Breach

[animusmods]

Characters: EVERYONE
Setting: EVERYWHERE
Format: EVERYFORMAT
Summary: The tower is shaking and something wicked this way comes...Use this log for all evacuation purposes.
Warnings: DANGER WILL ROBINSON! DANGER!

[There so little time and so much to do. Now's the time to spring into action!

((OOC - Set up evacuation logs, rescue attempts, etc. If you can, make sure you mark down the time of when a specific thread is happening due to the events unfolding.


UPDATES:
August 13, 1:40PM EST - All superhuman powers nearly nullified; technologically based powers halved in power. Monsters currently flooding upper levels, lowest levels not yet entirely infested.

August 14, 3:45AM EST - Powers return, but are unstable; they flicker in and out and the strength varies wildly. It's hard to tell if you'll get a full-strength blast or next to nothing.

August 14, 12:20PM EST - The Tower has been completely swarmed with monsters down to the Eighteenth floor. Powers are more stable now, although there may be occasional flickering of ability.

The monsters are tearing up floor thirty-three, ruining the farmland and anything growing on it. The monsters are smashing everything in floor twenty-seven, which makes for a lot of broken glass and mixing chemicals that probably shouldn't be so carelessly combined.

August 15, 9:10PM - Powers have returned reliably, though the actual power is now a bit unstable, with the lights prone to flickering. Anyone who has died will now begin to revive in the infirmary, which is guarded by a swarm of retrieval units. This is the first time the actual returning process can be seen--one retrieval unit appears from a cramped elevator and deposits the unconscious, previously dead person on one of the beds. They revive soon after, with the appropriate amount of sleep paralysis.

The monsters have swarmed down to floor five. They are ruining everything in the workshop not bolted down and some things that are. CDs, DVDs, and televisions are being smashed in the media room.

August 18, 1:30PM - The remaining monsters have been eliminated.))]

Comments

does she get a gold star yet

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[She was all up and ready to shout back (and was kind of already squinting at "androgynous piece of shit"), but then there was a tremor, which, while Jade had somehow managed to kneel down fast enough to not get bowled over, the idiot clown she was with was not so lucky. She tried to make a grab for him when he fell, but yeah that, didn't quite pan out.

Thus she hopped off the staircase and over to where the idiot was laying, and held out her good hand to help him up.] Yeah, real fucking capable I see. Suck it up pansy-ass, because I'm helping whether you like it or not.

lmfao she can have all of the gold stars for putting up with this bitch

[hystericull]

[Fuck Jade. Fuck her for being a good friend. He was not in the fucking mood for this. Gamzee swatted her hand away, rising shakily to his feet once more and glaring down at the girl, lip curled in an animalistic, fangy sneer.]

Can't fuckin' STAND YOU.

[WHAT IS NICE HOW DOES IT WORK. UGHHHHH EMOTIONS. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK.]

If you're all motherfucking INSISTENT ON STICKING AT MY FUCKIN' PURPLE ASS LIKE SOME SHITTY TIMEGLUE, better to be all makin' at yourself motherfucking useful and telling in me if you're all to be seeing a cowering brother with big-ass horns like this.

[He holds his palms out, facing each side of his head, about a foot away. Gamzee's eyes narrow, and a creepy as fuck grin sets on his face.]

Most adorable motherfucker you was all ever to be layin' stubs on, is how you'll motherfuckin' know.

she'll put them all over her gun

[reddeadvirtuoso]

That's nice because you're being a downright fuckwad. [At least him swatting her hand didn't hurt as much as it could've, though she did wave it in the air a bit to get rid of the sting.]

If you learn to calm your fucking tits I'll divine where your dumb troll bro went.

[And she lifted her foot and gave him a nice kick in the shin because physical violence seemed to be the best way to calm him down, and then dashed towards the the staircase to descend.

It only took another moment to Gamzee, but for Jade, it had to be a good few hours, hopping around and going back and forth, but she was able to magically divine where his friends were hiding, and jumped back down the stairs and over the railing onto the 38th floor.]

[hystericull]

Wh--

[Oh for the love of--]

NO!!! YOU MOTHERFUCKER!!!

[He was left there, face scrunched to oblivion in an infinite, twisting mass of fury. But... awkwardly enough, he only had about fifteen seconds to stand there like a stewing, pathetic loser before she came hustling back up the stairs.]

I fucking.

HATE.

All you MOTHERFUCKING TIME BITCHES.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Don't worry, I hate us too. [She don't even care.]

Now you coming, or what? I give us about T-Minus 75 before this thing crushes our fragile little bones.

[hystericull]

Well, YOU ALREADY GOT ONE MINE OUT OF THE MOTHERFUCKING WAY.

[In a stunning display of maturity, he swings his (uninjured) leg back down in a revenge-kick to Jade's leg. THAT SHIT HURT, OKAY!? It didn't matter that he was about a foot taller than her, fuck that shit.]

Ladies motherfuckin' first, asswipe.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

--OW what the fuck?!

[She hopped on one foot to hold her no doubt bruised leg whie her gun clattered to the ground because it was really hard to hold a lot of things with only one functional hand.]

Fuck you, you stupid clown!!

[F u c k this, she swiped her gun off the ground once she was content with putting weight on her leg again, and departed towards the staircase again, this time slower so Gamzee could follow.]

[hystericull]

[Yeah, yeah, he'd heard it all before. That's what she fucking gets for kicking him in the shin, stupid time bitch.]

[But... as he followed, trying not to fall again from the tremors, he caught up to her on the stairs, snatching her up by the crook of the (good) arm and tugging her back one last time.]

Hey.

...Thanks.





I guess.





For a lot of shit.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[She was ready to bitch at him about pulling her back again, but then he was. Surprisingly not a douche. Hey, he even got a small, un-ironic smile for that.]

I said I'd help a bro out, right? No problemo. [And then she jerked her head back towards the stairs.]

Now c'mon, let's go find your bro, 'cause right now's probably right about the time he's freaking the fuck out.

[And awaaayyyyyy!!]

[geometry]

[Well, Jade, you got that right.]

[Tavros is freaking the fuck out. Actually, so is Equius. They're both freaking the fuck out. Underneath a giant tree that seems to be relatively stable in case the sky or ceiling or whatever falls down on them is two shivering lowbloods, looking really stupid and kind of huddled together. Seems the brownblood - the one with the obnoxiously big horns - is clinging to the yellowblood, who has by this point given up struggling (because ew brownblood) and is quietly resigned to his position of latching post.]

...What's up there?

[Equius is glancing upward every so often. Past the tree. Into the, um, 'sky'.]

Is this... some kind of simulation? Is there fracturing wood or... or something above it?

[pushedaround]

[ Man, Tavros is not even trying to calm the fuck down. Not trying at all! He was more than happy to sit here, latch into this guy and embrace their impending doom. Oh, and panic of course. Seems like a pretty good plan to him!

Every single noise or sudden movement made Tavros cringe in alarm, and once Equius spoke all he could do in jump a little and quickly glance upward, clawing and gripping into the yellowblood's shirt mercilessly.

This kid needs like 50 moirails or something. ]

I ... don't know.

[ Fuck, the sky, ceiling whatever better not fall down on them! More ... panic. ]

Oh god, what are we supposed to do now?!!

[geometry]

[He doesn't respond to Tavros' new clinging fit, only pressing further against the trunk of the tree. It's... well. He would like to say that he's rather be wandering around on its own as opposed to being stuck here with a lowblood, but that's getting harder and harder to say. Yes, he likes the company, okay?]

[Oh my lord, someone get these losers their palebros.]

H-here, um... we just stay here.

[Tree. Got a tree. Yup.]

T-this thing is... it's been here for years, I think, I mean... it's solid...

...I think we'll be fine if, uh, we stay here...

[HOW DID THIS HAPPEN. WHY IS HE DOING THIS.]

[pushedaround]

[ Tree. This tree would be able to keep them safe. Okay, cool. Equius is the man and he knows what's best for them, right? Right. He'll just have to trust him now.

Tavros nods, letting out a shaky sigh and trying his best to ease down the shivering. Breathe. Breathing ... is good. Yeah, let's stick to deep breaths and awkward cuddles. ]

... Okay! I, uh, I can ... I can do that. Just ... sit here and ... wait ...

Maybe it will s-stop, if we stay here, and wait. Yeah!

[ Man, he couldn't even believe his own bullshit. But, it might offer some fake comfort to the other? Give and take, you know? Maybe they would be successful in calming each other down in the end.

It is unlikely to happen but whatever. ]

[geometry]

Yeah, I mean... it's cover...

[It's something put against them and the tower. That's all it is. It'll hold up for a little while, but they have to run when everything starts coming down, and Equius? Does not want to run. He is perfectly fine dying here, okay. He does not want to get out there under any circumstance, and probably, Tavros doesn't either.]

S-stop?

...Yes, it will have to stop. The administrators, they know what they're doing, right? I-I mean... they've always been in power before...

[This is quite possibly the biggest case of denial that the world has ever seen, but that's okay, because Equius is remarkably good at denial.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Whether you liked it or not Equius, someone was about to come make you start running, because Jade certainly wasn't having anyone besides herself dying on her watch. She showed up on the floor for the second time (though hopefully they didn't see her the first time), this time on a roughly linear path and accompanied by one pink-haired highblood.

When she caught them in her sights, she jumped off the staircase, gun in hand, and stood a few feet away from the lowblood pair to point them out to Gamzee, before turning her full attention to them.]

Yo, you two relatively unscathed?

[hystericull]

[One pink-haired highblood was ridiculously relieved to see the body of a bull boy that wasn't blanketed in brown blood by now. Holy fuck that was a lot of b words. He leaped from the stairs in Jade's wake, standing before the pair, as well, with nothing but a look of annoyance plastered all over his face.]

Fuckin' fi--

[Wait, the...]

[...pair.]

[The pair.]

[THAT FUCKING PHALLUS-HORNED STRING BEAN WAS GRABBING ON TO HIS FLUSHCRUSH LIKE HE WAS CHECKING A MOTHERFUCKING FRUIT FOR OPTIMUM RIPENESS.]

[Okay, Equius really wasn't grabbing Tavros like that. It was more of an awkward cling, but through the filter of "I-hate-this-motherfucker" and "what-the-fuck-is-he-doing-to-my-brownblood," he was as good as taking full advantage of him right in front of Gamzee's eyes.]

[He didn't finish the sentence, just stood there. With the widest eyes and the smallest pupils imaginable, fixed almost simultaneously on every point of contact their bodies were making. His lips peeled back from his fangs, allowing a highly-unsettled growl to bubble up behind them.]

[wrigurun]

[Upon Gamzee's shoulders sat a small person (boy or girl? It was hard to tell) that he'd picked up off the forest floor earlier. She stared a little wide eyed at the two of them. One a familiar face, the other ... not so much. But the by the actions of the others she could figure out that he must have been who Gamzee was looking for.

The growl vibrated up through her body and somehow became even more threatening than the much stronger shaking from the tower. This really wasn't good at all, they had to get to safety. Gently she tugged at his hair to get his attention and spoke in a hushed voice]

Come on, we've gotta go...

[Suddenly she was starting to remember what Equius had told her and she really really hoped that this wouldn't be the proof]

[pushedaround]

I- I'm okay. We're ... okay.

[ He nods to Jade. I mean- check him out. He's totally fine, half-shaking and in a fetal position. Don't mind him at all!

He's not really sure how they managed to find them, but-- it was somewhat comforting to be surrounded by more people, and he didn't feel as bad as he did a while ago. That explains why he finally released Equius from his death grip, withdrawing his claws off the wrinkled piece of fabric.

R.I.P Equius shirt. It's been a real champ.

Of course, all good things must come to an end, and now that he managed to take a decent look at the highblood, anxiety strikes again. ]

Um .... bro?

[geometry]

[Oh shit.]

[Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit.]

[Alright, so there was a lot of things happening in a very short succession here. Firstly: the combination of hair and flowing scarf meant it could be nothing but Jade Strider. Okay. That was reasonable. Jade Strider was not exactly his best friend in the tower, and was actually kind of an ass, but he could tolerate her. And she didn't even seem to be in such a bad mood, either; she was asking if he and Tavros were alright, which was a perfectly reasonable thing to do, since they were kind of sitting under a tree in the middle of an earthquake, which he now realizes was sort of a really bad idea. So yeah, JStri. Fine. Moving on.]

[Next thing he saw, at the top of the further one's head, was a pair of bobbling antennae and a haircut that could belong only to Wriggle. So JStri and whoever was giving her an oinkbeastback (because there was no way she was that tall on her own) had found Wriggle and was bringing her down, and that was fine by him, because it meant another person not dying. Except, as JStri and Wriggle's carrier got closer, it became easier to define features. And as it became easier to define features, the two of them got a nice good look at the person whose head was obscured by Wrigg--]

[OH SON OF A BITCH.]

[It's a really good thing Tavros let go of him at that moment, because if he hadn't, then the poor brownblood would have lost all four of his limbs. Equius basically sprang away from Tavros and everyone else, completely disregarding any other signals that his senses could have possibly offered him. Not the prompting from Wriggle, not that Tavros actually seems to be familiar with Psychotic Juggalo Boy. No, he's more concerned with getting his ass as far away from Gamzee as possible.]

[Which might explain why he didn't stop moving. Have fun catching him, boys and girls; he's got a lot of experience.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Now, Jade wasn't exactly a master at Social Finesse. In fact, it would be fair enough to call her, a bit socially awkward. Subtleties weren't really here thing. But even she could tell that there was something going on between all the trolls in the room, and if this was a JRPG there would be a big ol' question mark above her head as she watched Equius scramble way.

And she kind of watched it for a moment and stared blankly.] ...Well, he's got the right idea at least.

[Nonchalant as fuck as she turns back to look t Tavros, Gamzee and Wriggle.]

Think we ought'a follow his lead post-haste. [She's, inquire into the social complications of the matter later.]

posting order is equius>jstri>gamzee>wriggle>tavros BECAUSE I WILL FORGET LMAO

[hystericull]

[He was seething.]

[He was mother fucking seething.]

[THIS BITCH.]

[He had had this bile churning in his guts since the Tower started coming down. His moirail, and his m-- and Tavros. Where were they, and were they safe. They were his only concerns. HIS ONLY MOTHERFUCKING CONCERNS. So much so, that he had accepted the fact that he was going to search every single motherfucking floor for Tavros until he'd found him. Until the Tower crumbled on him he would be searching. And he had. Swept every floor until he found Jade. She'd helped him considerably - saved him so much Time.]

[And what did he get for his worry? For his frantic desperation? He got to find the boy that made him remember he had a motherfucking pump biscuit clinging to the boy he wanted to MOTHERFUCKING KILL ALL THE MOTHERFUCKING TIME. Seriously, everything that little fucker DID grated on his LAST. MOTHERFUCKING. NERVES. And this was no exception. Oh, no. This was the icing on top of the motherfucking shit cake. When that bitch leaped from the ground and bolted, it was the best decision he'd ever fucking made. Gamzee was going to find him. He was going to find him and kill him as many fucking times as he had to before that motherfucker would STOP FUCKING HIS SHIT UP.]

[He was almost inconsolable. Almost ready to flip the fuck out of this Tower and rain blows on its crumbly ass until the whole thing was nothing but dust on his broken, bloody, motherfucking knuckles.]

[He smiled. All crooked and full of teeth.]

Glad I'm finally to be getting my find on of you, motherfucker.

Actually, what floor are they on?

[wrigurun]

[Why on earth were they still here? They'd found who they needed to, right? And for all the times she was completely situation illiterate Wriggle had a pretty good idea that there were tensions she didn't want to be involved in. It certainly seemed like Equius had the same idea]

Hey! Equius!

[But it was too late, he was already out of sight. Maybe she should follow him and make sure he doesn't get hurt. At the very least, the feeling in her legs returned and she had a feeling that it was probably best that she didn't get too involved in whatever was about to happen. With about as much finesse as a sack of potatoes she managed to lower herself from his shoulders and land on the floor behind him. Getting back to her feet she frantically glanced around the area, wondering where they were or where he could have gotten to]

meadow floor. maybe the 14? source: monet

[pushedaround]

[ His heart almost skipped a beat at Equius startling outburst. Really, the last thing he needs right now is sudden movements, especially ones that involved someone running the fuck away in complete and utter horror. He wanted to call out for him, but by the time he forced himself to get off the ground- the yellowblood was out of sight.

... Okay, not sure what the hell just happened, but he had greater concerns to deal with right now. A certain unhappy highblood, that is.

Not gonna' lie, he was somewhat intimidated, but it didn't stop him from getting closer to Gamzee's side and stand there .... staring at him. Intensely. And after a few seconds, he figured that he should, you know, say something by now! ]

What ... happened, bro?

[ He can't be all pissed off for no fucking reason! And Tavros had this nasty habit -especially when he's anxious- of worrying over every single detail.





Also, they really need to deal with their drama elsewhere before everything starts collapsing around them ... ]

Yup, meadow floor

[geometry]

[It wasn't that difficult to figure out, roughly, where he had pitched off to. That particular area of the meadow floor seemed to move off into some sort of hilly territory, still covered in grass but making it significantly harder to search for any wayward Equii on the skyline. But since everything was flat in the other directions, and he was nowhere to be found...]

[Yeah, okay. Stopping. Stopping.]

[Oh god. Did he have to do this again? Did he have to run into Gamzee again? That was not the sort of thing that Equius was at all looking forward to upon being found or finally deciding what to do, with that brownblood Tavros clinging to his shirt like no tomorrow. Equius recalled what Tavros had said, in a very delayed-response kind of way; "bro". He had called Gamzee "bro". That meant that they were on good terms, right? Right. This brownblood Tavros and the psychotic murderclown were somehow... bros.]

[Suddenly Equius was no longer surprised that this Tavros was such a pushover.]

[Haha, wow.]

[Okay, yeah, you couldn't get him to go back over to the others for a million bucks. So Equius is just gonna... sit here. Yeah.]

[Hopefully Gamzee can take his 'bro' and get his horrible terrifying ass out? Maybe that could happen? Possibly?]

[...yeah no he's gonna die.]

WHERE LOWBLOODS GO TO DIE APPARENTLY

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Number one concern was the current rumble of....somewhere else in the tower. Number two concern was the fact that Equius was still on this floor, and stood a very good chance of dying at this rate. She had no idea why he wigged out, but they had to get him out of here.]

Yo Gam-- [She started whipping around to look at Gamzee.] Take Wriggle and your bull bro here and get down to the lower floors as fast as your lanky ol' legs can carry ya; I'll track down Colonel Mustard and be down as soon as I can.

By the way, point not negotiable-- get your fucking ass out of here or so help me I'll skewer you all on my bayonet and escort you down like a fuckin' corn dog vendor. Sort out your drama later.

[They were running out of time so baaaaaad (haha)]