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!]

Comments

[unmakeme]

"You're going to jump from a seventh story window for me?" It's difficult to tell if she amused or horrified. Maybe both. Definitely tired. "I'm not sure you can even get to my room at this point It's all--" She looks up at the burnt out shell, and her words catch in her throat, hard enough to rob her of her voice entirely.

She looks away, because she has to. "If you get yourself hurt, the guilt might literally kill me," she whispers. Repeat that, and she'll stab you. You have been warned.

[nikolaievich]

Illya shrugs. He’s done weirder- and it’s not like he couldn’t manage to grab himself onto something, or like he wouldn’t be using rope and other tricks before he jumped from her room. He looks up towards where her window is… or at least where the remains of the building make him think it would be.

But her affirmation makes him blink in surprise as he glances at her. Well, okay then. Probably not something he wants to ask about, or repeat, or bring up ever again but it’s still… nice to hear. Most people he’s known, nearly everybody he’s dealt with all his life would only care about results and about getting the job done.

“We could also get someone who can fly, then. No risk for anyone involved.”

[unmakeme]

"I only know two people who fly - one of them, I don't want to deal with, and the other one needs his sleep. It's been a rough night." She sighs, pushes her hands through her hair and then stuffs them in the pockets of his jacket when she realizes they're shaking a little. "We should just go," she mumbles. Though she doesn't actually start walking away. Instead, she leans her head against the metal fence, glaring sullenly at the space she figures her trunk probably should have landed.