[OOC - grab bag virus planning post/possessed Issei plotting.]

[unknownrival]

Well, we all knew I was going to do this sometime.

I'll copy what I said on my mod approval comment, just to save time.

"For the 'virus you thought you missed' virus, I was thinking of doing the 'what if' virus, and for that I was planning on setting up the situation to reuse a canon event: namely, Issei getting possessed by Caster.

Basically, what happens in canon is that whenever someone asks Issei too many questions about Caster, she takes over his body and tries to kill both the person asking and Issei. This doesn't happen now because Caster is dead and that spell's no longer in effect, but the 'what if' would be if Caster had survived. Someone on the community asks too many questions, and Issei gets possessed.

Possessed!Issei's modus operandi is to kill whoever asked the questions, then himself. This doesn't work so well over the internet, and I expect him to make an attempt at killing... uh, basically anyone he's told about Caster, which is almost everyone he knows, and then dispose of himself. He'll be neutralized before he does permanent harm to anyone, and probably be in the hospital until the virus is over.

...For reference: here is the video of where possessed!Issei appears in the game, and these few untranslated pages here are his appearance in the manga. (...I intend to have him stabbing people, as per the game, rather than flailing at people, as per the manga, because it looks less ridiculous, but how easy he is to knock out if you're super-strong is from the manga.)"

So, where you guys come in. I'd like volunteers for all of the following:

1. Someone to ask too many questions and trigger possessed!Issei. He'll probably want to come after you first, although I don't anticipate that someone as Obviously Evil as Caster-in-Issei's-body will be able to get a worldhop, so that may not happen.
2. Some other people for him to attack. As said above, this will probably require you to come to his world, although I'm sure some people will to save Issei from this horrible evil person that's talking about disposing of him once they're finished. Possessed!Issei is very fast, and either strong or accurate enough to kill someone with a knife to the stomach who's survived beatings on from a massive axe-sword.
3. Someone to finally neutralize him. Anyone here is probably capable of providing the superpowered bitchslap seen in the manga, as long as they don't mind getting stabbed first.

Thanks for your help, you guys! I've been looking forward to doing this forever. ...Which probably makes me a bad mun.

(Most of my responses will be after I get back from school, I just wanted to get this up. Back.)

Comments

[badasssecretary.livejournal.com]

Tatsumi can neutralize him, he can be stabbed and many othrs things and regenerate.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

So can Shirou, and possessed!Issei killed the heck out of him. But Tatsumi's regeneration probably works more consistently.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

You can do this to them an they survive: http://www.mangafox.com/manga/yami_no_matsuei/v02/c004/14.html

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/yami_no_matsuei/v12/c005/10.html

>3

[jagan-glare.livejournal.com]

Ban volunteers for whatever you need him for, since I think he fits into any of those categories, \o/

And no, this doesn't make you a bad person; I cannot wait to see badass!Issei.

edit: duhr, *lol* Saber and Rena are up for grabs as well.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Ban would actually be a really good person to have trigger the possession, because if Issei mentions that Caster and Kuzuki are around, Ban will know that this is a Bad Sign because they are Bad People who do Bad Things. He just won't know that asking about it is a Bad Idea.

...I feel bad for Saber now. "Why are Servants coming back from the dead, what is this I don't even. >|"

[jagan-glare.livejournal.com]

Awesome! And if need be, he can head over and fight/be attacked. I think Ban's proven he can take quite a beating, *lol*

For srs. Saber's going to be all "DID I DO NOTHING RIGHT WRYYYYYY?!"

[riderofpegasus.livejournal.com]

ARCHER USES BITCHSLAP!

IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!

ISSEI HAS FAINTED!

/shot

Anyway....if Rena and Ban end up getting involved, then you know Rider and Akabane will probably go along for the ride <.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

For the life of me, I cannot describe that as anything other than a bitchslap. That's just what it is.

Duly noted!

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

ROLFMAO XD

[pandorabox]

If Rena get involved, Keiichi will be right there trying to defend her :D Kei-chan and Issei have talked a bit, and he needs more interactions, so he's definitely up for grabs! please to be feeding his paranoia about the community >>

[stripping.livejournal.com]

All right, paranoia-inducing virus coming right up! Is this going to result in someone going insane, I am wise to the ways of Higurashi characters.

[yourtrumpcard.livejournal.com]

It could quite possibly contribute to crazy insane-ness we have planned for the future 83

[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

Oh man, Naoto and Kanji will be affected by the Loveless Virus at this point, with Naoto as the Fighter Unit... THEY COULD ACTUALLY DO STUFF TO HELP! Cuz... Personas don't work outside the TV world.

I'd have to talk it over with Hermy but... we MIGHT be able to squeeze in some kind of encounter with Possessed!Issei, since they're also supposed to be rescuing another victim from the TV world.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

If it works out for you, that'll be great! If not, possessed!Issei can just... glower menacingly or something.

[geek-among-men.livejournal.com]

LET'S DO IT

[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

I think we can do it! Talked it over with Hermy... Kanji and Naoto can't very well ignore something like this, since Issei is a friend to them both...

[president-omg.livejournal.com]

Haruto can be someone he can attack xD
The boy asks him enough questions to annoy anyone x.x

plus I need something to do with him

[stripping.livejournal.com]

You want Issei to feel like a horrible person afterward, don't you? All right, I'll keep it in mind.

[president-omg.livejournal.com]

I love Issei :3

And sure! ^(^^)^ ♥

[last5secondswin.livejournal.com]

I would love you forever if you let Suguru get involved. I'm making this month 'Suguru's Worst Month Ever' due to a bunch of stuff happening. Having Suguru utterly fail to help someone he thinks of as a friend would totally devastate him.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Getting him involved should be simple enough.

Possessed!Issei: Hi, I'm evil and I've taken over this body.
Suguru: NOOOO I WON'T LET YOU HURT MY FRIENDS I'LL DEFEAT YOU EVIL THING
Possessed!Issei: Uh, sure. I'm going to go stab someone else now, bye.

Still me. BTW these two have the same voice actor.

[willhavewings.livejournal.com]

Pretty much! That'd work pretty well.

Although it could be fun to have something like Suguru goes to try and help, just stands there and gets stabbed because he can't stand to bitch slap even evil Issei. And then goes home and cries due to epic failure.

[jagan-glare.livejournal.com]

holyshit that is a creepy icon.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Maaaan. Karen would be the perfect person to start interrogating Issei, with an excuse along the lines of Saber's arrival making her curious about Servants in general, except that I don't think chaotic!Karen will actually care enough to ask.

Come to think of it, Karen didn't mention Caster to Saber. D'oh.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Aww, darn. I'll find someone else to do the asking, then.

Well, Caster didn't really mention that she was Caster, so that's understandable.