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Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2017-09-15 08:53 pm

the veil is thin . . .

[ On the night of the 16th, the feeling of tension and horrid anticipation comes to a head. Everything stops when the sun goes down-- even the ever-present music in the hoppingest part of the city center. One by one, everyone turns their eyes to the skies. The young and old alike pour out of their houses, some in bare feet, and they point to the velvety blanket of stars.

It takes a second to find it, especially if one is unaccustomed to the starscape. But even a casual observer can see it.

A brightly-shining star, larger than the others, and growing larger.

An announcement cuts across all communication channels that encourages people to evacuate to the space station, but it’s clear that these are just people and they’ll need some help. Supplies, equipment, organization, there’s something for everyone to do.

Civilization is disrupted by a panicked stampede of people vying for limited seats aboard spacefaring craft. Within hours, there will be crushed glass, looting, and chaos.

The clock is ticking. Will you help? Or would you rather watch the dying gasps of a Singing Planet from a safe distance? ]


[OOC: Please see this post for plot details. Phase two has begun! Feel free to use this post as a reaction post, mingle, etc. or make your own!]
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[personal profile] uprightness 2017-09-24 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Trust me, I do. Something tells me, it's not our first rodeo.

[ not barry's, nor his own. ]

But we need you back in one piece. Who knows what they'll throw at us once we get all these people to safety.

[ 'they', being atroma, naturally. at this point, steve is willing to blame just about everything on atroma. ]
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[personal profile] supertardiness 2017-09-26 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods a bit in agreement, before holding up a finger at him.]

You do have a point. Even before I got here, nothing ever slowed down for very long.

[Probably because he was usually dealing with speedsters.]
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[personal profile] uprightness 2017-09-26 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It hasn't been slow in a while.

[ he nods his agreement. hell, things have been out of pace since the ice, really. the war has made much more sense to him than armies of invading aliens from outer space and robots that can think for themselves. ]

And I'm hardly as fast as you. How fast can you go?

[ look, even now, he just gotta ask. ]
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[personal profile] supertardiness 2017-09-26 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Mach 3?

[And then, just in case he doesn't speak physics.]

About twenty-five hundred miles per hour, if I'm really looking to max myself out. Sometimes faster, but I usually need an assist for that.

[Assist = tech built by Cisco or someone else equally smart.]
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[personal profile] uprightness 2017-09-30 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Mach 3.

[ he echoes with a little smile. that's crazy, even fore steve's world. ]

Alright how about I'll stick to getting their equipment and valuables out and you'll get them out of that building over there? that way you can handle the people and I can make sure their stuff makes it outta here.
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[personal profile] supertardiness 2017-09-30 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Barry considers that for a moment, before nodding his agreement.]

Yeah, I can do that.

[A beat.]

This would be way easier if I had like ... a rickshaw or something.