thebastion | [Day 225] [EVENT] A sinking feeling

[Day 225] [EVENT] A sinking feeling

Who: Anyone and everyone
Open: Open
When: Early morning on Day 225
Where: Everywhere in the Bastion
What: Remember how cores used to be a thing? Yeah, they're still important.
Format: any
Warnings: terrible modpuns

[Early in the morning on Day 225, most people are probably asleep. For the couple of stragglers who may still be awake so late, though, they may notice something strange. At 2:31 am, any lights that are on start to hum, and flicker in and out of dimness.

At 2:32 am, every light in the Bastion (excluding the emergency lights) shuts off entirely.

At 2:33 am, a horrible grinding noise can be heard throughout the Bastion, seemingly coming from everywhere at once. This sound continues on for several minutes, throughout everything else that begins to happen.

At 2:34 am, for anyone outside Nathaniel can be seen running from the Apartments towards the Monument as if his life depended on it.

At 2:35 am, ever so slowly, sections of the Bastion begin to sink.

What do you do?]

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[Anyone who's interacting with Nathaniel at the moment, go here for a group thread. Currently Nathaniel is running towards the Monument, dodging around sections of the Bastion as they start to sink.]

[Ryu rushes out as he hears the noises around them growing, and follows Nathaniel. He's transformed, and his fists are flaming in order to provide some light. Fortunately, he can hover, and so he makes it to the Monument pretty easily.]

[Well, THAT sure is ominous.]

[That is also Colin rushing out of his workshop wearing nothing but shorts and his toolbelt. He's got a flashlight in his hand, a very, VERY bright flashlight, and it's on.]

Gods above and below... Why didn't I make an PA system?!

EVERYONE, GET YOUR ASSES UP! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

[Yep, he's just going to keep running around, making sure everyone's awake. He's running through where they went wrong, and the first thing that comes to mind is they never held evac drills...]

CHILDREN AND PARENTS, GET TO THE DOCK!

EVERYONE ELSE, GET TO THE SKYWAY ENTRANCE!

[The grinding noise is pretty damn awful, and a horrible way to be woken up. For most people it's damn near deafening. But for some one like Rin, with her sensitive hearing?

There's a pretty good chance that 'damn near' is going to be closer to an 'actually'.

She bolts up with a panicked start at the beginning of it, but seconds in it feels like her ears are being assaulted with knives. She actually screams, throwing both hands over them and curling in to a ball where she had sat up.]

[Roxas is woken by his Samurai, who's been on watch and already seen what's happening to the Bastion. Roxas doesn't need much to be running out of the house in his pajamas and directing the Samurai to herd the chocobos out to the Skyway. Getting out himself is not his main concern since he can portal out at any time.

Spotting the other two headed for the Monument and not the Skyway, he shouts:]

What's going on!?

[Patchouli is still awake at this hour. Since, you know, bizarre sleep schedule. She has indeed been kinda curious about why her light went out. Probably just crappy wiring, she reasoned. Anyway, hearing Colin yelling, she jumps out the window of her bedroom.

The third-floor window of her bedroom. It's a good thing that she can use her floating ability to slow down her descent. She'd probably do people even less good if she broke any bones.]

What's even going on?!

I wish I had an answer for you, other than the fact that we seem to be falling!

[Yeah, if you wanna keep talking to him, you're going to have to follow him, because he isn't about to slow down to explain things to people.]

If you've got a weapon, get it, then head for the skyway!

I don't have a weapon, but I'm on my way!

[She follows after him. Honestly, though, maybe a weapon would be a good idea, she can use her magic only so much.]

I'm not going yet, I need to make sure everyone else gets out.

[Sorry, Patchouli. Colin's a bit of a busybody that way.]

EVERYONE! WAKE UP! WE'VE GOT TO GET EVERYONE OUT OF THE BASTION! KIDS AND PARENTS TO THE BARGE, EVERYONE ELSE TO THE SKYWAY!

[Accompanying the sound of Colin's yelling is the familiar sound of heavy wingbeats and a roar that helps drown out that wretched noise even if only for a moment. Paarthurnax is circling around the Bastion, eyes glowing strangely in a way that those familiar with him would be able to identify as his Aura Whisper in effect.]

[Anyone trying to get to the Barge or the Skyway will find the Dragon landing by them.]

[Need a lift?]

[ Skyla has never been a morning person, though she doubts that anyone would be when forced to rise at two in the goddamn morning. Any irritation, however, is dispelled by that bassy, creaking, grinding that seems to sink into the pit of her stomach until she feels ill and the lack of light isn't doing anything to help. ]

End of the world's already come and gone. S'a little late for the Rapture, isn't it?

[ it's muttered quietly to herself, mid-yawn, as she makes her way downstairs, and despite the bat she's carrying loosely at her side, she#s still underestimating the urgency of the whole thing --

-- and then the ground starts sinking under her fucking feet and god dammit today is not her morning, is it? ]

Fuck--!

[ instinct makes her blink forward but she only makes it ten or so feet -- not a very good move. So. Looks like it's the old fashioned way.

Sprinting to the Skyway. ]

[Before she can get far with good old fashioned sprinting, Skyla will find herself very suddenly with a thick black coat being tossed over her head. She should be able to recognize the voice of douchebaggery suddenly by her side.]

Let's not risk anything.

[And that's when she'll find herself being bodily lifted up and flung with no amount of grace through- something. She'll be able to see the wisps of darkness as she goes through the portal if she peeks her head out, but just as suddenly she's out on the Skyway.]

[And hopefully not landing on her face.]

[Why thank you for that light, Ryu. It makes it a lot easier to step around the sinking parts of the Bastion while he runs.

To Roxas, he shouts back:]

I don't know! It's never done this before! But I've got to get to the Monument, that's where the control panels are!

[Amazingly, Rob doesn't wake up right away when the grinding noise starts, though he does stir in his sleep. Then Paar roars. There's no way Rob's sleeping through a dragon's roar. His initial grogginess is instantly dispelled by the grinding noise, and he reaches over to his bedside table to turn on the lamp. Nothing. The noise is still going, and he fumbles in the dark for the cargo shorts he was wearing the day before; he may have his boxer shorts on already, but he's going outside in just them. Besides, he never removed stuff from the cargo shorts before he went to bed, so his knife is still on the belt.

He feels his way down the stairs and opens the front door right as Colin yells something that sounds terrifyingly close to an evacuation order. If this is some prank he's going to stab someone, but he's not about to risk calling this bluff. He grabs his sword from where it's hanging next to the door and hurries out.]

What's going on!?

Rob, you remember the way to the Skyway? Get your ass in gear and get over there! The Bastion seems to be losing power, and we need to get everyone out!

[Once again, sorry, but he's not going to slow down for a conversation. You wanna keep talking, you're gonna have to keep up with him.]

[The Bastion losing power? Why would they to evacuate because of th- ...Since when was there that gradually sinking depression in the ground and that other one over there oh shit that's not good time to run.

If he encounters anyone milling around in confusion he'll try and herd them towards the Skyway as he goes.]

[The sound wakes Zuko almost instantly, and her instincts have her grabbing for the swords she keeps near to her bed. All she knows is something's happening and it isn't good.]

Toph?

[She darts out of her room, barefoot but mostly dressed, gripping the sheath in one hand and ready to draw even if she's starting to realize that won't help right now. She can't identify the sound, but it doesn't take an earthbender to feel the tremor in the ground.]

Toph!

... Dammit, the hell now?

[ One extra-pale, groggy looking knight, woken by all sorts of odd noises. Duke holds a thick book in a way that indicates that someone might get whacked with it, if they were the cause of all the noise. ]

... Someone screw with the monument? [ At the moment, 'earthquake' doesn't phase Duke, because shaking ground due to monsters was normal. But the monument was what made the lights ... show up and work, once upon the time, and well. The knight is still half asleep. ]

[Yeah, he figured. He touches down briefly and grabs Nathaniel's hand with an extinguished fist if the Mancer doesn't move away too fast.]

Come on! I can carry you!

[Why touch the ground if you don't have to?]

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[What Roxas gathers from that is that Nathaniel might be able to fix what's happening. He isn't sure what help he'll be with any control panels, but most everyone else seems in too much of a panic yet to lend a hand. If nothing else he can fetch someone really quick.

For now he runs after them, falling behind as he still has to navigate the sinking land, but he doesn't want to use any of his portals just yet. He'll catch them up at the Monument.]

[Bon had woken up pretty quickly once the strange noise started, so he's wide awake when Rin starts screaming. Instinctively he reaches over to her, to also cover her hears with his hands (it has to be the noise, it's loud enough for him and he doesn't have the sensitive hearing like Rin does.

But soon it becomes clear that the noise isn't stopping, and the ground starts to shake as well.]

An earthquake?

[Years of living in Japan has conditioned him to think that ground-shaking is just an earthquake. A moment later, though, he realizes how impossible that is. The Bastion is solid, but the ground underneath it isn't deep enough to produce earthquakes. Whatever this is, it's something else entirely.]

Rin, I know it hurts, but we need to go outside.

[Whatever's happening, it's probably safer to be out in the open, rather than inside a tall building.]

[ Pokehouse ]

[ Anna heard the shaking, and Paar's roar, and Colin's voice - and a bit of the panic buzzing in the other bastion residents minds. She fights it down - this is much different from the School Island, she can keep calm! - and gets Mikoto to follow her, rather than ride in her wagon. Why? Because she is raiding her bed of linens.

You're supposed to have an emergency kit for earthquakes, right? ]

[ Bastion ]

[ Anna and her somewhat tubby larvesta are carefully picking their way toward the docks. Although Anna does stop and stare at the distillery a few times. She should get a pot.

Someone care to correct her path? ]

[His hands over hers help muffle the sound further, but by then the damage is done. Her ears are ringing so painfully she can feel it all the way down in her jaw, and her head is absolutely throbbing in agony. Opening her eyes greets her with spots of light dancing in front of her vision and even squinting doesn't do much for her.

As such, it's almost impossible to hear Bon. She misses his question about an earthquake (though she thinks it, too. Just for a second) and can only guess that he's saying something about leaving the apartment.

Blinking back tears, she can only nod to him. It might be worse to be out there with the source of the noise but inside they risk a lot more danger with the shaking.]

[The Pokemon wake N up long before the noises start. The dimming and flickering lights preceding the noise come with a change in energy that they pick up on quickly. Their voices become a cacophony in his head, cries of "Something's coming!" "Something is going to happen!" "Something's wrong!" noisy and impossible to sleep through. And if that wasn't enough, Zoura takes it upon herself to start launching herself at the bed repeatedly, yipping nosily and crying out for N to wake.

It doesn't take much with all that going on, and N was groggily sitting up attempting to turn the bed-side light on when that awful sound started.

To him it was only mildly uncomfortable, resonating in his bones in a way that made him feel nauseated, but to the Pokemon it was as if a thousand chalkboards were getting nails dragged down them. Yelps and cries and howls of pain resounded through the Pokehouse, and that's all it takes for N to get to his feet and start rounding them up while calling out to the others in the house to get up.

And then the sinking started...

Luckily it's at that moment that he sees Paar outside, urging him to run out and meet the dragon in a frantic mess while holding a few of the youngest Pokemon in his arms. Their cries had subsided in to whimpers of pain and fright.]

Paarthurnax!

Anna!

[Once N had Paar loaded up with the youngest Pokemon unable to take care of themselves he took to making sure the rest of the house residents were alright... only to find Anna's room empty and the bed stripped.

Worried for her, he bolted from the house with Zoroark at his back and Woobat at his shoulder, looking for her frantically as the Bastion continued to shake and sink.]

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