Shepherd's Haven Event: Devil's Night

[devils_shadow]

Who: Damon the doppelganger and OPEN TO ANY IN SHEPHERD'S HAVEN
What: Devil has an announcement to make in the form of arson and violence. Aforementioned player plot shenanigans.
Where: Shepherd's Haven
When: Forward dated to the night of October 30th, and probably into the morning of the 31st. Devil's night, in other words.
Status: Open with some closed-ish subthreads!
Warnings: Arson and violence?

No night had ever been so aptly named.

Shepherd's Haven wasn't anywhere near Michigan, but that didn't mean the festivities of Devil's Night couldn't be spread to far and wide locales. It was the perfect night, in fact, for the creature known as a demon to remind the sleepy little haven of precisely why it was unwise to prod the beast. Perhaps the one who called him there had forgotten, or perhaps he simply thought the devil had more bark than bite.

Oh, how wrong he was.

It began with fire. Several fires, to be precise. Small at first but fed with whatever accelerant Damon could find on hand. Fuel left unguarded, dry hay or straw. Did you know compost burns very well? It does, oh how it burns. And each fire set at different locations across the town, so quickly and so close to simultaneous one might almost think that they were set by several people at once.

Or one that could move very, very quickly.

The cherry on top was a door with a fading red "X" painted on it, ripped from its hinges and set ablaze, then left on the steps in front of the town hall.

[[OOC: Leaving this fairly open for anyone to react to and have their own threads/etc. of what's happening. Separate threads will go up for some more planned stages of the event, but if anyone wants to be unfortunate enough to run across Damon while he pursues his arsonist rampage through SH go ahead and put up a toplevel and just toss in the comment header that you want me.

Have fun dealing with those fires and rampaging demon, guys!]]

Comments

[brotimaeus]

"The effectiveness don't say much if what you're doin' lacks style," Richard drawled in response, fingers tightening around the hilt of his sword. He was baiting and he knew it, but the more time Damon stood around talking to him, the more time others might have to get out of the way.

"Who you tryin' to fool, huh? You're throwing one hell of a tantrum here, but that's what it is. Someone piss in your cereal this mornin', or did you just feel like watching the world burn?"

[devils_shadow]

"Unnecessary flamboyance. Efficiency is more effective," And more time for those fires to burn. Funny enough, Damon wasn't actually there for a slaughter. If he was the dead would already be littering the streets, of course. Again, it was a message, and one he thinks he's sent loud and clear: 'Do not cross me'.

Oh yes, Richard is baiting, but Damon has the upper hand here and he knows it. Maybe once he stood a chance against the demon, but no more. "I came to deliver a message," He clicks his sword free, spinning it lazily in one hand before taking a combat stance. "And I think I'll start by carving it into you."

[brotimaeus]

"Unnecessary flamboyance.. said the wanton arsonist." Pardon him while he rolls his eyes, Damon. What you're saying and what you're doing just aren't matching up.

While the other man has the upper hand - and honestly, they both know it - it's not going to stop him. His fingers tighten around the hilt of his weapon, body subtly shifting to drop his centre of gravity.

"How 'bout you try that, and see how far you get."