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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!

[personal profile] nerdylilspidey 2014-05-03 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Which is sad, because Peter enjoys the banter. It's part of his trademark.]

To my left I've got buildings collapsing on top of innocent people, to my right I'm seeing fires started from the explosions. Way too many bystanders to count, so I'm just trying to get them all somewhere safer than here.
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[personal profile] superoverachiever 2014-05-03 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
What kind of place would that be? I haven't seen anywhere that looks especially immune to all this. [She looks around again, trying to see if there's some haven she missed.]
nerdylilspidey: (late for class)

[personal profile] nerdylilspidey 2014-05-03 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'm working on that part. [He searches the area again with a frown.] What we need is some kind of clearing. A plaza, something with a decent distance from collapsing buildings...
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[personal profile] superoverachiever 2014-05-04 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. This is usually where Nova comes in.

You know anybody around here who can fly?
nerdylilspidey: (but see no one listens to me)

[personal profile] nerdylilspidey 2014-05-04 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
There's always Iron Man. Not that I've seen him since this whole thing started.
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[personal profile] superoverachiever 2014-05-04 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't sound very impressed by Stark. That's different.
nerdylilspidey: (did you just say something SMART?)

[personal profile] nerdylilspidey 2014-05-04 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm totallyimpressed by him. I work for him here, and that happened through part-flattery and part-idolization.

I'm just trying to keep focused on what's going on here.
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[personal profile] superoverachiever 2014-05-04 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Uncolor me surprised, then.

[She frowns, tapping her foot as she thinks.] How about underground? Anything we can do with that?
nerdylilspidey: (can i think on it for a sec)

[personal profile] nerdylilspidey 2014-05-04 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[He half-smiles at that, but it vanishes once he's got the old wheels turning again.]

Underground... could work. But getting everyone down a single manhole will be slow going and could leave us as sitting ducks if there's another air raid, so I'm thinking sewer underground is out.
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[personal profile] superoverachiever 2014-05-04 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe we got lucky and some debris made a bigger hole.

Or a basement might work? If we sweep for bombs.
nerdylilspidey: (he's not serious right? ...right?)

[personal profile] nerdylilspidey 2014-05-05 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Let's hope we're that lucky.

Do people actually have basements here?
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[personal profile] superoverachiever 2014-05-05 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Usually? I prefer acting to hoping. But if it's the only option left, I'll try it.

I dunno. I'm usually on top of the buildings, not under them.
nerdylilspidey: (super-effective! only not.)

[personal profile] nerdylilspidey 2014-05-05 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
There's always looking. We can totally start doing that.

Same here. I'm not that kind of spider.
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[personal profile] superoverachiever 2014-05-05 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Looking is good. For shelter and maybe for help. Maybe we get to a high point?
nerdylilspidey: (can i think on it for a sec)

[personal profile] nerdylilspidey 2014-05-06 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks upward and around at the suggestion.]

If there's any high points left around here.
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[personal profile] superoverachiever 2014-05-06 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Well. High is relative.
nerdylilspidey: (pretty obvious if you think about it)

[personal profile] nerdylilspidey 2014-05-09 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He points to a building to his left, about 4 blocks away.]

And that's looking relatively high. Race you to it?
superoverachiever: ([Action] Tiger Strike)

[personal profile] superoverachiever 2014-06-02 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
You're on. [She nods and then starts leaping, focusing on the competition for just a moment.]