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exsilium MODS ([personal profile] initiates) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-09-22 02:45 pm
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( open ) i'll fly you to the moon and back

Date & Time: September 21st - September 30th, 11:59 PM
Location: The Hold, the Moon Base
Characters: Any/all.
Summary: The Transports are evacuating to the Moon Base. Those on the Moon Base try to settle in and figure out their next move. Setting info can be found here.
Warnings: Talk of nuclear warheads and reference to immense loss of life. Please contact the mods should any individual thread get graphically violent or anything else of the sort.
Note: Use date and location tags in your subject headlines! Such as "On the moon, 23rd onward" or "On the spaceship, 25th" or "down at the Hold, 29th."

The Hold is a flurry of activity, grim faced members of the Initiative group directing supplies and people with the subdued air of people facing their own doom, and wondering at how to process the knowledge. None of the Initiative appears unaware of what will happen; their eyes linger on the Transports, expressions pleading, hopeful, doubtful, or immeasurably sad in turn.

Every eight hours, the space ship is sent back up with a load of people and supplies. The pilots are worked until they can't; the AI stolen ages ago by the Initiative greets and corrals people and supplies at both ends, and in the middle step between.

The network continues to broadcast on narrow channels between the Moon Base and Exsilium, up until the time that all connections are lost, with the carrier located en route to Exsilium. The first airship will pass by without dropping anything, but it's too early to celebrate. At a six hour delay from behind, the second airship arrives, and with it, the dark promise of the Black Code's nuclear weaponry.

The six hour window allows for time for those left behind, either by choice or circumstance, to be pulled to the Moon Base with the successful activation of the Transport Pad. New characters will ultimately arrive with the remainder of those not yet on the Moon Base, all in time to witness the explosive contact of the nuclear warhead with the ground of Exsilium live on satellite.

But until then, there's only the hurry, the silence, and the potential for full out rioting should the Transports spread word to the Exiles inevitably left behind to face this fate.
oldsoldiersneverdie: (lone wolf)

[personal profile] oldsoldiersneverdie 2013-09-26 01:38 am (UTC)(link)

[Nate knows that look. Nate feels that look, right now. He contemplates trying to say something to lighten the mood - but honestly, he's never been much good at that sort of thing.]

Feels strange to be here, now.

commentboxtroll: (the slowest route to victory)

[personal profile] commentboxtroll 2013-09-26 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ To that, Caesar shrugs. ]

Not really. It was always strange, you know? This isn't a place we've ever belonged.
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[personal profile] oldsoldiersneverdie 2013-09-27 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)

[Nate gives a small, wry smile to that]

I've never belonged most of the places and times I've lived. This... this is different, somehow.

commentboxtroll: (didn't see that one coming)

[personal profile] commentboxtroll 2013-09-28 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Not even the ones you started out in? [ And more importantly... ] How is it different here?
oldsoldiersneverdie: (lone wolf)

[personal profile] oldsoldiersneverdie 2013-09-28 04:44 am (UTC)(link)

[He shrugs a little] I was too young to really remember much, and... we couldn't stay anywhere long when I was growing up.

Here, right now... I suppose it's knowing what we do, what's coming. It sets us apart in another way.

commentboxtroll: (it is not an adventure)

[personal profile] commentboxtroll 2013-09-29 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Not in a good way. It still sets us apart, as outsiders, privileged ones above the rest.

[ He shifts his weight from one foot to another and shrugs as well. ]

I can't say that's exactly a bad thing, though, considering...
oldsoldiersneverdie: (lone wolf)

[personal profile] oldsoldiersneverdie 2013-09-29 05:35 am (UTC)(link)

Yeah. Not the most comfortable burden, but we don't have a hell of a lot of options.

commentboxtroll: (in the distance)

[personal profile] commentboxtroll 2013-09-29 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
But there will be, later. We just need to find them.

[ His grip on the bag he's carrying tightens. ]

Ones with better endings.
oldsoldiersneverdie: (lone wolf)

[personal profile] oldsoldiersneverdie 2013-10-01 03:47 am (UTC)(link)

Yeah. Time can be changed - not always easily, but it can be. [He knows that all too well] We'll find a way.

commentboxtroll: (just noise before defeat)

[personal profile] commentboxtroll 2013-10-02 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
Well, yeah, I already knew that! Nothing worthwhile is ever easy!

[ It feels like stating the obvious to him and that only rubs at an already raw nerve, so he can't help but sound irritated in his reply to Nate. This place has become far more stressful than his last war, in every way possible. ]

This is just... this whole fight, we barely even have ourselves on our own side. It's getting ridiculous!
oldsoldiersneverdie: (lone wolf)

[personal profile] oldsoldiersneverdie 2013-10-04 04:24 am (UTC)(link)

[Despite his own less-than-stellar mood, Nate is grounded enough to realize that Ceasar isn't angry at him. Just this whole mess]

Yeah, you're right. That was... well that's why I started the team. Do things on my own terms instead of waiting for the Initiative.

commentboxtroll: (draw a line in the sand)

[personal profile] commentboxtroll 2013-10-05 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
So? So you have some people. What's that supposed to do? Without the inside intelligence, access to the technology and everything else the Initiative has?

[ Even the one that they went into UE territory with on a whim only did anything useful by stumbling over an unexpected spaceship, which he's all too aware of, even if the accomplishment may seem impressive. ]

And soon we might not even have that.

[ But at least Caesar lowers his voice again, at this point. ]
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[personal profile] oldsoldiersneverdie 2013-10-06 03:43 am (UTC)(link)

[Nate is silent for a moment, not quite sure how to respond to that outburst. Finally: ]

....I'm not really used to being the optimistic one.

commentboxtroll: (it is an aggravation)

[personal profile] commentboxtroll 2013-10-06 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
I... [ Neither is he! Only usually he's more calm about it! ] It's just...

[ He gestures, vaguely, as if hoping the words he wants will just appear. No such luck. In the end, he just drops his hands back to his side, bag and all. ]

I should go. There's something I need to do.
oldsoldiersneverdie: (Default)

[personal profile] oldsoldiersneverdie 2013-10-07 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)

[Nate just nods - really, some things just don't fit in to words easily.]

Catch you later, then.