Event | Console Crash Chaos | Phase One

[cherrywood]

Characters: ALL!
Date: April 17-30, 2014
Location: Keeliai
Situation: In an unexpected and bold attack by Malicant, the console system is completely shut down while food and supply locations all around the city are targeted by bombings.
Warnings/Rating: Explosions! Possible descriptions of related aftermaths, injuries, death, etc.

Shortly after eight in the morning of the 17th, the consoles experience a strange glitching effect. They'll display 15-20 seconds of static, interrupting anything being done on them at the time, before going utterly dark. No power, no signal, completely offline even to detection of their normal bio-mechanical signatures. No amount of energy influx will get them going again, though taking them apart (or trying to) will still cause them to melt into goo.

Within minutes of the console shutdown, explosions will begin ripping through Keeliai. The bombs are all timed as close to simultaneous as coordinating a city-wide attack can be, with many going off within seconds of each other, throwing the thriving morning rush into chaos. They tear into businesses and across public spaces, collapsing walls and blowing piles of debris into the streets. Places of high traffic quickly become evident as prime targets: marketplaces, hospitals, schools and cafes. The streets take only moments to fill with panicking, screaming kedan trying to pull their injured fellows out of harm's way. All told, the explosions take place across approximately a 10-minute stretch and their explosive yields are fairly high.

In addition to the bombs that cause destruction through their blasts, smaller bombs are going off around the city that specifically target food and water supplies, particularly where large stocks of it were kept such as grocers, produce markets, and the like. Rather than cause mass damage, these explosions spray out a fine mist of spores. Any perishables in their immediate area that are splattered develop an oozing black mold within minutes, eventually breaking down organic substances that turn to foul smelling rot and release their own mist, perpetuating the cycle. While skin contact with the mist doesn't harm, inhaling or ingesting it will produce shakes, fever, vomiting with a cumulative effect that has the potential to be fatal. It is much slower to infect the water supply but the sheer volume of rotting perishables will eventually put enough of the spores to taint water sources, approximately 6-8 hours after the original bombings.

The police force are out as soon as possible and within the hour are helping move the injured to safer locations with Evandau in charge, right in their midst and shoulder to shoulder with his subordinates. Not being stockpiles for any of the apparent targets, many of the Foreigner residences have been left undamaged and, wary of putting them in further danger by collecting large groups in public spaces, Foreigners may even be asked to take in a few individuals or a kedan family.

Despite the number of explosions, there are far more reports of injuries as opposed to casualties. The person or persons (or That Bad Guy) responsible for this were, for this attack at least, more intent on damage than on death.

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LINKS
Fire Sector | Earth Sector | Metal Sector | Water Sector | Wood Sector
Treating the Injured & Safe Houses | Investigations | OOC Plot Post

OOC NOTE: Remember that the consoles and network will be completely offline for the duration of this aspect of the the plot running April 17-23, though Foreigner tech is not affected. Plot questions can be directed to this comment. Have fun!

Comments

bro strider ϟ up in the air ϟ open

[puppetfetish]

<sub>[ When the first explosion went off, it definitely got Bro's attention. He evacuated, taking important items with him. Those which he could captchalogue (stock in his inventory) into a deck vanished, but carried in his presence. This included several katanas, which seem to vanish within an instant, and his rocket board. One of the items was his replica of a beloved puppet, which appears to be hanging onto his neck for dear life.

Really. It just looks that way.... right?
Anyway.

Bro evacuated his suite with his rocket board and other items in his sylladex. When he heard and felt even more explosions, he found it the safest to travel by air.

Now, Bro is flying over the Wood Sector, both pointed glasses and hat missing with his mouth covered as he maneuvers carefully through the wooden and residential areas. It was tricky— he had to turn around and find other routes since there were paths that were ablaze.

Throughout his flying, Bro calls out: ]</sub>

Yo!
Anybody around here need a lift?

[mightythinice]

[Ellie hears the voice before she sees him, and when she sees him, she looks stunned. Stunned enough to ignore that the explosions had even happened for all of one second, and then she raises her hand to wave at him]

Hey! Woah! Hold up! I need a lift if you got it...!

[Joel, Tess, Sarah... They were all probably flipping the fuck out right then, and she knew this didn't do much for her argument that, hey, Keeliai is totally safe.

Totally.

Joel was going to lock them all up and have a gun pointed at every entrance, she just knew it.]

[puppetfetish]

<sub>[ Bro almost passes Ellie until she calls out, and quickly, Bro shifts the nose of the rocket board up and does a u-turn, slowing down until he is merely hovering a few feet off the ground. There is some dirt on his face, orange eyes grimacing a bit at the brightness from a nearby fire.

Finally, he's only a few inches off of the ground. ]</sub>

Hey.

_{[ Still calm and collected as ever, but the expression he wears on his face looks pretty intense. ]}

Got no place to go?
Or better yet, do I need to drop you off some where?
Where's Sarah? She okay?

[mightythinice]

I don't know, her suite's not far from here. [said almost breathless-- she was terrified and acting like it didn't matter. Just pushing every panicked feeling aside while he grilled her about Sarah. She could handle this, Sarah though... She wasn't sure Sarah could, and Joel would--

She didn't want to think about that]

The consoles are broke as fuck, can you get me over there?

[she hadn't had time to notice the spores-- but when they catch her attention, her eyes widen and she gets distracted. These... couldn't be the same spores from home, could they?

They weren't about to have a cordyceps outbreak here too, were they?]

Fuck...

[puppetfetish]

Definitely. If you can hold on tight— and direct me.

<sub>[ Bro speaks through his fingers, trying to hardest to keep his mouth covered. He was a paranoid little fuck. Bro didn't know what these spores were, but he knew that inhaling them probably weren't smart.

He watches her reaction, then lifts both of his brows. ]</sub>

Wouldn't just inhale this air either.
Think this is what is causing trees— see— over there—
Those trees are rotting.

Could be wrong, but I ain't taking chances.
We need to get to fresh air. If you want me to take you to your friends, sure can do, but I recommend relocating after that to a place that has plenty of clean air to breathe.

Just hop on and direct me.
Don't mind C-man either. He's just concerned.

_{[ yeah. he's referring to the puppet still attached to his neck, seeming to gaze intently at Ellie. ]}

[mightythinice]

Don't worry-- me and fungus... we've got a complicated relationship. [fuck fuck fuck, to say the least]

I think Sarah's apartment's over that way-- and I wanna get her first. [a point, and then she looks at the rocketboard for one second, before hopping on, and hooking her arms around his waist

she looks at Cal, but doesn't seem to think he's that creepy. But maybe she just hasn't been staring at him long enough]

[puppetfetish]

hee hee hoo hoo.

_{[ That was a very faint sound that was very much coming from the puppet's body when Ellie jumps on. Bro doesn't seem to notice or mind it.
The rocket board hovers gently, Bro controlling its speed by little pedals at the surface of it. It begins to lift them both off the ground, staying well balanced. ]}

Lock your knees and hang on tight.

_{[ And off they go. Bro is going especially slow with Ellie on board and definitely isn't making any sharp turns or tricks. ]}

[mightythinice]

... Creepy doll, Bro. It always laugh like that? [something to take her mind off of the circumstances was always, always appreciated. And talking about creepy puppets seemed right up her alley. She hoped Sarah was okay, and hadn't actually ran into any of those spores...

And she also hoped Joel didn't get too mad at her for going out on her own.]

[puppetfetish]

Dunno what you're talkin' 'bout. I didn't hear a thing.
C-man is the diggity-shit, though, yo. I wouldn't talk bad about him. He's a sensitive little dick.

Am I right.

heehee hoo.

Damn straight I am.

_{[ Alright. Before Bro get's too distracted by his own ventriloquist act (it.. was an act, we think), he's going to pick up the speed on the rocket board a little faster. ]}

—Why you all by yourself? Isn't your pops here or something?

[mightythinice]

Uh... Well, sort of. [Joel was close enough, for all intents and purposes, but it was still weird to even begin to think of him that way. She mulled it over before shrugging]

... I was hungry and he's still fucking pissed off about everything. Yeah. So I went out, and shit went down. But fuck, I can handle myself.

[she holds on tight as they take off-- holy shit, that was cool]

[puppetfetish]

_{[ Bro hears that hesitation and makes a quick correction. ]}

—Psuedo-papa then. Almost papa. 65% papa, 35% that-other-fucking-weird-guy. I feel you.
Psuedo-papa guy knows best. I'm a psuedo-papa guy and I know everything.

_{[ Bro, stop. ]}

Why's he pissed?
_{Besides that. I don't know that.}

[mightythinice]

Pfffff. [she grins and then laughs, before focusing on his question]

This place is really fucking different from back home. Joel's a survivor. Big time. So, you come to a place like this with crowds and... I dunno.

It's weird.

Maybe a little too weird.

[puppetfetish]

Cause there's people, maybe. Things to do. People. Goddamn, people are fuckin' weird.

_{[ Bro may kind of talk and act like some big social butterfly, partying hard and scoring the ladies, but that's all apart of his Strider camouflage. He's actually pretty socially awkward— and actually has a distaste for people in the long run. ]}

Yea. I'd get wigged out too if I were lame enough to get wigged out.
Striders don't get wigged out.

—Well, they do when they're young.

_{[ oh the joy he gets out of seeing Dave lose his shit when it's raining puppets. It's music to his ears. ]}

Joel, huh. This is papa-guy-weird guy, right?

[alphatar]

[Flying over the city, Korra's towing supplies behind her with her ring. She's wearing a sleeveless Green Lantern uniform with a green armband bearing the symbol where her blue one normally is. As well as green bracers and white boots replacing her typical brown boots. Even her hair tubes are green as are her eyes.

But she hears Bro before she sees him, and is bewildered at that considering that she's flying.]

Bro? What is that? [Because the rocket board is the odd thing in this whole picture since she's seen the puppet before. ]

[puppetfetish]

<sub>[ Bro looks over at Korra, then double takes a little bit. That's Korra in the air. That's Korra in another get-up too.
What the fuck?

His brows just arch upward. ]</sub>

What is what?
Could ask the same 'bout you.
Late for a costume party?

[alphatar]

[That actually makes her smile. She hovers over next to him, careful to keep the green energy cast over her actual splint from bumping into his board.]

Yeah, I thought their outfits looked a bit funny when I met them too. [She holds up her hand that has the power ring, the green trail leading out to the transparent sack containing the supplies.]

But it's a Green Lantern uniform. I guess you haven't met them yet, huh?

[puppetfetish]

_{[ Bro will come to a near stop, easily drifting along side Korra as he looks her over. His eyes squint a little. Damn, it was so bright without his glasses on— but those were pricey things he needed to stow away for now. ]}

Know of the Green Lantern. Never met'm.
How'd you make run with that get-up?

[alphatar]

[Korra gives a half shrug, slightly nervous.]

It just replaces my clothes when I need to use it. [Well...]

Except for the cast, I put that there. [But she's going to QUICKLY move on to:] What kind of board thing is that anyway?

[Princess of the Southern Water Tribe and also, the immaculate segue.]

[puppetfetish]

This old thing. Shit, I dunno. Skate board. Skatey board flyin' thingy. Flyboard.
Think I could pick up a date on this hog? Think hell fuckin' yes.

Kinda difficult for two people to ride it though.
They gotta hang on tight.

_{[ which he is ok with for the most part. ]}

[alphatar]

Flyboard. I like that. [Someone mentioned those to her once, but she can't remember who it was at the moment.] I'm flying and I want to ride it.

[But she's getting carried away, as she tends to do around Bro.]

You didn't breathe in any of those black spores, did you?

[puppetfetish]

—Maybe. Not sure. Tried not to.
I've been trying to do my share for the community— give people lifts and help and all that good shit. Motherfuckin' Super man here, holla'.

_{[ Bro wrinkles his nose. ]}

I'll be fine.

[alphatar]

[Korra squints her eyes as she flies next to him. Her morning's been terrible from before the explosions went off and she's not about to let it get worse knowing that Bro might be carrying the spores.]

You'll be fine if I can check to see if you have them. [As a healer, Korra knows all too well what "I'll be fine." really means.

Hell, she says it more often than she should.]

[puppetfetish]

Oh, we're doing that now, are we.

_{[ The tone of voice he is using is making this sound scandalous, but he's obviously just being a little snot and teasing with her. ]}

What are you gonna do, doctor?
Give me a shot? Do I need to bend over?

_{[ bro.... ]}

[alphatar]

[Oh. my. god. BRO.

There isn't a lot of ways to diffuse Korra's determination when she's thinking as a healer, but even she can't stop herself from laughing.]

Just don't fall off your board, this will only take a second.

[A flat green line scans him from head to foot once and the ring gives it prognosis.]

"Contaminated."

[The smile falls off her face and she looks over at Bro as they fly, her hair seeming to be the only thing moving in the wind.]

[puppetfetish]

_{[ Well. He certainly catches that look on her face, but he's stoic as per usual. ]}

Is it bad, doc?

<sub>[ Bro doesn't know what the spores do— he just is overly paranoid and tried to keep his mouth shut during this escapade.. just in case. I mean, you can't trust the spores. They had that cliche bad-shit look like in movies.

He has noticed he's been feeling a little bit uneasy, but he figures it's from flying around and feeling the rush of adrenaline. ]</sub>

Do we needa pull over?