Ava Anatalya Orlova ([personal profile] krasnaya_vdova) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-08-23 02:11 pm

everything's on fire

who: Everyone!
what: The residential building is on fire
when: ~2am, August 23rd
where: The Residential building
warnings: Fire, destruction of property, injury, general warnings for crisis situations



It's a reasonably quiet night, pleasantly dry with a slight breeze. Almost nice, for those that enjoy the hours after midnight long before dawn starts to creep on the horizon. Right until it isn't, when the air changes, and there's the scent of heat that promises smoke. In most places it starts with a flash of blue light that arcs from floor to floor as energy pulses through the building, and there's a crack of sound that follows. The power dies for a moment, and if you're one of the unlucky ones, the light that follows is a literal spark in the dark, burning to life in bright orange-red, yielding heat and smoke and trouble. The energy surge doesn't just hit the lights, but sparked flames that burst to life, and they catch quickly, spreading.

The worst of it starts on the ninth floor, where the smoke and the beginning of heat starts moments before the surge. The fire spreads faster there, people starting to startle awake and realize what's happening as the flames crackle. Eventually there's an announcement on the Network, both alerting people to what's happening and trying to organize both those that are willing to help and those that need it.

Some areas are untouched, while others are ravaged badly, reduced to ashes and crumbling ceilings, so watch your step. There's chaos, but through it there's people doing what they can to help each other, and the official fire services show up to help control the blaze. After that, it's just a matter of repairing the damage that's been done, rebuilding and putting things back together, seeing what's been lost and what was saved.

Even later, people start putting the pieces together, and there's the official investigation into what might have caused a fire like that in the first place.


[ooc: As promised, the residential building is on fire! OOC plotting post is here if anyone wants to work out some last minute plans before diving in. Plotting post also includes the relevant details. Elsewise, just top level and mingle. Try not to get burned too badly. :) Good luck!]
realists: (ro » incredulous)

[personal profile] realists 2017-08-30 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
What Illya needs in his life, clearly, is a very tiny brunette woman who bristles at the very sight of him (he is so tall!) when she abruptly stops before barreling directly into him.

Jyn was heading up the stairs, a salmon in a sea of trout, but she'd gotten distracted by a little girl caught under a fallen board and it's wedged at such an angle Jyn can't pry it free on her own so she needs help and this huge towering man has drawn the short straw on being taller than everyone else and easy to spot.

"I need your help."

She doesn't want for him to agree, she just skitters back down the stairs toward the little girl stuck on the landing.
nikolaievich: (8)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-08-30 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
He recognizes Jyn, but even if he didn’t he’d follow anyone who asked for assistance. This is not the moment to be pick and let his paranoia go overdrive. He follows her as soon as she asks for help, running to catch up and staying by her side. He soon spots the little girl, and he can imagine what Jyn needed his help for.

“I’ll move the board, you try to get her out.”
realists: (ro » apples)

[personal profile] realists 2017-08-31 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Jyn nods in agreement, murmuring a soft explanation to the small girl, making sure she knows not to be scared of the noise and the movement and the fact that Illya is the tallest human in the galaxy. That could be scary to a tiny person, it's best to cover all the bases, and it makes the little girl smile.

Satisfied that the child knows what's going on and some semblance of the plan, Jyn looks back at Illya with another nod.

"Alright, we're ready."
nikolaievich: (068)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-08-31 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
And Jyn probably has experience knowing how intimidating tall, gigantic lllya can be when you’re small. Illya glances at the little girl for a moment, giving her the most reassuring smile he can muster but Jyn seems to have got it and she’ll probably be better at calming her down than Illya could be. Girl’s probably been through enough for one night already.

“I will count to three.” And count to three he does, right before he starts pushing the board up with a loud grunt.
realists: (ro » rescue)

[personal profile] realists 2017-08-31 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Jyn tries to comfort the girl but the moment Illya moves the board she shrieks in fear. Jyn, like a heartless bastard, ignores her, grabbing her under the arms and heaving her free once Illya's lifted the board high enough. She drags the girl away and sets her upright, brushing smudges of ash from her cheeks.

"You're alright. You need to get down--"

The little girl rockets down the stairs without even letting Jyn finish the freakin' word, making her lips purse in faint amusement as she lets the instructions trail off, turning to look up at the human sequoia she'd approached for help.

"Thanks. For her." She gestures vaguely down the stairs.
nikolaievich: (8)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-09-01 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, there she goes.

Illya raises an eyebrow but doesn’t really look surprised at the girl’s reaction. Hopefully she will find someone she knows, or someone that will actually be able to help her. But he really doesn’t have the time to run around following her, there’s a lot more people to help and a lot of things to do to keep the fire from spreading. It’s already pretty bad, he’s pretty sure he lost most of his things in the fire.

Luckily for him, he didn’t have much to begin with.

“She was lucky you found her.” He then glances at Jyn. “Are you okay?”
realists: (ro » furious)

[personal profile] realists 2017-09-02 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm fine."

There's something familiar about the way he's talking to her and it makes her shoulders stiffen with wariness, tipping her chin to look up at him. Someone would have found the little girl eventually, probably, Jyn doesn't think she did anything all that special, really.

It's instinct to keep kids out of the worst parts of life.

"Are you?" Ugh, why is she even asking a stranger that?
nikolaievich: (19)

[personal profile] nikolaievich 2017-09-03 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
“I”m fine.”

He says, a little amused and surprised that she would ask. But considering he still has some holes in his memory and he accidentally revealed as much over the network when he told people his real name it makes sense people would wonder.

“Was the fire anywhere near you when it started? I’m trying to figure out what actually happened.”
realists: (ro » piqued)

[personal profile] realists 2017-09-15 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Jyn shakes her head, hair falling out of her messy bun that she pushes back automatically behind her ears. "No, it wasn't on my floor."

But that reminds her, she was going up before she got distracted by the little girl and she moves in that direction again, assuming that if the giant man wants to follow her... he will.

She also didn't tell him what floor she was on so naturally Jyn is being exceptionally unhelpful again.