It's a Beautiful Day in the Nexus, and You are a Horrible Coyote: Part 1

[becarefulwhatyouwish]

Perhaps you're browsing the open market, easing through a crowd of strangers of all shapes and sizes and colors, looking for a shiny new trinket or vital supplies to bring home. Perhaps you're taking a stroll through the park near the Plaza, following the walking path around the pond, enjoying the quiet sounds of nature or carrying a pocketful of bread crumbs for the turtleducks. Perhaps you're just after a cup of coffee and you don't plan to stay, or you're looking for work to keep busy, avoiding some task you really don't want to do. Whatever the case, everyone in the Nexus is here for a reason. For a purpose. Everyone is looking for something, whether it's a physical object, a friend, or maybe simple peace of mind.

Wherever you are, you're not alone.

You won't have seen him before he speaks, nor heard his approach. But there he is, as if he has come from nowhere. Perhaps he has. Coyote's suit is immaculately pressed, a pleasant smile pulling his lips back from his teeth. Wherever you are, so is he, looking to you in greeting.

"Hello, friend!" he says, ears perked forward attentively, his furred hands clasped in front of himself. "A question, if I may. What's the one thing you desire most right at this exact moment?"



[OOC: Please READ BEFORE REPLYING! This is part one of a mod-sanctioned event in which your character will have a wish temporarily granted. However, rather than granting the spirit of the wish as intended, Coyote will twist the wording into something your character finds genuinely distressing a la The Monkey's Paw. Please message me to arrange consequences for your character and (if needed) to set boundaries! While your character will not have fun, participating players absolutely should. For those who want to participate but don't want their character in distress, stay tuned for part two. You're also welcome to tag into threads after Coyote has worked his magic and left, though please ask the target player first.]

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[conjuredskies]

Felix shoots a curious look her way, unsure what eagle vision might be but wondering if it's related to some of his brother's tricks for enhancing the senses.

"Well, until we figure out some way to appease her, we should probably test that." The middle of some Nexus beach? An odd place for a ghost to be bound to- blood or that blade seems a safer bet - but maybe there is something about this spot that let her manifest.

"Let's see how far she can follow you." He gestures for Taylor to back away, while he starts to skirt around the ghost a bit, ward in one hand, the other reaching out with flickering purple light as he tries to pick up on what's tying the ghost's energies to the world of the living.

[sharktoothtotem]

She backed up keeping an eye on it.

"NO!" The ghost screamed not wanting her daughter taken from her again. A cold hard wind shoved both of them back, trying to separate them.

[conjuredskies]

That... is not the kind of attack Felix was expecting, and he's about to learn the hard way that he definitely hasn't been practicing his wards enough. The conjurer doesn't have time to get his ward up before he's knocked flying back a ways, plowing up wet sand where he falls.

"...Nnngh... seriously, again?" He's a bit stunned, trying to roll himself over and push back up to his knees. He was closer to that than Taylor; he hopes that means she got a lighter hit than him, because Felix didn't come wearing armor and now his ribs hurt.

[sharktoothtotem]

Taylor landed across the beach from him, the ghost having had followed, going for her arm with her bracer. Taylor scrambled back more trying to stay away from it. The tean yelped as the bracer was ripped from her, the ghost seeming to turn it's attention on the blue leather.

Taylor scrambled back as far as she could, scrambling for her phone in the pocket of her swim trunks.

wrapping this thread up to tie in with the one below!

[conjuredskies]

At least it's distracted... Felix climbs to his feet, calling over to Taylor. "Run! Get somewhere safe! I'll keep her busy!"

He can probably do that for a while, right? It just means no more of the nice spirit-summoner act. He's summoning his sword and moving in to get the ghost's attention away from her daughter. Long enough, hopefully, for her to get off the beach...

Re: wrapping this thread up to tie in with the one below!

[sharktoothtotem]

Taylor would have run if she hadn't landed badly. Unlike the rest of the brotherhood, who have got to have some sort of cat in them. Taylor is a damn fish, out of water at the moment, scrambling back from the ghost.

When it reaches for her bracer and rips it off her arm she yelped, throwing sand in the face with her good hand, which caused it to recoil a moment.