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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:
[Character(s)] [Location/Time] [Close/Open]
This in-game day will last a week irl.
toukakoukan: (pic#2041544)

[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-02-22 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods, raising his eyebrows enthusiastically. Glad to not be turned down on helping, it's good to have some direction to go in and someone he knows to go with.]

Yeah, definitely. Where should we start?
forhispeople: (serious in black- 3/4)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-02-22 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
Follow me, it's this way.

[Ling takes off in the direction of the district they're going to check. The street is pretty quiet, and it feels a little eerie with the damaged buildings and lack of people about. A dog can be heard barking as they near a house whose heavy tile roof has fallen in.]
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[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-02-24 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Ed's looking around at everything, kind of disturbed.]

I wonder if many people were hurt in this... it doesn't look like it's as bad as it could have been.

[Hell, he's torn up the streets worse than this with his alchemy or during his fights with Scar. But people sure do seem to be in a panic.]
forhispeople: (serious in black- shadow)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-02-26 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the style of the buildings. They're really rigid and they don't seem to be made for earthquakes. Look at how heavy the roof structure is. Once something hits it, it falls right in.

[Ling's expression is quite grim. Apparently Ed hasn't seen the Promised Day, like he himself has. He doesn't know yet about how bad it could have been.]

It seemed to me like many were hurt. I've been carrying wounded people out of their broken houses and to the clinic most of the day.
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[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-02-26 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[He picks up his pace a little at that mention, looking towards the buildings with a furrowed brow.]

We should hurry then and check the buildings you haven't gotten to yet. If people are still trapped inside...
forhispeople: (wait what?)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-02-27 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Ling pauses in his tracks, listening carefully. He mutters a curse under his breath in Xingese.]

I can't sense chi here. It's so damned frustrating, I need it right now!

Edward, I hear a dog. I think it's this way. Can you hear it?

[Very faintly, there's a bark and some scratching sounds, off to their right.]
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[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-02-29 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you'll have to just search around like a normal person, won't you? [Gives him a grim little smile.]

[He nods a little, immediately starting to head in that direction.]

Sounds like it's trapped in something.
forhispeople: (you're gonna get it)

[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-02-29 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Ling glared and grumbled a few dirty words in Xingese.]

I don't like having to do so. It's a waste of time! Plus, I always feel that people are probably sneaking up on me.

[Also hurrying towards the direction of the sounds, he rubs the back of his neck uneasily. It always felt like there was a big fat target on it, here.]
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[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-01 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[He sighes, puffing out some air.]

Don't you think it's annoying for me to not be able to use alchemy? They haven't made it easy on anyone here.
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[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-01 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Ling gives Edward an apologetic look.]

You.... hadn't told me much about that. It really doesn't work?
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[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-04 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head in a slightly discouraged way, getting closer to the building.]

Nothing. The Colonel said that our meister powers are sometimes similar to what we had in our world. But... I still haven't resonated with anyone.

[He glanced at Ling, wondering vaguely about his success in that area.]
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[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-04 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I resonated with a guy! It was really pretty cool, to be honest. You should try it, Ed. Are you a Weapon, too?

[Ling gets to the building first and begins examining the collapsed walls for the safest way in. A crawlspace left where a door once was looks promising. He gets down on his knees and tries to move boards aside so that he can see in.]
Edited 2012-03-04 17:30 (UTC)
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[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-07 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He stands behind Ling, peering around him to try and see inside too.]

Nah, I'm a meister... I just haven't really met anyone to try it with. [Distractedly]
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[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-07 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
We should try it sometime. I think we'd work well together.

[Ling finds a crawlspace and shimmies through into he broken house. The last thing Ed can see are the white soles of his slipper shoes disappearing into the wreck.]
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[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-08 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Ed blinks, then gets down to peer into the hole after him.]

See anything? Any dog?

[Resonating with Ling hadn't occurred to him, but he felt at least a connection with him that he didn't feel with most of these people here.]
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[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-08 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a faint voice from inside.]

Not yet, I'm trying to get through. But, Ed? Just in case I don't make it back out-- tell me all about how you feel about me?
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[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-09 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
[He blinks, then he yells in after him.]

You idiot, nothing is going to happen to you!!

[He imagines Ling in there and immediately wonders how much trouble he'll get in alone.]

Guuh... I'm coming in after you.

[He grumbles a bit, starting to get down to the hole himself. If anything, he can get through easier because he's smaller than Ling.]
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[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-09 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Inside the very dark hole.... A CHILLY AND DUSTY HAND GRABS ED'S ARM.]

[It's Ling but-- who can tell, if he doesn't say anything?]
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[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-11 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Agh! [Reflexes make him shove the hand away from him but he gets it pretty quickly, huffing.]

Would you knock it off??
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[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-11 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ling cackles merrily]

Never! Ahaha! Look, I found a way to get through, back here. Follow me.

[Ling turns in the crawlspace and moves away.]

I'll keep talking so that you can hear the sound of my voice. Moving this way, okay? You suppose there's spiders in here? I hate spiders.
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[personal profile] toukakoukan 2012-03-13 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ed glances around a little as best as he can in the crawlspace, climbing through after him.]

If there are, it's too late now, isn't it? They're probably already in your hair and everything. [A little teasing edge to his tone.]
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[personal profile] forhispeople 2012-03-14 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Gyahhh! I can feel them already, even though I know they're not there. Gyuck. If I find any, I'm savin' em to put on you, Ed.

[Ling has reached a collapsed door frame leading into a warehouse. He pushes aside some lumber and shimmies through the hole like a snake, coming out the other side. He lets out a joyful squeal.]

Aaaaaaawwwwwww! Hi puppy!

[There's a gigantic black and white Great Dane waiting for them on the other side. The dog is scratching on a door which has fallen off the hinges and can't be moved.]

[The dog stares at Ling, and it's uncertain whether it's about to attack or wag it's tail. Ling, having no experience with dogs, keeps talking]


Awwww, you're so cute! Hehehe! You musta been trapped in here. Here, puppy... come here, puppy!