(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

[velveteened]

( he opens his mouth to ask and they're - ? but from caesar's tone and the fact that they're not near....uncertain, then )

It's a good thing you did. Everyone else must've got out safely thanks to that.

[commentboxtroll]

A good thing, maybe, but still not good enough if those two end up dead.

[velveteened]

( he's not going to lie or give caesar platitudes, and in any case that wouldn't work on someone like him. )

If you want to look for them, I can help.

[commentboxtroll]

They'll have to come down out of the building, so it isn't so much looking as waiting and watching...

[velveteened]

Well! I'm not in any hurry.

( let him keep you company, god!!! )

[commentboxtroll]

[ Hey, it's not like he was telling him to bug off! Gosh! ]

Fine. Let's go find a spot to stand near the front of the crowd.

[ And without further ado, he turns to set off and do just that, weaving his way past the rest of the people standing around to gawk. ]

[velveteened]

( geez!!

he's opened his mouth to reply when caesar goes ahead and walks away, so oz hurries to follow instead. and it's now that he starts to wonder if caesar wouldn't benefit from a visit with one of the doctors or healers around here... )

I forgot to ask if you were hurt or not.

[commentboxtroll]

A little roughed up, that's all. I'll live.

[ Scrapes and bruises is the worst of his injuries. ]

[velveteened]

Are you sure? People from the clinic and hospital will probably be coming here if they haven't already.

( he wouldn't push it, normally, but exploding crashing spaceship )

[commentboxtroll]

Sure enough. The worst I got was knocked around a bit, then landing on my butt when Onyx dumped us out and onto the ground instead.

[velveteened]

( he laughs, a little )

In a situation like this, I guess you can't really complain about a rough landing.

( considering the alternative )

[commentboxtroll]

I really can't, yeah.

[ Though he's not laughing. Maybe he'll laugh once he sees the other two out and safely on the ground, but not now. ]