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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[ How couldn't she cry? His purpose, his raison d'être— It wasn't given to him by the world. No matter how painful and cruel her fate is... She takes solace in the knowledge it couldn't be any other way. In knowing without her, the world couldn't function properly. But it is not so for him. He could be something else. He could be given the freedom to choose his purpose, he possesses the power to change his destiny.
Yet humanity denies him that right.
There is so much sorrow in his story, in the words he spoke. So much sorry and so much will. How could she not cry? All beautiful things have an ugly side, all lights cast shadows. And the ugliness humanity brings about is beyond any even the gods are capable of. Thinking of it like that... She understands Set and Tezcatlipoca a bit better. But just a little bit. ]
Thank you, Tsur-ruru.
[ ... Oops, it's the second time she's messed up saying his name. But she kind of likes how cute it sounds. If he calls her Erechan, maybe calling him Tsururu isn't that bad of a thing.
She smiles at him when he squishes her cheeks, but without warning, all of a sudden— She dives in and embraces him, closing her arms around him. Maybe because it feels like the right thing to do with a friend she's become so close to, but also because that way he can't see her crying even more profusely. ]
I-I'm not very good at hiding my emotions. But those aren't sad tears. If I was still in the Underworld... I wouldn't know what it's like to have a friend like you. [If that vessel dies, she may forget everything. She may go back to her old self, gloomy and lonely. So moments like this... They are even more precious.] So please let me cry for you. It makes me... happy.
(Happy tears... it sounds strange to him. Even if he knows its possible, he still associates tears with miserable things. BUt it's not like he really has time to think when he finds himself in her embrace.
He stumbles back, sitting on the damp sand with her arms around him and
Very slowly
He reaches around to hug her too, one hand rubbing the center of her back soothingly,)
Well, (He sighs,) As long as you're happy, Ere-chan.
(No one is allowed to feel sad because of him. He'd rather be hated than be the source of anyone's grief. But more than that, he'd rather be adored than hated.)
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Yet humanity denies him that right.
There is so much sorrow in his story, in the words he spoke. So much sorry and so much will. How could she not cry? All beautiful things have an ugly side, all lights cast shadows. And the ugliness humanity brings about is beyond any even the gods are capable of. Thinking of it like that... She understands Set and Tezcatlipoca a bit better. But just a little bit. ]
Thank you, Tsur-ruru.
[ ... Oops, it's the second time she's messed up saying his name. But she kind of likes how cute it sounds. If he calls her Erechan, maybe calling him Tsururu isn't that bad of a thing.
She smiles at him when he squishes her cheeks, but without warning, all of a sudden— She dives in and embraces him, closing her arms around him. Maybe because it feels like the right thing to do with a friend she's become so close to, but also because that way he can't see her crying even more profusely. ]
I-I'm not very good at hiding my emotions. But those aren't sad tears. If I was still in the Underworld... I wouldn't know what it's like to have a friend like you. [If that vessel dies, she may forget everything. She may go back to her old self, gloomy and lonely. So moments like this... They are even more precious.] So please let me cry for you. It makes me... happy.
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He stumbles back, sitting on the damp sand with her arms around him and
Very slowly
He reaches around to hug her too, one hand rubbing the center of her back soothingly,)
Well, (He sighs,) As long as you're happy, Ere-chan.
(No one is allowed to feel sad because of him. He'd rather be hated than be the source of anyone's grief. But more than that, he'd rather be adored than hated.)