(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

[reassures]

[The concern is easy to recognize without really paying attention to any thoughts he might be having. She's seen it on his face at least a dozen times in the past, maybe more - Gilbert was always a good friend to her that way.

That Gilbert and this man before her weren't the same people though. Nill stares up at his face for a second before letting go of his arm and taking a step back. She nods, and then quickly turns to go, even if they're kind of headed in the same direction - hopefully before he can see her wipe away tears.

This was no time for crying. People were in danger.]

[retraced]

Hey - wait!

[Since they're walking in the same direction anyhow, he follows after her at a brisk pace, but doesn't run to catch up. There was something in her expression that was too vivid to ignore.]

[reassures]

[Nope. No, no, no, no. Nill doesn't start running, can't bring her legs to do that even if she wants to, but she doesn't turn towards him again and just walks as fast as she can. The wiping at her face is slightly more obvious now, because trying not to cry isn't working as nicely as she might like for it to.]

[retraced]

[He has no idea why she isn't stopping other than being afraid of him for some reason. It's possible, he supposes, given what's just happened to this world that she's more than likely been a part of far longer than him. But she's not running, so he walks at her same pace, easily keeping up.]

Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you! Please don't be upset-!

[reassures]

[For a moment, Nill wishes she were taller - she's not particularly short, but next to Gilbert she can't walk away easily without making herself horribly obvious. She's quick to shake her head, because that isn't the case at all, though she never once looks him in the eye.

After a moment or two, she shakes her head again, and decides... why the fuck does it matter if she's obvious. It isn't like it's actually him. Her avoidance won't hurt him in the slightest, probably just confuse him.

So Nill takes off running.]

[retraced]

--Huh?!

[He starts to chase after her, but less than half a block into it he forces himself to still his feet. Oh man, he really is the worst person alive. He's offended some poor girl without meaning to...or even know what he's done to accomplish it. He's the worst.

He stands there in the middle of the street and reaches up to rub at his eyes and bow his head, sighing angrily at himself. Hopefully someday he'll see her again and by then, when things have calmed down, he'll be able to apologize properly. For whatever he's done.]