Event | Turtle Dive | January 20 - 23 | Underwater zombies crave your briiiiiines

[ironwood]

Characters: Any and all PCs
Date: January 20th - 23rd
Location: All Sectors
Situation: Tu Vishan continues swimming along the ocean floor after his monumental dive, but it turns out there are a whole bunch of undead that want in on the party!
Warnings/Rating: Underwater situations, violence, potential gore; to be updated as noted.

>See the comments of this post for various situations and areas available for tagging.
>Each header will be set for a date and/or area.
>Feel free to start your own header for specific situations.
>The Palace subplot will be run in a separate log.
>Refer to the two OOC posts for further details. 01 | 02

Comments

[aloadeddie]

[When the creatures start breaking through, Arthur quickly prioritizes. Getting Ariadne to safety is, of course, at the top of his list. She's an asset, his only ally, the only person from his world, who knows who he really is. The only person he can really trust here.

Plus, she's new, she's young, she doesn't have his training. She didn't ask for this, even less than he did, he figures. So after securing his own suite against intruders - zombies, looters, whatever - he starts making his way to the earth sector to find her, make sure she gets somewhere safe. The palace, maybe.

It's not all that far from her suite that he finally tracks her down. She's quick, and quiet, but not able to outrun the zombies if they spot her. One darts down a street after her and Arthur runs after it - he doesn't have a lot of ammo, but enough to shoot the thing in the head and get it to turn on him instead.

A few more shots and it's down - not completely destroyed, but damaged enough that it no longer poses a threat. Wiping sweat from his brow, Arthur takes Ariadne's elbow gently.]

Are you hurt?

[build]

[ ariadne just nods, still clearly out of breath as she looks up at him with wide eyes, trying her best to keep that obvious fear she had in check.

she knew she was taking a big risk when she went out like she did. but at the time, well, it really did seem like the most logical thing to do when she found herself without any idea of what was going on and where everyone else was. ]

You? [ it's asked quietly knowing that arthur had to have been dealing with a lot more than perhaps she was (he did just go all badass here after all) and she can't help but be somewhat concerned about his well-being with that all. ]

[aloadeddie]

[He still gives her a once-over with his eyes, despite her assurances that she's fine. Old habit, maybe. But he nods, leading her down the street, his eyes peeled for more of the creatures.]

I don't have much ammo, and there are way too many of them, way too hard to kill. But if we're careful, we can probably make it to the Palace.

[build]

[ again, she just nods, her brow furrowing as she looks up at him attempting to catch her breath. ]

These aren't normal projections [ obviously, but her confusion over it really can't be hid anymore.

and she is about to add something about how even the kedan seemed scared, but it was stopped short when a small group of the walking dead suddenly appeared and where now heading their way. ]

[aloadeddie]

No, they're - [He trails off, spotting the zombies, and shoves her away, down the street.] I'll catch up to you. Run up around that corner over there.

[He turns quickly to shoot at them, a quick pop pop pop intended to distract them more than anything.]

[build]

[ She doesn't even have time to think, as she is quickly doing just what he said and making a run for the far end of the alley, just wanting to get away from the approaching zombies that somehow had multiplied with each passing minute, causing them to be in a sense, blocked in.

And without much thought (she didn't have time to think after all) she was trying like hell to push in a door to what she assumed to be, some abandoned warehouse just around the corner from where she left Arthur, mumbling in frustration the whole time as she did.

God she just wanted to wake up.

A few good shoves of her shoulder (okay, well, more like a lot of good shoves - which she was fairly sure had now messed her shoulder up) and she was in the building, quickly looking for anything she could use as a weapon and only finding one long 4x4. Just hoping like hell that Arthur was okay. ]

[aloadeddie]

[There's not a lot he can do about the zombies, his ammo is low and if this is anything like most zombie films he knows about, getting up close to fight them off isn't really an option.

So he fires a couple of times - his shots hit but don't really do much to stop or slow them down, and then he runs after Ariadne, following her through the door and pushing it closed behind him.]

Let's try to barricade this door, okay?

[build]

[ she just nods in understanding, her attention focused on the room around them, looking for anything that they could use to hold the door. ]

Help me. [ she called, running over towards a long metal workbench and attempting to push it over towards the door with her hip. The girl may be small, but she tries her hardest when their lives are on the line. ]

[aloadeddie]

[Arthur jogs after her - they only have limited time, after all, before those things catch up to them.]

It'll be okay, you know. We'll get you to the palace.

[build]

I know... [ again, she just nods, taking a deep breath and composing herself before she is yet again, pushing the bench towards the door. ]

You're coming with, you know that, right? [ it wasn't like she was giving him much of an option here - she wasn't going to be stuck in this hell alone, okay? ]

[aloadeddie]

I have to get you there, don't I? [He gives her a faint smile, shoving the bench into place and glancing around for another exit.]

Let's see if we can get out on the other side before they corner us.

[build]

[ she wants’ to roll her eyes in some twisted amusement at that comment, but it falls short, and she is only shaking her head as a faint smile appears on her lips, giving the desk one last shove for good measure as she does. ]

We can always try the roof if we can't find a way out there. [ she quickly adds as she is turning back on her heels and making her way towards the other side, her eyes scanning the room for anything they might be able to use if need be. ]

[aloadeddie]

Find something with a long reach, if you can. Letting them get close is probably not a good idea. [He starts poking around for other exits - this building is big enough that there should, in theory, be at least one more, probably on the other side somewhere. Hopefully it's not completely blocked by zombies.

He's not really worried about dying, but he'd like to try and spare Ariadne as much pain as he can.]

[build]

[ she is just nodding her head in a silent understanding (she'll find something to use, she wasn't worried) as her attention is now set outside and on a group of the "walking dead" now attempting to rip apart some local kedan. ]

God...what the hell is going on. [ she mumbles more to herself then anything as she find herself almost cringing at the sight. these projections were like nothing she has ever seen before and she really just couldn't wrap her head around it even now.

a long sigh and she was turning her attention back onto arthur, her eyes wide with a nervous energy. ]

Make a run for it soon? [ yep, it's just a random idea, but she really wasn't sure how long they would be able to stay there without anyone noticing them ]

[aloadeddie]

Yeah, we're getting out of here as soon as we can. [Staying in one place for long is clearly not a good idea - those things are pretty smart, as well as fast, so it's clear that the only really safe place is the Palace.

He finds an exit, then takes Ariadne's elbow.] I'm going to get you to the Palace, okay? If those things get me, though, you just keep running. We know already that I'll just wake up again in a few hours, so don't even worry about it. Trust me, I've had worse.

[build]

[ she cringes faintly as she shy's away from the touch, just trying like heck to ignore the pain in her arm as she nods in understanding, letting her attention move out the window as she did. ]

I'm not even going to ask what is worse than this. But if something does happen to you, I'll be at your place as soon as I can. [ a beat and she is taking a long deep breath, looking back up at him with her ever present fear she was trying to hide. ] Just be careful.

[ and with that, she was moving her hand to the door, and waiting for him to give the all clear so they could leave. ]

[aloadeddie]

[He doesn't miss her cringe - but there's nothing he can do about an injury right now. She's not bleeding or particularly incapacitated, so he doesn't say anything about it.]

Just stay at the Palace, until these things get cleared up, or... [Well, if they're going to be some kind of permanent fixture here, he'd rather she just stayed at the Palace.] Either way, I'll come find you, okay?

[He gives her fingers a brief, gentle squeeze.] Promise.