(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

[nobleminded]

Bug-out? [That's a new expression to him, but there's no time to dwell on that now.]

You think I was gonna drag some stranger in there with me?! I know that place that be totally evacuated yet!

[moralperil]

It seems like something I might do. [Mahdi pulls his purple sparkly flashlight from the clip on his waistband.] If you needed help...

[nobleminded]

[...Sparkly thing, okay.]

I just told you I don't intend to take someone I don't know in there! I'm aware of how dangerous it is, but that doesn't mean that no one at all should go back in!

[moralperil]

This makes a shield! We could use it. [Mahdi turns it on, and a bright energy shield surrounds them.] I protect our healer on the battlefield so he can use his own energy for the spells. I'm cool with this thing.

I mean, I could do that thing I did on my own and check without any risk but you seem like the type who needs to see with his eyes, hm...

[Yeah, it's as easy as that for him to completely ignore the whole 'not going in with someone I don't know' thing.]

[nobleminded]

[The shield catches Elliot's attention, so his annoyance fades just a little. Strange powers were possible in his world, but someone usually needed a Chain to accomplish feats like that. Elliot was pretty sure this guy wasn't a contractor.]

I've never seen a light with an additional ability like that. Are you sure it really works?

Of course I have to go! You wouldn't know where to look anyway!

[moralperil]

I'd look anywhere I thought there were survivors! [Mahdi scowls, and turns the flashlight on: it projects a white, mostly-transparent flat panel of light ahead of them, arching over their heads slightly. A shield. He starts toward the building.]

See, it works!

[nobleminded]

I'm trying to find a...specific survivor. I wouldn't ignore anyone else if I came across someone, but she comes first.

I can see it creates a light, but... [You know what, he's not going to question its shielding abilities right now.] We're wasting time! I'm going in!

[And Elliot starts walking forward.]