(open) crash into me

[whatsupcroc]

Date & Time: Mid-afternoon Sunday, May 5th
Location: The Hold and Housing Complex
Characters: All who wish to be in the vicinity!
Summary: The Initiative asked for the Housing Complex to be evacuated starting early morning on 5/5, in preparation for the expected landing of the spaceship stolen from the United Earth. The landing goes horribly wrong when an undiscovered bomb detonates onboard the ship, causing partial engine failure. The ship proceeds to be crash landed into the Housing Complex; no lives, however, are lost.

Warnings: Spaceship crash landings it's all horrible!
Notes: Respond in action tags or prose, as you please!

The ship breaks cloud-cover as a spot of light in the dreary skies, leaving behind the beauty of sunlight above the broken cloud layer as it continues to descend. With the Initiative having instigated an evacuation of the area ahead of time, just in case, those watching in the light drizzle may find it an interesting sight to behold.

Doubtlessly, the United Earth, from its great distance, may have also found it interesting.

The first sign of something going wrong is an explosion visible from the ground. People who hear it might startle; the ship itself goes from a smooth, controlled flight path to one wobbly and filled with dark, flaming smoke. The whine of its remaining engine is slower to reach the ground, though the ship itself seems to pick up a spiraling speed, still controlled to those familiar with watching things that fly come crashing down to the ground.

The Initiative members on the ground are calling for people to get back and take cover. Inside the main Hold, one man at the transport pads hears his radio blast to life and swallows past his own fear, glancing at the active pad waiting to pull in another unlucky soul.

When the ship hits the Housing Complex, it demolishes the upper levels, though the force with which it hits doesn't seem to be the same as what it should be. Combined telekinetic buffering and excellent piloting from a former Guardian of the Universe Galaxy keeps damage to a catastrophic minimum.

Welcome to the fallout. What will you do from here?

Comments

[silenceandcards]

[Little tykes shouldn't play firefighter, at least not alone. Or so Keith thinks when he sees something blond and small come running and recognizes it for who it is. He doesn't think much before he lunges forward and reaches an arm out to either grab him by the scruff of his shirt or around the middle, whatever will stop him.]

Where d'you think you're going?

i laughed so hard

[velveteened]

( his shounen cred is getting ruined!!

he doesn't even notice keith in his haste and panic, and so it's an abrupt stop he comes to when he's suddenly yanked backwards by the force of his own momentum. it's a comically surprised sound that he can't help making, flailing for a moment before he hears keith's voice and looks backwards and up in recognition. frustration takes over in an instant, however. )

I know you saw it too!

( irritated, visibly so for once, because of course the crash was difficult to miss. )

i am happy to hear this

[silenceandcards]

You think?

[It's right in front of us, Oz. It's not like it's not glaring at us in the face. But he only sets Oz upright before he starts walking forward, taking him along.]

Calm your head before you run in.

[velveteened]

How am I supposed to calm - ?

( there's a part of him that knows keith is right, if for the wrong reasons. it's all too strange to him, being open and vulnerable and raw, so that needs to be - fixed.

but -

eleven people in that craft, including ellie and caesar and collette, it's nightmarish. )

[silenceandcards]

If you're reckless you'll get yourself killed.

[Keith doesn't blame Oz for being panicked, especially if he knew people who were inside that spaceshi, and he doesn't plan to stop him. But it would simply be stupid if he went in there blindly and got himself squashed like a bug.]

Where're you headed?

[velveteened]

( his own safety is far too difficult for him to focus on right now. even if he should, and some part of him knows it, he can't bring himself to care. but he pauses and swallows at the question, looking towards the wreckage.

there, of course. he hasn't thought further ahead than that. )

[silenceandcards]

[SIGH this is why he grabbed you. What were you even going to do, barrel roll into the craft?

Keith pats him once on the head.] The craft?

[velveteened]

( maybe he was!!!!

the pat on the head makes him breathe out at least, all too reminiscent of gil. )

Yes.

[silenceandcards]

[Not a good idea, kid.

Satisfied that Oz seems to be breathing a little bit more calmly now, Keith gives him another pat and then starts walking.]

It's worth a look. I'll go too.

[velveteened]

Are you - ?

( he had a direction for that but cuts himself off with a literal shake of the head, following him to the scene. )

[silenceandcards]

[He looks over his shoulder at Oz' unfinished question. For a moment he seems like he's going to ask what Oz was going to say, but he saw the boy's urgency earlier so he just steps forward instead, into the building, and lead the way to the upper floors.]