[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:
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This in-game day will last a week irl.

Comments

[heretolookhot]

Oh my god, why are you up my ass about it? I didn't say I would just let you all die or anything.

[trageteas]

I'm glad for that, but your priorities are still out of order. Regardless, there are other things the both of us ought to be focused on now.

[heretolookhot]

Yeah. Like less bitching, more getting the hell out of here.

[trageteas]

[Crude, but accurate.]

I take it you don't know of any obvious ways out. If you did, you'd have already left.

[heretolookhot]

There's a back door from the storage room, but I don't have the key to it anymore since they caught me making out in there.

[trageteas]

[...no sympathy, and he's almost glad it happened, even if it means they're in trouble now.]

It's possible that the earthquake made a new exit, isn't it? Falling rubble doesn't only seal things up.

[heretolookhot]

[Don't make light of her traumatic experiences, Jules!]

We would have noticed if it busted a giant hole in the wall.

[trageteas]

[Do you mean dumb experiences?]

It might be something smaller than that, I don't want to make any assumptions.

[heretolookhot]

[No I do not!]

I guess I'll start looking.

[trageteas]

I suppose I ought to help. Certainly there will be some way to escape, it's only a silly little shop.

[heretolookhot]

Or we can see if we can just get through the back without a key.

[trageteas]

I'm sure you can do that on your own.

[heretolookhot]

It's your idea. I'm totally chill with waiting it out.

[trageteas]

Waiting for what, things to fall apart even more?

[But he leans on a table, apparently not very motivated to do much.]

[heretolookhot]

Getting rescued by a hot fireman.

[Or...woman.]

[trageteas]

Not exactly my idea of a pleasant end to this nonsense.

[heretolookhot]

Then what is?

[trageteas]

Getting rescued by a human being whose appearance does not particularly matter. But I'd still rather we puzzle our way out ourselves.

[heretolookhot]

Now you're just looking for reasons to bitch.

[trageteas]

[...only a little bit. :T]

Fine, I'll help look for an escape method.