thespaceopera: (red alert)
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!]
moseyin: (and the kids cry out;)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-09-28 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Captain, what the fuck]

Yeah I'm gonna go, soon as you're situated. [Someone scurries over to check Takeshi's temperature and get an IV hooked up for quick hydration.] ...I'll be back to check on you though. So don't give anybody the slip to try going back to work, got it?
throwsdown: (pic#11135491)

[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-09-30 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Takeshi gives a nod, relenting.]

... But if I don't see you, I'll come make sure you're not trying to work too much, too.

Okay?
moseyin: (forreal)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-09-30 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Points at.] Don't you lecture me, punk. Who's the one who collapsed? Yeah, it was you.

[Runt!!! Just lay there and soak up your saline. Cloud leaves without another word (or his name, the jerk,) but after a few hours he comes back as promised. Hopefully Takeshi didn't take off like Cloud half expects him to have done.]
throwsdown: (pic#5138218)

[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-10-02 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
... What's a punk...?

[But he apparently hasn't left. He had actually sat down on a large crate -- and then sat some more, and then laid his head down because he was tired, and then -- well, he's sleeping now on it, curled up into a little loose ball as he slumbers rather deeply for the situation at hand.

... He had really tuckered himself out, it seems.]
moseyin: (to think of new keywords)

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-10-02 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Looks like he really did.

Cloud sighs through his nose, hands on his hips as he stares down at the kid before looking around. There's nobody looking out for him. Is he seriously here by himself...?

Well, he can't get a decent rest here. So he picks Takeshi up carefully, trying not to wake him (and it's not hard since he's sleeping like the dead) to take him back to the Goldstone. He'll put him to bed in the captain's quarters and come right back, and hopefully the kid'll sleep through the rest of this horrible ordeal and wake up safe in orbit.]