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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

[picky]

[ The offer is a little surprise, but Maki's had her fair share of battles, hasn't she? Her physique seems fairly strong, though she isn't a tall-man like Laios or Falin. Marcille could learn a lot from her. ]

I've trained with a few other people before, but I'll never say no to more lessons. Now more than ever, I think. [ She leans in a little, intrigued. ] What kind of school did you go to?

[grade4]

The kind where I got taught to exorcise spirits.

[ among other things. far and away from a traditional education, and she never did well in the regular parts of schooling. ]

If you know a guy my age named Yuji, he goes to the same place. Or if you've been unlucky to meet Gojo, he teaches there.

[picky]

[ Oh...! ]

You're classmates with Yuji? [ She seems more surprised about this than the fact that she exorcises spirits.

Then she hears Gojo's name and her face falls entirely. ]

That guy is your teacher too?!

[grade4]

Not mine.

[ in the most technical sense, he was her teacher. but she doesn't think of him as one, because it never occurred to her to ask others to help her grow stronger. ]

But yeah, Yuji is in the year below me. We don't take classes together, but I've helped train him in physical combat.

[picky]

[ She brings her hair over her shoulder and smooths it out continuously with her fingers. ]

Have you talked to him after everything that's happened? I haven't had the chance to check in on him yet.

[grade4]

Not since before the decision we made. [ a sigh. ] I want to be there for him, but I don't know how to. He always puts on a front with me.

[ it bugs her because he's obviously not doing well, but she can only try to pull for so long. he probably has other people he's more honest with. ]