(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

[imperfect]

[It says something about the near tangible immediacy of the crash even from some distance away that Ed forgoes an opportunity to preen. Of course he's right, kid. That went without saying.]

Don't you just "ah" me! What're you going to do about it now, leave it out here for every other idiot to trip over?

[velveteened]

Of course not!

( though the what he can do about it is a really good question. he could try to find lenalee - in a crowd like this, even - and give the cat to her, but more than likely she'd be a lot more useful in this kind of situation than he would. )

[imperfect]

[Ed sighs.] Then what? And what were you planning to do without the cat, anyway?

[If he sounds like he's managed to wind himself down a little, it's either because this situation rings vaguely familiar or because he's hoping the kid doesn't turn that last question back on him.]

[velveteened]

( opens his mouth. closes it. the ostensible hypocrisy of the question isn't lost on him, but he doesn't bring it up just yet. )

I have to do something. I can't just stand back while - ( an expansive gesture at the ruins of their housing building. )

[imperfect]

"Something". Well, that's reassuring.

[He eyes the kid for a moment before holding both of his hands out.] Just pass it here.

[velveteened]

( wait what. he can't help sounding a little incredulous. )

What?

[imperfect]

[He narrows his eyes. Does he look like he's got all day?] What what? If you're so dead set on rushing in there like a moron, at least do the cat a favour and give it here before it gets hurt.