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

[ofthegrey]

Perhaps, or perhaps there are more versions of Earth accessible to our captors.

[Not that he has much understanding of any of this. It just seems that perhaps for one Earth, other Earths and other time periods of Earth would be easier to reach than places more removed.

He digs in his pack and produces a packet of jerky, shaking it at Tony.]

Help yourself if you wish.

[fe_male]

[ don't do that, you'll make him feel bad with how much sense that actually makes ]

Oh, food! You're like, a grown-up boy scout. I totally forgot to pack food. [ Not that he really has anywhere to put it anyway. But he takes a piece. ]

[ofthegrey]

A grown-up boy scout? Would that not just be termed a scout, or if you're being particular, a man scout?

[An eyebrow lifts. Could be he's messing with him.]

I've brought enough for two if we ration a bit.

[He's not much of a big eater. Hauling food all over Thedas or in the Deep Roads was never much of an option.]

[fe_male]

Nope. Grown up boy scout, very specific term. You start blending into man scout and it just sort of sounds like a bounty hunter. [ Doesn't care. He can be flippant either way. ]

You may or may not actually be my favourite person right now.