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apocalypsehowcomm2022-05-16 08:09 am
- !event,
- !finale,
- !npc,
- bucky barnes (mcu),
- cornelius hickey (the terror),
- cortana (halo),
- edalyn clawthorne (owl house),
- hunter (owl house),
- kate cordello (original),
- katrina (siren),
- manji (blade of the immortal),
- zz_addison montgomery (grey's anatomy),
- zz_ade bennett (the wess'har wars),
- zz_ainsley whitly (prodigal son),
- zz_andrew jaeger (original),
- zz_beauregard lionett (critical role),
- zz_bruno madrigal (encanto),
- zz_callisto (xena: warrior princess),
- zz_donna noble (doctor who),
- zz_garner cinderbrooke (original),
- zz_george milton (of mice and men),
- zz_jeff calhoun (original),
- zz_john carter (er),
- zz_jonathan sims (tma),
- zz_luka kovač (er),
- zz_malcolm bright (prodigal son),
- zz_misty quigley (yellowjackets),
- zz_neal caffrey (white collar),
- zz_nick valentine (fallout),
- zz_orpheus (hadestown),
- zz_rye kalibash (original),
- zz_tim drake (dc comics)
Event - Appalachia: Into the Pines
Footage plays on the television as a new story comes on, showing a series of sweeping vistas, intercut with clips of wolves that have clearly been filmed at some local wildlife sanctuary. "As far as anyone knows it, the last wolf to ever freely roam the Allegheny Mountains was slain in West Virginia in 1897. Daniel Stoffer Hamrick saw to the beast's passing, and the woods in our part of the world have gone quieter ever since. Appalachia does not forget its history, though. It buries it beneath coal and flyash, debts and white powder and pills. And the blood of people taken before their time, by the mines, by the mountain, by things we don't have names for, just hurt. But Appalachia does not forget.
"This is Cindy Parsons with Channel 5, Wolf News." Footage cuts to a newscaster standing outside a gated apartment complex with FYRE's logo emblazoned on it. "As we know, our beloved Wolf Pen is home to one of the biggest FYRE worker housing complexes in Wyoming County. It is a monument to the history of our town, and this week, we'll be on the lookout for visitors from all over the country, coming to see the grand re-opening of the historic Bluestone Mine as a museum."
Footage cuts to a nondescript businessman, identified by the news footage as Carl Watts, CEO of FYRE. He's smiling blandly as he stands at a podium and gestures to the entrance of the mining tunnel behind him. "The Wolf Pen community has been a partner to us for decades now, and we knew it was finally time to give something back to all y’all. We'll have our soft opening on Monday with a full Rumble Down Under party in the old mines scheduled for June 15th. We'll have a live bluegrass concert and anticipate a huge influx of tourists to the area to help out our neighbors itching for a few more pocketbooks to tend to." A wink.
The footage returns to Cindy. "FYRE has stated that this new museum will provide an educational tool and tourist attraction for those wanting to learn about West Virginia, Wolf Pen, and the hard-working men and women who have made this beautiful part of our nation their home. Time will tell. Time is always telling when it comes to the promises of people who have used our land and our bodies to line their pocketbooks. They fill our blood and our lungs with black tar and-"
Cindy cuts out and is replaced by in-studio anchors. "Thank you, Cindy!" a blonde woman says, smile just a little strained. "I think we're all looking forward to seeing the big opening by FYRE on Sunday and that rocking good party next month. It should be a gneiss one! Now to Tim with the weather. Tim?"
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He watches as the creature roars in pain, staggering back as blood pours from its new wounds. That looks like an opening to him, so he darts over to Hickey, grabbing his unarmed wrist.]
Let's go!
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Keep going! [ he calls out. ] Don't check to see if it's behind you, just run.
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Thankfully, that closed-in feeling of the trees lets up as soon as they get far enough away from the creature. Its roars echo through the trees, but it's growing fainter.]
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You saw that, right? That thing got a few good hits on me.
[ And yet here he is. Unwounded. ]
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I did. [He straightens up, turning to give Hickey a longer once over.] You don't even look scratched. That thing had felt solid when I landed on it, so it couldn't have been only an illusion. How real did its attack feel?
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Stung like a bitch. The only reason I managed to hang on was because I've got experience dealing with things like...that.
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What do you mean? Did that tuunbaq attack you? Or some other creature? [He doubts those claws could be compared to an attack by a human.]
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Honestly, I don't remember my first few days in this world. I spent most of the time in the hospital, recovering up.
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[Hickey's tough, no doubt about that.]
If it attacked you, why did you want to hunt it down again? There has to be a reason.
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Want to see if it's really the same creature, [ he says, with an idle little shrug. ] Curiosity, mostly.
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Curiosity. [Hunter scoffs.] That's crazy.
Come on, we should get back.
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[ Hickey's going to follow Hunter back, though. He's fine with heading back for now. ]
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[He's sounding very confident about that, and he's actually eager about his next words.]
This will make an excellent report. When we get back to the hotel I'll get right on writing it up.
[Nerd.]
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[ Big fuckin' nerd. ]
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I have plenty of hobbies. Writing reports happens to be one of them.
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[ He doesn't believe you, kiddo. ]
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[And that's all he's giving him, because that's about all he does that could reasonably be construed as hobbies.]
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[ Speaking of going back to civilization, there's the faint light of civilization, off in the distance. The forest is letting them go. ]
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Wh - cards?? [Excuse him as he stumbles over his words. He isn't sure what to do with this..] - They count! Why don't they count?? I don't - do cards.
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Fine, we'll do cards later.
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