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

[celestial_wizard]

[ Lucy giggles softly at the thumbs up, turning the key so he can see the numbers: Unit 106. ]

So that way? [ She turns in the direction he points. ]

At least it's not far - that's pretty lucky, I guess. Do you have a unit here too?

[eyecontact]

[he nods, jerking the thumb back over his shoulder at the door he'd just returned from. and, putting his own key away, he moves, gesturing for her to follow. he'll show her where hers is – just a couple flights down.]

[celestial_wizard]

[ She mentally facepalms - for some reason, maaaybe she was tired to not have made the connection. Which was probably a good thing that he was going to show her where her own unit was. THat was just embarrassing, Lucy. ]

Ah right, of course-! I don't know why I didn't realize..

[ Oh we're going places again! She grins sheepishly, turning to follow Jericho. ]

[eyecontact]

[two flights, and then to the right door! Jericho sweeps his hand toward it, turning aside to let her pass in front of him. it's her place, after all.]

[celestial_wizard]

[ That's not too far, much to relief. Drawing our the key for her room, she smiles at Jericho, unlocking the apartment door. ]

I think they also mentioned that I'll have to share this apartment with other people, right? But I don't know who they are yet. [ She waves him in, if he wants to come in. ]

[eyecontact]

[he follows at her beckoning, ducking his head in a kind of pardon-for-intruding way, before quickly putting on a thoughtful look. yeah, roommates...

he looks around, seeing no sign of the room being lived in quite yet. his shoulders shrug up. no clue!]