It's a relatively calm night in the land of Offtopic, all things considered. The people are out and about enjoying the evening. Shopping, dining, celebrating, or simply enjoying a quiet evening at home.
On a street corner, a Bard plays a happy tune on her violin for pocket change. Then she stops mid song with a look of confusion on her face. She plays a few more ear piercing notes before beginning a new, slower song.
A moment later the streets are filled with the screams of panicking citizens and hordes of ravenous undead!
So, brave heroes (and villains too, I guess.) of Offtopic: What would you like to do?
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Thanks to combined efforts of Robo Owl, Cmirg, and ImaDrizzit, the illusion is broken. The undead raging in the streets and the bodies of those slain are revealed to have been normal people all along...
The Song screeches to a halt and the illusion fades.
Then a new Song begins to play...the earth begins to rumble and a large crack begins to appear... Spewing a cold mist into the streets.
Two more cracks appear as the first crack grows large enough to allow Lesser Demons through!
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With the final Bard dealt with, the Song ends, the Fissures close, and the hordes of demons are banished. The streets are filled with the bodies of the lost and the cries of the mourning. In the Underworld, Nil clutches a small red gem containing the nine hundred and eighty three souls of those lost in the incident...and smiles as she thinks of how many lives were ended by the heroes they depended on to protect them.