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!]
scanninggaydis: (life is but a joke)

[personal profile] scanninggaydis 2017-11-15 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
...It'll be better when it's all over. I think.

[Sure, there will be a ruined planet. But if they all keep working, the death count will be minimal and that will be the most important part.

It's a wary, tired optimism. And might only ring true for him, particularly. Eventually, this reminder will be gone. Life will be a little less fraught.]
hollystrike: (and the atrocities of school)

[personal profile] hollystrike 2017-11-21 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
[It's never better when it's all over, she thinks. Even now, the fraught energy in the air is a little better than the absolute death of the planet, the last shreds of unrealistic hope denied, and the weighty despair of its surviving inhabitants.

But they'll be alive to start again. There is that. It's just painful to watch the transition.]


I think you're right.

Do you think... there's anything more we can do for them? After.