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▷ DECISION UPDATE

▶ OUTCOME: BURNING BRIDGES

The decision has been made. LILITH Japan orders the Outsiders to mobilize to pursue the Imugi.

Given that they are in a foreign country, they are largely dependent on LILITH Korea’s resources. In response to the decision, the Korean branch provides some assistance: the Outsiders are given just enough vehicles to help transport them, essential supplies, and only a few operatives to help guide them. This is the most the Korean branch is able to give, as they must focus on relocating people and restoring peace following the attack.

LILITH announces that the Imugi is currently resting near Gangneung on the east coast and they must move quickly. The effects of Rift poisoning will grow stronger as they approach the source; a sign that they are close to a kaiju. Upon reaching the mountains just outside the city, LILITH informs them that they are right on top of its location.

However, there is no Imugi to be found. After searching the area, Outsiders will discover the source of the trace and the poisoning: eggs. They will find about twelve eggs. When they report their findings, Seokdang will curse. In their rush, they had followed the wrong trace. They didn’t track down an injured and resting Imugi—they tracked down the Imugi’s nest. So where is the Imugi?

Not long after, Outsiders will receive an update on their implants: the Imugi reappeared in Seoul. After seeing the corpse of its mate, it went berserk and attacked the city again. While many of the citizens were evacuated to nearby Incheon and remaining shelters, just as many perished, with the death toll at 168,000 and rising. LILITH’s Korean base is destroyed.

The Imugi was last seen flying north, but the Korean government prohibits the Outsiders from pursuing it again through their territory. By choosing to pursue the kaiju, the Outsiders have abandoned humanity and thus will receive no further support. They are ordered to leave the country immediately.

LILITH Japan will order them to collect as many eggs as possible and continue to the abandoned city of Gangneung, where they will arrange pick up and return to base in Tokyo.

▶ AFTERWORD.

Thanks everyone for participating in our first major Event Decision! We hope you had fun discussing what to do both ICly and OOCly.

After failing to capture the second Imugi and also failing to save a large portion of Seoul's population, characters will be shipped back to Japan. The events of the TDM will springboard from there. Feel free to use this post to thread out any aftermath threads if you would like.

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@onestepforward

[ignoreher]

[ oh, she knew it'd turn out badly.

there is no surprise whatsoever it turned out badly -- of course she hoped for the best when the decision was announced, but malkuth had fought for the opposite for a reason: because she knew it would cost them allies, be it their own or help from those in Korea. it was always more important to think of the long term, and more had thought in the short.

well. anyway, malkuth's got so little hesitance in hitting up the network with her two cents: ]

Imagine losing a dragon twice! I guess we should've stayed after all, huh? Then you could've gotten your revenge and we would've saved more lives than we lost -- and kept the support of a good ally, too.

Let's remember this going forward! It's always better to take things one step at a time!

[wheft]

[ actually you know what she's gonna say it outright lmao ]

Go fuck yourself.

You of all people don't have any right to say about this.

[ignoreher]

[ HELL yeah!!!!!! ]

I don't care if you don't think I have the right to say anything about this when you're the one who was so desperate to finish a job that didn't need to be finished. Or do you always put yourself above others for your own pride?

[frostfist]

[ you are KILLING him here ]

@goddess of death

[queenofkur]

Malkuth.

Now is not the time.

Please let them grieve and recover. Then, we can discuss what we should do going forward.

[ignoreher]

Like hell! It's their fault that so many more people died, why shouldn't they get their face shoved into the consequences of their actions? It's not like I'm the one who voted to go! I gave a list of why we shouldn't!

[ and she! was right! by the wings, she was right!



and it turned out just like it had when she and the others faced angela! it didn't matter what she felt, what she thought, what they believed in, a compromise was struck and she dealt with the aftermath of that! ]

They can grieve their bruised egos and poor decision-making skills later... LILITH's included in that.

@twin

[grade4]

shut up.

[ girl, not the time. ]

[ignoreher]

Make me.

[ she's down an arm and she'd still fight someone. because she's frustrated. because her points fell on deaf ears. because so many people's lives were lost and there's no going back. ]

@Gojira

[30storieshigh]

SILENCE.

[ too mad for emojis. ]

[ignoreher]

[ THIS IS NOT HOW I WANTED THEM TO GET CR!!!!!! ]

No! Apparently, I wasn't loud enough the first time to get it through these thick skulls around us, so I'll say as much as I want until my breath gives out!

not here

[transmit]

[ he gets it but also

🧍‍♂️

girl ]

[ignoreher]

[ people who didn't speak up don't get the right to chide her ]

[frostfist]

[ but also: you could have worded this better too 🧍‍♂️ ]

[ignoreher]

[ no, this was flawlessly worded, it did exactly what she wanted it to do: shame and anger the people who chose wrong ]

@sanda

[thundercrashes]

you're right and I'm kind of mad you beat me to the punch on saying it here

[and no he is not going to say she should have worded it better because lets be real, manjoume is a hater and can definitely think of worse to say about the situation]

[ignoreher]

[ wings someone who's actually on her side ]

Of course I'm right. I would've owned up if what most of us agreed with was the better decision, but it wasn't.

Even if we'd found the Imugi, even if we'd stopped it, there would've been consequences to our decision -- the amount of eggs there would've ensured a future attack and worse casualties. I'm not stupid enough not to realize that, but I am smart enough to know that we would've had help in dealing with it.

@curse

[gimu]

i was not aware of how words can sting but you have taught me the depths of it, potato girl.

[ignoreher]

[ oh choso........ ]

Take that pain to heart for the next time there's a decision to be made, and we're not the ones who'd be dealing with the long-lasting consequences of it.

@rasgulla

[peoplewatch]

You're right ... you're so right ....

It's like we played a part in killing them.

[ man needs to calm down ]

@nadel

[yormama]

Please don't be so callous.

I wish we could have stayed and helped them. Protected the people. Prevented this.

But gloating over those who chose to fight won't reanimate the dead. All you're doing is using their corpses for your own benefit without shame.

@HTKRIZO

[hitokiller]

......

( for once, izou relents.

nothing he's got to say to this right now would sound good. and maybe the silence is enough. )

@nice toy

[fursuit]

ain't a matter of revenge. least not for everyone

with the information we had, I stand by it being the better choice. easy to be smart about it when the result is known, but if one imugi got away, more of em because it was breeding was a bigger threat

we're brought here for war. casualties are part of that

no such thing as a clean victory that's bereft of them

@BAD DADDY

[zauneyete]

An ally that clearly offered very little, I might point out. So they're mad, maybe they'll stop leeching on those with power, and learn to create their own.

action???

[penaltypoints]

[ The point of speaking up wasn't to gloat — what would anyone gain from that? The quarreling helps no one. Yesod has said what he felt needed to be said, but it isn't enough. None of these discussions were, and the consequences are familiar yet again — he's certain that the thought has crossed Malkuth's mind, too.

He sets out to look for her. ]

( not here )

[cranekin]

(Malkuth can have rights. She said it before and she can say it again.)