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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

[picky]

[ Hello?? Just watches this whole thing confusedly, allowing Flapjack to flap and settle where he'd like. ]

You don't know? And what do you mean, "until we fail"?

[newphew]

[ man, he starts looking very uncomfortable, a bit sweaty, even. wonder what that's about ]

....

Why... were you asking?

[picky]

[ She is definitely wondering. ]

I just thought that you seem pretty young to have to vote on things like this.

[ The fate of a whole city. ]

Are you okay?

[newphew]

[ mystery! ]

[ he is incredibly quick to change the subject, in any case. and it's not like he'd ever have a say back home, even when he was in the position of being the emperor's right hand. belos made the final call on everything. but still ]

It makes sense that we vote as a team. And that there wasn't enough of us to properly split our forces.

[ to take down the kaiju and stay behind.... ]

Are you okay?

[picky]

[ Marcille furrows her brow at him and juts out her lower lip. She sees what you're doing. ]

I asked you first, didn't I?

[newphew]

I'm fine. Don't be childish. [ says hunter, who is being equally childish ]

You're the one with.... you know. Big feelings.

[ he is not good at this ]

[picky]

[ She should tug on his ear for that one, but she refrains with an exasperated sigh. ]

Okay, so I do get upset a lot, but that doesn't mean that how you feel is any less important, you know?

[ If he lets her, she'll lightly place her hand on his arm. ]

I'm your friend, so I wanna know these things.

[newphew]

[ he was tactless and her feelings were hurt. who could have foreseen this?? certainly not hunter, who feels a little bad. flapjack tugs on his hair lock, too, chidingly, at which he winces. ]

[ but he does let her put her hand on his arm and averts his eyes a little ]

Look, I... I think we made the best decision with the information we had at the time. Stopping the threat. Our mistake is not anticipating that it would come back to the city as soon as we left to chase it.

We failed those people. And our mission. And I know.... that hurts you, because you're a good person. And I don't... [ ugh, feelings are hard ] It's not a bad thing. [ that she has a lot of feelings ] I just don't want you to be hurting.

[picky]

[ That's not what she's expecting. She won't cry, but her eyes do become glassy after that. He cares that much? About her and her feelings? A part of her thinks this may be a way of coping with his own feelings of failure, a distraction from the reality that he was a part of it, but more than that, she appreciates it.

She reaches over and pulls him into a hug. ]

Aw, Hunter... Thank you. [ She squeezes him gently. ] You're a good person too.

[newphew]

[ listen, marcille was the first person to show him kindness here. he would die for her ]

[ i think this is the first time marcille has hugged him and his second hug in his entire life, so he goes a little rigid, cheeks red from embarrassment, not quite sure what to do ]

Is this..... the "hug" thing....?

[ his only response to being called a good person is to just shake his head a little, but he is too preoccupied with being hugged ]

[picky]

[ Her eyes blink open. She takes his shoulders and immediately pulls away, looking him over like he just spoke a foreign language. ]

"Hug thing"? [ Eyes go wide. ] Wait... Have you never been hugged before?

[newphew]

[ this is a bit alarming, actually, his eyes go even wider? ]

--Vergilius did it?

[ he's gotten one! hurray ]

[picky]

[ The concern on her face right now... ]

But you've gotten more hugs than that before, right? Right?!

[newphew]

No...?

[ why does she look so concerned!! ]