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 Koreaβs 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 didnβt track down an injured and resting Imugi—they tracked down the Imugiβs 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. LILITHβs 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.
βΆ 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.
All tags on this log are worth 2 points and will count towards August AC.
( let LILITH catch them. he doesn't give a shit at this point. )
Don't... remember, really. Doesn't matter. When I'm from... there was no better way to dash away yer worries or go over the best gossip than over a drink. It's not all just pleasure-seekin', drinking, that is. It's a... social activity. For the cultured.
( nodding his head like he's a fucking genius. )
For all we know, we might... wake up tomorrow and find out the death toll's higher, or that LILITH's gonna, toss us into some sorta remedial trainin' session. Might as well party it up... while we can.
[Sometimes punishment is a hassle and if she is skirting around the rules, she will avoid it unless she can't... She already signed herself to her fate after everything went to shit in Seoul. She'll accept punishment, but leave her alone and let her do things.]
Ugh, don't remind me. I know we are probably going to get the scolding of a lifetime or worse, but I am still trying not to think about our upcoming punishment.
[She leans back in her seat before taking a huge swig of her drink.]
I do agree with ya. Drinking is a great social activity and we should enjoy our slow moments before they tighten the leashes around us. [anyways!] Sooooo~ Any good gossip lately, Izou? Did you do anything fun back there before everything went to shit?
Sweet, and... stiff. Not a lot of us were, ... great cooks, to be frank. And I've never fried bear.
( and this conversation is so normal that it's starting to temper his enthusiasm a little, as if someone being in tune with him to this point... almost feels odd.
all he really knows of rodya at this point is how tenacious she is at a card table, and that she and ishmael seem pretty tight. this "city" he keeps hearing about... with prosthetic horror and people who function in a way that he sort of just gets it, is... )
It... It really doesn't bother you none that we're blowin' it all off, yeah? Celebrating like this, when most will be mourin' the loss... deeper.
[She tilts her head a little at his question before she shakes her head.]
I am way used to loss in some form or fashion. Don't get me wrong, it's still a shitty feeling. You can used to the feeling, but you also rather not deal with it so close to your face... If that makes sense?
[Her eyes glance up at the ceiling.]
Even if we got extra blood on our hands and extra weight on our backs, we are still alive and we have to keep moving.
[it's okay chief my tags always got a typo somewhere... closes eyes.]
Eh? [She sits up on the mention on Vergilius' name.] The hell did you do to piss him off? Not gonna lie, you probably deserve it.
[A shrug as she sips her drink.]
Back home, we step on the wrong line at the wrong time and he is not afraid to shake you around. Slammed one of us down on the ground, dragged others away for a "talk"...
[Not her, she's a favorite of Verg's and she can get away with everything!!! (no)]
Yep. He's a guide for the company I am in. [siiiip.]
This ain't a job I can just get up and leave it. It's complicated and I can't say much since NDA. Don't want to get both Ishy and Vergilius on my case. Unless they spilled details to you already...
[Her eyes narrow as she stares at her bottle in her hand.]
I got my reasons... [On why she signed the contract and all. There is a time and place for everything. Not now.]
Nah. Think she told me... pretty much the same. That she wasn't capable of tellin' me anything too specific. I said, that's bullshit, and you oughta do what you want instead of bein' under someone's thumb... who isn't, LILITH, but. None of my business, I guess.
Brace your drunk brain, buddy. I'm about to use some big words, but I'll try to keep it simple.
[Hang on, huge chug on her drink first. Aaah. Better.]
NDA is short for non-disclosure agreement. It's part of a contract where your employer will give you the knowledge you need for the job, but you can't give that knowledge out to regular people. It's a pain, but it's all security and stuff.
Contracts are a big deal back home. There's even folks who serve like a middle man for special contracts between two parties and they will hurt or kill anyone who try to cheat things into their favor. [From what she knows of the Oufi Association, anyways.]
When I was alive, we used... used ta belong to domains, or. Provinces. If you didn't get, permission to leave 'em... from the higher-ups, it put a hit out on you. The entire clan would have reason to drag you on back and make ya cut out your stomach to repent. Sorta like that? Like, ... belongin' to them and all, on contract.
[When you were alive, huh... She won't question it right now.]
Yeah. It's pretty much like that. You'll be lucky if the higher-ups decided to still keep you after stepping way out of line. Well... Sometimes living in pain and suffering is a fate worse than death. It depends on the person getting punished.
[She has heard some things and seen other things... She takes a piece of gummy, squeezes it lightly in between her fingers before throwing it into her mouth.]
Some people don't have much of a choice when taking a job or joining a group. They need any type of paycheck or they have other reasons. Whatever is open in front of them, even if it might make things worse... They will take the chance and hope something good comes out of it, no matter the cost.
While I can't tell you much about the stuff Verg, Ishy, and I do back at The City due to obvious contract reasons, talking about the place and some of it's folks are fine if you are curious about that from my point of view. Nothing pretty or great about it, but maybe your questions will be entertaining a bit.
[As long as it doesn't dig too deep into about her, it's fine.]
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Don't... remember, really. Doesn't matter. When I'm from... there was no better way to dash away yer worries or go over the best gossip than over a drink. It's not all just pleasure-seekin', drinking, that is. It's a... social activity. For the cultured.
( nodding his head like he's a fucking genius. )
For all we know, we might... wake up tomorrow and find out the death toll's higher, or that LILITH's gonna, toss us into some sorta remedial trainin' session. Might as well party it up... while we can.
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Ugh, don't remind me. I know we are probably going to get the scolding of a lifetime or worse, but I am still trying not to think about our upcoming punishment.
[She leans back in her seat before taking a huge swig of her drink.]
I do agree with ya. Drinking is a great social activity and we should enjoy our slow moments before they tighten the leashes around us. [anyways!] Sooooo~ Any good gossip lately, Izou? Did you do anything fun back there before everything went to shit?
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( well. better not say that. )
I didn't do nothing fun. Unless you count... fishing, and eatin' bear, and shittin' out in the woods.
( sip. )
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Didn't need to know the last part, but good for you! I'll count them anyways-
[She's generous, she knows- She grabs a bag of gummies to start snacking on along with her sips.]
What did bear taste like? Never had it. I'd try it if I get the chance.
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Sweet, and... stiff. Not a lot of us were, ... great cooks, to be frank. And I've never fried bear.
( and this conversation is so normal that it's starting to temper his enthusiasm a little, as if someone being in tune with him to this point... almost feels odd.
all he really knows of rodya at this point is how tenacious she is at a card table, and that she and ishmael seem pretty tight. this "city" he keeps hearing about... with prosthetic horror and people who function in a way that he sort of just gets it, is... )
It... It really doesn't bother you none that we're blowin' it all off, yeah? Celebrating like this, when most will be mourin' the loss... deeper.
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I am way used to loss in some form or fashion. Don't get me wrong, it's still a shitty feeling. You can used to the feeling, but you also rather not deal with it so close to your face... If that makes sense?
[Her eyes glance up at the ceiling.]
Even if we got extra blood on our hands and extra weight on our backs, we are still alive and we have to keep moving.
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izou nods in a fashion that's a little too exuberant for such a solemn agreement, giving them both a moment of silence... until: )
Wait. Speakin' of, the... all that camping shit. That Vergilius asshole, went and tossed me in a river.
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Eh? [She sits up on the mention on Vergilius' name.] The hell did you do to piss him off? Not gonna lie, you probably deserve it.
[A shrug as she sips her drink.]
Back home, we step on the wrong line at the wrong time and he is not afraid to shake you around. Slammed one of us down on the ground, dragged others away for a "talk"...
[Not her, she's a favorite of Verg's and she can get away with everything!!! (no)]
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( and yet he doesn't explain. "back home", though... makes a face. wait a second. )
You got a contract with him, or whatever, too? Mentor, or boss... I wouldn't let some asshole like that knock me around. I'd just leave.
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This ain't a job I can just get up and leave it. It's complicated and I can't say much since NDA. Don't want to get both Ishy and Vergilius on my case. Unless they spilled details to you already...
[Her eyes narrow as she stares at her bottle in her hand.]
I got my reasons... [On why she signed the contract and all. There is a time and place for everything. Not now.]
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( sip. )
Nah. Think she told me... pretty much the same. That she wasn't capable of tellin' me anything too specific. I said, that's bullshit, and you oughta do what you want instead of bein' under someone's thumb... who isn't, LILITH, but. None of my business, I guess.
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[Hang on, huge chug on her drink first. Aaah. Better.]
NDA is short for non-disclosure agreement. It's part of a contract where your employer will give you the knowledge you need for the job, but you can't give that knowledge out to regular people. It's a pain, but it's all security and stuff.
Contracts are a big deal back home. There's even folks who serve like a middle man for special contracts between two parties and they will hurt or kill anyone who try to cheat things into their favor. [From what she knows of the Oufi Association, anyways.]
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So, kinda like...
( another sip. )
When I was alive, we used... used ta belong to domains, or. Provinces. If you didn't get, permission to leave 'em... from the higher-ups, it put a hit out on you. The entire clan would have reason to drag you on back and make ya cut out your stomach to repent. Sorta like that? Like, ... belongin' to them and all, on contract.
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Yeah. It's pretty much like that. You'll be lucky if the higher-ups decided to still keep you after stepping way out of line. Well... Sometimes living in pain and suffering is a fate worse than death. It depends on the person getting punished.
[She has heard some things and seen other things... She takes a piece of gummy, squeezes it lightly in between her fingers before throwing it into her mouth.]
Some people don't have much of a choice when taking a job or joining a group. They need any type of paycheck or they have other reasons. Whatever is open in front of them, even if it might make things worse... They will take the chance and hope something good comes out of it, no matter the cost.
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( man. what a somber conversation. )
It'd be nice to live a little longer. So I get it.
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[Somber convo for somber folks.]
While I can't tell you much about the stuff Verg, Ishy, and I do back at The City due to obvious contract reasons, talking about the place and some of it's folks are fine if you are curious about that from my point of view. Nothing pretty or great about it, but maybe your questions will be entertaining a bit.
[As long as it doesn't dig too deep into about her, it's fine.]
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( not at the moment, anyway, )
I'm content just... gettin' to hang with folks who're on the same wavelength as me for once.
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[A little teasing yet it's mostly harmless.]
It's good to enjoy the slow moments while they last. That's what I believe.