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[paradisamods]

[By now it's clear that the attackers have fled the scene, scattering in several directions of the Dead Zone. All is safe, and at least the giraffes have stopped running in panicked circles.

The attackers certainly left their mark, leaving behind a trail of destruction that can be traced back to the site of the monolith's crash. Smoke still billows out as the fires die out, but there seems to be no sign of life among the debris.

What is that thing? You now know that whatever it is, it's responsible for bringing those creatures to Terre Haute. While the giraffes return to their "normal" lives and others begin to pack up for travel, there may not be another chance to explore the crash site. If you want to explore it, now's the time.]

[THE TRAIL | THE SHIP | THE BASE]

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THE TRAIL

[paradisamods]

[The path that leads toward the monolith is a gruesome one. The corpses of the fallen attackers lay still along the ground. Debris from the crash litters the path as well. Among the shards of glass and metal, pieces of foreign technology can be found broken all about. It's clear that the crash has destroyed any chance of them being functioning again.]

[gottaknockhard]

[It's almost surprising how they end up on top. (At least, he's not spotting any of their camp among the dead, or any missing limbs for that matter.) Spike for one, isn't above taking a look at that foreign technology, even if it's covered in bug guts. After all his trouble, he ought to take back some souvenirs.]

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[luxe_can_kill]

[Mitsuru wipes the blood off her sword and sheathes it back. She was just looking that the trail of dead bodies as she reloads her revolver. She was just quietly panting as she slowly walks at the dead bodies, making sure they're really dead. She saw one corpse, with it's four eyes staring at her. She aimed her gun at it's head and fired twice]

Hmph...

[Mitsuru kneels down to get a closer look. Her face turns sour at the smell. She pulled her dagger out to poke at it]

[wizard_redfive]

[DID SOMEONE SAY TECHNOLOGY?

As much as the attackers creeped out Dairine, she didn't come all this way for nothing. With her quiver on her back, she sifts through a pile of broken parts for anything interesting or useful.]

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[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss isn't taking any chances on missing answers. When the fight is through, she carefully picks through the dead bugs and retrieves all her arrows, before continuing along the trail. She picks through broken technology - wondering if River or one of the others can make something of some of these things. She gathers as many pieces that look like they go together, and puts them in her duffel, before moving forward.]

[psych0p0mps]

[Did someone say corpses?? No actually Aradia is taking her time looking through the debris field for pieces of interest. Anything with interesting markings or alien writing on it is coming with her, but...]

... Weird. You'd think there'd be writing on some of these.

THE... SHIP?

[paradisamods]

[That monolith... is that a ship? Whatever it is, it's... rather big. Resembling a large cylindrical building more than anything, half of it seems embedded in the ground while the other half That is still towering over the area, though considerably in pieces. It's definitely seen better days, but it's not exactly diminished, either. Living ruins, with a whole lot left living, really.

It's leaning, still crumbling in places, as if someone set off, well, a very big explosion in the middle of it. It looks deep and full of many places to look around in and have your own exploration... but with the threat of as well as the logical conclusion that this is more than likely where those gross insect people came from, would you really like to take that risk?]

[ensorceler]

[ Standing here...staring at it. Long and hard. Then over her shoulder, Anne calls out, ]

We must know what caused this, and what those...creatures wanted. Who is brave enough to enter?

[unnaturalpause]

[James saw others looking to go in one way, but it's James and he's not going to bother them if they explore together. He has someone else to tag along with him (and it never hurts to look elsewhere right?) and it's after making sure his knife is in one pocket that he looks over his shoulder, a little bit dour even if there's a hint of well, excitement in his eyes at the prospect of exploring something new. Looking back at Ashley, who he's dragging along with him on this trip because one of them has to watch out for the other (which one is doing what is debatable), he tilts his head towards the ship.]

Shall we?

Re: THE... SHIP?

[luxe_can_kill]

[Mitsuru looked at the ship and watched it crumble for a few good seconds. It looks like she plans to enter and search the place for clues. She counts the number of ammunition she still has, unfortunately she's almost out]

Here I was reminiscing about Tartarus, and down came a tower...

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[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss approached the ship, looking up at it with a long, thoughtful gaze as she shouldered her bag filled with bug technology. She made sure her quiver was full, and her knife was in her hand.]

[Then she started to hike towards one of the openings of the ship, her jaw firm and her grey eyes tracking on how it was slightly vibrating.]

THE... BASE??

[paradisamods]

[The ship seems to have crash landed very, very close to some sort of settlement. Where buildings must have once stood now stands only rubble and broken walls. The fires have burned almost everything inside of them, but it's obvious that this was some kind of home to quite a few people.

And unfortunately for those people, who now lay scattered about the grounds, they did not survive. (Wait, are those metal suits?)]

[findatree]

[Ted approaches carefully, curiosity winning over caution as usual. He picks over the rubble, his eyes sad as he takes in this destroyed settlement]

[save_the_souls]

[Whoa whoa wait. What is that? Allen is definitely going to check out the base, in hopes of seeing if there's any survivors. He'll rush over to one of the bodies with a metal suit, trying to see if there's any sign of life]

Hey-!

[When he finds none, he pulls back a bit despairingly until he notices the suit]

Huh? Is this...? [yep, checking to see if it's one of Mr. Stark's suits]

[secondchances]

[This Batgirl has Lana's camera+crystal out, taking pictures of everything she's come across. HOLY SHIT, MAN. Tim is going to flip out over all of this.]

[lord_wizard]

[This? This is the last thing he ever expected. The odds were astronomical that it would land on anyone, but the proof is as hard to.refute as it is to look.at. Felix stands, stunned, as he takes it in. For a long moment he is lost in the past, a hand covering his mouth as vivid images of charred bodies flash into memory.

He shakes it off because he has to, though the haunted look does not leave his eyes.]

We...we should search for any.survivors...

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[luxe_can_kill]

[Mitsuru cautiously walks around this "settlement", weapons hot. Although she merely blinked and her expression remained deadpan as usual, she is actually surprised at what she's seeing right now]

[cyan_maid]

[Jane thought seeing the aftermath of the earthquake on the town was bad. She thought seeing her friends all marked up with regrets was bad. But this? This is just horrible.

She's doing less investigating and more...well, gentle and respectful poking around. She makes sure to leave the bodies alone, at least?]

[heliotroping]

[The scene hits too close to home for Django. For a moment, he is still, reliving the attacks on the human settlements, being forced to flee from the undead.

But he had put that all behind him the moment he took the Solar Gun and went to avenge his father. He goes around to make sure the kids see as little of this as possible.]

[storiestotell]

[ She couldn't bring herself to say anything. The overwhelming sight of the destruction left her speechless. Katherine picked her way through the rubble and debris in hopes of finding any survivors. But the grim display of destruction didn't leave her feeling very hopeful about it. ]

[encryptedlock]

[The sight of the destroyed settlement is shocking, to say the least. Nice job of checking up on your neighbors, giraffe assholes. Once he notices the iron suits--recognizing them as having an origin in Tony Stark's craftsmanship even though they're pretty beat up--a couple of things click into place for York.

These were obviously the First Gens who had stolen the suits in the first place.

They clearly didn't know anything about fighting aliens despite having this technology, not if York's group could beat them off without the same sort of advantage. Well, either that or they had been entirely too surprised to do so.

This had explained why the aliens were only now making their way to the giraffe village, several days after the crash.

Lastly, an ugly feeling. Did the newly returned residents like Carolina have a blocked memory of living here to begin with...?

He surveys the wreckage with a carefully neutral look.]

We should take care of the bodies.

[tapshoetomove]

[First the alien corpses, now this. Luke's never seen this much death since well, never. The moment he stumbles across his first corpse, he quickly backs away from it before tripping over some rubble. Luckily it doesn't hurt his injured leg further, but this is some pretty scary stuff to see for a little kid.]

[last_rat_standing]

[Nosy Curious as always, Bond has been picking his way through the rubble, having no qualms about looking over the bodies as well as the suits. He's currently crouched over one of the bodies, looking through the pockets to see if they had any sort of identification. Unlikely but one never knows, of course.]

[ino]

[ she's looking this over with wide eyes, now ...

all clues point to this being the camp of the first gens who didn't like them ... and it looks like they didn't have enough time to evacuate. how horrible ...

but, as long as she's got them where they can't come after them, she figures she may as well look to see if there's any part of the suits she can salvage, especially some leftover crystal ]

Re: THE... BASE??

[youfallback]

[Carolina's not had a problem with dead bodies, except when they're those of her team. So, she makes her way easily through the remains of the base and carefully side-steps the dead until she gets to those metal suits. They look awfully familiar and she begins to remove the helmet of one of them, her face pale as she does.]