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savetheearth2015-04-29 06:33 pm
theearth) wrote in 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.
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.
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I'm listening. You can talk to me about anything.
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Tomorrow... tomorrow is gonna be really heavy, Marina. And if there's anything the last couple of months have proven to me, when things get heavy, you never know what's going to happen...
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As upbeat and positive as I've been about it - as much as I've been talking about how we'll all be totally fine... yeah. You're right. We don't know what's gonna happen.
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[Jasmine can't really look at her as she says that, her face heating up from nervousness as she wrings her hands]
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[ A thing that people ask each other. Marina's mouth closed and her eyes widened for a moment. ]
...Jasmine. Whatever's on your mind... everything on your mind... while we have our chance.
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I shouldn't be saying this when... when everything is coming down to the wire. I should have planned, should have made sure it was something we were both ready for. And even now, I'm not even sure how, or when, o-or... or the logistics of everything, either! But... I keep thinking of a future, without you, and what that might be like, and... I can't... I can't...
... I want us to be together forever! And all that comes with that! It may be a long time before we... we make it official, but I want... I want to promise you...!
[she looks at her finally, face as red as a beet]
I'm such an idiot! I can't even say it, outright! I just... I want to promise, before it's too late, that... that we'll...!
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Well just - just screw it with logistics and planning and being smart, just...
[ It is so obvious where this is going, and she lowers her head for a moment before meeting Jasmine's eyes. ]
Ask me to marry you already. [ Come on do it before she freaks out or something hurry. ]
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I... I just did, didn't I?! Marry me, alright?! I don't know when, but... we have to! We have to promise before it's too late and... and...
[she deflated, her shaking hands reaching to grab for Marina's]
... and I love you and... I want this more than anything I ever have...
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Yes! Yesyesyes! And I - I don't know when but trust me Jasmine, we're going to have all the time in the world to do it!
[ Her hands grip tightly on Jasmine's. ]
I'm not dying. You're not dying. We're going to damn well get married, because I love you and I absolutely will move heaven and earth to make sure it happens!
[ Oh no, tearing up now. ]
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All she can really do is lean forward and kiss Marina on the lips]
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Suddenly, she doesn't feel so tired, and definitely not too tired to kiss Jasmine, pushing back and putting both hands on her shoulders. ]
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Don't mind the sound of someone sniffling loudly on the other side of the cracked window near you both from inside the house. It's clearly your imaginations, girls.]
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And you certainly can't hear Winter commenting to Lily quietly.]
I was wondering if it'd just be us. We can't let your sister beat us to this, right?
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... They had observers.
With a heavy sigh, she pulled back from the kiss and groaned]
Lily! Winter! Jesus Christ...!
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Marina sank down, blushing, and glanced over at their audience. ]
Oh goddammit why aren't you two asleep?
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Well, there are starships orbiting our planet from a foreign stellar nation interested in conquest. I don't imagine I'll sleep well, at least not without some physical comfort of one form or another.
[A beat.] You are on my front step. I have a right to investigate possible breaches. Even if they're adorable.
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You knew I was waiting for Marina! Geez, you two! You were totally hanging out to see what we said!
... I wanted... I wanted to surprise you...
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[ Marina turns, leaning back towards Jasmine. ]
Hey maybe if we start really making out they'll get all awkward and go away.
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[She adjusts her glasses, glancing back out the window, grinning.]
Oh, I can make this a lot more awkward than you girls can think of, the question is, do you want to still be able to come in tonight?
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I do, honestly, apologize for spoiling your surprise. [She looks Jasmine right in the eye, totally serious for just a moment.] That moment should be special, and we got in the way of that.
[A pause.] But you are still on my front step. And anything I can do to you is probably quite a bit less severe than what Lily could come up with.
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You guys are diabolical masterminds. I don't want to be stuck outside, so... you win this once, I guess.