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 Koreaโs 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 didnโt track down an injured and resting Imugi—they tracked down the Imugiโs 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. LILITHโs 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.
โถ 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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[ The cafeteria itself contains nothing that Yesod needs, but he is watching for familiar faces around the base, those that he can't seek out without prior arrangements, as he might a handful of individuals. Catching sight of Marcille, he remembers her question for the people around her, months ago, and the way that the subject of death weighs on her. He recalls her participation in the network debate regarding that difficult decision to make, too, and the hopes that she expressed then. ]
...I'm afraid that I'm unable to assist in that regard.
[ Whether or not he would have any appetite himself aside... His gaze flicks to the pork bun before focusing on Marcille again. ]
There is no need to force yourself to finish it immediately.
[ It's another pleasant surprise to have Yesod pass by the cafeteria, especially when it seems like he doesn't eat at all. She nods slowly and lets the pork bun slip back inside of the plastic, though she's wearing a guilty look as she does so. ]
I guess not, although this isn't the first time I've tried to eat something since we got back. [ She shakes her head. ] You don't eat at all? Do you only drink that Enkephalin thing I heard Netzach talk about?
[ He notes Marcille's expression, his own solemn. She is clearly aware that she should eat, challenging though it may be, but attempting it prematurely is likely to make matters worse. Still, he imagines that she must have received numerous concerned reminders by now as well.
Then she asks her questions, and he raises his brows at the mention of Enkephalin. It doesn't surprise him that it came up in conversation, however, nor that Marcille might be curious โ perhaps all the more because she has learned that he and his colleagues had human bodies once. ]
I don't require food or drink as I am now. Regardless, one of our colleagues consumes coffee. [ But then, said colleague enjoyed it when he was human. ] Enkephalin... Among its uses, it was also a drug administered in small quantities... or abused in larger amounts, in order to mitigate the constant strain of our workplace. I have never relied on it myself.
[ But he hasn't forgotten Netzach suggesting it to him, as if his colleague could see through him, despite everything. ]
Correct. For the public, Enkephalin was the energy source that the corporation produced. Fortunately, our mechanical bodies have no need of it.
[ Addiction is a different matter. Yesod answers with a shake of his head before pausing, contemplating how to address Marcille's other question. The explanation behind the construction of their bodies is rather disturbing, he suspects. ]
...The nature of our internal composition presumably plays a role in allowing us to function as we do.
[ Given that their brains were transferred from their original bodies to the metal shells housing them now. ]
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...I'm afraid that I'm unable to assist in that regard.
[ Whether or not he would have any appetite himself aside... His gaze flicks to the pork bun before focusing on Marcille again. ]
There is no need to force yourself to finish it immediately.
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I guess not, although this isn't the first time I've tried to eat something since we got back. [ She shakes her head. ] You don't eat at all? Do you only drink that Enkephalin thing I heard Netzach talk about?
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Then she asks her questions, and he raises his brows at the mention of Enkephalin. It doesn't surprise him that it came up in conversation, however, nor that Marcille might be curious โ perhaps all the more because she has learned that he and his colleagues had human bodies once. ]
I don't require food or drink as I am now. Regardless, one of our colleagues consumes coffee. [ But then, said colleague enjoyed it when he was human. ] Enkephalin... Among its uses, it was also a drug administered in small quantities... or abused in larger amounts, in order to mitigate the constant strain of our workplace. I have never relied on it myself.
[ But he hasn't forgotten Netzach suggesting it to him, as if his colleague could see through him, despite everything. ]
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[ Her brow wrinkles with concern. ]
So it's some kind of relaxant? Netzach said it's an energy source. If you don't eat or drink, how do you stay powered on?
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[ Addiction is a different matter. Yesod answers with a shake of his head before pausing, contemplating how to address Marcille's other question. The explanation behind the construction of their bodies is rather disturbing, he suspects. ]
...The nature of our internal composition presumably plays a role in allowing us to function as we do.
[ Given that their brains were transferred from their original bodies to the metal shells housing them now. ]