Event | Satellite | Crash Landing

[ironwood]

Characters: Any and all!
Date: May 21, 2013
Location: In and around the city of Keeliai
Situation: The early morning hour brings unexpected devastation to Keeliai and the outlying areas. Emergency response and damage control follows!
Warnings/Rating: Fires, minor violence; please put CW in your subject lines

Satellite Crash Event

Crash Landing | Salvage Party | Shocking Spectres

Questions | Fire Sector | Earth Sector | Metal Sector | Water Sector | Wood Sector | Outlying Areas

The early morning hours of May 21st are broken by the sound of a low lying explosion and a veritable rain of fiery bits and bobs such as molten hot metal and space debris. Those out and about in the very early morning (three hours before dawn) see a meteoric shape streaking overhead and leaving a debris trail. Those interested in following it may find themselves distracted by the debris raining down across Tu Vishan, starting fires and damaging buildings turtlewide. Tu Vishan certainly is, for the great turtle grinds to a halt amidst all this and a trace of concern for the little ones on his shell can be felt in the minds of many.

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WOOD SECTOR

[ironwood]

[The moment that the first spark falls triggers a loud and panicked alarm across Wood, for the dry conditions that heralded the decay have made the sector ripe for the flames to render the structures to ash should there be no quick intervention. Salvation of tree limb over life appears to be the focus as the kedan race to put fires out and build whatever small firebreaks that they can. Determined as a whole, they will not pause to debate the morals of it, for hesitation could lead to devastation in their minds.

Here, Foreigners may not get a chance to offer their assistance before being taken up on it. Officers and civilians are focused primarily on structures, but will not stop any that seek that preserve life -- which they can appreciate, but priorities. They may ask or tell any that stand around to take action, directing them to fire suppression tasks or structural reinforcement once the flames have been put out in any particular area.

There is little sign of looting going on, with little there to draw the profiteer's eye. Some petty thefts and muggings occur at random interval, but realistically they all know the juulan's better in Metal and Fire. Foreigners apprehending any of these criminals of chance will be told to bring them to a different Sector's precincts, especially as the central precinct for Wood was the first to go up in flames.]

OPEN!

[sciencewhizard]

[ The smell of burning wood got him first. It had reached deep into his sleep and all Wally could think about was barbecue and roasting marshmallows. In his sleepy state, he ended up shifting and sliding on his bed until he ended up crashing off to the ground. ]

Woa- OW!!! [ He woke up to find that the smell was not just a product of his hungry brain. He could see the smoke pouring in through his window, carried on the wind and it put him into immediate panic mode. The speedster dashed away from the window and went for his suit without question, and from there it was outside of his suite to see what was going on. Then he saw it- fires everywhere.

Forgetting that the kedan were hostile, forgetting that he was running on rations (even with help from other people), he rushed out and began assessing the damage and doing what he could to save lives and property. ]

open

[una_persson]

[Una's taking a breather right now, sitting on the stoop of a building that has been largely saved, apart from some badly singed upper branches. The last hour?—she's not sure, could be more, could be less—has been a blur of panic and frenetic activity, helping to put out fires and drag people to safety. She's also punched a would-be looter in the face and her hand aches.

More needs to be done, but she needs to catch her breath first. She's wearing army fatigue trousers and a sleeveless shirt, her hair is tucked up under a cap, and she is all over filthy with ash and sweat.]

[oathwalk]

[Dirty, bruised, and burned, nothing short of the coughing fit that overtakes him would get Richard to stop and realize that maybe he needs a break. Still hacking his lungs out unprettily, Richard shoves his cloak off to one of the kedan he's been working with so it can get use while he is at rest, and then he drops himself down near to Una.]

This isn't quite how I imagined we would meet in person for the first time, Una—[No, Richard, don't try to have a good humour about this. You still have smoke in your lungs. Please excuse the coughing sequel.]

[una_persson]

[Even though it probably won't do any good, Una still can't help patting him on the back.]

Not what I had in mind either. Water?

[She offers the canteen that she slung over her shoulder before running out of her suite.]

[oathwalk]

[He coughs out his thanks, drinks sparingly, and passes the canteen back. Then he lifts a hand, readying to heal himself, before he catches himself.] Do you have any burns?

open!

[refusing]

[This is one of those situations where Rose just jumps into action without giving much thought as to what happened, or what she should be doing. She knows that running is a good idea, that this much fire and destruction and debris can't mean anything good. But she doesn't, she can't bring herself to tuck away somewhere and wait to see if everything will be alright. She doesn't run, not anymore.

Instead, she leaps into action to help. For as long as it takes to get the job done, Rose can be found helping the kedan that allow her, making sure people still inside the treehouses get out, and putting out the flames. Some of the others seem more concerned with the buildings and the things around them, but Rose is only concerned with life. Finding it, and protecting it.]

[insecrets]

[Finnick is leaving from Johanna's suite when the debris falls, and he has no real choice - unless he wants to attack the kedan - than to get involved with helping to put out the fires. Although, he supposes that he would have done that anyway. Friends do live here, and he'd rather them not be homeless, or dead, or... Any number of things that can occur with fire.

A burning limb crashes in front of him, pinning down another man who had been working with him to put the fires out. With a sigh, he looks around, waving to the first person he sees.] Hey! I need some help over here.

[Looks like you're the lucky person, Rose.]

[refusing]

[She hears the call for help and wastes no time in running over to him, eyes frantically taking in the situation.]

Well, don't just stand there, come on!

[She grins over in Finnick's direction, feeling all kinds of confident that they can get this taken care of with just the two of them. And she wastes no time in crouching down to try and lift and push the limb up and away.]

OPEN; ping me first!

[sureisaguy]

[ Mikey had been having the most awesome dream about kicking the asses of about a hundred foot ninja when an ear-splitting explosion sent him tumbling from his bed and flat on his plastron. One quick look outside the window sends his stomach twisting into knots like his last attempt at making a sauerkraut and tuna fish pizza.

There's fire everywhere, brilliant orange flames licking up the sides of the buildings and trees and belching out thick, black smoke into the night sky.

Instinct takes over before he's even totally awake, sending him scampering for the door to help in any way he can. He knows his brothers will be doing the same, because that's what they do, it's what Splinter trained them to do.

Since he's got no real tools or skills to put out the flames and the kedan seem quite happy to handle that themselves, he sets himself to searching for anyone who's hurt or trapped instead. ]

HEEEEY! ANYONE TRAPPED HERE?

[ He repeats it over and over again, only stopping to cough into his elbow and carefully dig through rubble and smoldering debris. It's hard to see and after a while he tugs off his bandanna, tucking it into his belt. He's smudged with soot and his eyes are watering but he keeps going. ]

Re: OPEN; ping me first!

[michaeljangelo]

[The few fires that did spring up in the Water Sector were well under control by this point, and the larger pieces of debris that were the main cause of obstruction had been moved to lesser obstructive places.

Once again Mike finds himself on the roof of his building. Sweaty, bruised, and covered in soot, but otherwise unharmed. It's only now, in the pause for breath, that Mike looks out past his own sector onto the horizon. Much of shell is still burning, especially in the Wood Sector.

His eyes widen. Mikey lives in the Wood Sector.
Mikey who can't be trusted with knives.]

oh no.

[He's just about to leap from the roof when he remembers that with Don gone all his other "cousins" live here in Water, and they might come looking for him. He wipes his face as he tries to think of an option...when it hits him: soot. He knows if they come at all they'll go to the window they know to be safer, so it's next to that window that he writes his message.

Safe. Went to Mikey

With that done he breaks for the Wood Sector.

Mike helps where he can, but mostly he's moving as fast as possible through the rubble and around the fires in an effort to find...]

MIKEY!!

Re: OPEN; ping me first!

[sureisaguy]

[ God it's so hard to see through all this smoke, hard to even take a deep breath. Mikey's home is already burning but that's not his concern; he hasn't been here long enough to really consider it his own yet and even though it's a kick-ass pad, saving the kedan and other residents is way more important.

Wiping the back of his forearm across his eyes after setting someone down with some other survivors, Mikey stands up and whips his head around as he hears his name.

He recognizes that voice and brightens immediately. ]

MIKE! MIKE, O--

[ He coughs roughly and waves. ]

OVER HERE!

[ Mike might not be one of the brothers he grew up with, but he's basically family and god Mikey wants his family around right now. He's holding it together, but planning and strategizing isn't his strong point and frankly, he's pretty goddamn scared if he admits it to himself. ]

Open!

[willofjustice]

[The majority of the kedan seem to be focused on supplies and on saving the trees . . . Amelia focuses on the life. Trees, given time, can be replaced; life cannot. And worrying about feeding all those mouths can be handled on another day entirely.]

[The girl is starting to pale as she darts from kedan to kedan; she has expended more magic today than she should. How many times has she used Healing? Probably far more than is good for her, but she can't stop. There's always another one just a little further on, someone she can help with just a little more energy . . .]

[Wounds close on flesh and a limb knits back into its socket as Amelia pours some of the last of her energy into a Resurrection spell, working on a kedan woman who'd had her arm severed, bleeding out. She barely hears the glad cry of the family members as, pale, she stumbles to her feet. Suddenly the world seems very far away, swaying dangerously under her feet. She wobbles, her stomach twisting.]

Dated after my thread?

[sureisaguy]

Hey, whoa!

[ Mikey darts out of seemingly nowhere, catching Amelia before she can hit the ground. ]

You okay?

Sure!

[willofjustice]

[Suddenly the world jolts to a stop . . . and with the jolt, manages to come back into further focus. Amelia blinks, taking a moment to register the words . . . and the fact that the arms holding her are green.]

I-It's okay! I'm okay!

[World lurch as she tries to stand back up on her own. Instead she slips back against the brace of his arms.]

Um. . . . Maybe I should sit down for a minute.

[She's met someone green like this before, hasn't she? With . . . the same color headband.]

Wait . . . do I know you?

~open~

[backwordscompatible]

[She's been out for her usual morning run when all the excitement started.]

[Noise, at first. And maybe the occasional spark shooting high above. There hadn't been many instances of shooting stars before now, but Zatanna was still in a bit of a post-birthday high and didn't consider anything else initially. Not until she was about fifty yards from her treehouse...and witnessed first-hand the falling debris crash straight into her suite.]

What the--?

[The shock of it all forced her to recoil backwards, and she nearly fell over. Even when she managed to regain her footing, she still stood for several seconds in a stunned silence. Eyes wide.]

...did that really just happen?

[GDI, Keelai, can't she ever go more than a few days without something going horribly wrong?!]

[wintershepherd]

[ The crashes of falling debris striking all over the city had woken Jack up even from his slumber deep inside the Stark Building and he burst out from his rooftop door to see large chunks of flaming debris crashing down all over the city. Distantly a part of him noted that it was good his heart didn't beat, because it would have seized at the scene.

But it would have utterly stopped when he saw the damage done to the 3A complex from high above in the air, arrowing down towards the burning hole punched through the treetop. ]

No!!

[backwordscompatible]

[She didn't see him immediately approach. It had become a fairly regular occurrence for him to stay over at the Stark's so he could sleep in the freezer, so she wasn't even expecting him to be home. If she had, she might've been freaking out slightly more.]

[As it was, she approached the destruction in something of a half-daze, defaulting her attention to reigning in as much of the damage as possible. There were fires that needed to be put out. Half a tree branch was in danger of falling; she saw to that first, levitating it up and out of the way. Only after did she even consider digging through the rubble.]

[Which she did, lifting into the air high and above to get a look as to how bad it actually was. The most important of items--those she had kept safe in her desk drawer--would've been protected by the seal she'd placed on it. But the rest of the complex...]

That's not good.

[On the bright side, she had a new skylight. A very, very large skylight.]

Open

[flamingshortshorts]

[Toro immediately went to Wood Sector because where there's trees and fire it will never mix and he knows that better than anyone. It's one of the main reasons he doesn't even stay in his treehouse suite. So he flies above the treetops and absorbs all of the flames he can, keeping as much control on the rising energy in his own body until he knows he can't anymore. Then he flies up higher and releases it in the sky where it's nothing more than a brief explosion and no debris to hurt anyone. He looks more like a human sized flare.

He needs to get back to Bucky. They can do more together as a team than separately. But he will stop to help anyone he can on his way and if someone needs to be pulled out of a burning building, Toro doesn't have to worry about getting burning going in.]

[beganwithamask]

[Their real house in the Earth Sector survived mostly intact, thankfully; the stone walls kept the fire from spreading, and it was simple enough to put out. The worst they've got is charred walls and stuff knocked over from the shockwaves, but it can wait until later. Since they're more "officially" supposed to be living in Wood, Bucky slipped out with Toro to station themselves in that district to help with cleanup and putting out fires. Wood Sector is worse off anyway, all the dry wood catching ablaze easily.

He catches up to Toro fairly easily when he sees him flare up in the sky, already smudged with ash and smoke, sweat running in rivulets down his face, creating white tracks through the ashy gray. He's wearing the costume today out of sheer practicality; the bulletproof fabric is much thicker and more protective than his standard uniform, and the mask keeps some of the smoke and sweat out of his eyes.] You gotten the chance to check out our place yet?

[flamingshortshorts]

[At the sound of Bucky's voice calling up to him, Toro swoops back down toward the ground, making sure to avoid the branches and not set anything new on fire while he does so. He looks Bucky over to check how he's doing and besides some dirt and soot he's not looking too bad.]

Looks like the place is still good, but some of the trees around it didn't do so well. I can take the heat, but even I can take all of it around here. We need more water around here.

[hugmagnet]

[Carol's been jumping between sectors, helping where she can. Here in Wood she's been pulling people out of buildings and setting them somewhere safe. Now she's encountered a treehouse on fire, almost fully engulfed, and there are children inside. She needs someone more fireproof than her.

When she spots Toro zipping past, she immediately tries to get his attention]

Hey! I need your help for a minute. There are kids inside this house. You think you can hold off the fire long enough for me to get them?

[flamingshortshorts]

[Toro comes up to a quick stop when he hears her and turns his head--not that it's easy to tell he's looking, being on fire and all--to see the treehouse in question.]

Yeah, yeah! I can siphon the heat off for you. [He swoops down low enough that the fire could be licking his feet and draws the heat up into his own body. Not too fast or else he'll overload too quickly, but fast enough to pull it away from where the kids are.]</small.

open!

[relentlesstide]

[Water Sector was in good enough shape when he left it. He'd put out a few stray fires getting too near the community areas being set up, but all in all, it seemed to have suffered the least and the most was being done to help people. He figured he'd be of more use in the Wood Sector, where the dry trees are no doubt quick to go up in flames. So he heads there, unafraid of the fire despite being a creature of the sea.

When he finds a building ablaze, he raises his golden trident, face lifted, and dark clouds gather overhead, swirling in the sky as they unleash a torrent of rain - no lightning, though, nothing but cool precipitation to douse flames.]

Neptune's beard, do they not care about the people here? [He can be heard mumbling to himself, looking around disapprovingly at the kedan effort as he brings more rain to assist. If he hears any screams, he won't hesitate to barrel in.]

Open

[queenoftheseas]

[Mera doesn't live in this sector. But since Water seems to have fires under control and she is specially equipped for handling such an emergency, she felt it would be better to move to a different sector. Wood seemed like a good choice considering....well, wood. She can be found moving around, a large ball of hardened water following her. She forms smaller balls from it in her hands, hurling them at fires to douse flames]