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[savmods]

Who: Everyone
When: July 1 and onward. See this post for info.
Where: Kauto + Chioni + Ingress Complex
Warnings: Potential violence. Please label warn-worthy content in your subject headers.

There's a burst of light in the sky when the Ingress breaks, a final flare followed by a shuddering that only those in the facility can feel. A flurry of panicked activity in the complex follows, ushering new arrivals to where they need to go in a hurry, with little time to give them the needed information, much less answer questions. The lights remain on, but dimmer now, life functions still operating but little else. On Kauto and Chioni below, the sky fades into an early twilight, followed by night, and day does not come again.

nerds save the world

Before the end of the day, all TABs receive an emergency broadcast notification outlining the situation. The speaker, a lead Savriite Ingress technician, does not invite panic but nor does he mince words. The Ingress is broken; their best efforts have failed to restore it. The time has come to turn to anyone who can help: scientists, engineers, those who have worked with advanced technology on any world. Formal qualifications don't matter when it could be the end of everything.

"Help us. Before it is too late."

Those who come will have the run of the complex and full access to the Ingress, as well as whatever tools are available and as much coffee as they can drink. People are encouraged to work in groups and share ideas, and a small number of young and nervous technical assistants will be on hand.

the land below

As Thisavrou is denied light and warmth, the weather becomes brisk and descends into bitter cold. Chioni is evacuated due to the effects on the already-harsh weather cycles there, although a skeleton crew of scientists remain behind. On Kauto, the arboreal Region Three and pastoral Region Two suffer the most from the temperatures and the snow that eventually begins to fall. Many crops are frozen over, and refugee citizens are driven from their homes to the Regions One and Five, where stored energy will keep dwellings warm. Save for those who choose to leave the underwater facilities, Region Four remains largely unchanged, but there are unverified accounts of strange aquatic animal behavior near the surface.

Overcrowding, limited supplies and a pervasive fear presents the opportunity for both heroism and foul deeds. Many come together to share resources, supplies and fellowship in what could be the end of worlds, while others take what they can from the unwilling or exploit the desperate. Sentient evacuees are followed by fauna from Region Three and unsettled lands beyond, in search of warmth or food or merely confused by the change in habitat. Some are unthreatening herbivores, while tanglesnakes and clownbees are more troublesome. Others are poisonous hunters, while still others are small, but dangerous when faced as a pack.

Just when all seems lost, light returns to the sky. The Ingress begins to function once more.

the coming days

As the temperatures rise, many demand answers, but most turn to the rebuilding of their lives first. Damage has been done that isn't so easily fixed, and even in the least-affected areas, remnants of the crisis show in the lack of fresh food, in the increased signs of criminal activity. Those who can help others through their own efforts of by organizing assistance are needed, but those with impure intentions are more likely to go unnoticed.

Eavesdropping on the streets may reveal a desire for vengeance. "Those intruders from last week. They're responsible for this, aren't they? What's being done?" But don't listen too closely, or a suspicious eye may be turned on you. "Aren't you one of the refugees from the Midway Hub? You should return to where you came from! All the trouble began when your people showed up!"

Life goes on. But life does not go on unchanged.

[quick ooc note: the Region 4 search & retrieval mission/RNG fight will be posted in a separate log.]

Comments

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[yorisearching]

[Pausing in her effort to mail everyone the data they've asked for via TAB, Yori smiles at the unfamiliar face.]

No one's made a newsworthy breakthrough, but the work's going well.

[Better than Yori expected...though she's been around the Moira crew long enough that she honestly expected at least one person to come and start a fight.

She's not inclined to admit that where the Savrii can hear her. They still don't trust their imports, especially those who are trying to be safe and have stained green hair to hide after the decontamination effort. This peaceful cooperation is good and she's doing her best to keep it that way.]

Are you here to help? Can I find you anything?

[efficacy]

[ Pepper nods slightly in understanding and gives a tiny smile in return, perhaps a bit wan. She tells herself no breakthroughs yet means nothing; if it were an easy fix, surely the Savrii technicians would have already handled it. At least everything seems to be running smoothly so far, as Yori pointed out. Pepper's just concerned the longer this malfunction drags on, the more tension it will cause outside the complex. ]

Well, it's early, still.

[ They'd just have to have patience. ]

Oh, no-- thank you, though. I know someone who came to help with the Ingress, I'm just... checking up on him. And snooping on the progress, I guess. [ Her lips quirk wryly at that. ] I'll head back out to help with the supplies after I've had the chance to warm up a bit.

[yorisearching]

[If it were easy to make the Ingress do anything, the Savrii wouldn't have so many unplanned imports to start with. But they will all find some way to get through this, Yori is reasonably certain.]

Feel free to snoop, and find your friend if you want. I wish there were more to report, but at least you can tell people we're working hard.

[Yori gestures at the general fuss, divided into subgroups and alive with the hum of active theorizing. Or arguing. Those are hard to tell apart sometimes. She hesitates before adding a question of her own.]

How is it out there? I haven't had a chance to look, since this needs to be my priority.

[Nothing she can do will help the situation outside more than staying focused on the Ingress problem. Yori just hopes other people are handling it well enough to minimize the damage.]

[efficacy]

Yes, I can see that.

[ Pepper nods a little absently as she casts eyes over the crowd, watching everyone work for a moment. She never doubted anyone's motivation -- god knows nerds were usually the hardest workers on any normal day, much less under pressure like this. The question Yori asks in return isn't exactly unexpected, but Pepper hesitates a little all the same before answering honestly. ]

It's... not all great. People are pulling together for the most part, many are out there helping however they can-- sharing supplies and the like. But fear and uncertainty over what's happening is getting the best of some. There is fighting too, and looting.

[ She pushes some copper hair behind her ear and glances around furtively, as if to see who's within hearing range, lowering her tone as she goes on. ]

Some Savrii are pointing the finger at the refugees, looking for someone to blame for all this. [ At us, she wants to say. ]

[yorisearching]

[Not great, but not worse than expected, it sounds like. Nothing catastrophic so far; that means they have time to fix this.]

[Like most of the refugees, Yori's familiar with the urge to blame everything on someone else. Her co-workers trust her, but the green hair is too awkward to show in public. And that was before what serves as the Savrii sun went out. She matches the quiet tone, equally unwilling to draw trouble.]

I can't blame them for being upset in this case. But I hope once we figure out what to do, even the stubborn will stop feeling so helpless and be more inclined to work with us.

[The trouble can't be fixed by fighting among themselves. Yori would very much like to prove her fellow Ingress specialists right in believing that more help will solve this sooner than suspicion and blame.]