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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.
dead_black_eyes: "Secret Agent Man" (But frankly I don't like your tone)

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[personal profile] dead_black_eyes 2015-05-06 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
That's... admittedly mostly what I was trying to ascertain. Not that I have ever doubted your sanity, but it's a very understandable time for mental breakdowns for those prone to them. I don't want to assume anything.
seed_of_memory: (standing at attention)

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[personal profile] seed_of_memory 2015-05-06 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
I admit. I did have a manner of psychological break before I became a Numbered. I have struggled with guilt and depression.

But now... now I'm confident I can face and endure all of that.
dead_black_eyes: "Goodnight Moon" (Sleep with my guns when you're gone)

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[personal profile] dead_black_eyes 2015-05-07 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I understand better than you probably know.

I'm confident, too. Any habitual misgivings I have about faith are ones I can probably overcome, since living in doubt and fear is going to help no one.
seed_of_memory: (12)

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[personal profile] seed_of_memory 2015-05-09 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
That's true, but faith is not always blind. Especially when circumstances have given you reason to trust such things.
dead_black_eyes: "Secret Agent Man" (Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow)

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[personal profile] dead_black_eyes 2015-05-13 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I trust my friends, and I wouldn't call it blind. I'd call it proven, and any detective can appreciate the simplicity and beauty in the sentiment, I think.
seed_of_memory: (06)

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[personal profile] seed_of_memory 2015-05-16 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I sense we are in agreement, then.