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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-05-23 08:01 am

Event | Satellite | Spectres!

Characters: Any and all!
Date: May 23 - 26, 2013
Location: Keeliai, turtleside, ARSHEPHELIOS cluster remains
Situation: Repairs and salvage operations operating innocently have triggered an invasion of spectres that possess and wreak havoc upon all they see.
Warnings/Rating: Please put CW in your subject lines

Satellite Crash Event

Crash Landing | Salvage Party | Shocking Spectres


Questions | Keeliai | ARSHEPHELIOS


Salvage is sweet, but not all is well on board the ARSHEPHELIOS cluster. The seamless cylinders salvaged from debris and the cluster, now being frequently traded, turn out to be pods the first time one is penetrated or cracked open. Each breached pod releases a flood of energy-based apparitions hellbent on world domination -- or, more accurately, person domination (and it's not the fun kind).

These apparitions -- spectres, if you will -- are driven by a need to protect the technology of the satellite cluster that their pods are associated with. They will stop at nothing to see this through. Each is immune to physical attacks, but seem to be injured or dissipated entirely by things like electrical shock or other energy-based projections. If people touch them, there is also a brief window of vulnerability, but it acts also like a door that swings both way. Through contact, these spectres can and will invade one's psyche, take over their body and cause them to attack friend or foe alike! Should the possessed body be subjected to sufficient electrical shock, the possession should fade. Strong natural will can also drive the spectres out, but it is no walk in the park to do so. Possession is not the only tool in the arsenal, for these spectres use electricity as their main offensive weapon. They'll leave deep-tissue burns on anyone they fight, and show no degree of fatigue after constant use of it.

Ten thousand of these creatures will be freed from pods, resulting in a veritable flood of Keeliai, the turtleside, and the satellite cluster. With such a driven enemy, it comes down to killing or being killed.

Meanwhile, those taking shelter indoors may notice that the spectres will get into the biomechanical functions of Keeliai. Consoles will be malfunctioning during this time, with lines of mysterious code and strange, ghostly images. One might hear people screaming for help or hours of patchy radio static.
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-06-08 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Zombies. Jim's expression is pensive, and he looks down at his hands. Flexes them. He'll be feeling all these burns later, right now he's just glad he can still move, still function. Taking a few minutes to rest isn't selfish, it's necessary if he wants to keep himself from collapsing uselessly. Jim builds himself a sandwich too. He hadn't really intended to eat (he feels guilty about stealing food, okay? There's a part of him that's still that polite little boy from Iowa) but at least it's giving him something to do with his hands.

There are so many kids here who've been in danger. Who know it from back home or have been exposed to it here, and it kills him. He doesn't care if they're talented, he doesn't care if it's necessary. It's his nature to want to protect them.

He doesn't even want to think about what kind of 'bad zombie experience' means. It must've been bad, that's all that matters.]


Okay. So what're your plans after this?
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • neutral; sassy pose)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-08 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Robin continues picking away at his sandwich-- he knew he needed to eat and it'd probably make his companion feel better. Adults were like that.]

I'm looking for my family.

[He doesn't quite have a plan per se so much as "don't get possessed and hope people you care about haven't been possessed either."]
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-06-09 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jim's brow furrows a little, and he shifts the bite of sandwich from one side of his mouth to the other, coughs.]

Are they doing the whole-- [he waves a hand at his own face] mask thing too?
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • neutral; Batman likes you better)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-09 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods.]

Some do, some don't. When I say 'family,' I mean friends, mentors. Most of them are in my line of work, so to speak.
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-06-10 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Vigilantes, right?

[He says that neutrally, without real judgement.]
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • neutral; sassy pose)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-11 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[He looks straight at Kirk.]

Yeah.

They can take care of themselves, but these things... I don't know.
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-06-13 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
They'll be all right. You've got to trust the people you care about.

[He's guessing, what with the whole 'mask' thing that trust isn't really something that comes naturally to this kid. And that's fine. Not like it came easily to him, either.

Sometimes he thinks it still doesn't.]
hackingyoursensors: (R • serious; we have a problem)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-13 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
['You can't promise that.'

But he doesn't say anything. He eats another bite, settles more into his chair. Not relaxed, no less vigilant, but he's starting to realize how worn out he is.]


What about you? Anyone you're not-worried about?
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-06-23 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Jim waves a hand.]

I'm worried about the civilians.

[He's just going to casually not even think about how much he misses his crew. He'll never be That Guy that unloads his problems on a kid.]
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • distraught; when you put it that way)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-24 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[That means either nobody he knows is here or he's trying to hide his worry. Dick doesn't know, and he doesn't ask. He knows when to keep his distance.]

What's the plan?
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-06-25 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been sending them to a secured zone when we clear out an area, but 'secure' is pretty... relative in the middle of all this.

[His tone's wry. But not discouraged.]
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • distraught; when you put it that way)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-26 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Guess that's the best we can do until we can figure out how to stop them.

[It won't be impossible, but it's not looking great with just the information he had now.]
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-06-28 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[God, what the hell's happened to this kid that he's such a cynic? Jim waves a hand.]

We need a broad spectrum EMP blast. Don't worry, it'll happen.
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • neutral; ready when you are)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-06-30 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
[You don't want to know, bro.]

Are you going to make one?
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-07-04 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh.

[H A N D W A V E.]

It's not exactly my area of expertise, but I guess if I had the time and tools I could probably fake it.
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • neutral; hackin' and distractin')

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-07-05 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
["Fake it"? Recklessness-- that explains the wounds.]

I've made one before, but they don't have the same equipment here. A friend of mine might be able to cobble something together, but we'd need time and materials.
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-07-05 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[You're learning, padawan. Jim's an open book as far as detective skills go. At least for some things.]

Like what? There's a bunch of tech where these things crashed.
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[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-07-05 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
I used a vacuum tube and a large power generator. Its range wasn't nearly as big as we'd need it to be to cover the city.
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-07-05 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Let me worry about that.

[He'll think of a plan, he always does.]

Go talk to your friend. I'll scrounge up the materials need. Meet back here in an hour, okay? If I'm not here, don't wait up.
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • fighting; run!)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-07-05 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'll try to find him.

[He has no idea where Wally is. Bruce might be able to do it, but, again, he has no idea where Bruce is either.

His eyes flicker for a moment to the door. He can do this.]
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-07-05 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Hey.

[His tone is firm.]

You'll do great, okay?
hackingyoursensors: Young Justice, Robin and Batman smiling while standing side-by-side (R • neutral; flips & etc.)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-07-05 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[He feels a little embarrassed. He hates being easy to read.]

Yeah. I'll handle it.

[There are times when you just have to throw yourself into the fray, ready or not.]
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-07-05 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Jim smiles, encouraging.]

Okay. One hour from now. Don't be late.
Edited 2013-07-05 01:57 (UTC)
hackingyoursensors: (R • serious; we have a problem)

[personal profile] hackingyoursensors 2013-07-05 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Robin stands at the door. He feels the beginnings of nervousness, but pushes it down this time. He has a mission.]

You've got it.
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[personal profile] jirk 2013-07-05 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Good luck.

[And Jim cleans the table off and heads into the back of the shop so he can be off on his way.]