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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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[saudadist]

[ Tezca might not be a good enough deterrent for more egg-smashing, but the mods only gave me approval for one so his interruption is enough to stop her for the time being. ]

Yeah...that's right. They asked us for help, we helped, but then they decided we didn't help good enough.

[ She throws her gun down against the ground where it clatters and slides away. She'll apologize to her rifle later. It's her favorite. ]

It's horseshit that we're blamed for this. We were doing what they asked!

[fursuit]

[ Not the rifle… He’s unflinching to her anger, since he feels it’s warranted, even if his own reaction is muted. It doesn’t seem like he’s celebrating how things have gone, but he’s not lamenting it either. It’s oddly neutral. ]

Well, that’s people for ya.

[ After a moment’s consideration, he does step away to retrieve the rifle. It’s not exactly out of politeness so much as more professional curiosity, but it can be interpreted as a nice gesture. ]

I’m sure that if we’d chosen the opposite and all of these bad boys hatched [ He jerks a thumb to the eggs before he actually picks up the gun ] then they’d be pissed about that instead.

[saudadist]

[ Part of her wants to snap that humans aren't people, actually, out of old, bad habits. Instead, she watches him pick up her M82A1 and winces.

She shouldn't have thrown it. What's wrong with her? ]

Is it broken anywhere? My rifle...

[fursuit]

[ He's quick to start checking it over for damage (and just general appreciation), and with how he handles it, clearly he's familiar with guns and quite comfortable with them. He does smile, though, since as he looks it over, he's appreciative. This isn't a model that Koyanskaya brought by, so it's new, and it's pretty cool... Maybe he'll put in a request for one of these too. ]

Would give it a nice breakdown and cleaning, just to be sure, but wouldn't hurt since it got some use anyways.

[ He'd seen her hits on the Imugi, naturally. He'd been evaluating anyone that chose to fight, though he has a special bias for the people that picked guns as their weapon of choice... He holds it out for her to take once he returns. ]

Looks fine, though. Nice weapon. Serves you well.

[saudadist]

[ She takes the rifle back with a small nod as her best "thanks" she can muster. She gives the barrel an appreciative stroke before setting the gun back down on her lap. ]

Thanks. It and the Virtus are due for a cleaning after this, for sure.

[ She rolls her shoulder to indicate the other rifle strung across her back: the SIG MCX. It's been out of ammo for a while now, or else she'd have probably tried shooting up the eggs with it, LILITH be damned. ]

Kinda tired of shooting big kaiju that .50 BMGs do nothing against. Can't we fight something smaller that'll just go down in one shot?

[fursuit]

[ Tezcatlipoca nods appreciatively, since to be honest, he’d kind of assumed that she might be the sort of person that isn’t that adaptable after having lost her “arms”. It’s what he’d seen from people in Kenos, and he just expects it as part of normal behavior. Those special abilities are useful, sure, but they’re a crutch for a lot of people. It’s good to see someone else that supplements it. ]

What would be the fun in that?

[ He asks, but he’s joking. He just settles back as he takes a seat as well. ]

—Or, probably wouldn’t need us if that was the case. Still a pain in the ass, though. ‘Specially if their equipment ain’t good enough to give us good intel.

[saudadist]

An enormous pain.

[ Even worse that her only catharsis for it is to bitch and moan. Ah well, at least she's venting that anger in a way that won't get her in trouble. ]

Guess I should ask for stronger short-range weaponry. Faster loading too.

[fursuit]

Well, much as I'll always support people gettin' an arsenal of guns...

[ He shrugs lightly with a purposeful pause. He does love guns, but since he's essentially cursed that they're not exactly useful in his hands, they're not all he relies on. ]

What about other weaponry? Hand to hand combat kinda stuff. Knowin' how to use a knife is gonna serve ya better in real short range. No need to reload either.

[saudadist]

Tried it. Can't say I'm any good at it.

[ Her jaw is, unfortunately, still made of glass by her reckoning. Clearly something she'll need to work on later. ]

As long as I have something, I'll figure out how to make it work.

[fursuit]

Only once? Takes practice to get good.

[ He hums out a thoughtful sound, gives her a further look as if assessing her, then nods. ]

Well, maybe good news, regardless. Set and I, we're thinkin' of makin' a kinda boot camp, so to speak. Simulations only go so far. They ain't real enough. That somethin' you might be interested in?

[saudadist]

If you've got more information about it, I'll give it some thought.

[ Because on the one hand, better stamina and physical prowess. But on the other tentacle, she has no idea what kind of teacher he is. ]