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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[ Godzilla grunts as he squats down next to Ereshkigal. She looks a little bit like how he feels, really. Exhausted and very, very small. He can't just leave her alone in the corner to wither. ]
You performed as you were able to, that is all one can be asked to do. There is no shame in this.
[ ... Who is that? His voice sounds very strangely familiar, yet she has never seen that face before. Perhaps she's just so exhausted, she can't even recognize her allies any more. ]
I could. I did. [She'd argued her case. Now more than ever, she knows she'd been right.] But I failed to convince anyone...
[ What good is a goddess utterly lacking in charisma, a goddess who is nothing more than a big joke for people to laugh at? ]
In part, perhaps. Yet your concern was of humans being left to die from us suffering defeat. You did not expect our enemy to come to the city. None of us did.
[ He chews his lip as he watches her. It's sad and a little infuriating to see someone who showed so much fire so thoroughly put out, but he doesn't really know how to shake her out of it. ]
You stood by your case with passion, Golden Fur of Kûr, and with clear sense of purpose. The failing on others, the importance of the duty given us was forgotten amongst lust for blood and the thrill of the hunt. It was... unbecoming. [ Which is as close as he's going to come to admitting fault.
He claps a hand on her shoulder, gives it a reassuring squeeze. That seems to get through to most people so hey, going to try that. ]
Use this. When others forget our place, it is the place of the colder heads to remind them of past failings.
[ Golden Fur of Kûr...? Oh. There's only one person who uses those kind of terms. T-That's his disguise? Wow, that technology is impressive. She would never have guessed! It's nearly enough to make her temporarily forget why she's here sitting in a corner, moping over her own failure.
Nearly, but not enough. ]
Unbecoming or not, your words are wise.
[ She doesn't hold it against those who made that choice. It's as he said, blood-lust and the thrill of the hunt. She's angry against those who should have been above those things and failed to stir the choice in the right direction.
Herself and her fellow gods most of all. She freezes for a moment when he puts the hand on her shoulder. W-Wait... Physical contact!! She's still not accustomed to that. But even then: ]
Thank you. It must be hard for you, most of all. Your own kind is the enemy here.
[ Thankfully he's learned something of politeness. That's why he turns his head before he snorts derisively, a noise much more suited to his real form than the human disguise. ]
The Tiamat-kin my own kind? You are having laughter of it, it is good you are able to make lightness still.
[ That gets her shoulder some good natured patting. Look at her, bouncing back with dark humor. People sure do adapt to bad situations. ]
[ ...? Heh? Why is he laughing? He is a kaiju, isn't he? But ah. Maybe he takes offense at being lumped in with those they just fought. ]
My apologies. I thought since you both are kaijus... [A pause.] But it would be like calling gods from another pantheon my kin.
[ She's still curious what he means by "Tiamat-kin." Because in the most technical sense of the term, that's exactly what she is! And every humans from her world, for that matter. ]
Your apology is appreciated, however it is not necessary. I do not expect others to notice the finer distinctions, particularly with our current circumstances.
[ So hey there's that, she even manages to get a smile out of him as he moves to sit alongside her rather than squat all day. ]
I do not have a kind, there is only one Godzilla. [ Now anyway but let's not dwell on the fact that he's the last survivor of a dead species. ] In my world there are many other "kaiju" as well. I am to them what you gods seem to be to humans.
[ That's how he sees it at least. Stronger than the others, holding dominion over them, having places of respect and worship built for them. Same thing right? ]
[ He is to kaijus what gods are to humans...? Huh. Surprising as this revelation is, things are starting to make him. He referred to the kaiju they fought as "Timat-kin." Did the Tiamat from his world give birth to numerous kaijus, as she gave birth to gods and humans in her world? ]
Godzilla... [That's his name, right?] How long have you been on the Earth from your world? Enough to have known the first humans?
[ He gets that question a lot. Dates and numbers come up a lot in his day job, he's gotten better with them all around, but that specific number is hard to come up with. Luckily she seems to get concepts better than a lot of humans so she might not pester him for an exact number. ]
Millions of the human's years. I knew the first tool makers, the ones closer to the Kong and the other Apes in appearance. [ And like with most things he offers no unprompted elaboration on who the hell Kong is. ] I remember when humans first started appearing, though I do not recall when or why the decision was made to protect them. It was not mine, I have simply upheld that duty.
[ He's not even sure who it was. His mother? One of the other elders of his kind? It's one of those things frustratingly lost to the mists of time. It's not something he enjoys thinking about, which is why it's so very important that he change the focus. ]
What of yourself? Which humans did your pantheon stand watch over?
[ At least she doesn't have to explain the concept of different pantheons. It's a subject of study he's touched on in his work and spare time. ]
[ Millions... Ah. So he comes from around the time of the latest extinction event. Shortly before or after it, she'd wager. That makes him older than her, and most gods really. In his world, anyway. ]
I am from the Mesopotamian pantheon. [A pause.] When humans gained the faculties to question the world and took steps towards building the first of their many civilizations, aspects of nature were given sentience through their beliefs. This is who I - we - are.
[ Other gods in other pantheons may work differently, such as the Greek gods who were machine elevated to the status of gods through belief. But this is what she and those from her pantheon are.
... She's not going to explain the entire Fate/ lore, Godzilla learned more than enough in recent posts. ]
I must offer my apologies. You are much older than my sentient self.
[ He has to use his ocular to look Mesopotamia's region up. The names of places and civilizations he still struggles with, maps are a much better help to his memory. ]
Ah, the ziggurat builders! I recall them, some of their progeny were amongst those that built my home in the world beneath.
[ A lot of regions' people were involved in that, it seems like pretty much every early culture ended up in the Hollow Earth someway or another. He doesn't really know the details on how nor does he really care, doesn't change the fact that they all ended up being his people after a time.
Like most things with his past that involve him losing, it's something he'll very gladly quickly veer away from. ]
I shall accept this apology and offer my own. You are far older than I anticipated. This is good, our younger allies can only benefit from the experience those like us have to offer.
[ Look at him giving her an almost conspiratorial wink. He's... kind of better at winking as a lizard, but he's trying. ]
T-They built you a home in their Underworld...? [Shocking! What the Kûr?!] They never so much as threw a good chair my way...
[ Her status as most reviled goddess in human history just keeps getting reinforced! And does that mean he technically counts as a deity of the Underworld? Maybe not a death god, but he's definitely related to the Underworld...
Sniff. They would never have come to build her a nice little temple where she can rest during her breaks. No, even thousand years later, all she has down there are a bunch of rocks and half-finished pillars because she can never find enough time to finish construction. This sucks. ]
I-I suppose you're right...
[ Sorry, she's still under the shock. The way fate keeps hitting her in the face, that's something you never get used to! ]
[ Well that's entirely not the direction he was hoping this pep talk would go! She almost looks more crushed now than she did when he came upon her wallowing in her misery. It was something he said wasn't it? Oh, wait a second. If she's god of an old civilization, then when she says Underworld she doesn't mean the same thing he does. ]
Ah. My meaning is misplaced once more. [ He gives her a nice encouraging pat on the back. ] The world beneath is not a spiritual place like the concept of a world after. The earth that is my home holds another world's worth of life and land inside itself. Many humans found their way there, we lived alongside each other for a time.
[ And then they were Gone. Somehow. Probably not something he'd like to elaborate on. ]
Do not be removed of your heart. [ Disheartened. ] You are a fine example of one to worship, your aid was invaluable in the battle with the male.
[ Unfortunately... It hardly makes her feel better. Also he really ought to stop misplacing his meanings, most people spend their entire lives searching for their own! ]
D-During the Age of Gods, the Underworld was not only spiritual but also a physical location beneath the Earth... [Not unlike his, she figures.] There was no life there though.
[ Whines. Sniff. Not only they build him a home, but there was plenty of life in there. Meanwhile, she was never able to grow would it be a single flower down there.
Gosh, does life suck. Maybe people would have liked her more if she had presented herself in her Queen of the Gallû Spirits form? A-Apparently, giant monsters are very popular?! ]
[ Alright it's looking like either he's really bad at this "peppered up talk" thing or Eresh needs a lot more pepping than the average individual.
Godzilla can't possibly fail at something he puts his mind to so clearly it's the latter. Looks like this is another one he's going to have to take under his tutelage, she clearly needs all the help she can get. Plus it's his duty as her elder, he has the feeling it's a role not a lot of beings have filled for her. ]
Our worlds are not the same, little goddess. [ Hey that's nicer than golden fur, huh? ] You can not judge them by the same standards. Mine possess none who gain energy from partaking of blood and mating with others the way your kind does, yours does not possess a world beneath humans can inhabit. There is no shame to be taken from this.
[ Uh what else does he do here...? Just. Keep patting her shoulder encouragingly, that'll help? It can't hurt. ]
However... if you lack confidence in your post I will gladly offer tutelage, if you wish. Though I warn you, if you seek the level of respect I held you must be ready to harden your heart when the time calls for it.
[ She would comment and ask him not to call her "little." She would agree that their worlds are different and that her sadness is just something she cannot control. And she would absolutely decline the tutelage, because in spite of everything she's too proud to accept something like that.
But alas.
Something he said just eclipsed everything else. ]
Y-Y-You spied on this conversation?!
[ That's a nightmare! Why would anyone have read that absolute nightmare? Tsuru had been bad enough, but at least he had been the intended recipient. And then of course, Tezcatlipoca had added his two (worthless) cents, but... ]
It-It is very impolite to read what a maiden writes to someone else, Godzilla...!
[ Wow he is SO bad at this...?! As he watches what can only be described as a meltdown he awkwardly scratches the spot behind his ear as is his habit. And hits his implant. Whoops
Pop. There's the the holo-cloak gone and the big ol' lizard is now sitting awkwardly next to her, tail twitching a little. He's not entirely concerned, the place is abandoned, he was just saving space for when the plane arrives, the more pressing matter is his distressed ally. ]
I... apologize? I felt it important to admonish your tormentor in that discussion, they were encouraging something I had been told to avoid. [ "Dick is a negative thing, avoid it." It's probably a good thing he doesn't clarify that right now... ]
I did not seek to cause more distress. Please, calm yourself.
[ Isn't it risky for him to show his true form like that?Well, she supposes he knows what he's doing... He's possibly the only person in this world who's older than her, after all! Though if he is anything like her, then that means he's really not nearly as wise as his age indicates. ]
I-I am very calm...! [Isn't that obvious?] This is just... Something I was hoping nobody would see.
[ She doesn't doubt he had good intents, but... ]
I-It's very private and personal.
[ Alas, Ereshkigal is a Prude with a capital P. That can't be helped. ]
[ Many more than he saw that entire debacle he's sure but he's also certain saying as such isn't going to help anything at all. Instead he simply nods his head like the sage old lizard he thinks he is. ]
Of course. I shall not intrude in the future, you have my word.
[ And if you can't take the word of a hair-trigger tempered kaiju then who can you trust? ]
Perhaps learning to hide your conversations amongst the mind-writers would be prudent? It will keep others of ill-manner from peering in on such matters.
[ That's a great suggestion. So... M-maybe he can help her and tell her how you do it? ]
I have thought about that, b-but I haven't found how to do it yet...
[ The fact that she's managing to send those messages is a miracle in the first place. He should see the trail of dead modern devices she leaves in her wake! Honestly, it's a miracle her neural implants haven't imploded...
... Or maybe they have and all of this is her dying dream. ]
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[ Godzilla grunts as he squats down next to Ereshkigal. She looks a little bit like how he feels, really. Exhausted and very, very small. He can't just leave her alone in the corner to wither. ]
You performed as you were able to, that is all one can be asked to do. There is no shame in this.
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I could. I did. [She'd argued her case. Now more than ever, she knows she'd been right.] But I failed to convince anyone...
[ What good is a goddess utterly lacking in charisma, a goddess who is nothing more than a big joke for people to laugh at? ]
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[ He chews his lip as he watches her. It's sad and a little infuriating to see someone who showed so much fire so thoroughly put out, but he doesn't really know how to shake her out of it. ]
You stood by your case with passion, Golden Fur of Kûr, and with clear sense of purpose. The failing on others, the importance of the duty given us was forgotten amongst lust for blood and the thrill of the hunt. It was... unbecoming. [ Which is as close as he's going to come to admitting fault.
He claps a hand on her shoulder, gives it a reassuring squeeze. That seems to get through to most people so hey, going to try that. ]
Use this. When others forget our place, it is the place of the colder heads to remind them of past failings.
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Nearly, but not enough. ]
Unbecoming or not, your words are wise.
[ She doesn't hold it against those who made that choice. It's as he said, blood-lust and the thrill of the hunt. She's angry against those who should have been above those things and failed to stir the choice in the right direction.
Herself and her fellow gods most of all. She freezes for a moment when he puts the hand on her shoulder. W-Wait... Physical contact!! She's still not accustomed to that. But even then: ]
Thank you. It must be hard for you, most of all. Your own kind is the enemy here.
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The Tiamat-kin my own kind? You are having laughter of it, it is good you are able to make lightness still.
[ That gets her shoulder some good natured patting. Look at her, bouncing back with dark humor. People sure do adapt to bad situations. ]
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My apologies. I thought since you both are kaijus... [A pause.] But it would be like calling gods from another pantheon my kin.
[ She's still curious what he means by "Tiamat-kin." Because in the most technical sense of the term, that's exactly what she is! And every humans from her world, for that matter. ]
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[ So hey there's that, she even manages to get a smile out of him as he moves to sit alongside her rather than squat all day. ]
I do not have a kind, there is only one Godzilla. [ Now anyway but let's not dwell on the fact that he's the last survivor of a dead species. ] In my world there are many other "kaiju" as well. I am to them what you gods seem to be to humans.
[ That's how he sees it at least. Stronger than the others, holding dominion over them, having places of respect and worship built for them. Same thing right? ]
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Godzilla... [That's his name, right?] How long have you been on the Earth from your world? Enough to have known the first humans?
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Millions of the human's years. I knew the first tool makers, the ones closer to the Kong and the other Apes in appearance. [ And like with most things he offers no unprompted elaboration on who the hell Kong is. ] I remember when humans first started appearing, though I do not recall when or why the decision was made to protect them. It was not mine, I have simply upheld that duty.
[ He's not even sure who it was. His mother? One of the other elders of his kind? It's one of those things frustratingly lost to the mists of time. It's not something he enjoys thinking about, which is why it's so very important that he change the focus. ]
What of yourself? Which humans did your pantheon stand watch over?
[ At least she doesn't have to explain the concept of different pantheons. It's a subject of study he's touched on in his work and spare time. ]
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I am from the Mesopotamian pantheon. [A pause.] When humans gained the faculties to question the world and took steps towards building the first of their many civilizations, aspects of nature were given sentience through their beliefs. This is who I - we - are.
[ Other gods in other pantheons may work differently, such as the Greek gods who were machine elevated to the status of gods through belief. But this is what she and those from her pantheon are.
... She's not going to explain the entire Fate/ lore, Godzilla learned more than enough in recent posts. ]
I must offer my apologies. You are much older than my sentient self.
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Ah, the ziggurat builders! I recall them, some of their progeny were amongst those that built my home in the world beneath.
[ A lot of regions' people were involved in that, it seems like pretty much every early culture ended up in the Hollow Earth someway or another. He doesn't really know the details on how nor does he really care, doesn't change the fact that they all ended up being his people after a time.
Like most things with his past that involve him losing, it's something he'll very gladly quickly veer away from. ]
I shall accept this apology and offer my own. You are far older than I anticipated. This is good, our younger allies can only benefit from the experience those like us have to offer.
[ Look at him giving her an almost conspiratorial wink. He's... kind of better at winking as a lizard, but he's trying. ]
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T-They built you a home in their Underworld...? [Shocking! What the Kûr?!] They never so much as threw a good chair my way...
[ Her status as most reviled goddess in human history just keeps getting reinforced! And does that mean he technically counts as a deity of the Underworld? Maybe not a death god, but he's definitely related to the Underworld...
Sniff. They would never have come to build her a nice little temple where she can rest during her breaks. No, even thousand years later, all she has down there are a bunch of rocks and half-finished pillars because she can never find enough time to finish construction. This sucks. ]
I-I suppose you're right...
[ Sorry, she's still under the shock. The way fate keeps hitting her in the face, that's something you never get used to! ]
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Ah. My meaning is misplaced once more. [ He gives her a nice encouraging pat on the back. ] The world beneath is not a spiritual place like the concept of a world after. The earth that is my home holds another world's worth of life and land inside itself. Many humans found their way there, we lived alongside each other for a time.
[ And then they were Gone. Somehow. Probably not something he'd like to elaborate on. ]
Do not be removed of your heart. [ Disheartened. ] You are a fine example of one to worship, your aid was invaluable in the battle with the male.
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D-During the Age of Gods, the Underworld was not only spiritual but also a physical location beneath the Earth... [Not unlike his, she figures.] There was no life there though.
[ Whines. Sniff. Not only they build him a home, but there was plenty of life in there. Meanwhile, she was never able to grow would it be a single flower down there.
Gosh, does life suck. Maybe people would have liked her more if she had presented herself in her Queen of the Gallû Spirits form? A-Apparently, giant monsters are very popular?! ]
I-I thank you for your compliments regardless...
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Godzilla can't possibly fail at something he puts his mind to so clearly it's the latter. Looks like this is another one he's going to have to take under his tutelage, she clearly needs all the help she can get. Plus it's his duty as her elder, he has the feeling it's a role not a lot of beings have filled for her. ]
Our worlds are not the same, little goddess. [ Hey that's nicer than golden fur, huh? ] You can not judge them by the same standards. Mine possess none who gain energy from partaking of blood and mating with others the way your kind does, yours does not possess a world beneath humans can inhabit. There is no shame to be taken from this.
[ Uh what else does he do here...? Just. Keep patting her shoulder encouragingly, that'll help? It can't hurt. ]
However... if you lack confidence in your post I will gladly offer tutelage, if you wish. Though I warn you, if you seek the level of respect I held you must be ready to harden your heart when the time calls for it.
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But alas.
Something he said just eclipsed everything else. ]
Y-Y-You spied on this conversation?!
[ That's a nightmare! Why would anyone have read that absolute nightmare? Tsuru had been bad enough, but at least he had been the intended recipient. And then of course, Tezcatlipoca had added his two (worthless) cents, but... ]
It-It is very impolite to read what a maiden writes to someone else, Godzilla...!
[ Her disappointment and shame are immense! ]
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Pop. There's the the holo-cloak gone and the big ol' lizard is now sitting awkwardly next to her, tail twitching a little. He's not entirely concerned, the place is abandoned, he was just saving space for when the plane arrives, the more pressing matter is his distressed ally. ]
I... apologize? I felt it important to admonish your tormentor in that discussion, they were encouraging something I had been told to avoid. [ "Dick is a negative thing, avoid it." It's probably a good thing he doesn't clarify that right now... ]
I did not seek to cause more distress. Please, calm yourself.
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I-I am very calm...! [Isn't that obvious?] This is just... Something I was hoping nobody would see.
[ She doesn't doubt he had good intents, but... ]
I-It's very private and personal.
[ Alas, Ereshkigal is a Prude with a capital P. That can't be helped. ]
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Of course. I shall not intrude in the future, you have my word.
[ And if you can't take the word of a hair-trigger tempered kaiju then who can you trust? ]
Perhaps learning to hide your conversations amongst the mind-writers would be prudent? It will keep others of ill-manner from peering in on such matters.
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I have thought about that, b-but I haven't found how to do it yet...
[ The fact that she's managing to send those messages is a miracle in the first place. He should see the trail of dead modern devices she leaves in her wake! Honestly, it's a miracle her neural implants haven't imploded...
... Or maybe they have and all of this is her dying dream. ]