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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

@shiro

[cranekin]

What do you want to do, Yuji-kun?

[eyescar]

i don't really know, tsurumaru-san

[cranekin]

Where's that certainty from before?

(Wasn't he pretty certain about his decision.......)

[eyescar]

i don't know. isn't this the kind of thing we're meant to be sad about???

[cranekin]

It depends.
Why are you sad? Who are you sad for? Since we've arrived back home, I haven't seen you.
Are you hiding, Yuji-kun? Are you miserable for yourself?

[eyescar]

no! i'm miserable because of how many people died!
i thought we could help them and we screwed it all up. it's our fault and we have to accept that, right?
but it feels horrible. it should feel horrible.

it's not like you'd come and see me anyway, is it? so why does it matter?

[cranekin]

Are you surprised? They told us how we could help and there were warnings.

(The people had asked for help. Plenty of people against the decision had spoken up.)

Now is not the time to be playing hide and seek.
We failed and we all have a burden to carry now. If you aren't strong enough to bear it, become stronger or stay weak.

[eyescar]

[ It's not the first time that someone has said that to Yuji, and the hurt of it, the ache, makes him want to throw up all over again. ]

i'm not giving up.

[cranekin]

Then quit playing games.

(Quit hiding.)

[eyescar]

what should i do instead, then?

[cranekin]

Come out.
Live with it, keep going, one day at a time, and grow into a stronger person.
A better person.

[eyescar]

fine.

[cranekin]

I hope to see you soon, Yuji-kun.

[eyescar]

sure, tsurumaru-san.