( hellhound event | open ) i'm going to find you;

[tact]

Who: Cordelia Chase & various & open!
Where: Hot mess all over this grill.
When: Hellhound Invasion: Days One - Three.
Rating: R for potential death/gore.
Summary: Cordelia's not sure which she prefers right now: Painless visions or a vision coma.
The Story:

On the first day, Cordelia definitely knows those howls aren't happening inside of her head. She sees some images in her mind's eye, painless, as if it were happening right before her. These visions aren't as painful as she remembers, or what she's used to, and while she's unsure if this is a message from the Powers That Be, there's a niggling in the back of her mind that things aren't exactly wonderful at the moment. Sometimes, Cordelia's walking down the hallway before she comes to a complete stop, as if she's looking at a speck on the ground, but that's just her being assaulted by a very painless vision. Does she stop mid-sentence? Does she go off on a completely different tangent? These invisible hounds are driving her vision-crazy.

On the second, she can hear barking that doesn't quite belong in the quiet walls of the mansion. She's seen movement in her mind, as if she's imagining it, as though what she's seeing before her eyes is her imagination forming images with faces she's familiar and unfamiliar with in the mansion walls. She's stopping and moving at the most inappropriate times, panicking, trying to find people that she sees in her mind's eye to ensure that they're safe. Help the helpless.

The visions are painless, and Cordelia, while not new to those types of visions, finds herself wondering what's true and what's her going completely insane.

She's found herself a crossbow from the closets, but sometimes, she's without it. Sometimes, she's with a sword. Sometimes, she's by herself. And if she's by herself, she's either running, hiding in a room, trying to saturate the room she's in with salt, or lighting up like a Christmas tree, something that occurs beyond her control.

( NOTE: if you'd like cordelia to have a vision of your character, start a top-level comment detailing what she sees in the vision and i will throw a thread-starter your way so we can thread it out (this is to avoid me godmodding anyone and so i have a proper picture of what you'd like!). she's open for any other interactions, visiony or mundane. )

Comments

Day 2, 8/4; holler at me if this isn't what you had in mind!

[willbegone]

Valjean was no mere fool; the day that the queen gave her warnings about the Hellhounds, he took a moment or two to see what preparations other people were making, and he followed their lead. He procured a gun and ammunition from the closets, as well as salt to spread around his room and outside his room as well.

But everyone knows how quickly plans can be changed by just a small, split second decision or stray thought. And so even though Valjean had resolved to stay in his room, he couldn't keep that resolve, not when the Hellhounds were invading the mansion, attacking anyone who was in their way.

So Valjean left the almost safety of his room to patrol the hallways, gun in hand, ready to shoot at anything that seemed bent on attacking or killing. But of course, given the invisible quality of the Hellhounds, it wasn't a very equal match.

But a gunshot can still do damage, invisible target or not, so by the time he actually encounters a Hellhound, he's able to inflict some wounds on the creature. But by the same token, the demonic hound has been able to wound Valjean as well, and now he's bleeding from half a dozen places, though still continuing to doggedly fight back.

This is the scene that should show up in Cordelia's visions.]

day 1 squirrelfriend, sorry this took me so long to tag

[rulebreaks]

Buffy had dreamt about Cordelia, and it was definitely creepy, as her dreams were wont to be. Given that they seem to be almost tolerating each other down this rabbit hole, she resigned herself to finding her old 'friend,' wandering the halls until they might eventually collide.

It wasn't a very logical strategy, her sleep-addled brain eventually realized. Buffy made her way down to the kitchen and shot Cordy a text:

u get bfast yet?

day 2

[theheartpart]

Xander almost always means to stay inside during troublesome Hellhound visits, but considering he passes for dumb three quarters of the time, it might not be surprising he's not tucked away.

So maybe some small part of what's left is courage and worry, because that's what's driving the young man to seek out Cordelia. He might not be able to offer her protection against the invisible beasts, no, but he provides all sorts of other great incentives for keeping his company. Like sarcasm, and being the perfect kind of canon fodder.

But, yes, he's looking. And seeing, if his eyes don't deceive him. Harris catches a glimpse of Chase down the hall, paused in her steps, and by the look on her face, she doesn't seem entirely all right.

"Scream once if you're surrounded by invisible dogs," he advises upon approach.

Day 2

[oncefairytale]

[For this you can see Amy running down a hallway and you can see furniture and things being torn apart as she runs. I think I'll have Amy set a trap and be scrambling away to safety. The end goal would be her room for more salt. For the sake of the event, Amy probably talked a bit to Cordelia a bit on the first day, told her to stay safe and stock up on salt for whatever good that would do.]

Amy shakes the container of salt she has and frowns when she realizes how low it has gotten. She's used it a fair amount to at least give her some running room while she's been flitting about like an idiot. She needs to get back to her room and pull out a whole ton more if she wants to survive all of this. She's at least on the second floor so it isn't that far of a run. She had carefully set up furniture and things so she could somewhat track the invisible beasts.

She peeks around the corner of the salted door frame and tries to spot if anything has shifted since her last look.

Day 3

[repentant]

He comes across her when she has her crossbow drawn. Her back is to him but he's instantly reminded of Helena. He stops and studies her, his mind playing tricks on him. For a moment he can see the Huntress before she fades back into herself. He grits his teeth and presses forward. As long as she's on his side, she's a valuable ally. She appears to be able to hold her own and he's starting to grow tired from all of this. He hasn't been her twenty four hours but he hasn't rested a single moment.

He doesn't really understand what is going on. River gave him an idea, but they didn't have time to talk and the girl was driven. He doesn't know if he'll get a better idea now, but it's a possibility. He approaches her, calling out before he gets too close.

"Can you tell me what's going on here?" The thought crosses his mind of how different this is from home. But he doesn't know where these people lie on the good/evil scale and he doesn't want to throw them into interrogations when those things are roaming the halls. Questions are the better option.