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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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Comments

@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.

[thundercrashes]

on the one hand if we had destroyed the eggs, maybe we could come out of this saying "hey at least we ensured that more of them won't hatch and show up to attack the place after we leave, causing even more death and destruction than just one imgu can do"

but nooo apparently lilith wants to collect and study the eggs instead and frankly I do not trust that to go well at all either given how much of a colossal disaster this already was to begin with