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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-05-20 05:12 pm

Event | Satellite | Crash Landing

Characters: Any and all!
Date: May 21, 2013
Location: In and around the city of Keeliai
Situation: The early morning hour brings unexpected devastation to Keeliai and the outlying areas. Emergency response and damage control follows!
Warnings/Rating: Fires, minor violence; please put CW in your subject lines

Satellite Crash Event

Crash Landing | Salvage Party | Shocking Spectres

Questions | Fire Sector | Earth Sector | Metal Sector | Water Sector | Wood Sector | Outlying Areas

The early morning hours of May 21st are broken by the sound of a low lying explosion and a veritable rain of fiery bits and bobs such as molten hot metal and space debris. Those out and about in the very early morning (three hours before dawn) see a meteoric shape streaking overhead and leaving a debris trail. Those interested in following it may find themselves distracted by the debris raining down across Tu Vishan, starting fires and damaging buildings turtlewide. Tu Vishan certainly is, for the great turtle grinds to a halt amidst all this and a trace of concern for the little ones on his shell can be felt in the minds of many.
virginprice: (breathless)

[personal profile] virginprice 2013-05-22 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Alcuin was standing outside his suite- or rather, the crumbled wreckage and debris where his suite had very recently been. He was standing very still, staring at it, clutching a small book until his knuckles were white, his dark eyes as wide as they could go.

He'd barely gotten out. He'd barely gotten out, he could be trapped, it was a miracle of Blessed Elua that he wasn't, and what was he going to do?. He knew he shouldn't be panicking, he should be helping the others, more homes than just his had been hit, but he couldn't seem to move his feet from the ground or stop staring at where his home had been just moments ago.
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[personal profile] bindsthedead 2013-05-22 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Alcuin!" Sabriel had arrived in the Earth Sector after realizing that Water was better off than the rest of Keeliai, and her attempts at helping were better directed elsewhere.

"Alcuin!" Sabriel grabbed his shoulders- not unkindly, but a little roughly, and shook him. "Don't just stand there- we're Charter mages, we have to help!"
virginprice: (wary)

[personal profile] virginprice 2013-05-22 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
The shake brings him out of himself enough to notice the chaos all around them- the fires aren't so bad, but the debris did a great deal of damage. He blinks at Sabriel for a moment, refocusing on the real world, then nods quickly. "Yes- Elua, yes."

There's something to do, and that means that he can focus on that. He takes a few deep breaths and manages to push his emotions aside for the moment. "Is there anything we can do to help with the rubble, or will it be better to focus on healing?"
bindsthedead: (art-explaining)

[personal profile] bindsthedead 2013-05-22 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Focus on healing," Sabriel told him, "There are plenty of injured people. and be careful- criminals are taking advantage of this to cause trouble."

Sabriel gave him her best attempt at a reassuring smile. "I'll help you with some of the healing."
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[personal profile] virginprice 2013-05-22 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Alcuin presses his lips tightly together, his expression anything but pleased. "I can hardly believe anyone should be so base." He looks over at his house, taking a slow breath to ease the panic that tries to well up again. "At least anything they might want to take from my suite is buried enough that it will be great trouble to reach it. Come, where shall we start?"
afirewithfashion: ([sad] hey gold eyeliner)

[personal profile] afirewithfashion 2013-05-23 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
They didn't live too far apart. When Cinna heard the ruckus -- it was the first thing since the festival that drove him voluntarily from his suite, and when he saw the chaos from that direction, he started running. Alcuin's suite, the shop --

When he caught sight of the pale-haired boy, clutching at his book of poetry but alive and standing under his own power, Cinna slowed, approaching him with caution.

"Alcuin?"
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[personal profile] virginprice 2013-05-23 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Alcuin sucked in a sharp breath and then coughed, the dust from the collapsed building irritating his throat. He turned slowly to Cinna, not quite seeing him for a moment before his gaze sharpened. "Cinna... are you all right? Your home?"

His home was obviously a loss. There wasn't much that could be done there, except try to retrieve what they could from the wreckage. And it could have been him, it had been so close.
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[personal profile] afirewithfashion 2013-05-23 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Perfectly fine," Cinna assured him, reaching out to take his hand. "I'm worried about you."

It was clear the young man was in shock. "You need to sit down. Maybe something to drink."
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[personal profile] virginprice 2013-05-23 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Alcuin let him take his hand, but he shook his head. "No- no, I'm all right. I need to get my books. Favrielle would be upset if she came back and I told her they'd been buried..." His voice was still blank. He couldn't quite believe what had happened.
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[personal profile] afirewithfashion 2013-05-24 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"She would be upset, but if you get yourself injured she would be livid,"

Cinna said practically. He wasn't letting Alcuin go back in, his grip firm around the young man's delicate wrist.

"There's nothing you can do until it's stable, Alcuin. Come away for now and we'll come back for your books together in a few hours. I promise."
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[personal profile] virginprice 2013-05-24 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes. Yes, I suppose she would be. You're all right?" He was coming out of his daze, but he didn't remember asking the question earlier.

"We should help. There must be people who weren't so lucky..." He had been in his sitting room, near the door to the house when he heard the crash. He'd been able to run, but others might be trapped or injured.
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[personal profile] afirewithfashion 2013-05-25 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Cinna made gentle, soothing noises.

"Of course. I'm fine. I wasn't even touched," he said. There are rescuers coming now, racing fast toward them. "See? We'd just be in the way."
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[personal profile] virginprice 2013-05-27 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
Alcuin coughed again and nodded slowly. "Yes... I suppose you're right."

Still, it didn't feel right to sit by and watch when he knew he could do some healing, at least. But would he be able to concentrate enough to use the Charter marks he needed? He should take some time to calm down. He was still shaking, he realized. "I- I think I need to sit down."
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[personal profile] afirewithfashion 2013-05-28 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Once he was calm, that sounded like an excellent choice. Once he was calm.

"Come over here," Cinna said, drawing him over to a bench that had miraculously survived. "Catch your breath for a bit."
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[personal profile] virginprice 2013-05-28 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Alcuin sat, looking around at the destruction around them, shaking his head. It's hard to believe how quickly it's happened. "What fell, do you think? Could it have been a star?"
afirewithfashion: ([sad] hey gold eyeliner)

[personal profile] afirewithfashion 2013-05-28 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think it was something called a satellite." That was just his best guess, at least. He was certainly no expert. "Or maybe a meteor."
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[personal profile] virginprice 2013-05-28 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Do you think there will be more?" The sky seemed calm, but the first had come with no obvious warning- at least not that he'd seen. Perhaps he could have missed it.
afirewithfashion: ([comfort] hugging katniss)

[personal profile] afirewithfashion 2013-05-29 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
It's not in Cinna to lie, even when a lie would be more comfortable. "I hope not, but we can't rule anything out."

He kept a hand on Alcuin's shoulder, squeezing reassuringly.
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[personal profile] virginprice 2013-05-31 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Alcuin wrapped his arms around himself, taking a shaky breath. The truth was better than a comforting lie. "I hope... I hope this hasn't hurt Tu Vishan. He has suffered so much already."
afirewithfashion: ([shh] it's a secret)

[personal profile] afirewithfashion 2013-06-02 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Alcuin was kind -- and he meant it sincerely, not like most people. Cinna offered him a smile in return, an arm around his shoulders to steady him, as he gently (but insistently) turned Alcuin toward the bench.

"I hope not, too. Is there a way to ask?"