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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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[picky]

[ Him being genuinely selfless in this moment is so unfair to her and also me...

Thank god he says something insufferable afterwards. She squints her red-rimmed eyes at him and leans forward, scrutinizing. ]

What's that supposed to mean?

[uncourteous]

I am merely stating that I do not mind your emotions.

[ but, her expression tells him that this may be an appropriate time to take his leave. or at least derail the conversation topic at hand, and so, he continues. ] Glad to see you aren't holding back. But, you really should at least get something to drink later. Your hunger can come after that.

[ after all, if they're going to continue on, he figures it would be good for everyone to be prepared. ]

[picky]

[ Marcille still eyes him with suspicion. The answer is unsatisfying somehow, but she can't find a way to respond to it. Callisto seems to do and say whatever he feels; Marcille's honest and irritated reactions seem to get his attention even more. Unfortunately she isn't a good liar.

Her hackles lower the more he goes on, though. He's being genuinely thoughtful again, and finally she lowers her eyes back down to the handkerchief in her hand. ]

Yeah. I probably should.

[ ... ]

Thank you, really. This was nice of you.

[uncourteous]

[ to be honest, he was a bit uncomfortable with gratitude, if just because he wasn't often on the receiving end to it. at least, not in a personal way like this. handling the state affairs of the empire and being praised for that felt a bit different, and a smidge superficial, after all. there was nothing impressive about doing something that simply had to be done.

so her thanks does end up making him feel a bit at a loss for words, though he sure doesn't seem keen on showing it. he moves forward in his words, instead: ] If you took my words seriously then that's enough.

[ about getting something to drink and eat, that is.

with that said, he places a hand on her head, or attempts to. just sort of hovering there before he instead places it on her shoulder, a last show of encouragement, before he ends up moving on. ]

[picky]

[ It's a good thing he didn't actually set a hand on her head; it may have felt a little degrading despite her appreciation. She just watches wide-eyed as his hand floats from her forehead over to her shoulder. He's being careful with her.

It's hard to hold a contradiction in her head, being both irritated with some of his actions and touched by others. She just sits there quietly and watches him go, curling her fingers around the handkerchief before using it to wipe her eyes and nose.

At least this gives her something to think about other than what happened in Korea. ]