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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2020-07-13 05:43 am

Onward: Orange

A Stormy Night

The night of day six of Grasshopper begins to get blustery, and rain begins to fall shortly after the sun sets. Just after midnight they are facing a full-on storm. It’s quite interesting to watch, for those who need a break from investigating. Especially up on the top floor, where the glass roof gives a good view; all the instruments are set up to monitor weather patterns and are operating perfectly, a fascinating watch for those interested in such things.

It’s a little noisy, but not too bad for those that want to sleep; it’s just another distraction along with the perpetual light. Still it is, for the most part, a peaceful night.

Lights OUT

Peaceful, that is, until about an hour before dawn on day seven, their third day on-world. A large clap of thunder booms overhead, a massive flash of light brightens even the sky around the station… and something hits the facility so hard that it seems to rock. The lights go out.

Every single light and screen in the building go dark at once. 

It’s only a few moments before the machines whir back to life. Monitors and equipment rebooting, a cascade of beeps and whirrs and start-up tones. The lights, however, do not come back on. Clearly emergency lighting has never been a concern for a people that can see in the dark.

It’s a concern now. From across the facility, everywhere there was an orb, there are now monsters. A lot of monsters. Grey, long limbed and ready to attack.

Luckily for the Voidtreckers, the monsters on the very bottom floor have found something more interesting than hunting them. Within moments, they smash through the grates along the floor, and begin clambering downwards.

Downwards seems to be through some kind of service shaft, though easily big enough to fit a person in. They skitter down into the darkness, if any of Orange try and follow they can. It will be a steep, treacherous descent; they may need to break out that climbing gear to descend safely. 

Something Approaches

Back in the facility, the monsters that didn’t descend are instead attacking anyone they find with mindless savagery. A little while after the attack starts those near the top floor will hear a siren, ringing out into the darkness. It is not constant, rather it peaks and fades. Anyone who goes to investigate will find it comes from a black metal machine on the top floor, its screen showing a now constantly flashing, wavy green line and the words SIGNAL FOUND. As time passes, the green wave on-screen grows taller.
Luckily, they only have to last the remaining hour until dawn and when the sunlight shines through the glass of the facility the monsters shatter. In their place rise familiar orbs. Any monsters on the sub-levels remain active whilst the facility is in darkness.

The alarm subsides during the day. The machine’s wave remains the same size, pulsing only occasionally. Once night falls on the third day (Grasshopper 7), it shrills, and the wave continues to grow.
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Something Approaching

[personal profile] loveandduty 2020-07-13 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Minako had been switching between her civilian form and her Solider form during the time as a way to keep her from getting too exhausted. Currently she was with her civilian form with plans to change back soon.

But instead, she found that could change when she spotted the other. making her way over she made sure to stay close to her so that she didn't collapse to the ground.

"We best get you to a safe area to rest up."
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[personal profile] wisdominshadows 2020-07-28 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
"No," Zelda protested, taking in a quick breath to fortify herself,

"No, truly, I can manage...."
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[personal profile] loveandduty 2020-07-28 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"You look about as exhausted as I am with trying to handle something I have no clue how to." Which was a lie, but she wasn't making that at all obvious.

"We need to at least get you to an area so you can rest."
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[personal profile] wisdominshadows 2020-07-30 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Zelda pauses, considers, then slumps slightly.

"A short rest," she says. "I'm not that fragile."
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[personal profile] loveandduty 2020-07-30 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay, so a short rest and we will see how you feel after that, okay?" She at least understood the need for having at least a short break, she herself was taking them from time to time because they were still necessary.

"I assume you are like this because you found what you can do is useful, right? to help those that need it here?"