EVENT: DUPRR ▒ THE SECONDARY SHUTTLE BAY

[ataraxites]

CHARACTERS: Ensemble production!
LOCATION: The secondary shuttle bay
WARNINGS: Violence, injury, graphic imagery, death etc.
SUMMARY: Discovery of the secondary shuttle bay and rescue or not of the DUPRR NPCs inside.
NOTES: March 30 onwards.

The doors are torn open as you arrive, metal ripped back like the skin of a fruit. Improvised barricades of tools and carts, shuttle pieces stand as obstacles to be carefully climbed through before you can stand in the shuttle bay itself. The space is vast, flashlight beams penetrating only a certain distance into the dark, but enough to sweep the floor, find the scattered, gored remains of at least three human bodies. The ship stands as the only complete vessel in sight - or, at least, it was. Windows smashed, the hull torn at, access doors ripped open. The inside empty. The shuttle bay is silent. But is that the silence of a catastrophe already passed, or of someone hiding, holding their breath?

Comments

[overdraws]

[ Allison was locked and loaded with her stun baton the moment she heard something coming down the corridor, and she's prepared for more monsters.

Not a member of their team attacking the person they were trying to rescue. The world moves in slow motion for her. First, Gogo throws her disc, then Blake lunges for Davis, aiming for the weapon in his hand. Allison spins her gaze towards Sam and Juri, and when she sees that they're both fine (or at least, they both look fine), she makes her move.

Stalking forward, Allison flicks her wrist and the stun baton crackles to life. She picks up the pace as she gets close, and she (hopefully) doesn't give him time to react, just swings and slams the baton and all 20,000 watts of it into his left arm.

The world catches up, and Allison steps back. ]

[lostsoldier]

[ He doesn't — can't — cry out. The current flows from metal arm though metal socket and bone anchors down his spine to the ground, and every muscle contracts along its path. His back arches. When Allison withdraws, and 260lbs of dead weight drops to the deck. ]

[oversight]

[ That last glimpse of consciousness is rattling, the sensation it leaves settling heavy on John's chest. He's momentarily stunned as the soldier heaps heavily to the ground. It's not even a full second before he's focusing his dark eyes on the rest of those in the party. ]

We can't leave him.

[ As much as they'd all probably like to, John's not about to allow that. ]

We'll have to carry him out for now...

[ Yeah, good luck with that. ]

[decretorium]

He was trying to kill me!

[ Implicit in Juri's outrage as she steps out from behind Sam is the insinuation that carrying him out is unwarranted. ]

[overdraws]

[ Allison's knelt down next to Bucky's body to make sure he's still alive (killing him was not her intent), and she looks up at Juri sharply. ] So leaving him here to die is the right answer? He needs to be punished, but we don't have to kill him.

[oversight]

[ As far as Blake's concerned, if they're willing to go this far into the ship to save strangers, then they're damn well going to bring back the people that aren't. ]

She's right.

[ He follows her example, crouching on the other side of the body. Tilting his head, he goes looking for a way to release that heavy mechanical arm from the rest soldier. Might as well make this as easy as possible. ]

Get 'im to safety at least. Once he wakes up he can walk himself outta here.

[familybusiness]

[Sam's not going to argue with that. He's not for wanton violence, and they can't question him later if need be if he's dead.]

We should take his weapons off of him for now, in case he wakes up on the way.

[Sam himself will take his discarded rifle. It could come in handy on the trek back to 'civilization.']

[decretorium]

[ Disgruntled but resigned to the decision, Juri just watches them mill about warily to collect Davis and start carrying him and his stuff back. She's giving particular scrutiny to the rifle, like ... ? ? ? que ?? ? ]