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!
survival_isnt_living: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] survival_isnt_living 2014-05-04 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Making maps like this is just something earthcrafters of a certain strength can do; there are plenty of them in Alera. Septimus honestly didn't even think about it.

"Thank you, but no; it's better if I do it so I can recreate this if I have to," he says to the offer as he shifts some of the stone to effectively make pins to mark the indicated places.

The word spell, however, makes him blink. "Ah, I'm not sure what you mean by 'spell,' but it's fairly standard procedure if we're dealing with a military situation shifting rapidly enough for paper to be impractical. We get a lot of use out of it."
gathersnomoss: (thinking)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2014-05-04 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can't say I've ever been in an engagement with an actual army. Usually the trouble I find myself in is too big for most people to be safe, even trained soldiers," Zelgadis answered. That and he wasn't exactly affiliated with a nation.

"Not magic, then," he said. "Back home, something like this would be some type of earth shamanism, but it would take a lot of control to create something like this. Some of those who make golems could do so, but not nearly so quick."
survival_isnt_living: (Burden of leadership)

[personal profile] survival_isnt_living 2014-05-05 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Septimus looks at Zelgadis with some surprise. "How would-- no," he cuts himself off before giving a rather lopsided smile. "When we don't have so many urgent matters at hand, I'll be curious how your people handle such problems."

For now, there are other problems. Finally, though, someone who doesn't call furycrafting magic! "I've never heard of shamanism either, but it sounds closer to earthcrafting than anything I've seen here except earthbending." Back to business.

"All right. You know the basic status of Earth Sector. Start with the sites you indicated, then do a more thorough sweep of the sector. Other attacks or complications may have cropped up by then." Like, depending how long it takes, the spores. "If the sector looks clear or you need to rest, report back in."
gathersnomoss: (thinking)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2014-05-05 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Zel is willing to assume that Septimus doesn't consider it magic even if it looks like shamanism to him, and may rely on the same underlying assumptions. But it definitely doesn't come in spells the way magic works where he's from: if it's like magic, it's not like casting spells.

"All right. If I run into serious trouble, I'll send up a flare. Look for a ball of light. I'd try a fireball, except I think the explosion wouldn't be appreciated," Zelgadis said.
survival_isnt_living: (Intent)

[personal profile] survival_isnt_living 2014-05-05 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
They'll definitely have to talk theory some time, then; Septimus doesn't often bother to try to explain furycrafting to people, but given the right incentive, he will.

Despite the black humor, Septimus does laugh. "No, I dare say it wouldn't be. I'll make sure some people know to look out for a flare. Send one up if you find a more critical patient too, and just keep them stable until we can get someone there."
gathersnomoss: (Default)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2014-05-06 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Can do. Mostly I've been trying to get people to the 'walking wounded' state." He considered the map again. "Current plan is to circle through like so. Who else do we have out there?"
survival_isnt_living: (Unreadable)

[personal profile] survival_isnt_living 2014-05-07 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Sep's smile is lopsided and distinctly the kind of smile that says 'I'm smiling because it's the only way I'm dealing with the pain.'

"Out in the city as a whole, at the moment?" He names a few kedan, no more than four. "We've been so busy here, and great furies know we can always use more hands as it is."

Translation: Nope. No one, really.
gathersnomoss: (thinking)

[personal profile] gathersnomoss 2014-05-08 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Right," Zelgadis said. "I'll try to draft who I can."