EVENT: HERE THERE BE MONSTERS

[initiatesnpc]

Date & Time: October 24 - October 31
Location: Throughout Exsilium
Characters: ALL; tag yourselves in
Summary: The Transports return from their mission to find the island crawling with monsters.
Warnings: Violence, possibly injuries (notify a mod if there's cause to add a particular warning!)

The Transports return from their mission to Medieval Russia, but the Initiative Hold is eerily deserted. Normally, their would be a number of Initiative personnel prepared to meet the Transports at the end of their mission for debriefing.

Instead, there is only silence.

That is, until a distant thumping sound can be heard. It is growing closer, and suddenly the beast is bursting into the room. It lets out a roar and charges. Within minutes, it is easily defeated, but damage has already been done -- it collided with the Transporter machine, which is now making a low fizzling sound and lets off a couple sparks. The commotion is enough to draw the attention of the few remaining Initiative personnel who still inhabit the Hold, who arrive immediately afterwards. They are able to tell the Transports two things: that the machine is broken and currently unable to sent anyone back in time, and that the island has been overrun with aggressive, mutated beasts sent by the United Earth. They have been under siege for months, with the island's population reduced to a mere fraction of what it had once been.

Comments

[payback]

No, no, no. You shouldn't do that. You should not do that!

[hostage]

Like it's a thing I can control!

[payback]

It is!

[hostage]

No, it isn't. I care about people 'cause I just do. Deal with it.

[payback]

I guess you can care about it but don't do anything stupid.

[hostage]

Everything I do is stupid. It comes with the, uh, territory.

[payback]

Don't even say that, if you know it's stupid you can do things that aren't stupid!

[hostage]

Not me.

[Apparently.]

[payback]

If you know it's stupid just don't do it.

[hostage]

That ain't my way.

[payback]

Well make it not your way.

[hostage]

It ain't some switch you can just turn off, you know? Like, hey, stop caring about people. Believe me. I've tried.

[payback]

Don't stop caring, just don't do the stupid things!

[hostage]

It just happens!

[payback]

[Story of her life SHE HAS NO LEG TO STAND ON HASSLING HIM.]

Wait... do you consider us... friends?

[hostage]

Uh, yeah?

[Duh?]

[payback]

Oh...

[hostage]

What?

[payback]

Um... nothing...

[hostage]

Did I do something?

[payback]

No, no, no! No! Don't worry about it! Are we almost to the medic place now?

[hostage]

Yeah, like a minute. You need me to carry you?

[payback]

No I can walk. I'm okay. I'm telling you I've had worse. I'm serious.

[hostage]

Well you're the one who's all oh yeah, dying's like no big deal so, uh... Excuse me if I think you got some messed up scale of "bad".

[payback]

Don't be so dramatic.