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meadowlarklogs2020-06-06 02:01 pm
- !event log,
- dragon age: cassandra pentaghast,
- dragon age: inquisitor trevelyan,
- dragon age: marian hawke,
- kingdom hearts: riku,
- kingdom hearts: roxas,
- kingdom hearts: sora,
- original: ian fowler,
- overwatch: soldier 76 (jack morrison),
- persona: goro akechi,
- riordan mythos: silena beauregard,
- star wars: jyn erso,
- the 100: clarke griffin,
- the magicians: quentin coldwater,
- the man from uncle: gaby teller,
- uncharted: nathan drake
EVENT #009 AFTERMATH LOG
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.
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.
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!
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?
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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[ she hadn't felt like she 'lived' on jakku, either. it wasn't a home. she hadn't had anywhere else to go back to, but she can imagine it. beyond that, on some level, she feels that way about earth. she has a life here, a place. she's built something. going back to the resistance and the war had felt like an aberration in that.
how strange, to realize how backwards that was. she had people she loved back in her own galaxy, finn and chewie and leia, but she was certainly more a part of the community here than in the resistance. sometimes it feels like her journey home was just a matter of going to sleep, too.
she draws her hand back. ]
Who's 'we'? [ and what castle? she's realizing that roxas, despite his confusing connection to sora, seems to have a very different life. ]
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Me and my best friends Axel and Xion. We were part of the same organization.
[Or rather, the same Organization.]
We had jobs back then, too, but they were different than the jobs here. The time between completing our missions and going back for the night was just ours.
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[ a well-named town. rey smiles because she thinks about how much easier it would have been to last on jakku with finn there. with chewie there. she shoves away the pang that reverberates out of the empty space inside of her, the place where she can no longer feel ben because the blue light in their chests has stolen that from her. he'd been there. ]
I'm sorry that they aren't here with you. Were you closer with them than Riku and Sora? [ she doesn't really get their whole relationship. ]
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Much. But I didn't even know them then. Sora was...away, and Riku and I didn't meet until after I left where I'd been living all that time.
[And when he finally did, it didn't go very well.]
This world is the first time we've really had a chance to settle down and get to know each other better without a crisis happening. It's kind of funny.
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[ a small laugh. ]
I love my friends at home, but ... We're part of the Resistance. Like Morningstar, I guess. There's always something.
[ it's not the same as here, where she can say she knows the ins and outs of what simply living with them is like. ]
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[He can't speak for Rey's situation where she's from, of course. But he has a feeling it's the same. Even knowing Xehanort is gone, they'd won, it's hard to actually believe with his whole heart that things will be different.]
I wouldn't have chosen to come here, but...I don't know. It helps. And I got to meet people like you and the others.
[Friends he would never have made.]
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I'm not sure if that's really true. But I think I'd like it to be.
[And in the end, can't they make their own meaning?]
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[ if they decide that it's true, then it is. at least where this subject is concerned. she nods, as if settling that for herself. it is enough. ]