Other Worlds: V 2.0

[initiates]

Date & Time: May 21st, beginning at 0900.
Location: The Initiative Hold and all throughout Elmer's world
Characters: Anyone participating in the fighting, anyone staying behind.
Summary: Elmer's world is fought for and lost.
Warnings: Violence, death.

They reopen the portal at 0900, May 21st. The first scientist who stepped through was killed within thirty seconds; the rest who followed made it back through to Exsilium, albeit not unscathed. The portal was shut again by a panicked operator, although a second operator knew to keep the coordinates locked.

Within ten minutes, the alert had been sent out. There's no time to wait for the Transports to gather en masse; as soon as they have a sizable enough force to stand a chance at fighting through and clearing their gateway's location, the door is opened again.

Immediately inside the door is a desolate, grim scene. What had previously been the coast of Japan is now scorched earth, blasted sand, and little else. As the first point of contact for this world, it has undoubtedly suffered the worst. Here, the UE didn't stop at governments, financial centers, and capitols — the UE destroyed everything in sight. There are enough UE soldiers remaining in the broken country to give the Transports a difficult battle, although by now the bulk of their forces have moved on.

The Initiative will soon realize the necessity of opening more gateways, just as the UE had done. Transports will be deployed to London, Berlin, Paris, DC Washington, Moscow, Beijing, New York City, Hong Kong, Madrid. Through each of these windows, the destruction is staggering. Buildings are more husks than structures, everything that can burn is alight, and the death toll is off the charts. Blackened bodies seem to line every street, while pieces litter the ground among the rubble. There's no doubt that the UE has no need of the people of this world. They're after resources only, and anything and anyone already here is to be removed.

You can find UE soldiers everywhere. They move in coordinated squadrons of 20, and each of them carries a small arsenal. Even without their incredibly advanced and destructive weaponry, they're fearfully formidable. Each soldier, while still only human, is a genetically perfect clone, further enhanced by technological implants. They're all highly trained in physical combat. Even if you can disarm one of them, don't count on close-range attacks being any easier to handle. They've brought along cannons, small flying craft, and lightweight tanks. Each of these is the top of the line in terms of technology, geared toward destroying as much as it can, as quickly as it can. The United Earth is here to destroy, and they won't stop to wonder why their targets go from being civilians and scrambling, off-guard, comparatively primitive militaries, to trained and powered Transports.

For anyone staying at home, they'll find that any Initiative presence has withdrawn fully to the Hold. All Initiative employees are needed, and most of them in the med bays. The majority of the Initiative focus is on recalling and resurrecting fallen Transports, but attention is still needed for the living-but-wounded. Any Transports who stay in Exsilium and offer their help will have it immediately accepted; they'll be put to work in the medical wings, runnings supplies, or simply set at a machine and told to keep an eye on the numbers: Transport vitals, UE movements, and maps upon maps of changing statistics and colors.

At 1500, the Initiative will recall all Transport soldiers back to Exsilium and seal shut the gateway. The UE numbers are too great, their soldiers too powerful, and Elmer's world is lost.

Comments

[chittybang]

[Asami watches him speechlessly, hands holding the gun without aim. Normally she would be consumed with awe but in this situation, things are different. She's too on edge, too shook up. It seems to her as if the sudden lack of movement in this area is bound to rouse attention, so she straightens her legs and hops over the wall.]

Impressive, but we won't be alone much longer. Let's go.

[redheadcarrier]

[Why is she crying? Asuka doesn't understand it. She's not the one-]

Of course it matters! Why don't you understand, you stupid-?

[She's bared a part of herself to Nanami and she can't take it back now. She glances away with a frown, biting back something sharp.]

Why do you care, anyway?

It's ok! School and work killed me this week anyway lmao

[chittybang]

[Asami keeps a grip on his shirt to steady herself as she's laid down. It's a relief on her leg even though the falling sensation is discerning, like her veins are panicking from the connotations of lying down while losing blood. Her fingers slip from his shirt because she can't focus on holding onto it long enough while other nerves are in this bad of shape.

She wants to say thank you but a groan utters out instead. If she trains her eyes on him, though, maybe she can focus on him and dull the pain. It's a painstaking stare while breathing is forced through her nose, but she's in somewhat of better shape than before. It could be the semblance of safety.]

[inafadingcrown]

As do I, now that I have had the time to come to terms with it. But at first, it only made me feel further from my home, my family, and my people.

[inafadingcrown]

[And that had been precisely Galadriel's intention from the start. Not all healing is done with herbs and bandages. She rests her head against Celebrian's, just hoping her presence will be a comfort.]

And I would not have it otherwise. [She closes her eyes briefly. She really is exhausted, even if she is trying not to let it show.] I see so much of him in you.

[heirwithouthope]

[He nods.]

We will see each other once I return.

[fujibayashi]

[Sheena gets up. Wow, what a totally not perverted suggestion.]

I'm all right by myself, but you should rest a bit. They're going to need you.

[He's already done enough, but she knows how he pushes himself. She heads for the door and pauses...]

Be careful, okay?

[wilder]

[Lies Chosens never push themselves just like they never lie ]

Haha, if they'll let me.

[He look up, a little bit surprised at her last words, but the surprise is soon gone for his usual smirk and shrug]

Hey don't worry about me. You be careful yourself.

[debtor]

[He doesn't look too hard or too long at her injuries. Kaneis can heal her, she'll be fine.]

It's a different sort of magic... [Than, say, Cross's.] He can heal injuries with, um. Wind?

[fujibayashi]

[She watches him for a moment, but lets it go. He's stubborn and it's not like she's his mom or something. She can't tell him to go home.]

If you're sure. [That's the best he can promise, so she takes it. She dusts off her tunic and turns to leave.] Well, it's about time I got back out there.

Sorry, Stellaluna. Watch his back, okay?

[ladyofrivendell]

[And it is. Being with her mother always brought her comfort and peace. Whether it was because this was her mother or because of the years of experience she had which Celebrian lacked didn't matter.]

Would you tell me? [Tell me stories~]

[taggeda0]

[Well, the fact she's trying is a good sign, and on some level Nic appreciates the gesture, but he's more concerned with getting her leg fixed up and keeping her conscious long enough that he can take care of the inevitable trouble headed their way. First thing's first, though. He puts a thumb under her chin and makes her look at him, waiting until her eyes focus.]

IIii CAn'TT heeAARr. [He says it slowly, to make it easier to understand. With his other hand, he'll point to her leg.] WIlll LoOK at LEgg. DooN'T maAKE NooiZE. [He pauses, then repeats:] Noo noOIZE. OKAyy?

[He'll pause again, to see if she's absorbed it, but even if she hasn't he has to get to work. He starts tearing the fabric around her wound, opening it up to get a good look at the extent of the damage.]

[aceordisgraced]

Oh crap. [He's developed his own habit of stating the obvious during his years in court, but in the middle of a battlefield when people are pointing weapons at them is not the time or place. He pales and grabs Ico by his arm and immediately jumps behind the nearest wall of a building he can find, and then keeps running.]

Come on, run, Ico!

[taggeda0]

[See, if you kill them then this stuff isn't a problem anymore. Moments after Kate's pulled down, Nic's there; one hand pulling the man's head back, the other slicing through flesh and bone in one practiced swing of his blade.

It's messy, unpleasant, and probably incredibly dangerous to pull a blade back on its wielder, but Nic's got a good handle on this stuff and he's not about to hurt himself in this fight. He quickly kicks the body off her and to the side and tosses the head after it, looking pleased with himself.]

[chore_boy]

Of course. [Coby, reaching down to pick up a number of dropped weapons from the other soldiers, took a brief and cursory glance towards the weapon Asami took. He matched the clips, removed them and held them out for her to take. Better not to waste the proximity of abundance. At his estimate, Asami would need much more than that.]

I'll lead. I can feel their presences clearly.

[controlledvariable]

Force field?

[Her first thought is that it must be a kind of tech, maybe like a Green Lantern ring except... not green, or visible.

But she can manage curiosity and sympathy at the same time, so she lets out a sigh at what Sue says.]

It's going to be a long day, I think. If we even last that long.

[There are just so many of the United Earth soldiers.]

[satsujinki]

You won't be able to fix it. Just scatter it or something. [Shiki wouldn't bother explaining. Anything he 'cut' couldn't be repaired. It would have to be reconfigured or broken down into small parts to be remade a different way. It was why there was no hope for any soldier getting cut up by him for recovery. Even one cut in their body, immediately fatal or not, would lead to their death.

Shiki dropped into the open ground, landing on a few metal panels that stopped just above the canal beneath the street. He knew Manhattan had fairly large sewers, as opposed to Japan. It was feasible to assume there was plenty of space to run. What he did know was that even then, they wouldn't be terribly safe.]

[musclebeast]

"Yes... see you." And looking forward to watching you fight with that strong figure and sturdy looking legs and hooves...

Equius looks up soon after, pulling himself together after staring a bit, and crouches, strong leaping up to the roof and landing without a hitch. He immediately readies his bow in his armor'd arm, and shoots off an arrow, hitting one of the squad in the neck, away from his heavily plated head and chest.

[chore_boy]

[The world stopped. Coby knew the feeling of someone reaching their last, pained breaths. He denied himself that line of thinking, swearing he could help Johnny at least get back. In that instant as Johnny fell, Coby collapsed to catch him, but it all ended there. His presence was disappearing.

To Coby, who could feel the pulse of a person's life from so far away, it gave him the feeling that Johnny was rapidly disappearing. Shells exploded, colliding with his back, but he didn't feel any of it.]

Johnny! Don't you dare! Goddamn it!

[He didn't need to think on it. That would be the last of Coby's resistance. His silent dream, hoping he could fight without having to kill anyone died, muffled in its sleep. He hadn't lost anyone in the Marineford battle by luck alone, but luck tripped in this battlefield.

He wouldn't trip. 'Luck', cementing itself as something not lent to men such as himself anymore, could be discarded. Coby turned to face the shells, coating his arms in black and rushing into the lines with nothing but anger and vengeance in his spirit.]

[ringwizard]

"I guess," Haruto agrees, though the vicinity of the bakery to the apartment was one of its selling points for him.

He glances at Nitoh, catching the tightening of his hand. He eyes Nitoh for a moment, jaw shifting. Finally, he nods, turning his head away. "In the morning, then," he says, "tell Chimaera to wait until after 8AM." He's not even sure if that's how that works, but it couldn't hurt.

[musclebeast]

Conversation averted, right? That's nice, nice timing. Equius would be befuddled about it if he wasn't so tired. He'll remember speaking about this though, recollect it when he's regained some brain power and gotten some rest. Granted, he may not know what to make of what they've said, but still.

His grip is not easily shaken, even in it's weak state right now, psionics might be necessary to get it off while the woman works away to clean and set his wounds.

[of_the_lake]

The twisting darkness around his right hand seemed to briefly pulse as he grabbed the framework of one of the tanks. His arm ripped free all of the machinery containing the tank's laser cannon, pulling it out and holding it in the palm of his hand. He didn't need a trigger attached to it at all to force it to work for him.

Berserker simply pointed the end of the cannon forward, his hate filled energy soaking into the weapon itself. The weapon heated up, burning ten times hotter than it possibly could have in its normal state.

"Then, I shall create a line."

Berserker fired, the laser itself becoming a gigantic tube of raw heat which burned everything in its wake to ashes, melting steel in that clean, perfect cone. The front-lines before Priad would burst, soldiers fleeing the instant they realized that along with the hulking behemoth, their weapons were turned against them.

[imusntrunaway]

[... right. What did he expect? Someone who chose to fight wouldn't be so easily intimidated by the gruesome sights of battle. It was a wasted effort to worry. So Shinji bows his head a little, his voice hesitant.]

... thank you. But. I'm better, now.

[of_the_lake]

[The next shots don't land. Berserker, landing in front of Sam, aims his chaingun down the line and rains hell down on those firing upon them. Lasers bounce harmlessly off of his armor, bullets disappearing as if they were never fired in the first place.]

Too delicate. You'll need to return, lad.

[of_the_lake]

[Berserker bowed down to one knee, raising his arm out from himself so Vera could come closer.]

All I need do is jump.