everything's on fire

[krasnaya_vdova]

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!]

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[tenthousandmiles]

Meanwhile, Ginko was another floor down from the origin point of the fire, but smoke travels quickly, especially through windows left open a crack. A light sleeper by nature, he wakes up easily, and once he finds the commotion outside his room, he's joining in on the effort to help out.

He has a distinct absence of superpowers, of course, but he can at least get people out, so that's what Ginko is doing when he winds up at Tony's door late at night, banging at the door with his fists, more and more insistently the longer he goes without response.

"Hey! You need to get out! There's a fire!!"

and 9874975 years later I'M SORRY I KIND OF DIED FOR A BIT

[inebriety]

The banging outside his door goes on for a while before Tony finally stirs. He's hasn't been asleep long enough for the hangover to kick in, but it's starting to get there. The knocking isn't helping either.

"I don't care!"

He doesn't get up even though there's no way he's going to be able to go to sleep at this point. Well there's also the fire to think about, but for some reason that isn't a priority for him.

NO WORRIES i have also been deceased u_u

[tenthousandmiles]

By the time Tony responds, he's been pounding on the door enough that his hand is starting to tinge a bit pink from the repeated impacts--so it's heartening to finally get a sign the other is still alive.

Or rather, it would've been, if not for the fact that the words are pretty much the opposite of what he'd like to hear.

"You'll die if you don't! Come on!"

The banging isn't working, so he makes an attempt to force the door open by ramming it with his shoulder. This goes about as well as you'd expect for a man who hikes through forests and mountains rather than punching criminals on the regular. (Which is to say, ow.)