( july event log )

[hownkai]

Who: Everyone
When: July 2nd and on
Where: The Moira + Caducan ship
What: The crew prepare to fight the Caducans.
Warnings: Death, Body Horror. Please label your content!

E V E N T

the glass menagerie "I want the world to be fragile. There is no place to hide a dark heart." After the missive from the people aboard the vessel carrying those from Caducus Secondary, the Moira is alive with preparations for defending the ship. No matter how big or small, each individual is entrusted with the responsibility of protecting themselves and their fellow crew members at all costs. With the Captains having divided them into teams to devise appropriate Plans of Action, they have decided to merge all the ideas into a singular strategy and have relayed it to the entirety of the crew via the MID. Everyone has been given a vital part to play, and although the Captains realize that some aboard are passive, now isn’t the time to be idle. Now is the time for action. ☄ Step 1: Negotiate & Infiltrate With this part of the plan enacted, a small number of those who have volunteered to attempt negotiations have been heard by the Caducans and have been temporarily “invited” to board their vessel. However, due to this highly stressful situation, a portion of the offensive team have been asked to accompany them in order to disable as much of the opposing ship and its crew to force them to evacuate onto the Moira. Regardless of time and what reparations are offered, negotiations ultimately fail. The Caducans want the debt of their planet to be paid by the people of the Moira with their very lives. While boarded with the Caducans, they will attempt to incapacitate the negotiation party through violent means, and it will be the responsibility of this particular team to attempt disengage the Caducans’ ship to prevent it from attacking the Moira. However, despite all efforts to sabotage their systems, the ship itself shuts its primary units into Lockdown Mode. All Moirans are forced to make a decision: stay and be shut inside an unfamiliar ship with the remaining Caducans who are still out for blood or make an attempt to flee to the emergency escape units on that ship with the other Caducans who have used them to head straight for the Moira. ☄ Step 2: Offense & Defense Meanwhile, back on the Moira, the crew must work to secure the ship against the incoming assault by the Caducans after having left their ship via emergency escape units. This means that some of the defense team will have disabled the gunnery to make it look as if the Moira is defenseless and secure the rest of the area with those on the offense team. There is no place for mercy; the Caducans will board the ship through the Cargo Bay. They are not interested in granting it to the crew after all the losses they suffered at Caducus Primary. The only choice will be to fight for their lives (kill or be killed) or find a way to lure the Caducans into the Ingress room to send them to some unknown place where they will no longer be a threat. The Captains have given all members of the crew leave to use whatever means necessary to protect both themselves and the ship’s systems from the invaders. Failure is not an option. ☄ Step 3: ???? & Step 4: Profit In the aftermath of the fight, the Moira is in a state of devastation. Bodies of the Caducans as well as some of the Moira’s own crew can be found in the hallways. Those who were stuck aboard the Caducan ship have either been rescued or rescue attempts are underway. This is the time to recover, to calculate what has been lost and come together as the crew the Captains have wanted since the Ingress had brought them aboard. Any and all Medbay personnel will be at the crew’s disposal, though the Captains will be focusing their attention on the Ingress room and what has become of it after having thrown so many people inside it. The Ingress technology is broken. Various events on planets and on the ship have shown that fixing it is near impossible, and that it is entirely unpredictable in nature. The Moira’s Ingress had recently turned off, sending the ship into a slight freefall before it restored and righted itself. Hours after sending the remaining Caducan crew members through the Ingress, the swirling blue light goes still and emits a pulse that ripples out in waves as far out around the ship as a few miles. For one lingering breath, it’s impossible to move, a near blinding light surrounding every crew member. The rush of wind is the only sound that can be heard. Moments later, every Moiran, even those that were on the Caducan ship, are now in the same place. The Ingress has malfunctioned, causing time and space to overlap—the two ships have twisted together into something unseemly and new. ☄ Shattered & Swept Aside Parts of the Moira have ceased to exist. Areas of the ship have become crystalline and transparent. There are rooms that were never there before. The Mess Hall is gone, replaced by a single empty room devoid of all furniture. The tree at the center of the garden is still there exactly as it was except it is now made of glass. The floors are a jarred mess of glass and steel, and there is broken glass littering the ship. The air filtration systems are going into overdrive to clear out the miniscule particles floating everywhere. So, sometimes, too deep a breath may end with inhaling shards of glass. The clothing you’re wearing might have turned to glass, doors are sealed shut, and it’s hard to discern where the Moira starts and the Caducan ship ends. Everyone has only one job: be careful of the glass. ☄ We Break Fast, We Are Glass The crystalline glass that is woven into the ship is now possibly a part of the crew. The transition from skin to glass might be painful or feel as if it’s always been that way. Hair has turned to glass, and arms, eyes, patches of skin or entire bodies are now transparent and reflect light. Joints may be stiff, or flex and move as good as they did before. If a crystalline hand is smashed against a wall it might break, or dent steel. For those who need medical attention, all staff have been summoned to the Medbay once more to help their fellow crew. Prosthetics and coverings will be made and offered to ensure that the glass doesn’t get broken or to prevent further breakage. Crew may assist each other in finding a way to remove the glass, or leave it as it is until a permanent solution can be found. ( ooc; When it comes to barracks, each player can decide if their room has ceased to exist for the event or not. Characters that have roommates need to decide together what they’d prefer. The amount of glass that a character has turned to is up to the player, as well as if it is painful or uncomfortable in any way. For questions, please go here. Please comment to activity check to receive new ranks (if applicable)! ) ( Other helpful links: Original Negotiation Plan | Defense Plan | Offense Plan )

Comments

Starscream (IDW) | ota

[iseedeadbees]

a. big fat i told you so

[Starscream had seen this mess coming from a mile away. Four million years worth of watching the same exact scenario play out over and over and over will totally do that. This is probably one of those rare occasions where he isn't actually too thrilled about being right about something, because really, this is about to turn into a giant pain in everyone's asses. Not that he's actually too concerned with anyone else, really. It's not his problem whether they get shot up or not. Besides, it's not his fault nobody had listened to him. Why should he care what happens to them?

On the other hand, though, he kind of lives here, and having the ship you're currently inhabiting swept out from under you is a pretty big inconvenience. As much as he'd rather just transform and fly off for a couple hours until this mess sorts itself out, he decides it would probably look better in the long run if he stays and helps. Strength in numbers and all that, right? He could probably find a way to twist all of this to his advantage down the line anyway.

So, as much as he really doesn't feel like getting shot at or blown up, he decides to stick around. It's annoying, but he's at least feeling pretty damn confident that these little aliens aren't exactly much of a challenge. He mostly hangs around the Cargo Bay and surrounding areas, picking off as many little Caducans as he can get his hands on and not even remotely feeling bad about it. Except that it's kind of gross ugh organics. Use him as a shield or idk push him into enemy fire for shits and giggles if you're huge. Sky's the limit.]

c. i guess this counts as a victory. a shitty, glassy victory.

[Starscream had maaaybe panicked just a little bit when his wings and parts of his plating had magically turned to glass out of fucking nowhere, but as long as nothing he needed to live was affected, he wasn't going to kick up too much of a fuss about it yet. Well actually he probably was if anyone had the misfortune of being nearby, but, for now he was just going to busy himself with clean up. It was less out of a desire to help and more as a means of distracting himself from how stupid and preventable all of this had been, but it still totally counts as being a team player. Or something. Not really. ]

d. Wildcard: [YOLO my Eggo]

a, kinda

[knaval]

[while starscream is rounding a corner, riptide is nearby.

pure coincidence. he's just been running around the ship randomly, trying to follow the noise. trying to drop in and help who he can. there's so many caducans and their numbers don't seem to be thinning, which is annoying.

that being said, he sees a flash of red. riptide wants to keep his promise from earlier, but doesn't want to just do it randomly. this chaos is perfect! so, like an asshole, riptide picks up speed and drop kicks starscream right in the damn stomach.]

Oh my gooood! I didn't... see you there. Sorry!

Re: a, kinda

[iseedeadbees]

[One minute Starscream's minding his own business and smushing bad guys, and the next minute he's on his hands and knees clutching a busted cockpit and half panicking because FUCK HE'S DOWN SHIT. And then he hears Riptide being a shit and now he's just annoyed.]

I hate you.

[he pushes himself to his feet and hugs the wall for a minute holy shit Boat did yoou have to kick him so goddamn hard]

[knaval]

[GET REKT SHITSCRAM]

What? I panicked! There's a lot going on right now.

[iseedeadbees]

You are so full of--

[And then Starscream's cut off by taking a rocket to the side of the head MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE SEEN IT COMING IF RIPTIDE WASN'T DISTRACTING HIM thanks Rips hope you're having fun]

[knaval]

Oh!

[riptide looks towards the source of the rocket. ah.]

Hey, that's rude!

[iseedeadbees]

[lmao ASSHOLE

Now Starscream has to get back off the dame floor UGHHHH. He heaves up a crate or something and pitches it at the LITTLE ASSHOLE that had rocketed him in the face. He is very dead now. THEN, Starscream turns back to Riptide and Oh hey that little clicky noise was totally one of his shoulder missiles priming to launch into Riptide's FACE maybe he shouldn't launch that it might blow up all the energon reserves or something.]

[knaval]

Star--STARSCREAM THE ENERGON IS IN HERE!! ALSO DON'T BLOW ME UP!!

[TAKE A JOKE GOD]

[iseedeadbees]

[Oh well shit Riptide has an excellent point. Starscream disables his missile but then he just gasps like the most horrible thing EVER has just dawned on him.]

They're in here shooting rockets!

[knaval]

They're shooting-- THEY'RE SHOOTING ROCKETS!

[riptide backs away, looking around rapidly.]

What do we-- we need to get them out of here!

a.

[squadgoals]

[Starscream is great cover. Specifically, for taking out all the Caducans shooting at Starscream. At his offer, she'd ducked behind a leg, and after every hail of shots and attacks, zipped out, slamming into a group of the opposing force with a crack of displaced air, followed by what appeared to be a small, blue explosion. Once the enemies were sufficiently airborne, she'd fire — six rapid shots — and return to cover.

After three rounds of this, She comments upwards.]

Looks like they're thinning out a bit.

[Her tone is an astoundingly even mix of grim and cheer.]

ohshit

[iseedeadbees]

[Under normal circumstances, Starscream wouldn't give half a flip if this little organic got shot up or not, but so far she'd done a really good job of killing things. The more things she killed, the less things were shooting at Starscream. It was a win-win, really, even if Starscream isn't too thrilled by the idea of being saved by some human. Maybe he shouldn't have gotten his dumb ass cornered then huh.]

I don't know what that trick you're doing is, but keep it up.

[He scoops up a crate and whiffs it at some junk a few Caducans were using for cover. Splat]

[squadgoals]

[Caducans, as it turned out, had nothing on Reaper units when it came to hardiness. The issue wasn't so much the difficulty of the fight, as the moral quandary of more than a week of planning culminating in no mercy.

It only takes one more round of beatings before the remaining Caducans decide to cut their losses and disperse, the last ones barely dodging a bevy of Shepard's shockwaves.]

Damn. [Her gunarm slackens, and she runs one hand across her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose, before looking up at Starscream.] Looked like you were in a tight place, there. I'm never sure how much fire Cybertronians can take.

[iseedeadbees]

[Starscream's good at "no mercy" so psh this ain't even a big deal.

Now that they've got a moment to regroup, Starscream takes a knee and starts checking himself over for damage. He isn't way too bad off apart from a couple leaks here and there but boy howdy is he annoyed by the shape his paint job is in.]

I've had worse, but the save is appreciated all the same. Their weapons aren't the most impressive, but that hardly matters if you're cornered and outnumbered.

[squadgoals]

[She nods in agreement as Starscream speaks, surveying the nicks and scratches as ruefully as he is. There's not exactly a Cybertronian detailer on board, is there?]

Exactly. Enough of anything can kill someone.

[And on the plus side, here — not dead.] I'm going to head into the ship, make sure the saferooms are kept safe. You going to stay down here?

[iseedeadbees]

I'll hold this position as long as I can. The more of them we can cut off here, the less the rest of the ship has to deal with.

[He doesn't really look too thrilled about the idea of sticking around and being shot at even more, but hey.]

[squadgoals]

[The look on his face makes her think twice — Cybertronians may be big, but the last trial before the lockdown was about one being killed. It was still very much a possibility — and she'd pledged to protect her — or rather, the Moira's — crew. Shepard hangs back, and gestures, flipping her omni-tool into life.]

Hold on — I have an idea. There any way you can open your weapons network to me?

[iseedeadbees]

[She may be trying to help but boy buddy does Starscream ever look suspicious.]

Probably, but what good would that do? The only integrated weapons I have right now are these. [He motions at one of his shoulder mounted rocket launchers, they are fancy] I don't know how much damage this ship can take, and to be honest I'm not too comfortable using them on a ship full of organic allies.

[but only because he doesn't want to deal with people being annoyed at him]

MID-HIATUS TAG, FEEL FREE TO DROP!

[squadgoals]

Hmm. I was thinking that I should be able to... [There's a thoughtful pause, then a gaze at Starscream's weaponry.]

You don't have anything smaller?

C

[harderfasterwrecker]

[Whirl is a little wobbly on his feet. Mostly because he is trying very hard not to admit the stress fractures that are making up most of his legs from the knees down hurts like the pit, but he's suffered worse. He has. He really has.

That doesn't stop things from being irritating.

But Whirl is very much distracted from his own problems when he notices the problem that Starscream lord of all nerds who decided to stay back on Cybertron. Glass wings, huh?

Whirl is surprisingly quiet for a large bot and so it probably is about the point where Whirl has snuck up behind Starscream that he will notice. And then, there's Whirl, helm tilted and giant optic cycled small, and leaning over to poke Starscream in the wing with a claw, seemingly entertained by the utter ridiculousness of someone getting their wings glassed. He might have some problems but at least he could probably still fly. Could somebody fly with glass wings?

Who knew.]

Huh.

i still don't know how i skipped B 8(

[iseedeadbees]

[Starscream drops whatever he'd been moving and spins around, swatting at Whirl's stupid claw and looking SO OFFENDED. How very dare this fucknut.]

What do you think you're doing!?

Too cool for Bs?

[harderfasterwrecker]

[Whirl's head tips and his optic arcs in what is probably Whirl's version of a really vicious sort of grin.]

Hey. If you try to fly, think your wings are gonna shatter?

[ Whirl is #helpful. Also very curious. ]

FUCK B'S

[iseedeadbees]

[Starscream just frowns and inches away a bit. NO he doesn't want to deal with this shit right now.]

I don't know, and I'm really not in the mood to find out.

FUCK Bs

[harderfasterwrecker]

[What. Don't you want to find out? Doesn't that sound like fun? It could be fun. for Whirl]

You're probably going to have to.

Because ya know. Who knows when we're getting unglassed.

[Because unglassed is totally a word.]

FUCK Bee

[iseedeadbees]

I'm going to let a medic look at it before I try flying. It's called playing it smart, maybe you should try it.

[it's a good word though we should keep that word.]