cherrywood: (10. LANTERNS)
ᴄʜᴇʀʀʏᴡᴏᴏᴅ ʜᴇᴀʟᴇʀ ᴍɪʟʏɴ ([personal profile] cherrywood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2014-04-17 01:02 am

Event | Console Crash Chaos | Phase One

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.



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!
alphatar: (Unsure Iffy Uhh)

[personal profile] alphatar 2014-04-20 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Kids were the last thing she was expecting. She looked over at Rex, the real gravity of what happened while she was being treated was hitting her. But raised her chin up and straightened her face.

"Keep digging, there might be more. I'll be back before you know it."

Korra forced a smile and assured them the same way she had the airbending kids back home. "Let's fly and see if we can find your family." And before the question of how they were going to fly even came up, a green light flashed out of Korra's ring to make a sky bison rise up underneath them and into the air.

She looked over at Rex before taking off. "Stay safe." The flight would be short, but more bombs could be set to detonate for all she knew.
deusrexmachina: (Vigilant)

[personal profile] deusrexmachina 2014-04-21 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
For Rex, finding a pair of children a midst the mess might mean one or both of their parents were still buried somewhere further in, though he certainly hoped not. If the kids' family was elsewhere, though, hopefully they'd all be reunited at the safehouse.

"Alright, and you too," Rex called after Korra as she departed with the kedan. Despite the absolute disaster around them, he somehow managed a small, appreciative smile at the way the Avatar managed to handle the kids. It was a fleeting expression, however, Rex's eyes narrowing behind his goggle lenses as he turned back to the task at hand. "Man, it's gonna be a long day and probably an even longer night..."

He could do this, though. He could. After all, he'd survived the catastrophe that was the worldwide sleeping plague, even despite terrible exhaustion and numerous ability crashes. Just a matter of staying as focused as possible and not quitting until the job was done.

Heading deeper into the disaster zone and into the thick of the smokey haze surrounding the area, Rex began to call out, searching for anyone who might still be trapped there.
alphatar: (Airbend palms)

[personal profile] alphatar 2014-04-21 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Flying next to the skybison, Korra kept an eye on what was going on below while answering curious questions the two children asked. Wreckage as far as the city stretched out with some patches of untouched buildings. After she dropped them off at the safehouse by them sliding off the tail, Korra's construct dissipated and she took off, retracing her flight.

Her green trail caught up with her when she stopped at seeing the thick, black and grey smoke that covered city blocks. A quick scan showed her the closest sign of life and she dove down through the smoke, the green auric shield protected her from inhaling anything dangerous.

"Rex?" Inches above the ground, she could hardly see through the haze and fanned her hands outward to airbend a path for to go down. Then the ring informed her of multiple life signs. "Can anyone hear me?"
deusrexmachina: (Hoverboardin'!)

[personal profile] deusrexmachina 2014-04-23 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
The minutes slid by, but Rex had yet to uncover any other signs of life within the area he'd been searching through. Then he heard Korra again in the distance and he straightened up, tossing aside the large gauntlet full of rubble he'd been holding.

"Korra?" he called back before building down and heading in the direction of her voice. Up ahead, he could see the smoke billowing back, the green glow of the Avatar becoming visible. Rex picked up the pace, the Sky Slicer coming into existence via his feet and lower legs, the hover board creating its own glowing beacon against the haze as it carried him over the wreckage. "I haven't been able to locate anyone else further back. Did you see or hear anything on the way back down here?"
alphatar: (Training gear Helmet Unsure Iffy)

[personal profile] alphatar 2014-04-23 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
As soon as she heard him, Korra turned to the direction his voice came from and began to make headway through the air, occasionally forcing the smoke apart with airbending. Both blue lights shone through the smoke and eventually became visible. Korra halted in the air, and looked over his face. He didn’t have any breathing protection, but for all she knew; he may not have needed it.

"No, but there’s two others around here somewhere according to my ring." Even with the Metal Sector being in its ruined state, Korra was fairly sure of where they were and an idea of where the two survivors might head towards. "There’s a grocery store around here, we should check it out. If there’s anything left of it."

As she began to take off in its direction, she looked at Rex. "Can you breathe okay?"
deusrexmachina: (What these eyes have seen...)

[personal profile] deusrexmachina 2014-04-27 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Rex nodded at the mention of the grocery store and let Korra take the lead, following after. "That ring's really got a lot to it. You'll have to tell me how you ended up with it after this is all over."

Her question about how he was doing really gave him pause, however, forcing him to stop thinking about saving others long enough to evaluate his own situation. If he really paid attention to it, he could feel his lungs working harder than normal, a bit of an aching burn present.

"I'm okay for right now, but I'm not superhuman enough to keep going like this forever," he admitted. "Plus the longer we're at this with me using my machines and moving debris, the faster I'm going to wear down and the harder my nanites are going to have to work to keep the smoke from getting to me. Still, I'm not our biggest concern right now. Finding any survivors and getting them clear of this area is what we need to worry about."
alphatar: (Looking on Snow)

[personal profile] alphatar 2014-04-27 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Korra gave a slight tilt of her head in answer to explaining the ring, one corner of her mouth digging into her cheek. She doubted anyone would want to hear that, but then again Rex hadn’t been on the turtle as long as the people she was thinking of.

That only lasted so long, his words reminding her just how much had happened since the sun came up. She was constantly supporting herself with the ring in order to help others, and Rex might just work himself into the ground doing the same. "You don’t have to do all the heavy lifting. This isn’t the first time I’ve done this; and I didn’t even have a ring back then." Not bragging, not with how serious she looked. That satellite crash had been just as insane, if not more.

"Ring, scan for survivors."

Asked as she descended down to the grocery store, half of it still ablaze.

"Two survivors found at the following coordinates."

Korra grimaced at the ring giving off the coordinates, remembering why she didn’t ask the ring that more often. Something she hadn’t been trained on just yet. "Whatever, they’re in here at lease. We’ll find them." She stayed hovering a few inches off the ground, avoiding any unnecessary pressure on her leg even with the green cast.

The interior had been demolished, though not from an explosion. Like it had been

"…ransacked."