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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

[redsoil]

[ You're welcome, Kabru. As usual, Set has absolutely NO ability to read the room and/or discern the intricate details of someone's mood, so he sort of just bulldozes into the middle of it all and works it out once he's left some carnage in his wake. For a smart guy, he's utterly shit at emotional comprehension. All he knows is Kabru is collapsed on the ground, and that puts him right at foot level — easy target! ]

I thought you wanted to die. What is this sudden resistance to my generous offer?

[ He plants both hands on his hips, meeting Kabru's —

( ok we need to stop losing our mind at bright blue eyes the way we lose it at blondes, set )

eyes, and shrugging a shoulder. ] We could make a spectacle of your death, and see if it would appease Seoul. Would you like that?

[peoplewatch]

[ This is so absurd, it's actually helping much more than Set realises. Kabru is far too distracted from the audacity of what he's hearing to fixate on their failure and those spiralling thoughts of doom. He's even distracted from the traumatic memory of the bodies. Has Set considered going into therapy?

Really, though, it's so absurd! He can feel his annoyance spike and he doesn't feel inclined to mask it like he normally would. ] No!! I wouldn't like that at all!

[ There it is. He's back to his senses. ] Sacrificing myself right now won't achieve a thing! Are you just itching for someone to murder?!

[redsoil]

[ Maybe LILITH will reconsider having made Set a socialite for his identity and retire him, putting him into therapy instead. Or maybe public works projects, since he's hypocritically invested in those ( for the world, not for people!! ). Anyways, he's only parroting the ridiculous things that Kabru initially said. ]

Mm, not really. You were just there, spouting off about dying and I thought I would support your decision.

[ He frowns, deeply. It's a faux-frown though, because his eyes spark with amusement. ]

Now, you've gone and changed your mind! What a flighty man you are.

[peoplewatch]

[ Set should definitely go into therapy, because he so effortlessly pivoted Kabru out of his depressive and anxious spiral. ]

'Flighty'?! It's only normal to be affected when something so terrible has happened!

[ And this man ... does not appear upset at all. Then again there are all sorts of people in the world. ] But I don't want to die. I still have to achieve my goals! And you, you really shouldn't encourage someone to take their own life!

[redsoil]

Ahh, I see. You were being silly.

[ Slowly, he pats his hands stiffly on Kabru's shoulders. There, there. It's a little more of a painful one-two whack, but he is a strong god and does not often care to pull his punches. Especially not so soon from a field of battle, and mulling over the consequences of their collective choice as well. ]

I think if someone really wants to die, they ought to be supported. That is a not a dishonorable conviction to hold at all — though I do put more value in the life they could live and what they could do. And if they are just saying they want to die to escape the weight of their choices? That is unforgivable!