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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...I'm managing alright, yeah. I still don't quite know what to make of it. I haven't given it too much deeper thought. [Shiro gestures to the world around them.]
The Storm and getting this city back up takes precedence.
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[It's a possibility - Shiro has just given him some Grade-A Avoiding The Problem excuses. Wash has pulled them himself, to the point where he can't remember the number of times he's hidden behind the idea that There Are Bigger Problems So Mine Don't Matter Right Now.]
[But that's the other, just as large problem: Shiro isn't Wash. He can make his guesses, but he doesn't know Shiro well enough to call bullshit or even to know whether there's bullshit to call. It also doesn't help that Shiro's right: they're on mission, so Struxta has to be priority one.]
[Which means all he can do right now is look and wonder if there's more to it than Shiro's saying, especially if Shiro's memory is as much of a minefield as he's implied.]
You're not wrong.
[He shrugs.]
Just...when this is over, make time to deal with it. If you don't, it'll crop up when you don't have time to deal with it, and that's not fun for anybody.
[Who has thumbs and is speaking from horrible, horrible experience? This guy.]
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Finally the words come out and he nods once. He tips his head back to look up at the sky over their heads as his smile fades away entirely. He lets slip just a little of how exhausted he feels inside. His grey eyes lack some of their usual life and his voice comes out lower.]
Trust me, after all this is over I’m going to take time to process all of it. And catch up on a lot of sleep. [The expression vanishes as he folds up the packet’s covering. Keeping his hands busy helps a lot.]
Not all of it is bad. There’s just as much good to consider. I just don’t have time to put it all in order when we have this. ...These people will be without the connectivity of the Mass subconscious...right? They have to learn how to be people and that will take all of us to help them get started.
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Yeah, that's the dream.
[Actual sleep, devoid of interruptions or nightmares or the vestiges of his own paranoia? What a fucking luxury.]
[But they're not talking about him right now.]
I'm hoping the BGs will be better at teaching them to be people than we are - I don't know if we're going to stick around long enough to set an entire society back up.
[He has no idea, but he also doesn't want to spend literal years eating protein slurry. He can hope, right?]
Either way, I hope the Mass Subconscious is a thing of the past.
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And if this mission is like the last one, we'll have time to get them started then we'll be on our way again.
If Astoria is consistent. [She might be. She might not be. Hard to say yet.]
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[His tone makes it very clear that he does not believe they were lucky. How does Astoria know where to send them, or when? How powerful is she, that she can still ascertain that while running on limited power?]
[Questions - and potential paranoia - for another time.]
Okay, but is she consistent?
[He has no idea, and his sole conversation with her has not inspired confidence.]
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[He tucks the trash away and gestures with his right hand away from Wash.]
Not enough to give us a proper briefing, but enough to discern there is a problem. That's what she implied before we were sent to El Minha.
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So she finds out there's a problem, throws us in headfirst, lets us fly blind, and just hopes it's something we can solve? Do I have that right?
[WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS, ASTORIA. WHY.]
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Yes. We go in blind and then things get 'busy' based on some trigger that was waiting for the right pressure.
This is the first time it was a natural disaster.
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[Pros: they're on the same page. Cons: the page sucks.]
What happened last time?
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The Royal Guard and a faction called the Syndicate had been boiling for an excuse. The guard or the Syndicate started a fight. The guard attacked, a child was killed, and they turned the streets into a civil war.
The king wasn't responsible. The head of his guard served his tyrannical father and staged a coup before he could use his magic to find out who did it. [He states the facts but his face is turned away a moment longer. When he looks back at Wash the anger is gone. He just looks remorseful.]
We never found out who did it. But we stopped the killing. We have contact with them in case we need to assist them further. I suspect at some point we might have to.
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[He'd asked a few Fed soldiers how the civil war on Chorus had initially started; after several heavily biased and conflicting stories, he'd let it lie. Still, none of them had involved a child as the breaking point.]
[He has a feeling Chorus would have wiped itself out without Charon's help if that had been the case.]
[God damn.]
[He sighs.]
Well, it won't be the first time I've helped finish someone else's war.
How'd the Circle handle it?
[Some people here strike him as prepared for war. The rest really, really don't, and nobody's first taste is ever pretty.]
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[He can remember the questions and uncertainty. He is used to fighting and trying to talk people down. But it was definitely the first time he ever used to Black Lion to inspire fear so no shots were fired at all. No blood shed.
In hindsight it really explains why they shot him out of the sky as soon as they could at the Palace.]
Some of the Circle responded as well as can ever be expected of anyone getting their first taste of war. Some didn’t. But most of us did what we could. When we learned the king was inprisoned we fielded two teams. One distraction team and one infiltration. We got him out and to the neutral location. ...Kathashun is a powerful mage. The moment he was missing the guard lost their fighting spirit and started searching for him. The syndicate did the same.