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

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)]

ETA: muri is on hiatus she said to handwave wriggle :)

[hystericull]

[Unfortunately, Gamzee had to admit that Jade was right. With Tavros by his side, he'd had everything that he had been searching for since the Tower had started to collapse. Under normal circumstances, he'd be completely okay with surrendering to his lovely, murderous tendencies, stalking every single inch of this demented topography in search of that little goldblooded monster and just fucking wringing his--]

[Okay.]

[Okay they had to go. The rumbling beneath his legs wasn't getting any better (in fact, it was getting much worse and that wasn't because this kid was standing next to him SHUT UP), and they were as good as dead if they lingered.]

Shouldn't bother with the motherfucker.

[He chuckled darkly, waving a dismissive hand.]

Ain't all bein' in no motherfuckin' position to all be arguing with you there, brosis.

[That was all the gratitude she was going to get. He'd almost made himself sick with all that sentiment he'd puked up earlier. He didn't want to turn to Tavros. Not yet. There were a bunch of weird things flying and buzzing around his head and stomach and not all of them felt so pleasant. Plus, there was the fact that he couldn't just stamp out his motherfucking anger like it was a fucking CHOICE--]

[But he had to. Couldn't be mad at this boy. Had to be mad at Equius. Had to pray that Jade wouldn't be able to find him and the Tower would deliver to him what he motherFUCKING DESERVED because Gamzee just didn't have time to do it himself.]

[Ruefully, and deciding finally to do the sensible thing and ignore everything he needed to discuss with the brownblood, he clamped his hand over Tavros' wrist not-so-gently, giving a nod to Jade before tugging the boy with him toward the stairs and motioning for Wriggle to follow.]

I'm fucking fine. Let's go.

It's okay, I was only on hiatus for the week. I'm already home.

[wrigurun]

[Wringing her hands, Wriggle glanced anxiously between the two. Even though she'd met Gamzee before it was like being around strangers. With the tower, it didn't maker her feel particularly safe. Biting her bottom lip she eventually made her decision and took a couple of steps towards Jade, completely ignoring Gamzee's instruction to follow]

Wait, I want to help too! I can send out a search party.

[Granted, her own safety should come first but to be perfectly honest right now she'd rather find her own way down. She didn't really trust Equius not to get hurt though and in the back of her mind she had this vague connection of him and death for whatever reason, she didn't want to let it come to pass]

[pushedaround]

[ Okay, he's not going to join the rescue party. He had nothing against Equius. In fact- he wanted to help him out so badly, but he knew he'd be nothing but a burden at this point. He is really ... trying so hard to keep it together, but it was getting more difficult now that Gamzee is around.

Whatever.

Not going to think about anything right now aside from getting the fuck out of here! Jade and Gamzee worked really hard to find him, and the least he can do is try to make it out of here alive. Easy said than done; Tavros is still standing there, trying to figure where to go since everything around them is falling apart.

Luckily, Gamzee is not taking anymore of his bullshit and is now dragging him toward the way out. It took him a few seconds to notice the pressure on his wrist, but he didn't complain, just ... trying to keep up with the highblood for now.

Also, he needs to keep his mouth shut. He had this beautiful gift of discussing the most inappropriate things in the worst timing ever, so- keeping those lips firmly sealed now. ]

another quality post by gira

[geometry]

[Equius had stopped after he was out of sight from their original location. So by this point, he wasn't exactly running around like a headless chicken anymore, but was rather sitting behind one of the few large rocks in the area and trying to catch his breath. Of course, it wasn't coming easily -- been too long since he's had to run for his life -- but even though he had put Gamzee well behind him, Equius didn't make any noise aside from his already-heavy breathing.]

[After a while of sitting there listening to the Tower crumble to pieces above him, Equius' fear of being buried alive finally overcomes his fear of Gamzee. He gets up and starts walking once again, back in the direction he came from; his run had more or less been a straight line, after all, and he'd have to see the staircase that was swirling into the sky eventually.]

this whole thread is so quality it belongs in an art museum

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Search party?! [W h a t] We don't have time to put one togeth--!

[Thankfully, Jade wasn't going to waste much more time arguing with Wriggle, as it was just about now that Equius finally came back into her line of view.]

Oh thank sweet merciful Jesus. [She said half under her breath half not caring how loud she was she was saying it ironically anyway. She waved for Wriggle to follow her and started running, making a beeline for Equius.]

Hey dick bag, we gotta get to the staircase and fast unless we all wanna become some nice new stains on the carpet.

[wrigurun]

[Wriggle was about to argue, a few ladybirds had already been summoned for their help but as it turns out they weren't needed. There was half a sense of relief and half a sense of irritation. This was no time to be fooling around! Following Jade she had half a mind to start having a go at him but it looked like that was already being taken care of]

Come on! If you're going to run anywhere then run downstairs!

[She got behind Equius, placing her hands firmly on his shoulders and making an attempt to push him towards the stairs]

[geometry]

W-wait, wha—

[Yeah, that whole 'talking' thing? That died off pretty quickly. So with two people suddenly telling him to hike his ass down the stairs, Equius wasn't really in the mood or position to argue. Even Wriggle's pushing was enough to shake him into motion, and then he moved quietly for the stairs, looking around constantly — at Jade, at Wriggle, at nothing in particular where he knows Gamzee is waiting for him, just knows.]

[That was... pathetically easy.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Pathetically so or not, it was better than it being stupidly difficult. She followed Wriggle's lead, grabbing Equius' wrist as she shifted her gun around and started pulling him from the front, half running for the stairs and half being considerate for the people behind her.]

No time for freak outs, bro. Gam and the bull kid are already headed down, so that's our cue to put the pedal to the metal.

[wrigurun]

[While her pushing was rather forceful she was careful not to shove him to the ground or into Jade. Even though they were finally making an escape she didn't really feel any more at ease]

Come one, come on! If you get hurt I can't carry you the whole way down.

[geometry]

I'm going, I'm going! [Oh god. He's being bossed around by a human girl and a demon kid with antennae. What is his life coming to? Contemplating this, though not too much since it would cause him to lose his footing and bring everyone into a sort of staircase Katamari ball, he allowed himself to be pushed/pulled down the stairs.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Hey, this human girl just happened to have saved not only your sorry ass, but helped your moirail's ass out sometime in the past or the future. Be grateful!

But thankfully they were able to make it to the stairs in time before anything collapsed and no one died yet for today!]