a storm approaches.This log is for everyone who signed up for The Storm investigation. Feel free to use the here to plot further on how you plan on approaching The Storm, and the issue. The mod questions thread is also open, if you have anything you would like to run by us.
the investigation.It takes a day of preparation, and a day of discussion, before you are led further down into the tunnels. It's pitch black, but one of the BGs who you have become familiar enough with turns on a low light and continues further. You walk for ten, fifteen, twenty minutes, and then turn a corner into a large, open cavern. The BG explains that at one time, this had been an underground transportation system - old and unused for centuries, now, but still in working order.
They file each of you onto a single car - it seems to be large enough to fit nearly a hundred, possibly more, bodies - so everyone has a space. The BG explains that they have already input the coordinates into the system, and that once they close the door, you will be transported to the last known location. The car will be programmed to wait for 72 hours, and then will return to this location. There is food and water supplied, and already packed, in the car. If you are not back in the car by that time, it will leave you behind. They then give their farewells, thank you for your help and readiness, and step away from the door - letting it close behind them. The car travels down a pitch black tunnel, and while the inside is dimly lit enough for the Circle Members to see each other and move around without hinderance, you can see nothing through the windows. It continues for a few hours at this rate - nothing to see, no idea where you are going. That is, until it seems to break through the surface, the track running through buildings and another, unknown area of the city.
The streets and buildings are abandoned, the tech old and outdated, windows broken out and dust filling the street. The sky, like back in the city you knew before, is cloudy and grey. But these clouds are different - these clouds are dark in a way you haven't seen before. You travel for another half hour above ground before the cart comes to a stop, and during this time it happens twice. A low rumble, seeming to come from everywhere at once, and then a few heartbeats after, a disasterous flash of lighting - miles away, yes, but threatening and gigantic, brighter and more violent than you've ever seen lightning before. The crash shakes the ground under you, and the damage is immense.
But the buildings are abandoned, the streets empty save for crates, old mechanical bits, dusty remnants of a society long forgotten by the Struxta you came from just a couple of days prior.
This is The Storm you've been warned about. the storm.You have been asked to find out information that will help the BG's, and Struxta, to stop The Storm.
From what you can gather, it does seem to be a naturally occurring weather phenomenon, as far as weather systems seem to work on this planet. However, rather than scattered thunder and lightning strikes, it seems to almost recharge and strike with epic proportions. It can damage, or destroy, buildings. It shorts out any and all items (and people) who depend on electricity in any form to function (Sorry Daylight and Conner, sorry to anyone who brought along technology) within a three mile radius.
The 'darkness' the BGs were talking about does follow this storm, but they seem to have been referring to this electrical shortage that comes from the storm and it's strikes. If this storm does reach any of the still-occupied areas of the city, it will shut down the entire grid, as well as any of the robots, androids, or electrically based figures that exist there - essentially ending the life of every Struxta citizen that is effected.
Plot, plan, theorize, and see if you can find a way to stop The Storm. If not, be back on the train car in 72 hours time, to return to the BGs and report what you have found.PROMPT IDEAS
1.) Discussions on the train - do you have any ideas for what to prepare? Any discussions you may want to have? You and your fellow Circle Members are caught here together for a few hours, driving into a situation you know very little about. What do you want to make sure you're prepared to handle?
2.) Scouting missions - the heart of The Storm is very much in the distance, and it is not moving quickly, giving Circle Members plenty of time to set out and check out the surrounding city. What you will find won't be much - this is a robotic ghost town in every turn of the phrase. Buildings have been abandoned for hundreds of years, covered in dust and left entirely undisturbed, except for the breeze that now seems to flit through this entire area. There are stores, warehouses, apartments, and buildings you can't even tell what they were used for, cleared out. Whenever, or whoever, lived in this part of Struxta had evacuated, quickly but efficiently.
3.) The Storm - The Storm is still a distance away from where the cart has dropped you off, enough that when your 72 hours are up, the heart of the storm and the lightning strikes shouldn't reach the car, or the track. This does mean that to do any closer investigation, you will need to go to The Storm itself. But be careful - the electrical output from these lightning strikes are dangerous, and can have all sorts of effects on both natural and mechanical beings. The wind, the closer you get to The Storm, will also pick up - making any kind of flying or air travel impossible.
4.) Planning - the car leaves everyone off at an old train station, which a large room attached. This room can be used as a kind of home base, as well as a meeting location. What do you plan on doing? Simply taking down information, or trying to take the storm head on? How do you plan on doing that? Will your abilities help? This room attached onto the train station is a safe location - no effects of The Storm will make it inside. Use as you would like! |
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acatalepsy_logs2018-07-29 11:52 pm
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[he doesn't even need to ask the question. because as soon as Akira watches Connor drop to his hands and knees, he's right there at his side, crouched on the ground with one hand pressed against the android's upper arm]
Are you okay?
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My bio... [Even language functions are slowly rebooting in fragmented pieces. Biocomponents, he wants to say, but can’t quite get it out.] The Storm. It...
[Well. It’s obviously terrible, that’s what.]
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Can you stand? It sounds like we should get you out of here.
[before another bolt of lightning messes him up even more]
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I... I don't-
[He clenches his jaw, trying to push himself back up, but an elbow gives out, and Connor goes back down to the ground -- or would, without Akira's grip on his arm.]
...Help me up, let me try. I might have to lean on... on you.
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[Akira answers without an ounce of hesitation. he slips his arm under Connor's, gripping it tightly]
On three. Own, two--
[and on three, he makes an attempt to hoist Connor onto his feet]
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“Stand” being a very liberal use of the word. He’s mostly still slumping over into Akira, most of his weight pressed into the other. Thankfully, he’s about as heavy as he looks — even being an android, his weight will be nothing surprising.
He tries to huff out a thanks, but it just ends up sounding like a skipped track. But he does manage—]
Akira, correct?
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[he lets out a huff, mouth twitching into a wry smile, as he attempts to take a step forward]
Got it in one. And you're Connor-san, right?
[they've spoken enough through the watches for that conclusion to be easily made. Akira doesn't even wait for a response]
Let's go slow. One step at a time. If you feel like you need to sit down, tell me.
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[It's the first time he's ever been given a Japanese honorific. It would be something worth noting with more prevalence, if not for the fact that there are more pressing matters right now.
One foot in front of the other. He can manage it, slowly.]
Sorry. [-it slips out, but it's sincere enough. Sorry about this, sorry about himself, he means. This is nothing more than burdensome to their investigation.]
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Don't. It's not your fault.
[quickly dismissing that apology as unneeded. this is the equivalent of an organic being tripping and falling from a large height. sometimes. . . things happen]
I'm-- sorry. I'm not really a mechanic, so I don't know how much help I can be when we get you somewhere safe. But I know there are people here who can help bring you back online; I'll ask for their help.
[their journey to shelter is slow, but steady, so. it shouldn't be too long before he can drag Connor back inside the station]
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His LED has gone from red to yellow, however, which is generally a good sign.]
...Thank you. [He manages that much, eyes flicking up to Akira.] I can run a self-diagnostic and see if there’s anything... permanently damaged.
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Mmm. Don't mention it.
[there's still a furrow of concern in his wrinkled brow, but he looks more at ease now that they're somewhere safe]
Is there anything else I can do?
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You can find answers out there, to make up for my lack of aid. I've already wasted you both time and effort.
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I don't consider helping an ally to be time and effort wasted.
But I'll do my best.
[even though he really has no clue what they're supposed to find out there]
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I suppose not. [He would've done the same, he thinks. And probably have said the same.] I'll return the favor if given the chance.
...In the meanwhile, please stay safe.
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[he says that confidently, as though he's made of rubber]
I'll swing by to check on you when I'm done.