EVENT #009 AFTERMATH LOG

[larkers]

WHO: Everyone! Monsters, trains, and New Amsterdam citizens.
WHERE: New Amsterdam, a train, and New Magellan.
WHEN: May 3, 2512
WHAT: The aftermath of the simulation.
NOTES OR WARNINGS: Mentions of monsters, as well as deaths and memorials.

> EVENT #009 AFTERMATH LOG

The simulation ends abruptly. Whether someone was in the cold and artificially lit underground New Amsterdam or rushing the work camps to set every inch of them on fire, they'll wake up wherever they were before the simulation started. Given that it came down midday, many are likely to either be at work or enjoying a day off. The city takes a couple hours to "wake up" and "recover" from the long and traumatic period of time. Many of the New Amsterdam citizens will have to check a calendar to see how long it's been, and they'll also want to take care of any bodily functions and shove some food into their faces. While Judas' Suspended Animation helped a lot in this arena, everyone who's waking up will have to make up the difference for themselves.

After a couple hours left in recovery, people all around New Amsterdam flock to the streets to take in the state of the world. Numerous local corporations send out messages announcing that all employees will be paid for their time spent in the simulation, and that everyone will have a brief reprieve from work while New Amsterdam takes inventory on itself. Anyone in corporate jobs will have five days to take care of themselves, while anyone working in restaurants or lower-end jobs will only have two days to get themselves back together before they're expected to return to work.

Once everyone takes to the streets, they'll find a New Amsterdam covered in green and trees. It marks a striking difference to the cold, lifeless underground New Amsterdam that was present in the simulation. Many take to camping out on the first night, relishing the fresh air and lack of bustling city life that New Amsterdam has to offer. These same campers will need to move the following morning, but there will be little enforcement of any quick movement on that front.

On a more somber note, Governor Lydia Gill-Jade gives her final address to the city. She announces that New Amsterdam is the strongest megacity in the world, and that it's ready to persevere and prevail over any and all obstacles. She asks that everyone remember the lives lost when the simulation was lifted. By now, there are a couple hundred deaths reported, and among them are Katelin Jovavich and Matek Kattan (AKA "Ball"). Memorials spring up around the city in honor of these losses. At the end of her address, Gill-Jade declares that she's stepping down as Governor of New Amsterdam, effective immediately.

> NEW MAGELLAN AND THE MANY MONSTERS

Thanks to Ian, the simulation has come to an end in New Amsterdam. Anyone who went into the laboratory will need an exit strategy. What comes next? Daenerys will be setting off an EMP bomb as everyone leaves the laboratory, and will have set a large majority of the monsters on fire. But what about any that might be chasing them out, and how do they prevent them from following? It's time to have a plan to get out of dodge, so to speak. That's assuming that anyone has a plan. The accelerated timeline has meant that everyone is moving without having all the bricks laid.

Either way, now that Cassius has been transferred and is mostly secure in the hands of the Displaced, it's probably a good idea to not dawdle for too long. The lab is thoroughly on fire, the monsters are up for a chase, and it's time to get moving. Should they leave the building itself burning in the meantime? Then again, is that really anyone's biggest concern?

The problem is: where to? A quick hop back to New Amsterdam won't be on the horizon. The gate there is still down after the event, as recovering it fell by the wayside. If anyone wants to visit New Amsterdam, they'll have to fast travel to a city close by (New Prague is a great choice!) and take a train ride home.

That's right: it's train log time again!

> GATE BUSINESS

While people are either heading back from their adventures abroad or eating a lot of protein to boost their energy, there is still that little problem with the gate in New Amsterdam. Tony Stark identified the missing objects there, but the acceleration of everything meant that the gate never got fixed up. Now, it's up to the Displaced to put together how to make this gate work! If they have a relic sitting at home, wouldn't it be worth trying to see if they can slot it back in there? It might take a bit of teamwork, but this is the type of puzzle the Displaced can piece together.

The only thing that the Displaced might want to do is look for additional clues or information for how the original slots got changed up. When did it happen and who had the means to do that? Even if the fast travel system is back up, will there be any chance of someone messing things up again in the future?

> FINAL OOC NOTES

And that's all for our ninth event, folks! Please direct any aftermath questions to our Wrap Up post! In terms of the gate, we're happy with assuming that the gate is back up and running by time the arrival log is posted on June 13th.

Thanks again for helping make this a great event!

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Comments

[warfares]

Maybe so.

( there is no point in denying it, in denying the underlying implication. he had always been a monster, had always been feared and loathed, but he could accept that.

only monsters had the power to bend the galaxy to their whim, after all. only monsters had the strength to bear the weight of the horror needed to enact true change.

ben solo had never been that strong. he had been a delusional coward who had never wanted to be anything but a pilot like his father. )

But at least I know what I am. Can you say the same?

[forcevisions]

[ the worst part of letting him in continues to be the ways in which it allows him to hurt her now. he knows all the right places to apply pressure. the proof of her attachment to him is here, in how he wounds her, because she had given him the tools to do it.

rey goes quiet, temporarily. the light in her chest glows blue with the suppression of her connection to the force because the dark stews inside of her even if she cannot reach it. ]

You know that you're nothing but a monster, yet you still believe I could ever want to be with you.

[ he'd claimed that he was nothing without her. it's no accident that she continues to berate this point — that he means nothing to her, that he never has. it feels like the only way to force him to retreat fully. ]

[warfares]

You are with me. ( teeth flashing, feral ㅡ ) You always will be ㅡ even in death we can't be parted.

( it's as good as calling her a liar outright. the dyad might be suppressed here, their connection to the force blunted, but he knows what he felt. that sense of wholeness so complete that it was like finding a par of himself he'd misplaced years ago, only to have her deny him, stubborn until the very last.

and for what? fear? )

I am a part of you.

[forcevisions]

[ he speaks into being what she has been fleeing all this time: that she cannot escape him, or her future, no matter what she tries. as much as she knows it to be true, that the force has fated their connection, even this cannot make her accept it.

outrage bubbles up in her chest — like burns.

she turns away from him, throwing open the carriage door and walking out into the dark of the storm to escape him. their surroundings shift, and there it is. the throne room on exegol. no matter where she goes, no matter what she does, she always winds up back there. that seems equally fated to her connection with kylo ren.

she needs to wake up. she doesn't want him to see what's under the hood of the figure on the throne. rey lets out a sound that's half growl half yell. the dream evaporates, fading into the light of morning. ]