a storm approaches.This log is for everyone who signed up for the various stages of saving Struxta and defeating The Storm. If you have any questions, please feel free to refer back to the OOC Post. Otherwise, it is up to you - Circle Members - to save Struxta from imminent destruction.
For those returning to the Storm, you may notice something is a bit different about it. It seems a bit more wild, a bit more unwieldy. Is it...stronger? Does the wind seem to have picked up? You might want to hurry.
group one: the preparation.The BG's are sure to meet with everyone who volunteers for this position, explaining that you will be deployed first, out of all the groups. You are to head back to the area of the storm, and set up the The Pins - which are about a foot long, but just about 3 inches in diameter. They will explain just how they need to be wedged into the ground, how far, and at what points. There are 5 Pins, and they will be divvied up between all those who volunteer.
The distance between the points in which the Pins needs to be placed will be massive - the Storm is about 5 miles in radius, which means that the circumference is about 34 miles around. These five pins need to be placed equidistance around the circumference, and they need to be done so relatively around the same time - as they need to be placed in the right position before the storm continues to move. The people in these groups will need to be fast (to get to those places quickly) and strong (to wedge them into the ground), and then will need to quickly return to the cart to be brought back into the tunnels.PROMPTS:
1.) Get to your selected area, and find a way to get the pin wedged into the earth. Because of the proximity to the storm, you cannot use anything too technologically/electrically powered, as there is a high chance of shortage if the storm gets too close. It is not dangerous for those who are electrically powered, but smaller devices might have a difficult time.
2.) Get back to the cart as quickly as possible - the Storm seems to be stronger, now, and the winds more intense. You may experience your route to be hindered by falling debris and pieces of the abandoned area of the city. You don't have too much time to get back to the cart.
3.) Maybe you decide to hold down the fort near the cart - to make sure that none of the wind or debris damaged it, or just to make sure it doesn't leave before the entirity of Group One returns. It will be up to you to get things moving once everyone returns - but remember, your time is tight. Everything needs to be moving as quickly as possible. And you definitely don't want to leave anyone behind! group two: the deployment.This will be, arguably, the group in most danger, as they will need to go to the eye of the storm and set up the device. As you will be going into the storm, there is high risk of being struck by lightning, and with all the information gathered, the BGs will let you know clearly and simply that you will die. There is no if, or high chance - if you are struck by lightning, you will be fried beyond a place where they will be able to revive you.
The other issue, here, is that the device must be activated. This is extremely tricky, as the activation takes a computer, or an understanding of computers, that have been connected to the Mass Subconscious or Archives in some fashion. The BGs are extremely wary about explaining this part of the plan, as they are hesitant to ask anyone to risk their lives to this degree. However, without someone to complete this part of the job, no part of the plan will work. For those built/dependent on their electronic interface, they will be able to build a temporary guard that the Circle members will be able to wear, but it will have a time limit, as explained here.
You are brought out in a group, dropped off in the same station that you were dropped off in before. You, and everyone in your group, will have about five hours to set up the Device and activate it, but be careful. The Storm is more intense than it ever has been before, with smaller lightning strikes spreading out with a smaller interval of time in between. You and your group will need to take the device to the center of the Storm, set it up, and then evacuate as quickly as safely as you can.
This group will be dropped off after the first group, and will have to remain behind for a bit longer than the first group as well, as their cart will require a reboot to take them back through the tunnels
PROMPTS
1.) Getting to the eye will not be an easy task. As the Storm is more intense, getting further and further into the Storm will be more and more violent and more and more difficult to traverse. The wind will become dangerous, as will the smaller strikes of lightning, but you have to find a way to get to the center, and set up the Device.
2.) Setting up the Device will take a few separate steps to get it set up. Not only will you need to have it set up directly in the eye, you will need someone with knowledge from the mainframe of Struxta to set it up. It will take either those who have connected to the Archives, Mass Subconscious, or other forms of the main systems of Struxta to be able to work the Device and to finally set it up in a way that it will connect and be able to translate the electrical shock of the Lightning Strike to the rest of the planet.
3.) Find a way to get back to the cart. When the Lightning Strike is dissolved, the Storm itself will dissentegrate, leaving about an hour of absolute chaos and mayhem with nowhere for it to go. After the hour is up, everything will be calm once again, but until that point it will feel as though you are caught in a tornado of strong winds, extreme thunder, and very little light or way to move. For those who have stayed back at the cart, the cart will need to be rebooted and brought back online. Good luck. group three: the aftermath.For better or for worse, you are the first of the groups to know for sure that the plan has worked. Because as soon as the Lightning Strike hits the ground, the entire world of Struxta seems to spark, an uncontrollable power surge moving through every inch of what you can see. Lights flicker and go out, giant holographic advertisements go dark. Androids and robots all around you surge, spark, and go dark. For about a minute, everything is completely dark, and you are unsure if you have just murdered an entire planet in one go, or if the plan actually worked.
Then, slowly, everything comes back online. It's a slow process, and definitely not all at once. Some things come online right after, and others take time, and others still will require help to be completely rebooted. You've been prepped by the BG's on how to help get everyone back online, but it will take some time. You have thousands of people to check in with, to plug in or help rearrange wires, or any other manner of ways to help bring them back online. The issue? You only have 12 hours to bring the entire city back online. Move quickly.PROMPTS
1.) Because of how much of Struxta is electronic and mechanical, much of how it is run depends on the use and functionality of the buildings. Without the electricity, some of the buildings may even begin to sway, or creak, as if they are about to collapse. These will need to be dealt with in by their "breaker box" of sorts. Some are much easier to find than others, but you will want to act quickly, as there is no telling when those buildings, and all of the androids inside, may collapsed and be lost for good.
2.) There are - to put it simply - thousands and thousands of bodies around you. These were normal, everyday kind of androids and robots who were simply living their lives, before the surge took them all out. There doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to who or why some are able to bring themselves back online, but many are not. The BG's have prepped you with a battery of short that you can use to go around and help bring these others online, but still the situation is tense. There is about a 75% chance that they will come back online without issue, but some may not - as the surge could have fried their mainframes. To help with these, you will need someone who is either very adept as working with technology and computers, or you will need to take these to a kind of 'First Aid' tent of sorts that has been set up with the necessary materials to help bring these more complicated cases back online.
3.) The 'First Aid' tent is a production held up primarily by the BG's. It had been their plan from the beginning to help find a way to reroute the Storm and provide safety to the rest of Struxta. They have some older materials, as well as some tools, that they bring up with them and the rest of Group 3 to help set up a hospital of sorts. They will need help, as their units are glitchy and shaky as well, but they have the knowledge to help guide any other members who may be interested in staying back and helping them reworked the more complicated cases. |
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acatalepsy_logs2018-08-10 10:59 pm
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[She knows this isn't the time, they have far more serious concerns, like... outrunning a worsening storm, dodging debris, and- she stops talking a moment to jump over a slab of concrete- getting back to the cart. Still, she can't just ignore that???]
What just happened?!
[Please just tell her she isn't seeing things???]
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Astoria happened!
[that. probably wno't explain it well enough]
I mean-- that's the power she gave me, only it kind of activates and deactivates on its own more often than not?
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She still doesn't really understand it, but who could understand such a thing anyway? "It's magic" would have to do in the end, because she's got nothing else to explain how someone could become a ghost and then not back and forth.]
Then that's lucky!
[She doesn't have such power, though, so when a panel of sheet metal flies her way she has to dodge, pulling her arms up to protect her face as it glances off her... and she keeps running, beginning to outpace him as her fear kicks up a notch.]
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Hey! Are you okay?!
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[She manages to blurt that out, even though it's obvious that she isn't, that she's scared nearly witless, charging forward more recklessly than before.]
Hurry!
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[well. sometimes, mistakes are made]
[he doesn't see it until it's a bit too late, another twisted metal rod embedded into the ground, sticking out and into his pathway like a dagger seeking out a victim. he tries to hop over it, but his reflexes are just a bit too late. and even his nifty intangibility doesn't help him out, here]
Sh--
[with a cut-off curse, Akira feels his foot catch against the rod, yanking his balance out form under him and sending him tumbling face first onto the ground]
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... But she can't leave him.
With a whimper she slams on the brakes, skidding to slow her pace until she can leap into a turn, galloping back towards him. But instead of stopping, of pulling him onto her back like one might expect a partially equine person to think to do... she slows only just enough to lean down and grab him up under his arms, hauling him up half over her shoulder with a grunt almost like one would hold a baby. ... A teenage boy baby.]
I've got you- Just hold on!
[She can't run as fast like that, weighted so imbalanced, but she still runs- back towards the cart.]
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[THIS IS FINE]
Right! Not letting go! Message received, loud and clear!
[this is embarrassing]
[but also, way better than lying face down in the dirt]
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She's strong, anyone could tell by looking that she was built like a woman who'd been doing hard labor most of her life, but thanks to those muscles being anchored in a heavy equine base... carrying him is no problem, beyond the imbalance issue.
But it's not far to the cart, and she clutches him tight, (maybe even a little too tight, oops, sorry), until they get there-
And she straight leaps onto it in a loud slam of weight and clatter of hooves, nearly slamming into the far wall, curling around him to make sure she didn't bang him into it.
Her eyes are closed, trembling with fear... but they're on the cart.
... Though she hasn't let go of him yet. Oops again.]
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[forgot]
[that letting go is a thing he should do]
[but when it registers, his grip on her shoulders loosens. and there are only two words that really feel like they summarize the whole of. . . uh. everything]
Holy shit.
[yup]
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Can we go now- ?
[Out of here. Off this world. Back home.
All of them.]
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Please. I'm ready to get the hell out of dodge.
[THAT MISSION WAS SO, SO MUCH]
. . . thanks, by the way. You saved me.
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... She hasn't really noticed his cut yet either, besides a slight damp feeling on her chest. The lower one.]
No, I didn't.... you probably would have been fine.
[If he hadn't been distracted asking after her, or by her surprise over his magic...]
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[at Konoha's comment, he shakes his head]
We don't know that. [and they never will know it, since she got to him before anything dangerously bad could have happened to him] And even if I would've been, it was better for you to get me out of there as quickly as possible.
So. . . seriously. Thanks.
[seems like he isn't willing to let her brush it off as no big deal]
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... You're welcome.
[If he really wanted to thank her... He'd let her keep holding on a little while longer while the rest made it to the cart and they headed back to the tunnels.
Thanks, Akira. You're a pal.]
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Take it easy and rest for a bit. The hard part's over.
[for them, anyway]