Before the shadowy creature is mere meters away from her, its shadowy tendrils reaching out at her with frightening speed.]

[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[Have a wake up call then, in the form of a cold chill running down your spine.

As everything around you grows darker and... just feels disgusting in general.]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Well, Rider happens to be walking around at night, returning from the library with a new book in hand. But then...she stops as the sensation touches her. This feeling...it's familiar. Rider turns and looks down the hall...and sees it. No mistake.

Oh.

SHIT.

She knows EXACTLY what this means.]

[yokaiofnaps.livejournal.com]

[...normally, big scary creatures don't scare Meiling all that much, as long as she's somewhere she has her youkai abilities and chi. But something about this feels more absolutely awful than anything she can remember.

She backs away quickly, not taking her eyes off the shadow.]

[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[It notices Rider as well.

But to it, a Servant is nothing more than a good meal... and it rapidly approaches in search of satisfying its overwhelming hunger.]

[keybearer-derp.livejournal.com]

W-wha!?

[Summons Keyblade!]

[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[The Shadow's movement remains rather slow and ambling... but Meiling may feel her own movements feeling a little slower, as the air itself around her seems heavier. Or it may simply be a powerful wave of fear trying to overwhelm her.]

[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[It doesn't seem particularly afraid of a Keyblade, as it slowly lumbers closer.]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[This is bad. THIS IS BAD.

Rider does the only thing she can do -- she gets the HELL out of there.]

[chivalroushare.livejournal.com]

"I'm... I'm not scared... I'm not scared..."

[Of course, she clearly was. Her legs were shaking... She was losing her grip with her wooden sword. In the depths of her heart, the little rabbit girl was crying for her pappy. Regardless... A knight never backs down. Never.

A golden light shined around the girl... Giving little more resistance against this evil. A little...]

"Whatever you are, it's clear you're only going to hurt people... As a knight, I'm not going to let that happen!"

[She charged straight at the creature ignoring all her fears and reasons... And was prepared to make a broad slash with all that was left of her courage.]

[keybearer-derp.livejournal.com]

[...Is it an Unversed?

Whatever it is, you can expect Ven to try something. As in, a Strike Raid.

This means a Keyblade is flung at it.]

[in-laquetti.livejournal.com]

[Something filled with malevolence lurked in these halls... The Crawling Chaos could sense it. Fake Kashihara pretended to walk down the halls as if finished from working late in his office. This presence was growing stronger... No doubt he would meet with whatever was causing this soon enough.]

[heavenlyfeeling.livejournal.com]

[For whatever reason... the Shadow does not pursue.

Perhaps something within it manages to hold itself in check.]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Good, it didn't follow her. Rider stops and mulls the situation over.

This is bad. She'll have no problem avoiding the shadow, but no one else knows what is going on. And if there are any casualties, Sakura is going to be in major trouble. She could issue a warning, but then she'd look suspicious... She'd have to think about this further.]