[OPEN] Earthquake Event

[soul_mods]

Characters: OPEN
Location: Death City
Rating: Varied
Time: Jan 22
Description: OOC post here.



It's early in the morning -- just after morning training -- when the ground beneath Death City shakes violently in what most of you might recognize as an earthquake. It's not a particularly huge one for the more experienced of the guests, but it sends cracks shooting through the cobblestoned ground of Death City and up the sides of some buildings. A small handful of structures, mostly those that have been abandoned in the course of this war or the very old ones, take the most damage and topple over or crumble at their foundations.

The earthquake lasts no more than half a minute, but the vibrations and aftershocks last through the day. Death City's streets become full of holes, from those the size of apples to what could be described as deep ditches. The greatest damage, however, is the commercial sector, which becomes flooded as the waterways take damage and spill water into the streets. Shibusen's alarms blare out and quick, urgent orders to fix the waterways and search for the injured or anyone trapped in rubble filter in through all networks.


ooc: Like always, please feel free to start your own threads. Follow the subject line format:
[Character(s)] [Location/Time] [Close/Open]
This in-game day will last a week irl.

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[briochetime]

[If Clovis really is going to insist on taking on those stairs, there's really nothing Allen can do -- but he makes a last-ditch effort, anyway.]

There is no possibility that he would have left the building before the earthquake struck?

[waitedforyou]

Do you think so?

[briochetime]

You would know him best, but he cannot always be in Shibusen. Would it not be faster to search the places he is mostly like to be in the city, before trying to navigate the stairs?

[Because that in particular is a feat even without the cracks to help.]

[waitedforyou]

I suppose I shall have to do that. I can't let him be stupid and get himself hurt.

[briochetime]

In that case, I believe I will take my leave here. [A small, brief bow accompanies that.] I do not know Sir Spirit, and so I will likely only slow the search.

[That, and he's eager to get back to what he was doing in the first place; but he won't bring that up.]

[waitedforyou]

[ Ah. He'd be alone? This is making his brain cry, again. His fingers interlace as he holds them together in a less than silent prayer. ]

Yes, well, I hope that you will be all right, then.

[briochetime]

Likewise, I hope you and Sir Spirit will be safe.

[He hesitates -- there's a bizarre sense of responsibility now that he's accompanied Clovis this far without being able to conclude his search, so finally he adds:]

If you do need assistance, you can contact me with the mirror.

[waitedforyou]

I will be certain to do so, if I need assistance, then.

[ He straightens his posture. Honestly, he probably is going to sit by the stairs like a lost child until he finally leaves. ]

[briochetime]

Then, good luck.

[He just barely bites down the reflexive 'sir'; trying to straddle two different sets of manners is much more difficult than it should be.

And with that, he's off. Do your best, Clovis!]

[waitedforyou]

[ Going to sit here and cry. He'll be all right. ]