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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.
senseandcecilbility: (so be it)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-26 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Kevin gives him a knowing look, which is probably made much more obvious by his prolonged silence. Mister Gilbert totally fusses.]

I was there when it was made.[He whispers at last.] The moon, I mean. Two colliding bodies in perfect silence. It was...rather impressive.

[And no angel could understand what was the point.]
Edited 2013-09-26 08:22 (UTC)
maddeninghatter: I meant to do that (smile ♘ don't mind me)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-09-26 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

Ah...

Haha! Tell me another, Mister Cecil.

[ This fellow is clearly trying to get him back for the whole "gullible" thing... ]
senseandcecilbility: (all things wise and wonderful)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-26 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kevin smiles sheepishly. At least the man is amused.]

Cross my heart, Mister Break. When was the last time I succeeded at telling you a lie?
maddeninghatter: (you don't say)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-09-26 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Point. Even so, he's got to be skeptical... ]

Why, you're a fossil.

[ He settles into his seat, as the deceleration phase starts. The ship turns and orients itself so the force vectors point down, mimicking gravity. ]

How can you be...

[ ...such a fool is what he was going to say, but that's not quite what he means. ]

How is it that you aren't at all, you know, cynical?
senseandcecilbility: (what is my life)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-26 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Well, nobody has ever phrased that question in such a way.]

Huh, I fear I might be a bit of a slow learner. Even other angels think I am too...

[He makes a vague gesture. Pure and shiny Angel of the Presence, Metatron had called him.]

...Besides, I have never been too close to humans until recently.

[ And by "recently", he means three thousand years or so. Before that, he would mostly interact with humans in order to deliver enlightenment and punishment, which was not particularly conductive of intercultural exchanges.]
Edited 2013-09-26 15:58 (UTC)
maddeninghatter: and I will demoralize yours (Please organize my life)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-09-26 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that so?

[ He twists in his seat, trying to hook his legs over the aisle armrest; but it's awkward, made more so by the seat belt, so he leaves off trying, instead contenting himself with leaning against Kevin's shoulder. It's a careless gesture, as if he were using Kevin as nothing more than a warm cushion. ]

What made you decide to come down from Heaven and slum about with us, hm?
Edited 2013-09-26 17:16 (UTC)
senseandcecilbility: (nonface)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-26 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Mister Break is indeed a kid. Fortunately, he is using his good shoulder, so Kevin does not pull away, but Break will probably feel it tense at the question. He replies, pretending detachment:]

It is a punishment...for a crime.
maddeninghatter: (Huh?)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-09-27 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ He considers this for a long moment. Kevin's discomfort isn't lost on him, but he stays where he is. ]

You...

I, er, I wouldn't have taken you for the sort of person who could commit any crime, at all.

[ And certainly not one that would warrant being banished from Heaven. ]
senseandcecilbility: (so be it)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-27 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Kevin is keenly aware that Break has not reacted as one should when told he is in the presence of a criminal. He gives him a self-depreciating smile.]

Ah, you took me for a good person…A common mistake.

[He motions towards his right shoulder.]

The angel who delivered my sentence was merciful enough to allow me one last chance. I have been told it was far more than I deserved.

[Constantly.]
maddeninghatter: (you told that joke already)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-09-27 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ah...

Hahaha!

[ He draws away from Kevin's shoulder, giggling. ]

Why, Mister Cecil, you're full of surprises~!
senseandcecilbility: (what is my life)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-27 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, that causes him to blush for a number of reasons.]

My pleasure. Though the least you could do, Mister Break, is tell me about the doll.

[He is intrigued about Emily, of all things.]
maddeninghatter: everything has its own pair of boots (he just smiled and said)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-09-27 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
The doll? Emily?

[ He giggles again. ]

Of all things, that's what you want to ask me?

[ Not about the MISSING LEFT EYE, for instance... ]
senseandcecilbility: (That's not what you think)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-27 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Suddenly, Kevin finds himself spending an unreasonably long and awkward moment avoiding any direct glance at Break's face. He is too polite and shy to enquire about someone's missing eye! It is not even something he would have focused on. Besides, what if this is a terrible and painful memory of indescribable tragedy?]

Y-yes, Lady Emily, if you please. Though I would not...reject any knowledge you choose to volunteer.

maddeninghatter: (all my worst fears)

1/2

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-09-27 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ He opens his mouth to speak--and shuts it again. He falls silent for a long while, his gaze growing by turns more despondent: a sightless thousand-yard stare. ]
maddeninghatter: come and get it (coy)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-09-27 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Suddenly he brightens: ]

I'm~

not~

telling~

you~!
senseandcecilbility: (doesn't make sense)

1/2

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-27 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
...

[Oh no, did he ask something terribly upsetting?

C-curse his angel instincts.
]
senseandcecilbility: (stained glass)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-27 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
...

[He forces himself to laugh. It is still a warm sound.]

Why must you be so difficult, sir. Well, at least I am not surprised.

Though it is a real shame. Lady Emily seems to be more well-behaved than you.
maddeninghatter: and dead friends (here's to a long life)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-09-27 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Just "Emily."

[ He reaches up, absently, and pats his doll. ]

Lady Emily is somebody else.
senseandcecilbility: (all things wise and wonderful)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-27 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[He smiles teasingly and pats Break's head, mimicking the gesture.]

It is a pleasure to meet you, Emily. You must have the patience of a saint to endure this ruffian..
Edited 2013-09-27 17:03 (UTC)