Above and Under the Island
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The battle raged on above Fandom, fighters and ships whistling through the air-- and through space. The bigger ships had canons that thundered. Most of the time, their aim ran true.
But not always.
One colossal volley broke atmosphere, pierced the sky, and came down hard on Ingvar's shore, scorching trees and sending dolls scattering around like ash. It caused a thunderous noise, an unearthly crash... and the quiet, shrill ring of a mother's siren, pulsing deep underneath the earth, where no one could see.
That was all.
Until Fandom itself started to rumble, the earth trembling and tearing off underneath it. One moment, it was sitting snuggly in its usual bay - the next, it was tearing itself free from it, pulling up into the sky... and up. And even further up.
Well. That was certainly something.
But not always.
One colossal volley broke atmosphere, pierced the sky, and came down hard on Ingvar's shore, scorching trees and sending dolls scattering around like ash. It caused a thunderous noise, an unearthly crash... and the quiet, shrill ring of a mother's siren, pulsing deep underneath the earth, where no one could see.
That was all.
Until Fandom itself started to rumble, the earth trembling and tearing off underneath it. One moment, it was sitting snuggly in its usual bay - the next, it was tearing itself free from it, pulling up into the sky... and up. And even further up.
Well. That was certainly something.
Fandom High School, Offices
Date: 2016-04-19 05:59 pm (UTC)It was not terribly intelligible. In fact, it was barely legible. In as far as it was comprehensible at all, it went, more or less, like this:
...before shoving a map, stolen from the former Mayor Summers's offices, documenting various routes through the upper dungeons underneath Fandom itself, smack-dab in the viewer's face.
And back again.
It certainly meant... something.
[[ for one, then another. ]]
Re: Fandom High School, Offices
Date: 2016-04-19 07:37 pm (UTC)She switched to another feed, but that just started the image loop over again. Aaaaand again. Her tried and true repair method of smacking the crap out of it -- in this case with the Pepto bottle -- didn't help either. Frustrated, she stared at the series of images again, trying to make more sense out of them than Much Cheezburgr, Very Internet Wow. Long enough that this time, it played through to the map.
"Huh. Hunh." Bo picked up the her phone and pulled up her speed dials, still staring at the security screen. "Hey boss-lady, I think you need to see this..."
Re: Fandom High School, Offices
Date: 2016-04-20 03:16 am (UTC)Re: Fandom High School, Offices
Date: 2016-04-20 01:59 pm (UTC)Re: Fandom High School, Offices
Date: 2016-04-20 05:53 pm (UTC)When she got to Bo's office, she looked at the pictures scrolling on the feed and stared. "What the hell is that now?"
Re: Fandom High School, Offices
Date: 2016-04-20 06:24 pm (UTC)Re: Fandom High School, Offices
Date: 2016-04-21 03:46 am (UTC)One bracing walk later, the PA system whined itself to life, and Zoe's voice could be heard throughout the dorms and the town. "Attention everyone, this is Zoe Winchester. If there's anyone listening to this who knows anything about flying, and isn't currently in the middle of flying something, please report to the school's security office immediately. And safely."
Seriously, the administration was not getting paid enough for days like today.
Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-19 06:04 pm (UTC)Until suddenly, it split right open into a gigantic control room, providing several consoles with controls that might be familiar to anyone who'd flown a spaceship before.
All the lights were coming online at once.
Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-20 05:56 pm (UTC)"This place is never going to stop surprising me. Get inside," she said, making room for the others. "It looks like there's enough seats for everyone."
Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-20 07:12 pm (UTC)Possibly this was when a normal person might bring up the fact that all their previous flight training was focused on snubfighters, or that said training was still mostly theoretical. But hey, it was going to turn out that two of Face's greatest skills would be piloting and being involved in plans that operated on completely sideways logic, so this would either work out great...or they were all going to die.
RE: Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-20 08:50 pm (UTC)Pretty sure. Not positive.
She slid into a seat as well. "So will this move the entire island?"
She didn't sound surprised. She'd been in Fandom long enough not to be that surprised.
Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-20 09:19 pm (UTC)"This place has a hidden spaceship," Washington muttered, going to strap himself in without any fuss. Man did it make him miss Four Seven Niner, though. "Of course it does."
Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-20 09:25 pm (UTC)"So the whole island is a weapon," she observed. "Trippy."
RE: Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-21 01:12 am (UTC)Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-21 03:26 am (UTC)She took a seat at the center, so she could monitor what was happening, and it didn't take much more than that for her to slip into calm Captain mode. "I have a feeling this is going to involve moving the whole island, but the island... well, it took itself out of the damn ground and essentially told us to blow these things out of the sky, so I'm taking that as permission for a little moving and shaking. I'm glad you all came, and if you're willing, I say we see what these controls do."
RE: Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-21 04:46 am (UTC)RE: Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-21 12:38 pm (UTC)Well, maybe it was helpful to gremlins.
Gremlins in spaaaace. Terrifying concept.
Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-21 12:46 pm (UTC)He didn't want to go into hyperspace and end up on the ass end of the universe when they were trying to get something done here. But mostly because he didn't want to end up on the ass end of the universe.
"We just need to break atmosphere and shoot some alien ships."
Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-21 01:30 pm (UTC)Not that they were going there.
RE: Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-21 11:17 pm (UTC)She looked at the others. "What are the other seats? Someone said there were weapons?"
Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-22 01:22 am (UTC)There was a lot of optimism to the idea - what if nothing actually worked? - but they had to do something.
"Does anyone want to try navigating this thing?" she asked, looking around.
RE: Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-22 04:22 am (UTC)Face, no.
RE: Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-22 03:07 pm (UTC)No that she didn't trust Face's abilities here, but she didn't. At all.
Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-22 03:31 pm (UTC)Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-22 05:34 pm (UTC)RE: Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-23 02:35 am (UTC)"So you've flown an X-wing?" She looked over at her co-pilot. "Aren't they fun? Though TIE fighters are a better ride, over all. More like you're flying on your own. Hmm... Definitely looks like I am secondary pilot."
"All systems are good, Captain." She grinned back to Principal Winchester. "Ready when you are."
Re: Underneath Fandom
Date: 2016-04-23 12:59 pm (UTC)Piloting The Ship
Date: 2016-04-19 06:05 pm (UTC)RE: Piloting The Ship
Date: 2016-04-23 02:08 pm (UTC)She noted with some relief that the Fandom people with ships of their own were making pretty good progress against the little ones, but the main ship still remained mostly undamaged.
"Here goes nothing..." she murmured, looking to the pilots.
[OOC: Feel free to skip/mod Mara through the rest if my timezone interferes with battling!]
RE: Piloting The Ship
Date: 2016-04-23 04:46 pm (UTC)"Here we go, initiating attack run," Face said, directing the island towards the main ship. "At least she handles smoothly."
That or the island had some amazing inertial dampeners.
Re: Piloting The Ship
Date: 2016-04-23 07:55 pm (UTC)She saw an opening that let her fire on the big ship, took careful aim, and smiled in relief as the missile crashed into a wing.
"BAM," she said, and then went right back to watching for the next opportunity.
RE: Re: Piloting The Ship
Date: 2016-04-23 09:42 pm (UTC)"Ah! Someone hit one of our starboard thrusters. As much as the island has a starboard side..." Momoko flicked a switch and adjusted power to maintain that smooth flying that Face was so happy about. It cut down speed just a fraction, but that was better than spinning.
She began running through the screens checking other damage and making various adjustments to keep Face able to fly. "Looks like there's an auto-repair function. Can someone keep a weapons-eye on that section? It's going to be vulnerable for a while."
OOC
Date: 2016-04-19 06:05 pm (UTC)