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Save the Earth Mods ([personal profile] theearth) wrote in [community profile] savetheearth2015-04-29 06:33 pm

[plot] Invasion: Day 1

Who: EVERYONE + Returnees
What: Day 1 of the Invasion!
Where: EVERYWHERE
When: ICLy: The 29th! OOCly: April 29th to May 4th
Warnings: Please warn in your subject line if anything that deserves a warning occurs; this includes R-rated things as well as things worthy of a content warning/trigger warning.

The Central info post



Description: A minute after midnight EST, some people around the world who used to be numbered yet have lost their echoes since suddenly have all their pulses returned to them.

At 4pm EST, a child's laughing voice resounds in the air all around the world, remaining for over a minute and staying longer where it gets caught in the echo between buildings, mountains, or other echoing surfaces. Not long after, people in areas where the moon is visible (like those in Europe) will see pink lights on the moon, like a pink aurora borealis from above going all the way around the moon, and then the whole moon changes shape. Literally. It unfolds into a giant serpent that soon can be seen from everywhere around the world as it moves to wrap around the world, tossing and turning head and tail as if trying to hit and bite nasty flies. ...And if someone gets out a telescope, they'll realize that the serpent is doing exactly that: There are tiny spaceships attacking it and trying to pass by it, but for now it is holding up. ....You might maybe rather get to safety than get your telescope out though, because the serpent sometimes smashes down into the earth in its tossing and turning, and while it doesn't hit inhabited areas that still causes tsunamis and earthquakes. Giorgio A. Tsoukalos and Erich von Däniken will announce that it's totally aliens!!! SEE THEY CALLED IT. Ancient astronauts that gave the earth culture are coming back to us!

What this day is for: This day is mostly for reconnecting with returnees and dealing with the last wave of plot echoes. It is also for catastrophe relief efforts for areas that are hit by tsunamis or earthquakes. The only echo boundary that will be devastated in this way are the Galapagos Islands. Characters that can fly or have special swimming abilities are especially invited to help with rescuing people and delivering first aid. (Icly, the talks with the first wave aliens also happen here and they will be wrapped up or dropped after the 4th of May. You are still welcome to jump in and talk to an alien!)

How this works:

- Day 1 does not have any alien encounters past those in this log.
- There will be no toplevels on this post. Please start your own threads freely! Please format the subject line like this: "Location(s)/Network | ota/closed/etc". Please keep in mind that each character may change location twice per day (=a maximum of three different locations) and that the moon/space location is still off limits on the 1st Day.
- This post can be used for both network and action threads.
- Keep in mind that returnee characters must have checked in and must request their echoes if they get any.
- Please direct all questions to this thread on the General Invasion Guide
- For the returnee registration, please go here.
icy_heavens: (Side-eye)

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[personal profile] icy_heavens 2015-05-01 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Goddamn everything to hell. Except don't because then that would mean they've lost this fight. And he won't let that happen any more than Winter will.

[He's just as stern-faced, outwardly calm as he usually is, even if there's some worry under the surface. They've been through a lot of battles by now and he's used to them, but this is the big one.]
We're most vulnerable over on this side of the world. The other locations at least still have their Animals, but Locke and Vegas are going to need our help more than any other places.
peacefulwinter: (This bothers me...)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-05-01 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Right. It's... good information to keep in mind, even if - theoretically - we all know that.

...I know that, but in my heart, I don't know that I can go to Vegas in good conscience. My home, literally and figuratively, is here in Locke. I want to protect both places, but Locke is where I'm going to make my stand. Do you have an idea yet of what your plan is?
icy_heavens: (Pensive)

[personal profile] icy_heavens 2015-05-01 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it is my home too, you know. [Said without bite. He'll help with Vegas if things get bad, but . . . this is home.]

We really need to get as many people evacuated as we can. Not just because of the aliens -- I've got a radius of a few miles on some of my powers now. [All this time, he's tried to be careful to not hurt anyone who doesn't deserve it. In this fight, he's probably going to have to whip out something huge, and that's a damn big area of effect.]
peacefulwinter: (It's too early to tell.)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-05-02 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Right. I know, I just... no. I can't apologize for every toe I step on during this, or we're going to be here all day when we have much better things to do. So let's work hard... and maybe we won't have to do as much protecting.

Where would we even evacuate to, though? There's no time for a mass exodus. And it'll be a huge strain on just about any city to take this many people in. Refugee camps aren't exactly acceptable, either. Homeland Security will probably close airports and shipyards shortly... or at least to us and our families...

...a few miles? Your stuff got crazy since we talked shop last.
icy_heavens: (Giving orders.  Listen for a change.)

[personal profile] icy_heavens 2015-05-02 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[No skin off his nose that she doesn't apologize. He doesn't need it, and she always did that too much, anyway. He shakes his head.] Hell if I even know. Just getting people inside would protect them from mine, but there's collateral damage to worry about when we're talking about what the aliens would do.

Yeah. Miles. "Subjugation of the Heavens", apparently. Controlling all atmospheric water in that range.
peacefulwinter: (Do you see that?)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-05-02 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[She listens carefully as he mentions his power, and for a few seconds after that, she's quiet as she considers. Then, slowly, she assembles an idea.]

Is there any reason you and I couldn't draw something up out of ice? Make a safe place from that, and hope for the best? Maybe we can save people that way.
icy_heavens: (Sympathy)

[personal profile] icy_heavens 2015-05-04 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[He considers it for a minute. He's very heavily offense-based with his powers, but he's pretty good at directing his spiritual power by now.] It might work. Worth a shot. I don't know all the limits on that barrier spell I have, but I don't think it'd cover near as much as what we could do with this.
peacefulwinter: (As long as you're sure.)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-05-05 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
And your barrier might be a problem if you need to focus on it when it gets hit. Ice is matter in and of itself - I don't think we have to worry about that.

...And it's not like ice is a problem if it gets covered in more ice.