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❪ event ❫ THE DESCENT: PART ONE -- the overflow.
THE PROLOGUE
Your sleep on the night of the 15th is not a restful one, unfortunately. It’s unclear whether you are in a state of half-wakefulness, or dreaming. The voices you hear certainly sound very real.
What is it, Sael? —Is everyone asleep?! Every one, yes. Sael, it appears you do not have good news to deliver...? N-No! I don’t know how it slipped past us, but there’s something powerful coming this way. Something hostile. I can barely keep the core systems online! ... I don't know what to do... I see... and we cannot protect Thesa and Alria in addition to transferring the Refugees to Olympia. This force, they waited for this moment. They knew I have been Intervening, and that I have become weak from such Interventions— ... We've been had. It cannot be helped. To save the Refugees on the Stations, we must eject the awoken unto El Nysa. My remaining energy shall go into shielding Thesa— left defenseless, every being we have saved on this station will perish... Sael, where is the ideal location for the landing? Hmm. There aren’t any people within a ten mile radius of The Outlook, and there shouldn’t be any for a few more days. I think that’s the best location right now. Very well. Instruct Zasere and Roman to begin preparations for an emergency eject. This is the only way we can save everyone. I am counting on you to ward off the enemy on the space front. The rest... is up to our Refugees. The alarms are blaring. It shouts against your eardrums, calling you to wake again. This time, you are in new pod, strapped down completely and cushioned tightly against the walls. In truth, you had no idea when you’d gone to sleep, but it is reminiscent of when you had been saved from the force of the Storm. A voice greets you when you come to, while the conversation between Darma and Sael is still fresh on your mind. Despite their voices playing like an old tune in your memory, you still know it is something that happened. Something has gone terribly wrong. You hear Darma speak, her voice loud in your head. Fellow Refugee, I wake you with regrettable news. A force equal to our own is attempting to engage Thesa, no doubt to steal the souls contained here. My energy is near depleted with this last Intervention, so I cannot send you to the grounds safely as originally intended. However, there is hope yet.This power shall instead shield Thesa and Alria — and believe in me when I swear no one shall be hurt. Your loved ones are safe with us. THE DESCENT ![]()
Meanwhile, in the distant kingdom of Olympia, the Empress and her loyal subject discuss matters late into the night... I’ll have the results of that dragon toxin study ready for you soon, Your Highness. I just need a few helpers to— oh wow, is that a meteor shower? Oh yes, it appears so. How beautiful.. hehe. Let us thank Thesa for this blessing. GATHER YOUR BEARINGS
All in all, the descent lasts for nearly seven hours. After the deployment of the last wave of refugees, it’s only natural that you may be feeling pretty worn out.
A. Within the remains of the pods, Refugees will find basic camping supplies such as small tents, sleeping bags, and compasses. Not all of the supplies remain intact, thanks to the impact of the crash. But, sharing resources will ensure there is enough for everyone to rest for the night. Can you really in good conscience leave that stranger next to you without shelter? FINAL OOC NOTE
This INTRO event will be broken up into three parts! Please keep this in mind when plotting your threads/tag load. PART 3 Will be up on JULY 22ND, at 6 PM EST. We will not provide an additional CAPTCHA for this overflow. Players are advised to move threads to an overflow post on their character journals in the event this overflow gets close to CAPTCHA. These threads remain eligible for AC,
AC Rewards, and REP.
The NETWORK is currently down, as Sael must concentrate all of his efforts on warding off the invading force. Characters may still message each other's personal IC inboxes. Submit two (2) AC-eligible threads from this log for one (1) Natha Orbiter REP point here by JULY 31ST. Recommended Listening: Alex & TOKYO Rose
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I just know what my cards are, Miss Carter.
[ He can be petty, just not about this. Bruce prefers to be followed. ]
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But are you one to show your hand? [ Without waiting for an answer, ] Likely not. But you expect me to follow you all the same.
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[ Fighting monsters in a simulation is a start, but she still doesn't know very much about him. ]
Not really. Curiosity or boredom notwithstanding.
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You like to keep busy.
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[ And that's the truth.
The pod they stop by gives her pause, however. Peggy looks around the area they're in and while the place they've landed in is fairly nondescript, she's excellent at picking out some kind of landmarks. She recognises this area even in the growing darkness. Peggy turns back towards the pod, the door that's swung clear by the way she kicked it open, and she says, ]
I believe we've found my ride. [ She hadn't returned to it to check if anything had made it down with her. She does so now, peering inside the — cockpit, for lack of better word. ] Perhaps there's something worth salvaging.
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My belongings came with me. Yours probably did as well.
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Peggy sits on the edge of the pod and opens up the bag and sure enough, its contents are as she remembers them: lipstick, powder compact, SSR ID... and her Walther with a spare cartridge hidden in the lining. She smiles and pulls it out to check the chamber for ammo — she needn't hide it from Bruce, she'd admitted to her familiarity and preference for firearms in the simulation. ]
This is a welcome surprise. But I'll have to be careful not to waste my shots.
[ Not that she'd ever in the first place. ]
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We can use some of those branches.
[ While she'd prefer to shoot, neither of them want to be unarmed or left with just fists to resort to. ]
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[ She sounds almost exasperated, but only just. She's fine to make use of whatever weapons her environment provides, until something more suitable comes around. But still, even in the war, she hadn't had to come down to bare branches. Her kingdom for a trench knife. ]
Well, I suppose if we must. [ She tucks her weapon into the waistband of her trousers for lack of somewhere better. ] But I thought we were here to cobble together some radios before we ran off into the wilderness.
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[ Of course he thinks of weaponry first. The defence he has to make are already in play for others. The rest is counterattack. He isn't willing to count on the woods or the campsite being safe even if the landing was. ]
Communication is our first priority.
[ No use running off if there's no way to contact anyone else for help. For better or worse, they're in this together. ]
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Yes, all right. [ It's absent-mindedly said; she's already thinking ahead, picking apart the equipment in front of them with her eyes. ] We haven't got enough light to work tonight. But we can start to pull things out and sort through it properly in the morning.
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We can go mark out the less damaged pods meanwhile.
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What is it you did, where you came from? You're very efficient.
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[ His body speaks by itself of its age and experience. Soldier, policeman, and mercenary are all out for their own reasons. ]
My specialty was rich brats.
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Bodyguards can keep secrets, though. That much is very clear. ]
And what did you do with all that spare time, Mr Foster?
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I had a change of heart. [ He shrugs. Jason's death follows him as doggedly as his parents' — the shadow over his face is real. ] Opened a dojo next to a friend's clinic. Now, I teach whoever walks through the doors and wants to stay. Gotham's a rough neighbourhood.
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I don't know it, but I'll take your word for it. [ She twists a piece of machinery free, squinting at it in the dim light. ] New York was the same way, depending on the part of town.
[ She can't say much about Los Angeles. She hadn't been there long before The Storm swept it all away. ]
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How long have you been in New York?
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[ She'd arrived in New York in the winter of '45, assigned to the SSR office across the pond and well away from the ghosts in Europe. (But New York had her own ghosts, many of them in Brooklyn.) And then she'd left for LA in the summer of '47 with the intention of returning to the East Coast once her case had wrapped. But you know what they say about best laid plans. ]
I was in Los Angeles before all this. [ Sometimes she wonders of Zero Matter had anything to do with The Storm. ] For work.
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a native. He always belonged in Gotham City. It's with him even now. ]
Did you like what you did?
[ It's a personal question — sounds like a test from him because everything does, really. ]
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Yes. [ Then - ] And I was bloody good at it.
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[ It's probably the first smile she's gotten out of him, and something without sharpness. Whichever side they turn out to be on Bruce appreciates competence and efficiency. In turn, ]
I did what I thought was necessary. Like or dislike didn't matter.
[ But he was also very, very good at it. ]
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[ Non-committal. But not by much. She weighs what to give him, in terms of personal details. Half-truths are her speciality because it's never an outright lie if you're caught in it. Other people know she's from the 1940s which means the war is an unavoidable topic. ]
During the war, [ she finally says, voice light, ] I learned that you sometimes have to blur the line to do the right thing in the end. I understand perfectly.
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[ He's learnt too harshly the demerits of isolation, recently. Diana, Clark, they're mainstays. But the problem with metahumans is one can't rely on their abilities, and their presence. Men have to do better on their own, too. ]
[ Bruce has to do better. ]
Does it help you sleep? [ He's wry; this is one question he doesn't need or want an answer to. ] How long were you there?
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