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

[hostage]

What if their shit's broken so they can't bring you back, huh? Or what if you get brought back and you're all wrong, like Frankenstein? Or like... I dunno. There's a million reasons why you saying that is total bullshit, okay? I mean, even if you don't die, you're hurt. It's important when people get hurt.

[payback]

I don't think I was all wrong when I got brought back the first time... what if I didn't know? What if I was a completely different person? That would be pretty weird already, don't you think?

[hostage]

I didn't mean - Look, I'm just saying, from now on... You can't just take this shit for granted.

[payback]

You barely know me! You shouldn't look so worried. You'd meet new people.

[hostage]

What?

You can't seriously think that.

[payback]

No, no, no, don't look worried, it's not personal. It's just true.

[hostage]

New people don't just replace the old ones we lost. Jesus, you're not a broken iPod, for Christ's sake.

[payback]

No, I know that. But you barely know me. You don't know anything about me really. So...

[hostage]

I still care about you. What, I'm only allowed to do that if I've known you for - two months? A year? Ten years? I mean, you know this makes no sense, right? What you're saying.

[payback]

You don't know anything about me! I could be a maniac! What if I was a maniac? What if I was lulling you into a false sense of security before I struck?

[hostage]

[You mean like the last person he loved and trusted and would have died for.]

You ain't like that.

[payback]

[Just like that guy.]

But you don't know.

[hostage]

Yeah, I do. You wouldn'ta just said all that if you were.

[payback]

Maybe I would have to lull you into a false sense of security.

[hostage]

Ah, yeah, I'm some big part of your wicked plan to I don't even know what.

[payback]

... You're not taking this seriously.

[hostage]

Here's what I'm taking seriously.

[He points at her various bleeding wounds and smiles humorlessly.]

[payback]

[... Okay that kind of shuts her up. She just looks quietly stressed (as per usual), continuing to stumble over the road. Rin is the little samurai girl that could.]