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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!
neverdanced: (pic#7276560)

[personal profile] neverdanced 2014-04-30 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
My guess is bombs.

[Yes Natasha, the sass is intentional.]

I haven't pinpointed the origin of the explosions yet, but considering they all went off at once, I'm going to go ahead and state the obvious and say it's an organised attack.
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[personal profile] vdova 2014-04-30 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Dryly. Like, we're talking straight up Saraha Desert here. ] It's nice to know Captain America's on the case. What would we do without your knowledge and expertise?
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[personal profile] neverdanced 2014-04-30 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
You'd still be here wondering what caused the big boom.

[He pauses, glancing about for a moment.]

If we're able to find the remnants of one of the bombs, Stark might be able to provide some insight. It's probably safe to assume who's behind all of it though.
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[personal profile] vdova 2014-04-30 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Natasha almost rolls her eyes. Almost. She straightens a little when he gets serious, though, crossing her arms and nodding. ] If it's crude enough, I might even be able to figure out what at least went into making them, so we have some kind of knowledge of where they might have came from.

[ Pause. ]

But you're probably right. If it's anyone at all, it's He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
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[personal profile] neverdanced 2014-04-30 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
See if you can do that. It'll be a good starting point, at the very least.

[And then a thought occurs to him that's quite disturbing.]

I'm not sure which is worse. The possibility that he planted them under our noses or someone doing it for him.
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[personal profile] vdova 2014-04-30 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Natasha nods. ] Both are equally bad. If it's the latter, it means either people are in cahoots with him or he's able to control their minds. If it's the former, someone's still working with him, because he can't manifest here unless you say his name, correct? Someone physical is responsible either way, and that means they can be caught.
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[personal profile] neverdanced 2014-04-30 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone has to have noticed something. We can ask around, see if anyone knows anything. Whoever's aiding him... We need him alive.

[It probably goes without saying. But they'll need the intel.]
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[personal profile] vdova 2014-04-30 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
So make sure some vengeance happy idiot doesn't kill them first. Got it.
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[personal profile] neverdanced 2014-05-01 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad we're on the same page.