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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.
peacefulwinter: (I'm certain of it.)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-05-01 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
That's the goal. We've... managed not to cause havoc with the last few Animals we've discovered. [The capital A may or may not be obvious.] And I did my time after Refined Shell - for the longest time, I spent part of my day here in Vegas, every day. Just finding little ways to help out. I'm not sure how much help I actually was, but... I felt better at the end of the day.

We're managing okay. I've had some ups, and a lot of downs, but... Lily's kept me afloat. And I try not to lose my phone like certain people, although it's hard to lose it when it's in your magic skirt. How's life been for you?
lackinginfaith: Caren eating with a smirk. (we don't have that kind of logical reaso)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2015-05-01 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
The Numbered rumours have been going on forever, though they started tapering off when they finally started to figure I wasn't. Someone said I could have used that to qualify for Miss Earth, you know, the one where you have to be doing something good for the planet. I said tough luck with that, this country barely knows what it thinks about us. Them, us, whichever. Sounds like you got yourselves together enough to deal with the root cause of that, though.

Are you two just as bubbly and in love in real life as you are on your social media feeds? Now I've seen everything.
peacefulwinter: (That's the idea.)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-05-02 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
I sure did... it turns out that, if you keep trying to be yourself and act natural when you're doing things, eventually people realize you're not just putting on a show while trying to plot their eventual demise. [Which she gets out with a wry smile. Yes, that's all you did, Winter. Keep telling yourself that.] It'll be nice to have you back, though - I have a feeling it'll help your image, at the end of the day. Then you really could be up for Miss Earth. Anything to get the spotlight off me at the end of the day.

[At the question about herself and Lily, she just giggles and puts on her best cute act.] About that much. Maybe a little more. She's the best. [She holds it for a couple seconds, before she sighs, shakes her head, and lets herself deflate a little bit.] But that's not to say I didn't need it, in a very real way. I thought I'd fallen to rock bottom, a little over a year ago, and without Lily I wouldn't have gotten back up again. Not like this. Everyone else has helped a lot, too, but... I fell hard for her, and I don't regret a single moment of it.
lackinginfaith: Caren eating with a smirk. (15 minutes late)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2015-05-04 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[laughs] Good going. Looks like we're going to have to do a lot of fighting to save that happy ending of yours, huh? And globe-hopping, by the looks of it. Seriously, where haven't you been sighted?
peacefulwinter: (I like the sound of that.)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-05-08 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
That's nothing new, though. Cultists, military, Animals, aliens, we have a long and storied history of things hating us. We'll take on whoever we have to - wherever we have to - to save our world. To that end... cross-country trips to Vegas, Neuschwanstein Castle and its surroundings, Lapland way up north - I thought Lily was going to freeze for a while there - and brief visits to a couple other places. It's been an adventure, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
lackinginfaith: Caren eating with a smirk. (look at me look at me i'm so pretty)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2015-05-09 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
So. Do you have a plan... o fearless leader? And when do we dye your uniform pink?
peacefulwinter: (Don't you think so?)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-05-10 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Winter has the grace to blush, just a little, at that.] I wouldn't say I'm fearless. I'm just afraid enough of something bad happening to my important people that I can overcome my fear of everything else. But... no, not really. Not until we know what's actually coming, and what we can do against it.

I'm, ah, not sure I've considered being properly pink, though. I did think about pink contacts once, but that's subtle enough to not announce my personality to half the world.
lackinginfaith: Caren eating with a smirk. (15 minutes late)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2015-05-10 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
And let the forum wars begin anew, right? I still remember when they were arguing about our colours. Almost went in there myself, "Lily's silver, not purple, I'm purple, not white, Harper's white, not pink, now sit down."
peacefulwinter: (I'll trust you.)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-05-11 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
You can't just settle a forum war. You'll just make them start in on some other topic. [She grimaces.] And the way our luck goes some weeks, I'd rather they argue about theme colors than, say, what color my panties are.

[She's seen what a fandom can look like. Once. That was enough.]
Edited (Icons!) 2015-05-11 04:36 (UTC)
lackinginfaith: Caren looking nervous and contemplative. (she's just a bunch of pixels)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2015-05-11 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure that's somewhere too.

So you're off to Locke after this?
peacefulwinter: (It's no trouble.)

[personal profile] peacefulwinter 2015-05-14 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahaha... yeah, I'm heading home in a little bit. I have some people to check in with, and I want to make sure I'm there when Lily gets off work. Things being crazy is one thing, but... Lily is Lily, you know?
lackinginfaith: Caren eating with a smirk. (15 minutes late)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2015-05-15 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
I know, true love and all that. Always finds a way to keep going, doesn't it?