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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

[camouflage]

Don't. [the words are spoken crisply, with a sharp edge of anger in the tone. while kaz had give him a few headaches over the course of their complicated relationship, he had never been outright angry at the man. the moment, though, the blond tries to compare his situation with the boss to snake's situation with him, it's suddenly the worst thing he's ever said to john.

how could kaz even think the two were remotely the same? maybe he had never heard how david talked about john, the conviction in his voice when he said big boss needed to be stopped. there was no remorse there, in that room, with david tied to a chair and staring down john. god, his clone had even said john had wanted it by the end.

at that point, john's anger is once again twisted in on himself, as it had been for the last two decades. don't compare it. don't compare it.

has he just been a pathetic facsimile of the boss this entire time? was he so entranced with her ghost that he was inevitably walking in her footsteps? he couldn't end up this way. he couldn't become the boss begging for death.

there's a sudden flurry of moment from him, grabbing his coat and standing up. he pulls the thing on he's heading for the door. he needs to breathe.]

I've gotta... [and then john is gone.]

[warandpeace]

[Kaz hears the snap in his voice and he doesn't say more. Though the words are important to know, because it's true- he doesn't want Big Boss to die. Either of them. And more than that, he doesn't want them to want to die. He can see the anger, and there's a bit of regret.]

[He tells himself again that it's something he needs to know.]

[Then that anger seems to turn on himself. He'd been so proud to abandon her weight and take on his new role, but he doesn't seem all that proud of it right then. Or maybe that's Kaz reading too much into it. And like that, John departs. As easily as a skull, a puff of smoke and he's out the door.]

[But Kas sits for a moment and taps his fingers on the table. Looks around. Then says at thin air, tired and with a sort of disappointed acceptance-] Forgot your medkit. [-and he pulls the items he'd left for him back towards him.]

[Hopefully, he'll talk to David. All the better to help him live for more reasons than one.]