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Soul Campaign Moderation Journal ([personal profile] soul_mods) wrote in [community profile] soul_logs2012-01-30 07:40 pm

[OPEN] Earthquake Event

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:
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This in-game day will last a week irl.
toshinebrighter: (i see what you did there)

\o/

[personal profile] toshinebrighter 2012-02-04 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Notes the expression, but he can't understand what the source of it could possibly be. So, he ignores it, for the moment.] May I assist you? [He's certain that two eyes would find it faster, and he's probably stronger than this man is as well, better suited to lifting heavy things.]
cursedwithagift: (Time to stop messing around.)

[personal profile] cursedwithagift 2012-02-04 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know why you weren't in the first place. This is practically an emergency. [said matter-of-factly, because seriously everyone should be out here hauling shit away]
toshinebrighter: (thoughtful)

[personal profile] toshinebrighter 2012-02-04 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well then! At that, he takes long strides over to where the other man is working. If it's an emergency, then clearly he must provide assistance.] How will I be most useful to you?
cursedwithagift: (Has to be nice and straight.)

[personal profile] cursedwithagift 2012-02-04 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Clear the dust from the things I'm throwing out. [if someone could pick up the dust left over from the debris that would really cut his cleanup time down]
toshinebrighter: (...wut)

[personal profile] toshinebrighter 2012-02-04 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Pause.]


[What.]

[Um.]

[...Well, he seems to know what he's doing. And he offered to help, so it is not his place to question. So he nods, and only hesitates a moment before beginning to brush dust off of things before the other man.]
cursedwithagift: (Think that painting's a little uneven.)

[personal profile] cursedwithagift 2012-02-04 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[this goes on for a little bit, and then:] You're not getting all the dust off.
toshinebrighter: (have you seen my party)

[personal profile] toshinebrighter 2012-02-04 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. [He endeavors to be more thorough, though he's...not sure what he's missing. Eventually, he asks:] Why the concern over dust? [He knew stardust and moondust to be important. But...well, he's no wizard, but this just looks like dust-dust.]
cursedwithagift: (She'll probably quit in a week.)

[personal profile] cursedwithagift 2012-02-04 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
If you don't get rid of it it'll stay on the ground and become a breeding ground for germs or rise up into the air and get stuck in people's lungs and kill them. [duuuuuh]

And you're still leaving some on.
toshinebrighter: (hanging onions)

[personal profile] toshinebrighter 2012-02-05 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[...That sounds serious. So he tries harder. But there is this niggling little question...]

What are germs? [Sorry, Monk, the medieval knight from a land where medicine is magic doesn't know germ theory.]
cursedwithagift: (That's not what I think it is. Is it?)

[personal profile] cursedwithagift 2012-02-06 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[he gets a long-suffering look for his troubles]

They're microorganisms that cover every possible surface if you don't take care of them. Leaving them allows them to breed millions more that will enter your body, make you ill, and kill you.
toshinebrighter: (orz)

[personal profile] toshinebrighter 2012-02-06 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Goodness.]

I had no idea. [he's working more diligently now.]
cursedwithagift: (I can't even think about it.)

[personal profile] cursedwithagift 2012-02-06 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I could tell from the way you were cleaning. [ah yes Monk is ever the sympathetic one.]
toshinebrighter: (burning)

welcome to lateville, population:teg. orz.

[personal profile] toshinebrighter 2012-02-10 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there no other way to combat these?

[Because, well, this seems a bit. Inefficient.]
cursedwithagift: (Right. I should be...worried about that.)

[personal profile] cursedwithagift 2012-02-10 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
There's plenty of better ways. But no one will let me do them. [apparently burning down a city is a bad idea? who knew.]
toshinebrighter: (i don't want to be perfect anymore)

[personal profile] toshinebrighter 2012-02-11 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
...That seems odd.

[Without further comment, because--well...it is very odd. Isn't it?]
cursedwithagift: (That's not what I think it is. Is it?)

[personal profile] cursedwithagift 2012-02-11 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
People don't understand the dangers that leaving this alone bring. They think they're fine if they wash their hands once or twice.
toshinebrighter: (knight in shining armor)

[personal profile] toshinebrighter 2012-02-11 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Being that he's part of the 'wash hands once or twice' contingent, he's not sure how to react to that, but settles on:] What would you do, if you could?
cursedwithagift: (Huh. Not plugged in.)

[personal profile] cursedwithagift 2012-02-11 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Here? [he pauses, looks around contemplatively] It's not a good location for living in, with all the sand. I'd either get rid of that or burn the city and relocate.
toshinebrighter: (omg)

[personal profile] toshinebrighter 2012-02-13 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
What?

[Burn the city? What on earth is this madness?]
cursedwithagift: (You rang?)

[personal profile] cursedwithagift 2012-02-14 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
What? [it's preeeeeeeetty obvious he doesn't see the problem here]