Hello, Fey!

We are good with all of this! Please note that for anyone outside, there are high chances that they will die in their attempts at keeping the bots distracted. We're fine with some of them surviving long enough to get back inside, but the bots will be focused on returning them indoors as quickly as possible, even if it means returning their corpse.

Accelerator, Rin, and Krouse will be approached by something else. As they continue running interference and attempting to keep attention away from those heading to the hospital, they'll find whispy, black tendrils of a smokey substance approaching them. When it first appears, it's small: it will approach them from cracks in the pavement, sewer grates, from inside street lamps, almost curious as to what they could be when it first notices them up and about.

Almost.

Until those small, smokey pieces grow bigger, more terrifying. Accelerator will find that he cannot feel its presence; it doesn't seem like there are vectors to manipulate, and attempts to will not succeed. Instead, it grows bigger; those keeping an eye out magically may notice that whatever this thing is, it's built of pure chaos magic, destruction and creation wrapped into one, and powerful enough outside sources cannot manipulate it.

Tendrils will shape into something large and almost scaley, with several taking the shape of a massive mouth with teeth that look like they hold entire galaxies within them: they are not white, but the kind of empty black that one almost expects to see through, along with numerous stars and galaxies within them. Its jaw opens, and it makes a loud, croaking noise as it drops down low, some of the shapes coming undone as it tries to devour them whole. Numerous bots will be approaching them and the thing coming after them, in an attempt to keep them out of its jaws. Those devoured by the beast will be erased from their timeline altogether, so we would not recommend leaving characters to get eaten by it! You can play with this aspect as much as you would like to, as well as NPC the bots in a way that works for this interaction.

Clarke, Natsuno, and Deku will see something else strange while they're out and about: children, ranging in age from four to fourteen, running around and giggling while playing games of their own. But these children aren't human, they're robotic. Androids built and lovingly maintained by Eos, whose form they may also find: that same too-tall figure the newcomers saw when they first awoke mingles among the children, who remain completely unbothered by the large beast that approaches a few of their companions. The children, upon spotting the three of them, will scream and attempt to run away back towards the hospital, flanked and protected by the bigger bots meant to be maintaining their curfew. Threading with Eos or the older children is possible here, please use the NPC Log if this is wanted. Eos will be furious they are outside, but this may be a good opportunity to get information from the teen androids they wouldn't get elsewhere.

Aang and Sokka will make it inside the hospital but will find that as soon as they are inside, Aang is no longer able to access his bending - like it's locked away inside of him, inaccessible but still very much part of him. They will see yet another teenager: a boy very similar to a friend of theirs, scars included. His focus will be on rendering them unconscious, after which he will imprison them in one of the underground hospital rooms as shown in the mingle log. Struggling too hard will result in their death, and their corpses will be brought to the hospital room instead of them alive. This is another thread opportunity we advise going to the NPC Interactions log for.

Riz and Fabian will make it to the hospital, but not easily. They will be flanked by bots, and likely will not make it without injury. Once inside, they will find that the main elevator's doors are wide open, leaving the elevator shaft clear and visible. It goes down far deeper than the building appears to be. If they choose to investigate, they will pass several locked doors on the way down, as well as a few that are a little easier to get into. Please give us a number between 1 and 10, and we will tell you what they'll find!