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

B

[have_hat_will_travel]

*With Asuka's hurried pace, it was perhaps no surprise she was going to crash into someone she didn't like to interact with eventually. This time around, she turned a corner and slammed directly into a certain demoness, who staggered from the unexpected collision.*

Ack!

Re: B

[redheadcarrier]

[Asuka staggered back with a muttered curse and almost automatically clamped a hand protectively over the bandages wrapped around her head (and across her eye socket).]

Hey! Watch where you're going!

Re: B

[have_hat_will_travel]

*Pidonus quickly restabilizes her stance.*

... Are you sure you should be moving around like that?

[redheadcarrier]

I'm fine-

[Asuka almost spits the words out.]

-I'm just running supplies, alright?

[have_hat_will_travel]

... With that heavy of bandaging on you, you're fine. Right.

Battle wounds, I presume? Lemme heal you up some.

[redheadcarrier]

It's not going to kill me.

[Even if it still hurts. She's trying to ignore it. Not very successfully, but hey, she'd rather move around then sit. Although that's probably not very good for her.]

The medics already looked at it. What are you going to do?

[have_hat_will_travel]

Your running around certainly won't make your wounds recover any faster. Frankly, I don't even know if my spells can do more than help a little, but if it keeps you from injuring yourself...

[redheadcarrier]

If you really want to wiggle your fingers at me, I'm not gonna stop you.

[Asuka harumphs.]

I have stuff to do, you know.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Cure Moderate Wounds.

*And then, Pidonus sets a hand on Asuka's shoulder. While her eye doesn't get regenerated, her wounds otherwise heal up by quite a bit.*

Take a few minutes and check what injuries remain before you get back to work. If you seriously insist on working - sleep would be a far better move right now.

[redheadcarrier]

[OK, she's not going to admit that it made her feel better, but she does mutter a grudging "thanks". Of course, right after that...]

I'm not going to sit around and be useless!

[have_hat_will_travel]

So instead you're going to wear yourself down until your injuries get worse and you become worse than useless?

[redheadcarrier]

I'll rest once this thing is over.

[Asuka glowers and tucks her package under one arm.]

That good enough for you?

[have_hat_will_travel]

*It's times like this that Pidonus really, really wished she could ignore what little morality she'd started to develop while she was here and just enspell Asuka into going to rest. But no. Something made her hold back...*

If you get to the point of straining yourself, stop. Seriously.