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๐š‚๐šข๐š—๐š๐š•๐šž๐šก ๐™ผ๐š˜๐š๐šœ ([personal profile] synfluxmods) wrote in [community profile] synflux2024-07-29 12:33 pm

TRAVEL LOG #2

TRAVEL LOG #2


CONTENT WARNINGS: natural disaster, acid rain, vehicle crash.

โ–ถ 001. WINGING IT.

In the early morning hours of the 1st, Outsiders will receive a rude awakening blaring through their implants. No matter what they do, the alarm will not stop sounding until they are forced to get up. A message will flash through their vision:

ALL OUTSIDERS ARE TO REPORT TO THE HANGAR IMMEDIATELY FOR DEPARTURE

Get up, get dressed in your plugsuit, and itโ€™s time to go! Once they report at the hangar, they will be met with a huge spacecraft, large enough to fit at least 80 people. This will be their mode of transport to their next location.



"My Angels of Lilith. You are needed once again. We have received distress signals from the neighbouring country of South Korea. Unfortunately, since we have not established data portals in that country, we require you to embark via air. Your aircraft is ready for you and your seats have been assigned. I bid you a safe journey."


True enough, there are more than enough seats on the LILITH SKY CRUISER to accommodate every Outsider, and to get everyone organized quickly for departure, all Outsiders will receive a seat number. Like any plane, seats are rather cramped and there isnโ€™t much leg room. Once the seatbelt sign is off, Outsiders are free to stand up and move around the cruiser, but they might have to climb over other people or make the whole row stand up to give them room. The aircraft is serviced by robotic stewards serving light snacks of nuts and crackers, and coconut crab kimbap and seaweed soup at meal time. Any characters who use a cloaking device will be instructed to use it during the flight to accommodate the aircraft. Also, any characters who rely on a weapon or anything else (such as a Gundam), it will be loaded onto the cargo of the aircraft.

The flight will take about 2-3 hours. Outsiders may take a nap, chat or try the inflight entertainment available. This inflight entertainment is delivered through a virtual reality headset. Outsiders may pick a selection of AI movies of questionable quality, along with several virtual reality games. There are single player or multiplayer options available for every game.

Available games include:
  • The Sims 30: One player gets to become the โ€˜godโ€™ of a world and build houses or dictate the lives of other players and NPCs within the game as they see fit.
  • Farm Crossing: A farming simulator game where players get to build and manage their own farms. Harvest your crops and tend to your animals! Impress the friendly villagers in the town with your beautiful ranch!
  • Tales of Heroes: A fantasy game where players are reborn into a world of monsters and magic and have to level up by fighting monsters and slaying demons.
  • And many more โ€ฆ (Feel free to design your own VR games.)

Eventually, the sky cruiser will touch down on Incheon Airport. Thereโ€™s no need to be stuck waiting in line at immigration... it appears as if the Incheon Airport has not been used in decades and seems completely abandoned with the exception of the Outsiders. The old scanning machines and luggage belts are simply collecting dust. Outsiders will be ushered immediately to the nearest train station, where they will continue their journey by train.


โ–ถ 002. WELCOME TO SEOUL.

Once descended from the train ride, they will have arrived in the city of Seoul, South Korea. Similar to Neo Tokyo, a lot of the people on the outskirts moved to this area in order to receive shelter and the benefits of being amongst civilization, rather than fending for themselves. As such, there is a certain hustle and bustle, but considering the state of their dilapidated airports and most of the other cities falling to ruin, there definitely is a more somber vibe to the city. Despite that, the residents carry on and there is no shortage of shopping, food stalls (mostly with foods that are not easy to perish), cafes, pojangmacha to have a late night food or drink at, and many more smaller businesses. The people are resilient and have every single desire to continue making a living. As such the prices here are competitive and Outsiders will find if they look hard enough, there are some fairly good deals to be made. Currency exchange is no issue, as KRYPTOS is the universal currency.

Since a lot of efforts were made to keep Seoul intact, there are still some important sights that were kept up and can be visited if desired. While LILITH urges people to keep their eyes peeled out for any clues to the next kaijuโ€™s whereabouts, Seok Dang may or may not have sent each Outsider a map of the best sightseeing amongst many other not-so-innocent suggestions. He calls it the difference of experiences and โ€œdoesnโ€™t want anyone missing out!โ€ If people check back on the message a day later, they will find it was almost as if it didnโ€™t exist at all. On the list, however, includes sights like the Gyeongbokgung Palace, COEX mall and aquarium, Seoul Sky, and many others. However, some of them may or may not exist anymore. How long was he out of the country for? For an extra โ€œfreebieโ€ he throws in, Outsiders will find an odd message on their style upgrade saying there is a new outfit available, when opened, it will download a hanbok that they can wear at any time.

"Well, well. Unfortunately, whatever fun could have been planned will need to be halted just a mere two and a half days to get settled. Once again, a message will be produced on everyoneโ€™s oculars suggesting an emergency is on the horizon. Guess we better get to that instead of showing you my home country!"


And Seok Dang wonders why he is the Commander's least favorite.

Beep! An alert pops up on the Outsiders' ocular devices. According to the information LILITH just received, there is not just one large kaiju occupying this region, but two. In order to chase both of these leads, Outsiders are split into two groups in order to chase these two kaiju. They have described these kaiju as being very agile and fast, but resembling a serpent from the few sightings that have been spotted. As for the rift that it originated from, there is no sign of a rift in South Korea. Did it migrate here from somewhere else? More details will pour into the Outsider's devices as soon as possible, but for now, Outsiders are called to pursue the hunt.


โ–ถ 003. TEAM SEOUL.
EVERLIGHT & REDEMPTION

Within the next hour, rain will begin to fall upon the city, but this is far from the average summer shower. The precipitation doesnโ€™t seem weather-related as much as it does seem to be a proponent of the kaijuโ€™s abilities. They find this when studying the rain itself, which is acidic to the touch. While the buildings and other structures will remain sound, the people will need to evacuate quickly in order to avoid any lingering effects to the skin. Skin contact with the acid rain will cause both minor and severe burning, depending on how quickly it is rinsed off with normal water. At the first discovery of the acid rain's danger, Outsiders will be commanded to press a button on their plugsuit on the left shoulder, activating an invisible helmet to keep their heads and faces safe.

The Outsidersโ€™ plug suits prevent them from receiving any damages from the rain, but thatโ€™s certainly not the case for everyone else. The first team, made up of the members of Everlight and Redemption are to prioritize the initial evacuation of the people, especially those who live slightly outside of the city limits of Seoul. They are the most vulnerable during crises like these and will need to be pulled from their homes, and those who live in the basement shelters will need to be pulled to one higher ground in case of potential flooding with the acid rain. Individuals who have skills in healing will also be called forth in order to tend to the injuries of those who are saved.

Between evacuation, there will also be tidbits of information provided to those on the team that remains in Seoul to check out specific locations in order to figure out more about this kaiju. The first location listed is Gyeongbokgung Palace. Outsiders that remain in Seoul will be utilizing that as their base. They are set to look at any remains the kaiju may have left behind. Any findings are commanded to be surrendered to LILITH. Emergency response of South Korea will use this palace as a safe haven, providing cots for sleeping overnight and other emergency supplies.


โ–ถ 004. TEAM BUSAN.
BRIMSTONE & REVELATION

The second team will depart via train on a journey to the city of Busan. The journey is expected to take 2 hours, and while there are comfortable seats available on the train, any luxuries beyond that are minimal. At least LILITH has brought along a few VR headsets for whoever wants to kill time with games or bad movies? Anyone can sit where they'd like for this ride.

An hour into the trip, a loud crash is suddenly heard, with the entire train rocking and falling to its side. This causes a complete blackout throughout the train and it stops functioning completely, leaving Outsiders stranded within the pitch black tunnel. The train system is completely inoperable in this condition. Outsiders will need to make their own journey to the city, following the rails by foot and helping any Outsiders who happened to be injured in the crash. Itโ€™ll be dark within the tunnel, but light will soon emerge once they exit it, and they will find themselves at the foot of Mount Geumjeong.

From then on, theyโ€™ll need to put their trekking skills to the test and cross the mountainous, forested region, where they will encounter various local fauna such as snakes, deer and black bears. They will also spot many destroyed villages and temples on their way to Busan. However, evidence of the Kaiju can be found in both the subway tunnel and throughout the mountain trek, suggesting that the kaiju has moved through here. This encourages LILITH to keep Outsiders in this area. The Outsiders will need to make a campsite in one of the destroyed villages, though emergency response will also pay them a visit several days later with sleeping cots and emergency supplies. In the meantime, hopefully they brought enough food with them or know how to forage and hunt for food in the wilderness. Some of those berries out there are poisonous....

The team here will be encouraged to explore the area to find further traces of the kaiju and help any villagers who are still alive.

โ–ถ 005. STATUS REPORT.

Promptly, at the same time, all Outsiders will receive a text message and be put in an encrypted chat-room: OPERATION: RED/BLUE
CODENAME:
LOCATION:
STATUS:
FINDINGS:

Outsiders are instructed to fill out this information and send it into the chat to communicate with one another.


โ–ถ 006. AFTERWORD.

Welcome to our second travel log!

Characters do have ASSIGNED SEATS for the duration of their flight to Incheon airport, though there are just enough empty seats that some characters can move around if they really don't like their seat buddies. Teams BRIMSTONE and REVELATION will be traveling to Busan, while teams EVERLIGHT and REDEMPTION will be staying in Seoul.

RNG below to discover what your character will find in both Seoul and Busan respectively. For the STATUS REPORT Prompt, treat it as an open chat room for all Outsiders and respond to the HEADER COMMENT. Feel free to threadjack and discuss among yourselves. You may also include this as a text prompt in your top level if you would like for people just to reply to you instead of using the header comment.

All tags on this log are worth 2 points and will count towards August AC.


EVENT BREAKDOWN/RECAP (CLICK TO EXPAND)
1. WINGING IT: Characters are told to head to the hangar for DISPATCH to SOUTH KOREA where reports of a kaiju have been seen. Characters sit in their assigned seats for a short air travel ride.

2. WELCOME TO SEOUL: We arrive in Seoul and are given orders to split into two teams: Everlight & Redemption in Seoul, Brimstone & Revelation in Busan. Seok Dang has tried to sneak in some sight seeing in between mission briefs, but it looks like there won't be much time for that, as two kaiju have been found in South Korea.

3. TEAM SEOUL: Everlight & Redemption deal with acid rain in Seoul, ushering civilians to refuge, tending to acidic burns and using Gyeongbokgung Palace as a makeshift base. Investigation hints at the kaiju being somewhere in this area as Outsiders find claws, teeth, droppings and other things that belong to a dragon-like creature.

4. TEAM BUSAN: Brimstone & Revelation board a train to Busan which has an outage, trapping them to travel along the tunnel in the dark. They arrive at the end of the tunnel at the foot of Mount Geumjeong and create a makeshift base in the village there. Investigation hints at the kaiju being somewhere in this area as Outsiders find claws, teeth, droppings and other things that belong to a dragon-like creature.

5. STATUS REPORT: Outsiders are encouraged to share their findings and speculations on the kaiju in an encrypted chat room.


30storieshigh: (stomp the monkey)

[personal profile] 30storieshigh 2024-08-14 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Dick"...? I see, "dick" is a negative thing. I shall avoid the "dick" in the future ๐Ÿ‘.

[ Who's going to tell him? Bakugo, you going to tell him? ]

I was of the understanding that we were to use them amongst the civil denizens? It is the name my fledglings use ๐ŸŽ“ at the place of my occupation ๐Ÿซ. Was I mistaken? Shall I inform them of my true name when we return?

[ Good thing LILITH got him tenure, right? ]
blastedass: by blastedass @ dreamwidth (Default)

[personal profile] blastedass 2024-08-14 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
[... Guess that's probably for the best. Godzilla would use it wrong, end up having it explained to him, and then be confused about why it was-

He slams the brakes on that train of thought. Moving the fuck along!]


Do whatever you want. I never bothered to use it.

[Look at him. Being a bit of a useful mentor here rather than just yelling at the newer Outsider.]

Where do you work?
30storieshigh: (astro-monsters were meant to fly)

[personal profile] 30storieshigh 2024-08-15 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bakugo is doing an outstanding job mentoring and no-one should tell him otherwise. Godzilla was already pretty set on doing whatever he wanted but having the vindication is still really nice! ]

At an instructional institution for older fledglings, "University" I is the term I believe. I am a Doctor there, of the kind that teaches rather than heals ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ.
blastedass: by bokunoicons @ tumblr (๐Ÿ’ฅ 10 SECONDS TO MELTDOWN!)

[personal profile] blastedass 2024-08-15 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Just don't rampage around when other kaiju aren't making a problem. They don't need a mini-kaiju issue. Bakugo finds Godzilla picking up new things and learning how to human pretty interesting. It's honestly a first for him. (Todoroki doesn't fucking count. He knows how to human; he's awkward as fuck when it comes to peopling...)

Bakugo makes a face until Godzilla thankfully clarifies it.

Wait- WHAT?!]


You're just now picking up how humans work and you're fucking TEACHING students?!
30storieshigh: (heard you were talking shit)

[personal profile] 30storieshigh 2024-08-15 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
It has proven helpful in my own learning. My fledglings have taught me as much as I have taught them, all without the help of Syl's Labus to assist them. Observe.

http://www.rasaint.net/ - Glitter Graphics

A skill I was made aware of by those under my tutelage. It has been a mutually beneficial occupation.
blastedass: by bokunoicons @ tumblr (๐Ÿ’ฅ Lord Explosion Murder!)

godzilla, never change

[personal profile] blastedass 2024-08-15 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Excuse him for a second. He's blowing something up over here.]

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TEACHING THEM SOMETHING ACADEMIC!!

[Instead of an education from a teacher, the students are teaching said teacher to fucking fancy text on his ocular?!]

What's your subject?!
30storieshigh: (you're being judged by a dinosaur)

he never will, promise!

[personal profile] 30storieshigh 2024-08-15 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sorry Bakugo Godzilla is taking all this angry typing as enthusiasm and why shouldn't he be enthusiastic? Learning is exciting! ]

Archaeological Anthropology, a study of your kind's past from the traces left by your ancestors ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘€. It is very interesting.
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-08-15 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh jeeze. Chalk another miscommunication up to the limitations of fucking text. This is going to be awkward if they ever end up arguing face to face.]

You know enough about that to teach it?

I thought you just slept underwater until some fucking bomb or monster woke your grumpy ass up!
30storieshigh: (imma bite it)

[personal profile] 30storieshigh 2024-08-16 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
I confess I often rely upon Syl's Labus to assist my teaching, I learn as much as my fledglings do. Though I have been able to match the material in that tome with my own memories. Such as the Collapsing of the Bronzed Ages, I believe that could be termed as "My Bad" ๐Ÿ˜‘.

[ Ah but now he must teach Bakugo of Godzilla! More lessons to be given. He's got some details right from his world's legends, now to bring on the truth from the real deal. ]

This was not always the way. I watched your kind become, even lived amongst them for a time ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿค๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘. Then the world changed, as all things do, and I slept ๐Ÿ˜ด. I do not know for how long exactly ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธโŒ›โฐ but a very long time, nothing I knew remained when I awoke.

Your kind awoke me with their weapon ๐Ÿ’ฃ, harnessed power they should not have โ˜€๏ธ, I was needed again. Others would soon awaken as well, searching to feed from the energy and weapons your kind made, putting the balance at risk in the process. Then humans freed the Invader ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฒ, he woke the rest. After destroying him I have remained on constant watch, ensuring neither Human nor Titan oversteps and puts the world in peril.

I am kept very busy ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ.
blastedass: by cytes @ dw (gift ~ Don't Take) (๐Ÿ’ฅ Ignoring everyone.)

[personal profile] blastedass 2024-08-16 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[He asked for an answer and got a fucking report. Ugh... this guy's ridiculous sometimes.]

What the hell? You mean you're responsible for the fucking Bronze Age falling?

[He's calling complete bullshit on that! The Bronze Age didn't "fall" so much as human's developed their civilizations and tools with better material! Even if Godzilla was around way back then, he wasn't a catalyst! ... Was he?]

Half of that makes sense. The rest is all your world.

[The long sleep, waking from weapons, and fighting others that woke or were created or randomly arrived, all that was in the "okay, relatable similar" vein. The other parts? That sounds like it's all part of this Godzilla's world.]

You didn't have that much developed history in my world's incarnation of you.
30storieshigh: (yo how's the weather down there)

[personal profile] 30storieshigh 2024-08-16 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Possibly ๐Ÿค”. It was a very long time ago and your own kind's records of the period are incomplete. I recall the migrations of the various peoples, the conflict. Some of the People of the Sea may well have been following in the wake of my patrols, many sought to worship me ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ.

[ So potentially very sorry about that! Didn't mean to, if he did. If he didn't then hey no foul right? ]

I would be more surprised if it was a perfect match. Each world is vastly unique, I have discovered, the simple fact I am legend in yours at all is an astronomical coincidence ๐Ÿคฏ. Though I am curious what humans think my origins are in yours ๐Ÿค”, it would be amusing to witness the guess work.

[ Or it might set him off again. 50/50 chance with the big guy. ]
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-08-16 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Migration and conflict? Humanity's had a ton of that over our history. Which one are you talking about?

[Granted Japan has had a large history of isolationism, so certainly not the extent as Western expansion and Asian conquests. But if Godzilla's world had humanity influenced by large kaiju, or Titans, that's... weird. Was the Ice Age their fault as well?]

In most media, you're a prehistoric monster that resides partially in the ocean. You were awakened and empowered after years of exposure to nuclear radiation and testing, which is also your main food source. Some films suggest you have alien or mutation origins, but neither's proven.

[Arguably even Bakugo's Japan's Toho has some elements of guess work around the kaiju, not wanting to too concretely stick to any definitive origin. Apparently that stifles creativity.]
30storieshigh: (you're being judged by a dinosaur)

[personal profile] 30storieshigh 2024-08-17 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
A moment. I must check ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘€. [ Yes he's browsing through a text book he uses for work. Give him a break, human dates and ways of tracking things are hard to remember ] The events roughly around twelve hundred thousand of your B.C.E.

[ That is SO helpful, e thinks it is at least. He also thinks he'd very much like to smash anyone depicting him as some alien invader, but he keeps the temper in check this time. ]

Some of this is close yet no rolled dried leaf for burning ๐Ÿค”. The energy your kind harnessed does empower me at my full scale, I do have lairs in the oceans, and your weapons woke me. Yet I am very much natural and of earth ๐ŸŒ, none but my progenitors had a hand in my hatching ๐Ÿฃ.
blastedass: by bokunoicons @ tumblr (๐Ÿ’ฅ Just. Got out. Of the shower!)

[personal profile] blastedass 2024-08-17 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ugh, is he seriously looking up dates in a history book?! Then again, guess it's too much to suddenly expect their new Professor to recall things off the top of his head. Bakugo rolls his eyes and drops back on his bed, looking at the ceiling with a wry face. Different worlds can be fucking weird... They align in places and diverge in many others.]

Uh-huh. No fucking clue.

[He isn't going to bother wracking his brain for whatever few paragraphs were dedicated to that area of time in middle school science history. Certainly nothing there was related to Godzilla.

Oh boy. Wait'll Bakugo starts telling this guy about SPACE Godzilla! The kaiju's going to have to learn to laugh at himself if he wants to know more about Toho's creations.]


Who the fuck said anything about burning leaves?!

[Way to western euphemism, Gojira.]

So some general ideas about your history and life are shared between our worlds.