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epidemiology2016-10-07 07:08 pm
futurologists) wrote in epidemiology2016-10-07 07:08 pm
Entry tags:
- ! event log,
- ana ramir (original),
- anakin skywalker (star wars),
- fiona (borderlands),
- félix de sauveterre (original),
- graham humbert (once upon a time),
- haise sasaki (tokyo ghoul: re),
- jasper (steven universe),
- jin kung (mortal kombat),
- keith (voltron),
- lance (voltron),
- lancer (fate/),
- lapis fathalla (original),
- lucina (fire emblem: awakening),
- lucy/nyuu (elfen lied),
- meallan lavellan (dragon age),
- momo yaoyorozu (my hero academia),
- monkey d luffy (one piece),
- olivia (fire emblem: awakening),
- peridot (steven universe),
- rhys (borderlands),
- riza hawkeye (fullmetal alchemist),
- rocky (original),
- saitama (one-punch man),
- sieglinde sullivan (black butler),
- suyumkhe (original),
- tsukuyo (gintama)
EVENT ★ THE FRACKING FIELDS
THE EARTHQUAKE  One day, early in the morning before the mechanical rooster at Amos Zephyr's farm even crows, there's a sudden rumble in the distance. Perdition's Rest shakes and the ground roils, knocking things off shelves and startling the mechanical horses in their pen. Look out the window and you'll see Qorral locals blearily stepping out into the street, murmuring anxiously amongst themselves: Earthquake. Ever since the argecite mines started to dry up, the Qorral colonists have been turning to fracking in order to pull all available argecite out of the planet as quickly as possible. The technique has caused more and more earthquakes to shake the planet, though the fracking fields are far enough away from the town that damage is minimal. However, the fields and mines aren't as lucky. The mayor rushes out into the street, his assistant and Sheriff Holladay flanking him, and asks for any willing heroes and adventurers (that means you!) to venture out to the fracking fields and assess the damages. Though the tunnels aren't being actively mined, there were likely miners and other workmen inside, so there will be rescue needed as well. Get your provisions ready and hop on the train: you're going to work. THE FRACKING FIELDS  The fracking fields are a wide open swath of land peppered with looming, iron machines going on for miles. These machines are the Qorral's final attempt at scraping the last remnants of argecite from the planet before abandoning the colony and moving on for good. This destructive practice is causing obvious instability to the planet, but they don't seem to care. This is what their species does: seeks out argecite, mines it, and moves on. The fields are dry and dead, with no plants around -- and now, after the earthquake, there are sinkholes. The iron machines are falling into the sinkholes, slowly being swallowed by the planet, with desperate workers trying to pull them back out. They could use the help -- but be sure not to fall in yourself. Grotesque alien birds circle overhead, searching for the dead or the dying, workers caught in the collapsing earth. Save them before they're swallowed by the earth or swallowed by carrion birds -- and if you're too late, the locals would be happy to have their loved ones returned to them intact.  Inside the factory, the machinery has collapsed in on itself from the earthquake; electricity sparks from damaged wires, dangerously nearby spilled oil drums or pools of standing water. Fire can start at any second. There are factory workers here that need rescuing, but also a variety of inanimate objects, including barrels of argecite, machinery parts, files, computers, etc. Anything that isn't bolted down needs to be moved outside of the factory before it explodes. Of course, no one is really keeping track of what's inside... THE MINES  The Qorral have been digging in the mines since arriving on this planet 30 years ago, but recent efforts have shifted to fracking after the argecite veins slowly became depleted. The mines are still maintained by a skeleton crew of workers, making sure there is no build-up of dangerously flammable gas and patrolling the tunnels to look out for cave-ins -- which, after the earthquake, have happened in spades. The tunnels are winding and deep, turning in on each other and ending in dead ends or sudden, steep drop-offs into the dark. There are workers trapped within, and some at Perdition's Rest have said that their thrill-seeking relatives -- typically teenagers -- have gone missing. It's possible that they have found themselves trapped in the mine, so it may be a good idea to look out for them as well. And even deeper in the mine, there is a writhing, pale danger: sand worms, blind and hungry, wait in the dark. The earthquake has begun to drive them further up the tunnel, their tooth-lined maws open as they slither through toward the surface. Those focusing on the fields above may find a straggling sand worm or two, thrashing wildly in pain from the unfamiliar heat of the sun. This will definitely put a damper in the rescue and recovery efforts, so take them out as quickly as you can -- with as little damage to the fracking equipment, please. OOC NOTES Please direct all questions pertaining to the mission to the dossier page to keep questions and responses in one place for easy player reference. General game questions should be directed to the FAQ. If you haven't already, make sure you check out the Bounty Board for side missions! Remember you can also request bounty missions or submit player plots at any time. |
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Please be careful.
[ since some people were on mission tracking something deep down in the old mines when the earthquake hit... and have a moment down there to read the holo display of text on the jewelry network. #joyousday ]
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CHIHIRO?????]
How deep are you all? I’m already in here. I can handle some angry worms.
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Deep. Heading deeper. There's no way out on this level. Tunnels collapsed behind us when the quake hit.
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true feelings are easy to think when scared and angry
Yeah. Not that they bothered to say anything beforehand! That's how people get hurt that's not how teamwork works and you don't just burst into flames and you don't hover in the air and say everything you didn't know went like you planned because you're lying!
HONEY....
Okay, stay calm Chihiro
[WHAT DOES HE DO!!!!]
There's still air, right? You have to slow down and breathe. If they're acting like [wait, no bad words] knuckleheads, then you're gonna have to make sure you keep YOUR head. Okay?
#adventure
[ frustrated is what she actually means, and is what she's trying to communicate. ]
We're all working to get back out of the tunnels. The earthquake closed a lot of entrances off, and the only ways open go down before they head up. That's what my map shows, and that's what we're following.
[ implying a ten year old is leading this mission??? ]
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[legitimately, nice job: grownups are dumb and jin, a dumb grownup, knows this w e l l. he's pretty irritated on her behalf, too.]
If your map's any good, which it is if you're not lost enough to have lost your connection to me, you're doing fine. Cave-ins have all stopped in there, right?
Also, now you know to pick different people to lead into a collapsing mining tunnel next time. [that's not helpful, jin, even if it is true]
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You're still doing okay? Tell me if anything happens, I'll support at a distance. I can even meet you at the exit of where you are, if it's really impossible to go in after you.
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[ tbh it ends up going silent after that because she's off mostly dying and her thoughts don't lend toward text-thinking but THANK YOU JIN SHE'S HAPPY YOU CARE
ALSO MOSTLY DYING SOON
BUT IT GETS BETTER ]
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[HE FUSSES OVER HER LATER, PROMISE......]